The threat is comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing

The author argues that the use of AI agents in academic research can lead to a loss of understanding and critical thinking skills among students, as they rely on machines to do the work for them instead of learning through hands-on experience. The author believes that the key to becoming a good scientist is not just producing results, but also developing the ability to think critically and ...

Someone at BrowserStack Is Leaking Users' Email Address

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User generates unique email addresses for services to prevent credential stuffing and identify leaks. Apollo.io claims to have user's email from BrowserStack, but user suspects it's due to normalizing personal info trade with no respect for privacy.

Iguanaworks has closed down. USB Infrared hardware open source maker

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The USB IR Transceiver sends and receives IR signals to and from devices under Linux and Windows. It supports LIRC for Linux and WinLIRC for Windows, allowing control of home electronics and media centers.

Talk like caveman

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Claude Code skill reduces token usage by 75% by speaking like a caveman. It simplifies complex tech explanations into few tokens.

Lisette a little language inspired by Rust that compiles to Go

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The code is written in Lisette, a programming language that supports algebraic data types, pattern matching, and immutable data structures by default. It includes various functions and data structures for tasks such as loading configuration files, handling messages, and reporting metrics, as well as error handling and type checking features.

Sad Story of My Google Workspace Account Suspension

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The writer's Google account was suspended due to a mistaken hijacking claim, causing email and authentication issues. Despite multiple attempts and case submissions, the issue remains unresolved after over 40 hours.

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Friendica – A Decentralized Social Network

German implementation of eIDAS will require an Apple/Google account to function

The Wallet Unit provides authentication means bound to multiple identification means via public/private key pairs, ensuring resistance against attackers with high attack potential. The solution monitors identified vulnerabilities for the HKS and operating system of user devices through a mobile device vulnerability management (MDVM) during operation.

Hightouch (YC S19) Is Hiring

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Hightouch is a fast-paced startup that values innovation, kindness, and exceptional talent. It offers competitive compensation, equity, and benefits to support employees' growth and well-being.

OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio

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OpenScreen is a free app for making product demos and walkthroughs, offering basic features without the cost of Screen Studio. It's open-source and free for personal and commercial use, but may require terminal commands for macOS setup.

Introduction to Computer Music (2009) [pdf]

A putative love song could instill varying levels of hatred. 158 just because many participants in one culture agree'sad' doesn't prove universal affect 4 log2(0) = 0 - so there is no entropy in the process of removing the noise from the signal if you want to change the amplitude of the frequency shifted 152 db / s 156 khz eq

Aegis – open-source FPGA silicon

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Aegis is an open-source FPGA project that generates open fabric designs and toolchains, using open PDKs and shuttle services for real silicon. It uses ROHD to generate synthesizable SystemVerilog and follows Xilinx-style conventions for configuration.

Scientists Figured Out How Eels Reproduce (2022)

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Scientists have tracked European eels to their breeding grounds in the Sargasso Sea, solving a 100-year-old mystery. Eels migrate thousands of miles, facing obstacles like dams and pollution, and die soon after reproducing.

Shared mutable state in Rust (2022)

To share a mutable value in Rust, you can use a combination of Arc and Mutex to ensure thread safety, but be careful not to lock the mutex in async code to avoid deadlocks. Instead, define non-async methods on a wrapper struct and lock the mutex there, or use an asynchronous lock if necessary, and consider alternative approaches like RwLock, arc-swap, or eventually consistent maps.

Ubuntu now requires more RAM than Windows 11

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS raises its minimum memory requirement to 6GB, reflecting modern computing workloads. This change narrows the gap with Windows 11, but users can still install Ubuntu on lower-spec machines with slower performance.

LLM Wiki – example of an "idea file"

Apple Rich Text Fundamentals

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It looks like there’s a pattern emerging with these articles. The first one is mostly about the app. The second one is mostly about the tech. And this one zooms even further into a particular piece of the tech. I wonder what the endgame is here… 🤔 Anyway… After a general introduction to NSAttributedString, I thought I’d give a more thorough overview of the styling attributes, as well as the ...

How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'?

You tried to explain Microsoft Copilot but found multiple uses of the name, leading to confusion. You created a map of all 75+ Copilots, grouped by category, but couldn't find a pattern.

Common drug tests lead to tens of thousands wrongful arrests a year

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A new Colorado law bans arrests based solely on colorimetric drug test results due to high false-positive rates. The law aims to prevent innocent people from being wrongly charged and jailed.

Show HN: OsintRadar – Curated directory for osint tools

Discover curated OSINT tools, categories, and workflows for investigations, attribution, digital research, and faster open-source intelligence analysis.

Rubysyn: Clarifying Ruby's Syntax and Semantics

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This text describes an alternative Lisp-based syntax for Ruby, preserving Ruby semantics, and discusses various aspects of Ruby syntax and semantics, including array splat, variable assignment, and method calls. It also introduces a new language called Rubysyn, which is used to define the execution semantics of Ruby, including control flow, variable declarations, and memory management.

Zml-smi: universal monitoring tool for GPUs, TPUs and NPUs

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zml-smi is a diagnostic tool for GPUs, TPUs, and NPUs providing real-time performance and health insights. It supports NVIDIA, AMD, Google TPU, and AWS Trainium devices with various metrics.

AWS engineer reports PostgreSQL perf halved by Linux 7.0, fix may not be easy

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An Amazon/AWS engineer reported a Linux 7.0 kernel regression halving PostgreSQL performance due to user-space spinlock issues. A proposed fix is for PostgreSQL to adapt to the Linux 7.0 change by using the Restartable Sequences (RSEQ) time slice extension.

Costco sued for seeking refunds on tariffs customers paid

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Costco customers have filed a class action lawsuit accusing the company of unjust enrichment by passing on tariff costs to consumers and planning to keep the refunds. The lawsuit claims Costco will recover the same tariff payments twice, potentially forcing other businesses to refund customers nationwide.

Show HN: I built a small app for FSI German Course

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Learn German with DeTawk, a modern app built on the FSI German course, the same curriculum used to train US diplomats. Free, proven, and structured for real fluency.

Show HN: I made open source, zero power PCB hackathon badges

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You designed zero-power hackathon badges for the Overglade hackathon in Singapore using RP2040, NFC, and e-ink. The boards are easy to set up and manufacture, with costs starting at around $100 for 5 units.

Show HN: M. C. Escher spiral in WebGL inspired by 3Blue1Brown

The Droste effect is a recursive image embedding where a smaller version of an image is placed inside itself, creating a theoretically infinite spiral. This effect can be achieved by transforming the image's coordinates from cartesian to polar and then rotating in polar space.

Demonstrating Real Time AV2 Decoding on Consumer Laptops

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AOMedia members demonstrated AV2 decoding in real-world playback environments at CES 2026, showcasing its operation on laptops with native applications and browser-based streaming. The demonstrations used reference decoders and pre-release AV2 code, indicating current implementation progress.

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