Users can request refunds for Windows operating system licenses from manufacturers like Asus, Dell, Lenovo, and others. Some companies respond promptly to refund requests while others may require lengthy legal proceedings or negotiations.
The user successfully added a calendar link to their Google Pixel phone using the desktop mode of the calendar.google.com website. This task is relatively simple and can be accomplished with basic coding skills, unlike some apps that are half-finished or difficult to update.
A Hacker News post debated the merits of terminal user interfaces (TUIs) versus graphical user interfaces (GUIs), with some arguing TUIs are preferable due to keyboard navigation capabilities, but this argument lacks solid foundation. Implementing full keyboard navigation in GUI applications can improve user experience and should not be ignored by developers.
GLM-5.3 is a state-of-the-art model that surpasses GLM-5.2 in complex coding and long-horizon tasks, achieving significant improvements on various benchmarks. It supports deployment on the Ascend NPU platform and offers features like controlling thinking budget and HLE with tools.
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The htmx team has released version 4.0.0, marking the culmination of 8 months of work after adopting fetch() API and async programming in JavaScript. The new release includes significant changes such as explicit attribute inheritance, standardized event names, and improved history support without localStorage usage by default.
A/I is an autonomous anticapitalist movement providing free digital self-defense tools and services for activists, focusing on solidarity and non-commercial use. All services are provided without data commoditization or compensation, with manual review by volunteers to ensure alignment with their principles.
Luanti's Android app is unavailable on Google Play due to a baseless DMCA notice from Tracer.AI, alleging copyright infringement with Minecraft. The company has previously submitted counter-notices and appealed against similar notices in 2023 and this year.
Orbify Demo 2 v72 — interactive Gaussian-splat navigation visualization.
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The German Sovereign Tech Agency invests €508,640 in the Flatpak project to improve its security and sandboxing features. This two-year initiative aims to accelerate the evolution of Flatpak as a secure platform for packaging and distributing Linux desktop software.
The author released a security fix for OCaml's cohttp 6.3.0, but noticed probes in live webserver logs with the exact bug pattern just minutes after opening the PR to fix it, indicating automated exploit generation is now possible within seconds. The traditional security process needs to be inverted to prioritize private patch development and rapid release over secrecy of details.
A fast algorithm for volume computation of a simple, closed triangulated 3D mesh is presented using vector calculus. The algorithm calculates the volume as a sum of surface integrals over each triangle in the mesh.
Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock (A locked padlock) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
Open source projects are increasingly being flooded with low-quality contributions from AI-generated reports and PRs, raising concerns about the value of these contributions. Genuine contributors should focus on making meaningful improvements to open source projects rather than relying on automated tools to game GitHub metrics.
The USDA recalled 24,900 pounds of chicken products from Boston-based Shanghai Ravioli Corporation due to "false marks of inspection." The recall affects foodservice businesses in New England and is the latest in a trend of clamping down on imported foods.
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The OpenAI Python SDK now uses HTTPX2 for its synchronous and asynchronous HTTP clients, replacing the previous httpx package. Existing API calls continue to work without changes, but users must update their code to use HTTPX2 clients explicitly.
The author struggled with AWS Cognito's complex documentation and frequent breaking changes, which led to significant development time and frustration. They advise others to build a small proof of concept before using Cognito, as the free tier pricing may not be worth the engineering hours spent fighting the tool.
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LG's smart TVs secretly install malware and spyware, exploiting users' trust to collect data. Users can protect themselves with hardware EDID blockers or Linux-based OS for watching TV.
The State of the Map conference in 2026 will be held in Paris and online, featuring talks, workshops, and discussions. Useful links can be found on social media channels or chat rooms for attendees to connect and access live streams.
Explore a fan-made interactive 3D map of the Warhammer 40,000 galaxy, featuring 52 worlds, M41 and M42 eras, the Great Rift, routes, and lore dossiers.
The US is seeing a surge in nuclear power plant construction, with two reactors starting operations in 2023 and 2024. New small modular reactors (SMRs) are being developed to be cheaper and easier to build than traditional light-water reactors.
