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Robert Lipe @robertlipe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

ioctl() is basically slipping a tenner to the bouncer to let an unchecked bag of bytes in or out (or both!) of kernel space. It's the void* of typechecking/security. Paint it /proc and make every driver implement their own hand-rolled sscanf() and sprintf() ASCII string parsers? Sure. Why not.

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Robert Lipe @robertlipe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

$ git tag list # Silently tags HEAD with "list" $ git tag --list # Lists tags $ git checkout foo # Switches branch to "foo" $ git checkout bar # Silently overwrites your unstaged file "bar" $ git reset # Doesn't reset commits; un-stages files $ git revert # Doesn't revert files; creates new commit

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Robert Lipe @robertlipe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

$ git stash --list error: unknown option `list' $ git stash list # lists stashes. $ git branch list # silently makes a branch named "list" $ git branch --list # lists branches.

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Robert Lipe @robertlipe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Let's explore ESP32-S31 (on Korvo-1) together. (300Mhz, dual-core RISC-V on an eval board with a nice display and audio.) What would you like to explore first? www.robertlipe.com/esp32-s31-is...

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ESP32-S31-Korvo-1 features Espressif ESP32-S31

A developer unpacks the newest ESP32, the ESP32-S31, considers how it fits into the ecosystem, documents journey with the board.

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Robert Lipe @robertlipe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I was just planning an ESP32 project with an advanced second stage, which I referred to as the "with blackjack and hookers" feature set. I realized now that I'm unlikely to need to develop that. My project plan now refers to having "hookers in escrow."

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Robert Lipe @robertlipe.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I do love it when a telecom exceeds expectations. Shout out to rural TN provider United.net (Seemingly not on bsky; they're over on the Nazi place. :-( ) This is local copper. I get "only" 1300 mbps wifi w/ wind at my back. (P.S. disconnecting service at 8am on the day of upgrade is NOT cool!)

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Robert Lipe @robertlipe.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

We're finally starting to see ESP32-P4 boards hit lower-price markets. www.waveshare.com/esp32-p4-wif... costs less than the shipping (grrr!) and is faster and has more RAM and flash than the common $6 ESP32-S3-N8R16. Dedicated off-board chip for radios. Two 32-bit 400Mhz cores. USB2. LGTM

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ESP32-P4-WIFI6 High-Performance Development Board, Based On ESP32-P4 and ESP32-C6, Supports Wi-Fi 6 And Bluetooth 5 / BLE | ESP32-P4-WIFI6

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Robert Lipe @robertlipe.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Sharing from Android, but "share.Google" links make you mad? 1. Launch the Google app. 2. Punch your own face. 3. Hammer Other settings 4. Turn off Shorten Links, as below. 5. Be mad at Google. Their own goo.gl Link shortener EOL is next month. So NOW they insert themselves in my links?

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Robert Lipe @robertlipe.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

It is a fair criticism that Espressif makes too many things named "ESP32" that are too hard to tell apart. They've recently added a product comparator. You can choose specific ones and you can suppress things that are the same in all of the choices. products.espressif.com#/product-com...

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ESP Product Selector

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Robert Lipe @robertlipe.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

@baileytownsend.dev oh, wow. Shout-out to the -other- embedded dev in Nashville. Howdy! We're not common.

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