#hobbyist — Public Fediverse posts

🚁🧠 Ah yes, the thrilling world of drone physics, where you too can transform your weekend hobby into an endless maze of equations and jargon! 🤓✨ Perfect for those who've always dreamed of mixing #calculus with their drone flying, because who wouldn't want to spend their free time reconciling inertial frames? 📉😂
https://iahmed.me/post/drone-physics/ #dronephysics #hobbyist #physicsfun #aerialdrones #weekendprojects #HackerNews #ngated

🚁🧠 Ah yes, the thrilling world of drone physics, where you too can transform your weekend hobby into an endless maze of equations and jargon! 🤓✨ Perfect for those who've always dreamed of mixing #calculus with their drone flying, because who wouldn't want to spend their free time reconciling inertial frames? 📉😂
https://iahmed.me/post/drone-physics/ #dronephysics #hobbyist #physicsfun #aerialdrones #weekendprojects #HackerNews #ngated

🎥 Oh, look! Another brave soul who buys broken camera lenses because logic is overrated and savings mean nothing! 🤦‍♂️ Let's all admire the heroic journey of someone who dives into the complexities of lens repair only to save a few bucks, all while convincing themselves this is a 'hobby.' 🙄🔧
https://salvagedcircuitry.com/sigma-45mm.html #brokenlenses #lensrepair #hobbyist #savingshero #cameraenthusiast #HackerNews #ngated

🎥 Oh, look! Another brave soul who buys broken camera lenses because logic is overrated and savings mean nothing! 🤦‍♂️ Let's all admire the heroic journey of someone who dives into the complexities of lens repair only to save a few bucks, all while convincing themselves this is a 'hobby.' 🙄🔧
https://salvagedcircuitry.com/sigma-45mm.html #brokenlenses #lensrepair #hobbyist #savingshero #cameraenthusiast #HackerNews #ngated

@chockenberry @Cdespinosa I write this while looking at my Apple IIe, my IIgs, my monochrome green CRT that I used to watch VHS on when I was too poor to afford a second screen. (Ted Turner never even attempted to colorize The Terminator into its original green and black.)

#TechHoarder or #Hobbyist ?

@chockenberry @Cdespinosa I write this while looking at my Apple IIe, my IIgs, my monochrome green CRT that I used to watch VHS on when I was too poor to afford a second screen. (Ted Turner never even attempted to colorize The Terminator into its original green and black.)

#TechHoarder or #Hobbyist ?

I want to take the lead or champion a software project using other comm protocols aside from 802.11 Wi-Fi.

#hobbyist #IoT #compilers

Given today's constraints, the base says that this is not possible — that it is not possible for hobbyists to go outside of the world of 802.11 to do anything. I don't know yet.

I am in my late forties. In the past, making these types of leaps was either time or cost prohibitive. Plus — there are the cultural, technological, and bureaucratic hold-ups that prevent people such as me from getting too far.

I liked the progress that #IoT has made in the last decade or so. However there does not seem to be a uniform standard for making software work well, either with the Arduino or Raspberry Pi coding platforms. I've looked at Pi's ARM GCC cross-compiler (arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc works well) and the IDE for Arduino which in my view is a little more limited. I seem to remember that Arduino's IDE would only compile C++. I find that to be limiting.

Before the advent of smartphones, I had wanted to know at the time if people could take their data with them instead of relying on centralized storage.

In this era of data rip-offs occurring with loosely planned Cloud infrastructure; where people's data does not belong to them in a real sense — this seems more relevant now.