USDA recalls nearly 30,000 pounds of raw beef from Argentina due to missed import re-inspections, classifying it as a Class I health hazard. The recall comes amid heightened attention on foreign beef imports and a plan by President Trump to allow more foreign beef sales.
Terminal-Bench-Science evaluates AI agents on workflows from researchers' own work, setting the bar for scientific capability in AI. The benchmark includes 70 tasks across various scientific domains and measures agent capabilities through a diverse set of challenging workflows.
HTTPX2 is a Python library that extends the original HTTPX project, providing a fully featured client with support for HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2, as well as sync and async APIs. It aims to maintain stability while evolving carefully, ensuring timely security updates for production systems.
A woman and her family formed a connection with their neighbor's crows, feeding them peanuts and observing their behavior. The birds seemed to recognize the humans as individuals and would visit regularly, but it's unclear if they truly understood or reciprocated the friendship.
A recent SaaS update introduced changes that broke a workflow, highlighting the issue of prioritizing minor updates over product functionality. The way metrics are measured and teams are incentivized can lead to optimization for those metrics rather than actual improvement.
EasyEffects is a Linux application that improves laptop speaker sound quality by applying various audio effects, available as presets or customizable. It can be easily installed and configured on desktop Linux systems to enhance the audio experience.
The Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu warns of a high risk of an ice-rock avalanche breach on the Nepal-China border, with a large barrier lake at critical levels. Authorities are monitoring the situation closely and urging communities to remain vigilant for possible emergencies.
The author switched to musl libc after GPT suggested it, but later found out its allocator is suboptimal and slow. They removed musl as an option from Bifrost due to performance concerns.
The user's app Girlfriend Plus experienced a revenue spike in 2017 but declined after minimal development, likely due to increased cancellations and fewer new subscribers. The user suspects that stopping public development and sharing revenue data may have contributed to the decline, possibly due to competition from AI-powered alternatives.
The author has benchmarked Qwen3.8 27B, a local model that runs on Apple silicon, and found it generates at half the speed of its predecessor qwen3.6:27b but answers prompts in roughly a third the tokens. The model requires 32GB of RAM for optimal performance and can run with 16GB or less with reduced accuracy.
Researchers studied autonomous mathematical discovery in an open-world environment where AI agents pursued a shared research goal without central coordination. The Station achieved novel results on five problems, including new constructions and theorems, making the discoveries more interpretable for mathematicians.
User discusses the pros and cons of using YAML for DevOps, citing its simplicity but also potential issues with security, readability, and compatibility.
African wild dogs, critically endangered with only 6,600 left in the world, have been relocated to South Africa from Mozambique through a conservation program. The relocation aims to increase genetic diversity and create new packs.
Weird originated from Old English wyrd, meaning 'fate' or 'destiny', but its modern usage has evolved to describe something unusual or strange. The word's transformation was influenced by literary works, including Shakespeare's Macbeth and the Romantic writers.
Language Reactor supports various file formats and syncs subtitles accurately. It offers features like audio clip export, flashcards, and definitions for natural vocabulary building.
Dactyl is a cross-platform SwiftUI renderer that allows developers to build iOS apps in the browser, using Swift and Wasm. It enables seamless rendering of complex layouts and native widgets on Android and web platforms without requiring installation or extra devices.
The user's home storage was slow due to a Windows NIC issue, specifically with the Intel E610-XT2 10GbE card. Increasing receive buffers and disabling Large Send Offload (LSO) V2 for IPv4 resolved the problem, allowing for faster file copies.
User abandoned GitHub due to its instability and profit-driven approach, feeling misled by the company's actions. They've moved their projects to a self-hosted server for better control over privacy and security.
The US has designated Autistici/Inventati, a European technology collective, as a terrorist organization due to its provision of digital infrastructure to violent groups. This marks an unusual use of US counterterrorism sanctions against a non-operational entity.
The author discusses bootstrappable builds, a technique to create a system from scratch without relying on pre-built artifacts. This approach aims to prevent Trusting Trust-style attacks by ensuring the origin of code is completely understood. The author presents his work on Germ, a Scheme-based interpreter that can bootstrap itself and other tools, as an alternative to traditional build chains.
