Monthly Archives: June 2019

Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff

Posted on 2019-06-07 by pappp

Source: Hacker News

Article note: Taking VC with the assumption of infinite, unsustainable growth kills all things that do a good job filling a niche.
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Aneng AN8009 DMM with Hacks

Posted on 2019-06-06 by pappp
Aneng AN8009 DMM

I just picked up an Aneng AN8009 DMM as an upgrade to the cheap, cheap (but surprisingly OK) Circuit Specialists branded MY-68 I’ve had as my home on-desk approxometer for ages. It’s a nice meter for $30ish, and can be readily hacked to improve its performance. I tend to point people to mid-range Uni-T DMMs when they asked for decent hobby meters, but now I might switch to one of these plus one of those little $10 Atmega328 based component testers cloned everywhere for ~$10 as basic electronics lab instruments.

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Schools Are Deploying Digital Surveillance Systems. The Results Are Alarming

Posted on 2019-06-06 by pappp

Source: Hacker News

Article note: That is some creepy fuckin' shit we are acclimatizing students to for dubious benefit. It seems like something ripe for civil disobedience DDOS campaigns...
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What does $9bn buy you? For Infineon, a Cypress hill of California semis

Posted on 2019-06-03 by pappp

Source: The Register

Article note: The drumbeat of semiconductor consolidation continues. I know people at Cypress and UK has a bunch of relationships with the local office, so this one is closer than usual.

Mega-chips ahoy: German chip biz takes over piece of US real estate

Munich-based Infineon has said it will cough €9bn for California's Cypress Semiconductor.…

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Behavioral Ad Targeting Not Paying Off for Publishers, Study Suggests

Posted on 2019-06-01 by pappp

Source: Hacker News

Article note: Article suggests "There is no pony in your pile of shit," please stop surveilling and storing. Stop using the "value" to justify and enable surveillance. Also, die.
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