Through my documentation of Game Boy boards, I have drawn up schematics of each device. I know them pretty well. Check out my board scan wiki https://wiki.nataliethenerd.com/ I jokingly made this tweet when the kit was announced, but decided to … Read more
I turned a 40 year old Apple Mouse into a speech to text button for my computer. This is an Apple M0100 Mouse from 1985, originally designed for the Apple Macintosh. We’re gonna turn it into a wireless input device, … Read more
Podcast Dept. When the C.I.A. Turned Writers Into Operatives Benjamen Walker’s new podcast conjures a mid-century transatlantic world of left-wing intellectuals, the cultural Cold War, and a whiff of conspiracy.Photograph from Getty Save this storySave this story Save this storySave … Read more
Here’s 32 things I’ve learned that I hope help you in your journey: It’s usually better to be nice than right. Nothing worthwhile comes easy. Work on a passion project, even just 30 minutes a day. It compounds. Become a … Read more
When I started writing and publishing open-source software about 15 years ago, I was pretty radical about it. I only used permissive licenses like MIT or BSD, as all I cared about was reach. Using a copyleft license with strings … Read more
This is the story of how I figured out a way to turn my ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen laptop into a programmable USB device by enabling the xDCI controller. As a result, the laptop can now be used to … Read more
Snowball Earth – Artist’s concept – NASA.gov Australian geologists have used plate tectonic modelling to determine what most likely caused an extreme ice-age climate in Earth’s history, more than 700 million years ago. The study, published in Geology, helps our … Read more
I just did what no startup founder is ever supposed to do.I gave up. It wasn’t even one of those glorious “fail fast and fail forward” learning experiences. After seven months of hard work and two weeks before we were … Read more
Vertigo.ai Focus is a new from-the-ground-up patent pending AI & GPU video CODEC that enables hi-def face to face interactions over low-bandwidth links. It is production-ready, extremely light-weight, and able to run in real-time on devices as old as the … Read more
Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I’m lost 137 points by 0414throwaway 1 hour ago | hide | past | favorite | 180 comments Been professionally developing since my teens. Was the first person in the history of my university who … Read more