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421. Amazon copyright protection changed for Kindle Direct's self-published e-books
Amazon says it will allow authors to offer their DRM-free e-books in the EPUB and PDF formats through its self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing. Starting on January 20, 2026, authors who set their titles as DRM-free will see their books made available in these more open formats.
422. First PC Emulator Launched for Galaxy XR
A virtual computer running in Unity using the Qemu emulator - Release Anjin Virtual Computer GalaxyXR Β· SimonJGillespie/AnjinVirtualComputer
423. Scientists Found the Secret to Roman Concrete in a Pompeii Living Room
Among Pompeii's ruins scientists found the proof that finally confirms their theories about Roman concrete.
424. Functional Quadtrees
A Quadtree is a tree data structure, which is useful for giving more focus/detail to certain regions of your data, while saving resources elsewhere. I could only find a couple tutorials/guides and both were imperative, so I figured it'd be fun to do a functional version in Clojure which runs in the browser.
425. Acme, a brief history of one of the protocols which has changed the Internet
ACME, a brief history of one of the protocols which has changed the Internet Security Changelog 03 December 2025: article announced on Mastodon, LinkedIn and X. 03 December 2025: J.C. Jones published his reflections about 10 years of Let’s Encrypt. A must read! 03 December 2025: J.C. has also been kind enough to announce this article on Hacker News. It makes it jump in the TOP 25 on the HN homepage and in stats (31k reads after 24h) πŸ’š 04 December 2025: add a link to the ACME website of Fabien Hochstrasser.
426. A series of vignettes from my childhood and early career
427. Oblast: A better Blasto game for the Commodore 64
428. How to Get Hired in 2025
429. Thoughts on Go vs. Rust vs. Zig
430. I Designed and Printed a Custom Nose Guard to Help My Dog with DLE
Discover how our pitbull Billie's struggle with Discoid Lupus led to creating SnoutCover - a 3D-printed nose protector that helped her nose fully recover in 5 months.
431. GitLab discovers widespread NPM supply chain attack
Malware driving attack includes "dead man's switch" that can harm user data.
432. Internal RFCs saved us months of wasted work
And how to fix it with RFCs
433. Everyone in Seattle hates AI
A post about everyone in Seattle hating AI.
434. PyTogether: Collaborative lightweight real-time Python IDE for teachers/learners
πŸ“„πŸ Google Docs for Python. A fully browser-based collaborative IDE with real-time editing, live drawing, and voice chat. - SJRiz/pytogether
435. The Absent Silence (2010)
436. Autism should not be treated as a single condition
437. Kenyan court declares law banning seed sharing unconstitutional
A high court in Kenya has declared unconstitutional sections of a seed law that prevented farmers from sharing and selling indigenous seeds in what food campaigners have called a landmark win for food security.
438. The Hitchhiker's Guide to Coherent Fabrics: 5 Programming Rules
439. Traceroute Tool from Scratch in Go
Map your route through the Internet
440. OpenAI Is in Trouble
The start-up is falling behind in the AI race.
441. GSWT: Gaussian Splatting Wang Tiles
A tile-based Gaussian Splatting rendering system for infinitely expanding terrain
442. Windows 3.1 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme, original UI designer explains why
Setting the record straight, 33 years later.