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DISAPPOINTED
ANGRY
WHO BROKE THE BUILD

I wonder how many people will end up in this store trying to get support for Gmail or some other Google service that they invested tons of automation into in order to prevent end-users from being able to talk to human support people:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/heres-whats-inside-googles-first-ever-retail-store/

I don't have an overhead projector, but it is mirroring the screen

This board is installed inline with the system and analog boards and this other cable goes through the security slot

Remember overhead projectors?

I was excited by this RGBtoHDMI board so I had some printed, but it seems the Xilinx XC9572XL CPLD is hard to source right now. Anyone have any spares that needs a PCB?

https://github.com/hoglet67/RGBtoHDMI
https://twitter.com/craig1black/status/1401234529705086979

to boot the Remarkable in USB mass storage mode. Then mount the correct partition (3rd), rm the broken systemd files I made, then unmount and restart the device. All of that done one-handed while using the other to keep the pins connected to the pads.

But, success!

I was messing around with systemd files on my Remarkable tablet and put it into a reboot loop.

Recovery required sourcing a USB-C breakout board, connecting two pins through a 10K resistor, plus a Micro-USB breakout board held to the pogo pin pads in just the right position \

to put the device into its boot loader state where a USB HID device attaches over the Micro-USB connection. Then while still holding the pins down firmly with one hand, use the other hand to remove the resistor and run a Linux binary which uploads some magic fairy dust \

If you don't like the new look of tabs in Firefox 89, you can revert them to the old style:

about:config -> browser.proton.enabled -> false

This Chrome bug where web devs are shouting at Google for 2 years to stop making it so hard to disable autocomplete, with screenshots and detailed explanations and stupid workarounds, all while Google developers just ignore them

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=914451

If you've never seen one of these things work, this is what a Hakko FR301 desoldering gun does

I finally got a desoldering gun, it works like magic!