Foundation models are being used for analytical AI tasks such as processing unstructured data and making operational decisions, which differ from generative use cases. This guide provides resources for developers building analytical AI products, covering primitives, best practices, architectures, and deployment considerations.
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Some things are unnameable, but proving this is impossible due to the paradox of referencing those very things. This creates a cycle where each attempt to prove unnameability leads to more paradoxical arguments.
Scientists used ALMA to observe Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star, revealing its uneven surface with bright hotspots and an irregular shape. The observations show that the hotspots have persisted for at least 7 years, contradicting current models of convective motions inside the star.
Big tech companies like Google and Microsoft are increasing bot clicks in consumer inboxes, forcing publishers to change their tracking metrics. Publishers may need to adopt the "verified click" metric, which ensures clicks are human-generated, as advertisers increasingly demand accurate data on bot interactions.
Sesame is a secure password manager that stores vaults locally on desktop, keeping sensitive info private and open-sourced. It's free during beta, with no ads or analytics, and users can download it directly from the website.
A Seattle restaurant's pizza-making robots were shut down due to a supplier's failure, raising questions about the viability of automated pizza production. Despite setbacks, some companies are continuing to develop and refine their robotic pizza-making technology.
TMOG is a task manager for macOS, Windows, and Linux that provides detailed system information. It offers native controls and visualizations to help users monitor performance and efficiency.
Find out if your game is done yet. Content-completion verdicts for players who wait until all content is released.
FF-16-TUI is an interactive static analysis tool that finds frequently occurring local 16-bit patterns across the entire file. It can help to locate structures from frequent patterns and understand file layout.
This tool creates a virtualized iOS environment for testing and development, allowing users to download, patch, and restore iOS images. It also provides features like automatic provisioning, E2E testing capabilities and host control through a socket.
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Ron Fowler, a health physicist, blew the whistle on a uranium-enrichment plant in Paducah, Kentucky, exposing thousands of atomic workers to radiation and toxic chemicals. He and his friend Chuck Deuschle fought for years to reveal the truth about the facility's hazardous conditions.
IndexFlow is a Rust-based platform for the AI search era, built by an independent developer. It powers MandarinClips and InkVilion, immersive Chinese learning platforms.
As an engineer who is not a designer and hates slop.
Conduct AI provides runtime governance for LLM agents with a policy engine called Guard, enforcing signed configuration and audit logs across all calls. The platform offers compliance packs and playbooks to ensure secure AI development and deployment.
FnScribe is a voice-to-text app for Mac that transcribes speech locally and inserts the result into the focused app. It requires macOS 13 Ventura or later and offers customizable shortcuts, settings, and features like smart cleanup and personal dictionary.
A developer is tasked with creating a mid-century country-club-core todo-list app using Pyside6, incorporating elements of irony and liminality. The app must be designed to resemble a luxurious club, with no indication of the gremlin's mischief or the ghost designer's attempts to apply Dutch Realist principles.
A researcher purchased authentic and counterfeit versions of a popular lip tint product to test the effectiveness of Google's Gemini AI model in identifying fake cosmetics. The study found that Gemini was able to detect most discrepancies between authentic and counterfeit packages, but also struggled with photo artifacts and made mistakes due to glare or other photographic issues.
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The US is facing a looming deadline in November for China's export restrictions on rare earth elements, including erbium and yttrium, which are crucial for various industrial applications. The restricted exports could erode US national security or redraw trade relations with China.
A shell pipeline runs commands in a sandboxed environment, logging clean work and refusing malicious input. The Talos agent provides an installable automation system with multiple channels for fetching data without opening listening sockets.
The US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York indicted five people, including NBA player Terry Rozier, in a sports gambling conspiracy involving confidential information about his game performance. Legalized sports betting has made it easier to detect and facilitate large-scale insider betting like this case.
Raymond has been involved in Windows evolution for 30 years, creating a popular website and book. He occasionally shares entertaining stories on Twitter that convey no useful information.
The current coding agent harnesses consume a huge chunk of context window tokens on every turn, often unnecessary for basic file and shell tools. A lean approach is to keep only essential tools active and use dynamic tool activation to reduce token waste.