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Saying Goodbye to tmux: A shpool and Window Manager Based Alternative

2025-08-01
Saying Goodbye to tmux: A shpool and Window Manager Based Alternative

The author, a long-time tmux user, sought an alternative due to its complexity and annoying issues like color rendering, buffer scrolling, and mouse selection. The article explores the shortcomings of terminal multiplexers and introduces how tools like shpool, combined with window managers (such as ghostty or sway), achieve session persistence and window management, ultimately replacing tmux. While shpool isn't perfect and has minor issues, the author finds its native scrollback, terminal notifications, and titles to be significant advantages. Detailed configuration instructions are provided.

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AI Coding: The Coming Flood of Cheap, Low-Quality Software

2025-08-01

The author argues that AI's impact on programming will mirror fast fashion's effect on the clothing industry: a flood of cheap, low-quality products and excessive waste. While acknowledging AI's usefulness in prototyping and debugging, the author highlights the inherent flaws in LLM-generated code, including lack of optimization, security vulnerabilities, and inability to handle complexity. This will lead to a market saturated with low-quality software, comparable to the environmental problems caused by fast fashion. The author calls for standardized code quality metrics and professional certifications to mitigate the potential disaster, emphasizing that despite AI assistance, developers remain ultimately accountable.

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(pdelboca.me)
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Brazil Fights Dengue Fever with Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

2025-08-01
Brazil Fights Dengue Fever with Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

Brazil is employing genetically modified mosquitoes to combat the widespread dengue fever epidemic. These mosquitoes carry Wolbachia bacteria, which prevents dengue virus replication, thereby reducing transmission. In Niterói, this method has reduced dengue cases by 90%. The Brazilian government is now aggressively expanding this technology, aiming to protect 140 million Brazilians from dengue over the next decade, demonstrating the immense potential of technological innovation in public health.

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(www.npr.org)
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A Polymath's Reading Algorithm: Building a Multidisciplinary Web of Knowledge

2025-08-01
A Polymath's Reading Algorithm: Building a Multidisciplinary Web of Knowledge

This article details a unique reading methodology focused on constructing a multidisciplinary knowledge web. The author views reading as compressed learning, echoing Charlie Munger's wisdom on the importance of continuous learning. The approach encompasses diverse materials – books, articles, news – emphasizing primary sources and critical evaluation. It stresses applying knowledge to practice and consolidating learning through reflection and discussion.

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(raohacker.com)
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Moon-Based Radio Telescope LuSEE-Night Nears Launch

2025-08-01
Moon-Based Radio Telescope LuSEE-Night Nears Launch

Brookhaven National Laboratory has completed the major equipment phase for LuSEE-Night, a moon-based radio telescope designed to detect the 'Dark Ages' signal from the early universe. Located on the far side of the moon to avoid terrestrial and solar radio interference, its core is a highly sensitive radio spectrometer capable of continuously monitoring the full radio band of the early universe. A collaboration between NASA and DOE, LuSEE-Night is slated for launch in 2026 and promises to usher in a new era of space science.

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A Riddle About Love and Weight

2025-08-01
A Riddle About Love and Weight

An author shares a riddle he created in high school: François and Marianne, a couple, lived together for ten years, buying 10kg of groceries weekly. After their divorce, each buys 5kg, yet the basket feels heavier. The riddle explores how the burden of life feels heavier after love fades.

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Unpacking Your Dream Job: The Coffee Bean Procedure

2025-08-01
Unpacking Your Dream Job: The Coffee Bean Procedure

Many dream of owning a small coffee shop, but the author introduces the "Coffee Bean Procedure": breaking down the minutiae of running a cafe, from sourcing beans to managing staff. This 'unpacking' forces a confrontation with the reality of work, revealing that many lack understanding of a job's true content. The author uses this to illustrate how idealized notions of high-status professions often ignore the hardship and immense effort required. Only the truly 'crazy'—those with unwavering dedication—succeed. The piece encourages readers to unpack their career aspirations, finding a job matching their unique traits, and pursuing their goals with fearless abandon.

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(www.experimental-history.com)
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Microsoft's Secret AI Salary Guide: $2M+ Packages for Top Talent

2025-08-01
Microsoft's Secret AI Salary Guide: $2M+ Packages for Top Talent

Leaked Microsoft internal documents reveal the tech giant's compensation strategy for attracting top AI talent. Level 70 engineers, the highest level, can earn up to $408,000 annually, plus a $1.9 million signing bonus and substantial stock options. The documents detail a tiered system, with salaries and bonuses increasing significantly with seniority. This reflects the fierce competition among big tech companies for AI experts, showcasing Microsoft's willingness to pay top dollar for the best.

