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Command-Line IMAP: Unlocking the Magic of Email Protocols

2025-03-31
Command-Line IMAP: Unlocking the Magic of Email Protocols

This blog post dives deep into the underlying mechanics of the IMAP email protocol. Using telnet and OpenSSL, the author demonstrates how to directly connect to a mail server, perform login, list folders, search for emails, and read email content. The article details the structure and usage of IMAP commands and emphasizes the importance of secure connections. This is a fascinating read for anyone interested in network protocols or the inner workings of email systems.

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(blog.lohr.dev)
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arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

2025-03-31
arXivLabs: Experimenting 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. Have an idea to enhance the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

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curl's Experimental HTTPS RR Support: The Next Generation of DNS Records

2025-03-31
curl's Experimental HTTPS RR Support: The Next Generation of DNS Records

curl now experimentally supports the new DNS record type HTTPS RR, offering a more modern way than SRV and URI to convey service metadata such as ECH configuration, ALPN lists, target hostnames, ports, and IP addresses. HTTPS RR enhances HTTPS connection security (via ECH encryption of the SNI field) and efficiency (by pre-fetching HTTP/3 support information), and simplifies service discovery. curl achieves HTTPS RR resolution through DoH, getaddrinfo(), or c-ares, but currently lacks runtime disabling and still has incomplete HTTPS RR support.

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(daniel.haxx.se)
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Electric School Buses Fuel V2X Market Boom

2025-03-31
Electric School Buses Fuel V2X Market Boom

Electric school buses are driving significant growth in the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) market, poised to double capacity to 40 megawatts by 2025, according to a new Wood Mackenzie report. Their predictable schedules, large batteries, and downtime make them ideal for V2X applications. However, challenges remain, including unclear utility interconnection processes and a lack of compensation mechanisms. While European energy companies are forming partnerships to explore V2X business models, mass adoption hinges on standardizing charging protocols and reducing hardware costs. Many 2025 passenger EVs will feature vehicle-to-load (V2L) capabilities, a stepping stone to broader AC V2X adoption.

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(electrek.co)
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Chrome Root Program Enhances Web PKI Security with Mandatory MPIC and Linting

2025-03-31
Chrome Root Program Enhances Web PKI Security with Mandatory MPIC and Linting

Google's Chrome team announced that its Root Program is mandating two key security improvements: Multi-Perspective Issuance Corroboration (MPIC) and certificate linting. MPIC mitigates the risk of fraudulently issued certificates due to BGP attacks by verifying domain control from multiple geographic locations, while linting automates the detection of certificate errors, improving security. Both are mandatory for publicly trusted certificates from March 15, 2025, strengthening the web PKI ecosystem's security and stability, and reducing certificate mis-issuance. The Chrome team also plans to sunset weak domain validation methods and actively explore solutions for a post-quantum cryptography world.

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(security.googleblog.com)
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Doomsday Clock Ticking: Hegel and the Future of Humanity

2025-03-31
Doomsday Clock Ticking: Hegel and the Future of Humanity

This article reviews Richard Bourke's new book, *Hegel's World Revolutions*. Against the backdrop of the ever-approaching Doomsday Clock, the author explores Hegel's philosophy of history, arguing that it offers insights into the current global crisis. Hegel believed history is not meaningless but progresses towards the advancement of consciousness of freedom. Bourke emphasizes the complexity of history, including both progress and setbacks, and criticizes the contemporary academia's simplistic rejection of Enlightenment values. The article ultimately questions Bourke's view that historical research should avoid applying past ideas to the present, suggesting that in the face of existential threats, we should draw on historical wisdom to seek solutions.

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(drb.ie)
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Antarctica's Beloved Bus, Ivan, Escapes the Scrapyard

2025-03-31
Antarctica's Beloved Bus, Ivan, Escapes the Scrapyard

Ivan, a legendary Terra Bus that served at McMurdo Station in Antarctica since 1994, faced retirement and potential scrapping. Its unique charm and role in transporting countless researchers made it an Antarctic icon. A community effort, however, saved Ivan from the scrapyard. After a campaign by former passengers and staff, Ivan was shipped to Christchurch, New Zealand, where it's expected to find a new home in a museum, preserving a piece of Antarctic history. The story highlights the deep connection between people and objects imbued with shared experiences.

