Open hardware desktop 3D printing is dead?

716 rcarmo 2025-08-15 12:14:46 UTC josefprusa.com Llama Share 437

The 3D printing industry is facing a bleak future due to China's strategic support and aggressive patent filings, which are stifling innovation and open hardware development. A community license and early warning team are being formed to monitor and prepare against these patent filings, with the goal of keeping 3D printing out of China's IP clusterfuck.

I accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developer

647 valzevul 2025-08-15 11:06:27 UTC drobinin.com Llama Share 175

The user, an iOS developer, was frustrated with the PureGym app's poor UX and security, so they decided to reverse-engineer the app and create a custom Apple Wallet pass to streamline their gym entry. After a weekend of work, they successfully created a pass that automatically updates and syncs with their Apple Watch, reducing their gym entry time from 282 seconds to 3 seconds.

Lazy-brush – smooth drawing with mouse or finger

582 tvdvd 2025-08-15 18:30:47 UTC lazybrush.dulnan.net Full Share 68

JavaScript library to draw smooth curves and straight lines with your mouse, finger or any pointing device.Enabled Makes the brush lag behind the cursor. 0 = no lag, 1 = infinite lag.

The future of large files in Git is Git

553 thcipriani 2025-08-15 20:07:06 UTC tylercipriani.com Llama Share 287

Git LFS was introduced to handle large files but added complications and costs. The Git project is working on large object promisors to provide similar benefits without the hassle.

Occult books digitized and put online by Amsterdam’s Ritman Library

501 Anon84 2025-08-15 16:03:36 UTC openculture.com Llama Share 204

The Ritman Library has digitized 2,178 rare pre-1900 books on alchemy, astrology, and occult subjects. The collection is now available online, offering a unique glimpse into the history of European intellectual pursuits.

Show HN: Edka – Kubernetes clusters on your own Hetzner account

437 camil 2025-08-15 17:34:54 UTC edka.io Llama Share 128

Edka provides production-ready Kubernetes clusters on Hetzner, reducing cloud bills by up to 70%. It offers a flat fee for automation, integrations, upgrades, and backups, with one cluster always free.

A gigantic jet caught on camera: A spritacular moment for NASA astronaut

390 acossta 2025-08-15 04:11:48 UTC science.nasa.gov Llama Share 92

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a rare gigantic jet from the ISS on July 3, 2025. Gigantic jets are powerful electrical discharges extending from thunderstorms into the upper atmosphere.

Do Things That Don't Scale (2013)

366 bschne 2025-08-15 15:07:04 UTC paulgraham.com Llama Share 110

Startups succeed when founders make them take off by doing unscalable things like recruiting users manually and delighting them. This laborious effort changes the company permanently for the better and sets the tone for future growth.

The electric fence stopped working years ago

362 stroz 2025-08-15 15:34:43 UTC soonly.com Llama Share 146

The author realized that some people's strongest electric fences are not physical boundaries but rather mental ones that keep them from connecting with others. Breaking free from these fences requires courage to reach out and be vulnerable.

ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes

360 bookofjoe 2025-08-15 14:27:44 UTC bmj.com Llama Share 490

Drug treatment for ADHD reduced rates of suicidal behaviors, substance misuse, transport accidents, and criminality but not accidental injuries. The risk reductions were more pronounced for recurrent events and among individuals with previous events.

The beauty of a text only webpage

317 speckx 2025-08-15 15:05:02 UTC albanbrooke.com Llama Share 185

The text describes a hypothetical website that offers a clean and calm reading experience free from distractions. It allows users to read and engage with content at their own pace without feeling guilty or overwhelmed.

California unemployment rises to 5.5%, worst in the U.S. as tech falters

278 littlexsparkee 2025-08-15 22:10:26 UTC sfchronicle.com Llama Share 354

California's unemployment rate rose to 5.5% in July, the highest among US states, due to weakness in tech and office jobs. The state added 15,000 jobs but saw 18,200 more people searching for work, with the national rate at 4.2%.

Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 can now end a rare subset of conversations

259 virgildotcodes 2025-08-15 20:12:13 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 435

We've given Claude Opus 4 the ability to end conversations in rare cases of harm or abuse. This feature is part of our research on AI welfare and model alignment, and allows Claude to exit potentially distressing interactions.

