See Windows CE Running On The N64 https://lobste.rs/s/dckubt #hardware #retrocomputing #windows
https://retrododo.com/see-windows-ce-running-on-the-n64/

Alibaba's TSMC-Built 5nm RISC-V Chip, XuanTie C950, Now Runs Qwen-3.8 27B Model Natively, Unlocking Massive Vertical Integration Tailwinds https://lobste.rs/s/5kw58e #hardware
https://wccftech.com/alibabas-tsmc-built-5nm-risc-v-chip-xuantie-c950-now-runs-qwen-3-8-27b-model-natively-unlocking-massive-vertical-integration-tailwinds/

I have plenty of USB sticks laying around and for most part Sandisk Ultras have been okay enough for basic use. I picked up this 128G one from Clas Ohlson, a cheapo store and curiously this Sandisk Ultra is some kind of special edition for them. It bears their store blue color and the packaging has their logo too, otherwise it looks like the real thing.

It's all good except it dies after couple of gigabytes have been written on it. At first I assumed I got a dud and had it exchanged. But the next one behaves the exact same way.

Windows, Mac, Linux, they all behave like it was pulled and then couple of seconds later reinserted, which makes me think something in it goes internally very wrong. Linux's dmesg was the most helpful about it and verified the USB controller actually loses this device for a while.

I wonder if they've made an extra shitty version for the bargain store. I'm almost tempted to take it apart and compare it to a normal one. Its USB ID however is the exact same as the standard 128 gigabyte version.

Anyone else encountered these?

EDIT: I am aware of fake flash drives. This is not how those behave.

#usb #linux #hardware

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Three Sandisk Ultra USB flash drives. Two are black with red Sandisk logo on them, one has blue chassis and the logo is in black.

@therealitynetwork Nicer words:

#updating people's "#firmware'
#upgrading #mindset
#helping see the #reality
#reprogramming

+#loop the #list (so life can #fix itself and not just fix tech)

"De-programming" is what it feels like as admins don't understand or want to talk to people; not fans or pioneers.

Their relationship(s) fail because of this.

They can't see the whole indirect circle of improvement needed as #people, not #hardware...

Tech fails if focus is not on healthier people dev.

Your next PC build or console upgrade just got a lot more expensive, and 3 tech giants are being sued for it.

DRAM prices skyrocketed 700% as wafers shifted to AI data centers. Is it a real cartel or just the market?

Read the full breakdown: https://geekrealmhub.com/ram-lawsuit-samsung-micron-sk-hynix/

#TechNews #Hardware #PCMR

The Old Computer Challenge https://lobste.rs/s/klkabn #hardware #retrocomputing
http://occ.sdf.org/

I stopped by Best Buy and bought this external Seagate 24TB drive for $279.99 and thought to myself at the register while paying for it, "Damn, this is expensive."

I just looked and the same drive at Best Buy is now $709.99 (and that's the sale price after a $50 discount!). The sale price is a whopping 153.6% increase in just six months!

This is insane. Thanks #AI techbros for making everything tech more expensive.

#compute #hardware #harddrive #gaming #videogames #gog #storage

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Screenshot of a purchase of a Seagate external 24TB drive at Best Buy for $279.99.

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Screenshot of a Seagate external 24TB drive at Best Buy for $709.99.

I haven't turned on this raspberry pi 4 8gb of ram in like 3 years. I've been feeling like resurrecting it and setting it up again.

What services should I install on it?
What casing or peripherals should I use?

#Hardware #RaspberryPi #PCB #Computing #SelfHosting

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A dusty raspberry pi

$719 color
$619 mono

https://www.crowdsupply.com/modos-tech/modos-flow

#eink #hardware

- a neat hack for the properly paranoid -

Your computer is likely generating random noise on your sound card. On some systems you can harvest this noise as true random entropy. This entropy can be diffused and whitened for use in cryptography.

https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2026-March/039388.html

#Random #Entropy #Cryptography #Crypto #Hardware #Hacks #Sound #Audio #Chaos

@cypherpunk@soc.octade.net @cryptography@soc.octade.net @crypto@infosec.pub @cryptography@fed.dyne.org @cryptography@lemmy.ml

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Source code screenshot for harvesting entropy from a sound card. Follow the link to read the source code text.