#hobbyists — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #hobbyists, aggregated by home.social.
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🤑💸 Oh no! The price of DRAM is SOARING, and poor Raspberry Pi can't take it anymore! Every hobbyist's dreams of affordable single-board computing are crushed as they clutch their pearls over the shocking—SHOCKING—new price of $299.99 for a Pi 5. Say it isn't so! 🙄
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/dram-pricing-is-killing-the-hobbyist-sbc-market/ #DRAMpriceincrease #RaspberryPi5 #singleboardcomputing #hobbyists #technews #affordability #HackerNews #ngated -
🤑💸 Oh no! The price of DRAM is SOARING, and poor Raspberry Pi can't take it anymore! Every hobbyist's dreams of affordable single-board computing are crushed as they clutch their pearls over the shocking—SHOCKING—new price of $299.99 for a Pi 5. Say it isn't so! 🙄
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/dram-pricing-is-killing-the-hobbyist-sbc-market/ #DRAMpriceincrease #RaspberryPi5 #singleboardcomputing #hobbyists #technews #affordability #HackerNews #ngated -
🤑💸 Oh no! The price of DRAM is SOARING, and poor Raspberry Pi can't take it anymore! Every hobbyist's dreams of affordable single-board computing are crushed as they clutch their pearls over the shocking—SHOCKING—new price of $299.99 for a Pi 5. Say it isn't so! 🙄
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/dram-pricing-is-killing-the-hobbyist-sbc-market/ #DRAMpriceincrease #RaspberryPi5 #singleboardcomputing #hobbyists #technews #affordability #HackerNews #ngated -
🤑💸 Oh no! The price of DRAM is SOARING, and poor Raspberry Pi can't take it anymore! Every hobbyist's dreams of affordable single-board computing are crushed as they clutch their pearls over the shocking—SHOCKING—new price of $299.99 for a Pi 5. Say it isn't so! 🙄
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/dram-pricing-is-killing-the-hobbyist-sbc-market/ #DRAMpriceincrease #RaspberryPi5 #singleboardcomputing #hobbyists #technews #affordability #HackerNews #ngated -
🤑💸 Oh no! The price of DRAM is SOARING, and poor Raspberry Pi can't take it anymore! Every hobbyist's dreams of affordable single-board computing are crushed as they clutch their pearls over the shocking—SHOCKING—new price of $299.99 for a Pi 5. Say it isn't so! 🙄
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/dram-pricing-is-killing-the-hobbyist-sbc-market/ #DRAMpriceincrease #RaspberryPi5 #singleboardcomputing #hobbyists #technews #affordability #HackerNews #ngated -
New York’s New 3D Printing Law, As Written, Is Extremely Harmful And Annoying
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New York’s New 3D Printing Law, As Written, Is Extremely Harmful And Annoying
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New York’s New 3D Printing Law, As Written, Is Extremely Harmful And Annoying
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New York’s New 3D Printing Law, As Written, Is Extremely Harmful And Annoying
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New York’s New 3D Printing Law, As Written, Is Extremely Harmful And Annoying
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"Anyone else out there vibe circuit-building?"
https://twitter.com/beneater/status/2012988790709928305
#HackerNews #circuitbuilding #electronics #hobbyists #techcommunity #makerspace
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"Anyone else out there vibe circuit-building?"
https://twitter.com/beneater/status/2012988790709928305
#HackerNews #circuitbuilding #electronics #hobbyists #techcommunity #makerspace
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"Anyone else out there vibe circuit-building?"
https://twitter.com/beneater/status/2012988790709928305
#HackerNews #circuitbuilding #electronics #hobbyists #techcommunity #makerspace
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"Anyone else out there vibe circuit-building?"
https://twitter.com/beneater/status/2012988790709928305
#HackerNews #circuitbuilding #electronics #hobbyists #techcommunity #makerspace
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"Anyone else out there vibe circuit-building?"
https://twitter.com/beneater/status/2012988790709928305
#HackerNews #circuitbuilding #electronics #hobbyists #techcommunity #makerspace
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🎉 Behold, the pinnacle of human innovation: a tool to #design... #foamcore inserts for boardgames! 🃏 Because clearly, the real problem with #boardgames was their lack of meticulous #organization. 🙄 Forget AI and space travel, we're solving the *real* issues here, folks! 🚀
https://boxinsertdesigner.com/ #innovation #techhumor #hobbyists #HackerNews #ngated -
😆 Oh, look! Another "enlightening" article for #hobbyists who apparently can't Google the basics of #radio. What a revelation: #antennas exist and radios don't just magically work! 📻✨
https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/radios-how-do-they-work #technews #enlightenment #HackerNews #ngated -
🔥 Wow, who knew the CIA's secret sauce was hiding in a dusty #Smithsonian closet all along? 🙄 The NY Times thinks this is breaking news, but spoiler alert: nobody except conspiracy theorists and #hobbyists care! 🕵️♂️🔍
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/science/kryptos-cia-solution-sanborn-auction.html #CIA #Secrets #ConspiracyTheory #BreakingNews #HackerNews #ngated -
hello #electronics #hobbyists is there a way to automatically detect which way a batter has been wired in and switch the circuit accordingly?
