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@codewiz Nice! I meant "Hack the Planet" the quote from Hackers (1995).

@codewiz Do you have a closer pic of the HTP mural?

@codewiz I am a fan of the simplicity of No Man's Sky docking. For an activity that needs to occur often in each system, you just get close enough to the light and it handles the rest. https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=TXF74VQhNFQ Elite: Dangerous does look better though.

@codewiz @walter Leah Rowe (of Libreboot) was ranting on IRC about the stm32 as a chip programmer. Here is the repo: https://github.com/dword1511/stm32-vserprog You need a ft232h to flash that repo onto the stm32. I have been meaning to try it as it seems to be the most free method with regard to software freedom, but it has a higher barrier to entry for people not familiar with solder and odd boards.

@walter @codewiz Do you have a suggestion for more complex programmers?

I typically use the CH341A by dropping chips directly into the top of the device. The D8 and D16 boards have BIOS chips that can be removed easily.

@codewiz Warning!!! The cheapest black PCB model of the CH341A is reported by several people to have a wrong voltage. Might be fine and might not. There is a hacky fix posted here: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/ch341a-serial-memory-programmer-power-supply-fix/

I have received reports that the green PCB turquoise version do not have this issue.

@codewiz The best parts about the CH341A is that it requires no additional software config other than flashrom and powered by USB so it can conveniently fit in your laptop bag without an additional power supply.

@codewiz Can you post some benchmarks on openbenchmarks with your new system?

I wrote some quick reference doc for Phoronix Test Suite here: https://github.com/TechnologyClassroom/HardwareTest/issues/6#issuecomment-1066188987

@codewiz I read all of the talk titles and I feel like I have already watched all of these talks. HOPE was good this year.

@codewiz What is bad about SCaLE? I have never been.

Microsoft shuts down GitHub's Atom. https://github.blog/2022-06-08-sunsetting-atom/

This was foreseeable. Embrace GitHub. Extend VSCode. Extinguish Atom. EEE

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