James @vastidity

New video: Model Perfect railings using Curve and Array techniques in Blender - youtu.be/_1OLudY5qQY #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

Is this a washing machine? Nope! This is the DEC TU80 (Digital Equipment Corporation TU80). It is an industry-standard 9-track streaming magnetic tape drive subsystem. It was heavily used for data storage, disk backup, and archiving for DEC's systems, such as the PDP-11 and VAX systems. Fun fact: the TU80 was manually loaded, so an operator had to physically thread the half-inch magnetic tape into the drive before it could read or write data. That sounds like more work, but it makes me love it even more. storagenewsletter.com/2019/03/18/his… gunkies.org/wiki/TU80_Tape… #RetroTech #VintageComputing #TechHistory

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Hey chat. Pause for a quick moment to highly recommend @benhackshealth for your personal fitness and life coach. I make zero money off Ben but I type this because he transformed my life. My story: struggled with weight my entire life. Obese. Brain fog. Tore my body apart. Ben changed my life. Not only did I fix my fitness goals but I also corrected my life priorities and became a better person. I consider Ben one of my best friends in life. I no longer struggle with weight. I’m sitting the leanest I’ve been since I was 8 years old. I control my muscle mass, my weight, but most importantly - the confidence I have in myself that I didn’t have came from Ben’s pillars and discipline. Small changes over time equate to huge results. Ben’s taking in a few more folks for June. Make the investment in yourself. It works. What he does will impact your life forever. It’s not a fad diet, or something that wastes away in 6 months. It’s forever. The best coach I’ve ever had in my life and continue to use. Sign up today. wehackhealth.com/endgame #WeHackHealth

As someone who: > Hacked basically every component of openclaw's ecosystem (harness, skills ecosystem etc) > Helped lead security, trust & threat modelling > Found 15 CVE's in the software Absolutely do not run OpenClaw on your enterprise device.

Ido Naor 🇮🇱 @IdoNaor1

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The creator of Linux just publicly called out the AI hype. Word for word. Linus Torvalds took the stage at Open Source Summit 2026 and said this: "When I see people saying 99% of our code is written by AI, I literally get angry. Because those same people — I can pretty much guarantee — 100% of their code is written by compilers. But they never say that." He is not anti AI. The Linux kernel saw a 20% jump in submissions this release because of AI tools. He uses it. He gets it. His point is something most people are too afraid to say. AI is a productivity tool exactly like compilers were. Compilers boosted programming by 1000x. AI adds another 10x on top. Enormous. But nobody says "the compiler wrote my code." So why are we saying AI wrote it? He also flagged something nobody is talking about. AI is flooding small open source projects with drive-by bug reports. Someone runs a prompt, files a report and disappears when asked for a patch. Maintainers with one or two people are drowning trying to keep up. "Sometimes AI reports a bug and when you ask for more information the person has done that drive-by and does not even answer your question. That is the real burnout issue." And his final warning was the sharpest of all. "People who do not understand the complexity of systems will prompt systems and write processes that will fail." The AI hype crowd is very loud right now. Linus has been building real systems for 35 years. When he talks, engineers listen. Full interview here: thenewstack.io/torvalds-ai-pr…

Everyone tends to think of swapfiles being disk based. In reality, swapping to RAM is exponentially more popular. If you have a traditional model of memory in your head, this makes NO SENSE. Swap is that thing we use when the system runs out of real ram right? You know, RAM fills up, swap out to SSD to give the OS some breathing room. Why (and how?) would you swap to memory…very thing that’s full? Well, Modern CPUs are ridiculously fast at compression, especially with something light like lz4. Zswap intercepts old pages, quickly compresses them, and then crams them back into system RAM. If you’re lucky, you might be able to fit ~3-4 compressed pages into the space of 1 traditional page. Of course, this also has the benefit of not prematurely wearing out your SSD. Mobile has done this for *years*, I know Android specifically has used this for a decade+. Regular Linux is catching up, Fedora uses zram by default now. The NT kernel (windows) also has their own implementation of in-memory compression, you can see it in task manager quite easily! Anyway, it’s a fun trick used everywhere that few realize. Towards the future, I wouldn’t be surprised if inline, accelerated LZ4 starts showing up in the majority of CXL controllers.

