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+0.41 Baochip-1x: What It Is, Why I'm Doing It Now and How It Came About (www.crowdsupply.com S:+0.31 )
345 points by timhh 5 days ago | 78 comments on HN | Moderate positive Contested Low agreement (3 models) Editorial · v3.7 · 2026-03-15 22:36:16 0
Summary Open Knowledge & Digital Autonomy Advocates
This project update by hardware designer Andrew 'bunnie' Huang advocates strongly for open-source hardware design and transparent technical standards as a path to trustworthiness and user autonomy. The content champions the Baochip-1x's 'mostly open RTL' architecture as superior to proprietary alternatives, frames open-source knowledge-sharing as a moral imperative, and commits to empowering developer communities with accessible, inspectable hardware security primitives. The narrative aligns most strongly with UDHR Articles 19 (freedom of information) and 27 (scientific advancement), positioning openness not merely as a technical choice but as a rights-affirming principle.
Rights Tensions 2 pairs
Art 19 Art 17 The content prioritizes transparency and open access to technical information (Article 19) potentially at the expense of proprietary intellectual property protections (Article 17), resolving in favor of shared knowledge by arguing that users have a right to inspect and verify devices they own.
Art 27 Art 17 The advocacy for open-source hardware design (Article 27) implicitly challenges conventional patent and licensing protections (Article 17), resolved by distinguishing between proprietary commercial protections and the right to understand one's own hardware.
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Max +0.88 Article 27 Min -0.10 Article 29
Signal 14 No Data 17
Volatility 0.23 (Medium)
Negative 1 Channels E: 0.6 S: 0.4
SETL +0.29 Editorial-dominant
FW Ratio 54% 30 facts · 26 inferences
Agreement Low 3 models · spread ±0.228
Evidence 27% coverage
2H 10M 2L 17 ND
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HN Discussion 18 top-level · 17 replies
bunnie 2026-03-14 11:19 UTC link
Hello wonderful people! I'm bunnie - just noticed this is on HN. Unfortunately due to timezones I'm about to afk for a bit. I'll check back when I can, and try to answer questions that accumulate here.
K0balt 2026-03-14 11:29 UTC link
Very cool! So there’s 5x riscV cores available?
mijoharas 2026-03-14 11:48 UTC link
Cool project. Why is it called the Baochip/Dabao?

Is it big Bao? Or take-away (just learnt the second meaning), or something else?

bArray 2026-03-14 12:31 UTC link
> Those with a bit of silicon savvy would note that it’s not cheap to produce such a chip, yet, I have not raised a dollar of venture capital. I’m also not independently wealthy. So how is this possible?

What kind of order of magnitude of cost are we talking about?

What are the next steps - is there some service to cut the wafer and put into a package for you?

gzread 2026-03-14 12:55 UTC link
This is about transparency just like the Precursor, right? How can I know that my Baochip-1x is really what it says it is?
luma 2026-03-14 13:51 UTC link
bunnie your book "Hacking the XBox" taught me how to get started on reversing electronics, took the fear out of the process, and replaced it with fun. Thanks for the multi-decades long effort you've made to make these tools available and accessible and approachable, your contributions to the hacker community are immeasurable and I cannot say thank you enough.

Thanks man!

intrasight 2026-03-14 14:01 UTC link
I didn't know there were partially open source RISC-V. I might have missed it in the article, but what was the reason for having some parts closed source?
alexisread 2026-03-14 14:39 UTC link
Great work on the chip, I’m really onboard with the trusted computing aim!

Is there a way to bootstrap binary code into the reram? I’m thinking being able to ‘hand-type’ in a few hundred byte kernel rather than use a flashing tool

arj 2026-03-14 15:49 UTC link
It seems it had hardware support for secure mesh. Anyone know what that is?
chuckadams 2026-03-14 16:23 UTC link
> What’s a banker going to do with the source code of a chip, anyway?

Hand it to someone who does know what to do with it. It's not as important who initially gets the source so much as having it available when it is needed.

Dani99 2026-03-14 16:26 UTC link
Moonton Mobile legend mm level15
genxy 2026-03-14 16:32 UTC link
To anyone from crowdsupply listening, please turn down your VPN check. I am not stripping my privacy protection to use your site.

*edit, Crowdsupply does a full block on multiple VPN providers. There is no way to access their site without turning off your VPN.

vintagedave 2026-03-14 16:36 UTC link
This is wonderful! Also what a fantastic partnership that allowed adding a new CPU to that die. Kudos to them.