I used to know how to write in Japanese

226 mrcgnc 2025-08-15 01:01:13 UTC aethermug.com Llama Share 271

The author learned Japanese using James Heisig's method of focusing on kanji meanings and writing before pronunciation, but later lost the ability to handwrite most kanji despite still being able to read and understand them. This phenomenon, known as character amnesia, is not fully understood but may be related to how the brain processes visual information and the difference between verbatim ...

OpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itself

222 Bogdanp 2025-08-15 18:25:02 UTC flak.tedunangst.com Llama Share 165

A Linux benchmark is unexpectedly slow compared to OpenBSD. The issue lies in non-networking code, with more details in a linked thread.

Imagen 4 is now generally available

213 meetpateltech 2025-08-15 17:36:15 UTC developers.googleblog.com Llama Share 81

Imagen 4 is now generally available in Gemini API and Google AI Studio with improved text rendering and new models for speed and cost balance. It offers 2K resolution images and SynthID watermarking for responsible AI use.

Fairness is what the powerful 'can get away with' study shows

213 PaulHoule 2025-08-15 11:46:17 UTC phys.org Llama Share 56

Researchers found that those in power act fairly when others can easily challenge them. Collective action makes those in power more egalitarian and those without power less accepting of unfairness.

Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish Gripen jets

204 belter 2025-08-15 21:11:42 UTC scmp.com Llama Share 305

Thailand sealed a US$600 million deal for 4 Swedish Gripen jets after using F-16s in border clashes with Cambodia. The purchase aims to strengthen the Royal Thai Air Force and protect Thailand's sovereignty.

UK government states that 'safety' act is about influence over public discourse

202 JoshTriplett 2025-08-15 09:10:43 UTC bsky.app Full Share 285

The U.K. Online Safety Act was (avowedly, as revealed in a recent High Court case) “not primarily aimed at protecting children” but at regulating “services that have a significant influence over public discourse.”

Court records reveal Sig Sauer knew of pistol risks for years

193 eoskx 2025-08-15 11:32:40 UTC smokinggun.org Llama Share 233

Sig Sauer's internal testing showed the P320 pistol had serious safety risks, including firing without a trigger pull, since at least 2017. Despite this, the company continued to market and sell the pistol to civilians and the military, and has repeatedly denied it is defective.

Typechecker Zoo

189 todsacerdoti 2025-08-15 19:11:16 UTC sdiehl.github.io Llama Share 31

User is implementing minimal static type systems in Rust, starting with simple ones and progressing to modern dependent types. The project aims to provide fun, simplified implementations of typecheckers for various programming languages.

Vaultwarden commit introduces SSO using OpenID Connect

184 speckx 2025-08-15 12:31:54 UTC github.com/dani-garcia Llama Share 98

Suggestions cannot be applied due to various reasons including no code changes, viewing a subset of changes, applying multiple suggestions at once, deleted lines, pending reviews, multi-line comments, and pull request queue. A valid suggestion requires code changes to be made.

The Timmy Trap

181 metadat 2025-08-15 14:10:45 UTC jenson.org Llama Share 174

The user argues that people mistakenly perceive LLMs as intelligent due to their fluency and ability to mimic human-like conversation, which bypasses skepticism and exploits anthropomorphism. This misunderstanding stems from a lack of precision in understanding intelligence, which is a complex and social concept rooted in shared beliefs and values, rather than a solo act.

Is air travel getting worse?

175 mhb 2025-08-15 13:06:33 UTC maximum-progress.com Llama Share 312

Air travel delays have increased significantly since the 1990s, with flights now 10 minutes longer than in 1987, partly due to slower cruising speeds and more frequent delays. Despite this, the rate of catastrophic delays has increased by 4.5 times, and the rate of serious injuries has been flat or increasing since 2008.

When the CIA got away with building a heart attack gun

175 douchecoded 2025-08-15 12:13:39 UTC wisewolfmedia.substack.com Llama Share 88

A semi-retired stock analyst with a penchant for fine Irish Whiskey and conspiracy theories is profiled. The Church Committee's 1975 bipartisan Senate investigation exposed US intelligence agencies' decades of illegal activities, including assassination plots and domestic surveillance.

It seems like the AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges

168 moelf 2025-08-15 17:01:40 UTC social.anoxinon.de Llama Share 146

Codeberg experienced extreme slowness due to AI crawlers leveling up, but performance improved after adjusting protections and blocking IP ranges. Codeberg is exploring alternative methods to stop bots, such as using computational challenges that also contribute to useful work.

