To what extent do the ideas of free software extend to hardware? Is it a moral obligation to make our hardware designs free, just as it is to make our software free? Does maintaining our freedom ...
Here on Hackaday, we’re generally designers of hacks that live in the real world. Nevertheless, I’m convinced that some of the most interesting feats are at the mercy of what’s possible in software, ...
With performance optimizations seemingly having lost their relevance in an era of ever-increasing hardware performance, there are still many good reasons to spend some time optimizing code. In a ...
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French lawyer and entrepreneur Marie Potel-Saville, whom I met at Lisbon’s Web Summit, has a mission: to root out dark patterns in the digital world. Her company, Fair Patterns, has developed a range ...
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A common, but mostly unconscious habit of software developers when theyface a problem is to break it down into its constituent elements, lookfor patterns of behavior and activity, and compare them to ...