#failoftheweek — Public Fediverse posts

Fail of the Week: The SMD Crystal Radio That Wasn’t - The crystal radio is a time-honored build that sadly doesn’t get much traction any... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/03/fail-of-the-week-the-smd-crystal-radio-that-wasnt/ #failoftheweek #crystalradio #surfacemount #detector #inductor #coil #smd

Fail of the Week: The SMD Crystal Radio That Wasn’t - The crystal radio is a time-honored build that sadly doesn’t get much traction any... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/03/fail-of-the-week-the-smd-crystal-radio-that-wasnt/ #failoftheweek #crystalradio #surfacemount #detector #inductor #coil #smd

Fail of the Week: The SMD Crystal Radio That Wasn’t - The crystal radio is a time-honored build that sadly doesn’t get much traction any... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/03/fail-of-the-week-the-smd-crystal-radio-that-wasnt/ #failoftheweek #crystalradio #surfacemount #detector #inductor #coil #smd

Fail of the Week: The SMD Crystal Radio That Wasn’t - The crystal radio is a time-honored build that sadly doesn’t get much traction any... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/03/fail-of-the-week-the-smd-crystal-radio-that-wasnt/ #failoftheweek #crystalradio #surfacemount #detector #inductor #coil #smd

Fail of the Week: The SMD Crystal Radio That Wasn’t - The crystal radio is a time-honored build that sadly doesn’t get much traction any... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/03/fail-of-the-week-the-smd-crystal-radio-that-wasnt/ #failoftheweek #crystalradio #surfacemount #detector #inductor #coil #smd

I was trying to figure out why my internal microphone wasn't working. I tried adjusting several settings, dug through the registry, searched the web for possible driver or hardware issues, updated my drivers, downgraded my drivers, and after a few days, I forgot that I'd left it outputting to my headphones in the background since it was completely silent. Mistakenly I pressed F4 and voila! It works!
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Fail of the Week: Can an Ultrasonic Cleaner Remove Bubbles From Resin? https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/fail-of-the-week-can-an-ultrasonic-cleaner-remove-bubbles-from-resin/ #FailoftheWeek #epoxyresin #ToolHacks #bubbles #degas

Fail of the Week: Can an Ultrasonic Cleaner Remove Bubbles From Resin? - [Wendy] asked a very good question. Could putting liquid resin into an ultrasonic ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/fail-of-the-week-can-an-ultrasonic-cleaner-remove-bubbles-from-resin/ #failoftheweek #epoxyresin #toolhacks #bubbles #degas

Fail of the Week: How Not to Watercool a PC - To those who choose to overclock their PCs, it’s often a “no expense spared” deal. Fancy heat sink... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/06/17/fail-of-the-week-how-not-to-watercool-a-pc/ #computerhacks #failoftheweek #classichacks #watercolling #dielectric #corrosion #lubricant #pccooling #fuelpump #gasoline #bearing #brushes #coolant #fotw #fuel

Fail Of The Week: How Not To Light Pipe - You’d think that something made out of glass and epoxy would transmit a decent amount of light. Un... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/19/fail-of-the-week-how-not-to-light-pipe/ #oreoconstruction #failoftheweek #throughhole #non-plated #badgelife #lightpipe #fr4 #led #via

Fail of the Week: Thermostat Almost Causes a House Fire - Fair warning: any homeowners who have thermostats similar to the one that nearly burned down [Kerr... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/08/fail-of-the-week-thermostat-almost-causes-a-house-fire/ #failureanalysis #electricheater #failoftheweek #thermostat #foresnsic #rootcause #teardown #safety #fire #fotw

Fail of the Week: A Potentially Lethal Tattoo Removal Laser Power Supply https://hackaday.com/2024/03/24/fail-of-the-week-a-potentially-lethal-tattoo-removal-laser-power-supply/ #FailoftheWeek #failoftheweek #powersupply #corrosion #tattoo #laser #ebay #smps

Fail of the Week: A Potentially Lethal Tattoo Removal Laser Power Supply - Caveat emptor is good advice in general, but in the wilds of eBay, being careful w... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/24/fail-of-the-week-a-potentially-lethal-tattoo-removal-laser-power-supply/ #failoftheweek #powersupply #corrosion #tattoo #laser #ebay #smps