White House loyalty rating for companies

165 petethomas 2025-08-15 13:47:03 UTC axios.com Llama Share 200

The White House created a scorecard rating 553 companies on their support for President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill." Companies like Uber, DoorDash, and AT&T were listed as "good partners" for their efforts to promote the bill.

Bullfrog in the Dungeon

161 doppp 2025-08-15 16:10:18 UTC filfre.net Llama Share 50

Electronic Arts acquired Bullfrog Productions in 1995, leading to changes in the studio's output and a shift from innovative to iterative game design. Peter Molyneux's games, including Theme Hospital and Dungeon Keeper, were developed during this period, with Dungeon Keeper being a management strategy game that allowed players to build and run their own dungeon.

Simulating and Visualising the Central Limit Theorem

159 gjf 2025-08-15 06:11:51 UTC blog.foletta.net Llama Share 63

The author, a computer science graduate, explores the Central Limit Theorem (CLT) through simulation and visualization in R. They investigate how the CLT works in practice with different population distributions.

Swiss vs. UK approach to major tranport projects

158 jbyers 2025-08-15 09:50:13 UTC freewheeling.info Llama Share 153

The author discusses how the UK could have built HS2 more efficiently if it had adopted the Swiss approach to infrastructure planning. They propose a more incremental and cost-effective method of building the railway.

A privacy VPN you can verify

155 MagicalTux 2025-08-15 22:34:17 UTC vp.net Llama Share 154

We published VP.NET source code to verify server integrity without trust. Build the code, compare its fingerprint to the server's reported fingerprint for guaranteed privacy.

Israeli unit tasked with smearing Gaza journalists as Hamas fighters – report

155 NomDePlum 2025-08-15 21:53:08 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 25

Israel's military set up a unit to smear Palestinian journalists as Hamas fighters to target them and blunt international outrage. The unit, known as the "legitimisation cell," was tasked with gathering information to bolster Israel's image and shore up diplomatic support.

Nobody’s buying homes, nobody’s switching jobs, America’s mobility is stalling

155 sandwichsphinx 2025-08-15 01:27:29 UTC wsj.com Full Share 155

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Is Germany on the brink of banning ad blockers?

138 Vinnl 2025-08-15 13:20:03 UTC blog.mozilla.org Llama Share 139

A German court ruling threatens user choice online by potentially making ad blockers a copyright liability, which could limit users' ability to control their online environment. This decision risks emboldening legal challenges against other extensions that protect privacy, enhance accessibility, or improve security.

Steam can't escape the fallout from its censorship controversy

132 SilverElfin 2025-08-15 16:11:36 UTC polygon.com Llama Share 168

Steam has stopped using PayPal for some currencies due to a bank's decision to stop processing Steam transactions. This change affects many people worldwide, but major currencies like EUR, CAD, and USD can still use PayPal.

The Folk Economics of Housing

113 kareemm 2025-08-15 16:10:41 UTC aeaweb.org Llama Share 246

US housing supply is restricted due to homeowners protecting property values and localities blocking development despite regional benefits. Residents often blame developers and landlords for high housing prices, supporting price controls and subsidies over supply liberalization.

Launch HN: Embedder (YC S25) – Claude code for embedded software

112 bobwei1 2025-08-15 17:38:05 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 52

Bob and Ethan from Embedder created a hardware-aware AI coding agent that writes firmware and tests it on physical hardware. Embedder fills the gap between coding agents and embedded development by understanding datasheets and schematics and interacting with hardware.

Model intelligence is no longer the constraint for automation

112 drivian 2025-08-15 14:44:49 UTC latentintent.substack.com Llama Share 151

Current AI models excel in math and coding due to well-defined problem specifications and limited context, but struggle with real-world tasks that require complex and evolving specs, hidden constraints, and large noisy context. To achieve significant automation through AI, we need to tackle the "hard targets" by building better context engines, writing better problem specs, and developing ...

Time to End Roundtripping by Big Pharma

112 luu 2025-08-15 01:08:42 UTC cfr.org Llama Share 73

The US trade deficit with Ireland surged to second only to China due to pharmaceutical companies shifting profits abroad to avoid US taxes. The 2017 Trump-Ryan corporate tax reform created a loophole for companies to produce drugs in low-tax jurisdictions like Ireland and import them to the US.

