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author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2023, 03:53:38 pm
content: I guess I should have expected it, since we can't have nice things in general.My USB Sniffer project was published on hackaday recently and it generated quite a bit of legitimate activity and interest.But then a few days later, clear spam/bot accounts started forking/starring it. And once they started, the project got to the trending page, which made it even worse, as I assume they pick things from the trending stuff.I would have assumed this was a paid service, but why do this for free?They also seems to all fork some chat-GPT-related repos, so may be that's their way to not look suspicious while promoting something else. In any case, it is very annoying.Anyway, just a heads-up, any GutHub statistics, especially for bigger projects, are probably mostly spam.

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2023, 07:59:22 pm
content: Not sure I understood correctly, are you complaining that your project got too much attention?

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2023, 08:26:44 pm
content: I'm complaining that I have no way to know the actual interest because the numbers are inflated by spammers. "Attention" from accounts created 20 minutes ago with a sole purpose to fork the project is useless.

author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2023, 08:58:35 pm
content: GitHub is a subsidiary of Microsoft. Everyone probably knows that. Bit whatever MS touches, it tries to maximize profit without improving service.

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2023, 09:02:15 pm
content: I don't know what spam problem looked like before, since it never was an issue for me. But GitHub under Microsoft improved a lot and I'm very happy with the direction.Having discussions section alone is nice, you no longer need to maintain some other place for forum-like communication, it can just be a part of the project.New code navigator is also pretty good.And a lot of those fake accounts are attracted by the things Microsoft added. Native CI/CD service is great, but it also attracts people wanting to abuse it for free compute power.

author: sokoloff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2023, 10:29:51 pm
content: IC10 (the 24MHz MEMS oscillator) seems out of stock everywhere.Any recommendations on a close-enough substitute or any alternative course of action? (I'm pretty much a newbie when it comes to electronic design beyond "slap a module on a PCB".)Isthis partan appropriate substitute?Thanks!

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2023, 10:41:19 pm
content: Quote from: sokoloff on June 17, 2023, 10:29:51 pmYes, this should work. Almost any MEMS oscillator would work, they all are more or less replaceable.I usually try to get +/- 25 ppm stability if I can, just as an overkill. The price difference is usually not that significant.But +/-50 ppm should be good enough too.That Microchip part was obsolete for quite some time, but I have a stock of them, so I keep using them in the designs.