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31. I charged $18,000 for a Static HTML Page (2019)
How I charged a company $18,000 for a single page and got away with it. My impostor syndrom kicked in.
32. France arrests Latvian for installing malware on Italian ferry
French authorities arrested two crew members of an Italian passenger ferry suspected of infecting the ship with malware that could have enabled them to remotely control the vessel.
33. James Moylan, Engineer Who Designed Gas Tank Arrow Indicator, Has Died
34. Round the tree, yes, but not round the squirrel
35. Why users cannot create Issues directly (Ghostty)
Users are not allowed to create Issues directly in this repository - we ask that you create a Discussion first. Unlike some other projects, Ghostty does not use the issue tracker for discussion or feature requests. Instead, we use GitHub...
36. LeCun calls Alex Wang inexperienced, predicts more Meta AI employee departure
Yann LeCun, formerly Meta's chief AI scientist, criticized Wang and predicted that more AI employees will leave the company.
37. Contact the ISS
38. Can I throw a C++ exception from a structured exception?
39. Happy Public Domain Day 2026
Each January 1st is Public Domain Day, when a new crop of works have their copyrights expire and become free to share and reuse for any purpose. Here's our highlights for 2026.
40. Microservices Killed Our Startup. Monoliths Would've Saved Us
41. Reading is a vice: US student reading abilities and habits are declining
42. Tesla sales fell by 9 percent in 2025, its second yearly decline
Deadly doors, a busted battery bet, and a toxic owner: What's not to like?
43. If you care about security you might want to move the iPhone Camera app
44. Everyone's Watching Stocks. The Real Bubble Is AI Debt
Something has changed in the artificial intelligence boom in the past year. Since the arrival of ChatGPT in 2022, America’s biggest tech companies have been leading the charge, aided by hundreds of billions of dollars on their balance sheet. Now, debt has entered the picture and the stakes are higher.
45. I created a social network that connects both to Mastodon and bsky
46. Supplementation with vitamin D3 reduced telomere attrition
47. Duolingo Used iPhone's Dynamic Island to Display Ads, Violating Apple Design GUI
Language learning app Duolingo has apparently been using the iPhone's Live Activity feature to display ads on the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island, which violates Apple's design guidelines. According to multiple reports on Reddit, the Duolingo app has been displaying an ad for a "Super offer," which is Duolingo's paid subscription option. Apple's guidelines for Live Activity state that the feature cannot be used to display ads or promotions.
48. A website to destroy all websites
How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
49. US Government demands access to European police databases and biometrics [video]
The USA is demanding from all 43 countries in the "Visa Waiver Programme" (VWP), which enables visa-free travel, to conclude an "Enhanced...
50. A summary of USB-C cable features
51. Wood-derived safer alternative for thermal receipt paper coatings
52. Child abuse images found in AI training data [2023]
53. Understanding Elasticsearch Percolator Field and Ingestion Lifecycle
Understanding Elasticsearch Percolator Field and Ingestion Lifecycle Elasticsearch offers powerful features for full-text search, but one lesser-known and incredibly useful tool is the Percolator …
54. Dell's version of the DGX Spark fixes pain points
55. Finland detains ship and its crew after critical undersea cable damaged
Finland has detained a ship and its crew after a critical undersea telecommunication cable connecting the country to Estonia was damaged Wednesday, Finnish authorities said.
56. WebAssembly as a Python Extension Platform
57. The Netflix Simian Army (2011)
58. Extensibility: The "100% Lisp" Fallacy
So, I've seen some articles promoting Emacs-like editors written in Lisp languages, and one of the most common arguments seems to be: "it's written in This Lisp and also scriptable in This Lisp, and that gives it great extensibility." 1 It's not wrong, but I think it does overlook a few things. By the way: Happy New Year!
59. Cameras and Lenses
60. America's chip export controls are working
Don't be fooled by the people who say we should sell China everything we've got.