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Life After the Newag DRM Disclosure: A 38C3 Report

2024-12-29
Life After the Newag DRM Disclosure: A 38C3 Report

Following the disclosure at 37C3 of remote failure simulation code in Newag trains, security researchers faced a backlash. This update details the aftermath, including legal battles with Newag and train operators, media interactions, and multiple official investigations. The report also reveals new cases from different train operators, illustrating the challenges faced by security researchers when confronting powerful adversaries.

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(media.ccc.de)
Tech security research legal battles

Stop Chasing Tech Trends: Focus on What Matters

2025-02-21
Stop Chasing Tech Trends: Focus on What Matters

Programmers often get bogged down in technology choices, debating which language or framework is superior. But the truth is, users don't care! They won't notice those extra 10 milliseconds you saved, nor will their experience magically improve because you're using the latest JavaScript framework. What truly matters is your focus on the product and user needs. Every programming language and framework excels in specific contexts, but technical decisions alone won't define your product's success. Instead of chasing hype, choose technologies you're familiar with, enjoy working with, and that challenge you to improve daily. Finding the right balance between tech choices and product value is key to building something truly impactful.

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(www.empathetic.dev)
Development technology choices

The Art of Communication: How Well-Intentioned Advice Can Backfire

2025-02-27
The Art of Communication: How Well-Intentioned Advice Can Backfire

The author recounts a workplace communication mishap: his honest assessment of the team's shortcomings, intended as encouragement for improvement, unintentionally offended colleagues and potentially caused negative consequences. This led to a realization that even with good intentions, individual perspectives and communication styles can lead to misunderstandings. The article emphasizes the importance of avoiding direct personal criticism when advocating for improvement, focusing instead on the team as a whole, using a collective opportunity-oriented approach, respecting others' feelings, and carefully choosing the timing and method of communication.

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(cutlefish.substack.com)
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Rubik's Cube Solutions and the Math Behind It: A Programmer's Perspective

2025-03-29

This article details a programmer's long journey with Rubik's Cubes and other puzzles. It features personal solving methods, deep dives into the underlying group theory, and a collection of various cubes and puzzles. The author explains Rubik's Cube solutions step-by-step, while delving into the mathematical concepts behind it, including group theory, commutators, and conjugates, drawing parallels with physics (quark theory). Anecdotes and historical notes on Rubik's Cubes complete the story.

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(williambader.com)
Game Rubik's Cube Puzzles

NESFab: A High-Performance Programming Language for NES Games

2025-02-13

NESFab is a new programming language designed for creating NES games. Optimized for 8-bit limitations, it's more ergonomic than C while producing faster assembly code. It boasts easy-to-use libraries, making it simple to get started, whether it's your first or hundredth NES game. Features include automatic bank switching, streamlined asset loading, and integration with the MapFab level editor for increased development speed. While currently in beta, NESFab outperforms compilers like GCC and LLVM in benchmarks, potentially making it the best-performing 6502 compiler available.

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(pubby.games)
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Netflix: The Rise of a Streaming Giant and the Decline of Cinema

2024-12-28
Netflix: The Rise of a Streaming Giant and the Decline of Cinema

Starting as a DVD rental service, Netflix disrupted Blockbuster, conquered the television industry with its streaming platform, and ultimately extended its influence to cinema. Its unique subscription model freed it from traditional film profitability norms, leading to a flood of low-quality content. While initially supporting independent films, Netflix shifted towards scale and low-cost production, resulting in a decline in overall film quality and sparking a profound reflection on the balance between art and commerce in the film industry.

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(www.nplusonemag.com)
Tech film industry

Lookup Tables: A Cleaner Approach to Exponential Backoff

2025-05-31

Traditional exponential backoff algorithms often use loops to calculate delay times, leading to verbose and error-prone code. This article proposes a more elegant solution: using a lookup table to predefine delay times. This approach results in cleaner, more readable code. Modifying the backoff strategy becomes safer and easier, avoiding potential errors and complexity associated with loop-based calculations. This significantly improves code maintainability.

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(commaok.xyz)
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zxc: A Powerful Terminal-Based Intercepting Proxy Built with Rust, Vim, and tmux

2025-04-03
zxc: A Powerful Terminal-Based Intercepting Proxy Built with Rust, Vim, and tmux

zxc is a terminal-based intercepting proxy written in Rust, leveraging the power of tmux and vim as its user interface. It provides robust capabilities for intercepting, modifying, and forwarding network requests. Supporting HTTP/1.1 and WebSockets, zxc features history logging, request replay, and addon integration (e.g., ffuf and sqlmap). Users interact via vim commands and keybindings, customizing interception rules and encoding/decoding requests and responses. Extensibility through custom addons allows for integration with additional tools.