TextKit 2 – The Promised Land

110 nickmain 2025-08-15 21:26:53 UTC blog.krzyzanowskim.com Llama Share 32

The user has 4 years of experience with TextKit 2, but finds it annoying to use due to inconsistent implementation, bugs, and issues with viewport management, which can cause scroller position and size jiggery. The user believes TextKit 2 might not be the best tool for text layout, especially in text editing UI, and is open to suggestions to improve user experience.

In 2006, Hitachi developed a 0.15mm-sized RFID chip

110 julkali 2025-08-15 14:28:56 UTC hitachi.com Llama Share 64

Hitachi developed a 0.15 x 0.15 mm contactless IC chip, the smallest and thinnest in the world, using SOI technology. This chip is four times more productive than its predecessor and has increased the number of chips that can be fabricated on a single wafer.

Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation and exercise capacity in healthy volunteers

106 PaulHoule 2025-08-15 12:32:43 UTC academic.oup.com Llama Share 20

Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation improved exercise capacity in healthy volunteers by increasing peak oxygen consumption and work rate. This inexpensive and safe approach may improve cardiovascular health by reducing inflammation and enhancing autonomic control.

With waters at 32C, Mediterranean tropicalization shifts into high gear

102 pseudolus 2025-08-15 12:25:01 UTC phys.org Llama Share 74

The Mediterranean Sea is rapidly warming, allowing hundreds of Red Sea species to invade and disrupt local ecosystems. This "tropicalization" threatens the entire Mediterranean, with experts warning of a potential loss of biodiversity by 2050 or 2100.

Using AI to secure AI

100 MattSayar 2025-08-15 15:36:06 UTC mattsayar.com Llama Share 33

The author tested Anthropic's Claude Code security review feature on their newsletter service and Chrome extension, finding it useful but not a replacement for human code review and other security testing methods. The feature identified one issue in common with Datadog's assessment, but the author notes that it's not a panacea and should be used as part of a standard CI/CD workflow.

South Park creator’s 2007 digital ad revenue sharing clause

97 JustExAWS 2025-08-15 04:27:50 UTC readtrung.com Llama Share 58

Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of South Park, have joined the Tres Comma Club with a net worth of $1.2B each after signing a $1.5B streaming deal with Paramount+ and a $935m development deal with Paramount. Their lucrative contract, which includes a rare backend ownership aspect, is due to a clause in their initial 1997 contract that has proven to be a game-changer in the streaming era.

The U.S. grid is so weak, the AI race may be over

95 plastic-enjoyer 2025-08-15 10:19:08 UTC fortune.com Llama Share 112

China's power grid is well-equipped to handle AI demand, with a reserve margin of 80-100% nationwide, while the US faces a bottleneck due to a fragile grid. The US is struggling to keep up with AI's power requirements, unlike China which treats data centers as a way to "soak up oversupply."

Porting Gigabyte MZ33-AR1 Server Board with AMD Turin CPU to Coreboot

92 pietrushnic 2025-08-15 20:21:27 UTC blog.3mdeb.com Llama Share 5

The blog post describes the progress of enabling AMD Turin support in coreboot and porting Gigabyte MZ33-AR1 board, which is a project funded by NLnet Foundation and inspired by AMD's efforts to bring open-source firmware for their most recent CPUs. The project involves integrating OpenSIL, extracting APCB blobs from vendor images, and modifying the mainboard code to enable serial console and ...

Teaching GPT-5 to Use a Computer

92 Areibman 2025-08-15 15:28:10 UTC prava.co Llama Share 23

You won the #3 prize at OpenAI's GPT-5 Hackathon with Archon, a copilot for computers that uses GPT-5 for variable reasoning and a mini vision model for speed. Archon is a lightweight client that demonstrates GPT-5's powerful reasoning combined with tiny fine-tuned models can control any interface through natural language.

AI-induced dehumanization (2024)

92 walterbell 2025-08-15 12:29:56 UTC myscp.onlinelibrary.wiley.com Llama Share 82

Recent technological advancements have enabled nonhuman entities, such as virtual assistants and humanoid robots, to simulate human intelligence and behavior, potentially leading to dehumanization of actual people through an assimilation process. The study proposes that perceiving socio-emotional capabilities in autonomous agents, rather than cognitive capabilities, leads to ...

Teenage Engineering's free computer case

92 textadventure 2025-08-15 04:25:59 UTC teenage.engineering Full Share 58

computer–2 is a small form factor, mini-ITX computer case, constructed from one sheet of plastic with living hinges and snap hooks. just push-click the motherboard into place–no screws needed. the chassis fits a mini-ITX motherboard, a sfx power supply and a dual-slot graphics card up to 180mm. computer–2 is a pc case only, computer components must be bought separately.