Wow, a #hobbyist spent 3 months #tracking #petrol #prices like it’s the new Pokémon Go, but with #spreadsheets instead of Pikachu. 📊🔍 Meanwhile, the rest of us were busy doing literally anything else. ⛽️🤷‍♂️
https://www.fuelinsight.co.uk #PokémonGo #dataanalysis #petrolprices #HackerNews #ngated

Wow, a #hobbyist spent 3 months #tracking #petrol #prices like it’s the new Pokémon Go, but with #spreadsheets instead of Pikachu. 📊🔍 Meanwhile, the rest of us were busy doing literally anything else. ⛽️🤷‍♂️
https://www.fuelinsight.co.uk #PokémonGo #dataanalysis #petrolprices #HackerNews #ngated

Ah yes, another riveting tale of microcontrollers—because who doesn't love a deep dive into floating point #arithmetic on a #hobbyist chip? 🙄 Spoiler: if you enjoy endless links leading to nowhere and cryptic jargon, this post is your Disneyland. 🎢 Go ahead, embrace the thrill of being hopelessly confused! 🤓
https://danielmangum.com/posts/floating-point-cortex-m/ #microcontrollers #floatingpoint #techhumor #confusion #HackerNews #ngated

Ah yes, another riveting tale of microcontrollers—because who doesn't love a deep dive into floating point #arithmetic on a #hobbyist chip? 🙄 Spoiler: if you enjoy endless links leading to nowhere and cryptic jargon, this post is your Disneyland. 🎢 Go ahead, embrace the thrill of being hopelessly confused! 🤓
https://danielmangum.com/posts/floating-point-cortex-m/ #microcontrollers #floatingpoint #techhumor #confusion #HackerNews #ngated

New York’s 3D printer bill is technically doomed.
They want AI to scan every file for “firearm geometry.” But even solving a 2D jigsaw puzzle is extremely difficult for AI — it has to match shape, color, orientation, and context all at once.
Now they want it to do that in 3D.

#3Dprinting #3Dprint
#Hobbyist #Cosplay #mak
#2A #Firearms #Guns
#NY #NYS #NYC #NewYork

New York’s 3D printer bill is technically doomed.
They want AI to scan every file for “firearm geometry.” But even solving a 2D jigsaw puzzle is extremely difficult for AI — it has to match shape, color, orientation, and context all at once.
Now they want it to do that in 3D.

#3Dprinting #3Dprint
#Hobbyist #Cosplay #mak
#2A #Firearms #Guns
#NY #NYS #NYC #NewYork

Classic Radio Shack Protoboards #TindieBlog #Prototyping #Hobbyist #Electronics #RadioShack #WorkbenchClassics
https://blog.tindie.com/2026/04/classic-radio-shack-protoboards/

Classic Radio Shack Protoboards #TindieBlog #Prototyping #Hobbyist #Electronics #RadioShack #WorkbenchClassics
https://blog.tindie.com/2026/04/classic-radio-shack-protoboards/

Any solar enthusiasts here? I would like to follow some people who do interesting stuff.

#Solar #Renewables #Energy #hobbyist

Any solar enthusiasts here? I would like to follow some people who do interesting stuff.

#Solar #Renewables #Energy #hobbyist

I write most of my code assuming that I do not read it for quite a while. If I would live in it everyday, I would probably prefer fewer comments and shorter variable names.
Also: How to run and update the project is what I seem to forget the easiest, so a section in the readme for that seems to be essential.

#programming #hobbyist

I write most of my code assuming that I do not read it for quite a while. If I would live in it everyday, I would probably prefer fewer comments and shorter variable names.
Also: How to run and update the project is what I seem to forget the easiest, so a section in the readme for that seems to be essential.

#programming #hobbyist

I just saw the shutdown notice for K&T Host. I am sad to see them go, but thankful for the services they provided. Hosting apps like Lemmy and Mitra through them hugely boosted my spirit in becoming a hobbyist sysadmin. Thank you, K&T Host, and happy retirement! I hope everyone manages to move their data before the February 1, 2026, full shutdown.

https://weblog.kalvin.my/farewell-to-k-t-host-gratitude-for-the-sysadmin-journey/

#knthost #webhosting #hosting #sysadmin #hobbyist #lemmy #mitra #bookstack #gotosocial #fediverse #selfhosting #tech #farewell #retirement #humane_tech #community #grateful #digitalautonomy #service

