Many Let's Encrypt renewals had errors today

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Let's Encrypt's production API is experiencing degraded performance due to networking issues. We're working to resolve the issue and stabilize API performance.

Ice Water Drowning Survival After 147-Minute Submersion and Hypothermic Arrest

A young boy survived 147-minute submersion in ice water with a body temperature of 7 °C. He was resuscitated with ECMO and made a full recovery.

To study how chips work, MIT researchers built their own operating system

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Researchers at MIT developed Fractal, a new kernel that gives a cleaner view of processor behavior, and has already found previously unknown behavior in Apple's M1. Fractal treats hardware as the object of study, allowing researchers to run experiments with minimal background noise and gain a deeper understanding of processor behavior.

DuckDB Internals: Why Is DuckDB Fast? (Part 1)

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DuckDB is a fast in-process analytical SQL database that has gained widespread adoption due to its ease of use and performance. It can read data from various file formats like Parquet, CSV, and JSON, and execute queries directly on these files without the need for a server or cluster.

Gribouille 0.3.0: A Grammar of Graphics for Typst

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Gribouille 0.3.0 adds guide control for hiding axis ticks and legends, and introduces a theme parameter for styling composition chrome. It also includes fixes for legend layout, stacking area charts, and other features.

Zero-Touch OAuth for MCP

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The Enterprise-Managed Authorization extension is now stable, allowing organizations to centrally manage authorization for MCP servers and end-users to access all connected servers through a single login. This extension addresses a major pain point in enterprise environments by providing a zero-touch setup and centralized policy control.

I found 10k GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware

The user found 10,000 GitHub repositories distributing Trojan malware by analyzing commit patterns and using a script to filter repositories. The script found 10,000 repositories that matched the pattern of being updated every few hours with a link to a zip archive in the readme file, but the user believes there should be many more due to GitHub's large repository count.

Building a robotics research setup that lives next to my desk

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A researcher is conducting independent robotic manipulation research on a tabletop setup with a single industrial-grade robot arm, two cameras, and teleoperation, aiming to test the hypothesis that a single person can achieve meaningful results with a budget of €10,000. The setup includes a UFACTORY xArm Lite 6 robot arm, Intel RealSense D405 wrist camera, and Logitech C920 webcam, with a ...

Datasette Apps: Host custom HTML applications inside Datasette

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Datasette Apps are self-contained HTML+JavaScript applications that run in a sandboxed iframe, allowing users to build custom interfaces and visualizations for their data. The plugin uses a combination of sandboxing and Content Security Policy to ensure secure execution of untrusted code.

Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS

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ENAS offers a private, local storage platform with performance, scalability, and simplicity, eliminating costly licensing and proprietary hardware. It integrates with UniFi for centralized management, secure access, and multi-site backup orchestration without recurring software costs.

Cell-based architecture for resilient payment systems

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American Express uses a cell-based architecture to ensure high availability and low latency in its payments ecosystem. This architecture isolates failures, maintains low-latency processing, and scales capacity without expanding the failure domain.

How Japan's railways stayed one while splitting apart

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The JR mark was designed by Yōji Yamamoto in 1987 for Japan's railway companies, with a simple yet effective design that has remained unchanged for nearly 40 years. Yamamoto's design philosophy emphasized truth, reality, and honesty, resulting in a mark that has become synonymous with Japan's railways.

CS 6120: Advanced Compilers: The Self-Guided Online Course (2020)

CS 6120 is a PhD-level Cornell CS course on programming language implementation covering universal compilers and research topics. The course involves reading papers and open-source hacking tasks using LLVM and an educational IR.

Flexport (YC W14) Is Hiring in Indonesia, India, and Thailand

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Flexport aims to revolutionize global logistics with AI, making trade easier and driving real-world impact. The company seeks talented individuals worldwide to join its mission-driven team and help build the future of automated global logistics.

Show HN: Talos – Open-source WASM interpreter for Lean

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Talos is a Lean 4 WebAssembly interpreter that enforces rules with a single codebase for evaluation and proof. It aims for full Wasm coverage with a focus on non-optimized source code semantics.

Horizons JPL Solar System Data Demo and NASA DSN Updates: Datastar, Common Lisp

Click on a planet to see JPL Horizons details | NASA Deep Space Network logs update in the background (all antenas) Demo for Datastar + Common Lisp / by fsm ΛↃ lambda combine

Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at lower cost

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Universities and hospitals are conducting late-stage clinical trials with lower costs, repurposing existing drugs for new uses. This "hidden" research system offers affordable treatments with huge potential, operating outside of the patent system.

.gitignore Isn't the only way to ignore files in Git

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Git has three levels of file ignoring: .gitignore, .git/info/exclude, and ~/.config/git/ignore. These files allow ignoring files at repository, per-repo, and machine levels respectively.

Show HN: Are You in the Weights?

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The weights are the billions of numbers forming an AI's brain. Type a name and see how strongly the leading AI models recognize it. Are you in the weights?
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A customer club's marketing arrangement was found to be unlawful due to forced consent. The company was fined NOK 20 million for violating GDPR rules on consent, transparency, and data processing.

If your product is Great, it doesn't need to be Good (2010)

The author argues that successful products focus on a few key features, ignoring others, to create a simple and compelling experience. This approach is seen in products like the original iPod and Gmail.

Zork name origin got an update on Wikipedia

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User investigated the origin of the word "zork" in the game Zork, initially believing it was a jargon word for unfinished programs. After researching and contacting experts, they found no evidence to support this claim.

Launch HN: TesterArmy (YC P26) – Agents that test web and mobile apps

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TesterArmy is a service that uses AI to test websites and mobile apps by navigating pages and interacting with UI like a human. It integrates with GitHub and other pipelines for automatic testing and reporting.

W Social, public institutions and the theater of European digital sovereignty

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The user is fascinated by W Social, a microblogging platform that claims to be Europe's alternative to X, but has discrepancies between its public image and reality. The European Commission's migration of its ATproto accounts to W Social is concerning due to W Social's lack of transparency and potential reliance on Bluesky's infrastructure.

Modos Color Monitor Pushes E-Paper Displays Further

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Modos Flow is a 13.3-inch color e-paper monitor with higher resolution and touch input, improving on the Paper Monitor Dev Kit. The Flow's crowdfunding campaign is live on Crowd Supply, with cofounders discussing engineering and lessons learned from their crowdfunding journey.

Noam Shazeer Joins OpenAI

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I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining OpenAI and look forward to working with the exceptional team there. It was a difficult decision to move on. I’m incredibly proud of the amazing team at Google and everything we’ve built together. It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with all of you.

Swiss parliament lifts ban on new nuclear power plants

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The Federal Palace in Bern is bustling with activity as the National Council and Council of States debate various important issues during their summer session. The agenda includes the 13th AHV pension, the armed forces, federal finances, and the construction of new nuclear power plants.

How Alberta Eradicated Rats

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Alberta, a Canadian province, has been rat-free for over 70 years despite being surrounded by infested areas. Its success is due to a proactive rat control program that began in the 1950s, focusing on a narrow border zone and using a combination of surveillance, education, and targeted poisoning.

Show HN: Gerrymandle - Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral districts

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I will draw district lines to favor the yellow party. I will use gerrymandering techniques like packing and cracking to concentrate yellow voters in a few districts and split opponents across multiple districts.

The Token Compression Illusion: Why I'm Skeptical of RTK

The author is skeptical of RTK's long-term viability due to its misleading savings statistic and critical structural flaws. RTK's optimization may lead to silent failures and decreased task accuracy, making it an operational risk.