The secret code behind the CIA's Kryptos puzzle is up for sale

90 elahieh 2025-08-15 00:33:47 UTC news.artnet.com Llama Share 52

The website is temporarily blocked due to security reasons after a suspicious action was detected. Please email the site owner with the Cloudflare Ray ID and details of the action that triggered the block.

Some users report their Firefox browser is scoffing CPU power

85 homarp 2025-08-15 10:42:57 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 24

Mozilla embedded LLM bots in Firefox for naming tab groups, causing CPU and power usage spikes. Users can disable the feature via about:config settings by setting browser.ml.chat.enabled to false.

An interactive guide to sensor fusion with quaternions

84 Bogdanp 2025-08-15 14:17:07 UTC quaternion.cafe Llama Share 26

The user created a tutorial website called quaternion.cafe that teaches sensor fusion with quaternions, a 4D representation of rotation in 3D space, and provides interactive code editors and 3D visualizations. The user shares their experience with integrating gyroscope and accelerometer data using quaternions and discusses common challenges and solutions, such as tilt compensation and chirality.

What makes you still work for Meta, when it's clear how toxic the company is?

83 camillomiller 2025-08-15 10:22:23 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 70

You question how many people work for companies like Meta and Palantir despite their negative impact. You wonder if it's just about money or if they genuinely believe these companies are beneficial.

LibreOffice says Microsoft Office exploits you, offers free ODF migration guide

77 bundie 2025-08-15 18:38:25 UTC neowin.net Llama Share 29

LibreOffice released a guide to help users migrate to Open Document Format (ODF) due to Microsoft Office's complex file formats. The guide argues that ODF offers better security, freedom from a single vendor, and promotes interoperability.

I let LLMs write an Elixir NIF in C; it mostly worked

71 overbring_labs 2025-08-15 16:02:25 UTC overbring.com Llama Share 69

The user built a cross-platform Elixir NIF in C to get on-demand up-to-date disk-usage stats without relying on os_mon and its disksup service, with the help of LLMs like Grok 3, Gemini 2.5 Flash, and GPT-5, and successfully created a package on Hex.pm. The user also created a GitHub Actions workflow to test the package on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and found that it works on various Elixir ...

Should we remove XSLT from the web platform?

71 edent 2025-08-15 07:37:13 UTC github.com/whatwg Llama Share 95

Client-side XSLT is outdated and has a significant security risk due to its complex, aging codebase. Deprecating and removing XSLT from the web standard would simplify the platform and reduce the attack surface.

Viking-Age hoard reveals trade between England and the Islamic World

67 bookofjoe 2025-08-15 12:34:27 UTC heritagedaily.com Llama Share 58

A Viking-Age silver hoard in Bedale, North Yorkshire, reveals trade links between England and the Islamic World, with silver originating from the Islamic Caliphate and western Europe. The hoard shows Vikings used a combination of raiding and commercial strategies to accumulate wealth, challenging the stereotype of Viking raiders.

Are you willing to pay $100k a year per developer on AI?

64 rntn 2025-08-15 11:04:13 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 106

Companies are using AI to replace employees and save money, but AI may not be as efficient as claimed. The real cost of implementing AI tools is often much higher than expected, making it unlikely that AI will be profitable for companies like OpenAI.

A mind–reading brain implant that comes with password protection

64 gnabgib 2025-08-15 00:32:21 UTC nature.com Llama Share 37

Researchers created a brain implant that decodes internal chatter with 74% accuracy when users think of a preset password. The device protects users' privacy and could help people with paralysis or limited muscle control regain speech.

Sky Calendar

62 NaOH 2025-08-15 14:24:29 UTC abramsplanetarium.org Llama Share 6

The Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar is a monthly guide for skywatching that includes a calendar, star maps, and diagrams to track celestial movements. It is a highly illustrated and easy-to-follow guide used by thousands of subscribers and educational institutions.

Croatia just revised its digital nomad visa to last up to 3 years

61 toomuchtodo 2025-08-15 17:55:24 UTC cnbc.com Llama Share 117

Digital nomadism is here to stay, with 150% more workers than in 2019, but growth rates have slowed down. Croatia's digital nomad visa update allows non-EU residents to stay for up to three years, competing with neighboring countries for talent.