Ah, yes, because nothing screams "hobby" like lugging around a 1.5 kg #radiation meter to sniff out pebbles with a side of #ionizing #radiation. ⚛️💼 Who knew the secret to a fulfilling life was discovering just how irradiated your rock collection can get? 🔍🪨
https://maurycyz.com/projects/ludlum3/ #hobbyist #science #rocks #geiger #counter #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, yes, because nothing screams "hobby" like lugging around a 1.5 kg #radiation meter to sniff out pebbles with a side of #ionizing #radiation. ⚛️💼 Who knew the secret to a fulfilling life was discovering just how irradiated your rock collection can get? 🔍🪨
https://maurycyz.com/projects/ludlum3/ #hobbyist #science #rocks #geiger #counter #HackerNews #ngated

🐢 Breaking news: Someone wrote a "high-performance" full-text search engine in Go! 🚀 Because clearly, Google needed another competitor, and the world was desperate for more search engines built from scratch by hobbyists. 🙄
https://github.com/wizenheimer/blaze #highperformance #searchengine #Go #programming #hobbyist #innovation #HackerNews #ngated

🐢 Breaking news: Someone wrote a "high-performance" full-text search engine in Go! 🚀 Because clearly, Google needed another competitor, and the world was desperate for more search engines built from scratch by hobbyists. 🙄
https://github.com/wizenheimer/blaze #highperformance #searchengine #Go #programming #hobbyist #innovation #HackerNews #ngated

This is the simplest car's wiring diagram you can find, Frank Lyaruu says in "No cars were harmed for this talk".

#EuroRust #EuroRust25 #AutomotiveRust #hobbyist

This is the simplest car's wiring diagram you can find, Frank Lyaruu says in "No cars were harmed for this talk".

#EuroRust #EuroRust25 #AutomotiveRust #hobbyist

What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?

https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/09/what-if-i-dont-want-videos-of-my-hobby-time-available-to-the-entire-world/

#HackerNews #privacy #concerns #hobbyist #content #online #safety #personal #boundaries

What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?

https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/09/what-if-i-dont-want-videos-of-my-hobby-time-available-to-the-entire-world/

#HackerNews #privacy #concerns #hobbyist #content #online #safety #personal #boundaries

👨‍🔬🥱 "J-Link RTT for the Masses," or "How to Overcomplicate Simple #Debugging with #Semihosting on ARM!" Because obviously, what every #hobbyist needs is a dissertation-level guide to turning a microcontroller into a chatty friend. Spoiler: Just use printf like the rest of us 🙄.
https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/insights/jlink-rtt-for-the-masses/ #JLinkRTT #ARM #Microcontrollers #HackerNews #ngated

👨‍🔬🥱 "J-Link RTT for the Masses," or "How to Overcomplicate Simple #Debugging with #Semihosting on ARM!" Because obviously, what every #hobbyist needs is a dissertation-level guide to turning a microcontroller into a chatty friend. Spoiler: Just use printf like the rest of us 🙄.
https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/insights/jlink-rtt-for-the-masses/ #JLinkRTT #ARM #Microcontrollers #HackerNews #ngated

🖥️ Oh sure, everyone has an hour to spare for "a minimal proof of concept #timesharing OS #kernel on RISCV"—next you'll be #coding your own silicon in your #garage, right? 🙄 This is perfect for those who have too much free time and an insatiable desire to be the only person who understands their own obscure system software. 👨‍💻
https://popovicu.com/posts/writing-an-operating-system-kernel-from-scratch/ #minimalOS #RISCV #hobbyist #HackerNews #ngated

🖥️ Oh sure, everyone has an hour to spare for "a minimal proof of concept #timesharing OS #kernel on RISCV"—next you'll be #coding your own silicon in your #garage, right? 🙄 This is perfect for those who have too much free time and an insatiable desire to be the only person who understands their own obscure system software. 👨‍💻
https://popovicu.com/posts/writing-an-operating-system-kernel-from-scratch/ #minimalOS #RISCV #hobbyist #HackerNews #ngated

