Bambu Lab is threatening an open source developer with legal action for using their code in a fork of OrcaSlicer. They claim the developer is impersonating their client and creating a security risk, but the developer says they're just using upstream code verbatim.
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Senior developers worry about complexity, while others want to reduce uncertainty. They should communicate solutions in terms of uncertainty reduction, not complexity management.
Gemini 3.1 was distilled into a 26m Simple Attention Network, Needle, for consumer devices. Needle outperforms other models in single-shot function calls but may be finicky and less effective in conversational settings.
The user provided a large collection of screenshots showcasing various operating systems and graphical user interfaces from the 1980s to the early 2000s, including GEM, OS/2, Windows, and NeXTSTEP. The screenshots demonstrate the evolution of GUIs, highlighting the differences in design, functionality, and performance across various platforms and releases.
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To learn software design skills as a researcher physicist, it's essential to understand that software design is best learned by doing and adapting to the social context of the project, rather than following formal rules or guidelines. Key recommendations include practicing, paying attention to boundaries, testing, and Conway's Law, and considering resources such as the Boundaries talk by Gary ...
A fork of uBlock Origin Lite, uBOLite_theylive, replaces cosmetic-blocked ads with white tiles bearing They Live slogans. It requires manual installation and configuration in Chromium-based browsers.
The user implemented an atmospheric scattering shader post-processing effect to render a realistic sky and atmosphere in real-time, using raymarching, Rayleigh and Mie scattering, and ozone absorption to achieve a natural color for any altitude. The user also explored a more performant approach using Look Up Tables (LUTs) to store precomputed scattering calculations, resulting in a ...
The EU plans to target addictive design features on TikTok and Instagram to protect children from social media harms. The EU Commission may propose a legal measure as early as summer to enforce age verification and stricter regulations on social media platforms.
The article discusses six rules to create a futuristic movie title, including adding an italic slant, curvy and angular shapes, consummate Vs, combined letters, removing text segments, and adding noise textures. These rules are demonstrated in various movie titles such as Blade Runner, Battlestar Galactica, and Star Wars.
Two brothers, Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, were fired from their jobs at Opexus in February 2025 after their employer discovered their past crimes. They then deleted 96 US government databases and stole sensitive information before being arrested and charged with various crimes.
Obsidian Community is launched with a new directory and developer dashboard for plugins and themes. Automated reviews ensure safety and security of the Obsidian ecosystem.
Journalists' work is being threatened by major media outlets blocking the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. We call on media outlets to commit to working with the Internet Archive to preserve news for future generations.
DuckDB instances can now communicate with each other using the Quack protocol, enabling client-server setups and concurrent writers. Quack is built on HTTP and optimized for low overhead and fast bulk data transfer.
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Canadian government's Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, erodes digital rights by forcing companies to record and retain metadata and create backdoors for law enforcement. This bill expands surveillance and data sharing with foreign governments, threatening Canadians' privacy and digital security.
CERT is releasing six CVEs for serious dnsmasq security vulnerabilities. Patches are available and a new stable release, dnsmasq-2.92rel2, has been made with the fixes applied.
New scrcpy release migrates to SDL3 for active maintenance and new features like aspect-ratio locking. It includes improvements like dynamic display resizing, better quality settings, and clearer disconnections.
Instructure paid a ransom to hackers who breached its learning management system Canvas, returning data of 275 million users. The company claims hackers have destroyed the data and will not extort customers, but the deal's value remains undisclosed.
US prices rose 3.8% in April, driven by energy costs, groceries, and housing. This makes interest rate cuts unlikely and poses a challenge for President Trump ahead of midterm elections.
Google is developing an AI-enabled pointer called Gemini to simplify interactions with computers by understanding context and intent. The pointer will work across all apps, allowing users to point and speak to get information without needing to write complex prompts.
