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Michael Ossmann
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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06hacker/artist/gadgeteer, Great Scott Gadgets founder, designer of HackRF, GreatFET, Ubertooth. he/him
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Joined April 03, 2017
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Today I learned that part of the reason LLM contributions to open source projects are becoming more difficult to distinguish from human contributions is that the AI enthusiasts are processing LLM output with tools specifically designed to deceive.
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@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems "I understand less than the plagiarism machine" is quite a self-own.
Dropping off free zines at the #emfcamp lounge! Also available online: https://greatscottgadgets.com/zines/
If you happen to have a replacement 40 A MOSFET at #emfcamp it will be put to good use.
"Can I have spread spectrum?"
"No, we have spread spectrum at home."
the spread spectrum at home:
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We used to say “yolo merge” when merging with inadequate review, but perhaps “morge” is an even better term.
Is it true that #emfcamp has run out of Club Mate? I have about ten bottles available. Entertaining offers. No money accepted. Barter only.
A local shop is taking down pride decorations and transitioning to Halloween. I look forward to these two alternating seasons from now on.
I’m excited to see many of you at #emfcamp this week! In particular I hope to talk with folks interested in open physical layer design for next-generation mesh networks.
Fascists In Football Attire
I just realized that the name "Alfa Romeo" is composed only of words from the NATO phonetic alphabet. Are there any other car manufacturers with such names?
I'm unsurprised to learn that Cory Doctorow uses an LLM in his editorial process. I recently read a fiction book of his for the first time and found it difficult to read. There were no spelling errors or grammatical errors, but ambiguous pronouns and ambiguous sentence structure abounded. I kept having to stop and think "Is the way I'm interpreting this sentence actually the way the author intended?" I had the distinct impression that it was edited by a machine, not a human.
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@slyka Be aware that, if you order "global sourcing" components, JLC will give you part numbers that are unique to your account.
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@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems “leave to remain” is a lovely turn of phrase. Congrats!
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@aleksorsist@mastodon.social That's terrible, but hear me out. . .
band called The Busty Ringos
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@claushoumann@mastodon.social The book was Walkaway (2017). There were other aspects of the book I disliked, but I would have been more accepting of its faults had the writing style not continually ripped me out of the immersive reading experience.
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@oscherler@tooting.ch Here's a larger version from before I scaled it down. Looks like the font is Accanthis ADF Std Bold.
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@gsuberland@chaos.social @hackaday@hackaday.social Why? What high volume use case do you think they are chasing?
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@hackaday@hackaday.social Perfect for all those projects that are physically large, need to last for decades, and are expected to experience tens of thousands of insertions, oh and where cost is not a concern.