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(www.businessinsider.com)
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Trump's De Minimis Exemption Elimination: A Shockwave Through E-commerce

2025-08-01
Trump's De Minimis Exemption Elimination: A Shockwave Through E-commerce

The Trump administration is moving to permanently eliminate the de minimis exemption for imported goods, a move with significant implications for e-commerce giants like Amazon, eBay, and Walmart, and consumers. This elimination will likely lead to higher prices for Chinese-made goods and potentially goods from other countries sold on US platforms. While travelers can still bring back a small amount of duty-free items, many direct-to-consumer shipments will face tariffs ranging from $80 to $200 per item. This action, framed as addressing national emergencies impacting trade and public health, is expected to disrupt e-commerce and consumer purchasing power, with long-term consequences yet to be fully understood.

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(arstechnica.com)
Tech trade policy

CISA Releases Open-Source Malware Analysis Platform: Thorium

2025-08-01
CISA Releases Open-Source Malware Analysis Platform: Thorium

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released Thorium, an open-source platform for malware and forensic analysis. Developed in partnership with Sandia National Labs, Thorium automates many tasks in cyberattack investigations, boasting impressive scalability (over 1700 jobs/second, 10 million files/hour per group). It integrates commercial, open-source, and custom tools, supporting software analysis, digital forensics, and incident response. This release follows CISA's previous initiatives, including the Eviction Strategies Tool and Malware Next-Gen analysis system, all aimed at bolstering cybersecurity defenses.

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(www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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Senate Introduces Bill to Block Foreign Pirate Sites: Block BEARD

2025-08-01

The US Senate has introduced the "Block BEARD" bill, aiming to combat foreign piracy websites. The bill allows rightsholders to petition courts for blocking orders against US service providers accessing designated "foreign digital piracy sites." Strict criteria are set for obtaining such orders, including demonstrable harm to the rightsholder, reasonable notification attempts to the site operator, and confirmation the operator isn't US-based. The bill, similar to the House's FADPA, notably omits specific mention of DNS resolvers. Support has emerged from the music and film industries, while service providers' responses remain awaited.

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(torrentfreak.com)
Tech website blocking

Hackers Use Raspberry Pi to Infiltrate Bank ATM Network

2025-08-01
Hackers Use Raspberry Pi to Infiltrate Bank ATM Network

Security firm Group-IB revealed a network attack targeting bank ATMs. Attackers used physical access to install a Raspberry Pi device connected to the ATM network switch, gaining access via a 4G modem. To maintain persistence, they compromised a mail server and cleverly used the bank's monitoring server as an intermediary to communicate with the Raspberry Pi and mail server backdoor. The attackers disguised the backdoor process to mimic the legitimate LightDM process, evading detection. Group-IB researchers uncovered this unusual activity and prevented the attackers from deploying the CakeTap backdoor.

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(arstechnica.com)
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Low-Cost Visual Microphone Uses Light to 'Hear'

2025-08-01
Low-Cost Visual Microphone Uses Light to 'Hear'

Researchers at Beijing Institute of Technology have developed a low-cost visual microphone that uses light instead of sound to capture audio. Employing single-pixel imaging, the system detects subtle vibrations on surfaces caused by sound waves, converting them into audible signals. Unlike traditional microphones, this approach requires only light transmission, making it cheaper and applicable in scenarios where traditional mics fail, such as conversations through glass. Successful tests included reconstructing spoken numbers and a segment of Beethoven's Für Elise, highlighting potential applications in environmental monitoring, security, and industrial diagnostics.

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(phys.org)
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Denver Rent Plunges as 20,000 New Units Flood Market

2025-08-01
Denver Rent Plunges as 20,000 New Units Flood Market

Denver apartment rents have fallen 3.7% year-over-year in Q2 2024, marking the first sustained decline in 15 years. A surge of approximately 20,000 new units has created a surplus, forcing landlords to lower rents to attract tenants. Average rent is $1,832 per month, similar to three years ago. While spring typically sees a rent increase, this year's rise was minimal at 0.7%. The vacancy rate stands at 6.4%, though it varies across counties. Landlords are also offering concessions like free rent. The pipeline of new construction is slowing, potentially paving the way for future rent increases.

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(denverite.com)
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AI: Floor Raiser, Not a Ceiling Raiser

2025-08-01

This article explores AI's impact on learning and work. AI lowers the barrier to entry for acquiring new skills, but mastery remains challenging. In coding, AI significantly aids managers but offers limited help with large codebases. AI's impact on creative fields is minimal, as novelty is crucial. For areas with established apps (e.g., email, food delivery), AI's influence is negligible. In essence, AI raises the floor for knowledge work, but its impact isn't uniform, varying greatly depending on the individual and their field.