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(github.com)
Development network proxy

Voice-Pro: The Ultimate AI Voice Conversion and Multilingual Translation Tool

2025-01-27
Voice-Pro: The Ultimate AI Voice Conversion and Multilingual Translation Tool

Voice-Pro is a cutting-edge AI-powered web application designed to revolutionize multimedia content processing. It offers an all-in-one solution for content creators, researchers, and multilingual communication professionals, integrating YouTube video downloading, voice separation, speech recognition, translation, and text-to-speech. Key features include Whisper, Faster-Whisper, and Whisper-Timestamped speech recognition; F5-TTS and E2-TTS for zero-shot voice cloning; real-time translation across 100+ languages; and AI cover creation (RVC technology). Voice-Pro provides easy installation and updates for Windows users.

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(github.com)
Development AI voice conversion multilingual translation multimedia processing

Disney+ Loses Subscribers After Price Hike

2025-02-06
Disney+ Loses Subscribers After Price Hike

Disney's Q1 2025 earnings report revealed a loss of 700,000 Disney+ subscribers globally in recent months, attributed to price increases implemented in the fall. The ad-supported version rose from $7.99 to $9.99, while the ad-free tier jumped from $13.99 to $15.99. Simultaneously, Disney's crackdown on password sharing, introducing a paid sharing plan in select regions, likely contributed to the decline. Despite the loss, CEO Bob Iger stated the churn was less severe than anticipated. Conversely, Hulu gained 1.6 million subscribers, reaching 53.6 million. Disney's overall revenue saw a 4.8% increase, largely driven by the box office success of Moana 2, exceeding $1 billion in revenue.

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(www.macrumors.com)
Tech subscriber loss

Axiom.ai: Contract Web Designer Wanted – Join a Profitable YC Startup

2025-01-07
Axiom.ai: Contract Web Designer Wanted – Join a Profitable YC Startup

Profitable Y Combinator-backed startup Axiom.ai, creators of a no-code browser automation tool, is seeking a contract web designer with 3+ years of experience in B2B SaaS website design. The role involves enhancing existing Figma wireframes with brand polish, working closely with the Head of Design and co-founders. The team is remote-first, flexible, and prioritizes work-life balance. Axiom.ai is a leader in the rapidly growing no-code browser automation market, offering a unique opportunity to shape the brand identity of a successful company.

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(www.ycombinator.com)
Design

The High Cost of On-Call: How Tech Companies Exploit Their Engineers

2025-03-27
The High Cost of On-Call: How Tech Companies Exploit Their Engineers

This article examines the pervasive and detrimental effects of on-call engineer rotations in tech companies. Using the experience of an engineer named Alex as a case study, it highlights the immense stress and burnout associated with on-call duties, including constant availability, sleep deprivation, blurred work-life boundaries, and the lack of adequate compensation. The article critiques the prevailing culture that normalizes the exploitation inherent in such systems, urging companies to reconsider their on-call policies and provide fair compensation and protection for their engineers' well-being.

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(www.scottsmitelli.com)
Development Work-Life Balance

XFN: A Simple Way to Represent Relationships with Hyperlinks

2025-09-12

XFN (XHTML Friends Network) is a simple method for representing human relationships using hyperlinks. By adding a 'rel' attribute to `` tags, like ``, bloggers can easily indicate their relationships with others. This website provides an introduction to XFN, a getting-started guide, a list of attributes, background information, FAQs, tool resources, integration with other services, and community support, aiming to simplify the expression and management of online relationships.

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(gmpg.org)
Development Social Networking Relationship Networks

My Ultimate Self-Hosting Setup: A NixOS, ZFS, and Tailscale Triumph

2025-07-19

After years of experimentation with various self-hosting approaches, the author has finally achieved a stable setup running for over six months. This setup centers around NixOS for OS configuration, ZFS for robust data protection, and Tailscale for a secure internal network. The article details the architecture, key technology choices (including Authelia and LLDAP for authentication), and solutions to problems encountered, such as integrating Tailscale with other VPNs and exposing services to the public internet. Configuration snippets and helpful links are provided for readers to build upon.

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(codecaptured.com)
Development

Lunar 4G: Nokia's Cell Network for Artemis

2025-02-18
Lunar 4G: Nokia's Cell Network for Artemis

NASA's Artemis program, aiming to establish a permanent lunar presence, necessitates a more advanced communication system than traditional point-to-point radio. Nokia has developed a 4G cellular network for the moon, housed in a radiation-hardened, temperature-resistant 'network in a box'. This compact solution, requiring only an antenna and power source, will enable enhanced communication between the lunar lander and other vehicles during missions like IM-2. However, its functionality will be limited to a few days due to the harsh lunar environment.

