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OpenStreetMap Download Server Upgrade and Plea for Responsible Downloads

2025-09-22

The OpenStreetMap download server infrastructure has been upgraded, resulting in faster downloads and improved availability. To prevent abuse slowing down the service for everyone, users are urged to download responsibly. Specific recommendations include: downloading the full planet file from planet.openstreetmap.org for global data; using the pyosmium-up-to-date tool for large regions to only download updates; and monitoring automated scripts and implementing error handling to prevent repeated downloads.

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(blog.geofabrik.de)
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Stop Killing Games: The Future of Game Ownership and Digital Rights

2025-07-05

The author recounts their experience of YouTube taking down a video on self-hosting and buying a new dishwasher only to find its functionality locked behind an app requiring WiFi and a Bosch account. This sparked reflection on digital product ownership, especially in gaming. They point out that more and more games rely on DRM and online connections, resulting in shorter game lifespans and players losing long-term ownership. The article calls attention to the "Stop Killing Games" initiative, hoping to change game design and sales models to protect player rights and restore the meaning of actually "owning" a game.

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(www.jeffgeerling.com)
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The Micral: France's Unsung Microcomputer Pioneer

2025-06-04
The Micral: France's Unsung Microcomputer Pioneer

In a Parisian basement in 1973, R2E launched the Micral N, the second commercially available microcomputer. Powered by the Intel 8008, its affordability propelled it into French research labs and businesses. The Micral series demonstrated the potential of small, inexpensive computers, paving the way for the personal computer revolution. Despite R2E's eventual acquisition, the Micral's story remains a compelling tale of technological innovation and entrepreneurial spirit.

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(www.abortretry.fail)
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Browser MCP: Local Browser Automation

2025-04-07

Browser MCP is a local browser automation tool prioritizing speed, security, and convenience. Automation happens locally, resulting in faster performance without network latency and keeping your browser activity private – no data is sent to remote servers. It uses your existing browser profile, maintaining your logged-in status across services, and avoids bot detection and CAPTCHAs by leveraging your real browser fingerprint.

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(browsermcp.io)
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Sweden's Saturday Candy Tradition: From Health Recommendation to National Craze

2025-08-13
Sweden's Saturday Candy Tradition: From Health Recommendation to National Craze

Sweden's "Lördagsgodis" (Saturday candy) tradition originated from a 1959 experiment studying the relationship between sugar and tooth decay. Initially, the experiment's conclusion led to a health recommendation of eating candy only on Saturdays. However, over time, it evolved into a national craze. Today, buying loose candy on Saturdays has become a Swedish custom, resulting in Sweden becoming one of the highest per capita candy consumers globally. In recent years, the government has expressed concern over high candy consumption's impact on public health and is considering regulating this tradition.

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(en.wikipedia.org)
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Japanese Town's 'Ojisan' TCG Bridges Generations

2025-04-07
Japanese Town's 'Ojisan' TCG Bridges Generations

In Kawara, Fukuoka Prefecture, children are captivated by a unique trading card game (TCG) featuring local middle-aged and older men ('ojisan'). Instead of anime characters, the cards showcase real community members, their skills and contributions forming the card's stats. Created to bridge the gap between generations, the game unexpectedly boosted community involvement. Children actively participate in local events to collect cards and even ask the 'ojisan' on the cards for autographs. Gameplay focuses on skills and real-world contributions rather than simple numerical comparisons; card rarity reflects the 'ojisan's' volunteer work. This handmade TCG not only connects generations but also revitalizes the community.

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(www.tokyoweekender.com)
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KumoRFM: A Relational Foundation Model for Revolutionizing Relational Database Predictions

2025-05-23
KumoRFM: A Relational Foundation Model for Revolutionizing Relational Database Predictions

KumoRFM is a groundbreaking Relational Foundation Model (RFM) capable of making accurate predictions on relational databases across a wide range of predictive tasks without requiring any data or task-specific training. It achieves this by transforming databases into temporal, heterogeneous graphs, employing a table-invariant encoding scheme and a Relational Graph Transformer to reason across multimodal data between tables. On the RelBench benchmark, KumoRFM outperforms traditional feature engineering and end-to-end supervised deep learning approaches by 2% to 8% on average, with further improvements of 10% to 30% after fine-tuning. Most importantly, KumoRFM is orders of magnitude faster than conventional supervised training approaches, offering a zero-code solution for real-time predictions.

