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Can anyone who's better at electronics than me tell me how this thing powers it's microcontroller? There doesn't seem to be a transformer.
Can you really get 230V AC to 3.3V DC with just resistors and diodes or am I missing something here?

MF3RS Force Cubes!

I think you could solve those too @cpsdqs ;)

Making a lego rubik's cube. 3 sides to go!

Got a new official 3x3 Average PB last weekend!

Why is modern frontend web development such a mess?

TIL: My Software engineering professor developed one of the first version control systems (The first to use backward deltas)

Bought a cheap wifi controlled power outlet switch in a local supermarket.
Every time you want to turn it on/off the app contacts a server in the US, which then proceeds to contact the switch...

Trying to RE it, but it uses https and ssl strip doesn't work. I could still try to brute force the password for the webinterface.

Pro-tip: A gas grill doesn't get hot enough to desolder BGA parts...

Or at least mine doesn't.

Turns out my motorcycling jacket isn't waterproof...

Time to buy a new phone!

@cpsdqs Do you know any good js animation libraries?
I need to create custom animations, that can't be full done in css (They need values only known at runtime).
Setting and unsetting css transitions with javascript isn't very readable...
I tried anime.js, which is almost perfect, but doesn't support transitions from pixel values to percentages.

Writing a new backend for my website. Django is pretty cool.

My clothes dryer broke a few days ago. I decided to open it up to see if I could repair it.
There was a circuit diagram of the whole dryer hidden inside.

It's now working again.
Public repair instructions/documentation should be standard for all (electronic) devices.

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Progress report: Successfully connected the ALU to the data bus and added a data register to the storage.

Now we just need a few more registers and most importantly the controller.

Who would have thought that the hardest thing about building a computer in minecraft would be cable management...

Ever wondered what a 64 word (24 bits per word) addressable memory in minecraft looks like?