Companies push mobile apps to gain access to users' personal data and behavior, which is harder to obtain through web browsers. Downloading an app can compromise users' privacy and control, making it a less desirable option.
Native CSS transitions can deliver smooth page changes without JavaScript, making Single Page Applications (SPAs) unnecessary. Modern browsers support native page transitions, allowing for fast, stable, and SEO-friendly experiences without the need for complex client-side routing.
Itch.io is removing adult NSFW games from search results due to pressure from Collective Shout, an organization that protests objectification and sexualization of women and girls. This move has affected developers who are queer, female, or people of color, and has raised concerns about censorship and freedom of speech.
Users on 4chan claim to have found an exposed database on Firebase belonging to Tea, a women's dating safety app, containing users' personal data and selfies. The app, with over 1.6 million users, verifies new users by uploading a selfie but has a public database vulnerability.
The author built a home server to self-host digital services like Google Photos and Netflix, but realized self-hosting is impractical and isolates individuals, making it harder to share resources.
The DE9 connector is a 9-pin serial connector belonging to the D-subminiature family, with the 'D' in the name referring to its D-shaped metal shield. The correct name is DE9, not DB9, as the 'B' in DB25 refers to a 25-pin shell, not a 9-pin one.
MDN celebrates 20 years of helping web developers navigate the evolving web with comprehensive documentation and community support. The platform has grown to include 14,000 pages, 33,000 localized articles, and compatibility data on 18,000 features.
Up-to-date pricing information for major LLM APIs including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and more. Compare costs across different AI models and find the best value for your use case. * Some models use tiered pricing based on prompt length. Displayed prices are for prompts ≤ 200k tokens.
Internet archive joins a network of over 1,100 libraries that archive government documents. it includes maps, environmental reports, health studies, congressional records, newspapers and books. the organization could owe upwards of $700 million in damages if the labels win the lawsuit, kahle said. u003ca href="https://blog.archive.org/2022/10/19/announcing-demo
A tire's ability to generate grip changes when it's asked to handle both braking/acceleration and cornering at the same time. tire slip ratio and slip angle are the most conceptually difficult part of any tire model, says daniel saunders of cnn physics team at ubc california and edmundsen development group based at university of
A friend received a convincing email claiming a Google subpoena, which was likely a phishing attempt. The email appeared to come from a legitimate Google no-reply address but had red flags in its headers and link previews.
Tailwind Plus now has fully functional UI blocks that don't require JavaScript, making them accessible to non-React or Vue users. The new @tailwindplus/elements library provides headless custom elements for building interactive UIs using just HTML.
Agentic coding tools like Claude Code accelerate workflows, automate tasks, and dissolve boundaries between technical and non-technical work. They enable teams to build custom automation, prototype rapidly, and collaborate with AI to create new solutions.
Sussman explained that programming has changed since 1980, requiring more experimentation and understanding of complex libraries. He chose Python for the new 6.001 course due to its existing robotics library.
Eleventy's developer replaced Luxon with a new date parsing library due to size concerns and inaccuracies in dayjs. The new library, @11ty/parse-date-strings, is RFC 9557 compatible and prepares Eleventy for native Temporal support.
Asciinema is a free, open-source tool for recording terminal sessions and sharing them online. It allows users to record and share terminal interactions in a lightweight, text-based format.
Efficient Computer's Electron E1 chip claims up to 100 times better energy efficiency than ARM's best embedded cores. It uses a spatial data flow model, cutting energy overhead from data movement.
The author discusses how payment processors like Visa and Mastercard can be weaponized against free expression online, citing examples of censorship against adult content and LGBTQ+ topics. The author proposes solutions such as supporting alternative payment systems like WERO and FedNOW, and urges technologists, gamers, and queer activists to organize and advocate for change.
Tattoy now supports animated cursors using custom shaders like Ghostty, but with a text-based pixelated effect. It took a week to iron out issues like transparency and antialiasing, but a post-processing step fixed the problem.
