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Arjun

@javathunderman.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy

ECE PhD student @ UIUC. interested in compilers, hardware, programming languages, graph algorithms, etc.

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Akshay Narayan

@akshayn.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy

Please join us at New England Systems Day!

https://newenglandsystemsday.github.io/2026

2026 New England Systems Day

A one-day workshop connecting systems researchers and students across New England.

newenglandsystemsday.github.io

January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM

Arjun

@javathunderman.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy

this is neat: https://espargos.net/

ESPARGOS - ESP32-based phase-coherent WiFi sensing device

ESPARGOS is a phase-coherent, ESP32-based WiFi antenna array designed for low-cost sensing applications.

espargos.net

January 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM

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Rob Ricci

@ricci.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy

Here's the document release you were waiting for today!

The UNIX V4 tape!

https://archive.org/details/utah_unix_v4_raw

#retrocomputing

UNIX V4 tape from University of Utah (raw) : Computer History Museum : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

UNIX V4 tape from the University of Utah, received by Martin Newell circa June 1974 around when he modeled the Utah Teapot.This is the raw analog waveform and...

archive.org

December 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM

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Matt Blaze

@mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy

Just to be clear: should I have the terrible misfortune to be killed in a mass shooting, please feel free to politicize the hell out of it. And go ahead and do so immediately. No time will be “too soon”.

December 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM