🚀 Wow, folks, the government is playing router police now! But fear not, because apparently, with enough Linux, you can turn your toaster into an enterprise-grade network hub. 🔧🤖 Who knew the secret to circumventing tech bans was just hoarding old PCs and a sprinkle of tech wizardry? 😂
https://nbailey.ca/post/router/ #routerpolice #LinuxToaster #techwizardry #networkhacks #oldPCs #HackerNews #ngated
How to turn anything into a router

I don’t like to cover “current events” very much, but the American government just revealed a truly bewildering policy effectively banning import of new consumer router models. This is ridiculous for many reasons, but if this does indeed come to pass it may be beneficial to learn how to “homebrew” a router. Fortunately, you can make a router out of basically anything resembling a computer. I’ve used a linux powered mini-pc as my own router for many years, and have posted a few times before about how to make linux routers and firewalls in that time.

Noah Bailey

#jimi #techwizardry

Had the joy of seeing Hendrix on several occasions when I was a teen refusing to grow up while under the spell of SF in the Sixties. The man had a lot of magic in his head, in his hands, and some of that magic manifested itself through the gear that he and others had set up.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/jimi-hendrix-systems-engineer?mc_cid=e1151f2dbe&mc_eid=08da1f89fd

Jimi Hendrix's Analog Wizardry Explained

How did Jimi Hendrix turn his guitar into a wave synthesizer? Dive into the engineering behind his iconic sound.

IEEE Spectrum
"Behold, the pinnacle of tech wizardry: 'Gaussian Splatting 3 Ways'—because apparently, one way of overcomplicating simple concepts wasn't enough. 🤔 GitHub promises to turn your spaghetti code into linguini with #AI #magic, while you marvel at the 'NullandKaleNullSplats' that nobody asked for. 🍝✨"
https://github.com/NullandKale/NullSplats #GaussianSplatting #TechWizardry #SpaghettiCode #OvercomplicatedConcepts #HackerNews #ngated
🧙‍♂️✨ Someone decided to spend their weekend performing ancient rituals to revive the Nokia N900, because who needs Netflix when you can build a "fake battery" and attach supercapacitors, right? 🎩🔮 Apparently, replacing the battery with a Frankenstein's monster of resistors and SD cards is the new way to flex your Linux muscles. 🛠️🤖
https://yaky.dev/2025-12-11-nokia-n900-necromancy/ #techwizardry #ancientrituals #NokiaN900 #Linuxhacks #DIYprojects #HackerNews #ngated
Nokia N900 Necromancy

🎩✨ Behold, the wizardry of CPU necromancy: "value speculation"! 🧙‍♂️💡 Just a sprinkle of guesswork and, poof, your L1 cache woes vanish—right? Because who doesn't love a good ol' game of CPU charades? 😏🔮
https://mazzo.li/posts/value-speculation.html #CPUnecromancy #value-speculation #L1cache #techwizardry #CPUcharades #HackerNews #ngated
Beating the L1 cache with value speculation

🎉 Behold, the new savior of ZFS backups: #Zfsbackrest, because clearly we needed yet another glorified script to confuse mere mortals with promises of 'encrypted' wizardry. 🔐💾 Now you too can navigate the mysterious #GitHub rabbit hole and pretend you're a tech wizard, while secretly hoping for a Copilot rescue! 🚀🙄
https://github.com/gargakshit/zfsbackrest #TechWizardry #EncryptBackup #CopilotRescue #HackerNews #ngated
GitHub - gargakshit/zfsbackrest: pgbackrest style encrypted backups for ZFS filesystems

pgbackrest style encrypted backups for ZFS filesystems - gargakshit/zfsbackrest

GitHub
✨🧙‍♂️ Behold, the magical land where jellyfish 🦑 (yes, really) conjure insights from MCP like wizards pulling rabbits from hats! 🤹‍♂️ Spoiler alert: it's mostly about AI tools patting themselves on the back for "impacting" a bunch of engineers who were probably fine without them. 🥱🎩
https://jellyfish.co/blog/how-ably-makes-magic-with-jellyfishs-mcp/ #magicaljellyfish #AItools #engineeringhumor #techwizardry #MCPinsights #HackerNews #ngated
Making Magic with Jellyfish’s MCP: How Ably Moves Beyond Data Retrieval to Unlock Real Analysis and Insights - Jellyfish

Jellyfish's MCP server allows Jamie Newcomb, Head of Product Ops & Delivery at Ably, to move beyond data retrieval to in depth analysis and insights. Learn more here.

Jellyfish
👨‍💻✨ A Linux kernel guru decides to dabble in smart home wizardry and emerges with a cauldron of bewilderment! 🤔🔧 Turns out, making your toaster sentient is a bit more complex than compiling the latest kernel. 🙄🧙‍♂️
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1017720/7155ecb9602e9ef2/ #LinuxKernel #SmartHome #TechWizardry #ToasterSentience #HomeAutomation #HackerNews #ngated
A kernel developer plays with Home Assistant: general impressions

Those of us who have spent our lives playing with computers naturally see the appeal of deployi [...]

LWN.net

🚀 Hai mai immaginato Linux che gira dentro Excel? Ecco l'impresa geniale del giorno! #TechWizardry #LinuxInExcel

🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/hardware/fa-girare-linux-dentro-excel-ecco-limpresa-geniale-del-giorno-2025-05-02

Fa girare Linux dentro Excel: ecco l'impresa geniale del giorno

Nel panorama delle sfide informatiche più bizzarre, la recente impresa di un programmatore si distingue per originalità e audacia.

Tom's Hardware
🥱 Behold the thrilling saga of tech wizardry where invisible icons get shuffled in the magical land of #O(n^2) #complexity. Bruce Dawson takes a break from solving actual problems to dissect a #Twitter complaint about a PC hang—because who needs scientific rigor when you have a powerful machine and a gut feeling? 🙄🔍
https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/arranging-invisible-icons-in-quadratic-time/ #techwizardry #complaints #problem-solving #gutfeeling #HackerNews #ngated
Arranging Invisible Icons in Quadratic Time

Near the end of January I was pointed to a twitter thread where a Windows user with a powerful machine was hitting random hangs in explorer. Lots of unscientific theories were being proposed. I don…

Random ASCII - tech blog of Bruce Dawson