Google will stop working goo.gl links on August 25th, 2025, returning a 404 error. Users should transition to another URL shortener before the shutdown.
The latest Android Canary build allows the Terminal app to run full graphical Linux apps. This feature includes hardware acceleration for better performance and opens the door to running PC games and Linux programs on Android.
As technology matures, the focus shifts from qualitative achievements to quantitative measurements, such as resource costs and environmental impact, to scale up from proofs of concept to mass adoption. This transition is necessary for technologies like AI to become practical and efficient.
The author reviewed the Red Bull F1 website's performance, finding issues with JavaScript responsive images, extra connections, and poor image optimization. Inlining code is used but not tailored to the page's needs.
Games struggle with visually appealing HDR due to poor tone mapping, leading to over-contrasty and desaturated images. Nintendo's approach to HDR in Zelda: Breath of the Wild, using LDR space and avoiding tone mapping, is cited as a better alternative.
The Rotring 600 ballpoint pen has a solid, all-metal body and a reliable clicker mechanism but can be loud. It's a high-quality instrument worth the price, especially if found on sale.
What languages do you speak, and what is your language proficiency for each of them?
Claude Code's sub agents are specialized AI assistants that handle specific tasks with customized prompts and tools. They can be fine-tuned and shared across projects for consistent workflows and improved efficiency.
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 is introduced with improved performance and general capabilities, suitable for complex reasoning tasks. It features state-of-the-art results and increased thinking length, with recommended output lengths of 32,768 and 81,920 tokens.
UK Security Minister Dan Jarvis considers retaliatory cyber attacks after high-profile attacks on British targets. New measures include mandatory ransomware reporting and tightening sanctions on Iran and Russia.
Researchers at John Hopkins University developed a new AI-powered surgical robot called SRT-H, which can perform surgeries with 100% success rate and learn from human feedback. The robot uses a DaVinci robot and two transformer models to execute tasks and adapt to different anatomy and imagery.
Truchet tiles are square patterns with non-rotationally symmetric designs used for information visualization. They were first described by Sébastien Truchet in 1704 and popularized by Cyril Stanley Smith in 1987.
Researchers exploited two discontinued network devices, a Netgear WGR614v9 router and a BitDefender Box V1, winning runner-up at DistrictCon's Junkyard competition. The exploits demonstrate the security risks of end-of-life hardware due to unpatched vulnerabilities.
The tabs vs spaces debate has largely been settled with 90% of mainstream programming languages using spaces for indentation. Spaces have emerged as the prevailing preference, similar to the global shift towards the metric system.
The Montana state Mini Computer is a virtual 16-bit computer combining ideas from various systems. It's displayed via a web interface with a code editor for constructing and debugging software.
dwl is a compact, hackable Wayland compositor based on wlroots, similar to dwm for X11. It can be run on various backends and supports features like window borders, tags, and keybindings.
Meta will stop running political ads in the EU from October, citing EU transparency rules as too restrictive. The move allows Meta to avoid disclosing ad sources and targeting methods, sparking criticism from EU lawmakers.
The government's "Online Safety Act" aims to ban young people's access to adult websites but is subjective and unclear about what constitutes "adult" content. This leads to potential censorship and requires proof of age for content that wouldn't be restricted offline.
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Scientists discovered a bacterium that can breathe oxygen and sulfur simultaneously, challenging assumptions about cellular respiration. This unique ability may have helped microbes adapt to the Great Oxygenation Event, when oxygen levels rose and became toxic to many life forms.
Linux font rendering is broken due to lack of sub-pixel positioning and inconsistent rendering. The user recommends using the v38 FreeType engine and installing Windows fonts or Noto fonts for better readability.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in advanced merger talks to create a 52,215-mile transcontinental railroad system. The merger would face regulatory obstacles and potential competition from BNSF Railway.
