'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Package Manager Where This Regularly Happens

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A devastating supply chain attack in the npm registry compromised millions of enterprise apps and exposed billions of user records. Developers expressed sorrow, saying such crises are unavoidable due to the reliance on unvetted packages.

Erlang/OTP 29.0

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Erlang/OTP 29 introduces new features and improvements, including support for unsafe functions and improved security. It also includes experimental native records and new guard BIFs, as well as several compiler warnings and security enhancements.

Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better

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Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for you to enjoy.

I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis

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The Zulip Foundation

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The Zulip open-source project is transitioning to a nonprofit foundation, with Kandra Labs donating the company and its leadership team joining Anthropic. This change provides stability, charitable fundraising opportunities, and a renewed commitment to Zulip's values.

Naturally Occurring Quasicrystals

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Quasicrystals are rare in nature, created by violent events like asteroid collisions or lightning strikes, and only three naturally occurring types have been found in a single Russian meteorite. These include icosahedrite, decagonite, and i-phase II, each with unique properties and compositions.

The Bird Eye Was Pushed to an Evolutionary Extreme

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Birds have retinas that lack blood vessels, yet they have exceptional vision. Researchers found that bird retinas use anaerobic glycolysis to produce energy without oxygen.

Additive Blending on the Nintendo 64

The original PlayStation supported additive blending, making effects like explosions look cooler. The N64's Reality Display Processor had a more flexible way to control blending, but it was complicated to use.

The main thing about P2P meth is that there's so much of it (2022)

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New meth made from P2P may be chemically different from old meth, but evidence suggests it's mostly due to increased availability and purity, not contaminants. The rise in meth use and overdose deaths is likely linked to the increased availability and potency of the drug, rather than a change in its chemical composition.

How to Write to SSDs [pdf]

The paper proposes a set of out-of-place optimizations that reduce write amplification across both the DBMS and SSD layers, improving throughput by 1.65-2.24× and reducing flash writes per operation by 6.2-9.8×. The proposed optimizations include compression & page packing, grouping by deathtime, ZNS support, aligning DB and SSD GC units, NoWA pattern, and using FDP placement hints to ...

ESP-EEG is an affordable 8-channel biosensing board

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The Cerelog ESP-EEG offers cleaner signals due to true closed-loop active bias at a lower price point than the OpenBCI Cyton. It uses an ESP32 instead of the Cyton's PIC32 and RFduino stack for high-bandwidth WiFi streaming.

A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10

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Researchers found a zero-click root exploit for the Google Pixel 10 using a Dolby UDC vulnerability. They also discovered a VPU driver vulnerability that allowed arbitrary kernel read-write, which was patched within 71 days.

Show HN: Epiq – Distributed Git based issue tracker TUI

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Epiq uses Git for collaboration, tracking changes as events and allowing deterministic replay. It provides a local interface for issue management and syncing with Git repositories.

California bill would require patches or refunds when online games shut down

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A California bill requiring game publishers to offer refunds or updated versions of games after support ends has passed committee, a win for the Stop Killing Games movement. The bill, Protect Our Games Act, aims to ensure long-term playable access to online games, but faces hurdles in the full California Assembly and Senate.

I broke AppLovin's mediation cipher protocol

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The AppLovin ad-mediation traffic contains enough device data to deterministically re-identify an iPhone across apps from different publishers even when user denies ATT. The encrypted bid request carries a device fingerprint that reaches AppLovin and around 12 downstream ad networks on every banner load.

The sigmoids won't save you

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The article discusses the "all exponentials eventually become sigmoids" talking point, where a trend may initially grow exponentially but eventually flatten out due to physical or practical limits. However, the timing of this transition is often uncertain and can be misidentified, leading to incorrect predictions.

I designed a nibble-oriented CPU in Verilog to build a scientific calculator

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A scientific calculator project uses an FPGA with a custom CPU and microcode firmware. It requires Verilator, installed with prerequisites and built in WSL2 on a Windows partition.

U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app

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The US DOJ is seeking personal data on hundreds of thousands of drivers who used the EZ Lynk Auto Agent app, accused of violating the Clean Air Act by allowing emissions control bypass. The move raises concerns over digital privacy and could set a precedent for regulatory enforcement cases.

Image-blaster: Creates 3D environments, SFX, and meshes from a single image

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Claude uses World Labs and FAL to create 3D environments, SFX, and meshes from a single image in under 5 minutes. The process involves inputting an image, specifying edit preferences, and selecting a model type, then confirming each step.

Ploopy Bean: a trackpoint for every computer

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The Bean Pointing Stick is currently in a preorder phase. That means that any orders you place with us that include a Bean Pointing Stick will be shipped out on the basis of availability. TIER A: Orders from this tier will ship out within 8 weeks of our launch date. TIER B: Orders from this tier will ship out within 20 weeks of our launch date. Ploopy has a strong history of preorder ...

Spectre Programming Language

Spectre is a language that enforces correctness and immutability by default through type-level invariants and function-level preconditions. It compiles to low-level assembly and allows for manual memory management.

Microscale Thermite Reaction

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A microscale thermite reaction occurs when two rusty iron balls are struck together, producing sparks and heat due to the oxidation-reduction reaction between aluminum and iron. The reaction is highly exothermic, releasing thermal energy and resulting in the formation of iron and aluminum oxide.

Show HN: Watch a neural net learn to play Snake

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ABC News has taken all FiveThirtyEight articles offline

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Hightouch (YC S19) Is Hiring

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Hightouch is a fast-paced startup that values innovation, kindness, and exceptional talent, offering competitive compensation and flexible work arrangements. It prioritizes business impact, open-mindedness, and employee well-being, with benefits including family-forming support and generous leave policies.

Waymo updates 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water'

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Waymo issued a voluntary recall of 3,800 robotaxis to fix software issues that allow them to drive into flooded roadways. The recall is for vehicles using Waymo's fifth and sixth generation automated driving systems.

O(x)Caml in Space

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Parsimoni's Borealis project successfully deployed a pure-OCaml CCSDS protocol stack in low Earth orbit, providing end-to-end encryption and post-quantum key rotation. The project showcases OCaml's suitability for space applications due to its safety features and performance, addressing security risks and memory corruption issues in traditional C/C++ codebases.

ASCII by Jason Scott

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The user saved a collection of 13,000 manuals from being discarded and digitized them, making them available on the Internet Archive after an 11-year effort. The user has moved to a new industrial space to continue their work, which is supported by donations and a Patreon, and is grateful for the opportunity to have a dedicated space for their archiving and digitizing work.

The nuclear-physics infrastructure behind PET scans

Los Alamos scientists developed biomedical isotopes for saving lives, turning nuclear physics into broad science. They produced stable and unstable isotopes for medical imaging and treatment.

Steve Jobs in Exile – New book on Steve Jobs’s years at NeXT Computer

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Steve Jobs spent 12 years at NeXT Computer, a company that made significant advancements in software and hardware, and its legacy is the foundation for Apple's operating systems today. His time at NeXT taught him discipline and the importance of software, which he applied to Apple's success, particularly with the iPod, iPhone, and iPad.