Using ThinkPad T480 as a mobile phone https://lobste.rs/s/xoxury #hardware
https://grego.site/blog/thinkphone
hardware
Apple's new desktop computers are designed specifically for local AI development https://lobste.rs/s/iwsopp #ai #hardware #mac
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2026/08/with-new-mac-studio-and-mac-mini-apple-leans-hard-into-local-ai-inference/
Decrypting Flume Water Monitor Traffic via @hibachrach https://lobste.rs/s/g94aro #hardware #security
https://lithostech.com/2026/08/decrypting-flume-water-monitor-traffic/
The Pad-O-Matic prints one-time pads at the press of a button https://lobste.rs/s/k0fp6p #cryptography #hardware
https://spectrum.ieee.org/diy-one-time-pad-machine
One Ring to Rule Them All: Wiring Radios to Laptops the Hard Way https://lobste.rs/s/db0m6j #audio #hardware
https://www.lysk.ai/post/wiring-radios-to-laptops-the-hard-way
SB116 Programmers Calculator https://lobste.rs/s/odurle #hardware
https://unimplementedtrap.com/sb116-programmers-calculator/
I Designed A Custom PCB To Avoid Pressing A Button Three Times https://lobste.rs/s/49nob7 #c #hardware #reversing
https://blog.tymscar.com/posts/opensourcedimmer/
PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservation
Public broadcaster Nine PBS is in trouble after its cloud storage provider went out of business and it now can't access more than 50TB of archival data. The data center hosting the files can't simply turn over the files, as it'…
#hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/cloud-storage/nine-pbs-loses-access-to-70-years-of-data-after-contracted-cloud-storage-vendor-goes-defunct-public-tv-channel-sues-iron-mountain-data-center-which-hosts-archival-materials-to-ensure-preservation
Sovereignty is a substrate via @fazalmajid https://lobste.rs/s/7pjq5g #hardware
https://negroniventurestudios.com/2026/07/28/sovereignty-is-a-substrate/
My review on GNU/Linux of the drawing-tablet XpPen Artist Pro 27 Gen2 is now published!
- On Youtube: https://youtu.be/Vq0hs7LeZtg
- On Peertube: https://peertube.touhoppai.moe/w/i7Y5kjRZZzJ1HCUeqRUvGt
- Companion blog post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1161/xppen-artist-pro-27-gen2-review-on-gnulinux
deskhop: Fast Desktop Switching Device https://lobste.rs/s/zk0qqe #hardware
https://github.com/hrvach/deskhop
How CHERIoT Provides Strong and Usable Isolation Without an MMU https://lobste.rs/s/gtvx0w #hardware #osdev #security
https://queue.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3831361
A Third World Embedded Engineer Responds to "RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better" https://lobste.rs/s/zeqgd4 #a11y #culture #hardware
https://rvembedded.com/blog_post/12/
The worst PDA of all time https://lobste.rs/s/gp6ysn #hardware
https://www.osnews.com/story/145764/the-worst-pda-of-all-time/
Energizing a vacuum-tube flip-flop module from a 1948 IBM system https://lobste.rs/s/5pavqs #hardware #historical
http://www.righto.com/2026/07/ibm-604-trigger-tube-module.html
Turning My CASIO F-91W Into a Contactless Payment Device via @yashgarg https://lobste.rs/s/bhzp2z #hardware
https://hackernoon.com/how-i-hacked-and-turned-my-casio-f-91w-into-a-contactless-payment-device
.NET nanoFramework, C# for embedded systems https://lobste.rs/s/dp02mm #dotnet #hardware
https://nanoframework.net/
The Hidden CCS2 Attack Surface on EV Chargers https://lobste.rs/s/ozfe71 #hardware #security
https://www.saiflow.com/blog/the-hidden-ccs2-attack-surface-on-ev-chargers
NightRun, Run a Local LLM on Raspberry Pi bare metal https://lobste.rs/s/zkevkv #hardware #osdev #vibecoding
https://www.hackster.io/news/run-a-local-llm-on-raspberry-pi-s-bare-metal-linux-not-necessary-6c7e3817293f
MSI PRO B850-P WIFI Dasharo v0.9.0 Released https://lobste.rs/s/p6701x #hardware #linux #release
https://blog.3mdeb.com/2026/2026-07-30-msi-pro-b850p-v090-release/
But can your calculator run Linux? https://lobste.rs/s/voozor #hardware #linux
https://raymii.org/s/articles/But_can_your_calculator_run_Linux.html
Rooting the Cadillac Part 1: Lay of the Land https://lobste.rs/s/34m4fl #hardware
https://surrealdev.com/rooting-the-cadillac-part-1-lay-of-the-land/
Can you make a Wii U gamepad from a Raspberry Pi? via @bd103 https://lobste.rs/s/fu3icq #video #hardware #reversing
https://youtube.com/watch?v=si-TUEwC5_M