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March 26

Why Is It Lovely

solipsys.co.uk
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March 26

Pi Pico Rx – A crystal radio for the digital age?

101-things.readthedocs.io

My first step into the world of electronics was with a crystal radio, just like this...
My first step into the world of electronics was with a crystal radio, just like this one. Back then, I don’t think it has ever occurred to me that I could make a radio myself, so I wasn’t expecting it to work. But when I put the earphone in, I was amazed to hear very faint sounds coming through. I couldn’t believe t...
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March 26

You should know this before choosing Next.js

eduardoboucas.com

Picking the technology stack for a project is an important and consequential decision. In the enterprise...
Picking the technology stack for a project is an important and consequential decision. In the enterprise space in particular, it often involves a multi-year commitment with long-lasting implications on the roadmap of the project, the pace of its development, the quality of the deliverables, and even the ability to a...
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March 26

The Great Scrape

bearblog.dev
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March 26

Show HN: Cocommit – A copilot for git commit

github.com
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March 26

Heap-overflowing Llama.cpp to RCE

retr0.blog
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March 26

Jeffrey Goldberg on the Group Chat That Broke the Internet

theatlantic.com

podcasts
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March 26

How to protect your phone and data privacy at the US border

theguardian.com

Welcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy...
Welcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. The last column covered what to do with your 23andMe account after the company filed bankruptcy. If you’d like to skip to a section about a particular tip, click the “Jump to” menu ...
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March 26

Apple in code search profanity outrage (2006)

theregister.com

NSFW Our chums down at SecurityFocus recently warned that Google's new Code Search facility could allow...
NSFW Our chums down at SecurityFocus recently warned that Google's new Code Search facility could allow developers' open source repositories to be "easily mined, allowing attackers to target programs that are likely to be flawed". A chilling warning, to be sure. However, we have just been made aware that code search...
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March 26

Understanding DNS Resolution on Linux and Kubernetes

jpetazzo.github.io

I recently investigated a warning message on Kubernetes that said: DNSConfigForming ... Nameserver limits were exceeded,...
I recently investigated a warning message on Kubernetes that said: DNSConfigForming ... Nameserver limits were exceeded, some nameservers have been omitted. This was technically a Kubernetes event with type: Warning, and these usually indicate that there’s something wrong, so I wanted to investigate it. This led me ...
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March 26

Anonymous Corpo Confessions

baserow.io
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March 26

Gemini 2.5 Pro reasons about task feasibility

intellectronica.net

After spending some time this morning generating various pictures of monkeys I got bored and decided...
After spending some time this morning generating various pictures of monkeys I got bored and decided to ask Gemini 2.5 Pro to create a virtual synthesizer for me. My initial ambition was to get a recreation of the famous ReBirth RB-338 virtual synth from the late 90s, and I have gathered a pretty good spec and instr...
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March 26

Europe's Largest Makerspace

berlin-partner.de
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March 26

All Clothing Is Handmade (2022)

ruthtillman.com

The idea for this quilt came to me several years ago. Besides making quilts, I make...
The idea for this quilt came to me several years ago. Besides making quilts, I make some of my own clothes and occasionally make clothes for people in my life. I made my own wedding dress and one for a college friend as well (and never doing that again). There’s something special nowadays about something that was ma...
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March 26

ESA has a commercial launch strategy, but will member states pay?

arstechnica.com

ESA's governance structure isn't favorable for taking quick action. On one hand, ESA member states approve...
ESA's governance structure isn't favorable for taking quick action. On one hand, ESA member states approve the agency's budget in multiyear increments, giving its projects a sense of stability over time. However, it takes time to get new projects approved, and ESA's member states expect to receive benefits—jobs, inv...
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March 26

'A walking billboard': The history of San Francisco's most recognizable bag

sfgate.com
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March 26

Ask HN: Are there any money-saving hacks that AI can assist you with？

ycombinator.com
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March 26

Evolving Scala

scala-lang.org
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March 26

Slow SMB Speeds over WiFi

truenas.com

Hello, I need some help optimizing SMB speed when connected to Wifi. I don’t have any...
Hello, I need some help optimizing SMB speed when connected to Wifi. I don’t have any problems over Ethernet. Speeds: File transfer from NAS to windows laptop over ethernet 115 MB/s File transfer from NAS to windows laptop over Wifi 15-25 MB/s File transfer from NAS to Android phone with SMB2 60 MB/s File transfer f...
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March 26

A (Long) Peek into Reinforcement Learning

lilianweng.github.io

[Updated on 2020-09-03: Updated the algorithm of SARSA and Q-learning so that the difference is more...
[Updated on 2020-09-03: Updated the algorithm of SARSA and Q-learning so that the difference is more pronounced. [Updated on 2021-09-19: Thanks to 爱吃猫的鱼, we have this post in Chinese]. A couple of exciting news in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has just happened in recent years. AlphaGo defeated the best professional ...

long-read math-heavy reinforcement-learning
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March 26

Coordinating the Superbowl's visual fidelity with Elixir

elixir-lang.org

How do you coordinate visual fidelity across two hundred cameras for a live event like the...
How do you coordinate visual fidelity across two hundred cameras for a live event like the Super Bowl? The answer is: by using the craft of camera shading, which involves adjusting each camera to ensure they match up in color, exposure and various other visual aspects. The goal is to turn the live event broadcast in...
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March 26

Show HN: Matrix-themed Nostr note composer

enterthenostr.com
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March 26

GM Killed the Only Apple CarPlay Retrofit for Its EVs

motor1.com

General Motors really doesn't want you using Apple CarPlay in its electric vehicles. The company infamously...
General Motors really doesn't want you using Apple CarPlay in its electric vehicles. The company infamously launched its new infotainment system without the technology in 2023, and now the auto conglomerate is shutting down one of the only aftermarket workarounds. White Automotive & Media Services launched an Apple ...
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March 26

Intel RealSense Stereo Depth Cameras

intelrealsense.com

Field of View: 87° × 58° IP67 / Global Shutter / IMU Ideal Range: 60 cm...
Field of View: 87° × 58° IP67 / Global Shutter / IMU Ideal Range: 60 cm to 6 m Field of View: 87° × 58° GMSL/FAKRA Ideal Range: 60 cm to 6 m Field of View: 87° × 58° Global Shutter / IR Pass Filter / IMU Ideal Range: 60 cm to 6 m Field of View: 87° × 58° Global Shutter / IMU...
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