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Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator

ycombinator.com

Hi all,Tom Howard is going public as HN moderator today. He has been doing HN moderation...
Hi all,Tom Howard is going public as HN moderator today. He has been doing HN moderation work for years already and knows the site and its practices inside-out, so the only new thing you'll see is mod comments from Tom showing up in the threads the way mine do. I'm not going anywhere, so you'll have two of us to put...
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Certification Authority/Browser Forum adopts new security standards

googleblog.com

Posted by Chrome Root Program, Chrome Security Team The Chrome Root Program launched in 2022 as...
Posted by Chrome Root Program, Chrome Security Team The Chrome Root Program launched in 2022 as part of Google’s ongoing commitment to upholding secure and reliable network connections in Chrome. We previously described how the Chrome Root Program keeps users safe, and described how the program is focused on promoti...
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Digital Archivists: Protecting Public Data from Erasure

ieee.org

In the three decades since Brewster Kahle spun up the nonprofit Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, it...
In the three decades since Brewster Kahle spun up the nonprofit Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, it has scaled up to include government websites and datasets—many of which are essential to the engineering and scientific communities. U.S. government agencies like the National Science Foundation, Department of Ener...

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Bare: Run JavaScript Everywhere

pears.com

Introducing Bare: Actually run Javascript Everywhere The Holepunch team has introduced Bare, a groundbreaking minimal JavaScript...
Introducing Bare: Actually run Javascript Everywhere The Holepunch team has introduced Bare, a groundbreaking minimal JavaScript runtime designed for both desktop and mobile. Built to be fast, modular, and efficient, Bare revisits the original vision of Node.js by embracing modularity and universal compatibility. Ba...
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Why Is the World Losing Color?

culture-critic.com

Walk around in the average parking lot, and you’ll find yourself in a sea of black,...
Walk around in the average parking lot, and you’ll find yourself in a sea of black, white, and silver vehicles. Watch Netflix at home or catch a film in the theaters, and you’ll get the same washed-out color grade on either screen. Glance at the logos of the world’s largest companies, and you’ll notice a shrinking p...
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A Small Violin Part Highlights Bigger Problems for the Global Economy

nytimes.com

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we...
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Kun Shoulder Rest factory, a family-owned business in Ottawa, makes ergonomic shoulder rests used by violinists worldwide, from New York to Berlin.Credit...Chloe Ellingson for ...

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The Fifth Kind of Optimisation

tratt.net
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Nushell 0.103 released, with background jobs support

nushell.sh

Today, we're releasing version 0.103.0 of Nu. This release adds support for spawning background jobs, attaching...
Today, we're releasing version 0.103.0 of Nu. This release adds support for spawning background jobs, attaching attributes to custom commands, official .deb, .apk, and .rpm packages, a number of Vi-mode enhancements, more than 20 new proposed commands in the std-rfc module, and much more.Where to get itNu 0.103.0 is...
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Nintendo unveils Switch 2 ahead of June 5 launch

arstechnica.com

As seen previously, the Joy-Cons will be bigger than on the original Switch and will feature...
As seen previously, the Joy-Cons will be bigger than on the original Switch and will feature larger shoulder buttons on the inside edges. The system itself has a larger, "more sturdy" stand that can be adjusted to sit at multiple angles. A second USB-C outlet on the top of the system will allow for easier charging a...
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The Secret History of the War in Ukraine

nytimes.com

On a spring morning two months after Vladimir Putin’s invading armies marched into Ukraine, a convoy...
On a spring morning two months after Vladimir Putin’s invading armies marched into Ukraine, a convoy of unmarked cars slid up to a Kyiv street corner and collected two middle-aged men in civilian clothes.Leaving the city, the convoy — manned by British commandos, out of uniform but heavily armed — traveled 400 miles...

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Porting Tailscale to Plan 9

tailscale.com

It’s been said that nothing helps land a joke like explaining it, so here we are...
It’s been said that nothing helps land a joke like explaining it, so here we are to explain yesterday’s Tailscale Plan 9 announcement, even at the risk of killing the joke. But really, if we had to kill a joke by explaining it, there’s no better type of joke to kill than a corporate April Fools’ Day post. They’re ad...
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Animals Made from 13 Circles (2016)

dorithegiant.com

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A dramatic Einstein ring seen by Webb

phys.org
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Show HN: Hot Notes – Fuzzy Search for Apple Notes (macOS)

hotmatcha.dev

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Doge official at DOJ bragged about hacking, distributing pirated software

reuters.com
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Show HN: Await-Tree – Visualize Async Rust Task Execution in Real-Time

github.com
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UCSD: Large Language Models Pass the Turing Test

arxiv.org
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PowerToys Command Palette Utility

microsoft.com

PowerToys Command Palette allows you to easily access all of your most frequently used commands, apps,...
PowerToys Command Palette allows you to easily access all of your most frequently used commands, apps, and development tools - all from a single solution that is fast, customizable to your unique preferences, and extensible to include your favorite apps. The Command Palette is intended to be the successor of PowerTo...
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American shakedown: Police won't charge you, but they'll grab your money

cbc.ca

On its official website, the Canadian government informs its citizens that “there is no limit to...
On its official website, the Canadian government informs its citizens that “there is no limit to the amount of money that you may legally take into or out of the United States.” Nonetheless, it adds, banking in the U.S. can be difficult for non-residents, so Canadians shouldn’t carry large amounts of cash.That last ...
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Vitodeploy: Self hosted Laravel Forge alternative

vitodeploy.com

Server Management ToolExplore some of Vito's featuresProvisions and Manages the serverEasy database management, Supports Mysql and...
Server Management ToolExplore some of Vito's featuresProvisions and Manages the serverEasy database management, Supports Mysql and MariaDB and PostgreSQLDeploy your PHP applications such as Laravel, Wordpress and moreManage your server's firewallSupports Custom and Letsencrypt SSLRun workers in the backgroundManages...
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Coffea stenophylla: A forgotten bean that could save coffee from extinction

smithsonianmag.com
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A steam locomotive from 1993 broke my yarn test

cloudflare.com

So the story begins with a pair programming session I had with my colleague, which I...
So the story begins with a pair programming session I had with my colleague, which I desperately needed because my node skill tree is still at level 1, and I needed to get started with React because I'll be working on our internal backstage instance.We worked together on a small feature, tested it locally, and it wo...

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Using fake deadlines without driving your engineers crazy

manager.dev

As a developer, fake deadlines drove me crazy. I always feel responsible for delivering on time,...
As a developer, fake deadlines drove me crazy. I always feel responsible for delivering on time, so I used to work my ass off (weekends and nights included) just to meet a random date. And then… Silence. Nothing happens. The press release is not planned for a month yet, or another team is delayed so we just need to ...
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Abusive AI Web Crawlers: Get Off My Lawn

mythic-beasts.com
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