Month: September 2021

Taking A Deep Dive into SPI

With the prevalence of libraries, it has never been easier to communicate with hundreds of different sensors, displays, and submodules. But what is really happening when you type SPI.begin() into the Arduino IDE? In his most recent video, [Ben Eater] explores the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) and how it really works. Most Hackaday readers probably

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DHS: American extremists used TikTok in the lead up to the Jan. 6 riots to recruit new members and share “tactical guidance” for terrorist and criminal activity (Politico)

Politico: DHS: American extremists used TikTok in the lead up to the Jan. 6 riots to recruit new members and share “tactical guidance” for terrorist and criminal activity  —  Extremists foreign and domestic have used the video platform, DHS says.  The app says it has “absolutely no place” for violence and hate.

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4 ways to leverage ROAS to triple lead generation

Xiaoyun TU Contributor Share on Twitter Xiaoyun TU is the global director of demand generation at Brightpearl, a leading retail operating system. She is passionate about setting up innovative strategies to grow sales pipelines using data-driven decisions. Businesses that don’t invest in their future may not have a future to look forward to. Whether you’re

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Inside r/aznidentity, a subreddit that has become an unofficial hub of “Men’s Rights Asians” subculture, which has gained notoriety by harassing Asian women (Aaron Mak/Slate)

Aaron Mak / Slate: Inside r/aznidentity, a subreddit that has become an unofficial hub of “Men’s Rights Asians” subculture, which has gained notoriety by harassing Asian women  —  They became notorious for trying to harass Asian women off the internet.  The racial trauma of the past year has only emboldened them.

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Adam Mosseri faces criticism after comparing social media to cars, saying “cars create way more value than they destroy”, even though people die in accidents (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC)

Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: Adam Mosseri faces criticism after comparing social media to cars, saying “cars create way more value than they destroy”, even though people die in accidents  —  – Facebook Instagram chief Adam Mosseri came under a flurry of criticism after comparing the value of social networks to society to that of cars.

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Sir Clive Sinclair, the creator of the landmark ZX Spectrum who helped popularize the home computer, dies at age 81 (Haroon Siddique/The Guardian)

Haroon Siddique / The Guardian: Sir Clive Sinclair, the creator of the landmark ZX Spectrum who helped popularize the home computer, dies at age 81  —  Creator of the landmark ZX Spectrum and the less commercially successful C5 died after a long illness  —  Sir Clive Sinclair, the inventor and entrepreneur who was instrumental …

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