I had a lot of trouble finding out which open source license applies. Wikipedia’s RISC-V page doesn’t seem to say; its citation for being released under open source doesn’t seem to say which one either.[0] Could be wrong. Exhausted after working all day. But it’s not front and center…

On the RISC-V site I thought it might be more prominent too but if it is I missed it. I found some docs there licensed Creative Commons. Is that the license for the entire CPU? Even layouts and everything that is past the ISA to actual silicon?

[0] https://www.extremetech.com/computing/188405-risc-rides-agai...

the_biot 2026-03-14 17:21 UTC link
Why the few closed-source components on the system? You mention the bus, USB PHY etc -- are those things harder to design than the CPU core?
awesomeusername 2026-03-14 19:26 UTC link
I run a hardware company now (thankfully in the age of AI), as a direct consequence of reading Bunnies book 'hardware hacker'

Thank you Bunnie.

hedgehog 2026-03-14 20:39 UTC link
Bunnie did a really good talk a couple months ago that has more of the background beyond what's in the blog post:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5CR-7TJtm0

stavros 2026-03-14 21:51 UTC link
Wait a minute, why can't I reply to bunnie's top-level comment? Anyway, here's what I wanted to say:

Adding your CPU to another company's silicon is a genius move, well done. I wonder why companies don't sell their spare die space to others, is it because of trust/risk?

themk 2026-03-15 00:54 UTC link
It's pretty exciting to see a small chip with an MMU. I wonder if it would be possible to get sel4 running on this?

I'm also curious about the current draw, but I couldn't find anything?

bunnie 2026-03-14 11:47 UTC link
Yes, 1x Vexriscv RV32-IMAC + MMU, and 4x PicoRV32's as RV32E-MC for I/O processing, configured with extensions to enable deterministic, real-time bit-banging without having to count clocks.
JSR_FDED 2026-03-14 11:52 UTC link
I think it’s take-away, or to go. Like when you order some food to go.
bunnie 2026-03-14 11:59 UTC link
Personally, I love eating "bao" (a style of dumplings), but also coincidentally, a homophone of "bao" in Chinese (different character 保, similar sound) has a meaning of "protect; defend. keep; maintain; preserve. guarantee; ensure". So it means both things to me - one of my favorite foods, and also describes the technology.

"dabao" is just a pun on that - means "take-away" or "to-go". The dabao evaluation board is basically a baochip in a "to-go" package.

bunnie 2026-03-14 13:46 UTC link
The masks alone are single digit millions, but with all the design tools and staff costs typically tens of millions is the benchmark number for a tape out in this node.

After coming out of the fab, the chips go through probing, packaging and reeling.

bunnie 2026-03-14 13:49 UTC link
The Baochip is packaged in a form of package that is inspectable using IRIS. [1] It does not give perfect verification but it's the best I can offer until we have more open PDKs.

[1] https://bunnie.org/iris

theParadox42 2026-03-14 15:40 UTC link
It’s not the RISC-V core itself, it’s just some of the surrounding architecture to support the CPU, to turn it into a SOC. So the USB drivers, the AXI memory interfaces, and the analog components, like PLLs for generating clocks, or even the IO pad drivers. These components take the fully open RISC-V core which works in a simulator and makes it work like a normal physical chip would.
15155 2026-03-14 19:04 UTC link
They are likely licensed IP.
crote 2026-03-14 19:51 UTC link
With the right equipment it is possible to probe the inside of a chip, allowing an attacker to measure or even alter internal signals down to the transistor level. Expensive, but very useful if it lets you extract a crucial shared secret.

The traditional defense against this kind of invasive attack is to put a grid of sense wires on the outermost metal layer, and measuring whether it has been tampered with: you can't get to the important bits without cutting through the security grid, but any kind of modification to the security grid triggers a self-destruct.