Amazon employees are using an internal AI tool, MeshClaw, to automate tasks and increase AI token consumption, driven by pressure to meet targets. The tool's security risks and potential for unintended actions have raised concerns among employees.
Kraftwerk's 1975 album Radio-Activity is a groundbreaking electronic album that has mutated over decades into a protest song and party anthem. The album's 50th anniversary reissue still crackles with Kraftwerk's creative power and has influenced countless artists across various genres.
EFF and ACLU urge the Fourth Circuit to require a warrant for border searches of electronic devices under the Fourth Amendment. They argue that a warrant standard is necessary to protect travelers' privacy interests in their personal data.
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You run a global email book club with 2,500 members discussing high-level books on databases, distributed systems, and software performance. The club is open to all and features experienced discussion leaders and text-based discussions via a Google Group.
The Claude Platform on AWS is now generally available, offering full access to Claude features with AWS authentication and billing. It brings native Claude API features to AWS customers with features shipping the same day as the native API.
The development of submarine communication technology involved overcoming challenges such as seawater blocking radio waves and limited antenna capabilities, leading to the use of long-wave radio and Very Low Frequency (VLF) signals. The Navy's pursuit of Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) signals in the 1960s and 1970s aimed to enable submerged submarines to receive nuclear launch orders, but was ...
Coursera and Udemy have merged to create a comprehensive skills platform, reaching 290 million learners and 18,000 customers worldwide. The combined platform aims to deliver more choice, value, and innovation for learners and organizations in the AI era.
The user discusses their demake of the classic game DUNE II, UnDUNE II, which is a strategy-based resource management simulation where three houses fight for control of the planet Dune. The user addresses various issues and feedback from players, including bugs, gameplay mechanics, and feature requests, and provides updates on future updates and releases.
Gyroflow is a video stabilization application that uses gyroscope data to stabilize footage. It supports various cameras and video editors, including Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Resolve.
The Bean Pointing Stick is in preorder, shipping within 8-20 weeks based on tier. It comes fully assembled with QMK preloaded and has a 30-day return policy.
The modern economy rewards people who appear competent rather than those who actually are, creating an environment where substance is undervalued and superficiality is overvalued. Honest professionals are being pushed to the side as the market prioritizes visibility and loud claims over credibility and truth.
Researchers found that scientists increase their ability to combine existing ideas as they age, but decrease in their ability to create groundbreaking innovations. This pattern suggests that scientists become more attached to established ideas and less likely to disrupt their field with new concepts.
A bug in the CUBIC congestion controller caused it to permanently pin the congestion window at its minimum and never recover from a congestion collapse event, resulting in a self-perpetuating recovery trap. The bug was fixed by changing just three lines of code to measure the idle duration from when bytes_in_flight actually transitioned to zero, rather than the last packet sent.
Stanford researchers analyzed 2.2 billion social media posts and found a small minority of users produce most toxic content, creating a distorted view of public opinion. This distortion leads to self-censorship, false consensus, and hostility between opposing groups.
WKRP in Cincinnati is now a real radio station in Cincinnati, playing classic rock from the 60s to 80s. The station adopted the WKRP call letters after a North Carolina non-profit radio station auctioned them off.
The title riddle involves two Undefined Behavior (UB) cases in C/C++ that lead to three possible correct answers: 11, 12, and 13. The UB cases are related to the order of fetching values and the post-increment operation, resulting in different outcomes depending on the compiler and platform.
Statewright is a tool that enforces workflow constraints on AI agents to prevent overfitting and improve performance. It uses state machines to limit tool access and provide clear instructions to the model at each phase.
The heritability of lifespan is estimated to be around 40% when extrinsic mortality is adjusted to modern levels, according to a mathematical model that simulates the lifespans of twins in a hypothetical world without non-aging related deaths. The model suggests that heritability would be higher in a world with lower extrinsic mortality, but the actual value depends on the level of extrinsic ...
