HP adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls Stalling tactics designed to push print or PC users to online support, sorry, 'self-solve'

Can every person who interacts with Enrique Lores please make him wait an extra 15 minutes for each interaction? This policy needs to be slapped back into the void from whence it came.

3DBenchy Is Public Domain Now Following a January controversy when the model's no derivatives license was enforced on Printables, 3DBenchy has now been released to the public domain.

Benchy is now free as in freedom (CC0). #3DBenchy

New license here: www.3dbenchy.com/license/

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Pie flavor!

Potomac Mid Air UPDATE 1/30/25 YouTube video by blancolirio

Excellent breakdown and analysis of what happened with the mid-air collision. The bottom line is that the helicopter was flying at an altitude of around 300 ft in an area where the max altitude for that flight path was 200 ft, resulting in a collision with the landing plane.

OpenAI to DeepMind right now: "You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen!"

Good example of the often overlooked importance of test in chip design. In this case, fully half of the area is just for testing.
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Landlords SUED by DoJ for Price-Fixing, Millions Affected (U.S. v. RealPage) YouTube video by Lawful Masses with Leonard French

It's about time. Algorithmic price fixing has long been an issue in the rental markets, and it has been getting worse.

2025 Kickoff – REEFSCAPE presented by Haas YouTube video by FIRSTRoboticsCompetition

At this point they're just teasing.

#FRCWaterGame

Intel's $475 million error: the silicon behind the Pentium division bug In 1993, Intel released the high-performance Pentium processor, the start of the long-running Pentium line. The Pentium had many improvement...

The long-awaited blog post by Ken Shirriff (@righto.com) breaking down the FDIV bug in the Intel Pentium 586

Nice, yeah might have to bug your marketing team to see if they have any.

Keysight HD3 Construction Block Assembly Kit - Blind Build YouTube video by Caleb Begly Fun and Tech

Starting off the new year with a timelapse of my blind build of the Keysight HD3 assembly kit. It's a super fun kit, and I love the attention to detail!

How I built a Mechanical Calculator YouTube video by What Will Makes

The initial design reminds me a lot of the Dial-A-Matic calculators, but this goes way beyond!

Just a friendly reminder that Section 301 tariffs on semiconductors are going up to 50% on Jan. 1, 2025. So plan accordingly.

Huge math error corrected in black plastic study; authors say it doesn’t matter Correction issued for black plastic study that had people tossing spatulas.

Adam Ragusea called out this error in his video on the topic before almost anyone noticed. Good on him for actual reading and analyzing the paper instead of blindly following the hype trend.

Hmm, that's pretty heavy for an MHF4 connector...

A bog peanut by any other name would taste just as sweet.

I Built An Emordnilap Machine YouTube video by Vsauce

Michael at it again. This is a cool design for showing off word reversal.

"The negative side is always ground, right? Right? Right guys?"
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PSA: If you see this icon or a phrase like "Your privacy choices", these options are available because of the California and Colorado laws requiring an easy opt-out of targeted advertising and sale of personal data. Click it and there is typically a 1-click opt out option available right there!

LED Christmas lights which don't hurt the eyes: it finally happened! YouTube video by Technology Connections

Awesome update ... aaaaaand it's gone!
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Happy 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2! For anyone who hasn't played it yet, in celebration of the 20th anniversary you can get it completely free on Steam!
#halflife2