I Sell Onions on the Internet
🔸The author bought the domain VidaliaOnions.com at auction for $2,200 and developed it into a niche business selling farm-to-door Vidalia Onions. He partnered with a Vidalia farmer and their business grew from 50 to over 600 orders in the first season.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸The author bought the domain VidaliaOnions.com at auction for $2,200 and developed it into a niche business selling farm-to-door Vidalia Onions. He partnered with a Vidalia farmer and their business grew from 50 to over 600 orders in the first season.
25 Dec 2025
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CUDA Tile Open Sourced
🔸CUDA Tile is an MLIR-based intermediate representation for CUDA kernel optimization, providing a comprehensive ecosystem for tiled computations on NVIDIA GPUs. It simplifies high-performance CUDA kernel development through abstractions and GPU-specific optimizations.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸CUDA Tile is an MLIR-based intermediate representation for CUDA kernel optimization, providing a comprehensive ecosystem for tiled computations on NVIDIA GPUs. It simplifies high-performance CUDA kernel development through abstractions and GPU-specific optimizations.
25 Dec 2025
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The Inner-Platform Effect (2006)
🔸The Inner-Platform Effect is an antipattern where a system becomes overly customizable, making it complicated for users to modify, and only programmers can make changes. This occurs when a system is designed to be too dynamic, replicating the platform it was built with.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸The Inner-Platform Effect is an antipattern where a system becomes overly customizable, making it complicated for users to modify, and only programmers can make changes. This occurs when a system is designed to be too dynamic, replicating the platform it was built with.
25 Dec 2025
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39c3 Fahrplan (Schedule)
🔸Various topics are discussed including AI, cybernetics, fascism, digital rights, and more. The posts cover a range of subjects from technology and science to politics and social issues.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸Various topics are discussed including AI, cybernetics, fascism, digital rights, and more. The posts cover a range of subjects from technology and science to politics and social issues.
25 Dec 2025
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Show HN: Lamp Carousel – DIY kinetic sculpture powered by lamp heat
🔸The user created "can spinners" from recycled aluminum soda cans, which spin on sharpened wire tips due to heat from a lamp. They share a step-by-step guide on making these spinners, including cutting, bending, and balancing the aluminum pieces.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸The user created "can spinners" from recycled aluminum soda cans, which spin on sharpened wire tips due to heat from a lamp. They share a step-by-step guide on making these spinners, including cutting, bending, and balancing the aluminum pieces.
25 Dec 2025
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Archiving Git Branches as Tags
🔸The user has a custom git alias that archives old branches by converting them to tags and adds shell completion for tab completion. The alias uses a bash function wrapper with a git switch hint to leverage the official git completion noscript.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸The user has a custom git alias that archives old branches by converting them to tags and adds shell completion for tab completion. The alias uses a bash function wrapper with a git switch hint to leverage the official git completion noscript.
25 Dec 2025
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All I Want for Xmas Is Your Secrets: LangGrinch Hits LangChain (CVE-2025-68664)
🔸A critical vulnerability was found in LangChain, a widely used AI framework, where attacker-controlled data can be deserialized and trigger arbitrary object instantiation, potentially leading to remote code execution. The vulnerability was caused by a missing escape in the serialization path, specifically in the dumps() and dumpd() functions, which has been patched in versions 1.2.5 and 0.3.81.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸A critical vulnerability was found in LangChain, a widely used AI framework, where attacker-controlled data can be deserialized and trigger arbitrary object instantiation, potentially leading to remote code execution. The vulnerability was caused by a missing escape in the serialization path, specifically in the dumps() and dumpd() functions, which has been patched in versions 1.2.5 and 0.3.81.
25 Dec 2025
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Geometric Algorithms for Translucency Sorting in Minecraft [pdf]
🔸Translucency sorting in Minecraft is challenging due to the need to order quads by depth for correct rendering. This work presents a solution using topological visibility graph sorting and partition tree sorting, improving visual correctness and performance.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸Translucency sorting in Minecraft is challenging due to the need to order quads by depth for correct rendering. This work presents a solution using topological visibility graph sorting and partition tree sorting, improving visual correctness and performance.
