We don’t fully understand the appeal of asking an AI for a picture of a gorilla eating a waffle while wearing headphones is worthwhile. However, [Micael Widell] shows something in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/03/ai-image-generation-sharpens-your-bad-photos-and-kills-photography/)

Testing a Tube without a Tube Tester
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/03/testing-a-tube-without-a-tube-tester/

[M Caldeira] needed to test a tube and didn’t have a spare to do the old swap test. He also didn’t have a tube tester handy. Drawing inspiration from a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/03/testing-a-tube-without-a-tube-tester/)

Hackaday Links: July 3, 2022
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/03/hackaday-links-july-3-2022/

Looks like we might have been a bit premature in our dismissal last week of the Sun’s potential for throwing a temper tantrum, as that’s exactly what happened when a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/03/hackaday-links-july-3-2022/)

AJAX COMMAND Radio is an Oldie but Goodie
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/03/ajax-command-radio-is-an-oldie-but-goodie/

If you are a certain age, it is hard to wrap your head around the fact that an old radio might have transistors — the old ones all had tubes, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/03/ajax-command-radio-is-an-oldie-but-goodie/)

When Is An LED a Lamp? When It’s 50mm Wide
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/03/when-is-an-led-a-lamp-when-its-50mm-wide/

Call us childlike, but we sure do get a kick out of both larger-than-life and miniature things, especially when they work as their “normal-sized” counterparts do. So you can imagine …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/03/when-is-an-led-a-lamp-when-its-50mm-wide/)

Need a Linux Kernel Module? Scratch That
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/04/need-a-linux-kernel-module-scratch-that/

If you have been for (or against) Rust in the Linux kernel, get ready for a Linux kernel module written in… Scratch. That’s right. Scratch, the MIT-developed language with blocks …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/04/need-a-linux-kernel-module-scratch-that/)

A 3D Printer Big Enough to Print a Kayak
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/04/a-3d-printer-big-enough-to-print-a-kayak/

When one of your design goals for a 3D printer is “fits through standard doors,” you know you’re going to be able to print some pretty big stuff. And given …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/04/a-3d-printer-big-enough-to-print-a-kayak/)