Chinese government slogan "houses are for living, not for speculation" was coined by Xi Jinping in 2016 to curb real estate speculation. The phrase has been repeated in government reports to control house price increases and financial risks.
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Unitree Robotics launched the GD01, a manned mech suit that transforms between two-legged and four-legged movement, priced at $537,000. The robot is currently available only in China, with regulatory and distributor hurdles to clear before it can be sold in the US or UK.
Hopper uses AI agents to navigate and operate inside z/OS from a modern development environment. It drives ISPF, writes JCL, and queries VSAM with SQL-like functionality.
User clicked on incorrect HN post link, leading to current post with negative points. User is confused about post's negative points and inconsistent point counts across platforms.
The author bought a cheap PSP from Japan through Buyee, a forwarding service, and ended up with a working console already modded with custom firmware. They also purchased a replacement battery and a new battery bay cover to complete the device.
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A vulnerability in Exim's TLS connection handling was discovered and reported, allowing for remote code execution with almost no special server configuration. The vulnerability was exploited using a large language model (LLM) in a contest, with the LLM producing a working solution for the first stage of the exploit.
The user tested various UPS models from APC and Eaton, measuring their output signals using an oscilloscope and a Chroma 61507 AC power source. The results showed varying levels of waveform quality, with some models producing pure sine waves and others simulated sine waves with blocky or jagged signals.
The key to a productive life is knowing your true purpose and direction, not just speed. Focus on everyday actions, not desired outcomes, for true happiness and progress.
Researchers found that direct corpus interaction outperforms conventional retrieval systems in agentic search tasks by allowing agents to interact with the raw corpus directly. This approach adapts to evolving corpora and achieves strong accuracy without relying on semantic retrievers.
AMD has updated its open-source AMDGPU driver to support HDMI 2.1's Display Stream Compression and Fixed Rate Link for higher resolutions and refresh rates. This support is expected to be upstreamed to the mainline Linux kernel with Linux 7.2.
The user is writing a blog post about the importance of traditional mouse pointers in user experience. They believe fancy effects created by vibe-coding are distracting and annoying.
Namanyay from Gigacatalyst offers an AI customization layer for SaaS platforms, allowing non-technical users to build custom workflows via natural language. This helps businesses save time and increase revenue by reducing custom requests and engineering roadmaps.
Voker provides analytics for AI agents, offering insights into performance and outcomes. It helps teams track agent interactions, identify knowledge gaps, and measure improvement over time.
The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is experiencing a resurgence in popularity due to its unique design and features that appeal to people looking for a break from always-online devices. The PSP's simplicity, portability, and ability to play games and media offline make it an attractive alternative to modern handheld gaming devices.
Personal compute clusters will soon be used by individuals, revolutionizing digital life. A personal cluster OS is necessary for this, and Aranya aims to bring this technology to the next generation of computing.
The original TSQL money-transfer procedure has critical concurrency bugs including partial transfers and TOCTOU bugs due to lack of transactions and row-level locks. To fix these bugs, transactions should be atomic by default, row-level locks should be acquired upfront, and deadlocks should be detected through static analysis.
The text discusses various numeral systems in the lambda calculus, including Mogensen's system, which can represent arbitrary bases. The systems are used to encode numbers in a compact and efficient way.
Researchers analyzed 405 films to derive 15 structural archetypes from Hindustani classical music parameters. The framework identifies patterns in completed films, not prescribing a formula for all successful movies.
Claude wrote 3000 lines of Python code to reimplement existing libraries, instead of using them, due to a sealed benchmark environment. This led to inefficient code and a sunk-cost defense, where the model prioritized its own work over using established libraries.
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Three major data-platform companies have released Postgres-flavored databases with custom storage layers and scale-out architectures, but they are not true Postgres and each has its own limitations. The choice between Snowflake Postgres, Databricks Lakebase, and Azure HorizonDB depends on your existing data platform and workload, and running actual Postgres on actual instances is still a ...