25 Dec 2025
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URL Pattern API
🔸URLPattern interface specifies patterns for matching URLs or URL parts using path-to-regexp library syntax. Patterns can contain groups, regex, and modifiers for optional, repeated, or fixed text matches.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸URLPattern interface specifies patterns for matching URLs or URL parts using path-to-regexp library syntax. Patterns can contain groups, regex, and modifiers for optional, repeated, or fixed text matches.
25 Dec 2025
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MDN Web Docs
URL Pattern API - Web APIs | MDN
The URL Pattern API defines a syntax that is used to create URL pattern matchers.
These patterns can be matched against URLs or individual URL components.
These patterns can be matched against URLs or individual URL components.
Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address
🔸Google is rolling out a new option to let users change their Gmail address to a new one with the same "@gmail.com" ending. Users will be able to reuse their old email address and it will remain active for 12 months after the change.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸Google is rolling out a new option to let users change their Gmail address to a new one with the same "@gmail.com" ending. Users will be able to reuse their old email address and it will remain active for 12 months after the change.
25 Dec 2025
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UBlockOrigin and UBlacklist AI Blocklist
🔸A huge blocklist of manually curated sites containing AI-generated content is available for cleaning image search engines with uBlock Origin or uBlacklist, and it works on various platforms including mobile and pihole/adguard. The blocklist can be imported into uBlock Origin or uBlacklist with a single click, and it also includes a separate list for sites with mixed authentic and AI-generated imagery.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸A huge blocklist of manually curated sites containing AI-generated content is available for cleaning image search engines with uBlock Origin or uBlacklist, and it works on various platforms including mobile and pihole/adguard. The blocklist can be imported into uBlock Origin or uBlacklist with a single click, and it also includes a separate list for sites with mixed authentic and AI-generated imagery.
25 Dec 2025
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The Program 2025 annual review: How much money does an audio drama podcast make?
🔸The Program podcast saw a decrease in downloads in 2025, but still managed to reach 1 million downloads, with Patreon being the powerhouse bringing in 74% of the revenue. The show's creator is hopeful about its future despite the challenges, with a gross income of $2,300 CAD monthly and plans to continue working on new stories and episodes.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸The Program podcast saw a decrease in downloads in 2025, but still managed to reach 1 million downloads, with Patreon being the powerhouse bringing in 74% of the revenue. The show's creator is hopeful about its future despite the challenges, with a gross income of $2,300 CAD monthly and plans to continue working on new stories and episodes.
25 Dec 2025
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Paperbacks and TikTok
🔸Simon & Schuster launched Pocket Books in 1939, selling 17 million copies within two years, tapping into a previously untapped market of readers. The success of paperbacks led to an increase in hardcover noscripts and opportunities for writers, rather than the elimination of serious literature.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸Simon & Schuster launched Pocket Books in 1939, selling 17 million copies within two years, tapping into a previously untapped market of readers. The success of paperbacks led to an increase in hardcover noscripts and opportunities for writers, rather than the elimination of serious literature.
25 Dec 2025
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Maybe the Default Settings Are Too High
🔸The author enjoys reading Lord of the Rings at a slow pace, finding more meaning and engagement in the story. Slowing down consumption speeds, like reading and eating, can increase rewards and appreciation.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸The author enjoys reading Lord of the Rings at a slow pace, finding more meaning and engagement in the story. Slowing down consumption speeds, like reading and eating, can increase rewards and appreciation.
25 Dec 2025
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No shares in company, but 550 employees received a $240M gift from their owner
🔸Fibrebond employees in Louisiana received $240 million after the company's sale to Eaton, with each of the 550 workers getting an average $443,000 bonus. The payout was a result of a clause insisted upon by Fibrebond's CEO, recognizing employees' commitment rather than ownership.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸Fibrebond employees in Louisiana received $240 million after the company's sale to Eaton, with each of the 550 workers getting an average $443,000 bonus. The payout was a result of a clause insisted upon by Fibrebond's CEO, recognizing employees' commitment rather than ownership.
