Unlike routers, e.g. OpenWRT, there doesn't seem to be any effort to replace closed source printer firmware with open source code. And as recent articles have shown, there are serious vulnerabilities in some closed source printer firmware. e.g. the whole…

A meditation on meaning.

We are excited to begin rolling out the new version of Messenger on iOS. To make the Messenger iOS app faster, smaller, and simpler, we rebuilt the architecture and rewrote the entire codebase, whi…

Open source hardware and software platform to build a small scale self driving car. - autorope/donkeycar

I’d like to update our terms of service to add a note about reclaiming old accounts, so we finally have an official policy. In a nutshell:
If you’ve ever had a paid subnoscription, we will host your blog indefinitely, even after you cancel. You can always…

Rust bindings for AppKit (macOS) and UIKit (iOS/tvOS). Experimental, but working! - ryanmcgrath/cacao

A naturalist cuts through the myths surrounding the invasive plant

Please, let me monetize my hobbies. After all, what’s the point of doing something purely for fun when I could be making money off it? Please, let me turn my relaxing gaming sessions into hig…

I used to run FreeBSD on older laptops – some more then a decade old – like my favorite ThinkPad W520 daily driver or ThinkPad X220 mobile companion. Today I will share with you my expe…

Features p.27 A Look at NCC'81 [author Steven K Roberts] A photo essay on the National Computer Conference held last May in Chicago. p.38 Build an...

What Wikipedia did: we stood strong for our principles and fought to the Supreme Court of Turkey and won. This is what it means to treat freedom of expression as a principle rather than a slogan.

Facebook is claiming our video show and tell where people share art, electronics, modified wheelchairs, and other projects, is hate speech now. There was no option to have it reviewed only to &#822…

Reusable sponge can capture and recover critical metals and heavy-metal pollutants

How I remember my father