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Zigbook Is Plagiarizing the Zigtools Playground

Zigbook plagiarized code and WASM blobs from Zigtools, violating the MIT license. Zigtools corrected the license violations but Zigbook deleted the description and refused to fix the issue.

Bazzite: The next generation of Linux gaming

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Bazzite is a Linux gaming distro that offers a seamless handheld gaming experience, solving hardware and software headaches for users. It's a great alternative to Windows for handheld gaming PCs like the Asus ROG Ally X and Lenovo Legion Go.

All it takes is for one to work out

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Applicant faced uncertainty and self-doubt during graduate school applications due to low GPA and GMAT score. A supportive person's words helped applicant persevere and eventually secure admission.

Meshtastic

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Flash and Configure your Device β†’ Flash your device with the latest version of Meshtastic and configure it to your liking. Connect to your Device β†’ Connect to your device via any of our clients to start sending and receiving messages! Connect and control your Meshtastic devices through various platforms. Choose the client that best fits your needs and device ecosystem.

Landlock-Ing Linux

Landlock is a Linux API that allows applications to declare allowed resources and restrict access to everything else. It provides a simple, developer-friendly way to add defense-in-depth to applications with transient restrictions.

The HTTP Query Method

The QUERY method is a new HTTP request method that allows for safe and idempotent queries to be made to a server. It is similar to POST but can be automatically repeated or restarted without concern for partial state changes.

Learning Feynman's Trick for Integrals

A few tricks and techniques can be useful when evaluating integrals. one such trick is to parameterise the integral so that it simplifies some parts of it, says stefan krueger jr. another useful integral is: you can differentiate either (a)) or '(b) if you want to rewrite the logarithm as an integral, he adds. for further

Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost

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Most Americans now think a four-year college degree is not worth the cost due to rising tuition prices and debt. A new NBC News poll shows 63% of voters agree a degree is not worth the cost, a 20-point decline over the last 12 years.

A new Little Prince museum has opened its doors in Switzerland

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The Besenval Palace in Solothurn opened a museum dedicated to the Little Prince, featuring Jean-Marc Probst's collection of over 10,000 items. The museum showcases the Little Prince's universal message through interactive content for all ages.

Jiga (YC W21) Is Hiring Product Designer

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Jiga is hiring a Product Designer to modernize their industry with user-efficient designs. The role involves collaborating with the CTO and engineering team to deliver aesthetically and functionally sound designs.

Datacenters in space aren't going to work

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A space-based datacenter is a terrible idea due to power, cooling, and radiation tolerance issues, making it disproportionately costly and offering mediocre performance compared to Earth-based datacenters. The user, a former NASA engineer and Google scientist, highlights the significant challenges of powering, cooling, and protecting electronics in space, making a space-based datacenter ...

Our Phosphorescent World

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The author reflects on the importance of phosphorus, a vital element for life, and how its mining and use have disrupted natural cycles and ecosystems. The author's island community uses seaweed as a natural fertilizer, highlighting a more sustainable approach to managing phosphorus.

Dynamic Skillset Reference Architecture

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The AI agent dynamically selects and utilizes skillsets based on user intent, enabling the creation of sophisticated AI agents that can scale to handle various capabilities without context window limitations. The agent maintains optimal performance while offering virtually unlimited extensibility, making it ideal for complex enterprise applications and evolving systems.

Israel's IDF Bans Android Phones: iPhones Now Mandatory

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So this is interesting. Just weeks after Google’s campaign to promote Android as being more secure than iPhone, the smartphone battle has taken a sudden twist. The Israeli military has decided to ban Android phones for senior officers, on security grounds. The news was broken by Israel’s Army Radio and picked up by The Jerusalem Post. β€œUnder the expected order, commanders from the rank of ...

Blender facial animation tool. What else should it do?

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LiveLinkFace ARKit Receiver is a Blender add-on that receives facial tracking data from iPhone and applies it to Shape Keys. It allows artists to animate models with their facial expressions in real time.

What's Hiding Inside Haribo's Power Bank and Headphones?

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The Haribo 20,000 mAh power bank and its earbuds had poor manufacturing controls, increasing the risk of battery failure and fires. CT scans revealed defects such as misaligned layers, torn electrodes, and insufficient anode overhang, compromising safety and reliability.

Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out

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ChatGPT may introduce ads in its Android app, initially limited to search experience, with highly personalized content. This could impact user experience, especially if ads are not disabled.

Matrix Core Programming on AMD CDNA Architecture

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Gfx950 provides hardware acceleration for the new mfma instructions in the amd cdnatm4 architecture. a subset of the instructions is explained, with the corresponding data layouts. each thread stores 32 entries from the matrix a, 1 entry from matrix bx and 16 entries form matrix c if the input matrix has type fp8 (e4m3) mfma_scale_f32_32x32f4_bf

Be Like Clippy

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The Be Like Clippy movement aims to make companies more transparent and user-friendly by embracing open data practices. It encourages developers and users to opt-in for data collection instead of being forced to use exploitative services.

Anthony Bourdain's Lost Li.st's

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Anthony Bourdain shares his opinions on various topics including food, movies, and travel destinations.

Show HN: Nano PDF – A CLI Tool to Edit PDFs with Gemini's Nano Banana

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Nano PDF is a CLI tool that edits PDF slides using natural language prompts powered by Google's Gemini 3 Pro Image model. It requires a paid Google API key and can process multiple pages in parallel with configurable resolution.

Rare X-ray images of a 4.5-ton satellite that returned intact from space

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Empa researchers studied the European satellite EURECA using non-destructive X-ray methods to identify weak points in reusable space technologies. The analysis could help optimize satellite design and reduce space junk, with potential applications in aviation and automotive industries.

Show HN: Network Monitor – a GUI to spot anomalous connections on your Linux

The tool is a Rust-based network connection monitor with a GTK4 interface, displaying live I/O statistics. It uses ss output, which may be brittle due to format changes.

Testing shows automotive glassbreakers can't break modern automotive glass

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The car escape tool market is growing due to heightened safety concerns, but most tools are ineffective against modern laminated car glass. Seatbelt cutters may be useful for first responders, but glassbreakers are mostly a myth for regular drivers.

Scala

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Scala is a software tool for experimenting with musical tunings, supporting scale creation, editing, and analysis. It's a free application available on multiple platforms, ideal for exploring tunings and familiarizing with musical concepts.

An update on the Farphone's battery

earlier this week i shared the how-to for this website, which is running on an old smartphone folks on lobste.rs and hacker news pointed out the fire risk of keeping a lithium battery plugged in all the time the fairphone 2 being as modular as it is, it was trivial to open the phone, pop the battery out, and duct-tape the micro-usb charging cable to the phone to avoid accidental dos

Stopping bad guys from using my open source project (feedback wanted)

You want to prevent big corporations and "bad guys" from using your open source package. You're considering changing the license or adding a warning to shift the default from "it's free for anyone to use" to "please don't use this if you're evil".

Zero knowlege proof of compositeness

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A zero knowledge proof (ZKP) proves a statement without revealing the underlying information. ZKP can be used to prove a number is composite without revealing its factors.

Bronze Age mega-settlement in Kazakhstan has advanced urban planning, metallurgy

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Archaeologists in Kazakhstan discovered a 140-hectare Bronze Age settlement, Semiyarka, which challenges previous views on steppe settlements. The site features a planned urban landscape, industrial zone, and complex architecture, indicating a sophisticated society with regional influence.