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Open source is neither a community nor a democracy
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Open source is neither a community nor a democracy
Using open source software does not ennoscript you to a vote on the direction of the project. The gift you've received is the software itself and the freedom of use granted by the license. That's it, and this ought to be straight forward, but I repeatedly see…
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The Dream of an Alpine Waterway
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Swiss National Museum - Swiss history blog
The dream of an alpine waterway
Pietro Caminada had a simple idea to turn the inconceivable into reality: huge cargo ships crossing the Alps without using self-propulsion. The stroke of genius by the engineer with Graubünden roots was a viable project – at least he thought so.
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CVE-2021-4440: A Linux CNA Case Study
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grsecurity.net
grsecurity - CVE-2021-4440: A Linux CNA Case Study
This blog serves as a case study into how the newly-formed Linux CNA (CVE Numbering Authority) has affected Linux kernel vulnerability management, through the mishandling of a vulnerability we reported this year in the upstream 5.10 LTS kernel.
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OpenDNS Suspends Service in France Due to Canal+ Piracy Blocking Order
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Torrentfreak
OpenDNS Suspends Service in France Due to Canal+ Piracy Blocking Order * TorrentFreak
Cisco has responded to a site-blocking order obtained by Canal+ by suspending its entire OpenDNS service for the whole of France.
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Weekend projects: getting silly with C
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Substack
Weekend projects: getting silly with C
C is beautiful yet full of horrors. Here's to uncovering its hidden depths.
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Figma defaults to train AI models on personal data
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Figma Learn - Help Center
Manage AI settings and content training for your team or organization
Who can use this feature
Team or organization admins can control AI content training settings.Figma’s AI features are available across plans and seats. A person’s feature access and usage limits ...
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Neo Geo Architecture: A practical analysis
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The Copetti site
Neo Geo Architecture | A Practical Analysis
An in-depth analysis that explains how this console works internally
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The NSA Wants Carte Blanche for Warrantless Surveillance
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The Nation
The NSA Wants Carte Blanche for Warrantless Surveillance
If the Senate passes an expansion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, any American’s international communications could become an open book.
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MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating AI
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TechCrunch
MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI | TechCrunch
Robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are overestimating generative AI's capabilities and it's time to put the brakes on the hype.
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We Launched the Largest Real-Time Global CO2 Map
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AirGradient
We Launched the Largest Real-Time Global CO2 Map
AirGradient air quality monitoring.
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Buried Ancient Egyptian Port Reveals Hidden Connections () Distant Civilizations
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Smithsonian Magazine
A Buried Ancient Egyptian Port Reveals the Hidden Connections Between Distant Civilizations
At the site of Berenike, in the desert sands along the Red Sea, archaeologists are uncovering wondrous new finds that challenge old ideas about the makings of the modern world
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Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers
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Ars Technica
Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers
Appeals court decision potentially reversing publishers' suit may come this fall.
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Canonical's 'distroless' Linux images are a game-changer for enterprises
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ZDNET
Canonical's 'distroless' Linux images are a game-changer for enterprises
Canonical plans to offer customized Docker Linux container images with a dozen years of long-term support.
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How Coffee Helped the Union Caffeinate Its Way to Victory in the Civil War
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Smithsonian Magazine
How Coffee Helped the Union Caffeinate Their Way to Victory in the Civil War
The North’s fruitful partnership with Liberian farmers fueled a steady supply of an essential beverage
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An Analog Network of Resistors Promises Machine Learning Without a Processor
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Hackster.io
An Analog Network of Resistors Promises "Machine Learning Without a Processor," Researchers Say
Prototyped on a series of breadboards, this analog machine learning network could one day deliver more energy-efficient AI.
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Goldman Sachs says the return on investment for AI might be disappointing
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Business Insider
Goldman Sachs says the return on investment for AI might be disappointing
Tech companies are spending big on AI, but so far have little to show for it. A Goldman Sachs report gives AI investments mixed reviews.
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Mapping the Red Planet with the Power of Open Science
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Mapping the Red Planet With the Power of Open Science
Combining images from orbit with images from the surface, a JPL-developed tool allows researchers to zoom in to see individual boulders and zoom out to see all of Mars.
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Show HN: Drop-In SQS Replacement Based on SQLite
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GitHub
GitHub - poundifdef/smoothmq: An improved drop-in replacement for SQS
An improved drop-in replacement for SQS. Contribute to poundifdef/smoothmq development by creating an account on GitHub.
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How the 1904 Marathon Became One of the Weirdest Olympic Events of All Time
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Smithsonian Magazine
How the 1904 Marathon Became One of the Weirdest Olympic Events of All Time
Athletes drank poison, dodged traffic, stole peaches and even hitchhiked during the 24.85-mile race in St. Louis
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Dev rejects CVE severity, makes his GitHub repo read-only
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BleepingComputer
Dev rejects CVE severity, makes his GitHub repo read-only
The popular open source project, 'ip' had its GitHub repository archived, or made "read-only" by its developer as a result of a dubious CVE report filed for his project. Unfortunately, open-source developers have recently been met with an uptick in debatable…
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