LED Brightness Adjustment Uses Itself as Sensor - This is a story about a successful system that nevertheless failed to make the cut... - https://hackaday.com/2021/04/11/led-brightness-adjustment-uses-itself-as-sensor/ #failoftheweek #lightsensor #ledsensor #ledhacks #parts #led

Fail of the Week: Ambitious Vector Network Analyzer Fails To Deliver - If you’re going to fail, you might as well fail ambitiously. A complex project with a lot of subsy... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/12/31/fail-of-the-week-ambitious-vector-network-analyzer-fails-to-deliver/ #vectornetworkanalyzer #failoftheweek #harmonics #ad8302 #filter #thesis #fotw #vna #rf

Fail of the Week: Supercapacitor Spot Welder - [Julian] needed to weld a bit of nickel to some steel and decided to use a spot welding technique.... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/15/fail-of-the-week-supercapacitor-spot-welder/ #supercapacitor #failoftheweek #spotwelder #toolhacks #supercap #welding #fail #weld

Fail of the Week: The Little Remote-Controlled Snowblower That Couldn’t - [Punxatawny Phil]’s prognostications aside, winter isn’t over up here in the North... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/03/fail-of-the-week-the-little-remote-controlled-snowblower-that-couldnt/ #failoftheweek #robotshacks #snowblower #trackdrive #deepcycle #h-bridge #remote #fotw #snow #rc

Fail of the Week: This Flash Drive Will NOT Self-Destruct in Five Seconds - How hard can it be to kill a flash drive? Judging by the look of defeat on [Walker... - https://hackaday.com/2023/11/25/fail-of-the-week-this-flash-drive-will-not-self-destruct-in-five-seconds/ #voltagedoubler #failoftheweek #datasecurity #selfdestruct #flashdrive #superacid #h-bridge #polarity #thermite #privacy #fotw

Fail of the Week: Car Starter Motors Aren’t the Best Fit for eBikes - A lot of what real engineering is all about is designing to the limits of your mat... - https://hackaday.com/2023/04/14/fail-of-the-week-car-starter-motors-arent-the-best-fit-for-ebikes/ #transportationhacks #failoftheweek #startermotor #duty-cycle #ebike #fotw #lipo #bms #esc

Fail of the Week: A Bigger Hacksaw Isn’t a Better Hacksaw - If we’re being honest, the main reason to buy a power tool is to avoid the pain of... - https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/fail-of-the-week-a-bigger-hacksaw-isnt-a-better-hacksaw/ #failoftheweek #metalworking #handtools #bandsaw #cutting #hacksaw #fotw

Fail Of The Week: This SD Card Won’t Slot - If you’ve got a few self-designed PCBs under your belt, you probably know the pain of missing some... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/06/29/fail-of-the-week-this-sd-card-wont-slot/ #failoftheweek #octavo #sdcard #fotw

Fail of the Week: Bright Idea for LED Signs Goes Bad - Typically when we select a project for “Fail to the Week” honors, it’s because something went wron... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/05/08/fail-of-the-week-bright-idea-for-led-signs-goes-bad/ #designformanufacture #failoftheweek #animation #invention #scaling #patent #asic #fotw #sign #led #rgb

Fail of the Week: How Not to Die of Boredom During Isolation - They say you can’t actually die from boredom, but put a billion or so people into self-isolation, ... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/04/01/fail-of-the-week-how-not-to-die-of-boredom-during-isolation/ #failoftheweek #neodymium #covid-19 #magnet #safety #fotw

Fail of the Week: Padlock Purports to Provide Protection, Proves Pathetic - Anyone in the know about IoT security is likely to steer clear of a physical security product that... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/21/fail-of-the-week-padlock-purports-to-provide-protection-proves-pathetic/ #lockpickinghacks #physicalsecurity #failoftheweek #vulnerability #exploit #pentest #fotw

Fail of the Week: Subscription EV Charger Becomes Standalone, Briefly https://hackaday.com/2024/11/01/fail-of-the-week-subscription-ev-charger-becomes-standalone-briefly/ #ReverseEngineering #reverseengineering #FailoftheWeek #failoftheweek #replayattack #raspberrypi #rs-485 #pic