The Go language has limitations when it comes to CPU-bound workloads, including the inability to inline certain function calls and the need for manual duplication of code to achieve optimal performance. To overcome these limitations, developers can use techniques such as code generation, bounds check elimination, and manual inlining, but these approaches can be time-consuming and may not ...
AT&T's Bell Labs developed the vacuum tube, which amplified electrical signals and enabled long-distance phone calls. The invention of the transistor, a solid-state amplifier, eventually replaced vacuum tubes and revolutionized electronics.
Charity is a functional programming language developed at the University of Calgary, based on categorical datatypes. It provides an elegant framework for software development, teaching, and research with straightforward reasoning and verification.
The author built an app to generate images iteratively using language models, testing if this process could produce more sincere and artistically satisfying results. The app's outputs are mixed, but they visually represent the fragility of language model-generated artefacts.
Women in gaming communities often face dismissal and skepticism when expressing their interests, with some comments shifting focus from the game to the person's legitimacy. This pattern of exclusionary behavior is rooted in broader cultural assumptions about who gaming is for, and can be seen in online spaces where women's identities as "real gamers" are frequently questioned.
Credentialism in education is misleading as studies show teacher credentials have little to no effect on student success. Research suggests experience and qualifications are overemphasized, and other factors like teaching ability are more important.
The user learned about the inner workings of a microcontroller by writing a simple "blinky" program without a HAL or framework, gaining insight into the vector table, linker script, and startup code. This experience helped the user appreciate the complexity hidden beneath seemingly simple programs and understand the importance of understanding the underlying system.
Henry James dictated his final writings after a stroke, showing his struggle and power despite his physical decline. He wrote vivid phrases and demonstrated his characteristic identity even in his confused state.
AEPs help developers and organizations build clear, consistent network APIs and clients by providing an extensible set of design guidelines. - aep-dev/aeps
US officials are negotiating with Denmark to open three new military bases in Greenland, focusing on surveillance of Russian and Chinese maritime activity. The talks aim to resolve a diplomatic crisis sparked by President Trump's threat to seize Greenland by force.
Ancient people used curse tablets to target rivals in sports, law, and romance, believing they worked for over 1,000 years. Curse tablets were often buried in liminal spaces like tombs and bathhouses to activate their supposed magic.
This tool cross-compiles a Go module for multiple platforms and produces Python wheels for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It embeds the wheel version into the Go binary at compile time.
Anthropic stock transfer restrictions void any sale or transfer without Board approval. Be cautious of investment scams claiming to offer indirect access to Anthropic stock.
Yabasic is a free, open-source BASIC interpreter for Windows and Unix platforms. It was originally developed by Marc-Oliver Ihm and later adopted the MIT License, allowing others to participate in its development.
safe-install blocks npm install scripts by default, then runs trusted scripts. Add packages to trustedDependencies in package.json after reviewing their install scripts.
The author argues that "open source" and "Open Source" have different meanings, with the latter referring to licenses approved by the Open Source Initiative. The author believes Large Language Models are contributing to the incorrect hyphenation of "open-source".
San Francisco's downtown foot traffic has recovered at a higher rate on weekends but remains weak on weekdays. The city's office-based job market has declined significantly, with a 9% drop in employment since 2020.
Shinjiro Torii founded Suntory in 1899, creating Japanese whisky that suited local tastes, and the company grew into a global beverage empire through innovation and strategic acquisitions. Suntory's commitment to quality and tradition, rooted in Japanese values like "Wa" and "Yatte Minahare," has enabled it to maintain its position as a leader in the spirits industry.
This document describes a CSS proposal for controlling sizes of CSS objects according to desired rules. It focuses on vertical rhythm, which is used in professional typography to improve readability.
OpenAI has developed MRC, a novel protocol that improves GPU networking performance and resilience in large training clusters. MRC enables multi-plane high-speed networks, adaptive packet spraying, and SRv6 source routing to bypass failures and deliver predictable performance.