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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Avast, ye hardware hackers!

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

How many times have I taken the rebate checks with me to Menards and forgotten to use the at the register?

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A giant grasshopper landed on the screen of the window in front of my desk and I thought "Whoa, cool grasshopper!" A few minutes later I looked up and it had eaten a hole the size of my thumb in the fiberglass screen. Not cool grasshopper, not cool.

Close up photo of a window screen with an out of focus yard in the background the window screen mesh is missing a thumb-shaped hole that has an uneven and jagged edge.

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I upgraded from the Pixel 7 to the Pixel 11 and honestly, I don't really notice a difference. The battery lasts longer, but not dramatically so. Maybe it gets hot less frequently? I suppose we've zeroed in on what makes a great (non-folding) handheld and leaps forward are in the past.

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is likely the best series since Breaking Bad. If you haven't watched season 1, get on it.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Antique Golding & Co tabletop printing press ~ 1919 IG: @ sachistorymuseum

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ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Plenty of room for a gorgeous vintage tile floor.

A narrow entrance hallway between two wooden doors has a vibrant vintage tile floor with hexagon and square tiles, a ubiquitous door wedge and the tips of the photographer's shoes in the foreground of this photo.

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Went out front and when I came back in I was surprised to find a friend on the door handle

Silver door handle on the outside of a screen door has a toad perched upon it. The toad is a similar color, possibly indicating some abilities to match its camouflage to the surroundings.

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Rue Mohr @ruenahcmohr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Modern TTL chip part numbers be like

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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Margaret Hamilton turned 90 today 🎂 The MIT engineer who led the team that wrote Apollo's onboard flight software

A black and white photograph of Margaret Hamilton, a woman with long hair and glasses, standing next to a tall stack of printed software listings that reaches her height.

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Ian Scott @polpo.org · 17/08/2026

Tower by Adam Basanta (2026) www.adambasanta.com/tower.php

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It's happening! I didn't realize these were color alert (or bitter) until my fingers were blue/grey after handling one of these CR2032 coin cells.

A package of 8 Rayovac CR2032 coin cell batteries. A finger in the photo points to the words "color alert + bitter"

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Spooky Fish @jnsq.org · 15/08/2026

For most of my career the only consistent definition of firmware was that it was the result of electrical engineers being allowed to use C compilers unsupervised, but now some of it is getting written in Rust.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 16/08/2026

Had a lot of fun talking with @hankgreen.bsky.social back in April for his podcast, Humans. You can check out the conversation (which was just posted this week) here: art19.com/shows/humans... or wherever you listen to podcasts!

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Katie Mack: The Death of the Universe

Katie Mack is an astrophysicist who studies the end of the universe. Hank and Katie talk about the value of the Artemis II mission, how we can see the beginning of time, and when the universe may end....

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JamHamster @jamhamster.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

FluxCaster build thread! It's a self contained Bluetooth cassette adapter specifically for loading games on to older systems. It's got a Schmitt trigger onboard to tidy up incoming data, will pause automatically for the C64 and has some other bells and whistles. 🤓

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The llm just told me this problem isn't something we need to fix 🙃

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Sam Rose @samwho.dev · 13/08/2026

This might be the most beautiful thing I've read in my life. What a privilege to be alive in 2026. ordinaryabundance.com

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Ordinary Abundance

A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.

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Pᴜʀᴇ Dᴇᴀᴅ Gᴀᴍɪɴɢ @puredeadgaming.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The results of the video I posted earlier was this iconic shot 👏 Danny León and his crew smashed it.

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I forgot to have coffee this morning. I know what you're thinking: how do you *forget* to have coffee? I dunno, but I'm using it to explain away how I've been spinning my wheels on some tricky problems so far.

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Holy cow, another exciting ride today with a bold attack by Vollering to capture the yellow on the final climb. Tomorrow's stage is a must watch!

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Wow, incredible ride by Niewiadoma Phinney today. That's an inspiring show of determination and hard work. What a treat to watch!

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I made it up to Log Slide Overlook along the Pictured Rocks national Lakeshore last week. It was incredibly beautiful!

Tree covered cliffs disappearing into the distance above the mesmerizing clear blue water of Lake Superior.

Towering sand dunes along the banks of the lake

Fat below, a number of people swim in the calm waters of a hot and sunny day

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Just got done watching Jeroen Domburg's (Sprite_TM) keynote from Hackaday Europe back in May. Wow! As always, he throws down the gauntlet by building an SBC around a vintage 486 chip, then packages it in a handheld form factor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojQ9...