Fail of the Week: Subscription EV Charger Becomes Standalone, Briefly - At this point in the tech dystopia cycle, it’s no surprise that the initial purcha... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/01/fail-of-the-week-subscription-ev-charger-becomes-standalone-briefly/ #reverseengineering #failoftheweek #replayattack #raspberrypi #rs-485 #pic

Fail of the Week: The Case of the Curiously Colored Streetlights https://hackaday.com/2024/10/09/fail-of-the-week-the-case-of-the-curiously-colored-streetlights/ #FailoftheWeek #failoftheweek #streetlight #phosphor #repair #COB #led #yag

Fail of the Week: The Case of the Curiously Colored Streetlights - What color are the street lights in your town? While an unfortunate few still suff... - https://hackaday.com/2024/10/09/fail-of-the-week-the-case-of-the-curiously-colored-streetlights/ #failoftheweek #streetlight #phosphor #repair #cob #led #yag

Fail of the Week: PCB LED Cube Fails Successfully - Remember LED cubes? We sure do — they were all the rage for a while, and then it s... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/05/fail-of-the-week-pcb-led-cube-fails-successfully/ #failoftheweek #ledcube #pcb

Fail of The Week: Epic 312 Weeks Of Fixing A Broken Project - If a hacker guardian angel exists, then we’re sure he or she was definitely AWOL f... - https://hackaday.com/2023/02/17/fail-of-the-week-epic-312-weeks-of-fixing-a-broken-project/ #christmascalendar #christmasornament #binarycalendar #failoftheweek #binaryclock #christmas #calendar #esp8266 #atmega #binary #esp32

Schlechte Nachricht für alle, die Mastodon bisher gut finden. Der Bayerische Rundfunk sagt, ihr liegt falsch! #failoftheweek

- Kommt besser zu "Truth Söder" ☝️😬

Fail of the Week: Bronze-Brazed Wrought Iron - [Will Stelter], a promising young blacksmith working out of Montana, had a terrifi... - https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/fail-of-the-week-bronze-brazed-wrought-iron/ #failoftheweek #wroughtiron #bronze

Junk I Bought: My PSU Just Won’t Do - I have an Acer monitor that I’ve owned for around 15 years, and thanks to my havin... - https://hackaday.com/2022/05/31/junk-i-bought-my-psu-just-wont-do/ #hackadaycolumns #failoftheweek #powersupply #fake #psu

Fail of the Week: Hackaday Writer Attempts XBox Repair - Like a lot of Hackaday readers, I pride myself on being “the fix-it guy” in my fam... - https://hackaday.com/2021/12/08/fail-of-the-week-hackaday-writer-attempts-xbox-repair/ #hackadaycolumns #failoftheweek #hotairstation #repair #rework #xbox #smd #smt

Fail of the Week: Flipped Cable Leads to Fried Radio - [Doug]’s newly-installed Yaesu FT-891 mobile transceiver failed to power up despit... - https://hackaday.com/2021/08/03/fail-of-the-week-flipped-cable-leads-to-fried-radio/ #reversepolarity #failoftheweek #radiohacks #mobile #yaesu

Fail of the Week: The Metal Hot End Upgrade - My son, Patrick, has observed on more than one occasion that I do not like 3D prin... - https://hackaday.com/2021/07/29/fail-of-the-week-the-metal-hot-end-upgrade/ #hackadaycolumns #3dprinterhacks #allmetalhotend #failoftheweek #3dprinting #hotend #e3d

Fail Of The Week: Mistaking Units for Values - Usually when we post a Fail Of The Week, it’s a heroic tale of a project made with... - https://hackaday.com/2021/04/24/fail-of-the-week-mistaking-units-for-values/ #failoftheweek #sn65220 #parts #units #fail

Fail Of The Week: Putting Guitar Strings On A Piano - The piano is a bit of an oddball within the string instrument family. Apart from rarely seeing peo... - https://hackaday.com/2020/10/12/fail-of-the-week-putting-guitar-strings-on-a-piano/ #musicalinstrument #failoftheweek #musicalhacks #guitarstring #piano #fail

Fail of The Week: Epic 312 Weeks Of Fixing A Broken Project - If a hacker guardian angel exists, then we’re sure he or she was definitely AWOL f... - https://hackaday.com/2023/02/17/fail-of-the-week-epic-312-weeks-of-fixing-a-broken-project/ #christmascalendar #christmasornament #binarycalendar #failoftheweek #binaryclock #christmas #calendar #esp8266 #atmega #binary #esp32