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(www.atlasobscura.com)
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Taming the C++ UB Dragon: A Status Update on Safety and Security Improvements

2025-03-31
Taming the C++ UB Dragon: A Status Update on Safety and Security Improvements

C++'s undefined behavior (UB) has long been a source of security vulnerabilities and hard-to-debug errors. The C++ standards committee is actively working to address this, making progress in C++26 by eliminating UB for uninitialized variables and enhancing the standard library's bounds safety. Future efforts will systematically catalog and address remaining UB cases using erroneous behavior, language profiles, and contracts. The goal is to achieve parity with other modern memory-safe languages in terms of security vulnerabilities, without sacrificing C++'s performance or flexibility.

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Blosc2 3.0: Breaking the Memory Wall, Computing with TB-Sized Datasets

2025-03-31
Blosc2 3.0: Breaking the Memory Wall, Computing with TB-Sized Datasets

Blosc2 3.0 introduces an integrated compute engine, enabling high-performance computation on datasets over 100 times larger than available RAM. By tightly integrating compression and computation and leveraging CPU caches to process compressed data chunks, it effectively addresses the memory wall problem. Experiments demonstrate Blosc2 maintains high performance with datasets up to 8TB, even outperforming in-memory performance with on-disk storage for very large datasets. This is a significant advancement for big data analytics and high-performance computing.

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(ironarray.io)
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F-35B Ejection: A Pilot's Choice and the Betrayal That Followed

2025-03-31
F-35B Ejection: A Pilot's Choice and the Betrayal That Followed

Marine Colonel Charles "Tre" Del Pizzo was forced to eject from his malfunctioning F-35B fighter jet after multiple systems failed during a training sortie. Despite investigations concluding that the systems failures were primarily responsible and Del Pizzo acted appropriately, he was later relieved of his command, sparking debate about pilot safety, system reliability, and whether the military over-punishes pilots. This article delves into the incident and its aftermath.

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(www.postandcourier.com)
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RPCEmu 0.9.5 Released: Major Update for Acorn Computer Emulator

2025-03-31

RPCEmu, an emulator for classic Acorn computer systems like the Risc PC and A7000, has released version 0.9.5. This release boasts numerous improvements, including mouse wheel support, enhanced floppy disk and IDE hard drive drivers, more accurate timers, and high-resolution timestamp support for HostFS on 64-bit Linux. The project is open-source and welcomes community contributions.

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(www.marutan.net)
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The Internet of Agents: Building the Future of AI Collaboration

2025-03-31
The Internet of Agents: Building the Future of AI Collaboration

Agentic AI is rapidly evolving, but the lack of shared protocols for communication, tool use, memory, and trust keeps systems siloed. To unlock their full potential, we need an open, interoperable stack – an Internet of Agents. This article explores key architectural dimensions for building this network, including standardized tool interfaces, agent-to-agent communication protocols, authentication and trust mechanisms, memory and context sharing, knowledge exchange and inference APIs, economic transaction frameworks, governance and policy compliance, and agent discovery and capability matching. The author argues that shared abstractions are crucial to avoid fragmentation and enable scalable, composable autonomous systems.

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(www.anup.io)
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The Perils of Native Resource Management in .NET: A Tale of Unexpected GC Behavior

2025-03-31

This post delves into the potential pitfalls of native resource management in .NET. The author uses a RocksDB example to illustrate how unexpected garbage collection behavior can lead to native resources being released before use, resulting in crashes. The root cause lies in the fact that local variables and instances can be garbage collected during a method call. The article ultimately advocates for using SafeHandle to manage native resources safely, preventing these hard-to-reproduce Heisenbugs.

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Lapham's Quarterly Relaunches Under Bard College's Stewardship

2025-03-31
Lapham's Quarterly Relaunches Under Bard College's Stewardship

The celebrated journal of history and ideas, Lapham's Quarterly, will relaunch in 2025 under the stewardship of Bard College and its Hannah Arendt Center. This partnership ensures the journal's continuation after the passing of its founder, Lewis H. Lapham, and marks a rare second chance for a literary journal. Bard College will inherit the journal's assets and integrate it into its mission of fostering critical inquiry and dialogue. The relaunch includes plans to distribute free copies to incarcerated readers through the Bard Prison Initiative, expanding access to ideas and literature. This collaboration not only preserves a valuable intellectual legacy but also underscores the importance of historical reflection in our times.

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(www.laphamsquarterly.org)
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Blazing Fast Windows 9x Installation: 90 Seconds or Less!

2025-03-31
Blazing Fast Windows 9x Installation: 90 Seconds or Less!

