The Guardian flourishes without a paywall

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The Guardian US relies on reader donations, which have increased 33% to $44 million this year, accounting for over 60% of its revenue. This model allows it to maintain independence and cover global news without a paywall.

A deliberate practice app for guitar players who want to level up

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Captrice is a free app that helps guitarists improve with a practice framework focusing on speed, endurance, accuracy, and adaptability. It offers a library of exercises, a metronome, and data visualizations to track progress.

Madison Square Garden's surveillance banned this fan over his T-shirt design

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Frank Miller was banned from MSG properties for life after being identified at a Radio City Music Hall concert, despite not attending the venue in nearly 20 years. Miller suspects facial recognition systems were used to identify him, referencing a T-shirt he designed years ago that was worn by a friend who was kicked out of a Knicks game.

iCloud Mail has DNS misconfigured?

Email from [email protected] passed spam checks with a score of 1.0, indicating it's likely not spam.

Show HN: I made a little puzzle game about a rogue chess knight

Earn points for speed and captures, with bonuses for streaks and penalties for attacked squares. Capture all pieces to double points, with piece values ranging from 1 to 9.

Experimental Tauri Verso Integration

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Verso is a browser based on Servo, aiming to make it easy to use for developers. It's integrated with Tauri through a custom runtime, tauri-runtime-verso, for building applications.

Generate autounattend.xml files for Windows 10/11

The user is creating an unattended Windows installation using an autounattend.xml file, specifying various settings such as language, keyboard layout, partition layout, and more. The user is also configuring additional settings, including Wi-Fi, user accounts, Windows features, and more, to customize the Windows installation process.

Sales Compensation Simulator

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Calculate sales compensation plans with our interactive tool. Visualize ramped quotas, commission structure, accelerators, and guarantee periods to create fair and motivating sales compensation packages. Compare earnings potential across different scenarios with real-time projections.

Symmetry between up and down quarks is more broken than expected

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Researchers at CERN's NA61/SHINE collaboration found a large imbalance between charged and neutral kaons in argon-scandium collisions. This unexpected anomaly suggests that isospin symmetry between up and down quarks might be broken more than expected.

Why America now eats a crazy number of avocados

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Canoeing on the Danube

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To canoe the Danube, use BIKELINE maps for the Danube Cycle Path and an up-to-date map for the final 300kms in Romania. Permits are not required, but follow country-specific rules, such as flying flags in Serbia and wearing life jackets in Austria.

The Pragmatic Open Source Contributor

The user aims to create a guide for salaried programmers to contribute to open source code, breaking down barriers such as employer disapproval and lack of legal infrastructure. The guide outlines a step-by-step process for contributing to open source projects, including getting approval from the legal department, identifying a maintainer, and submitting a high-quality patch.

Published doesn't mean paid

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I signed a publishing deal in 2023 with a £2,500 advance, receiving £1,250 upfront and £1,250 upon publication. As an author, I'll likely earn below minimum wage for years of work due to low royalties.

NSA F9T53 Opsec Special Bulletin: Signal Vulnerability

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A vulnerability in Signal Messenger allows Russian hacking groups to intercept encrypted conversations using malicious QR codes. Users are advised to follow security guidelines and be cautious with their Signal settings to safeguard their information.

Is AI the new research scientist? Not so, according to a human-led study

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Researchers at the University of Florida tested AI's capabilities in academic research and found it can assist but not replace human scientists. AI excelled in ideation and research design but struggled in literature review, results analysis, and manuscript production.

Show HN: Multi UPS SNMP based shutdown

NUPST is a command-line tool that monitors SNMP-enabled UPS devices and initiates shutdown during power outages. It provides secure, reliable, and automatic shutdown management for systems.