25 Dec 2025
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Dasharo TrustRoot Ephemeral Key Incident
🔸A critical incident occurred on 5th December 2025 affecting Dasharo firmware for NovaCustom V540TU and V560TU platforms due to a release engineering error. Affected devices cannot receive future firmware updates due to irreversibly written wrong cryptographic key hash into their SoC's Field Programmable Fuses.
25 Dec 2025
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🔸A critical incident occurred on 5th December 2025 affecting Dasharo firmware for NovaCustom V540TU and V560TU platforms due to a release engineering error. Affected devices cannot receive future firmware updates due to irreversibly written wrong cryptographic key hash into their SoC's Field Programmable Fuses.
25 Dec 2025
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Ask HN: What tech purchase did you regret even though reviews were great?
🔸Several products failed to meet expectations in real use, including the Apple Watch due to battery life and laggy interface, and the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro headset for poor microphone quality and short battery life.
26 Dec 2025
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🔸Several products failed to meet expectations in real use, including the Apple Watch due to battery life and laggy interface, and the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro headset for poor microphone quality and short battery life.
26 Dec 2025
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When a driver challenges the kernel's assumptions
🔸Displaylink's wsdisplay driver caused some kernel assumptions to no longer stand. the driver is now able to return 0 if it did the work, or nonzero (preferrably eagain) after a jump scroll failure, we need to retry the operation with the same number of lines as the failed operation, so that the copy/erase parts of the scrolling operation are consistent with each other. this work eventually
26 Dec 2025
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🔸Displaylink's wsdisplay driver caused some kernel assumptions to no longer stand. the driver is now able to return 0 if it did the work, or nonzero (preferrably eagain) after a jump scroll failure, we need to retry the operation with the same number of lines as the failed operation, so that the copy/erase parts of the scrolling operation are consistent with each other. this work eventually
26 Dec 2025
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Seven Diabetes Patients Die Due to Undisclosed Bug in Abbott's Glucose Monitors
🔸The user's proprietary Freestyle Libre Plus CGM device from Abbott caused a bug that falsely reported low glucose levels, potentially harming patients, especially those with advanced diabetes. The user advocates for open-source medical devices to prevent such harm and is working on a FOSS alternative, Juggluco, to improve safety and security.
26 Dec 2025
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🔸The user's proprietary Freestyle Libre Plus CGM device from Abbott caused a bug that falsely reported low glucose levels, potentially harming patients, especially those with advanced diabetes. The user advocates for open-source medical devices to prevent such harm and is working on a FOSS alternative, Juggluco, to improve safety and security.
26 Dec 2025
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Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?
🔸User plans to start VR development in 2026 with Samsung Galaxy XR, learn spatial computing, and complete a computer graphics course. Goals also include building a side gig project, leveraging AI, and expanding their social circle in NYC.
26 Dec 2025
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🔸User plans to start VR development in 2026 with Samsung Galaxy XR, learn spatial computing, and complete a computer graphics course. Goals also include building a side gig project, leveraging AI, and expanding their social circle in NYC.
26 Dec 2025
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Reinventing the dial-up modem (2019)
🔸The Simple healthcare app aimed to replace traditional paper registers and landline phones with an app that suggests patients at risk based on medical history and other cues, while protecting patient privacy through phone number masking. To achieve offline functionality, the app used DTMF tones to send patient numbers to the server through a toll-free number, allowing nurses to connect with ...
26 Dec 2025
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🔸The Simple healthcare app aimed to replace traditional paper registers and landline phones with an app that suggests patients at risk based on medical history and other cues, while protecting patient privacy through phone number masking. To achieve offline functionality, the app used DTMF tones to send patient numbers to the server through a toll-free number, allowing nurses to connect with ...
26 Dec 2025
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