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Julia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca · Aug 26

job control

wizardzines.com/comics/job-c...

(from The Secret Rules of the Terminal, which is out now!)

your shell lets you run many programs (“jobs”) in the same terminal tab

programs can either be:

foreground
background
stopped (which is more like “paused”)

& runs a program in the background

for example I like to convert 100 files in parallel like this:

for i in `seq 1 100`
do
convert $i.png $i.jpg &
done

jobs lists backgrounded & stopped jobs

$ jobs
[1] Running python blah.py &
[2] Stopped vim

use the numbers to bring them to the foreground or background (like fg %2), kill them (kill %2), or disown them
when you close a terminal tab all jobs are killed with a SIGHUP signal

you can stop this with disown or by starting the program with nohup: disown %1 (job number goes here) nohup my_program &
a trick to kill programs if Ctrl+C doesn’t work

press Ctrl+Z to stop the program
run kill %1 to kill it (or kill -9 %1 if you’re feeling extra murderous)

a little flowchart

Three boxes, labelled “running in foreground”, “stopped”, and “running in background”

Ctrl+Z goes from “running in foreground” to “stopped” fg goes from “stopped” to “running in foreground” fg goes from “running in background” to “running in foreground” bg goes from “stopped” to “running in background”

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Chris Greening @atomic14.bsky.social · Aug 13

Been messing around with my latest PCB - I've now got a "digital twin". More details at the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vpd...

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Alex Glow (merlin) @alexglow.bsky.social · Jul 29

Attend Open Healthware (an @oshwassociation.bsky.social conference) for free on Aug. 1-2!

As a preview, I chat with Herine Palacios and Avinash Baskaran on #HacksterCafe, today at 10:30am PDT 😄

Watch on @hacksterio.bsky.social :
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8zy...
▶️ www.linkedin.com/events/73556...

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Alpenglow Industries (Carrie) @alpenglow.bsky.social · Jul 18

Sneak Peek of part of something I’m working on having available this fall.

a blown up image of part of something that has ruler markings that are lit up

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Chris Gammell @chrisgammell.bsky.social · Jun 24

I have always wanted something like an #ssh connection to the #iot devices I work on. Today we published about how to use #Golioth RPCs and a simple front end to do just that.

glth.io/remote-shell

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James Munns @jamesmunns.com · Jun 16

Did you know: if you installed Rust with rustup, you already probably have the "Embedded Rust Book" locally. If you run `rustup doc` in your terminal, it'll open the bookshelf with all the docs installed already, including the main rust books as well as the embedded rust book.

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Embedded @embeddedfm.bsky.social · Jun 14

Join our vibrant Slack community( embedded.fm/support ), support Embedded, and gain exclusive access to invaluable insights through our Slack channel.

Come join us read and learn together!

#signalprocessing #slack #math #mathematics #computerscience #embeddedengineer #stemeducation #slack

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Support Us — Embedded

embedded.fm

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Embedded @embeddedfm.bsky.social · Jun 14

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We've invited a math professor to guide us through all the fancy math in the book.

Expect engaging Slack discussions and weekly live sessions on Fridays at 11am PT, beginning June 20.

#embedded #engineering #machinelearning #ml #datascience #ai #bookclub #reading

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Support Us — Embedded

embedded.fm

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Embedded @embeddedfm.bsky.social · Jun 14

We're starting an exciting journey through the book: Data-Driven Science & Engineering( databookuw.com ) on the Embedded Slack #book-club. The book explores signal processing, machine learning, and control systems from a fresh, data science perspective.

...

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About the Book | DATA DRIVEN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

databookuw.com

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raynayX @raynayx.com · Jun 3

Join Chris ( @stoney.monster ) and Elecia on episode 502: Chat J'ai Peté( embedded.fm/episodes/502 )
as they talk about Murderbot, LLMs (AI), bikes, control algorithms, and fancy math.

Thank you to Nordic Semi for supporting the show!
#algorithm #ai #llm #math #embedded #engineering #murderbot

502: Chat, J'ai Peté! — Embedded

Chris and Elecia talk about Murderbot,  LLMs (AI), bikes, control algorithms, and fancy math.  The website with the ecology jobs is willdlabs.net from 501: inside the Armpit of Giraffe ...

embedded.fm

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OSHWA @oshwassociation.bsky.social · May 21

Through the support of our NSF grant focusing on open source medical care we are excited to be working on an Open Healthware Conference in New York in August! Check out the conference website and explore how you can get involved:

healthware.oshwa.org

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raynayX @raynayx.com · Apr 28

On episode 499: This Is Your Problem( embedded.fm/episodes/499 ), we hosted Janet Hansen( @flashingjanet.bsky.social ) to discuss professional costumery (with electronics) and becoming an artist.

Here's Janet's parting message:

#art #Mudder #embedded #engineering #electrical #electronics

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Shawn Hymel @shawnhymel.bsky.social · Apr 16

Happening next week! 🔥 Sign up for my #Zephyr workshop at 10:30 am CDT April 24. I'll cover the basics of writing a cross-platform #embedded device driver. If you want to follow along, consider getting the parts now.
👇
event.on24.com/wcc/r/487016...

#IoT #microcontroller #RTOS #electronics

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James Munns @jamesmunns.com · Apr 7

I'm going to be on @memfault.com's YouTube live on Thursday: www.youtube.com/live/kflFgdH...