Ah yes, the ancient #art of turning perfectly good trees into glorified kindergarten #crafts 🤡✂️. Nothing screams "advanced hobbyist" like meticulously gluing paper together to create #3D approximations of things that exist in real life 🚀📄. Next up: revolutionary insights on how #scissors change EVERYTHING! 🔪✨
https://www.arvinpoddar.com/blog/3d-modeling-with-paper #hobbyist #tree #printing #innovation #HackerNews #ngated

Ah yes, the ancient #art of turning perfectly good trees into glorified kindergarten #crafts 🤡✂️. Nothing screams "advanced hobbyist" like meticulously gluing paper together to create #3D approximations of things that exist in real life 🚀📄. Next up: revolutionary insights on how #scissors change EVERYTHING! 🔪✨
https://www.arvinpoddar.com/blog/3d-modeling-with-paper #hobbyist #tree #printing #innovation #HackerNews #ngated

At these prices these are becoming affordable to the #hobbyist market and when that happens I think we'll start to see some rapid #innovation take place.

Will someone end up creating a Terminator? Or RoboCop? Or "Sonny"?

Who knows, but it's exciting stuff.

Now, where can I get me one? I'd love to have an #android that walked my dogs and picked up after their shit. But at 25kg my dog would just drag it across the desert. #UniTreeR1 #robot #humanoid

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-08-humanoid-robot-sale.html

Instead of spending my last day off gaming, I've spent a lot of it rearranging things on my website :ablobfoxdundundunowo:

Now there's random Star Trek quotes on the left sidebar, along with fediverse trending hashtags (pulled from mastodon.online), and I removed the "notes" from the front page again because I just don't use them lol

Instead of spending my last day off gaming, I've spent a lot of it rearranging things on my website :ablobfoxdundundunowo:

Now there's random Star Trek quotes on the left sidebar, along with fediverse trending hashtags (pulled from mastodon.online), and I removed the "notes" from the front page again because I just don't use them lol

🚨 Breaking News: "Tiny kernel" enthusiast spends countless hours reinventing the wheel, only to discover it's still round and doesn't quite fit the car. 🚗🔧 Meanwhile, #GitHub applauds politely while silently wondering if AI could have written a better hobby project in its sleep. 🤖💤
https://github.com/vvaltchev/tilck #TinyKernel #Reinvention #CountlessHours #AIProject #Hobbyist #HackerNews #ngated

🚨 Breaking News: "Tiny kernel" enthusiast spends countless hours reinventing the wheel, only to discover it's still round and doesn't quite fit the car. 🚗🔧 Meanwhile, #GitHub applauds politely while silently wondering if AI could have written a better hobby project in its sleep. 🤖💤
https://github.com/vvaltchev/tilck #TinyKernel #Reinvention #CountlessHours #AIProject #Hobbyist #HackerNews #ngated

🖨️✨ So you bought a Prusa 3D printer and suddenly think you're an engineer? 🤔 Welcome to the world of fine-tuning endless parameters just to watch your plastic spaghetti ooze awkwardly. 🎉 Remember, nothing says "I have no life" more than measuring belt tension for the perfect cube. 🤷‍♂️
https://arachnoid.com/3D_Printing_Prusa_Core_One/ #3Dprinting #PrusaPrinter #engineering #hobbyist #makercommunity #printerproblems #HackerNews #ngated

🖨️✨ So you bought a Prusa 3D printer and suddenly think you're an engineer? 🤔 Welcome to the world of fine-tuning endless parameters just to watch your plastic spaghetti ooze awkwardly. 🎉 Remember, nothing says "I have no life" more than measuring belt tension for the perfect cube. 🤷‍♂️
https://arachnoid.com/3D_Printing_Prusa_Core_One/ #3Dprinting #PrusaPrinter #engineering #hobbyist #makercommunity #printerproblems #HackerNews #ngated

Measuring the characteristics of some cheap J113 / 2SJ113 n-channel JFETs I bought, so I can match them / divvy them into bins.

Put #15 of 20 into the JFET test circuit, and the power supply's current limiter kicks in ... whoops. Did I have it turned around so I swapped the terminals? Nope...