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(kumo.ai)
AI relational database prediction

Biomass Satellite: Precisely Measuring Forest Carbon Storage to Combat Climate Change

2025-05-11
Biomass Satellite: Precisely Measuring Forest Carbon Storage to Combat Climate Change

The European Space Agency and Airbus have developed the Biomass satellite, the first of its kind to directly measure forest carbon storage using P-band radar. Overcoming previous limitations of indirect measurement, Biomass uses its P-band radar to penetrate the canopy and precisely measure carbon stored in trunks and large branches, providing crucial data for assessing the impact of climate change. While the satellite's radar must be switched off over North America and Europe to avoid interference, its data collection in regions like the Amazon rainforest will fill critical information gaps, informing climate policy. This is vital in combating global warming by reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

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(www.thecooldown.com)
Tech forest carbon storage

British Artist Creates Playful, Weightless Steel Sculpture

2025-06-06
British Artist Creates Playful, Weightless Steel Sculpture

British artist Alex Chinneck unveiled "A week at the knees," a new sculpture at London's Clerkenwell Design Week. Made from 320 meters of repurposed steel and 7,000 bricks, the 5-meter-tall, 12-ton piece is surprisingly only 15 centimeters thick. It playfully anthropomorphizes a Georgian facade, its lower levels appearing to sit with knees bent, creating a whimsical interaction with the surrounding park. The sculpture masterfully blends the weight of the materials with a light and graceful visual effect, creating a unique artistic experience within the historical context of London's squares and gardens.

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(www.thisiscolossal.com)
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The Myth of the IO-Bound Rails App

2025-01-25

It's a common belief that Rails apps are inherently IO-bound, with the database being the primary performance bottleneck, making Ruby performance less critical. This post challenges that notion. While the database is indeed a scaling bottleneck, the author argues that this doesn't mean the application spends most of its time waiting for I/O. Analysis of YJIT performance improvements and common performance issues (like missing database indexes) suggests many Rails apps are actually CPU-bound. The post highlights confusion between CPU starvation and I/O wait, and emphasizes that choosing the right execution model (asynchronous, threaded, or process-based) depends on the app's I/O/CPU ratio. The author calls for attention to Ruby performance and points out opportunities for optimization within Rails itself.

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(byroot.github.io)
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Linux Kernel PGP Trust Chain Crisis: The SHA-1 Retirement Fallout

2025-05-09

Linux kernel development relies on PGP signatures, requiring maintainers to submit signed pull requests to Linus Torvalds. Due to issues with keyservers, Konstantin Ryabitsev maintains a git repository of relevant keys. Removing SHA-1 signatures would leave 485 public keys without a trust path to Linus Torvalds, impacting many core developers. This threatens the kernel's development process, potentially excluding key contributors. A keysigning event at Embedded Recipes 2025 aims to rebuild the trust chain.

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(blog.kleine-koenig.org)
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arXivLabs: Experimental Projects with Community Collaboration

2025-04-14
arXivLabs: Experimental Projects with Community Collaboration

arXivLabs is a framework enabling collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on the website. Individuals and organizations involved embrace arXiv's values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only partners with those who share them. Got an idea for a valuable community project? Learn more about arXivLabs.

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(arxiv.org)
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Adobe Fonts Gets a Massive Update: 1500+ New Fonts Added!

2025-04-13
Adobe Fonts Gets a Massive Update: 1500+ New Fonts Added!

Adobe Fonts just received its biggest update in five years, adding over 1,500 new fonts, including iconic classics like Helvetica, Arial, and Times New Roman. This expansive library now supports numerous languages, from Arabic to Korean, ensuring designers have the perfect typeface for any project. The update is free for all paid Creative Cloud subscribers and seamlessly integrates with Adobe's creative suite, eliminating missing font issues and ensuring consistent branding across all platforms.

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(blog.adobe.com)
Design Font Update

Urgent: Plex Media Server Security Vulnerability, Update Now!

2025-08-15
Urgent: Plex Media Server Security Vulnerability, Update Now!

Several versions of Plex Media Server (1.41.7.x through 1.42.0.x) contain a security vulnerability. Plex has released an urgent fix (1.42.1.10060 or later). While Plex hasn't publicly disclosed details, they strongly urge all users to update immediately. The risk is higher if your Plex server is exposed to the internet. Update now and review your server settings, disabling external access if necessary.

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(nerds.xyz)
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Chicago Parking Ticket Data Battle: Lessons from a FOIA Lawsuit

2025-03-03

This article recounts the author's experience battling the City of Chicago in a FOIA lawsuit over access to the schema of its parking ticket database (table and column names). Initially, the author requested the data using an SQL query, but the city refused, citing security concerns. Despite winning at trial, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the decision, significantly broadening the ability of public agencies to deny FOIA requests. The case highlights the difficulties of government data transparency and the importance of data dictionaries in simplifying access. The author also notes Chicago's failed attempt at a data dictionary, "Metalicious," further complicating data access.

