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AirGradient is on a mission to make air quality monitoring accessible to everyone by offering open-source, open-hardware, and open-data solutions. They believe that accurate air quality monitoring should be affordable and that air quality data should be available to the public. However, AirGradient recently discovered that a popular low-cost outdoor air quality monitor restricts data […]
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Don Lancaster, an engineer and researcher, passed away at the age of 83 in Mesa, Arizona. He had a deep fascination with the prehistoric canal system in the Pinaleño Mountains and dedicated decades to researching and mapping these “hanging canals.” Don considered these canals to be magnificent feats of engineering that were not fully appreciated. […]
The Xbox wireless controller has evolved over the years to become more ergonomic and precise in control. It started off bulky but has since been streamlined to provide a better gaming experience. One unique feature of Xbox is the Xbox Adaptive Controller, which allows players with disabilities to use external devices to customize their gaming […]
If you don’t have a Twitter account and try to view a tweet, you’ll be forced to sign in. Twitter has made this change without any explanation, leading some to believe it’s a glitch. However, others speculate that this could be a tactic to boost Twitter’s user base by pressuring lurkers to create an account. […]
Kaboom v3000 Beta Release is now available! This update brings a range of new features and improvements, as well as some breaking changes. To try out the beta version, simply install kaboom@next using the provided command. Keep in mind that this is still a beta release, so there may be bugs and potential breaking changes. […]
CSS-Only Chat is a groundbreaking web chat that operates without any JavaScript on the frontend. It achieves asynchronous messaging by utilizing background-images loaded via pseudoselectors and a forever-loading index page. By detecting button presses, CSS allows for data sending, triggering requests to a server without reloading the page. To enable data receiving, the page is […]
In this article, the author discusses the idea that “cool URLs don’t change” and how this belief is often proven false in practice. They provide examples of instances where cool URLs may not change, but become inaccessible to the general Internet and even to logged in users. The author highlights the cases of Reddit and […]
Jest, a popular testing framework created by Facebook, is widely used but has caused challenges for backend developers. This article explores Jest’s pros and cons and provides solutions for dealing with its limitations. Jest is a JavaScript Testing Framework known for its isolated testing feature, which maximizes performance by running tests in separate processes. However, […]
Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL) is a powerful and efficient compiler for Common Lisp. It is an open source software with a permissive license, making it accessible for all. In addition to its compiler and runtime system, SBCL offers a range of interactive tools such as a debugger, profiler, and code coverage tool. It is […]
Astronomers Kathryn F. Neugent and Philip Massey have made an exciting discovery in the Andromeda galaxy. Using the Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT), they detected 19 new Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars, which are extremely hot and luminous stars at an advanced stage of evolution. This brings the total number of known WR stars in Andromeda to around […]