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(elroy.bot)
AI

Carbon Language: An Experimental Successor to C++

2025-08-01

Google is developing Carbon, an experimental successor language to C++. Designed to address C++'s challenges in modern software development, Carbon aims for C++-level performance and seamless interoperability while offering a more modern developer experience with features like improved syntax and a powerful generics system. Currently in its experimental phase, the Carbon team is actively developing the compiler and toolchain, welcoming community contributions to shape its future.

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(docs.carbon-lang.dev)
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Raspberry Pi 5 Gets Ultrafast Storage Boost with New HAT

2025-08-01
Raspberry Pi 5 Gets Ultrafast Storage Boost with New HAT

Will Whang's RPI5-SDexpress-Hat adds a microSD Express card slot to the Raspberry Pi 5, enabling ultrafast storage speeds. Benchmarks show impressive read speeds exceeding 630 MB/s, though write speeds are closer to high-end microSD cards. The HAT also includes an eject button and two Qwiic connectors. Despite the impressive performance, high microSD Express card costs mean the HAT won't be mass-produced, but the design is open-source.

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(www.cnx-software.com)
Hardware high-speed storage

PHP-ORT: Bringing First-Class ML Inference to PHP

2025-08-01

PHP-ORT empowers PHP developers to embrace the AI revolution by bringing first-class machine learning inference directly into PHP. This project provides a high-performance Tensor API and math library, with ONNX support, enabling developers to build intelligent applications without the overhead of microservices or API calls. This democratizes machine learning, allowing millions of PHP developers to participate and innovate in the AI space.

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(krakjoe.github.io)
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Pro-Level Zoom Audio with Audio Hijack and BlackHole

2025-08-01
Pro-Level Zoom Audio with Audio Hijack and BlackHole

During the pandemic, a friend sought a way to improve Zoom call audio quality. This post details the author's solution using Audio Hijack (instead of Reaper), the BlackHole virtual audio driver, and a DAW. By creating an aggregate audio device and cleverly using BlackHole's dual-channel capability (one for Zoom mic, one for speaker), and routing/mixing audio within the DAW, high-quality audio input/output is achieved, with monitoring, recording, and system sound sharing capabilities. This method bypasses Zoom's audio processing limitations, giving users complete control over their audio.

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(noahliebman.net)
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Perl: The Duct Tape of the Internet, A Story of Rise and Fall

2025-08-01
Perl: The Duct Tape of the Internet, A Story of Rise and Fall

Perl was once ubiquitous, powering countless websites around the turn of the millennium. Its strength lay in handling massive text data, even finding use in bioinformatics. However, Perl's messy syntax earned it the nickname "duct tape of the internet," often jokingly referred to as 'write-only'. Created by Larry Wall, a linguist, its design reflected a philosophy rejecting linguistic purity. Perl's multitude of approaches, while initially appealing, ultimately contributed to its decline in popularity. Despite its fall from grace, Perl stands as a testament to the idea that programming shouldn't be constrained by dogma.

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(www.wired.com)
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MCP-Use: Open-Source Library Connecting Any LLM to Any MCP Server

2025-08-01
MCP-Use: Open-Source Library Connecting Any LLM to Any MCP Server

MCP-Use is an open-source library enabling developers to easily connect any LangChain-supported LLM (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic) to any MCP server and build custom MCP agents with tool access. It boasts features like ease of use, LLM flexibility, a code builder, HTTP support, dynamic server selection, multi-server support, tool restrictions, custom agent creation, and asynchronous streaming output. Installation is via pip or from source, requiring the appropriate LangChain provider package. MCP-Use also supports configuration file loading and offers a sandboxed execution mode for secure server operation.

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(github.com)
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Goodbye Scattered Cron Jobs: Heartbeat's Centralized Task Scheduler

2025-08-01
Goodbye Scattered Cron Jobs: Heartbeat's Centralized Task Scheduler

Heartbeat previously used multiple Cron Jobs to manage scheduled tasks, resulting in high maintenance costs and frequent errors. This article describes how they built a centralized, database-driven task scheduler using a single `ScheduledTasks` database table and a single Cron Job to manage all scheduled tasks. Leveraging AWS SQS for asynchronous processing, the system ensures reliable task execution, retry mechanisms, and robust monitoring. This approach addresses issues like task management chaos, difficult error handling, and simplifies the addition of new scheduled tasks.