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🎧🛠️ Oh wow, someone discovered open source means they can tinker with apps! 🙄 Is this a groundbreaking revelation or just a hobbyist's tantrum over ads? Maybe next time, focus more on the podcast than the code. #Priorities 😂
https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/podcasts-you-altered-the-deal-so-i-will-alter-your-app/ #open_source #tinkering #apps #podcasting #revelations #hobbyists #HackerNews #ngated -
🎙️ Ah, yet another episode where we pretend to be surprised that companies freeload off hobbyists! 🤯 Thomas DePierre heroically reveals the "groundbreaking" news: the corporate world and open source community are like cats and dogs... who knew? 😆 Next week, join us for a riveting discussion on how water is, in fact, wet. 🌊
https://opensourcesecurity.io/2025/2025-06-hobbyist-thomas-depierre/ #openSource #freeloading #corporateCulture #techHumor #hobbyists #catsAndDogs #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Oh, joy! Another #groundbreaking "how to reinvent the wheel in PyTorch" saga. 🙄 Because clearly, 270M parameters scream "local tinkering fun" for all you basement #hobbyists with supercomputers. 💻✨
https://github.com/rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch/tree/main/ch05/12_gemma3 #PyTorch #Reinvention #Supercomputing #Tech #HackerNews #ngated -
Hurry! Early bird tickets are still available!!
Don't miss the boat! Early Bird #tickets for State of the Map 2025 in #Manila are flying out the door!
Secure your spot NOW and get ready for an unforgettable experience with the global #OpenStreetMap community!
Enjoy discounted prices, including a special rate for community #hobbyists!
Get your Early Bird ticket here NOW!!!: https://2025.stateofthemap.org/tickets/
#SotM2025 #OpenStreetMap #Manila #EarlyBird #MappingCommunity #ConferenceVibes
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Hurry! Early bird tickets are still available!!
Don't miss the boat! Early Bird #tickets for State of the Map 2025 in #Manila are flying out the door!
Secure your spot NOW and get ready for an unforgettable experience with the global #OpenStreetMap community!
Enjoy discounted prices, including a special rate for community #hobbyists!
Get your Early Bird ticket here NOW!!!: https://2025.stateofthemap.org/tickets/
#SotM2025 #OpenStreetMap #Manila #EarlyBird #MappingCommunity #ConferenceVibes
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Hurry! Early bird tickets are still available!!
Don't miss the boat! Early Bird #tickets for State of the Map 2025 in #Manila are flying out the door!
Secure your spot NOW and get ready for an unforgettable experience with the global #OpenStreetMap community!
Enjoy discounted prices, including a special rate for community #hobbyists!
Get your Early Bird ticket here NOW!!!: https://2025.stateofthemap.org/tickets/
#SotM2025 #OpenStreetMap #Manila #EarlyBird #MappingCommunity #ConferenceVibes
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Hurry! Early bird tickets are still available!!
Don't miss the boat! Early Bird #tickets for State of the Map 2025 in #Manila are flying out the door!
Secure your spot NOW and get ready for an unforgettable experience with the global #OpenStreetMap community!
Enjoy discounted prices, including a special rate for community #hobbyists!
Get your Early Bird ticket here NOW!!!: https://2025.stateofthemap.org/tickets/
#SotM2025 #OpenStreetMap #Manila #EarlyBird #MappingCommunity #ConferenceVibes
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Hurry! Early bird tickets are still available!!
Don't miss the boat! Early Bird #tickets for State of the Map 2025 in #Manila are flying out the door!
Secure your spot NOW and get ready for an unforgettable experience with the global #OpenStreetMap community!
Enjoy discounted prices, including a special rate for community #hobbyists!
Get your Early Bird ticket here NOW!!!: https://2025.stateofthemap.org/tickets/
#SotM2025 #OpenStreetMap #Manila #EarlyBird #MappingCommunity #ConferenceVibes
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I'm looking for #opinions from #electronics #hobbyists or professionals.
When I'm using a #solderless #breadboard to prototype circuits, resistors can be frustrating. If you just keep re-using the same well-worn ones that look like a pretzel, you have to leave the leads long for the unknown next place you want to use them, and you can accidentally short something else against the leads.
