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Capacitor vendors don't want you to know this! Save money on capacitors by spending more on other components
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Capacitor vendors don't want you to know this! Save money on capacitors by spending more on other components
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This radio station gets many requests for treatises on formal logic.
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This radio station gets many requests for treatises on formal logic.
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Last week, I posted a visual demonstration of the sameness of AI-generated content.
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Last week, I posted a visual demonstration of the sameness of AI-generated content.
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One of the most painful arguments I keep having with fellow techies is the question of whether you can distinguish between human-written and AI-generated text.
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One of the most painful arguments I keep having with fellow techies is the question of whether you can distinguish between human-written and AI-generated text.
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![Getting silly with C, part &((int*)-8)[3]](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/eb358cde-7901-46a3-abfc-b9db4b9f9a74_1000x592.jpeg)
Read on to uplevel your coding SKILLS.md.
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Read on to uplevel your coding SKILLS.md.
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The underappreciated gem of /proc//mem
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The underappreciated gem of /proc//mem
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Sometimes, electronic circuit design is mostly about wood
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Sometimes, electronic circuit design is mostly about wood
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Bringing a well-known programming language into the 21st century.
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Bringing a well-known programming language into the 21st century.
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Many of you follow this blog because of the regular features about electronic circuit design.
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Many of you follow this blog because of the regular features about electronic circuit design.
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If you know about my professional background, the most puzzling aspect of this Substack must be that I don’t use it to talk about my primary field of expertise: information security.
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If you know about my professional background, the most puzzling aspect of this Substack must be that I don’t use it to talk about my primary field of expertise: information security.
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When life gives you switches...
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When life gives you switches...
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TL;DR: As of June 2026, ~50% of daily top stories are about AI or generated by AI.
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TL;DR: As of June 2026, ~50% of daily top stories are about AI or generated by AI.
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The number 22/7 and the pigeon flock of Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet.
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The number 22/7 and the pigeon flock of Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet.
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Reals are really weird.
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Designing a slightly sneaky blur filter and then poking holes in it.
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A closer look at the tesseract and the ways we can render it on the screen.
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This blog has a history of answering questions that no one should be asking. Today, we continue that proud legacy.