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(mayhul.com)
Development task scheduling

Gemini Embedding: Powering the Next Generation of AI Agents

2025-08-01
Gemini Embedding: Powering the Next Generation of AI Agents

Since its release, Google's Gemini Embedding text model has seen rapid adoption by developers building advanced AI applications. Beyond traditional uses like classification and semantic search, it's crucial for 'context engineering,' providing AI agents with complete operational context. Companies like Box, re:cap, Everlaw, Roo Code, Mindlid, and Interaction Co. are already leveraging its power to improve accuracy, speed, and contextual awareness in their products. From boosting financial data analysis to enhancing legal discovery and powering AI assistants, Gemini Embedding's high performance and multilingual support are laying the foundation for the next generation of intelligent agents.

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(developers.googleblog.com)
AI context engineering

KubeForge: Visual Kubernetes Deployment Made Easy

2025-08-01
KubeForge: Visual Kubernetes Deployment Made Easy

KubeForge is a visual-first toolkit that simplifies building, validating, and managing Kubernetes deployment configurations. Its drag-and-drop interface, powered by live Kubernetes JSON schemas, provides smart schema awareness. A modular component editor supports templates and reusable specs, with real-time visual updates and dependency linking. Export ready-to-apply YAML files, reducing the Kubernetes learning curve and eliminating syntax errors. KubeForge keeps schemas up-to-date via daily updates, ensuring accurate configurations. It also offers direct YAML hosting for automation and GitOps pipelines, plus features like real-time validation and Helm chart generation.

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(github.com)
Development Visual Tool

My M1 Max MacBook Pro's Battery Drain Mystery: Solved by Sleep Aid

2025-08-01

My M1 Max MacBook Pro started mysteriously draining its battery overnight. Analyzing power management logs with `pmset` proved too complex, so I wrote a small analysis tool, but it wasn't very helpful. I then discovered Sleep Aid, a tool that displays wake events more clearly and lets you change settings. It turned out the 'Wake for maintenance' option was disabled; enabling it fixed the issue, and my battery now lasts through the night.

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(manuel.bernhardt.io)
Hardware Battery Drain

Ubiquiti Releases UniFi OS Server: Self-Host Your Entire UniFi Network

2025-08-01
Ubiquiti Releases UniFi OS Server: Self-Host Your Entire UniFi Network

Ubiquiti has released UniFi OS Server in early access, enabling users to self-host the complete UniFi network stack on their own hardware. Initially supporting UniFi Network and InnerSpace, with potential future support for UniFi Protect, the installation is straightforward on Windows and Linux (though with specific requirements). Users can manage the server remotely via their Ubiquiti account or locally, though local management forfeits remote access, MFA, notifications, and cloud backups.

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(lazyadmin.nl)
Hardware

QUIC Protocol Heads for Linux Kernel Mainline: A Speed and Performance Trade-off

2025-08-01

After over a decade, the QUIC protocol is finally making its way into the Linux kernel mainline. Designed to address latency, congestion, and security issues inherent in TCP on the modern internet, QUIC uses UDP for faster, more secure data transmission. However, current kernel implementations underperform in benchmarks, lagging behind TCP. Developers attribute this to a lack of hardware offload support and optimization, with future performance improvements expected. Kernel integration will pave the way for wider application support, but complete code review and merging are expected to take considerable time, potentially until 2026 at the earliest.

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(lwn.net)
Development Network Protocol

The Collapse of the Antitrust Case: Investigating the Dallas Housing Market

2025-08-01
The Collapse of the Antitrust Case: Investigating the Dallas Housing Market

This article investigates claims that the Dallas housing market is monopolized by large homebuilders. By contacting economists and industry analysts quoted in a prominent article making this claim, the author reveals that the arguments are based on misinterpretations, distortions, and a lack of evidence. Research shows Dallas's homebuilder market concentration is far below the threshold for problematic levels, and per capita new home construction has steadily increased. The author challenges the simplistic linkage of market concentration to rising housing prices and argues that overly aggressive accusations against large builders could harm long-term housing construction.

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(www.derekthompson.org)
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Open-Source Image Model FLUX.1-Krea [dev]: Breaking Free from the 'AI Look'

2025-08-01
Open-Source Image Model FLUX.1-Krea [dev]: Breaking Free from the 'AI Look'

We're releasing the open-source version of FLUX.1-Krea [dev], our first image model trained in collaboration with Black Forest Labs. This model prioritizes aesthetic control and image quality, seamlessly integrating with the existing FLUX.1-dev ecosystem. Unlike most image models, FLUX.1-Krea was developed with specific aesthetic preferences in mind, rather than solely focusing on technical benchmarks. This technical report details the model's development, including insights into pre-training and post-training, and future research directions. The key focus is on overcoming the common 'AI look' in generated images – blurry backgrounds, waxy skin textures, etc. – achieving high-quality results aligned with human aesthetic standards through curated datasets and reinforcement learning.

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(www.krea.ai)
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