The Dangers of SSL Certificates
https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/12/27/the-dangers-of-ssl-certificates/
https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/12/27/the-dangers-of-ssl-certificates/
Surfing Complexity
The dangers of SSL certificates
Yesterday, the Bazel team at Google did not have a very Merry Boxing Day. An SSL certificate expired for and as shown in this screenshot from the github issue. This expired certificate apparently b…
Show HN: Waycore – an open-source, offline-first modular field computer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46406486
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46406486
Why Reliability Demands Functional Programming
https://blog.rastrian.dev/post/why-reliability-demands-functional-programming-adts-safety-and-critical-infrastructure
https://blog.rastrian.dev/post/why-reliability-demands-functional-programming-adts-safety-and-critical-infrastructure
blog.rastrian.dev
Why Reliability Demands Functional Programming: ADTs, Safety, and Critical Infrastructure
> In banking, telecom, and payments, reliability is not a nice to have. It is table stakes. The most reliable systems I have worked on reduce entire classes of bugs before the code even runs. Functional programming and Algebraic Data Types (ADTs) let you…
How a father’s choices may be packaged and passed down in sperm RNA
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-dads-fitness-may-be-packaged-and-passed-down-in-sperm-rna-20251222/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-dads-fitness-may-be-packaged-and-passed-down-in-sperm-rna-20251222/
Quanta Magazine
How Dad’s Fitness May Be Packaged and Passed Down in Sperm RNA | Quanta Magazine
Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has become impossible to ignore.
A new research shows that 21-33% of YouTube's feed may consist of AI slop
https://www.kapwing.com/blog/ai-slop-report-the-global-rise-of-low-quality-ai-videos/
https://www.kapwing.com/blog/ai-slop-report-the-global-rise-of-low-quality-ai-videos/
Kapwing Company Blog
AI Slop Report: The Global Rise of Low-Quality AI Videos
Kapwing’s new research shows that 21-33% of YouTube’s feed may consist of AI slop or brainrot videos. But which countries and channels are achieving the greatest reach — and how much money might they make? We analyzed social data to find out.
Ask HN: By what percentage has AI changed your output as a software engineer?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46409375
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46409375
'PromptQuest' is the worst game of 2025 (trying to make chatbots work)
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/26/ai_is_like_adventure_games/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/26/ai_is_like_adventure_games/
The Register
'PromptQuest' is the worst game of 2025. You play it when trying to make chatbots work
Opinion: Everything you hated about text adventure games is now being sold as a productivity tool
Scientists discover beer bottle in the Mariana Trench (2024)
https://www.unilad.com/news/scientist-beer-bottle-deepest-point-ocean-mariana-trench-667878-20240213
https://www.unilad.com/news/scientist-beer-bottle-deepest-point-ocean-mariana-trench-667878-20240213
UNILAD
Scientists discover beer bottle at the deepest point of the ocean
Dr Dawn Wright was stunned to find the 'irrevocable' damage humans have done to the planet after deep sea discovery.
tc-ematch(8) extended matches for use with "basic", "cgroup" or "flow" filters
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/tc-ematch.8.html
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/tc-ematch.8.html
Loss of moist broadleaf forest in Africa has turned a carbon sink into source
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-27462-3
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-27462-3
Nature
Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source
Scientific Reports - Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source