#toaster — Public Fediverse posts

🎉 Introducing the #magical, #mythical 🐍 #Python #distributions that claim to run on anything from your grandma's #typewriter to your pet rock! Who knew the real barrier to Python's universality was just not enough #static linking? 🚀 Spoiler: it won’t work on your #toaster.
https://gregoryszorc.com/docs/python-build-standalone/main/ #Grandma #Linking #HackerNews #ngated

🛠️ So, some genius decided that cramming #AI into your #toaster was the next frontier... because clearly, who needs a datacenter when your fridge can sing "Jingle Bells"? 🎶 Meanwhile, #GitHub continues its quest to automate everything, including possibly your #breakfast. 🍳
https://github.com/hertz-ai/HARTOS #Tech #Automation #HackerNews #ngated

#MuesliTech

Today I took a look at how this toaster is built. It even came with some free pieces of bread, which was a nice bonus... although they probably shouldn't have been near the mains connection and the latch mechanism.

Even though I have other plans for it, I first reinforced the spring mechanism and toasted a slice of bread.

Sorry, I just had to :neocat_nom_bread:

#Maker #HardwareHacking #Toaster

#MuesliTech

Looks like a perfect enclosure for a new project :blobcatbreadpeek:

#Maker #HardwareHacking #Electronics #Upcycling #Toaster

toaster

FULL-HOUSE #EXORCISM

Sunday cleaning is underway.

I have done the bathrooms and the kitchen, which means I have faced the main #demons directly.

Soap #scum

#Toothpaste #fossils.

#Kitchen crumbs.

#Coffee rings.

The mysterious sticky patch that no one admits creating.

Now Pete is doing the floors.

First the #vacuum.

Then the #steamer.

The steamer hisses like a serpent, so now it sounds as though Pete is chasing #Satan down the hallway with a #domestic appliance.

I am sitting here with coffee, looking #innocent, while the house undergoes #spiritual pressure-washing.

By the end of this, the #floorboards will have confessed, the grout will be forgiven, and whatever was living behind the #toaster will have packed a small bag and left quietly.

Not bad for a #Sunday morning.

#fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum

LOOK OUT, TOASTER

https://piefed.social/c/grimdank/p/2168144/look-out-toaster

🔥🚀 Introducing #TorchCodec 0.14, where you can now decode #HDR #video using your #toaster oven's CPU or a NASA-grade #CUDA, while a "fast" WAV decoder speeds up your #mixtape from the 90s. 😂 Meanwhile, #GitHub is still trying to convince you that #AI can write better code than your cat. 🐱💻
https://github.com/meta-pytorch/torchcodec/releases/tag/v0.14.0 #HackerNews #ngated

🥳🎉 Breaking news: #Germans have decided that when Google's #AI speaks, it’s actually #Google talking! 🤖💬 Who knew that the company might be responsible for its own creations? Next up: holding the inventor of the #toaster accountable for burnt bread. 🍞🔥
https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/ #accountability #responsibility #HackerNews #ngated

@missusgumby
Have you ever listened to "Undone" by Ben Moor?
There's a dodgy copy on YT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csp6otCOg3s
#JustSaying #toaster #Towcester

Oh! I forgot one thing. (And I ran out of characters...)

Like last month's cafe, I got another toaster that the manufacturer insists has VERY SPECIAL SECRET SAUCE in it, because the case is held together with more "security screws". This time, rather than "security" Torx they were the triangular (not Y or trilobe) screw heads.

Jeebus, people. It's a toaster. You don't need to act like it's 1942 and it's a new highly accurate bombsight or something else that you can't afford to have fall into the enemy's hands.

#toaster #screws #SecurityScrews #security #FFS

🥳✨ Behold, the ultimate guide to running #LLMs that won't fry your toaster! In a shocking twist, they've actually ranked them by #performance instead of size—mind-blowing, right? 🎉 Because who doesn't want to spend eternity #benchmarking their #AI models instead of doing something productive? 😅
https://github.com/Andyyyy64/whichllm #Toaster #Safety #Productivity #HackerNews #ngated

Didn't buy anything at the #thriftshop today though. Nothing grabbing me.

Did see an ancient GE #toaster though. That was tempting. Look at the lettering on that badge.

Netflix India’s New-Talent Bet Lands Three Films in Global Top 10 as ‘Toaster’ Hits No. 1 (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #Netflix #PriyankaMohan #RajkummarRao #Toaster

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/netflix-india-new-talent-toaster-global-no-1-1236726913/

Oh, ALSO...

One of the things brought to me was a toaster that wouldn't stay "down", but otherwise worked fine. This is a semi-common problem - I had another #toaster with the same problem at the last Repair Cafe.

And this one... the manufacturer secured the bottom base to the chassis with Torx screws (fine) ... but SECURITY Torx screws. If you're not familiar with these, they're regular Torx screws but there's a pin that sticks up in the middle of the fastener head, so regular #Torx drivers won't go into the head. You need special #drivers with a hollow bit to go over that pin.

