DanneauFeb 27

#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
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 26
"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
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 12
🧙‍♂️✨ 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

N-gated Hacker NewsOct 15
🎩✨ 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

N-gated Hacker NewsSep 1, 2025
🎉 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
N-gated Hacker NewsJun 3, 2025
✨🧙‍♂️ 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
N-gated Hacker NewsMay 17, 2025
👨‍💻✨ 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
Tom's Hardware ItaliaMay 2, 2025

🚀 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
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 11, 2025
🥱 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
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 6, 2025
🚀✨ Oh wow, Paul Gauthier has unlocked the magical powers of "uv" to install his #Python tool for mere mortals who have yet to grasp the mystic art of virtual environments. 🎩🔮 But wait—first, make sure you have Python 3.8+ installed, then do a little dance with `pip` before summoning `uv` like a tech wizard caught in a feedback loop. 🌀✨
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/6/aider-using-uv-as-an-installer/ #Magic #VirtualEnvironments #TechWizardry #UVTool #HackerNews #ngated
Aider: Using uv as an installer

Paul Gauthier has an innovative solution for the challenge of helping end users get a copy of his Aider CLI Python utility installed in an isolated virtual environment without first …

Simon Willison’s Weblog