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358: It's a DE-rail, Not a DB-rail

September 27, 2026 · 1 h 12 min

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It turns out we haven't answered all the questions that have ever been asked yet, so we figured we'd take a few more from you, the listener, this week, covering topics like cell phone signal strength and the way your carrier prioritizes your traffic, ARM vs. x86 in the context of efficiency, how much vibe-coding is going on in OSs and drivers right now, open source wearable devices, how to store a Nintendo Switch for the very long term, the long and mysterious legacy of the D-subminiature standard, and more.

Sparkfun's D-sub blog post: https://news.sparkfun.com/14298

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