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Here is a post where I post information on new and interesting coding tools on the comments. →

When a piece of hardware goes unsupported by a company, it can be frustrating. Bugs may no longer get fixed, or in the worst cases, perfectly good hardware can stop working entirely. If is a cheap easy to replace device, then it is not a big issue. But what of there is no direct replacement →

Ethernet co-inventor David Boggs dies at 71 https://www.engadget.com/ethernet-co-inventor-david-boggs-dies-at-71-110524422.html Pioneering Xerox PARC computer researcher David Boggs has died at 71, The New York Times has reported. Boggs was best known for co-inventing the Ethernet with Bob Metcalfe. Boggs joined the team in 1973, and started working with fellow researcher Bob Metcalfe on a system to send →

This posting is here to collect cyber security news in March 2022. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. You are also free to post related links to comments. →

This is an accidential teardown, because the LED power supply case opened accidentially (did not need very strong hit to open up). Closer look at circuit board →

15 Finnish Inventions That Changed The World https://www.finnstyle.com/inventions.html We have Finland to thank for a lot of the products and services used worldwide today. These Finnish inventions have made lives easier, safer, or more enjoyable. →

Ethernet cables are all often too long or too short. People on Reddit are competing to invent the shortest possible working ethernet cable. Ethernet cables are easy to crimp together yourself, and industrious folks on Reddit are currently engaged in a race to see who can make the shortest working length of ethernet. The results →

Deep space tracking is hard and mistakes happen. It seems that SpaceX rocket does not yet get to hit the moon soon as earlier expected. Ironically, it now appears that the off the course object comes from a Chinese mission to return a sample of lunar rock to help scientists understand why the Moon is →

James Webb Space Telescope is a space telescope designed primarily to conduct infrared astronomy. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) led development of the telescope[8] in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The good space news has been that the the James Webb Space Telescope is →

Very many battery packs are built using standard size cells inside the plastic package. When cells go bad, it is often possible to replace the cells with new one either as DIY project or have some repair company to do that. Usually my option one is to find replacement battery for devices, and if it →