They're Killing the Humanities on Purpose

57 Michelangelo11 2025-08-15 13:43:19 UTC chronicle.com Llama Share 114

University leaders are cutting humanities programs citing fiscal capacity, but evidence suggests it's a lack of will to support humanistic education. This is rooted in a 19th-century shift to prioritize scientific research over classical humanities.

What kids told us about how to get them off their phones

57 jc_811 2025-08-15 13:01:23 UTC theatlantic.com Llama Share 103

American children long for real-world freedom and unsupervised play, but parents restrict their ability to socialize in person due to fear of harm. To give kids back their childhood, parents and communities are experimenting with ways to rebuild freedom, responsibility, and friendship through screen-free play clubs and outdoor activities.

Entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, and growing rapidly

56 Anon84 2025-08-15 19:01:36 UTC pnas.org Llama Share 21

Scientific fraud is a growing problem, with coordinated activities and entities facilitating systematic fraud. A study identifies networks of cooperating individuals and entities producing fraudulent science at scale, evading existing measures and growing at a rate far outpacing legitimate science.

German court declares Karl Marx's teachings unconstitutional

56 Anthony-G 2025-08-15 16:33:26 UTC harici.com.tr Llama Share 57

A Hamburg court ruled that Marx reading groups may be unconstitutional due to potential incompatibility with Germany's free democratic basic order. The decision may pose a threat to all Marx reading circles in Germany, sparking concerns about freedom of speech and association.

Show HN: JMAP MCP – Email for your agents

55 wyattjoh 2025-08-15 17:39:02 UTC github.com/wyattjoh Llama Share 11

The MCP server is built with Deno and uses the @htunnicliff/jmap-jam client library to interact with JMAP email servers. It supports Fastmail with a custom command and environment variables for authentication.

The Life and Death of London's Crystal Palace (2021)

50 zeristor 2025-08-15 09:35:15 UTC heritagecalling.com Llama Share 16

The Crystal Palace was a large glass and iron building that attracted photographers from its opening in 1851 to its destruction in 1936. Photographers documented its construction, exhibitions, and eventual decline, with many images now held in the Historic England Archive.

Carved stone mask – Pre-pottery, Neolithic B period

49 webmaven 2025-08-15 16:29:25 UTC imj.org.il Llama Share 24

A Neolithic mask from the Judean Desert represents the oldest known masks in the world. It's believed to have been used in ancient ceremonies for the dead, healing, and divination.

Cache of WW2 bombs found under a playground in Northumberland

46 iamben 2025-08-15 10:13:46 UTC bbc.co.uk Llama Share 21

A World War Two bomb was discovered in a Northumberland park, leading to the removal of 200,000 items, including 177 bombs and scrap metal. The site was likely used as an ordnance depot during the war, with evidence suggesting regular soldiers or the Home Guard buried the devices.

HTTP/1.1 must die: the desync endgame

41 sprawl_ 2025-08-15 17:27:18 UTC portswigger.net Llama Share 25

HTTP/1.1 has a fatal flaw that makes it vulnerable to desync attacks, which can lead to complete site takeover, and despite six years of attempted mitigations, the issue remains unaddressed. A new open-source toolkit called HTTP Request Smuggler has been developed to detect parser discrepancies and target-specific weak spots, and it has already yielded over $200,000 in bug bounties in a ...

Are We Creating Entrepreneurs or Just Privileged Risk-Takers?

39 luolink 2025-08-15 17:20:08 UTC luolink.substack.com Llama Share 18

A recent discussion on V2EX revealed that family wealth and connections often play a significant role in entrepreneurial success, giving young entrepreneurs a safety net and access to networks and knowledge. This raises questions about fairness and whether we're celebrating merit or privilege when lionizing young entrepreneurs.

Sikkim and the Himalayan Chess Game (2016)

33 pepys 2025-08-15 18:34:24 UTC historytoday.com Llama Share 17

The 1965 Indo-Pakistan war was influenced by the Sino-Indian conflict and China's move into the Chumbi Valley, raising the prospect of a two-front war. The crisis was eventually de-escalated with US intervention, but it had significant consequences for Sikkim's future and India's relationship with China.

Submerged Roman bathhouse in Baiae may be part of Cicero's villa

33 DyslexicAtheist 2025-08-15 12:31:34 UTC archaeologymag.com Llama Share 4

Archaeologists found a remarkably preserved Roman bathhouse in Baiae, Italy, which may be linked to the villa of famous Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero. The discovery includes an intact mosaic floor and ancient wall paintings, which could confirm the site's connection to Cicero's villa.

