SparkFun Hooks a Patent Troll
Checkout the inner workings of ransoming and patent trolls. by Nate June 30, 2021 7:00 pm UTC 3 Favorited Favorite 2 Any long-time SparkFun reader may know that we really enjoy writing about the whacking legal entanglements we’ve experienced, whether it’s cease-and-desist letters from Sparc International, tossing out 4,000 DMMs, or dealing with counterfeit ICs. […]
Success in Reversing Dementia in Mice Sets the Stage for Human Clinical Trials
Researchers have identified a new treatment candidate that appears to not only halt neurodegenerative symptoms in mouse models of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, but also reverse the effects of the disorders. The team, based at Tohoku University, published their results on June 8 in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. The treatment candidate has been […]
Asking Developers to Do QA Is Broken. Here’s Why Anyone Should Own QA
Many software companies have no formal quality assurance strategy, and those that do take one of two inherently flawed approaches: Either they (a) ask developers to do QA or (b) delegate QA to a siloed team, whether it’s internal or outsourced. Having been in the QA space for a decade, we’ve learned that both approaches […]
Heat dome causing record breaking heat wave
A historic triple-digits heatwave is literally baking millions of Americans and Canadians across the Pacific Northwest these days, thanks to the unpreceded heat dome trapping unusually hot air mass underneath. Extreme, record-breaking heat has already shattered numerous all-time high-temperature records over the weekend, with the worst of the heat coming up this Monday and Tuesday. […]
Functional, declarative audio applications
This is an article that has been a long time coming, and one that I’m really excited to finally write. Today I want to introduce a project that I’ve been thinking about and working on for years: Elementary Audio. Elementary is a JavaScript runtime for writing native audio applications, as well as a library and […]
Breakthrough in 3D scanning means results are 4500% more accurate
Scientists have created a new method for increasing the precision of 3D body scans by 4500%. Researchers from Loughborough University and the University of Manchester have written a free algorithm that can be used with any scanning machine. The new code, called Gryphon, is a simple data processing tool that identifies errors in the scan […]
IBM’s 18-month company-wide email migration has been a disaster, sources say
IBM’s planned company-wide email migration has gone off the rails, leaving many employees unable to use email or schedule calendar events. And this has been going on for several days. Current and former IBMers have confirmed to The Register that the migration, 18 months in the making, has been a disaster. “I feel bad for […]
A 1982 chess computer plays itself by mechanically moving the pieces [video]
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Move fast, but understand the problem first
Startup founders need to do two things: (1) figure out what to do, (2) do it. (I suppose that applies to anyone, but I’m writing about founders). My beef with “move fast” is that I don’t naturally associate it with figuring out what to do. To me, “move” is physical, outward, observable. Shipping features and […]
Globally Distributed Postgres
Fly runs apps (and databases) close to users, by taking Docker images and transforming them into Firecracker micro-vms running on our hardware around the world. You should try deploying an app: it only takes a few minutes. This is a story about a cool hack we came up with at Fly. The hack lets you […]