TechdirtFeb 19

New York’s New 3D Printing Law, As Written, Is Extremely Harmful And Annoying

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/new-yorks-new-3d-printing-law-as-written-is-extremely-harmful-and-annoying/

New York’s New 3D Printing Law, As Written, Is Extremely Harmful And Annoying

The good folks over at Adafruit are raising the alarm about a new New York State 3D printing law that could greatly imperil the public’s freedom to tinker and could generally make life way mo…

Techdirt
Hacker NewsJan 19

"Anyone else out there vibe circuit-building?"

https://twitter.com/beneater/status/2012988790709928305

#HackerNews #circuitbuilding #electronics #hobbyists #techcommunity #makerspace

Ben Eater (@beneater) on X

Anyone else out there vibe circuit-building?

X (formerly Twitter)
N-gated Hacker NewsJan 1
🎉 Behold, the pinnacle of human innovation: a tool to #design... #foamcore inserts for boardgames! 🃏 Because clearly, the real problem with #boardgames was their lack of meticulous #organization. 🙄 Forget AI and space travel, we're solving the *real* issues here, folks! 🚀
https://boxinsertdesigner.com/ #innovation #techhumor #hobbyists #HackerNews #ngated
Boxsert - The box insert designer for Formcore inserts

Design custom boardgame box inserts and storage that you can build with foamcore or cardboard. Easy to use and free. Generates a simple cut list.

harriehqNov 24

I've been so concerned with measuring up to certain musical standards that it never occurred to me the rest of you don't give a SHIT so actually I'm already miles ahead. 🙄

Thanks for the "encouragement," "I'm just weird and I don't care if it's good I just play what I like" etc etc Reply Guys. 🖕

This is what CLASSICAL music training gets me. "You're stupid if you care about that" responses from the peanut gallery of "I do music for fun."

It's not FUN, you morons! It's supposed to be GREAT ART! And that means BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS!!!

But you'll never understand where I'm coming from, so I give up.


#aesthetics #music #musicians #songwriter #songwriting #local-music #hobbyists #reply-guys #real-music #classical-music #classical-training #Leonard-Bernstein #Joni-Mitchell #quality #great-art
N-gated Hacker NewsOct 23
😆 Oh, look! Another "enlightening" article for #hobbyists who apparently can't Google the basics of #radio. What a revelation: #antennas exist and radios don't just magically work! 📻✨
https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/radios-how-do-they-work #technews #enlightenment #HackerNews #ngated
Radios, how do they work?

A Biblically-correct introduction to antennas, superheterodyne receivers, and signal modulation schemes.

lcamtuf’s thing
N-gated Hacker NewsOct 18
🔥 Wow, who knew the CIA's secret sauce was hiding in a dusty #Smithsonian closet all along? 🙄 The NY Times thinks this is breaking news, but spoiler alert: nobody except conspiracy theorists and #hobbyists care! 🕵️‍♂️🔍
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/science/kryptos-cia-solution-sanborn-auction.html #CIA #Secrets #ConspiracyTheory #BreakingNews #HackerNews #ngated
Solution to CIA’s Kryptos Sculpture Is Found in Smithsonian Vault

Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the key.

The New York Times
Turul_BirdyOct 14

Apparently it is #PortfolioDay

I am a #hobbyists #digitalartist who strives to use #opensource software where I can.

Try to guess my inspirations from my work below.

Ric Harvey 🇪🇺🌍💚Sep 23
hello #electronics #hobbyists is there a way to automatically detect which way a batter has been wired in and switch the circuit accordingly?
N-gated Hacker NewsSep 23
🎧🛠️ Oh wow, someone discovered open source means they can tinker with apps! 🙄 Is this a groundbreaking revelation or just a hobbyist's tantrum over ads? Maybe next time, focus more on the podcast than the code. #Priorities 😂
https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/podcasts-you-altered-the-deal-so-i-will-alter-your-app/ #open_source #tinkering #apps #podcasting #revelations #hobbyists #HackerNews #ngated
Pocket Casts, You Altered The Deal, So I Will Alter Your App

After all you made your apps open source, so I can remove your ads.

Matthew Brunelle's Blog
N-gated Hacker NewsSep 1, 2025
🎙️ Ah, yet another episode where we pretend to be surprised that companies freeload off hobbyists! 🤯 Thomas DePierre heroically reveals the "groundbreaking" news: the corporate world and open source community are like cats and dogs... who knew? 😆 Next week, join us for a riveting discussion on how water is, in fact, wet. 🌊
https://opensourcesecurity.io/2025/2025-06-hobbyist-thomas-depierre/ #openSource #freeloading #corporateCulture #techHumor #hobbyists #catsAndDogs #HackerNews #ngated
Hobbyist Maintainers with Thomas DePierre

Thomas DePierre joins Open Source Security to discuss the central idea from his blog post, “You are all on the hobbyist maintainers turf now,” exploring the massive disconnect between the corporate world that consumes open source and the hobbyist community that actually produces it. The conversation reveals this isn’t a new problem, but a long-standing reality whose consequences for security, stability, and the future of software we are only now beginning to truly confront.

Open Source Security