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(mchap.io)
Misc government lawsuit

Apple Accused of Colluding with Sony Music to Remove Musi App

2025-05-27
Apple Accused of Colluding with Sony Music to Remove Musi App

Musi app developers are accusing Apple of colluding with Sony Music and YouTube to secretly remove their app. Court documents reveal that Apple senior legal director Elizabeth Miles secretly contacted Sony Music executives to seek the removal of the Musi app. Apple tried to block key witnesses from testifying, including in-house counsel Violet Evan-Karimian, responsible for the removal decision, and Arun Singh, who handled the liaison with YouTube. Musi claims Apple's actions constitute a "backchannel scheme," while Apple denies this, stating that the complaint was never closed and YouTube was actively involved. This case raises concerns about Apple's App Store review process and the abuse of power by large tech companies.

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(arstechnica.com)
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Microsoft Store Package for Windows LTSC

2025-05-13
Microsoft Store Package for Windows LTSC

This project provides a Microsoft Store package for Windows 10 LTSC 2019, 2021, and Windows 11 LTSC 2024. Note that recent LTSC 2019 versions no longer support this store; a system update might be required after installation. Simply download and double-click to install; however, for optimal performance, update to the latest version within the Store settings after installation.

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(github.com)
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LLM-Assisted Coding: Productivity Gains at the Cost of Intelligence?

2025-03-16

The author shares their experience with using LLM-assisted coding tools like GitHub Copilot, revealing that while they boost productivity, they can also lead to forgetting fundamental knowledge and over-reliance on the tool, ultimately hindering problem-solving abilities. The author suggests treating LLMs as learning aids rather than code generators, critically evaluating their output and focusing on understanding underlying principles to truly benefit.

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(eli.cx)
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Tracking Down Ownership of IaC-Generated Non-Human Identities

2025-04-09
Tracking Down Ownership of IaC-Generated Non-Human Identities

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools enable rapid creation of numerous non-human identities (NHIs) in cloud environments. However, tracking the owners of these IaC-generated NHIs presents a significant challenge. This blog post explores a tag-based approach, adding tags to Terraform code to trace files involved in resource creation and thus identify NHI owners. While this approach faces practical hurdles like tag inheritance and cross-platform compatibility, it offers a potential solution for IaC-generated NHI ownership issues and assists DevOps teams in better tracking and managing their IaC identities.

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(www.token.security)
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AWS Aurora DSQL: A Database Architecture Revolution from JVM to Rust

2025-05-27
AWS Aurora DSQL: A Database Architecture Revolution from JVM to Rust

AWS announced Aurora DSQL at re:Invent, and this post delves into its development journey. To tackle the challenge of horizontally scaling writes in traditional databases, the AWS team initially used JVM but encountered severe performance bottlenecks, especially tail latency issues caused by garbage collection. They ultimately decided to rewrite the data plane in Rust, which significantly improved performance and reduced tail latency. Furthermore, the team also migrated the control plane to Rust, avoiding the complexities of multiple languages. This project demonstrates that questioning existing solutions and experimenting with new technologies (even costly language migrations) can yield significant rewards.

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(www.allthingsdistributed.com)
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Cosmic Radio Detector Could Uncover Dark Matter Within 15 Years

2025-04-19
Cosmic Radio Detector Could Uncover Dark Matter Within 15 Years

Scientists from King's College London, Harvard University, UC Berkeley, and other institutions published research in Nature detailing a novel dark matter detector dubbed a 'cosmic car radio'. This detector utilizes manganese bismuth telluride (MnBi₂Te₄) to search for dark matter by detecting faint light signals from axions (a leading dark matter candidate) at specific frequencies. The team believes that by constructing a larger detector and scanning the high-frequency spectrum over the next 15 years, they could discover dark matter. This research offers new hope in unraveling the mystery of the universe's 85% unseen mass.

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(phys.org)
Tech dark matter axion cosmic radio

Kyber: Hiring Elite Enterprise BDRs for its AI-Powered Document Platform

2025-07-03
Kyber: Hiring Elite Enterprise BDRs for its AI-Powered Document Platform

Kyber is hiring elite Enterprise BDRs to fuel the growth of its AI-native document platform. This platform has already helped insurance companies consolidate 80% of their templates, reduce drafting time by 65%, and compress communication cycles by 5x, while achieving 20x revenue growth and profitability. Kyber seeks candidates with excellent communication, resourcefulness, and teamwork skills, offering competitive compensation and benefits.