Fail of The Week: Epic 312 Weeks Of Fixing A Broken Project - If a hacker guardian angel exists, then we’re sure he or she was definitely AWOL f... - https://hackaday.com/2023/02/17/fail-of-the-week-epic-312-weeks-of-fixing-a-broken-project/ #christmascalendar #christmasornament #binarycalendar #failoftheweek #binaryclock #christmas #calendar #esp8266 #atmega #binary #esp32

Fail of The Week: Epic 312 Weeks Of Fixing A Broken Project - If a hacker guardian angel exists, then we’re sure he or she was definitely AWOL f... - https://hackaday.com/2023/02/17/fail-of-the-week-epic-312-weeks-of-fixing-a-broken-project/ #christmascalendar #christmasornament #binarycalendar #failoftheweek #binaryclock #christmas #calendar #esp8266 #atmega #binary #esp32

Fail of The Week: Epic 312 Weeks Of Fixing A Broken Project - If a hacker guardian angel exists, then we’re sure he or she was definitely AWOL f... - https://hackaday.com/2023/02/17/fail-of-the-week-epic-312-weeks-of-fixing-a-broken-project/ #christmascalendar #christmasornament #binarycalendar #failoftheweek #binaryclock #christmas #calendar #esp8266 #atmega #binary #esp32

Fail of The Week: Epic 312 Weeks Of Fixing A Broken Project

https://hackaday.com/2023/02/17/fail-of-the-week-epic-312-weeks-of-fixing-a-broken-project/

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Fail of The Week: Epic 312 Weeks Of Fixing A Broken Project

https://hackaday.com/2023/02/17/fail-of-the-week-epic-312-weeks-of-fixing-a-broken-project/

#christmascalendar #christmasornament #binarycalendar #FailoftheWeek #binaryclock #christmas #calendar #ESP8266 #atmega #binary #ESP32

Fail Of The Week: Toilets And High Voltage Do Not Mix - Imagine if you will that you are enthroned upon the porcelain, minding your own business while doi... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/02/fail-of-the-week-toilets-and-high-voltage-do-not-mix/ #failoftheweek #sliprings #bathroom #flyback #gimbal #plasma #toilet #fire #ions #pain

Fail of the Week: The Arduino Walkie That Won’t Talkie - There’s something seriously wrong with the Arduino walkie-talkie that [GreatScott!] built.
The ide... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/07/28/fail-of-the-week-the-arduino-walkie-that-wont-talkie/ #failoftheweek #wirelesshacks #walkietalkie #distortion #wireless #arduino #lm358 #nrf24 #rf

Fail of the Week: The Little Remote-Controlled Snowblower That Couldn’t - [Punxatawny Phil]’s prognostications aside, winter isn’t over up here in the North... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/03/fail-of-the-week-the-little-remote-controlled-snowblower-that-couldnt/ #failoftheweek #robotshacks #snowblower #trackdrive #deepcycle #h-bridge #remote #fotw #snow #rc

Fail of the Week: The Little Remote-Controlled Snowblower That Couldn’t - [Punxatawny Phil]’s prognostications aside, winter isn’t over up here in the North... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/03/fail-of-the-week-the-little-remote-controlled-snowblower-that-couldnt/ #failoftheweek #robotshacks #snowblower #trackdrive #deepcycle #h-bridge #remote #fotw #snow #rc

Fail of the Week: The Little Remote-Controlled Snowblower That Couldn’t - [Punxatawny Phil]’s prognostications aside, winter isn’t over up here in the North... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/03/fail-of-the-week-the-little-remote-controlled-snowblower-that-couldnt/ #failoftheweek #robotshacks #snowblower #trackdrive #deepcycle #h-bridge #remote #fotw #snow #rc

Fail of the Week: The Little Remote-Controlled Snowblower That Couldn’t - [Punxatawny Phil]’s prognostications aside, winter isn’t over up here in the North... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/03/fail-of-the-week-the-little-remote-controlled-snowblower-that-couldnt/ #failoftheweek #robotshacks #snowblower #trackdrive #deepcycle #h-bridge #remote #fotw #snow #rc