GitHub Actions down again today

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Don't Subscribe So Casually

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Subscriptions can change your behavior and preferences, often in subtle ways, making it difficult to analyze their true value. Companies prioritize profits over user benefit, structuring subscriptions to optimize for long-term profitability and behavioral modification.

Launch HN: Minicor (YC P26) – Windows desktop automations at scale

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Minicor builds and maintains desktop automations for teams to focus on deals and product shipping. It adapts to UI changes and edge cases with 93-96% click accuracy.

C64 Basic: Game Map Overhead "Camera View"

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Outsourcing plus LocalAI will soon become more economical vs. Frontier labs

The essay concludes that hiring an engineer in a cheaper country with a capable model becomes more economical than using top frontier models around month 11. The rising costs of AI can only go so far before becoming a concerning cash burn for enterprises, putting a price ceiling on frontier lab offerings.

Using AI to write better code more slowly

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The author argues that LLMs can be used to write high-quality code more slowly, rather than just spewing out low-quality code quickly. They use a combination of models to find and prioritize bugs in code, resulting in more careful and methodical coding.

Opaque Types in Python

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To avoid compatibility issues when evolving a complex object like ShippingOptions, use the opaque data type design pattern by wrapping a private class with a public type that can be used in type annotations. This approach preserves flexibility and allows for future changes without breaking existing APIs, as shown by using Python's NewType to create a public ShippingOptions type with minimal overhead.

Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier

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Commission chief says EU can learn from “pioneer” Australia in imposing minimum age for social media. European cyber and AI authorities in past weeks failed to gain access to superhacking AI, causing anxiety among officials.

DynIP – Dynamic DNS with RFC 2136, IPv6, DNSSEC, and BYOD

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DynIP provides fast DNS updates in under a minute, supporting RFC 2136 TSIG and both IPv4 and IPv6. It offers a generous free tier, BYOD, and no vendor lock-in for homelabs and infrastructure teams.

Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi over lack of gambling licence

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Eagle 3.1: Collaboration Between the EAGLE Team, vLLM Team, and TorchSpec Team

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The EAGLE 3.1 team improved speculative decoding robustness and efficiency by addressing attention drift and hidden-state magnitude issues. EAGLE 3.1 achieves up to 2x longer acceptance length and 2.03x higher per-user output throughput compared to EAGLE 3.

Taking a walk may lead to more creativity than sitting, study finds (2014)

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Walking improves creative thinking by 81-100% compared to sitting. Regular walking can temporarily boost free-flowing thoughts and creativity without requiring intense exercise.

Don't put aria-label on generic elements like divs

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Avoid labeling generic elements like divs or spans with aria-label or aria-labelledby as it's not allowed by the ARIA spec and can cause inconsistent screen reader behavior. Labeling generic elements can change their implicit role, potentially causing issues with screen reader announcements.

Phantasy Star IV – 1993 Developer Interviews

The development team of Phantasy Star IV aimed to create a spiritual remake of the series, addressing shortcomings from previous games and delivering a definitive Phantasy Star experience. The team worked to create a cohesive world, characters, and story, with a focus on vehicle battles, character depth, and a happier ending, while also navigating the challenges of developing for the Mega ...

Incident with Actions and Pages

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GitHub's Status Page - Incident with Actions and Pages.

How do you build a semiconductor company on something that's free?

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Daniel Schultz's Aesc Silicon is pioneering an open-source semiconductor business model where core IP is free, but value comes from support and services. This model is driven by verifiable security and the increasing demand for custom chips from smaller companies.

Trying to preserve other peoples code

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CRC Generator is a cross-platform C application generating Verilog or VHDL code for CRC with customizable width. It's licensed under MIT and created by Evgeni Stavinov with over 20 years of FPGA design experience.

How Shamir's Secret Sharing Works

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A company uses Adi Shamir's 1979 secret sharing scheme to split a secret into pieces, where any smaller number reveals nothing, but any required number can recover it. This scheme hides the secret behind random coefficients, making too few shares contain no information about the secret.

Are we self-sovereign PKI yet?

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Signal is end-to-end encrypted in the sense that the keys are end-to-end. Whether you got the right keys is a different question, and almost nobody asks it. Safety numbers on Signal exist because, in principle, the server could hand you the wrong key for your contact. You’re supposed to walk through one the first time you talk to someone you care about. In practice, almost nobody does. ...

Stockholm poised to become leading European geospatial intel player

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Europe's GEOINT power is shifting rapidly, with Sweden set to surpass France in spy satellites. Sweden's growth may come with a risk of US tech dependence.

Ferrari Luce

Ferrari's new architecture combines performance with luxury and spaciousness through advanced drivetrain and electric power source. The interior features tactile controls and dedicated NVH solutions for a refined driving experience.

Earthion: A New Mega Drive-Style Shoot-Em-Up

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Earthion is a space shooter game where Azusa Takanashi fights to save humanity from hostile invaders on Earth. The game features stunning visuals, intense gameplay, and a legendary soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro.

A successful Japanese trial of a ramjet engine designed for Mach‑5 aircraft

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Japanese engineers have successfully tested a ramjet engine for a Mach-5 hypersonic aircraft, a key step towards commercial passenger service by the 2040s. The test could lead to flights from Tokyo to Los Angeles taking around two hours, slashing transit time and transforming long journeys into day trips.

Uber president says AI spending is getting 'harder to justify'

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Uber spent $3.4 billion on AI research in 2025, questioning its return on investment. The company is struggling to link rising AI token consumption to useful consumer features.

What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard

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We're overprotecting our kids due to a culture of safetyism, which prevents them from developing essential life skills like autonomy, resilience, and emotional regulation. By giving kids more freedom and allowing them to navigate discomfort, we can help them build confidence and self-determination.

Exposing Critical Vulnerabilities in CBSE's On-Screen Marking Portal

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A cybersecurity researcher discovered critical vulnerabilities in the CBSE's On-Screen Marking portal, allowing full account takeover and tampering with exam evaluations. The issues were reported to CERT-In but remained unpatched, highlighting the importance of basic security measures.

Exit IP VPN servers mitigation rollout

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Below are the servers with the new mitigation applied.

Toshifumi Suzuki, founder of Seven-Eleven Japan, has died

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Toshifumi Suzuki revolutionized Japan's retail sector by introducing franchising and transforming the convenience store industry with Seven-Eleven Japan. He implemented innovative data systems and streamlined distribution, improving productivity and profitability.

Multimodal adaptive optical microscope: in vivo imaging, molecules to organisms

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MOSAIC is a versatile microscope that can switch between different imaging modes to study various biological systems and processes, from single molecules to entire organisms, with high resolution and minimal damage. It uses adaptive optics to correct for sample-induced optical aberrations and can image large samples, such as tissues, at nanoscale resolution, enabling researchers to study ...

Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes

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Motorola phones are hijacking the Amazon app to inject an affiliate code, redirecting users to a suspicious website. Disabling the pre-installed Smart Feed app stops this behavior, which is linked to a recent app update.