hakstuff
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it is very hard to prioritize when everything is cool (hacking on random devices is so fun!!!) but at the same time, none of it *really* matters (its all extracirricular and just for fun/to learn, nothing work related)
August 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
it is very hard to prioritize when everything is cool (hacking on random devices is so fun!!!) but at the same time, none of it *really* matters (its all extracirricular and just for fun/to learn, nothing work related)
I feel like you have to take your eyes off the road for 10x longer to do that little quick-time event where you hover your finger in the air trying to snipe some tiny button on the screen.
By comparison, BMW's iDrive knob and Mercedes' "COMMAND" were such a nice compromise. More tactile controls!
By comparison, BMW's iDrive knob and Mercedes' "COMMAND" were such a nice compromise. More tactile controls!
May 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I feel like you have to take your eyes off the road for 10x longer to do that little quick-time event where you hover your finger in the air trying to snipe some tiny button on the screen.
By comparison, BMW's iDrive knob and Mercedes' "COMMAND" were such a nice compromise. More tactile controls!
By comparison, BMW's iDrive knob and Mercedes' "COMMAND" were such a nice compromise. More tactile controls!
I wrote up a little blog post on the whole matter - the tl;dr is that you can pipe bytes over SSH, netcat, telnet, etc. using cat, dd, or anything else to dump the raw block device! Not a very hard technique, but a useful one to keep in your back pocket
www.hakstuff.net/blog/embedde...
www.hakstuff.net/blog/embedde...
May 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I wrote up a little blog post on the whole matter - the tl;dr is that you can pipe bytes over SSH, netcat, telnet, etc. using cat, dd, or anything else to dump the raw block device! Not a very hard technique, but a useful one to keep in your back pocket
www.hakstuff.net/blog/embedde...
www.hakstuff.net/blog/embedde...
This is making me understand why V8 muscle car people complain about EVs not having any exhaust noise -- sure, I could have 10x the computing power in a device 1/10th the size, and yes it's better in every way, but something about computing on that fucking huge cube is just so much cooler...
April 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is making me understand why V8 muscle car people complain about EVs not having any exhaust noise -- sure, I could have 10x the computing power in a device 1/10th the size, and yes it's better in every way, but something about computing on that fucking huge cube is just so much cooler...
like, bro: the NEC Express 5800/Endurance is basically just four rack-mounted tower servers!! You can even see that they're each sat in little pull-out drawers. What a cool design
April 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
like, bro: the NEC Express 5800/Endurance is basically just four rack-mounted tower servers!! You can even see that they're each sat in little pull-out drawers. What a cool design
Currently working on getting the first batch of them made so that I can give 'em a whirl! It was my first time ever using KiCad, so I'm hoping for the best, haha. If they work great, I'll likely throw the KiCad files on my GitHub, and maybe sell a few boards? 😮 We'll see!
March 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Currently working on getting the first batch of them made so that I can give 'em a whirl! It was my first time ever using KiCad, so I'm hoping for the best, haha. If they work great, I'll likely throw the KiCad files on my GitHub, and maybe sell a few boards? 😮 We'll see!
I'm currently playing with a head unit that uses a generic 1mm-pitch edge connector as a debug breakout, and I'd love to connect to it! I didn't want to solder directly to it, so I've been digging for a 1mm-pitch PCIe-style breakout board. Couldn't find one, so I made one!
March 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I'm currently playing with a head unit that uses a generic 1mm-pitch edge connector as a debug breakout, and I'd love to connect to it! I didn't want to solder directly to it, so I've been digging for a 1mm-pitch PCIe-style breakout board. Couldn't find one, so I made one!