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h o ʍ l e t t→ Mistral, Europe’s biggest <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/startup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#startup</a>, is blowing hot <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2025/03/06/mistral-europes-biggest-ai-startup-is-blowing-hot" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.economist.com/business/2025/03/06/mistral-europes-biggest-ai-startup-is-blowing-hot</a>“[Mistral's] models […] are firmly middling. […] So <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Mistral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mistral</a> has tried to make its name by competing more obliquely. For instance, many of its models are <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a>: anyone may download and use them without explicit permission, for no charge. Others are released under the company’s own "research" <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/licence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#licence</a>; commercial users must pay for them, <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/hobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hobbyists</a> and <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/hackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hackers</a> can fool around with them <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/freely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freely</a>.”<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a>

C.Just a brief <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#factoid</a> to perhaps save other <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronics</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hobbyists</a> some time.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/BigClive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigClive</a> frequently uses a particular type of crimp-contact-and-housing as a universal socket for LEDs and other leaded components. Not just any such connector will do; various <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/JST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JST</a>, "<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Dupont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dupont</a>", and others won't work, because they only grasp pins of one particular size and/or shape. If the lead is too big, it won't go in, and if it's too small, it won't stay in.If you want to use these connectors - and note you can get the housings with more than 2 contacts, so you can use them for transistors or weirder things too - the magic search term is "KF2510".The reason these work as universal sockets for leaded components is because the contact is a spring that pushes from only one side of the housing, pressing the inserted contact or lead against the far side of the housing, and therefore provides a friction fit for any size lead (within reason). Most crimp connectors instead have particular shapes for their contacts and will only "grab" something the right size and shape.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/KF2510" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KF2510</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CrimpConnector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrimpConnector</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/crimp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crimp</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/socket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socket</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/component" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#component</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/leaded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leaded</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/connector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#connector</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/solderless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solderless</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/universal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#universal</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/contact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contact</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#housing</a>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻“VisiCalc sold more than seven hundred thousand copies in its first six years, and almost single-handedly demonstrated the utility of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AppleII</a>, which retailed for more than a thousand dollars at the time (the equivalent of more than five thousand dollars in 2023). Prior to the early seventies, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#computers</a> were centralized machines—occupying entire rooms—that <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#academics</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/hobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#hobbyists</a> shared or rented time on, using them communally. They were more boiler-room infrastructure than <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LifeStyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LifeStyle</a> accessory, attended to by experts away from the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PublicEye" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PublicEye</a>.”Read to the end. The ease of use of complicated tools, results in a lot problems in the future. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PersonalComputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PersonalComputers</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/VisiCalc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#VisiCalc</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Commodore</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#tandy</a> <<a href="https://newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-birth-of-the-personal-computer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-birth-of-the-personal-computer</a>>

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