anilakar 2026-03-14 20:15 UTC link
You do realize that violating export regulations is a much bigger risk than losing a few individuals relying on snake oil security?
duffmancd 2026-03-14 20:27 UTC link
RISC-V is a family of instruction sets (which have various chips implementing them). Think "X86-64". It looks like the baochip-1x is using the VexRiscv CPU. The HDL is available here under MIT: https://github.com/SpinalHDL/VexRiscv
bunnie 2026-03-14 22:22 UTC link
The chip comes from the factory with a boot0/boot1 chain that is fully reproducible and buildable from source. Developers can replace boot1 with their own version, where you could add the feature you're thinking about.
bunnie 2026-03-14 22:26 UTC link
In general, things that are not strictly digital (PHYs, regulators, PLLs, ADCs) contain significant amounts of foundry IP that would be hard to release as open source. But also, some parts of the chip, for example the AXI bus fabric, were licensed simply as a risk reduction measure. If the bus fabric is bad, you've wasted millions of dollars on a mask set with little recourse. I tried to pull in some open source AXI fabrics and it wasn't pretty...a lot of rework required and even then still some bugs made it through to tape-out. Over time more and more of this can be opened but it all takes time, money, and people willing to do it.
bunnie 2026-03-14 22:35 UTC link
Crossbar is unusual to start with in that they wanted to do open RTL - so for starters, there's to a first order no companies even willing to discuss open RTL designs. Beyond that - mainly risk. I had to pinky swear that whatever I added would not break the chip, cause timing closure issues, delay the schedule, consume too much area or power, impact yield, I had to run my own validation and review program while meeting their dev methodology, etc. etc. I had to exercise an enormous amount of self-restraint to not push harder and do more interesting things as it was. It's very hard to build up inter-personal trust, and they had to take a calculated risk letting a schmuck like me potentially foul up a multi-million dollar mask set. Hats off to them for making that bold decision, it would have been easier to say nope, too risky, no benefit, cut it from the code base.
bunnie 2026-03-14 23:06 UTC link
<3 makes all the effort worth it to hear stories like this. Thanks for sharing!
bunnie 2026-03-14 23:13 UTC link
Thank you for sharing! Comments like this make all the effort worthwhile. <3
jasonwatkinspdx 2026-03-15 00:27 UTC link
> Wait a minute, why can't I reply to bunnie's top-level comment?

The powers that be here think they've found a bunch of "hacks" to curb off low quality comments.

bunnie 2026-03-15 06:22 UTC link
I imagine sel4 could be possible, but I haven't done any specific checking for compatibility.

Current draw - depends on the operating mode, etc. A dabao board with all its regulators and overhead draws around 30mA @ 5V. The CPU in "WFI sleep" (clocked stopped, instant wake-up, all memory preserved) will draw about 12mA @ 0.85V. There's a "deep sleep" mode that requires an effective reboot (clock stopped, no memory preserved) to come out of where it's down to under 1mA @ 0.7V. These latter low power modes require an external power management architecture that can vary the voltage of the core so you can achieve lower leakage states.

I think comparatively speaking, the Baochip doesn't have strong low power numbers. I have always imagined it as more of a chip that gets stuck into a USB device, so it's plugged into a host with a fairly ample power reserve, and not a coin cell battery.

Editorial Channel
What the content says
+0.75
Article 27 Cultural Participation
High A: Strong advocacy for open-source sharing of creative/technical work F: Framing open RTL as inherently superior to proprietary designs
Editorial
+0.75
SETL
+0.47

This is a core theme of the content. The author champions the right to benefit from scientific and creative advancement by advocating for open-source RTL. The entire narrative positions open access to hardware design as morally and technically superior to proprietary NDA-protected designs. The author explicitly shares design decisions, architectural choices, and rationale with the community.

+0.70
Article 19 Freedom of Expression
High A: Advocacy for transparent communication and open knowledge sharing F: Framing open-source as superior to proprietary secrecy
Editorial
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SETL
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This is the content's strongest alignment with UDHR. The entire narrative champions open-source RTL, transparency in security hardware, and the right to inspect and understand technology. The author explicitly rejects NDAs and proprietary secrecy, arguing for 'open source transparency.' The commitment to enable developers to understand and modify code/hardware is central to freedom of information and expression.

+0.55
Preamble Preamble
Medium A: Advocacy for open-source standards as a path to human dignity and trustworthiness
Editorial
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SETL
ND

The content affirms principles of dignity, equality, and freedom by advocating for open-source hardware and transparent design. The author argues that open architectures empower larger communities and resist vendor lock-in, supporting the idea that all people should have equal access to knowledge and tools.

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Article 12 Privacy
Medium A: Privacy protection through transparent, verifiable hardware
Editorial
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SETL
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The content emphasizes that the Baochip-1x's mostly open RTL enables inspection and verification of security-critical components. The author argues this transparency paradoxically improves privacy by making the device trustworthy. The focus on hardware-level security for protecting user data aligns with privacy protection.

+0.45
Article 17 Property
Medium A: Resistance to proprietary ownership restrictions on technical knowledge
Editorial
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SETL
ND

The content critiques how security chip NDAs restrict users' ability to own and understand their own hardware. The author advocates for open-source transparency as a response to demands for property transparency and knowledge access.