Over the years I've frequently thought "Someone must make #jumper wires with inline resistors so they're easy to reuse", but I've never seen them for sale. [1]
So I made a bunch. And wow, it's labour-intensive to make them well. That explains why no-one's selling them.
Would other people be interested in buying and using these? Anyone can make them, but a lot of people would rather use their limited #hobby time to make their projects, not make things they need to make their #projects.
I've reduced the amount of time to make them and will keep trying, but I would have to charge at least US $30 for a pack of ten. There are ways to reduce it further, but they require a significant investment in equipment, so I'd have to be selling quite a few.
I make them with good materials - silicone 26AWG #wire for flexibility, name-brand 1% metal film #resistors, total length 24cm.
Would anyone want these?
[1] Closest thing I've found is https://www.dfrobot.com/product-1438.html but they're rigid so you need to use an additional wire anyway if you're not connecting exactly that distance through clear space.
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Printegrated Circuits: Merging 3D Printing and Electronics
https://spectrum.ieee.org/3d-printing-smart-objects
#ycombinator #3d_printing #internet_of_things #arduino #hobbyists -
Printegrated Circuits: Merging 3D Printing and Electronics
https://spectrum.ieee.org/3d-printing-smart-objects
#ycombinator #3d_printing #internet_of_things #arduino #hobbyists -
Printegrated Circuits: Merging 3D Printing and Electronics
https://spectrum.ieee.org/3d-printing-smart-objects
#ycombinator #3d_printing #internet_of_things #arduino #hobbyists -
Printegrated Circuits: Merging 3D Printing and Electronics
https://spectrum.ieee.org/3d-printing-smart-objects
#ycombinator #3d_printing #internet_of_things #arduino #hobbyists -
Ah yes, the Altair: the "first" #personal #computer that nobody actually used, except for #hobbyists with a soldering iron fetish 🤖🔧. Let's all pretend we care about a machine that booted to blinking lights and did absolutely nothing useful. But hey, it was "first" so it gets a gold star ⭐.
https://www.goto10retro.com/p/altair-at-50-remembering-the-first #Altair #Tech #History #First #Computer #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, the Altair: the "first" #personal #computer that nobody actually used, except for #hobbyists with a soldering iron fetish 🤖🔧. Let's all pretend we care about a machine that booted to blinking lights and did absolutely nothing useful. But hey, it was "first" so it gets a gold star ⭐.
https://www.goto10retro.com/p/altair-at-50-remembering-the-first #Altair #Tech #History #First #Computer #HackerNews #ngated -
"#DeepSeek, and the #opensource #AIecosystem surrounding it, has rapidly evolved from a brief snapshot of technological brilliance into something much bigger—and much harder to stop. Tens of thousands of developers, from seasoned #researchers to passionate #hobbyists, are now working on enhancing, tuning, and extending these open source models in ways no centralized entity could manage alone."
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3960764/deepseeks-open-source-movement.html
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→ Mistral, Europe’s biggest #AI #startup, is blowing hot
https://www.economist.com/business/2025/03/06/mistral-europes-biggest-ai-startup-is-blowing-hot“[Mistral's] models […] are firmly middling. […] So #Mistral has tried to make its name by competing more obliquely. For instance, many of its models are #opensource: anyone may download and use them without explicit permission, for no charge. Others are released under the company’s own "research" #licence; commercial users must pay for them, #hobbyists and #hackers can fool around with them #freely.”
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→ Mistral, Europe’s biggest #AI #startup, is blowing hot
https://www.economist.com/business/2025/03/06/mistral-europes-biggest-ai-startup-is-blowing-hot“[Mistral's] models […] are firmly middling. […] So #Mistral has tried to make its name by competing more obliquely. For instance, many of its models are #opensource: anyone may download and use them without explicit permission, for no charge. Others are released under the company’s own "research" #licence; commercial users must pay for them, #hobbyists and #hackers can fool around with them #freely.”
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→ Mistral, Europe’s biggest #AI #startup, is blowing hot
https://www.economist.com/business/2025/03/06/mistral-europes-biggest-ai-startup-is-blowing-hot“[Mistral's] models […] are firmly middling. […] So #Mistral has tried to make its name by competing more obliquely. For instance, many of its models are #opensource: anyone may download and use them without explicit permission, for no charge. Others are released under the company’s own "research" #licence; commercial users must pay for them, #hobbyists and #hackers can fool around with them #freely.”
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→ Mistral, Europe’s biggest #AI #startup, is blowing hot
https://www.economist.com/business/2025/03/06/mistral-europes-biggest-ai-startup-is-blowing-hot“[Mistral's] models […] are firmly middling. […] So #Mistral has tried to make its name by competing more obliquely. For instance, many of its models are #opensource: anyone may download and use them without explicit permission, for no charge. Others are released under the company’s own "research" #licence; commercial users must pay for them, #hobbyists and #hackers can fool around with them #freely.”