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(www.technologyreview.com)
Tech lunar communication 4G network Artemis program

Wayland's Fragmentation: A Cross-Desktop Compatibility Nightmare

2025-06-17

Wayland's design omits basic functionality enjoyed by X11, Windows, and macOS applications for decades—like window positioning and mouse cursor control. This wasn't an oversight; it was intentional. Further compounding the issue is fragmentation: GNOME, KDE, and other compositors interpret Wayland protocols differently. Application developers can't rely on consistent implementations, leading to unsustainable support burdens, especially for niche applications on already-fragmented Linux. Worse, these problems reside in Wayland protocols, window managers, and compositors—beyond the reach of application developers. We hope the Wayland ecosystem matures, but we aren't there yet.

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(www.kicad.org)
Development Cross-platform compatibility

Global PC Performance Drops for the First Time: PassMark Data Reveals Unexpected Trend

2025-02-11
Global PC Performance Drops for the First Time: PassMark Data Reveals Unexpected Trend

PassMark's latest data reveals a surprising downturn: for the first time ever, the average global PC processor performance has dropped, breaking a long-standing trend of yearly increases. Laptop performance fell by 3.4%, while desktop performance saw a 0.5% decrease. Despite recent releases from AMD and Intel, actual performance gains have been minimal, falling short of expectations. PassMark speculates that factors such as users switching to more affordable machines, Windows 11 performance issues, and bloatware could be contributing to this unexpected decline. However, the exact cause remains undetermined, and future data may show changes.

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(www.tomshardware.com)
Hardware PC Performance

Critical YouTube Flaw Leaks User Emails via Pixel Recorder

2025-02-12
Critical YouTube Flaw Leaks User Emails via Pixel Recorder

A critical vulnerability in YouTube allows attackers to leak the email address of any YouTube user by exploiting the Google Pixel Recorder service. The attack chain involves first obtaining the user's obfuscated Gaia ID through YouTube's /get_item_context_menu endpoint. Then, by leveraging Pixel Recorder's sharing functionality and bypassing notification mechanisms, the attacker converts the Gaia ID into the email address. While the exploit requires a complex chain of steps, its impact is significant, resulting in a $10,500 bounty from Google.

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(brutecat.com)
Tech YouTube vulnerability privacy leak

Founders Over 40: Redefining Success

2024-12-15
Founders Over 40: Redefining Success

This article explores the experiences of founders over 40, highlighting a shift in their definition of success compared to their younger counterparts. With increased family responsibilities and a longer life perspective, these founders prioritize work-life balance, seeking more stable and predictable income. Their accumulated wisdom allows for quicker pattern recognition, more pragmatic decision-making, and a willingness to explore alternative paths like acquisitions or joining larger organizations. This doesn't signify a lack of ambition, but rather a clearer understanding of the costs (time, energy, personal life) associated with different paths, and a more effective leveraging of their accumulated skills and experience.

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(justinjackson.ca)
Startup founders over 40 redefining success

Wger: Open-Source Workout & Diet Management App

2025-02-13
Wger: Open-Source Workout & Diet Management App

Wger is a free, open-source web application for managing personal workouts, weight, and diet plans. It also functions as a simple gym management tool and offers a REST API for easy integration. Easily deployable via Docker, a demo image is available for quick testing. The code and content are open-source, and translations are supported.

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(github.com)
Development

South Korean Actress Kim Sae-ron's Death Sparks Debate on Celebrity Treatment

2025-02-18
South Korean Actress Kim Sae-ron's Death Sparks Debate on Celebrity Treatment

The death of 24-year-old South Korean actress Kim Sae-ron has ignited a widespread conversation about the harsh realities faced by celebrities in South Korea. Kim, known for her role in the hit film "The Man from Nowhere," struggled to revive her career after a 2022 drunk driving incident, facing relentless online criticism and negative media coverage. Her passing has prompted calls for reform, with many criticizing the unforgiving culture and demanding a more compassionate approach to celebrity missteps. The incident echoes similar tragedies involving other Korean celebrities and highlights the pervasive issue of cyberbullying.

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(apnews.com)
Misc cyberbullying korean entertainment celebrity pressure

Akira Ransomware Cracked: GPU Brute-Force Method Discovered

2025-03-17
Akira Ransomware Cracked: GPU Brute-Force Method Discovered

Security researcher Tinyhack has discovered a GPU-based brute-force method to decrypt the Akira ransomware. Akira, known for its exorbitant ransom demands (reaching tens of millions of dollars), targets high-profile victims. Using an RTX 4090, Tinyhack cracked encrypted files in 7 days; 16 GPUs reduced this to just over 10 hours. The method exploits four nanosecond timestamps used as seeds in Akira's encryption, brute-forcing to find the precise timestamps and generate decryption keys. Success requires untouched files and local disk storage (NFS complicates decryption). While a significant cybersecurity win, Akira's developers will likely patch this vulnerability quickly.