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Article 26 Education
Medium A: Open-source access to technical education and skill development
Editorial
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The content emphasizes democratizing access to hardware knowledge and tools. The author commits to documentation, driver development, and support for multiple programming languages and OSes, which are essential components of technical education.

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Article 1 Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood
Medium A: Implicit assertion that open-source hardware design supports freedom and equal dignity
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The content emphasizes breaking free from proprietary vendor constraints and creating tools accessible to all developers. This indirectly supports the principle that all people are born equal and entitled to freedom.

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Article 28 Social & International Order
Medium A: Social order enabling open-source innovation
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The content implies that social and international order should support open-source development and resist artificial vendor restrictions. The author critiques existing market arrangements (ARM's licensing restrictions) and advocates for frameworks that enable open innovation.

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Medium A: Resistance to arbitrary vendor-imposed distinctions (ARM M-series vs A-series licensing)
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The content critiques how ARM's business model artificially restricts which companies can access advanced features like MMUs. The author frames this restriction as an arbitrary market-based distinction that lacks technical justification.

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Medium A: Community-driven development as form of association
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The content discusses plans to 'empower a few good open source community leaders' and build a developer community. This reflects support for peaceful assembly and association around shared goals.

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Article 25 Standard of Living
Medium A: Security and health through transparent, trustworthy hardware
Editorial
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The content frames secure hardware design as supporting user welfare and safety. The emphasis on 'trustable' systems and the ability to verify security claims indirectly supports the right to adequate living standards and health protection.

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Article 22 Social Security
Medium A: Access to technical knowledge and tools as social right
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The content implicitly frames access to open-source hardware and transparent design as a social entitlement. The author argues that 'a larger community that is interested in an open source future' should have access to hardware tools, framing this as empowerment rather than privilege.

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Article 13 Freedom of Movement
Low A: Global community building and technical knowledge sharing
Editorial
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The content discusses the author's hope to 'start building a community' and to 'empower a few good open source community leaders.' This implicit support for freedom of movement and association is weak and tangential.

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Article 29 Duties to Community
Low F: Framing of individual rights vs. community good as complementary rather than limiting
Editorial
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The content does not directly address Article 29 (limitations on rights in service of community). The author emphasizes individual freedom (access to open-source) and community empowerment as aligned rather than constrained, which is a mild positive framing of how individual and collective interests can be balanced.

ND
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No substantive discussion of right to life, security of person, or physical safety.

ND
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No discussion of slavery or servitude.

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No discussion of torture or degrading treatment.

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No discussion of right to recognition as a person before the law.

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No substantive discussion of equality before the law in judicial contexts.

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No discussion of remedies for violations of rights.

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No discussion of arbitrary arrest or detention.

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No substantive discussion of fair trial or due process.

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No discussion of criminal responsibility or presumption of innocence.

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No discussion of asylum or political refuge.

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No discussion of nationality or citizenship.

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No substantive discussion of marriage or family rights.

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No substantive discussion of freedom of thought or conscience.

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No substantive discussion of political participation or democratic governance.

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No substantive discussion of labor rights, fair wages, or conditions of work.

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No discussion of rest, leisure, or working hours.

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No substantive discussion of prohibition on UDHR rights destruction.

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Article 19 Article 27
Crowd Supply positions itself as a platform for open-source hardware and community-driven projects. This supports values of open information sharing and collaborative creation, mildly reinforcing the content's advocacy for open-source and transparent hardware.
Editorial Code
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Ownership
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Access & Distribution
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Article 19 Article 27
Crowd Supply's model of democratizing access to hardware projects through crowdfunding supports principles of shared knowledge and inclusive participation.
Ad/Tracking
No ad-tracking or surveillance mechanisms directly evident on this page content.
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Article 27 Cultural Participation
High A: Strong advocacy for open-source sharing of creative/technical work F: Framing open RTL as inherently superior to proprietary designs
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The Crowd Supply platform structure and funding model enable creators to share their work directly with communities and maintain control over open-source licensing.

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Article 19 Freedom of Expression
High A: Advocacy for transparent communication and open knowledge sharing F: Framing open-source as superior to proprietary secrecy
Structural
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SETL
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Crowd Supply's platform structure supports this by enabling crowdfunding of open-source projects and providing a channel for creator communication directly to backers.

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Medium A: Open-source access to technical education and skill development
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Crowd Supply's platform provides a marketplace for educational hardware projects, supporting broader access to learning resources.

