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Re:How to make a CNC plasma cutter with high-frequency start on Thursday November 12, 2026 @07:41AM (#50466315)
Reminds me of this startup in Germany: pilotarc.com
Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym on Monday May 04, 2026 @09:55AM (#48008844)
I don't think so. Last week someone asked me if they could use one of my climbing equipment for a moment and I said sure. They asked me in a friendly manner and I had a positive feeling of them afterwards.
Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym on Monday May 04, 2026 @08:59AM (#48008162)
+1 for climbing gyms. In my experience the people there are really open and welcoming. Most are down for a quick chat.
But will this be released as a feature? For me it seems like it's an Anthropic internal tool to secretly contribute to public repositories to test new models etc.
Re:I tried to prove I'm not AI. My aunt wasn't convinced on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @07:09AM (#47515781)
Don't we have PostIdent in Germany? At least I used it to open my bank account.
Re:Remote Firmware Injection in Popular Solar Inverters on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @01:19PM (#47251588)
At least I started by playing around with microcontrollers (the ESP8266). From there you will get an understanding of how they work etc. Most of the time there’s an imprint of the chip type, so figuring out the type isn’t hard.

Dumping the firmware depends on the chip. While playing around with these chips you will also get to know the tools. In this case „esptool“.

For me, most of it is learning by doing and being curious how these systems work. At the start you may do wrong assumptions about the system. But the more you research the clearer it gets.

Interesting project. In one of our reverse engineering projects we used Gemini to interpret the decompiled C code. Worked really well. Hope to publish it next month.