The widespread use of embedded systems has increased the risk of physical memory disclosure attacks. we show the effectiveness of a voltage-based attack that snapshots sram, without exposing an soc to low temperature - and with no impact on the system's power consumption or temperature. irams are on-chip memories that an soc uses as temporary storage for different applications, such as boot ...
A nullable field that never contains nulls is a silent lie and can lead to confusion and complexity. A script can help identify such fields and suggest changing them to non-nullable for a more accurate and safer data model.
Emacsclient.desktop doesn't respect anything: the x resources, size of display&s active area, etc — it is all ignored. x11 is a bloated, complex, and prone to errors. so, if you want to use stumpwm on multiple monitors, you need to make use of stdio.xml. this is the default
Air Canada initially refused to compensate Linda Royle for missing items from her suitcase, citing lack of proof of ownership. Royle's case was reopened after further review, with Air Canada stating it will contact her to finalize her claim.
You switched from Arc to Zen browser due to power draw issues, then found Orion which meets your needs except for multi-account containers.
To achieve sharp images, consider the viewing distance and desired resolution, with 1/87th of an inch suitable for 1 meter and 1/172th of an inch for closer views. Use a pixels-per-inch of twice the desired resolution for printing, or test with a 3.4 inch zoomed image on a screen.
Google Labs introduces Opal, a new experimental tool for building and sharing AI mini-apps using natural language and visual editing. Opal simplifies workflows by chaining prompts, AI model calls, and tools, allowing users to build and share custom AI apps.
Corner Time displays the time in the corner of your Mac screen, customizable in format and font. It's useful for digital minimalism and distraction-free workflows.
The user created a dynamic website using a single binary written in Go, which allows for simplicity, reliability, and maintainability, and serves as a personal project that can be iterated upon and customized. They recommend others to create their own dynamic websites, starting small and using their favorite language, as it can be a fun and liberating experience that adds personality to the web.
WhoFi uses Wi-Fi signals to identify individuals through a Deep Neural Network, achieving competitive results on the NTU-Fi dataset. It extracts biometric features from Channel State Information and trains a modular network for robust and generalizable signatures.
An experiment found that descriptive variable names improve AI code completion, with 8.9% better semantic performance and 41% more tokens used. Descriptive names benefit both human readability and AI systems, suggesting clarity is prioritized over compression.
User wants to use a 1976 KIM-1 with a terminal, specifically a Model 33 ASR Teletype, but the current loop interface is unusual. User modified a USB to RS-232 adapter to work with the KIM-1's current loop interface.
A λ-calculus parser and compiler were extended to cover a tiny functional language based on untyped λ-calculus, and a graph-reducer was implemented to reduce combinator terms in a graph data-structure. The graph-reducer maintains normal-order reduction, avoids double evaluations, and reduces copying of argument data, and it was used to implement a lazy interpreter with normal-order semantics ...
The author created a font called 433 that masks visible text with dots for Ensō's Coffeeshop Mode, reducing complexity and size. They used WOFF2 compression and FontForgeAPI to achieve a 97% reduction in file size from 2.4MB to 70KB.
Tea, a women's safety dating app, reportedly suffered a major security breach due to an unsecured database, exposing users' faces and IDs on 4chan. The breach raises concerns about online identity and age verification security risks.
MCP servers allow developers to easily integrate various tools and applications with LLMs like ChatGPT, but its hype is largely driven by developer FOMO and internal website scraping. It enables automation and extends LLM capabilities by providing tools for tasks like logging, documentation, and social media posting.
Researchers found a new approach to quantum encryption that can accomplish a wider range of tasks without relying on hard math problems. A new paper by two cryptographers has laid out a path to quantum cryptography without unrealistic assumptions.
"Nodes.bio transformed my hand-drawn network into a publication-quality, interactive diagram in minutes—something I simply couldn't have achieved with any other tool."- Dr. Patrick Sewell, Clinical Geneticist
Lambda diagrams are pictorial representations of lambda expressions, used to visualize and compute mathematical functions. They involve drawing horizontal and vertical lines to represent variables and function applications.