Tired of slow Windows 98 installations? Windows 9x QuickInstall is here! This project leverages Linux and a custom installer to package an already installed Windows 98 system into an optimized ISO image, enabling installation in roughly 60-90 seconds. It supports Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows ME, and allows for flexible addition of drivers and tools. While building the ISO is more involved than using nLite, the increased customizability makes it perfect for users who prioritize speed and highly tailored installations.

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Linus Torvalds Rages Against 'Turds' in Linux 6.15 Kernel

2025-03-31

Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, expressed his strong displeasure with the newly merged hdrtest code in the Linux 6.15 kernel, specifically within the Intel Xe driver. This testing code generates unnecessary temporary files during the build process, cluttering the source tree, slowing down the build, and even affecting filename completion. Torvalds referred to it as "turds" and demanded its removal, suggesting that developers run it as a separate test instead of integrating it into the regular build. While the code aims to ensure the integrity and kernel-doc test-passing of DRM header files, its crude implementation infuriated Torvalds.

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(www.phoronix.com)
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Village Roadshow Files for Bankruptcy: A Casualty of the Streaming Wars

2025-03-31
Village Roadshow Files for Bankruptcy: A Casualty of the Streaming Wars

Village Roadshow Entertainment, the prolific film financing company behind franchises like “Joker,” “The Matrix,” and “Ocean’s Eleven,” has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. A protracted legal battle with Warner Bros., stemming from the studio's release of “The Matrix Resurrections” on HBO Max simultaneously with its theatrical release, is cited as a major factor. The company's ambitious, pre-pandemic expansion into independent film and television production proved unprofitable, further exacerbating its financial woes. The bankruptcy highlights the disruptive impact of streaming on traditional entertainment businesses.

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(www.latimes.com)
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The 1700 Orphan Tsunami: A Transpacific Scientific Detective Story

2025-03-31

A mysterious tsunami struck Japan in January 1700, its origin initially a puzzle. Only in the mid-1990s, through a series of discoveries investigated in both North America and Japan, did scientists uncover the truth: the tsunami stemmed from an earthquake along the coast of northwestern North America. The book, "The Orphan Tsunami of 1700," recounts this transpacific scientific detective story. Its discoveries underpin many of today's precautions against earthquakes and tsunamis in the Cascadia region, and provides a stark contrast and warning when compared to the 2011 Japanese tsunami.

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Cambridge University Uses Tech to Unfold a Fragile 16th-Century Manuscript

2025-03-31
Cambridge University Uses Tech to Unfold a Fragile 16th-Century Manuscript

A team at Cambridge University Library faced a challenge: a fragile, folded 16th-century manuscript fragment. Instead of risking damage through traditional methods, they used cutting-edge technology. Multispectral imaging, computed tomography (CT) scanning, and 3D modeling allowed for virtual unfolding and digitization. This preserved the historical artifact and revealed 16th-century archival binding techniques, showcasing a groundbreaking approach in digital humanities.

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(www.cam.ac.uk)
Tech artifact preservation technological archaeology

Trump's Unprecedented Assault on the First Amendment

2025-03-31

Following his re-election, the Trump administration has launched an unprecedented attack on the five pillars of the First Amendment: the right to petition, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. Through actions such as firing those processing FOIA requests, threatening sanctions against lawyers suing the government, defunding universities, suing news organizations, restricting government employee language, and rescinding protections for religious sites, the administration systematically erodes these fundamental rights. This mirrors the repressive tactics of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, raising serious concerns about the future of American democracy.

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(krebsonsecurity.com)
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Trimethylaminuria (TMAU): The 'Fish Odor Syndrome'

2025-03-31
Trimethylaminuria (TMAU): The 'Fish Odor Syndrome'

Trimethylaminuria (TMAU), or 'fish odor syndrome', is a rare metabolic disorder causing sufferers to emit a strong fishy odor. More common in women, it's linked to FMO3 gene mutations hindering the breakdown of trimethylamine. This chemical builds up and is released through sweat, urine, and breath. While not life-threatening, TMAU significantly impacts quality of life. Treatment focuses on managing symptoms through diet modification (avoiding trimethylamine-rich foods), hygiene practices, stress reduction, and sometimes antibiotics or activated charcoal. There's currently no cure.

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(www.livescience.com)
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LA Schools' Accidental Experiment: Air Filters Boost Test Scores

2025-03-31
LA Schools' Accidental Experiment: Air Filters Boost Test Scores

Following a near-miss emergency caused by the 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak, many Los Angeles schools installed air filters. Surprisingly, student test scores significantly increased, with gains sustained into the following year. Research suggests that even in areas with normal air pollution levels, simple air filters improved student performance, offering a cost-effective strategy for boosting educational outcomes. This finding highlights the link between air quality and cognitive function and suggests a new avenue for addressing educational equity.