Now, I have "security" Torx drivers because fuck you, you don't get to lock me out of something that belongs to me [1], but this is ridiculous. It's a CDN$40 two-slot toaster, not some #unobtainium magic technological wonder. It's one great "Up yours!" from the #manufacturer to the #consumer and the #environment.

Name-and-shame time: it was a Black and Decker (they can pay me if they want me to use their vanity typography to refer to them). This is another of those brand names that maybe used to mean something, but now is just marketing. There are a *lot* fewer #factories making toasters than there are brands selling toasters. They just tick boxes on an #OEM's feature list to get "their" product.

[1] It's easy to get the drivers these days, so they don't have much effect, but when they first came about almost no one had them, so it was a major pain in the ass.

#BlackAndDecker #VanityTypography

DOOM on a Fancy Smart Toaster

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/15/doom-on-a-fancy-smart-toaster/

Am Samstag half mir das #RepairCafe in #Gütersloh beim Versuch meinen alten #Toaster mit Sensor zu reparieren. Danke!

Es werden keine mehr hergestellt. 😲 Nur noch Toaster mit Zeitwahl. ⏲️

Das war so ein Komfort: Einmal Bräunungsgrad 😎 eingestellt und egal ob trockenes Toast 🍞 oder tiefgefrorenes Schwarzbrot 🟫:
Gleiche Bräunung. 🥳

Leider ist ein Keramikheizelement kaputt. Ersatzteile fanden wir nicht. 😢

Dann auf zum Wertstoffhof. 🪦

🚀 Behold, the marvel of modern engineering: PCB Tracer, the #AI that promises to reverse engineer your aunt's 1970s #toaster with all the finesse of a goldfish playing chess. 🎯 Troubleshooting? More like trouble-causing! But hey, it’s AI-enhanced, so cue the techno jargon and pray it doesn’t burst into flames. 🔥🤖
https://pcbtracer.com #PCBTracer #reverseengineering #troubleshooting #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

Aus Gründen 😉 habe ich mich gerade gefragt, was einen #Toaster dazu bewegen könnte, ins #Exil zu gehen.

Vielleicht haben die #Krümel die Macht übernommen und fordern bessere #Arbeitsbedingungen?

Oder er muss immer nur Hitze geben, bekommt aber nie selbst die Wärme, die er braucht?

Oder hat er eine Identitätskrise „Warum immer nur #Brot?“ und fängt neu an?

Oder ist er sauer, weil alle den schnellen #Wasserkocher loben, aber immer auf den Toaster schimpfen, wenn der #Toast schwarz ist? 🤔

eBay finally decided to take a stand... against #AI #shopping assistants? 🤖🛒 Because heaven forbid your robot butler buys you a #toaster without engaging in a six-week #arbitration #battle. 🤦‍♂️🔥 It's the #tech world's version of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. 🚢💥
https://www.valueaddedresource.net/ebay-bans-ai-agents-updates-arbitration-user-agreement-feb-2026/ #eBay #assistants #news #controversy #HackerNews #ngated

#Reparieren statt wegwerfen - Selbermachen ist oft kein Hexenwerk!

Lohnt es sich, kleine Elektrogeräte zu reparieren?
https://www.verbraucherzentrale.de/wissen/umwelt-haushalt/nachhaltigkeit/lohnt-es-sich-kleine-elektrogeraete-zu-reparieren-8197

#TechnikMurks #Repaircafe #Elektrogeräte #Kaffeemaschine #Toaster #Mixer #Pürierstab

😅 In a shocking twist, Google's crack team of top-tier engineers gets outdone by a code-writing #AI in just 60 minutes. Next up: Claude #Code replaces engineers with a #toaster and a #hamster on a #treadmill. 🚀🤖
https://the-decoder.com/google-engineer-says-claude-code-built-in-one-hour-what-her-team-spent-a-year-on/ #Google #Writing #HackerNews #ngated

Introducing Executorch: the revolutionary breakthrough that lets your #toaster run #PyTorch 🤖🔥, because who wouldn’t want #AI on their bread? 🍞 Meanwhile, developers everywhere are thrilled about "embedding" AI into devices that definitely needed it, like that smart fridge that judges your leftovers. 🍕🚫
https://github.com/pytorch/executorch #Executorch #SmartDevices #FoodTech #HackerNews #ngated

🚨 Breaking news in the world of tiny time discrepancies: #NIST was 5 microseconds off, and the #universe *almost* imploded. 🌌 But don't worry, your #toaster still works, and your cat still hates you. 😼
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/nist-was-5-μs-utc-after-last-weeks-power-cut #breakingnews #tinytimediscrepancies #catlove #HackerNews #ngated

'In meiner Küche'
#FotoVorschlag
#InMeinerKüche
#Toaster

Here’s #Toaster showing off his tentacles
#Caturday