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Show HN: PLAttice, for assembling structures much larger than the 3D printer bed

https://zachfred.in/projects/plattice/plattice.html
22•zakqwy•4h ago
Struts, nodes, and pins are reversibly assembled into fully 3D printed lattices, trusses, and tree-like structures spanning up to a few meters. I used the system to build a stand for an overhead table lamp which supports a ~1 m cantilevered arm using a tensioned floor-to-ceiling column. If you want to give it a try, find the *.stl files at the bottom of the page; figure ~1 kg of PLA and ~1 day of print time per meter of box truss; pay attention to print orientation; plz respect the license; and definitely print the pin trimming jig.

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brad0•3h ago
Showing my age here, but this reminds me of knex. You would get different models but you could make whatever you wanted out of the parts. It was a great creative toy back in the day.

I just took a look online and they’re still selling kits. I’m partial to the Ferris wheel.

https://www.basicfun.com/knex/

zakqwy•3h ago
Knex is great! I had a small set growing up, but never one of the big dynamic ones. Did you ever come across Capsela? Another fun modular building kit. The floaty set was awesome.
tonyarkles•2h ago
Capsela was really cool! In the end I feel like Lego with the Technics and Mindstorms stuff caught up but for a while Capsela was some of the coolest stuff you could get for making mechanical/electrical systems.
derwiki•2h ago
Somehow Capsela did a better job of teaching me gear ratios than LEGO bricks
mysterydip•3h ago
I've been wanting something like this! I have a box I wanted to print but need it larger than my bed. Will give this a go, thanks!
zakqwy•2h ago
Let me know how it goes!!

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https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/sierpinski-triangle-in-my-bitwise
82•guiambros•3h ago•23 comments

Observations from people watching

https://skincontact.substack.com/p/21-observations-from-people-watching
38•jger15•2h ago•14 comments

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https://github.com/blackrabbit17/xenolab
58•malux85•4h ago•17 comments

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313•dave1629•10h ago•522 comments

A critical look at MCP

https://raz.sh/blog/2025-05-02_a_critical_look_at_mcp
313•ablekh•10h ago•182 comments

Why the Apple II Didn't Support Lowercase Letters (2020)

https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/2833/why-the-apple-ii-didnt-support-lowercase-letters
39•colinbartlett•3h ago•29 comments

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https://s3data.computerhistory.org/brochures/commodore.commodore64.1982.102646264.pdf
112•indigodaddy•7h ago•72 comments

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https://github.com/danielcota/LoopMix128
27•the_othernet•3h ago•15 comments

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http://www.righto.com/2025/05/386-prefetch-circuitry-reverse-engineered.html
107•todsacerdoti•8h ago•29 comments

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https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2025/may/documents/20250510-collegio-cardinalizio.html
101•90s_dev•5h ago•50 comments

Eagle Hunters of Kyrgyzstan

https://magazine.atavist.com/the-eagle-hunters-of-kyrgyzstan-world-nomad-games/
17•gmays•4d ago•3 comments

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84•smartmic•10h ago•28 comments

The State of SSL Stacks

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17•zdw•3d ago•2 comments

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http://andersource.dev/2025/05/05/imbalanced-learning.html
27•andersource•2d ago•3 comments

Embracer Games Archive is preserving 75000 video games and needs contributions

https://embracergamesarchive.com/
136•draugadrotten•13h ago•67 comments

Show HN: Code Claude Code

https://github.com/RVCA212/codesys
94•sean_•10h ago•19 comments

Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-teams-will-soon-block-screen-capture-during-meetings/
108•josephcsible•5h ago•169 comments

How much information is in DNA?

https://dynomight.substack.com/p/dna
50•crescit_eundo•2d ago•46 comments

Arduino is at work to make bio-based PCBs

https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/04/22/arduino-is-at-work-to-make-bio-based-pcbs/
22•PaulHoule•2d ago•1 comments

Intel: Winning and Losing

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79•rbanffy•13h ago•51 comments

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https://www.react-three.org/
98•bpierre•12h ago•43 comments

Weave (YC W25) is hiring a founding engineer

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/weave-3/jobs
1•adchurch•8h ago

Not a three-year-old chimney sweep (2022)

https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2022/07/26/not-a-3-year-old-chimney-sweep/
101•nixass•18h ago•59 comments

Prolog's Eternal September (2017)

https://storytotell.org/prologs-eternal-september
76•Tomte•2d ago•58 comments

Building Local-First Flutter Apps with Riverpod, Drift, and PowerSync

https://dinkomarinac.dev/building-local-first-flutter-apps-with-riverpod-drift-and-powersync
33•kobieps•4d ago•17 comments

Detect and crash Chromium bots

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125•avastel•3d ago•38 comments

The Deathbed Fallacy (2018)

https://www.hjorthjort.xyz/2018/02/21/the-deathbed-fallacy.html
235•mefengl•15h ago•111 comments

'It cannot provide nuance': UK experts warn AI therapy chatbots are not safe

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/07/experts-warn-therapy-ai-chatbots-are-not-safe-to-use
108•distalx•9h ago•126 comments

Radxa Orion O6 brings Arm to the midrange PC (with caveats)

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/radxa-orion-o6-brings-arm-midrange-pc
83•goranmoomin•12h ago•59 comments

Show HN: Sprigman – Pac-Man Recreated in a Limited Tile Based JavaScript Engine

https://sprig.hackclub.com/share/X4EGvOFk1q8FroEPCj1G
15•kuberwastaken•3d ago•4 comments