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Hackaday Europe 2026: Jeroen Domburg - Building a Retro-PC from Components

YouTube video by HACKADAY

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I often complain that the clanker (LLM to the layman) is being a dummy. But today I am the dummy. It diagnosed the problem a few hours ago. I told it that was not right and made it research a whole bunch of other avenues, only to (eventually) prove the same root cause myself. Oops.

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I built this music player for my kid years and years ago. It's hacked together with an old Orange Pi PC Plus in a reused hardboard box with buttons and computer speakers I had in a junk box. A python script monitors the "favorite" buttons (or shuffle). Still in use, we just updated the songs.

Wood box about the size of a hardcover book. The side facing us is open and a blue circuit board is mounded inside. A jumble of wires runs from the circuit board to the undersides of buttons mounted in the box.

The face of a wooden box that has been painted orange with other colors of circles painted by a toddler. There are eight colorful buttons mounted on the face of the box in a smiley face pattern.

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Oh my, how have I been using git to squash commits FOR YEARS and just now spent the time to read about the fixup option that displays EVERY TIME you interactive rebase? You mean I can just drop the temporary commit messages without manually deleting them? I fell pretty silly.

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Jeremy Sell @jeremysell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Lake Superior and a distant Au Sable Lighthouse. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, 13 Jul 2026.

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I think I've invented new ways to screw up train signals in factorio.

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 20/07/2026

“It appears we are about to experience what may be the largest wildfire in modern Minnesota history. It feels like a fire-breathing, town-eating dragon is coming for us,” writes Jana Studelska.

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Opinion | What it’s like to watch northern Minnesota burn

Around Ely, it feels like a fire-breathing, town-eating dragon is coming for us, Jana Studelska writes.

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

If you're not already following @jbarry881.bsky.social you should be! Here's a great example of his incredible cycling photography, but I also love the candid shots he gets of the culture around seeing live races.

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James Munns @jamesmunns.com · 18/07/2026

And chick-fil-a runs a kubernetes cluster on a stack of NUCs in every restaurant (or at least did as of a few years back): medium.com/chick-fil-at...

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Enterprise Restaurant Compute

by the CFA Enterprise Restaurant Compute Team

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Interview from 40 years ago discussing the industrial robot revolution beginning 60 years ago

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 14/07/2026

Toasting Marshmallows xkcd.com/3270/

Comic. [Two people toasting marshmallows over fire.] PERSON 1: At least we finally determined the board’s actual thermal limit. PERSON 2 with shoulder-length hair: Yeah. You know, we probably shouldn’t eat these. [caption] Engineering tip: Keep sticks and marshmallows around to make failures look intentional.

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Tomb💀Time @tubetime.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

oops, i cloned another sound card! this is the Beavis Ultrasound, an open source clone of the Gravis Ultrasound PnP. yes, i know there are already clones of this card, but mine provides the full schematic and matches the original board layout. github.com/schlae/Beavi...

red circuit board rendering full of chips, connectors, and a 16-bit ISA card edge.

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We had family stay with us over the holiday weekend. Our 1-year-old cocker spaniel puppy was on duty entertaining the whole time. The aftermath is rough. Note this is an end table, not a dog bed.

Black and white cocker spaniel puppy passed out on her side taking up the entirety of a rather large end table between two sofas.

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philpax @philpax.me · 05/07/2026

I should make a Firefox extension that auto-reloads any GitHub tabs that have spent more than five seconds trying to transition to a new page

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I've never felt more rage than trying to get the LLM to do very straightforward tasks. must be some kind of AI kryptonite. Well the LLM did its master's monetary bidding; I'm out of credits. I'm likely to scrap this hobby project rather than pump more coins into the amazing disappointment machine.

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The era of video game price control is upon us.

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Jen Costillo @rebelbotjen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Cycle 2 of the Madison Experimental Dance Incubator (MEDI) is happening August 9nd 7pm at Ballet U’s Black Box Theater. Tickets are now on sales at: medi.catmachinesdance.com/event/cycle-2/ This initiative is made possible through Fiscal Sponsorship by @isthumusdance.bsky.social

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is amazing. We can do amazing things!

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Using the agents to write code is like walking a dog on a leash. Some bond with the pupper and it stays at their side; they walk together. Other people get yanked by the leash and fall flat on their face. A lot depends on the dog, but ultimately the owner is responsible for the walk.

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I have never recapped anything. I feel like this is an experience missing from my life.

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Mike Szczys @szczys.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Having a bowl of noodles for lunch, here's my side dish

Small plate with a hit pickle, carrot and sliced apricot.

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