Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys bubble sort a sample set of amazing hacks from the past week. Who has even used the smart chip from an old credit card as a functional component in their own circuit? This guy. There’s something scientifically devious about the way solder smoke heat-seeks to your nostrils. There’s more than one way to strip 16-bit audio down to five. And those nuclear tests from the 40s, 50s, and 60s? Those are still affecting how science takes measurements of all sorts of things in the world.
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Episode 070 Show Notes: New This Week:
- Raspberry Pi 4 Gets Its 8 Gigs
- Latest Raspberry Pi OS update – May 2020 – Raspberry Pi
- Linux Fu: Raspberry Pi Desktop Headless
- DLT one – A Damn Linux Tablet!
- Why Does Solder Smoke Always Find Your Face?
- Job Application Script Automates The Boring Stuff With Python Beautiful Soup: We called him Tortoise because he taught us.
- Selenium with Python — Selenium Python Bindings 2 documentation
- Bots That Snag The Hottest Fashion While Breaking Social Trust In Commerce finalphoenix – Rise of the Hypebots Scripting Streetwear – DEF CON 27 Conference
- μ-law algorithm – Wikipedia
- Comment from Mike Lima on 4-bit ADPCM
- Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation – Wikipedia
- Elliot’s Picks: Dual-Wielding Robot Carves 3D Shapes From Foam With Warped Wire
- Python Is All You’ll Ever Need In This Linux Distro
- RC Lawn Mower Keeps The Grass Greener On Your Side Of The Fence
- A Dual Screen Luggable With Integrated RTL-SDR
- Inputs Of Interest: ErgoDox Post-Mortem
- Building One Test Fixture To Rule Them All
- Books You Should Read: The Design Of Everyday Things
- How Science Adapted To The Aftermath Of Cold War Nuke Tests Low Background Steel — So Hot Right Now
Source: https://hackaday.com/2020/06/05/hackada ... -browsers/