Human folly for 02026-08-06

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• Cambridge professor Jason Arday quits amid plagiarism allegations (aljazeera.com):

  #David-Arday quits Cambridge following #plagiarism accusations he says are motivated by #racism and are definitely from racists. #UK #politics

• VHS decode (github.com):

  software-defined #VHS or NTSC/PAL video #signals decoder, similar to #SDR but not for communication. Has some support for Betamax, SVHS, SuperBeta, Video8, SMPTE Type B and Type C. GPLv3.

• Linkedins new anti slop button is coming to every platform (fastcompany.com):

  #LinkedIn added a button to report #AI #slop, and Grace Snelling thinks it’s coming to “every platform”, by which she means LinkedIn, Medium, Twitter, Reddit, and Substack, not Linux and MacOS.

• How abolishing the stakeholder state caused the industrial Revolution (worksinprogress.co):

  Kara Dimitruk and Ben Southwood claim that the #history of capitalism in the #UK and specifically #England is due to the Glorious Revolution in 01688, which allowed Parliament to “untangle excessively strong and complex property rights”, ending the “vetocracy” that paralyzed #development. “The Glorious Revolution resolved the conflict between landowners and the Crown by handing the country to the landowners.” William of Orange invaded, James II fled to France, and William and Mary were crowned.

• Bsides Las Vegas AI track warned agentic worm risk day before ChainDrop hit (techtimes.com):

  #news story about Noelle Murata’s #security talk the other day, and BSidesLV in general, relating it to the new "ChainDrop" worm

• Autodesk EAGLE announcement next steps and FAQ (autodesk.com):

  #Autodesk announcement about pulling #EAGLE for #electronics PCB design, urging users to migrate to a Autodesk Fusion subscription

• Still Messing with forces I Dont understand the formula (web.archive.org):

  Stephen Hobley’s recipe for etching #PCBs for #electronics #hardware with 3% H₂O₂, 5%-acidity white vinegar from Meijer, and some salt; this might form peracetic acid #materials. #bootstrapping

• Peracetic acid (en.wikipedia.org):

  it probably takes weeks to form peracetic acid #materials at STP from 5% vinegar and 3% H₂O₂ without catalysts. It’s used for sterilizing food-contact surfaces such as brewery pasteurizers and cheese processing plants, but is dangerous in air at 0.17 ppm.

• Cheap friendly and accurate PCB etching (blondihacks.com):

  #Blondihacks explains her approach to etching #PCBs for #electronics #hardware with Stephen Hobley’s recipe with vinegar and peroxide. #tutorial #bootstrapping #scouting

• PCB etching Mega Redux (blondihacks.com):

  #Blondihacks re-explains her approach to etching #PCBs for #electronics #hardware more recently (02012 instead of 02011). She recommends using pre-sensitized PCBs from Jameco.

• Manual eng (web.archive.org):

  #EAGLE #manual #PDF for designing #PCBs for #electronics #hardware.

• PCB (repo.hu):

  Home page for pcb (#PCB-program) which is no longer actively developed, but was an alternative to KiCad and EAGLE for designing #PCBs for #electronics #hardware.

• Manual (personal.math.ubc.ca):

  “Mathematical Illustrations: A manual of geometry and #PostScript” #ebook by Bill Casselman