Trying to be better at posting more regularly, and what better way to train myself than a daily thread of stuff I've written?

To start: a near-future-gazing piece which predicts price rises to come for the #RaspberryPi and other single-board computers, thanks to the "AI" industry's insatiable demand for RAM.

https://www.hackster.io/news/a-near-tripling-of-dram-contract-pricing-foreshadows-price-hikes-to-come-for-single-board-computers-88119b01c94e

#Technology #News #Hackster

A Near-Tripling of DRAM Contract Pricing Foreshadows Price Hikes to Come for Single-Board Computers

A TrendForce report shows DRAM pricing is up 171.8% year-on-year thanks to demand from the AI industry — and that means more expensive SBCs.

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Next up, #Prusa's announcement that all its 3D-printing filaments will come on "smart spools" - but it's not locking things down, it's launching a new open ecosystem dubbed OpenPrintTag. It'll be interesting to see where this goes!

https://www.hackster.io/news/prusa-wants-to-make-all-3d-printing-filament-spools-smart-launches-the-openprinttag-standard-0f2d460cf5bf

#3DPrinting #Technology #News #Hackster

Prusa Wants to Make All 3D Printing Filament Spools Smart, Launches the OpenPrintTag Standard

Open-standard NFC-based tagging system brings all the benefit of "smart spools" with none of the drawbacks, company claims.

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The Bluetooth SIG has hit its new bi-annual release schedule with a couple of months to spare: #Bluetooth Core 6.2 is out now, with latency-reducing and security-enhancing new features for Bluetooth Low Energy.

https://www.hackster.io/news/bluetooth-core-6-2-improves-performance-protects-against-amplitude-based-ranging-attacks-5eec9678b050

#Technology #IoT #News #Hackster

Bluetooth Core 6.2 Improves Performance, Protects Against Amplitude-Based Ranging Attacks

The last release of 2025 drops the connection interval minimum for improved responsiveness and adds Channel Sounding attack detection.

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Absolutely fantastic news from @ricci: the discovery of a tape reel which, it's hoped, contains the only known surviving complete copy of UNIX V4 - the first version to be written in C.

https://www.hackster.io/news/a-dusty-storage-room-coughs-up-a-complete-copy-of-the-classic-unix-v4-operating-system-86a9aefb6bea

#UNIX #OperatingSystems #Technology #ComputerHistory #VintageComputing #News #Hackster

A Dusty Storage Room Coughs Up a Complete Copy of the Classic UNIX V4 Operating System

Researchers at the University of Utah have found a tape that appears to hold the only known complete copy of 1973's UNIX V4.

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Also on the topic of classic computing, a look at a project to create a 386 PC emulator capable of running on an #Espressif ESP32 microcontroller - powerful enough, incredibly, to run Windows 95 with acceptable performance!

https://www.hackster.io/news/he-chunhui-s-tiny386-turns-the-humble-esp32-s3-into-a-fully-functional-386-powered-desktop-pc-5454cf6e36a1

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #Emulator #Microcontroller #Technology #News #Hackster

He Chunhui's Tiny386 Turns the Humble ESP32-S3 Into a Fully-Functional 386-Powered Desktop PC

Fancy running Microsoft's Windows 95 on a low-cost microcontroller? Well, now you can!

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And finally, something for those with #3DPrinting capabilities and a blank bit of wall: a wall-mount arcade cabinet, powered by a #RaspberryPi or mini-PC, with quick-change control panels - easily swapped out for the needs of particular titles, from traditional joystick control to a full keyboard-and-mouse setup.

https://www.hackster.io/news/the-arctron-w-3d-printable-wall-mounted-arcade-cabinet-features-a-quick-swap-control-panel-system-94314dbfa9d0

#Arcade #VideoGames #Games #News #Hackster

The ARCtron-W 3D-Printable Wall-Mounted Arcade Cabinet Features a Quick-Swap Control Panel System

Powered by a Raspberry Pi or your choice of mini-PC, this free arcade cabinet design can be quickly customized for specific games.

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And if you've read all that, a quick poll: is a thread like this better than posting individual toots throughout the day? Opinions welcome!
Individual posts feel more natural.
29.4%
A thread keeps things tidy.
52.9%
I literally don't care.
17.6%
Ban this sick filth.
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Thanks to everyone who voted in this poll - looks like daily threads are the way to go!