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- • 100%blog.val.town How we built Townie – an app that generates fullstack apps
Like Claude Artifacts, but with a backend and database
- arstechnica.com Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel
The Settings app has taken over, but Control Panels aren't going anywhere yet.
- fortune.com Elon Musk was just forced to reveal who really owns X. Here’s the list.
Organizations linked to Bill Ackman, Larry Ellison, and Sean Combs (a.k.a. Diddy) were mentioned in the filing.
- github.com GitHub - beac0n/ruroco: Ruroco is a tool that lets you execute commands on a server by sending UDP packets. The commands are configured on the server side, so the client does not define what is going to be executed, it only picks from existing commands.
Ruroco is a tool that lets you execute commands on a server by sending UDP packets. The commands are configured on the server side, so the client does not define what is going to be executed, it on...
- • 100%phys.org Evidence stacks up for poisonous books containing toxic dyes
If you come across brightly colored, cloth-bound books from the Victorian era, you might want to handle them gently, or even steer clear altogether. Some of their attractive hues come from dyes that could pose a health risk to readers, collectors or librarians.
- www.macrumors.com Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple Vision Pro Struggles
Meta has canceled work on a high-end mixed reality headset that it was developing to compete with the Apple Vision Pro, reports The Information. Meta...
- • 100%blog.isosceles.com OpenSSH Backdoors
Imagine this: an OpenSSH backdoor is discovered, maintainers rush to push out a fixed release package, security researchers trade technical details on mailing lists to analyze the backdoor code. Speculation abounds on the attribution and motives of the attacker, and the tech media pounces on the sto...
- github.com GitHub - gruhn/typescript-sudoku: Playing Sudoku in TypeScript while the type checker highlights mistakes.
Playing Sudoku in TypeScript while the type checker highlights mistakes. - gruhn/typescript-sudoku
- www.esa.int Juice rerouted to Venus in world’s first lunar-Earth flyby
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has successfully completed a world-first lunar-Earth flyby, using the gravity of Earth to send it Venus-bound, on a shortcut to Jupiter through the inner Solar System.
- • 100%android-developers.googleblog.com Adding 16 KB Page Size to Android
Android 15 has been refactored to support using 16 KB page sizes, and file systems like EROFS and F2FS have been made compatible.
- vega.github.io A Visualization Grammar
Vega - A Visualization Grammar. Vega is a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualization designs. With Vega, you can describe the visual appearance and interactive behavior of a visualization in a JSON format, and generate web-based views usin...
- github.com GitHub - w3c/epubcheck: The conformance checker for EPUB publications
The conformance checker for EPUB publications. Contribute to w3c/epubcheck development by creating an account on GitHub.
- github.com GitHub - PlatformLab/NanoLog: Nanolog is an extremely performant nanosecond scale logging system for C++ that exposes a simple printf-like API.
Nanolog is an extremely performant nanosecond scale logging system for C++ that exposes a simple printf-like API. - PlatformLab/NanoLog
- jxnl.co Chasing Chase: Why I'll Never Trust Chase Bank Again, A Yuppie Nightmare - jxnl.co
Notes about my hobbies and other things I find interesting.
- • 100%www.vox.com The staggering death toll of scientific lies
From Don Poldersmans and Francesca Gino to faked Alzheimer’s data, the scientific field needs a better handle on allegations and consequences of fraudulent research.
- www.justice.gov Justice Department Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme that Harms Millions of American Renters
The Justice Department, together with the Attorneys General of North Carolina, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today against RealPage Inc. for its unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pri...
- github.com GitHub - dpjudas/SurrealEngine: Unreal Tournament Engine Reimplementation
Unreal Tournament Engine Reimplementation. Contribute to dpjudas/SurrealEngine development by creating an account on GitHub.
- torrentfreak.com 17-Year-old Student Exposes Germany's 'Secret' Pirate Site Blocklist * TorrentFreak
A 17-year-old student has launched a dedicated portal to exposing Germany's 'secret' pirate site blocklist to the public.
- • 100%nautil.us Confessions of a Theoretical Physicist
My life among the elementary particles has made me question whether reality exists at all.
- • 100%www.kleefeldoncomics.com Tales from the Far Side
Sean Kleefeld's daily thoughts about comics and the comic industry.
- github.com GitHub - CEREBRUS-MAXIMUS/Surfer-Data: Surfer is the world's first personal data scraper.
Surfer is the world's first personal data scraper. - CEREBRUS-MAXIMUS/Surfer-Data
- writings.stephenwolfram.com What’s Really Going On in Machine Learning? Some Minimal Models
Stephen Wolfram explores minimal models and their visualizations, aiming to explain the underneath functionality of neural nets and ultimately machine learning.
- simonwillison.net Claude’s API now supports CORS requests, enabling client-side applications
Anthropic have enabled CORS support for their JSON APIs, which means it’s now possible to call the Claude LLMs directly from a user’s browser. This massively significant new feature is …
- takes.jamesomalley.co.uk This confidential government report proves that we need to liberate the Postcode Address File
This is the Pentagon Papers for the UK address database
- www.mcgill.ca How Deep Can Humans Really Go?
Up until the late 1960s, physiologists believed that the maximum depth a person could descend to was determined by the depth at which their total lung capacity (TLC) was compressed to the same volume as their residual volume (RV) which is the smallest lung volume a person can breathe to. The TLC was...
- trainy.ai GPU Utilization is a Misleading Metric
Most ML teams use GPU Utilization as their main performance metric, but we found this can be quite misleading.