A little money came in from a Linux device driver book I wrote 28 years ago. I pitched it at the launch party for a Windows driver book I'd asked a friend to write. They gave my Linux book the go-ahead. I'm still grateful.

🎮 RIFTFIRE Got Rejected by CrazyGames — Here's What I'm Fixing Next

🎮 RIFTFIRE Got Rejected by CrazyGames — Here's What I'm Fixing Next The first submission didn't pass review. Here's what that means, what I changed, and what's coming in the next build.

• RIFTFIRE rejected by CrazyGames due to lack of visual polish and unfinished feel
• Developers added primary "CONTINUE" button for smoother level navigation
• Implemented quick bar with eight boost items for enhanced gameplay

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How a 180B Open Model Outscored a 2.8T Model in Math and Science Reasoning: Strength Merging Plus Model-Level RSI

TL;DR Darwin-180B-RSI , an open-weight model from Korea's VIDRAFT, scored 73.68 in mathematical and scientific reasoning on SuperCLUE's November 2026 evaluation.

56m ago ·dev.to

Electromechanical vs. PIN Diode RF Switches: What Actually Fails First

Every RF bench has a switch that dies young. In ATE racks and radar front ends, the switch is often the first part to fail, and it is almost never the part the designer blamed.

57m ago ·dev.to

Removing a watermark from your own MP4 without cropping the frame

If you have ever licensed footage that arrived with a distributor logo burned into the corner, you know the choice is usually bad: crop the frame and lose composition, or live with the logo.

• Removing watermark without cropping frame is possible through reconstruction.
• Reconstruction quality depends on background behind watermark.
• Evaluate result on moving shots before batch processing.

55m ago ·dev.to