Take a peek at it. Slightly different marking. Still "J113", but the factory/date code is different. Put it in the component tester... it's a PNP BJT transistor, not a JFET at all, and with a pinout completely unsuitable for the JFET test circuit. If it had been in for more than a second, it probably would have let the Magic Smoke out.

Oh, #AliExpress sellers, where would #hobbyist #electronics people be without you? Somewhere with less excitement in their lives, I guess.

#MagicSmoke #Chinesium #fake #remarked #component #transistor #JFET #BJT #J113 #hobby

Measuring the characteristics of some cheap J113 / 2SJ113 n-channel JFETs I bought, so I can match them / divvy them into bins.

Put #15 of 20 into the JFET test circuit, and the power supply's current limiter kicks in ... whoops. Did I have it turned around so I swapped the terminals? Nope...

Take a peek at it. Slightly different marking. Still "J113", but the factory/date code is different. Put it in the component tester... it's a PNP BJT transistor, not a JFET at all, and with a pinout completely unsuitable for the JFET test circuit. If it had been in for more than a second, it probably would have let the Magic Smoke out.

Oh, #AliExpress sellers, where would #hobbyist #electronics people be without you? Somewhere with less excitement in their lives, I guess.

#MagicSmoke #Chinesium #fake #remarked #component #transistor #JFET #BJT #J113 #hobby

The difference between making a cabinet that is glued and screwed in place vs one that is built like a flatpack and assembled on site is about 300 hours 🥴… they are likely to look exactly the same! #CabinetMaking #diy #hobbyist

The difference between making a cabinet that is glued and screwed in place vs one that is built like a flatpack and assembled on site is about 300 hours 🥴… they are likely to look exactly the same! #CabinetMaking #diy #hobbyist

Another question for #electronics #hobbyist people from a complete noob: This box of electronic components is all presented in plastic boxes and bags, but they're all different components crammed together.

When considering storage solutions for these bits (like the box of drawers in the second picture), do I need to account for static build-up created by the plastic bits rubbing together? I mean static buildup in the box of drawers, from the drawers rubbing against the frame.

Thank you!

Another question for #electronics #hobbyist people from a complete noob: This box of electronic components is all presented in plastic boxes and bags, but they're all different components crammed together.

When considering storage solutions for these bits (like the box of drawers in the second picture), do I need to account for static build-up created by the plastic bits rubbing together? I mean static buildup in the box of drawers, from the drawers rubbing against the frame.

Thank you!

As a first post, I wanted to share with you all a side project I wrote to get the ball rolling, so to speak. I decided to make a compiler completely from scratch. Check out my GitHub if you'd like to give any feedback

See my reply below for more info

[GitHub Page](https://github.com/Giona2/Compiled-Coding-Language)

[Documentation Site](https://giona2.github.io/Compiled-Coding-Language/)

#Programming #Compilers #Rustlang #SoftwareEngineering #Hobbyist

Hi #electronics #hobbyist Fediverse - total noob here. I think the photo I'm working from for this practice kit is wrong. I read that the stripe on an electrolytic capacitor points to negative, but the completed kit photo shows the stripes pointing to the positive indication on the board. The two latter snaps are my WIP board. Who's right?

Hi #electronics #hobbyist Fediverse - total noob here. I think the photo I'm working from for this practice kit is wrong. I read that the stripe on an electrolytic capacitor points to negative, but the completed kit photo shows the stripes pointing to the positive indication on the board. The two latter snaps are my WIP board. Who's right?

🎉 Welcome to the riveting world of "Noise Explorer," where you can design your own cryptographic #handshake patterns—because everyone needs a new hobby, right? 🤔 With the excitement level of watching paint dry, you can generate formal verification models and engage in thrilling battles against imaginary attackers. 🤖🔍
https://noiseexplorer.com/ #NoiseExplorer #Cryptography #Patterns #Hobbyist #TechThrills #CyberSecurity #HackerNews #ngated