welp so Hungary, aka the one country that needs to be kicked out of the EU, is reviving a proposal for the EU to read your messages before they are encrypted in the name of "protecting children". the EU is seen as a leader in digital rights, and this would be a major step back

A while ago, we shared a circuit that implements reverse polarity using a PMOS. Some suggested ideal diodes like the MAX40200AUK, which, however, do not provide reverse polarity protection. The newly released NID5100 by Nexperia offers this feature.

Today, 6 September 2024, is Harvey's birthday. She has been in pre-trial remand without bail in Changi Prison for 5 months and 1 day. Others have been sentenced to jail for a comparable or shorter duration, for crimes more severe than the charges Harvey faces. (cont.)

please like and RT!! send Harvey a (belated) birthday gift by donating to her legal fees fundraiser here: gogetfunding.com/freeharvey-leg…

Cirno Day

due to financial troubles and burnout, cohost will be going read-only in October and fully shut down by the end of the year. read more: cohost.org/staff/post/761…

Part 2 of a 3 part series on Singapore's "crime control model". Under this model, the police and prosecutors do their own determination of guilt, and when they believe a suspect is guilty, they are incentivised to push the suspect to plead guilty to facilitate efficiency. (cont.)

important to note that the media outlet suing Wikipedia in Indian court for defamation has deep ties with the BJP, and in August spread the lie that Hindus were under attack in Bangladesh, which prompted Hindutvavadis to call for the Indian military to "intervene"

The new and revived Chat Control regulation is back. It still appears to demand client side scanning in encrypted messengers. But removes “detection of new CSAM” and simply demands detection of known CSAM. However: it retains the option to change this requirement back.

Wow, iFixit/Kyle Wiens launched a soldering iron! Might finally be a mobile/travel iron I actually like :) theverge.com/2024/9/12/2424…

Ooh this is a fun trick. Idea is paralleling a fast but small SiC FET with a slower but larger IGBT to minimize both switching and conduction losses ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/83401…

the greatest success of the pop left is managing to destroy international solidarity in the english-speaking world by centering basically all discussions around misusing leftist terms to defend america's rival states

Hardware Hackers in NL. Get dressed now. Run to the Albert Heijn. Get a bunch of Soundboxes. They are €3.99 each and worth way more in hardware. Each box contains nearly 600 high quality audio samples. Create your own bar code. Tear the thing down.

people outside of singapore really dont know how deep the dehumanisation of domestic and migrant workers go. its truly disgusting and embarrassing but it needs to be exposed.

Linux boots in 4.76 days on the Intel 4004 arstechnica.com/?p=2051764