The debate over whether Dan Blanchard's reimplementation of the chardet library using AI is legitimate raises questions about the relationship between legality and social legitimacy, with some arguing that legality is a sufficient condition for legitimacy. However, the author argues that legality is only a necessary condition and that the social norms of open source communities, which ...
Sun Microsystems' UNIX workstations, such as the SPARCstation IPX, were highly coveted in the early 90s for their advanced features and performance. The author restored a SPARCstation IPX, replacing its power supply and reprogramming its NVRAM to resolve issues and get it working again.
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FontCrafter is a free browser app that turns your handwriting into a real font, with no account required. It generates four formats, including ligatures and contextual alternates, and is fully client-side with no server processing.
Hello Hacker News! We're Filip, Stavros, and Vivek from Terminal Use (https://www.terminaluse.com/). We built Terminal Use to make it easier to deploy agents that work in a sandboxed environment and need filesystems to do work. This includes coding agents, research agents, document processing agents, and internal tools that read and write files. Our biggest pain point with hosting agents ...
The UniFi inform protocol on port 8080 is routable because its header contains a MAC address in plaintext, allowing for multi-tenant routing without decrypting the AES-encrypted payload. This allows for shared infrastructure hosting of UniFi controllers, increasing profitability by reducing the need for separate VMs per customer.
Ireland has become the 15th coal-free country in Europe after shutting down its last coal plant at Moneypoint. The country now relies heavily on renewable energy, particularly wind, which generated 37% of its electricity in 2024.
Late last year Jolla began taking pre-orders for a new smartphone powered by the company’s Sailfish OS software. Now the Finnish company has announced that after receiving over 10,000 pre-orders, it’s preparing to produce its first batch of new Jolla Phones during the second quarter of 2026. Jolla has also launched a second round of pre-orders for folks who didn’t get in on the first round. ...
For an enforceable contract based on inquiry notice theory, a website must provide reasonably conspicuous notice of terms and the consumer must take action that unambiguously manifests assent. Appellees agreed to the Oct. 2023 Terms by using the Tile App in 2024 after receiving explicit advisement of the new terms.
Apple's goal is to focus user attention on content by de-emphasizing interface elements. However, their approach of blending interface and document has led to increased distraction and decreased clarity.
Disabling Python's Global Interpreter Lock reduces execution time by up to 4 times for parallelizable workloads. However, it increases energy consumption and memory usage for certain workloads.
Agent Kanban is a VS Code extension that solves context rot issues with AI coding agents by using a markdown formatted task record. It provides a permanent task history, diffable state, and shared team context.
In the previous article we added the two standard JWKS discovery endpoints to our authentication server. As part of the OpenId Connect (OIDC) protocol, the first of these endpoints enables an API to discover where the other relevant endpoints are and the second endpoint publishes the public keys that clients use to verify the RSA-256 signatures on the JWT's that we issue. The previous ...
A Kuwaiti F/A-18 Hornet shot down three US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles in a friendly fire incident over Kuwait on March 1. The incident is unusual as it involved a within-visual-range air-to-air engagement, likely with heat-seeking AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.
Knots are closed curves in 3D space that can be equivalent or inequivalent. Equivalence is determined by homeomorphism.
Meta collaborated with FFmpeg developers to deprecate their internal fork and rely on upstream versions for media processing. They contributed to FFmpeg's development, enabling features like threaded multi-lane encoding and real-time quality metrics.
Safehouse is a sandbox that restricts access to sensitive data, granting access only to explicitly allowed directories. It can be enabled automatically for agents by adding a command to the shell config, or bypassed with the "claude" command.
No leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2026. UTC and TAI will remain 37 seconds apart.
Sega Dreamcast fans have finally achieved an English translation of the highly anticipated game Segagaga, a 2001 Japan-exclusive RPG. The translation was made possible by a team of dedicated fans who overcame technical hurdles and worked together to bring the game to English-speaking players.
A UK government-backed AI investment drive is plagued by "phantom investments" and shaky accounting, with some companies claiming massive deals that may not be real. The investments, led by Nvidia-backed firms, have been touted as a cornerstone of the government's promise to use tech to turbocharge the economy.
The user discussed various projects including a deferred deep linking service, an Agent Registry for Docker containers, and a Rust alternative to icloudpd for downloading iCloud Photos. They also mentioned several other projects such as an open platform for independent music communities, a free in-browser inbox for inspecting email files, and a tool for collecting written testimonials from clients.
Grammarly's AI tool now offers expert reviews from famous authors and academics, including the deceased, without their permission. This feature has raised ethics concerns and questions about its effectiveness in improving writing.
User created three small devboards: AngstromIO, a tiny MCU board, a CH340 programming board, and a CH32V003 experimentation board with a charlieplexed LED matrix. These boards are designed for space-constrained projects and experimentation.
Germany's car industry faces trouble due to growing competition and slowing exports, leading to job cuts and lobbying efforts to protect outdated technology. The industry's reliance on lobbying has hindered innovation and competitiveness, contributing to Germany's economic stagnation.
2025 saw a surge in single board computers with 15 boards from 8 manufacturers, offering a wide range of prices and performance. The year's standout boards include the Radxa Dragon Q6A, CIX P1, and Raspberry Pi 500+, showcasing impressive performance and value.
I am exploring ways to work with my PC that doesnt involve always sitting at a desk and typing with hands like a cave man. Testing out using Wispr Flow and similar voice inputs -- seems to work fine for some use cases. I also place the laptop on a treadmill sometimes and try to to get some research / browsing / work done. Mouse (trackball) and typing are the current weakest link. are there ...
The user retrofitted a first-gen MacBook with new guts, including an M1 Mini, and created a custom case using 3D printing and old OEM parts. The project took three months to complete and taught the user various skills, including soldering and 3D modeling, despite some challenges and areas for improvement.
The author suggests that religion should be taken as a medicine, not a diet, and that once its purpose is understood, it should be dropped to experience reality directly. Concentration and letting go of self-consciousness are key to experiencing reality, and this can be achieved by simply doing it, without thinking or reflecting.