Matevž Zorec
mbz4.bsky.social
Matevž Zorec
@mbz4.bsky.social
Busy Building Robot Tutors
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I wrote a little comic about #opensource hardware and serviceberry foraging!

I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org :
dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.

And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.

No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Stressed-out engineer Dave Niewinski built an NVIDIA Jetson-powered robotic canoe to paddle for him while he kicks back and relaxes.
Up the Creek With Two Robot Paddles
Stressed-out engineer Dave Niewinski built an NVIDIA Jetson-powered robotic canoe to paddle for him while he kicks back and relaxes.
www.hackster.io
August 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
check out this experimental animated barcode visual encoder/decoder demo for visual file transfers with a permissive MPL-2.0 license: github.com/sz3/libcimbar
and decoder mobile app (MIT license): github.com/sz3/cfc
GitHub - sz3/libcimbar: Optimized implementation for color-icon-matrix barcodes
Optimized implementation for color-icon-matrix barcodes - sz3/libcimbar
github.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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I did the numbers for the Hyundai Kona gas and electric a while back, and he's being very, very generous on the ethanol number. Like still generous even after counting for the fact that not all the corn goes into ethanol, and not counting energy cost of inputs.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
August 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Debian Linux was officially founded by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. That's 32 years of stable, free, and opensource computing. From a single kernel, it has grown to parent some of the most popular OSes in the world. Happy 32nd birthday to the beloved mother of all distros! 🥰 🍰
August 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Please support the Mothers of Hind project by sharing, donating or volunteering mothersofhind.org
Mothers Of Hind
mothersofhind.org
August 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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AWS Deleted all data despite redundancy, backup, dead man’s switch. This is why you need to keep all your data offline. Never trust hosting company for your backups. www.seuros.com/blog/aws-del...
AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning
After 10 years as an AWS customer and open-source contributor, they deleted my account and all data with zero warning. Here's how AWS's 'verification' process became a digital execution, and why you s...
www.seuros.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
love it
introducing copyparty, the FOSS file server
YouTube video by tripflag
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July 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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WASP OR MOTH!? 🐝🤯

One of the most incredible mimics in the world, this Tiger Moth (Orcynia calcarata) looks so much like a wasp I was almost nervous holding it! 😳

There are so many tiger moths mimicking wasps in the Amazon it’s crazy! 😯🌳
How amazing is nature! 💛🖤
June 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
They're so cute!
It's Friday so it's cute baby sloth time!
June 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of those moments where you go, "Wait, why wasn't that a thing from the start"
A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users’ local network with 2 goals:

a) Stop exploitation of vulnerable devices and servers from the drive-by web

b) Allow public websites to communicate to private network devices when the user expects it and explicitly allows it
GitHub - explainers-by-googlers/local-network-access: A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users' local network without permission
A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users' local network without permission - explainers-by-googlers/local-network-access
github.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Carl Sagan in 1986 on the problems with media and science literacy.
June 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Three! Days! Til! OHS2025!!!!! Snag a last minute ticket at ohs2025.eventbrite.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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I’m all packed and ready for my workshop on building climate sensors @oshwassociation.bsky.social in Edinburgh! See you all there for the 2025 Open Hardware conference! Would love to meet you and there are still a few spots for my workshop if you want.
May 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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We're getting ready for Friday by folding the schedule zines! Have you got your ticket yet ? If you're on the fence and need a discount, toss us a message!
May 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Riiiicccooooollaaaaaa :)
May 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Tickets are ON SALE NOW for the Open Hardware Summit 2025 in Edinburgh, Scotland! Get your ticket today right here: ohs2025.eventbrite.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
RSC consortium hosting a hackathon June 14-15
In collab with hugging face and hakkerikoda Tartu at their venue opposite Delta 🙂
huggingface.co/LeRobot-worl...
Stay tuned for more :)
LeRobot-worldwide-hackathon (LeRobot Worldwide Hackathon)
Org profile for LeRobot Worldwide Hackathon on Hugging Face, the AI community building the future.
huggingface.co
May 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Word cloud of the titles of the over 500 NSF grants canceled, as documented in grant-watch.us/nsf-data.html . The two most common words (research, collaborative) excluded. The word cloud tells the whole story. 🧪#AcademicSky
April 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Completely the Rockets! Day 2 #OHS2025 panel crew is J. Simmons who will cover the history of starting one of the first non-profits dedicated to open sourcing spaceflight hardware and the lessons learned in that journey. Get your tickets today: 2025.oshwa.org/attend/
April 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Applications for the 1st Summer School on HRI-Social Robotics at the University of Tartu are closing soon! Deadline to apply: April 30, 2025.

Get hands-on experience with 6+ robot platforms, mentoring, publications, plus 3 ECTS. Limited spots.

📌 Info: ut.ee/en/content/1...
1st Summer School on HRI-Social Robotics
Explore the foundational principles of Human-Robot Interaction with a focus on Social Robotics in education.
ut.ee
April 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Pewds taught me a cmd in Linux: `systemd-analyze blame`
Wish I knew this sooner to speed up boot times for the roverxr teleop demo github.com/mbz4/RoverXR
I installed Linux (so should you)
YouTube video by PewDiePie
youtu.be
April 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM