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.

😆 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

🔥 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

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.

hello #electronics #hobbyists is there a way to automatically detect which way a batter has been wired in and switch the circuit accordingly?

🎧🛠️ 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

🎙️ 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

🚀 Oh, joy! Another #groundbreaking "how to reinvent the wheel in PyTorch" saga. 🙄 Because clearly, 270M parameters scream "local tinkering fun" for all you basement #hobbyists with supercomputers. 💻✨
https://github.com/rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch/tree/main/ch05/12_gemma3 #PyTorch #Reinvention #Supercomputing #Tech #HackerNews #ngated

Hurry! Early bird tickets are still available!!

Don't miss the boat! Early Bird #tickets for State of the Map 2025 in #Manila are flying out the door!

Secure your spot NOW and get ready for an unforgettable experience with the global #OpenStreetMap community!

Enjoy discounted prices, including a special rate for community #hobbyists!

Get your Early Bird ticket here NOW!!!: https://2025.stateofthemap.org/tickets/

#SotM2025 #OpenStreetMap #Manila #EarlyBird #MappingCommunity #ConferenceVibes

I'm looking for #opinions from #electronics #hobbyists or professionals.

When I'm using a #solderless #breadboard to prototype circuits, resistors can be frustrating. If you just keep re-using the same well-worn ones that look like a pretzel, you have to leave the leads long for the unknown next place you want to use them, and you can accidentally short something else against the leads.

Over the years I've frequently thought "Someone must make #jumper wires with inline resistors so they're easy to reuse", but I've never seen them for sale. [1]

So I made a bunch. And wow, it's labour-intensive to make them well. That explains why no-one's selling them.

Would other people be interested in buying and using these? Anyone can make them, but a lot of people would rather use their limited #hobby time to make their projects, not make things they need to make their #projects.

I've reduced the amount of time to make them and will keep trying, but I would have to charge at least US $30 for a pack of ten. There are ways to reduce it further, but they require a significant investment in equipment, so I'd have to be selling quite a few.

I make them with good materials - silicone 26AWG #wire for flexibility, name-brand 1% metal film #resistors, total length 24cm.

Would anyone want these?

[1] Closest thing I've found is https://www.dfrobot.com/product-1438.html but they're rigid so you need to use an additional wire anyway if you're not connecting exactly that distance through clear space.

#DIY

Printegrated Circuits: Merging 3D Printing and Electronics
https://spectrum.ieee.org/3d-printing-smart-objects
#ycombinator #3d_printing #internet_of_things #arduino #hobbyists

Ah yes, the Altair: the "first" #personal #computer that nobody actually used, except for #hobbyists with a soldering iron fetish 🤖🔧. Let's all pretend we care about a machine that booted to blinking lights and did absolutely nothing useful. But hey, it was "first" so it gets a gold star ⭐.
https://www.goto10retro.com/p/altair-at-50-remembering-the-first #Altair #Tech #History #First #Computer #HackerNews #ngated

"#DeepSeek, and the #opensource #AIecosystem surrounding it, has rapidly evolved from a brief snapshot of technological brilliance into something much bigger—and much harder to stop. Tens of thousands of developers, from seasoned #researchers to passionate #hobbyists, are now working on enhancing, tuning, and extending these open source models in ways no centralized entity could manage alone."

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3960764/deepseeks-open-source-movement.html

→ Mistral, Europe’s biggest #AI #startup, is blowing hot
https://www.economist.com/business/2025/03/06/mistral-europes-biggest-ai-startup-is-blowing-hot

“[Mistral's] models […] are firmly middling. […] So #Mistral has tried to make its name by competing more obliquely. For instance, many of its models are #opensource: anyone may download and use them without explicit permission, for no charge. Others are released under the company’s own "research" #licence; commercial users must pay for them, #hobbyists and #hackers can fool around with them #freely.”

#Europe

Just a brief #factoid to perhaps save other #electronics #hobbyists some time.

#BigClive frequently uses a particular type of crimp-contact-and-housing as a universal socket for LEDs and other leaded components. Not just any such connector will do; various #JST, "#Dupont", and others won't work, because they only grasp pins of one particular size and/or shape. If the lead is too big, it won't go in, and if it's too small, it won't stay in.

If you want to use these connectors - and note you can get the housings with more than 2 contacts, so you can use them for transistors or weirder things too - the magic search term is "KF2510".

The reason these work as universal sockets for leaded components is because the contact is a spring that pushes from only one side of the housing, pressing the inserted contact or lead against the far side of the housing, and therefore provides a friction fit for any size lead (within reason). Most crimp connectors instead have particular shapes for their contacts and will only "grab" something the right size and shape.

#KF2510 #CrimpConnector #crimp #socket #component #leaded #connector #solderless #universal #contact #housing

Scale Model of Boeing 777-300ER Made from Manila Folders
https://www.lucaiaconistewart.com/model-777
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42523745

* 1:60 scale model of an Air India Boeing 777-300er, made entirely from manila folders
* traces beginnings to high school architecture class
* learned to use manila file folders to roughly model building ideas

#hobbyists #crafts #arts #Boeing777 #architecture #VisualArts

Additionally! I should say - if you’d be welcoming to a rabble of #Miniatures & #MiniaturePainting #Hobbyists - this has been a wonderful bunch to moderate, I would highly recommend telling them to join your instance.

@warhammercommunity

Any #electronics #hobbyists have any ideas for this,? I have been searching off and on for over a year for a datasheet for this but found nothing. I do not want to throw it out as I believe that would be a waste.

do you consume a lot of the media your creative hobby is? for example, do you musicians listen to a lot of music in your free time?

#hobbies #musicians #creatives #artists #hobbyists