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Hackaday Links: December 21, 2025

It’s amazing how fragile our digital lives can be, and how quickly they can fall to pieces. Case in point: the digital dilemma that Paris Buttfield-Addison found himself in last …read more

Bare Metal STM32: Increasing The System Clock And Running Dhrystone

When you start an STM32 MCU with its default configuration, its CPU will tick along at a leisurely number of cycles on the order of 8 to 16 MHz, using …read more

Catching Those Old Busses

The PC has had its fair share of bus slots. What started with the ISA bus has culminated, so far, in PCI Express slots, M.2 slots, and a few other …read more

Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Curious Keyboards

I love first builds! They say so much about a person, because you see what’s paramount to them in a keyboard. You can almost feel their frustration at other keyboards …read more

Thorium-Metal Alloys And Radioactive Jet Engines

Although metal alloys is not among the most exciting topics for most people, the moment you add the word ‘radioactive’, it does tend to get their attention. So too with …read more

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  • An HO Model Power Bogie For Not A Lot

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    By Jenny List | December 22, 2025

    For people who build their own model trains there are a range of manufacturers from whom a power bogie containing the motor and drive can be sourced. But as [Le …read more

  • High-Speed Pocket Hot Dog Cooker

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    By Lewin Day | December 22, 2025

    Few of us complain that hot dogs take too long to cook, because we buy them from a stand. Still, if you do have to make your own dog, it …read more

  • Christmas Ornament Has Hidden Compartment, Clever Design

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    By Donald Papp | December 22, 2025

    If you need something clever for a gift, consider this two-part 3D-printed Christmas ornament that has a small secret compartment. But there’s a catch: the print is a challenging one. …read more

  • Calibrating A Printer With Computer Vision And Precise Timing

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    By Aaron Beckendorf | December 22, 2025

    [Dennis] of [Made by Dennis] has been building a Voron 0 for fun and education, and since this apparently wasn’t enough of a challenge, decided to add a number of …read more

  • Ask Hackaday: What Goes Into A Legible Font, And Why Does It Matter?

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    By Jenny List | December 22, 2025

    There’s an interesting cultural observation to be made as a writer based in Europe, that we like our sans-serif fonts, while our American friends seem to prefer a font with …read more

  • The Music Of The Sea

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    By Bryan Cockfield | December 22, 2025

    For how crucial whales have been for humanity, from their harvest for meat and oil to their future use of saving the world from a space probe, humans knew very …read more

  • Internet-Connected Consoles Are Retro Now, And That Means Problems

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    By Lewin Day | December 22, 2025

    A long time ago, there was a big difference between PC and console gaming. The former often came with headaches. You’d fight with drivers, struggle with crashes, and grow ever …read more

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