If You Want to Hack Me, Come in Through the Speaker ift.tt/Lq2XOZw

GOOGLE, AMAZON, AND APPLE SPENT A DECADE CONVINCING YOU YOUR SMART HOME NEEDS THEIR CLOUD. One guy in Norway just shipped 253 commits proving they were lying. His name is Lasse Lian. The project is called Prism Desktop. It's a native Windows and Linux client for Home Assistant that runs entirely on your local network. No Google account. No Amazon login. No Apple ID. No cloud relay. No subscription tier hiding behind a "Pro" badge. Closed smart home vs Prism Desktop: - Account required: Yes → No - Voice data stored: On their servers → Never leaves your house - Works without internet: No → Yes - Costs: $99 hub + $5/month video storage → $0 - Source: Closed → MIT licensed, 253 commits public - Vendor lock-in: Total → None The whole app talks to Home Assistant over its WebSocket API. Your lights, your thermostats, your cameras, your locks. None of it touches a corporate server. → Drag and drop dashboard you actually own → Global keyboard shortcuts to any entity → PC notifications from your local automations → Real-time state sync without polling → Border effects, custom colors, the petty stuff matters Here's the wildest part: He shipped the first release on February 1, 2026. He's now on version 1.5.3, four months later. Solo developer. 14 releases. 160 stars and climbing. The trillion-dollar smart home industry needed a decade and never built this. One honest note: you need a Home Assistant instance on your network. This is the client. Setting up HA itself is the part that scares people, and it shouldn't. 100% Open Source. MIT License. Link in the first comment.

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@HowThingsWork_ I have always used WD40 to clean electrical equipment. I remember when WD40 was introduced. I saw a TV running while submerged in a glass tank filled with WD40.

Cleaning a machine's electrical cabinet using deionized water is possible, but extreme caution is required. While deionized water does not conduct electricity initially, it instantly dissolves contaminants on the equipment, turning it into a possible conductive hazard.

After a Series A, your AWS bill can start climbing fast, and it usually isn't random. In this guide, Ayobami breaks down 8 common costs that show up after product-market fit. You'll learn where to look in Cost Explorer and how to cut waste from NAT gateways, logs, staging, data transfer, orphaned resources, and more. freecodecamp.org/news/the-aws-f…

Each damaged saw teeth being repaired through a precision restoration process. The metal is heated to critical temperatures before high-strength welding is used to rebuild individual teeth, helping restore cutting performance and extend the blade's lifespan. 🎥: realengineerings / IG

Team work makes the dream work. One shouts the measurements & the other cuts the exact piece! 🤝

Gosh I love the OSINT community. This project throws every plane flying overhead onto your ceiling in near real time – decoded from a cheap radio, w/ live stars and the ISS behind it. Falling asleep under a live map of the sky. h/t @CameronPaczek

How do we automate business analytics with Claude? New blog post covering our best practices for skills, data foundations, and evaluations when building agents to perform data analysis: claude.com/blog/how-anthr…

Marketing done right! In Brazil, a guy opened a motorcycle shop and you could take one for FREE. Only catch is you had to stay hanging upside down & unsupported for 10 minutes. Whilst many people believe this is simple, in reality its incredibly difficult to achieve.

One thing is for sure, @GlobalLianli sees the change happening in the PC space, and they’re adapting. Cases O11 EVO RGB V2, $169.99 Top and bottom RGB strips, dedicated AIO chamber, back connect motherboard support, angled bottom GPU intake, airflow focused fan brackets. UX100, $99.99 Curved glass panel, floating chassis, bottom GPU airflow, back connect ATX support, RGB strip around the front and sides. O11 Vision M Digital, $129.99 3 sided glass, mATX support, 360mm AIO support, hidden second-chamber AIO layout, optional 9.2 inch LCD kit. LANCOOL 4, $129.99 Curved front glass, 3 140mm ARGB fans, modular lower chamber, extra storage or airflow options, optional 8.8 inch screen mount. LANCOOL 207XL, $109.99 Two 170mm front fans, one 140mm rear fan, bottom cross flow GPU fans, ATX motherboard support, 360mm liquid cooler support. AIO updates The Galahad III 360 gets shorter tubing, a digital pump display, a magnetic pump cap, and a cleaner radiator design. Eventually Liam Li wants to sell individual pump heads you can swap out. Fan updates The new UNI FAN FLEX lineup brings wireless control across six fan styles, with LCD control on the LCD models, giving you fewer cables, easier setup, and more build options.

🛑 Google and YouTube ads are delivering FlutterShell, a new #macOS backdoor that passed Apple notarization with valid Developer IDs. The malware can hijack Chrome traffic, run shell commands, alter files, and update its behavior from attacker servers. Read: thehackernews.com/2026/06/flutte…

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