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→ Mistral, Europe’s biggest #AI #startup, is blowing hot
https://www.economist.com/business/2025/03/06/mistral-europes-biggest-ai-startup-is-blowing-hot“[Mistral's] models […] are firmly middling. […] So #Mistral has tried to make its name by competing more obliquely. For instance, many of its models are #opensource: anyone may download and use them without explicit permission, for no charge. Others are released under the company’s own "research" #licence; commercial users must pay for them, #hobbyists and #hackers can fool around with them #freely.”
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Just a brief #factoid to perhaps save other #electronics #hobbyists some time.
#BigClive frequently uses a particular type of crimp-contact-and-housing as a universal socket for LEDs and other leaded components. Not just any such connector will do; various #JST, "#Dupont", and others won't work, because they only grasp pins of one particular size and/or shape. If the lead is too big, it won't go in, and if it's too small, it won't stay in.
If you want to use these connectors - and note you can get the housings with more than 2 contacts, so you can use them for transistors or weirder things too - the magic search term is "KF2510".
The reason these work as universal sockets for leaded components is because the contact is a spring that pushes from only one side of the housing, pressing the inserted contact or lead against the far side of the housing, and therefore provides a friction fit for any size lead (within reason). Most crimp connectors instead have particular shapes for their contacts and will only "grab" something the right size and shape.
#KF2510 #CrimpConnector #crimp #socket #component #leaded #connector #solderless #universal #contact #housing
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Just a brief #factoid to perhaps save other #electronics #hobbyists some time.
#BigClive frequently uses a particular type of crimp-contact-and-housing as a universal socket for LEDs and other leaded components. Not just any such connector will do; various #JST, "#Dupont", and others won't work, because they only grasp pins of one particular size and/or shape. If the lead is too big, it won't go in, and if it's too small, it won't stay in.
If you want to use these connectors - and note you can get the housings with more than 2 contacts, so you can use them for transistors or weirder things too - the magic search term is "KF2510".
The reason these work as universal sockets for leaded components is because the contact is a spring that pushes from only one side of the housing, pressing the inserted contact or lead against the far side of the housing, and therefore provides a friction fit for any size lead (within reason). Most crimp connectors instead have particular shapes for their contacts and will only "grab" something the right size and shape.
#KF2510 #CrimpConnector #crimp #socket #component #leaded #connector #solderless #universal #contact #housing
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Additionally! I should say - if you’d be welcoming to a rabble of #Miniatures & #MiniaturePainting #Hobbyists - this has been a wonderful bunch to moderate, I would highly recommend telling them to join your instance.
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do you consume a lot of the media your creative hobby is? for example, do you musicians listen to a lot of music in your free time?
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@Philsan can I dare to hope that this bodes well?
If the execs at the current incarnation of #Atari have the tiniest bit of sense, they'll realise that many of the original generations of Atari users are now at peak earning capacity (as evidenced by prices for vintage Atari kit) but also have a good knowledge of the #history of Atari, care deeply about #integrity of the brand and have enormous #respect for the hardware and software #hobbyists building new and exciting stuff for the platform today.
Some of us have money to spend, but we're exceedingly wary about nasty, unimaginative, exploitative plays by current-day Atari and will shit loudly on them from the rooftops if they try to take the piss or take us for fools.
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#RedHat is concerned that rebuilders (like @rockylinux & @almalinux) have the potential to revert #opensource back into a #hackers and #hobbyists only actiivity…
To that @geerlingguy, @jerod & @adam say:
“Yes, please!”
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#Designing version 3 of a water fountain and #fusion360 is having a very bad time with my use of repeated patterns, I'm going to have to move to better software soon but there so few offer options for #hobbyists . #3dprinting
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Kia ora #Aotearoa,
The #NZServer instance is here to give you a local #NewZealand based timeline. We welcome #individuals groups, #crafts, #arts #hobbyists, #nonprofits #SmallBusiness and #Organisations to create a #mastodon presence -
Any cool #blackfriday deals for #makers / #tinkerers / #hobbyists ? #electronics #synth #eurorack #3dprinting
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Joining the #Mastodon #Fediverse reminds me a lot of my prior experiences 1. dabbling in #linux & #oss, and 2. exploring the early social web (#BBS, #geocities, #ICQ, #AIM, #blogger) circa late 1990
Roll your own ethos, lots of effort to get in, things don’t just work, pioneer mentality, lots of #hackers and #tinkerers and #hobbyists, small but passionate #community seeking connection.
Maybe won’t have mass appeal but perhaps that’s not the goal?