One Q I want to answer is "where is Rust being used in production for embedded?", if anyone wants to share anything that is public I should namedrop, please let me know!

Drop by and hype up the chat too!

Interrupt Live: James Munns | From Zero to main(): Bare metal Rust

YouTube video by Memfault

www.youtube.com

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Embedded @embeddedfm.bsky.social · Mar 26

This week, Elecia and Chris( @stoneymonster ) host Kwabena Agyeman, CEO of OpenMV. They chat about more powerful (and smaller!) programmable cameras.

Join them here ( embedded.fm/episodes/497 ) on the latest episode of Embedded.

497: Everyone Likes Tiny — Embedded

OpenMV has a new Kickstarter so CEO Kwabena Agyeman chatted with us about more powerful (and smaller!) programmable cameras.  See OpenMV ’s site for their existing cameras. See their (already funded!) kickstarter page for the super powerful N6 and the ridiculously small AE3. Note that

embedded.fm

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · Mar 26

From Matthew Rohrer's book, Surrounded by Friends: bookshop.org/a/862/978194...

#poem #books #writing

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raynayX @raynayx.com · Feb 13

Here's an original piece -- Other Selves ( raynayx.com/2025/02/02/o... ).

It reflects on how we're usually overwhelmed by our circumstances but attempt to meet the moment every now and then.

--xk
#poet #poetry #poetsofbluesky #blacksky #BlueskyPoets
#poetrycommunity #amwriting #Skypoets #poetlife

We express our joys in sad verses
And when sad days come along,
We are unable to find our voices
We are unable to summon Akpalu‘s songs

You will see us do the dance of warriors
When there’s absolute peace within
And when war times come, we’re full of terror
We’re unable to channel Gemedra from within

You will hear us dole out ancient wisdom
When the judges have yet to sit
And when our kinsmen stir up a storm,
We are unable to find Ʋenya‘s ancient wit

But when you see us in a contemplative mood
Humming deep yet calm tunes for our loves,
Know that the boiling pot has shown all what’s for food
And the still river may harbor a crocodile that starves

x.k

https://raynayx.com/2025/02/02/otherself/

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raynayX @raynayx.com · Feb 13

Here's an original piece -- Other Selves ( raynayx.com/2025/02/02/o... ).

It reflects on how we're usually overwhelmed by our circumstances but attempt to meet the moment every now and then.

--xk
#poet #poetry #poetsofbluesky #blacksky #BlueskyPoets
#poetrycommunity #amwriting #Skypoets #poetlife

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Venessa Hampshire @sweetnessa314.bsky.social · Feb 2

In 1992, Dr. Mae Jemison made history as the first Black woman to travel to space. As a physician, engineer, & astronaut, she shattered barriers in STEM fields. Since leaving NASA, she has focused on empowering young people in science and technology.
#BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackWomeninSTEM

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Chris Gammell @chrisgammell.bsky.social · Jan 28

I chatted with the embedded team at @raspberrypi.com about the #RP2350 on The Amp Hour. It's an amazing "dual dual-core" part that is finding its way into many products. We chatted #hardwaresecurity and #lowpower, as those were key enhancements over the #RP2040.

theamphour.com/687-the-rp23...

A metalized rasbperry in a glass case, with the label RP2350. There are pictures of 4 team members on teh front of the case.

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arturo182 @arturo182.bsky.social · Jan 26

Würth Elektronik has released @kicad.org files for some of their components including symbols, footprints, and 3D models.

They're licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, but your design is not required to be shared under that or any other license if you're using them.

github.com/WurthElektro...

GitHub - WurthElektronik/KiCad-Library: WurthElektronik_KiCad-Library

WurthElektronik_KiCad-Library. Contribute to WurthElektronik/KiCad-Library development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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AstraKernel 💫 @astrakernel.bsky.social · Jan 18

Livestream ongoing: Building the underlying Algorithm of a Music Playlist in Rust

www.youtube.com/live/11UZsQT...

#rustlang

Building the underlying Algorithm of a Music Playlist in Rust

YouTube video by The Rust Guy

www.youtube.com

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raynayX @raynayx.com · Jan 7

Good luck going from Micro HDMI(on the Pi) to standard DP(on the monitor) as I've had to do because procurement folks just buy stuff without consulting anybody.
I'm not sure anything turns my stomach as much as this!

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AstraKernel 💫 @astrakernel.bsky.social · Jan 6

🧩 Podcast: The Embedded Buddy System

- By @jamesmunns.com and @fasterthanli.me

- James shares why you might want to design embedded systems as a network of devices, instead of trying to cram everything into a single chip

sdr-podcast.com/episodes/the...

#embedded #programming #rustlang

The Embedded Buddy System

James' cheat codes for low/mid volume + rapid embedded development James shares why you might want to design embedded systems as a network of devices, instead of trying to cram everything into a singl...

sdr-podcast.com

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Straithe @straithe.com · Dec 25

Design a PCB, win this competition, and come hang out with me in Edinburgh during the Open Hardware Summit. If you are new to PCB design ping me and I'll do my best to help you out. ♥️

www.hackster.io/contests/boa...

Board Designer Competition

Board Designer Competition With Nordic Semiconductor, Autodesk, and PCBWay.

www.hackster.io

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