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(www.ycombinator.com)
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Knitting's Latest Craze: The Emotional Support Chicken

2025-05-29
Knitting's Latest Craze: The Emotional Support Chicken

A knitted chicken, dubbed the "Emotional Support Chicken," has taken the internet by storm. Originating from a Los Angeles yarn shop, this huggable creation, based on a 90s design, has seen nearly 11,000 photos shared on Ravelry alone. Its simple pattern and comforting nature have made it a hit with knitters of all skill levels. Variations abound, from Olympic-themed chickens to mini versions, and the trend has even extended to charitable efforts, with groups knitting chickens for disaster relief. This heartwarming craze highlights the power of simple crafts to bring comfort and connection.

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(ironicsans.ghost.io)
Misc knitting viral trend

North Korean Hackers Extort US Companies After Stealing Source Code

2025-01-24
North Korean Hackers Extort US Companies After Stealing Source Code

The FBI issued a warning about North Korean hackers posing as IT workers to infiltrate US companies, steal source code, and extort ransoms. These hackers use various methods, including AI face-swapping technology, to conceal their identities. After gaining access, they copy code to personal accounts and threaten to leak information for ransom. The FBI advises companies to strengthen hiring processes, limit permissions, and monitor network traffic to prevent such attacks. A joint statement from the US, South Korea, and Japan revealed that North Korean state-sponsored hacking groups stole over $659 million in cryptocurrency in 2024.

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(www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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Acknowledgements for an Economics Research Paper

2025-04-12
Acknowledgements for an Economics Research Paper

This is an economics research paper. The authors thank Julian Reif for helpful comments and acknowledge the research assistance of Emily Brydges, Fatima Djalalova, Ke Gao, Stella Gu, Jinglin Jian, Ekaterina Tsavalyuk, Zhifei (Julia) Xie, and Serhan Yalciner. Funding was provided by Gies at the University of Illinois and the Wellesley College Faculty Award Grant; there are no financial conflicts of interest. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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(www.nber.org)
Misc research paper acknowledgements

Windows XP: The Epic Saga of Microsoft's OS Unification

2025-08-12
Windows XP: The Epic Saga of Microsoft's OS Unification

This article details the epic journey of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, from its inception to its eventual triumph and gradual decline. From initial struggles to escape the clutches of MS-DOS, to the cancellation of the ambitious 'Neptune' project, Microsoft underwent significant technical and strategic shifts, culminating in 'Whistler' (later XP). XP not only unified consumer and professional versions but also introduced a groundbreaking user interface and numerous innovative features, such as System Restore and the Firewall, drastically improving user experience. While initial market reception was mixed, XP ultimately reigned supreme as one of history's most successful operating systems, dominating the global PC market for over a decade due to its stability and compatibility.

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(www.abortretry.fail)
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OpenAI's 'Strawberry' Project: Aiming for Deep Reasoning in AI

2025-02-03
OpenAI's 'Strawberry' Project: Aiming for Deep Reasoning in AI

OpenAI is secretly developing a project codenamed "Strawberry," aiming to overcome limitations in current AI models' reasoning abilities. The project seeks to enable AI to autonomously plan and conduct in-depth research on the internet, rather than simply answering queries. Internal documents reveal that the "Strawberry" model will use a specialized post-training method, combined with self-learning and planning capabilities, to reliably solve complex problems. This is considered a significant breakthrough, potentially revolutionizing AI's role in scientific discovery and software development, while also raising ethical concerns about future AI capabilities.

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(economictimes.indiatimes.com)
AI AI reasoning

Rust's `panic` and `unwrap()`: When and How to Use Them?

2025-05-21

This article delves into the usage of `panic` and `unwrap()` in the Rust programming language. The author argues that `panic` shouldn't be used for general error handling, but as a signal of bugs within the program. `unwrap()` is acceptable in tests, example code, and prototyping, but should be used cautiously in production as it can lead to program crashes. The author thoroughly explains runtime invariants and why it's sometimes not possible or desirable to move all invariants to compile-time invariants. Finally, the author recommends using `expect()` over `unwrap()` when possible and discusses whether linting against `unwrap()` is a good idea.

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(burntsushi.net)
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Empirical Health (YC) is Hiring Software Engineering Interns for Summer 2025

2025-01-15
Empirical Health (YC) is Hiring Software Engineering Interns for Summer 2025

Y Combinator-backed startup Empirical Health is seeking Software Engineering interns for Summer 2025. They're building the future of proactive primary care using AI and wearable health sensors. Interns will work on impactful machine learning or full-stack projects, such as creating models to predict hospitalizations or developing new mobile app features. The 12-week internship involves pushing code to production and directly impacting real patients. Strong skills in Typescript/Javascript, React/React Native, and/or Python are required.

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(www.ycombinator.com)
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