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(www.vox.com)
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Ambermoon Advanced: A Massive RPG Expansion Released in Episodes

2025-03-31
Ambermoon Advanced: A Massive RPG Expansion Released in Episodes

Indie developer Pyrdacor is releasing Ambermoon Advanced, an unofficial expansion for the RPG Ambermoon, in episodic installments. Five episodes are planned, with the first three currently available, featuring content like "Mysteries of the Sea" and "Elemental Creatures." The game runs on Amiga and modern systems, though the Amiga version is still under development. The developer notes that the game is a work in progress and may contain bugs and imbalances. A physical manual is also planned, containing game information and Ambermoon lore.

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(github.com)
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Trump Admin Ends Paper Checks, Goes All-Digital

2025-03-31
Trump Admin Ends Paper Checks, Goes All-Digital

President Trump's executive order, effective September 30th, eliminates paper checks for all US Treasury disbursements. This includes tax refunds, vendor payments, benefits, and intergovernmental transfers. The move aims to combat waste, fraud, and abuse, citing that paper checks are 16 times more likely to be lost, stolen, or altered than electronic transfers. Maintaining the paper check system cost $657 million in 2024. While check usage declines, fraud is rising, prompting the American Bankers Association to applaud the change and encourage digital banking. Exceptions will be made for those lacking banking access, emergencies, law enforcement, and other specified cases.

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(bankingjournal.aba.com)
Tech fraud prevention

Ancient Hittite Texts Get a Digital Boost

2025-03-31
Ancient Hittite Texts Get a Digital Boost

The Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum Digitalis (TLHdig), a digital tool providing access to ancient Hittite cuneiform texts, has received a major update. TLHdig 0.2 now includes over 98% of all published sources—approximately 22,000 XML text documents, comprising almost 400,000 transliterated lines. Researchers can search and filter texts in transliteration or cuneiform. Furthermore, an online submission pipeline allows scholars to contribute new texts, ensuring TLHdig remains a dynamic, constantly expanding resource for Hittitology research, including AI-driven approaches. The upcoming TLHdig 1.0 promises complete coverage of all published texts.

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(phys.org)
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Wikipedia's Gaps and the Power of Paid Editors

2025-03-31

Wikipedia relies entirely on volunteers, leading to gaps in content. Areas like Science, Technology, Engineering, and Finance are under-represented, as is content from non-English speaking countries. Hundreds of thousands of high-quality articles remain untranslated. Targeted funding could significantly address these issues. However, even paid editors need autonomy and ownership to maintain quality; they edit under their own accounts and are responsible for maintaining their contributions.

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(oka.wiki)
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BreezeWiki: Say Goodbye to Fandom Ads

2025-03-31

Tired of annoying ads and videos on Fandom wikis? BreezeWiki offers a clean and refreshing reading experience. Simply replace "fandom.com" with "breezewiki.com" in the URL to say goodbye to slow loading and data consumption. BreezeWiki is supported by multiple independently run mirror websites, ensuring availability even if one mirror is down. While BreezeWiki doesn't allow editing or creating new pages, it provides readers with a content-focused reading environment and has been well-received by many users.

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(breezewiki.com)
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California Ballot Initiative Inspired by Murder Seeks to Reform Healthcare Insurance

2025-03-31
California Ballot Initiative Inspired by Murder Seeks to Reform Healthcare Insurance

A proposed California ballot initiative, informally named after the alleged assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, aims to prevent insurers from delaying or denying doctor-recommended treatments. The initiative, filed by a retired attorney, is fueled by public anger over the healthcare insurance industry following the CEO's murder. The proposal would make it a felony for non-physicians to review physician-recommended treatments and requires physician review for any denial. The initiative is currently under review and requires significant public support to appear on the ballot.

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(www.newsweek.com)
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Xfinity XB3 Hardware Mod: Disable WiFi, Save 2 Watts

2025-03-30
Xfinity XB3 Hardware Mod: Disable WiFi, Save 2 Watts

A user modded their Xfinity XB3 modem to save power. The XB3, provided with Comcast's cheaper Xfinity NOW service, consumes 14.9 watts. By disassembling the modem and grounding the EN pin on the TPS54328 voltage regulator, the user disabled WiFi, reducing power consumption to 12.5 watts – a 2-watt saving. While the admin page is briefly inaccessible after booting, network functionality remains unaffected.

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(gist.github.com)
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