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Article 12 Privacy
Medium A: Privacy protection through transparent, verifiable hardware
Structural
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The Crowd Supply platform itself does not appear to implement privacy-protective measures directly on this page, but the project being funded explicitly addresses privacy through hardware transparency.

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Crowd Supply's platform structure facilitates backer communities and project discussions, supporting freedom of association.

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Structural
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Crowd Supply's international platform supports cross-border access to open-source hardware projects.

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Medium A: Access to technical knowledge and tools as social right
Structural
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0.00
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Crowd Supply's crowdfunding model provides democratic access to hardware that might otherwise be restricted to well-funded companies.

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Preamble Preamble
Medium A: Advocacy for open-source standards as a path to human dignity and trustworthiness

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Article 1 Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood
Medium A: Implicit assertion that open-source hardware design supports freedom and equal dignity

N/A

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Article 2 Non-Discrimination
Medium A: Resistance to arbitrary vendor-imposed distinctions (ARM M-series vs A-series licensing)

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Article 10 Fair Hearing

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Article 13 Freedom of Movement
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Article 14 Asylum

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Article 16 Marriage & Family

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Article 18 Freedom of Thought

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Article 21 Political Participation

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Medium A: Security and health through transparent, trustworthy hardware

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Article 29 Duties to Community
Low F: Framing of individual rights vs. community good as complementary rather than limiting

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Article 30 No Destruction of Rights

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Propaganda Flags
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appeal to authority
Author cites his own academic background ('I've taught its principles to hundreds of undergraduates') and prior chip design experience ('Having designed chips in a prior life') to validate open-source arguments.
causal oversimplification
The claim that open-source standards will automatically lead to 'a brighter, more secure, and more trustable open source future' oversimplifies the complexity of security and trustworthiness, which depend on implementation quality, not just source availability.
flag waving
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2026-03-16 00:35 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-16 00:35 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-16 00:34 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.46 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-03-16 00:34 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-16 00:34 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-16 00:34 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-15 22:36 eval_success Evaluated: Moderate positive (0.46) - -
2026-03-15 22:36 rater_validation_warn Validation warnings for model claude-haiku-4-5-20251001: 17W 17R - -
2026-03-15 22:36 eval Evaluated by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001: +0.46 (Moderate positive) 16,414 tokens
2026-03-15 21:38 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-15 21:38 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 21:38 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-15 21:38 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-15 21:38 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 20:58 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-15 20:58 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 20:58 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-15 20:55 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-15 20:55 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 20:23 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-15 20:23 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-15 20:23 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 20:18 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-15 20:18 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 19:48 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-15 19:48 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-15 19:48 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 19:43 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-15 19:43 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 19:10 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-15 19:10 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-15 19:10 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 19:05 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 18:25 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 18:16 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 17:11 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 17:04 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 15:59 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 15:53 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 15:24 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 15:15 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 14:47 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 14:40 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) +0.32
2026-03-15 14:11 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 14:01 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) -0.32
2026-03-15 13:35 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 13:24 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 12:55 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 12:46 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 12:15 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 12:07 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 11:36 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 11:30 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 10:58 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 10:46 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 10:18 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 10:07 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 09:39 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 09:27 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 08:59 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 08:47 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 08:19 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 08:05 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 07:35 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 07:22 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 06:56 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 06:45 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 06:22 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 06:10 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 05:46 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 05:32 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 05:12 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 04:57 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 04:37 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 04:22 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 04:02 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 03:47 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 03:25 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 03:09 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 02:50 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 02:32 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 02:15 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 01:57 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 01:39 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 01:21 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 01:11 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 00:52 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 00:45 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-15 00:08 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.67 (Strong positive)
2026-03-15 00:04 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
Technical content with no rights discussion
2026-03-14 23:58 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 23:45 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 23:19 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 23:06 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 22:28 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) +0.32
2026-03-14 22:08 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 21:16 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 21:09 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 20:06 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) -0.32
2026-03-14 19:58 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 19:23 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 19:18 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 18:21 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 18:15 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 16:44 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 16:38 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 15:35 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 15:27 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 14:52 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 14:49 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 14:16 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 14:15 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 13:40 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 13:39 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 13:02 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 13:02 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 12:27 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 12:26 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 11:52 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-14 11:51 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.
2026-03-14 11:17 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive)
2026-03-14 11:16 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
Technical article about a RISC-V microcontroller with open RTL, focusing on its design and development.