How to Build a Minimal ZFS NAS Without Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS (2024)

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User is setting up a basic NAS using ZFS and Samba without a GUI, preferring simplicity over TrueNAS features. They're creating a RAIDZ1 zpool with ashift=12 for improved performance.

Is The Economist Always Wrong?

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The Economist's predictions have been criticized for being inaccurate, but an AI model found that they were right more often than wrong, especially when they were neither too conventional nor too daring. The magazine's record shows that it has made some accurate predictions, such as the rise of Bitcoin and the spread of covid-19, but also some incorrect ones, like the peak in global oil demand.

Tenda firmware (multiple versions) contains hidden authentication backdoor

Tenda firmware versions contain an undocumented authentication backdoor granting admin access. An attacker can exploit CVE-2026-11405 to bypass password verification and gain full control.

GAO: DOE Is Prematurely Excluding Less Expensive Options for Nuclear Cleanup

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Video Lectures (1986)

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Twenty video lectures by Hal Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman present a 1986 course on computer programming. The lectures follow the first edition of Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs and remain useful for students using the second edition.

Canada's only watchmaking school still ticking after 80 years

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The École national d'horlogerie in Trois-Rivières, Canada, teaches watchmaking to 20 full-time students with a focus on jewelry making and specialized skills. The school may have to move due to a primary school's need for more space, posing a challenge in transporting its millions of tiny pieces.

Copy That Floppy – Cambridge guide for preserving data from fragile floppy disks

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This guide to imaging floppy disks covers 8-inch, 5.25-inch, 3.5-inch, and 3-inch floppy disks, focusing on preservation and not file extraction, and assumes basic knowledge of digital preservation and tools like write blockers. The guide outlines steps to identify and acquire hardware, clean and maintain carriers and hardware, and image floppy disks, with a focus on creating a flux stream ...

Local, CPU-Friendly, High-Quality TTS (Text-to-Speech) with Kokoro

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Kokoro is a local speech generation model that produces realistic speech in multiple languages without compromising privacy. It can synthesize speech on a local machine using a CPU, with a container image available for easy setup and use.

Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 Explained

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Two EU "Chat Control" laws are moving through institutions in parallel, one expired and the other being revived. The laws aim to regulate digital platforms' detection and reporting of child sexual abuse material, with disagreement over scanning of private communications.

GPT-5.6 Sol, along with Terra and Luna, will launch publicly this Thursday

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GPT-5.6 Sol, along with Terra and Luna, will launch publicly this Thursday. We’re expanding preview access globally now.

Show HN: Neil the Seal Game

W/S drive · A/D turn · Space slam · Esc pause · C recenter camera · M mute

30papers.com – Ilya's 30 essential ML papers, in a beginner friendly format

The user provided a list of various research papers, blog posts, and articles related to deep learning, neural networks, and artificial intelligence, covering topics such as variational autoencoders, convolutional networks, recurrent neural networks, and transformer models. These resources aim to explain complex concepts in deep learning and provide practical examples and implementations for ...

Herdr: One terminal to rule them all

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Recomputing on every PTY chunk causes mid-frame repaints. Handoff suite passes, including server replacement and long-lived workloads.

Show HN: Davit, a Apple Containers UI

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Davit is a container management app for macOS that directly interacts with Apple's container daemon. It offers features like live monitoring, interactive shells, and customizable settings.

Pure-Python symbolic regression that rediscovered Kepler's law from 8 data point

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GP_ELITE is a Python library for symbolic regression that discovers mathematical formulas from data. It's suitable for small datasets and provides robustness against outliers.

Show HN: Chiptune Radio

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Chiptune Radio is a Twitch stream featuring music from classic sound hardware. It's a continuous broadcast of nostalgic tunes by Aleph Void, LLC.

LineageOS Statistics

l: A new runtime for k and q

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l is a new engine built for modern memory, using compressed vectors, SIMD, and parallelism to run k4, q, and qSQL unchanged. It moves fewer bytes, making it fast, and automatically picks the execution path with no annotations.

Show HN: Rowboat – Open-source, local-first alternative to Claude Desktop

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Rowboat is a desktop AI coworker with a built-in knowledge graph that indexes work and allows collaboration with AI. It includes email client, notes, browser, code mode, and workspaces for different projects.

We're extending access to Fable 5 on all paid plans through July 12

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We're extending access to Claude Fable 5 on all paid plans through July 12.

Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera

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Scheme Is a Hoot

You're learning Scheme and using Hoot to compile it to the Web, overcoming challenges with its instability and documentation. You've successfully set up your code to run on native Guile and WASM via Hoot, with tests running in both environments.

IEEE Rolls Out Large Language Models Training Course

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Large language models are changing engineering practice with their ability to orchestrate complex tasks, but require technical expertise to implement and secure effectively. To use LLMs effectively, developers must understand their internal logic and core principles to ensure reliability and avoid risks like hallucinations.

Why skilled workers come to Germany and then leave again

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Researchers found that emigration from Germany is driven by multiple factors including family reasons and discrimination. Public policy can influence contributing factors such as bureaucracy and language acquisition.

First Principles of Model Routing

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Develop 4 principles for model routing: keep models distinct, keep the model pool small, use real-world benchmarks, and evaluate past decisions. This helps make informed routing decisions and optimize model performance.

Jim's TrueType QR Code Font

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This repo generates experimental OpenType fonts that turn bracketed text into QR codes while preserving readability. The fonts are generated from Liberation Sans Regular and licensed under the SIL Open Font License.

Notes on Software Quality

Quality is a result of ability and appetite, where organisations have people who can produce high quality and allow quality to be achieved.

StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time

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Help improve OpenStreetMap with StreetComplete! This app finds missing map data in your vicinity and displays it on a map as quests. Solve each quest by visiting the location on-site and answering a simple question to update the map. The info you enter is directly added to OpenStreetMap in your name, without the need to use another editor.

The difference between "today's task" and "accretive work"

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The difference between "today's task" and "accretive work": Sometimes, "I got it working" is fine, but sometimes it isn't. Object permanence: Series of tubes; Paralyzed teen beaten bloody by TSA; "Ultra unreal" Chinese lit; London property prices v Brexit; Biden v surprise billing; "Feeding Ghosts." One thing I've learned about paradoxes: ...

Why we built yet another Postgres connection pooler

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PgDog is a Postgres proxy that scales connections without requiring trade-offs like connection poolers do. It preserves features like SET commands and LISTEN/NOTIFY, making it a more reliable option for scaling Postgres.