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(www.tomshardware.com)
Tech GPU brute-force

A Transputer Emulator in JavaScript: A 90s OS Reborn in Your Browser

2025-04-04
A Transputer Emulator in JavaScript: A 90s OS Reborn in Your Browser

A developer has ported their C-based Transputer emulator to JavaScript. Surprisingly fast, this emulator comes pre-loaded with a full-blown operating system from Spring 1996, including a C compiler, assembler, 3D modeler, and ray tracer. Users can experience this retro OS directly in their browser, running commands and even attempting to self-compile the C compiler! This showcases the advancements in JavaScript JIT compilation and the developer's passion for retro technology.

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(nanochess.org)
Development Retro OS

Deportation Due to Tattoos: Venezuelan Man Wrongfully Sent to El Salvador

2025-03-30
Deportation Due to Tattoos: Venezuelan Man Wrongfully Sent to El Salvador

Neri Alvarado Borges, a Venezuelan man, was detained in Texas and deported to El Salvador due to his three tattoos, despite an ICE agent clearing him after he explained their meanings. One tattoo was an autism awareness ribbon for his brother. Despite being declared "clean," he was later deported, raising concerns about potential biases and procedural issues within immigration enforcement.

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(www.latintimes.com)
Misc immigration deportation

Google Cloud IAM Glitch Triggers Domino Effect, Disrupting Cloudflare and Anthropic

2025-06-13
Google Cloud IAM Glitch Triggers Domino Effect, Disrupting Cloudflare and Anthropic

A global Google Cloud IAM service outage at 10:50 AM PT on October 24th caused authentication failures across numerous GCP products. This impacted Cloudflare's Workers KV, leading to Access, WARP, and other Zero Trust service disruptions. Anthropic, a GCP customer, experienced file upload failures and increased error rates. The incident highlighted the interconnectedness of cloud services and the potential for cascading failures. Full service recovery took 7.5 hours.

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(forgecode.dev)
Tech IAM outage cascading failure

American Democracy: A Data-Driven Look at Crisis and Hope

2025-07-20
American Democracy: A Data-Driven Look at Crisis and Hope

This article uses data to analyze the state of American democracy. The data reveals highly concentrated political funding among a small elite, a fractured judiciary, politically reshaped government agencies, and low voter turnout, particularly among Democrats. However, the data also offers hope: millions of potential Democratic voters remain unengaged, history shows successful citizen resistance to authoritarianism, and holding leaders accountable is common in healthy democracies. The article calls for focusing on voter mobilization rather than solely on ideological moderation, emphasizing the importance of citizen participation.

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(data4democracy.substack.com)
Tech American democracy political data analysis voter participation

Musk's Young Guns Infiltrate US Government Agencies

2025-02-03
Musk's Young Guns Infiltrate US Government Agencies

WIRED reports that several young employees with ties to Elon Musk, including interns and recent graduates from companies like Neuralink, SpaceX, and xAI, are holding significant positions within US government agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the General Services Administration (GSA). Their qualifications and experience have raised concerns about their competence and potential conflicts of interest. Some are even directly involved in code review and decision-making, prompting questions from within the government. This incident highlights the risks of tech elites entering government and potential vulnerabilities in agency security vetting and hiring practices.

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(www.wired.com)
Tech Government Agencies

Google Hit with $55M Fine for Anti-Competitive Practices in Australia

2025-08-18
Google Hit with $55M Fine for Anti-Competitive Practices in Australia

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has filed suit against Google, alleging anti-competitive agreements with Telstra and Optus to pre-install Google Search on Android phones. Google has admitted liability and will pay a $55 million penalty. The agreements limited competition from other search engines. The ACCC also secured commitments from Google to remove restrictions on pre-installation and default search engines, potentially opening the market to competitors and offering Australian consumers greater search choice, especially with the rise of AI search tools.

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(www.accc.gov.au)
Tech

Trump and Musk's Daylight Saving Time Plan: A Battle Over Sunlight

2024-12-21
Trump and Musk's Daylight Saving Time Plan: A Battle Over Sunlight

President-elect Trump and Elon Musk propose eliminating Daylight Saving Time, calling it "inconvenient and costly." Nate Silver's analysis uses data to counter this, showing that abolishing DST would significantly reduce daylight hours during summer, negatively impacting schedules and health. Year-round DST, conversely, would cause very late sunrises in winter. Silver argues maintaining the status quo or allowing states to opt for year-round DST are more sensible options.

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(www.natesilver.net)
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