Is Northern Virginia Still the Least Reliable AWS Region?
https://statusgator.com/blog/aws-least-reliable-region-in-2025/
https://statusgator.com/blog/aws-least-reliable-region-in-2025/
StatusGator
The Least Reliable AWS Region in 2025 | StatusGator
We analyzed if AWS’ N. Virginia region remains the least reliable in 2025. Overview of outages, affected services, and the massive October 20 AWS incident, with insights from StatusGator’s real-time monitoring.
Nabokov's guide to foreigners learning Russian
https://twitter.com/haravayin_hogh/status/2003299405907247502
https://twitter.com/haravayin_hogh/status/2003299405907247502
X (formerly Twitter)
Yevardiaղ (@haravayin_hogh) on X
Nabokov's advice to foreigners learning Russian, giving pronunciation advice on how to reposition one's jaw and taking slightly sadistic pleasure in highlighting its intimidating array of verb suffixes.
Open source USB to GPIB converter (for Test and Measurement instruments)
https://github.com/xyphro/UsbGpib
https://github.com/xyphro/UsbGpib
GitHub
GitHub - xyphro/UsbGpib: Versatile, cheap and portable USB to GPIB converter (USBTMC class based)
Versatile, cheap and portable USB to GPIB converter (USBTMC class based) - xyphro/UsbGpib
Correspondence Between Don Knuth and Peter van Emde Boas on Priority Deques 1977 [pdf]
https://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/p.vanemdeboas/knuthnote.pdf
https://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/p.vanemdeboas/knuthnote.pdf
CEO killed at industrial site by worker operating forklift
https://www.12onyourside.com/2025/12/23/ceo-killed-industrial-site-by-worker-operating-forklift-while-talking-phone-osha-report-shows/
https://www.12onyourside.com/2025/12/23/ceo-killed-industrial-site-by-worker-operating-forklift-while-talking-phone-osha-report-shows/
https://www.12onyourside.com
CEO killed at industrial site by worker operating forklift while talking on the phone, OSHA report shows
The files are from OSHA’s recently closed investigation into the death of 45-year-old Sunbok You in March 2025.
Next JavaScript app is hacked, you just don't know it yet
https://audits.blockhacks.io/audit/your-next-js-app-is-already-hacked
https://audits.blockhacks.io/audit/your-next-js-app-is-already-hacked
BlockHacks
Your Next JS app is already hacked, you just don't know it yet - Also logs show nothing!
Why 500 Internal Server Errors in Next.js signal Remote Code Execution (RCE) - deserialization executes code before logging/validation, attackers use errors as feedback for full server compromise
Permission Systems for Enterprise That Scale
https://eliocapella.com/blog/permission-systems-for-enterprise/
https://eliocapella.com/blog/permission-systems-for-enterprise/
Eliocapella
Permission Systems for Enterprise that Scale
Permission checks that query on every request will break at scale. Learn how pre-computing permissions at write-time enables fast reads, with working SQL examples and an interactive demo.
The EU's Fine Against X Is Not About Speech or 'Censorship'
https://www.techpolicy.press/the-eus-fine-against-x-is-not-about-speech-or-censorship/
https://www.techpolicy.press/the-eus-fine-against-x-is-not-about-speech-or-censorship/
Tech Policy Press
The EU’s Fine Against X is Not About Speech or ‘Censorship’ | TechPolicy.Press
The €120 million fine under the Digital Services Act is just the EU enforcing some normal, boring requirements of its law, writes Stanford's Daphne Keller.
New reactor produces clean energy and carbon nanotubes from natural gas
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-reactor-energy-carbon-nanotubes-natural.html
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-reactor-energy-carbon-nanotubes-natural.html
phys.org
New reactor produces clean energy and carbon nanotubes from natural gas
Scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed a new reactor that converts natural gas (a common energy source primarily composed of methane) into two highly valuable resources: clean hydrogen ...
We Abandoned Matrix: The Dark Truth About User Security and Safety (2024)
https://forum.hackliberty.org/t/why-we-abandoned-matrix-the-dark-truth-about-user-security-and-safety/224
https://forum.hackliberty.org/t/why-we-abandoned-matrix-the-dark-truth-about-user-security-and-safety/224
Hack Liberty
Why We Abandoned Matrix: The Dark Truth About User Security and Safety
WE HAVE MOVED TO SIMPLEX Anyone that agrees to our Code of Conduct is welcome to join our Simplex Hack Liberty Community Room and our Simplex server, a decentralized, metadata resistant alternative to Matrix! Incognito profiles welcome! Hack Liberty SMP…
Mt. Gox CEO Karpelès Reveals Details of 2014 Collapse and Japanese Detention
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/former-mt-gox-ceo-mark-karpeles-reveals-details-of-2014-collapse-and-japanese-detention
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/former-mt-gox-ceo-mark-karpeles-reveals-details-of-2014-collapse-and-japanese-detention
Bitcoin Magazine
Mt. Gox's Mark Karpelès: I Was Suspected Of Being Dread Pirate Roberts
The French coder who accidentally hosted Silk Road domains and inherited a hacked exchange shares the psychological toll of Japan's detention system.
Researchers achieved 1,270 Wh/L in an anode-free lithium metal battery
https://postech.ac.kr/eng/research/research_results.do?mode=view&articleNo=43617&noscript=Anode-Free+Battery+Doubles+Electric+Vehicle+Driving+Range
https://postech.ac.kr/eng/research/research_results.do?mode=view&articleNo=43617&noscript=Anode-Free+Battery+Doubles+Electric+Vehicle+Driving+Range
POSTECH
Anode-Free Battery Doubles Electric Vehicle Driving Range | POSTECH