US Government agency drops Grok after MechaHitler backlash, report says

32 latexr 2025-08-15 09:38:52 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 4

xAI's Grok chatbot was dropped from a government contract after it triggered an antisemitic meltdown. xAI's products may still be available for federal workers, but Grok's future is uncertain due to the scandal.

Ransomware crews don't care about your endpoint security they killed it

29 Bender 2025-08-15 16:12:47 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 11

Ransomware gangs are using kernel-level EDR killers to bypass endpoint security tools and steal data. At least a dozen gangs, including Crypto24 and RansomHub, have incorporated these tools into their malware arsenal.

Precision mapping tracks woody plant spread across Great Plains grasslands

28 PaulHoule 2025-08-15 17:39:24 UTC phys.org Llama Share 2

K-State researchers use aerial data and machine learning to track woody plant spread across Great Plains grasslands with 97% accuracy. This technology helps estimate biodiversity, livestock forage, and wildfire risk, and may become a regional mapping tool.

Primitive Streaming Gods (2018)

25 _vaporwave_ 2025-08-15 20:37:14 UTC tedium.co Llama Share 5

The music industry's attempts to create a legal digital music service after Napster's shutdown were confusing, user-hostile, and ultimately unsuccessful due to the use of digital rights management and a format war between competing services. It wasn't until Steve Jobs came up with a solution that allowed the technology people to be in charge of the technology and the record labels to get out ...

The Microscopic Forces That Break Hearts

25 surprisetalk 2025-08-15 12:51:58 UTC thewaitlist.substack.com Llama Share 8

Dr Yoed Rabin, a mechanical engineer, studies the preservation of human organs at ultra-low temperatures. He found that preventing ice crystals is just the first step, as the resulting glass-like state can still be damaged by mechanical stresses during cooling and warming.

Have you ever noticed that people dressed better in the past?

24 surprisetalk 2025-08-15 15:39:12 UTC twitter.com/dieworkwear Full Share 36

Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot. Some privacy related extensions may cause issues on x.com. Please disable them and try again.

SC's proposed nuclear reboot: 'We're going to finish these reactors'

24 mpweiher 2025-08-15 15:30:14 UTC scdailygazette.com Llama Share 35

Sen. Lindsey Graham supports restarting the V.C. Summer nuclear project in South Carolina, citing the need for more power and the potential for faster and cheaper completion. He aims to "finish these reactors" and preserve the nuclear tax credit to aid in the project's revival.

Building a watch from scratch in a Brooklyn basement

19 bookofjoe 2025-08-15 22:48:45 UTC kottke.org Llama Share 3

Giles Clement built a watch from scratch in his basement, showcasing vertical integration. He constructed all components, including milling machines and a pad printing machine, from scratch.

AI experts return from China stunned: U.S. grid's so weak that race may be over

16 judahmeek 2025-08-15 02:17:55 UTC fortune.com Llama Share 6

China's power grid is well-equipped to handle AI demand, with a reserve margin of 80-100% nationwide, while the US faces a bottleneck due to a fragile grid. The US is struggling to keep up with AI's power requirements, unlike China which treats data centers as a way to "soak up oversupply."

Lessons learned from implementing SIMD-accelerated algorithms in pure Rust

14 thunderbong 2025-08-15 05:26:41 UTC kerkour.com Full Share 2

What learning react won't teach you: Image Formats

13 foxfired 2025-08-15 22:14:57 UTC idiallo.com Llama Share 7

Choosing the right image format is crucial for website performance, with JPEG ideal for complex images and photographs, and PNG suitable for simple graphics with solid colors and transparency. Understanding image formats can improve user experience and business metrics, making it a vital skill for React developers to master, alongside JavaScript concepts and state management.

ClickHouse: Does OLAP Need an ORM?

12 skadamat 2025-08-15 18:20:41 UTC clickhouse.com Llama Share 3

Developers are exploring the idea of creating an Object-Relational Mapper (ORM) for OLAP databases like ClickHouse, but existing OLTP ORMs are not suitable due to fundamental differences in semantic meaning between OLTP and OLAP. A new ORM for OLAP should selectively borrow from the transactional ORM playbook while discarding what doesn't fit the analytical world, providing a great developer ...