Anyone want an old Dell XPS convertible laptop?

Used this for several years as a travel laptop. i5 4200U CPU, 4GB of soldered RAM, 1920*1080 touchscreen, 128GB SSD. The screen has the classic burn-in spot near the bottom (basically, if you leave these running with the screen closed, the screen soaks up heat from the base and "chars"). Color reproduction is shot of course, but the screen works (those aren't dead pixels) and the touchscreen works as well. Keyboard and trackpad work fine.

Has probably the coolest convertible action ever. The screen rotates 180° in the bezel, and then folds flat into tablet mode. Seriously cool!

I'll wipe it before delivery, and if you want I'll throw a fresh install of Linix Mint on there.

Cover shipping (about $20 in the US) and it's yours. Please let me know if you're interested by responding directly to this post so others can see if it's taken (we can move to DMs/email to discuss shipping).

Samsung's excellent 4TB 990 Pro returns to low price not seen since November 2023 — $249 deal ends at midnight

Samsung's 990 Pro SSD is down to a price we haven't seen since November 2023.
#hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/samsungs-excellent-4tb-990-pro-returns-to-low-price-not-seen-since-november-2023-usd249-deal-ends-at-midnight

The first commercial Compact Disc was created 43 years ago, today — nearly one billion CDs were shipped per year in early 2000's

Today marks 43 years since the first commercial compact disc (CD) pressing. Polygram in Germany is credited with pressing the first copies of Abba's The Visitors on this date, back in…
#hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/the-first-commercial-compact-disc-was-created-43-years-ago-today-nearly-one-billion-cds-were-shipped-per-year-in-early-2000s

UEC-LLR: The Future Of Loss Recovery In Ethernet For AI And HPC

(... not just useful for AI but these days some people can't write a heaadline without it!)

https://semiengineering.com/uec-llr-the-future-of-loss-recovery-in-ethernet-for-ai-and-hpc/

N5 Mini: Build your own 5-bay NAS using a mini PC mainboard and 3D printed chassis

https://liliputing.com/n5-mini-build-your-own-5-bay-nas-using-a-mini-pc-mainboard-and-3d-printed-chassis/

Another demo of my new SAA1099P Soundchip Interface for RC2014 & Compatibles.

I've quickly knocked together some code into a ROM chip to play E-Tracker music via the SAA1099P soundchip interface. (E-Tracker is chiptune tracker software for the SAM Coupe.)

Hardware in use...

* SAA1099P Soundchip Interface
For all the information on this please see my website with all my RC peripherals and expansions at:
https://2014.samcoupe.com
(I've also got the interface listed on Tindie and eBay.)

* SID Soundchip Interface
- My first peripheral for the RC2014 from June 2020, but of course here the SID isn't being used. What is being used is the interrupt controller on the card to generate 50 interrupts a second for accurate triggering of the music playback routine. (It can generate 50/60/100Hz interrupts - ideal for lots of chiptune uses!)

* RC2014 Mini v1.1 with my custom ROM.

* SC112 Backplane

#disability #braille #3dPrinting #hardware #OpenSource

'A manual brailler costs a little under $1,000 and electric braillers cost significantly more... I decided to try to design one.'

https://budgetbrailler.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/budgetbraillerblog-intro/

BudgetBraillerBlog: BudgetBraillerBlog Intro. “A manual brailler costs a little under $1,000 and electric braillers cost significantly more. Given that I was just at a 3D printing festival and you can build a 3D printer for under $200, I decided to try to design one.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/16/budgetbraillerblog-budgetbraillerblog-intro/

China introduces up to 2TB 'Mini SSD' that's 3X faster than the microSD Express used in the Switch 2, but smaller — tiny '1517' SSD is just 15x17mm and boasts impressive performance claims

3,700 MB/s sequential read and 3,400 MB/s sequential write speed in a …
#hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/china-introduces-up-to-2tb-mini-ssd-thats-3x-faster-than-the-microsd-express-used-in-the-switch-2-but-smaller-tiny-1517-ssd-is-just-15x17mm-and-boasts-impressive-performance-claims

A slimmed-down version of the StarFive Vision Five 2 with a RISC-V quad core is available from 20 US $ #Hardware #SBC #RISC-V https://www.heise.de/en/news/RISC-V-single-board-computer-for-less-than-40-euros-10515044.html

Project complete!

https://quaternion.cafe/ is a "vim-style" interactive tutorial that teaches sensor fusion with quaternions. It's mostly an aggregation of stuff I learned over the past few years while messing with inertial sensors.

[RETRO V.G. ADS] (JP) PlayStation 4 VR PRO System (Hardware) (2016)

#advertising #PS4VR #Hardware #videogame #retrogaming #adstv #ads #cm #games #gaming #Sony #JP #2016

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nRDaAcwuXA4

Smart Glasses: Wachstum im ersten Halbjahr 2025 kann sich sehen lassen

Smart Glasses sind laut Marktforschern ein großer Wachstumsmarkt. Bislang dominiere Meta. Beobachter erwarten einen baldigen Einstieg von Apple.

https://www.heise.de/news/Smart-Glasses-Wachstum-im-ersten-Halbjahr-2025-kann-sich-sehen-lassen-10520643.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

I'm looking to design a PCB that'll be carrying 40A peak (probably closer to 30A continuous) at 36V for my hauler project. Does anyone have any good guides on high current PCB design? Thinking in terms of recommendations on via stitching etc between polygons.

Realistically all the board will be doing is current monitoring with a couple of TI parts and a micro on a CAN bus, holding a fat relay as the battery cutoff, fuses and some connectors for power distribution.

Introducing BusKill: A Kill Cord for your Laptop - Michael Altfield's Tech Blog - This post will introduce a simple udev rule and ~$20 in #USB hardware that effectively implements a kill cord Dead Man Switch to trigger your machine to self-destruct in the event that you’re kicked out of the helm position.
https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2020/01/02/buskill-laptop-kill-cord-dead-man-switch/
#hardware #opensource #freesoftware #linux #debian #ubuntu #security
via https://magicfab.ca/liens

Anyone here used tailscale? Wonder if it would work well for my RPi4 which is a generic pentesting device I keep around, but haven't done much with in ages. I have used zerotier before and it works pretty well, but wonder if tailscale would work better?

I could setup an AP and connect via that, but I also have found it that to be a bit meh and there is a project that setups an AP ezpz with a nice UI.

With a little help of your cat ...

https://anonsys.net/display/bf69967c-9768-9b9e-bbb9-6c3409539364

Monster Hunter Wilds’ PC performance patches will keep coming, if almost as slowly as the game still runs - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/monster-hunter-wilds-pc-performance-patches-will-keep-coming-if-almost-as-slowly-as-the-game-still-runs #MultiplayerCompetitive #MultiplayerCooperative #MonsterHunterWilds #ActionAdventure #SinglePlayer #Thirdperson #Hack&Slash; #Hardware #Capcom #RPG

Choosing the Right Wireless Module for Your Framework Desktop (and avoiding landmines): https://boilingsteam.com/chosing-the-right-wifi-module-for-your-framework-desktop/
#linux #update #release #hardware #wireless #module #intel #amd #frameworkdesktop #wifi #bluetooth #landmines