How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]

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Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library

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A supply chain attack compromised the PyPI package 'lightning' versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, stealing credentials and attempting to poison GitHub repositories. The attack is linked to the 'mini Shai-Hulud' campaign and affects teams using lightning in their dependency tree.

CopyFail was not disclosed to distros

CVE-2026-31431 is a Linux kernel vulnerability introduced in 2017, affecting multiple kernel versions. A workaround patch has been attached to disable the affected module.

I built a Game Boy emulator in F#

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A software engineer built a working Game Boy emulator, Fame Boy, in F# after learning about computer hardware by emulating a Game Boy and using AI to write unit tests. The emulator's development involved optimizing performance, fixing issues with the PPU and APU, and learning about functional programming and domain-driven development.

Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants

Belgium will nationalize its nuclear power plants, reversing a 2003 decision to phase out nuclear energy by 2025. The government aims to build new nuclear plants and reduce dependence on fossil imports.

Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

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How an oil refinery works

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Oil refineries process crude oil into various products like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel using distillation, cracking, and other processes. The refining process is complex and requires large industrial facilities to handle the massive volume of crude oil consumed worldwide.

A statement from members of the Toki Pona community

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The Toki Pona community is concerned about the wellbeing of its creator, Amatullah, who has been experiencing a mental health crisis. The community is urging Amatullah to seek help and is offering support while respecting her privacy.

Durable queues, streams, pub/sub, and a cron scheduler – inside your SQLite file

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honker adds durable pub/sub and task queue to SQLite without client polling or daemon. It uses SQLite's PRAGMA data_version for wake signals, with ~0.7 ms latency and ~3 µs read time.
The SIMD Quad algorithm is a new search algorithm that combines quaternary interpolation search with SIMD instructions to efficiently locate a target value in a sorted array of 16-bit unsigned integers. It outperforms binary search on both Intel and Apple platforms, with significant speedup on large arrays in cold cache scenarios.

Does Postgres Scale?

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A Postgres server can handle up to 144K writes per second or process 43K workflows per second, making it suitable for most use cases. The bottleneck in performance is often the write-ahead log (WAL) and can be mitigated by sharding across multiple Postgres servers or using multiple queues.
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We monitor 27 government auction sources with 75,070 listings, scoring auctions for price, bid velocity, and time left. Daily emails highlight top-scored auctions with direct links to original listings.

Building a perfect clone of 1993 game SimTower

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I woke up the other day and asked: could an LLM reverse engineer a modern clone of my favorite childhood video game? So I did it. towers.world is live today and allows collaborative, coop play on a perfect clone of the original game. At its core, the game is an elevator simulator. It starts getting hard when your tower grows and your sims contend with each other on getting where they want to ...

Spain's parliament will act against massive IP blockages by LaLiga

Congress is preparing to take measures against LaLiga's fight against piracy causing web page blockages. A non-legislative initiative was approved to reform the Digital Services Act and prevent indiscriminate blocking of IPs by judicial rulings.

Full-Text Search with DuckDB

The user explores DuckDB's full-text search (FTS) capabilities, comparing them to other FTS solutions like Elasticsearch and Postgres, and finds them powerful but limited. They provide a tutorial on using DuckDB's FTS extension with Python, including pre-processing email data and querying with Okapi BM25 algorithm.

10Gb/s Ethernet: what I did to get it working in my home

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The user upgraded their home network to 10Gb/s Ethernet, starting with their study and then expanding to the rest of the house, using a combination of 10Gb/s switches, SFP+ modules, and DAC cables. They encountered some thermal issues with the switches and SFP+ modules, but were able to mitigate them and achieve speeds of up to 9Gb/s, with plans to potentially upgrade to 40Gb/s or higher in ...

Recovering files from beyond the grave using PhotoRec

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The user recovered deleted files using TestDisk and PhotoRec, a digital forensics tool. They successfully recovered various file types, including images, from old hardware and an SD card, but caution is advised due to potential data corruption and privacy risks.

Mozilla's opposition to Chrome's Prompt API

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A 1960s art school experiment that redefined creativity

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Granite 4.1: IBM's 8B Model Matching 32B MoE

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IBM released Granite 4.1, a family of open source language models for enterprise use, trained on 15 trillion tokens. The 8B model, with a dense architecture, matches or beats the 32B Granite 4.0-H-Small across various benchmarks.

The Human Creativity Benchmark – Evaluating Generative AI in Creative Work

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When professional creatives evaluate AI-generated work, their judgments produce two distinct signals. The first is convergence: evaluators agree on what works, revealing shared best practices like readable typography, functional layout, and strong visual hierarchy. The second is divergence: evaluators disagree, and that disagreement reflects genuine differences in taste, aesthetic direction, ...

Follow-up to Carrot disclosure: Forgejo

Friends of mine were reached out to, to "talk to me from a place of trust", or simply to tell them what an horrible person I am, which they found hilarious. The toot linking to the blogpost was removed from infosec.exchange by an overzealous moderator after it had been reported multiple times by multiple people. I thus moved to mastodon.social, where it was also removed with ...

Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans

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How Semiconductors Were Made in America

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I gave a talk at the American Corner in Almaty, Kazakhstan about America's 250th birthday and the history of semiconductors, tying in American culture and values. The talk highlighted how core American values like free speech and openness to outsiders contributed to the creation of the world's greatest engineering achievement.

The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy

Zig has a strict anti-LLM policy to prioritize contributor growth over code quality. Maintainers review contributors, not just their code, to foster trust and future contributions.

1.4 GW: battery storage at former Grohnde nuclear power plant

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The Emmerthal energy cluster in Germany is growing with three large battery storage systems, ground-mounted solar panels, and a new substation. The cluster aims to store and sell wind power surpluses from northern Germany to southern Germany.

Where the goblins came from

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OpenAI's models started mentioning creatures like goblins and gremlins in their metaphors due to a subtle incentive from training for the personality customization feature, specifically the Nerdy personality. The behavior was amplified through transfer from Nerdy personality training and later spread to other contexts, requiring OpenAI to retire the Nerdy personality and implement new tools ...

Kubereboot/Kured: Kubernetes Reboot Daemon

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Kured is a Kubernetes daemonset that automatically reboots nodes when needed by the OS package management system. It ensures safe reboots by locking the API server and watching for reboot signals.

The Science Behind Honey's Eternal Shelf Life (2013)

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Honey's unique combination of low moisture, acidity, and hydrogen peroxide makes it resistant to spoilage. Its shelf life is also extended by bees' natural drying process and the enzyme glucose oxidase in their stomachs.

A Primer on Bézier Curves – So What Makes a Bézier Curve?

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Bézier curves are used in computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) applications, graphic design, and scalable vector graphics (SVG). They are defined by linear interpolations between control points, forming a curve that never extends beyond the points used to construct it.