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by ptorrone 9mo ago
user: xyzzyxy created: 2 hours ago ... ok, so you created it for this... the individual you reference had already been removed from multiple retro and maker communities prior to this dispute for documented behavior. i contacted them private
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
some are already words/abbreivations that are in my word list and some are me typing over later when i can, and some is a cut/paste if limor has something for me to add or does an edit as she looks at things. you can see my writin
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
i asked if the person was going to "dox" me if i purchased a sticker that was in my cart already. there are multiple people making accounts using my handle, so i'm now on a server where there is some due process before fake r
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
it seems like if i do not reply, it's worse? i totally get what you are saying, however i think we're part of this hackernews community too, and not here to litigate past issues, and i will probably always get a little too worked
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
sparkfun will continue to use limor’s open source code, libraries, and designs. that is how open source works, and we are fine with that, and that is awesome! what is not speculation is - paul (teensy creator) told us directly that sparkfun
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
correct "the Sparkfun guy did in fact register a vanity domain and stand up a site for the purpose of harassing"
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
we are sticking with open source, arduino has moved away from that and sparkfun has an open-source certification revoked due to not being open source.
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
why talk about limor's appearance?
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
sparkfun is the single source supplier (and now maker of the product).
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
it will have benefits over the 4.x - we can always spin up a version with the iMX chipset (we have a metro board with the little sister chip, iMX RT1011 already in stock) - tbh if we did something with the iMX RT106x we'd probably star
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
hi, great question. we have to start with something and while the RP2350 is not going to beat a 600mhz m7 it is much less expensive, fast to get, has lots of nifty support libraries available, and will definitely do better than the teensy 3
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
nate the founder, nick a former employee who worked directly with nate and the now shut-down sparkx effort(s). nate was the ceo, but had stepped down.
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
great question! so historically microcontrollers (and sensors) were 5V 'CMOS' power and logic. this was way better than the up-to-12V for TTL logic but over time the desire for higher clock speeds / faster IO / lower pow
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
speech to text, with a newborn, replying to these and feeding her. i cannot purchase shift keys if they are on sparkfun, yes.
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
"adathrowaway" seems only made to come here and post things that are not true? seem my post here, and ask anything.
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
hi, phil here — post on adafruit here: https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/12/discontinuing-the-teens... i’ll stop back and answer anything (sparkfun will not?). sparkfun is the exclusive maker and distributor
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Wegmans press release translated how to say we scan your face and call it safety(blog.adafruit.com)
16 points by ptorrone 9mo ago|1 comments
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New York begins cargo drone trial between Manhattan and Brooklyn(blog.adafruit.com)
1 points by ptorrone 9mo ago|1 comments
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Dead shrimp. Living machines. Necrobotics is here(blog.adafruit.com)
4 points by ptorrone 9mo ago|0 comments
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
you're seeing a script block from cloudflare’s bot protection. we’re actively working to reduce third-party surveillance on our systems, including evaluating less invasive alternatives to aggressive bot mitigation. if you’ve got ideas
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Fighting back against biometric surveillance at Wegmans(blog.adafruit.com)
210 points by ptorrone 9mo ago|222 comments
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Open-source Teensy-compatible – what features do you want?(forum.pjrc.com)
3 points by ptorrone 9mo ago|1 comments
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
the aside was preemptive, not defensive. hackernews d00dz call anything touched by a company an ad, even when the project is reconstructing a 1975 atari curiosity for fun. we listed multiple ways to run it because the goal was preservation
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We recreated Steve Jobs's 1975 Atari horoscope program(blog.adafruit.com)
104 points by ptorrone 9mo ago|53 comments
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by ptorrone 9mo ago
i am the writer. which specific emotions are you asking me to mask? confusion? concern? expertise? the blog is written by people who use these tools — raspberry pi, flipper zero — in classrooms, accessibility projects. occasionally puppet s
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NYC Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero alongside explosives(blog.adafruit.com)
244 points by ptorrone 9mo ago|226 comments
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by ptorrone 11mo ago
(one of the best comments and advice so far)
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by ptorrone 11mo ago
those were previous blocks and a couple of banned people assumed it was that, it was not, and since then we mute and document blocks with our social team. regardless, a block from what, 4 years ago, hurt someone that bad, twitter really did
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by ptorrone 11mo ago
i am here now, phillip torrone, and i am holding my 7 day old doing speech to text :) on linkedin, i think it just says "adafruit" i will learn more and see if i can go in and add it post-post.. how is that shady for ya.
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by ptorrone 11mo ago
i wrote the article, just go ahead and call me shady and leave out other people at the company. limor will be back online next week after recovering (just had a kid) and you can call her shady too.

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