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Federal data is disappearing. On Thursday, meet the teams working to rescue it
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MuckRock
Federal data is disappearing. On Thursday, meet the teams working to rescue it and learn how you can help.
Since the start of the new Trump administration, hundreds of federal data sets and government websites have gone offline without warning, sometimes returning with major changes and sometimes not returning at all. On February. 13, meet the groups fighting…
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Why Does Integer Addition Approximate Float Multiplication?
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Why Does Integer Addition Approximate Float Multiplication?
Here is a rough approximation of float multiplication (source): float rough_float_multiply(float a, float b) { constexpr uint32_t bias = 0x3f76d000; return bit_cast<float>(bit_cast<uint32_…
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Reassessing Wayland
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Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout tracker
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GitHub
GitHub - wger-project/wger: Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout, nutrition and weight tracker
Self hosted FLOSS fitness/workout, nutrition and weight tracker - wger-project/wger
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Large magma bodies found beneath dormant volcanoes, surprising scientists
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phys.org
Large magma bodies found beneath dormant volcanoes, surprising scientists
New Cornell University led-research challenges the long-standing belief that active volcanoes have large magma bodies that are expelled during eruptions and then dissipate over time as the volcanoes become ...
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An Infinitely Large Napkin [pdf]
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Cheap blood test detects pancreatic cancer before it spreads
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Nature
Cheap blood test detects pancreatic cancer before it spreads
Nature - The deadly cancer is often not found until it has spread to other parts of the body.
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DOGE as a National Cyberattack
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Schneier on Security
DOGE as a National Cyberattack - Schneier on Security
In the span of just weeks, the US government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign espionage, but through official orders by a billionaire with a poorly…
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DOGE Staffer Is Trying to Reroute FEMA Funds
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DOGE Staffer Is Trying to Reroute FEMA Funds
Sources inside FEMA say DOGE representative Kyle Schutt gained access to FEMA’s proprietary software controlling payments.
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Automating the Vim Workplace (2020)
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sharats.me
Automating the Vim workplace — The Sharat's
I majorly use two tools for my coding workflow and one of them is GVim (on Windows). It’s my primary choice for editing text for ten years now and...
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SQL pipe syntax available in public preview in BigQuery
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Google Cloud Documentation
Work with pipe query syntax | BigQuery | Google Cloud Documentation
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Residential Networking over Telephone
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Computers Are Bad
>>> 2025-02-02 residential networking over telephone (PDF)
Recently, I covered some of the history of Ethernet's tenuous relationship with installed telephone cabling. That article focused on the earlier and more business-oriented products, but many of you probably know that there have been a number of efforts to…
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Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook
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The Verge
Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook
Chaos in Washington, DC, is forcing some to move to new platforms.
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Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead
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marcan.st
Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead
Update: Thank you everyone for all the heartfelt and encouraging emails in response to this post. I can’t reply to all of them, but I do read every single one. <3
Back in the late 2000s, I was a major contributor to the Wii homebrew scene. At the time, I…
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U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say
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The Washington Post
U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say
Letter urges new intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard to take resolute action to stymie a top ally’s controversial and confidential order.
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DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency
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WIRED
DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency
At least dozens of workers at the Technology Transformation Service were fired on Wednesday, a day after similar sudden cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Court Documents Shed New Light on DOGE Activity at Treasury Department
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Court Documents Shed New Light on DOGE Access and Activity at Treasury Department
New court documents shed light on what a 25-year-old DOGE worker named Marko Elez did inside Treasury Department payment systems, including what Treasury staff did to limit his access. The documents indicate that the situation is more nuanced than previously…
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Better text rendering in Chromium-based browsers on Windows
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Chrome for Developers
Better text rendering in Chromium-based browsers on Windows | Chrome for Developers
The Edge team added support for respecting the Windows ClearType Tuner values in Chromium directly, resulting in better text rendering in Chromium-based browsers on Windows.
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Why is everyone trying to replace Software Engineers?
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Nordcraft
Why is everyone trying to replace Software Engineers?
At this point it is safe to say that software engineers are not in any immediate danger of being replaced by AI. So why do people keep trying to do just that?
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Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data in AI, including DNA
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The Register
Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study
From the billionaire who said real-time surveillance is good for keeping us in check
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White Hat Hackers Expose Iridium Satellite Security Flaws
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IEEE Spectrum
White Hat Hackers Expose Iridium Satellite Security Flaws
Users' locations and texts can be intercepted, including DoD employees
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