Tax evasion is widespread in central London gift shops, with some owners vanishing without paying taxes, leaving behind millions of pounds in unpaid taxes. The shops, often leased from billionaire Asif Aziz, continue to trade despite failing to pay VAT and business rates.
In 1999, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin claimed they had the best search engine, citing their algorithm PageRank and a focus on quality results. Google's early growth was fueled by word of mouth, but it still had a small user base compared to established portal search engines.
Researchers have found new HTTP desync attack classes that can compromise CDNs, exposing millions of websites to hostile takeover. PortSwigger Research will reveal the full details on August 6.
This fork of dwm is for educational purposes only with extra comments. Use the official dwm from https://dwm.suckless.org/ for building.
The software industry is facing an identity crisis due to the rise of generative AI, which may replace human programmers but lacks the ability to understand complex models and debug code. Generative AI may not revolutionize software engineering as promised, but rather offer productivity improvements for certain tasks and open the door for more people to create software.
Ernest Hemingway was wounded in Italy during WWI by an Austrian mortar and machine gun. He spent 10 weeks recovering in a Milan hospital, an experience that influenced his writing, including A Farewell to Arms and "Now I Lay Me."
Contribute to nabbonoushad/Chaotic-Rickroll-Machine development by creating an account on GitHub.
XMPP is a mature, open, and extensible messaging protocol that can serve as a solid foundation for building future messaging systems. XMTP, a blockchain-based protocol, raises questions by ignoring XMPP's legacy and starting anew, despite XMPP's ability to integrate with blockchain identities and provide a robust, extensible layer.
Go operating systems use two clocks: a wall clock that can jump forward or backward and a monotonic clock that only moves forward steadily. The monotonic clock is used by default in Go for measuring intervals and scheduling timers to protect against timing bugs caused by wall clock jumps.
Dyalog 16.0's Enlist function achieved a huge speedup by using a custom traversal algorithm that avoids recursion and uses a temporary variable to store the previous array pointer, allowing it to traverse deeply nested arrays efficiently. The new algorithm is faster than the previous one, even for small arrays, and has no issues with repeated array traversals, resulting in substantial ...
Richard Hamming's work in digital error correction laid the foundation for modern computing systems. He developed the Hamming code, a technique that detects and corrects errors in real time, and made significant contributions to electrical engineering and computer science.
Blender is adapting to run on tablets like iPad and Surface with a new user interface and application template. The goal is to bring the full power of Blender to these devices while improving usability for all users, including desktop and tablet users.
XMPP is a mature, open, and extensible messaging protocol that can serve as a solid foundation for building future messaging systems. XMTP, a blockchain-based protocol, raises questions by ignoring XMPP's legacy and starting anew, despite XMPP's ability to integrate with blockchain identities and provide a robust, extensible layer.
Rust developers have created a single shared codebase that runs on every major GPU platform without using specialized languages, thanks to projects like Rust GPU, Rust CUDA, and Naga. The codebase uses standard Rust features like conditional compilation, newtypes, and traits to provide a clean and maintainable way to write GPU code, with a goal to improve the experience and add support for ...
We're hosting a hackathon to grow the open source ecosystem by rewarding builders who create open source alternatives to popular tools. The goal is to help others break free from vendor lock-in and build something real with our AI-powered development platform, Leap.
Jens Ludwig argues that gun violence can be reduced through public policy initiatives that focus on interrupting violent behavior rather than deterring it. He suggests that programs like violence interruption and urban revitalization can be effective in reducing gun violence.
US startups are adopting a 72-hour work week schedule known as "996" where employees work 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. This trend is driven by the tech sector's need to compete with China and is seen as a requirement for some companies, despite concerns over worker burnout and labor law compliance.