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31. Three RCEs in Ilias Learning Management System
We describe three previously unknown vulnerabilities enabling remote code execution (RCE) in versions 8, 9, and 10 of the widely used learning management system ILIAS.
32. House Vote Keeps Federal "Kill Switch" Vehicle Mandate
Lawmakers split not only over funding, but over how much control Americans should surrender to their cars.
33. Bugs Apple Loves
Bugs Apple won't fix. Why else would they keep them around for so long? We did the math.
34. Ghostty's AI Policy
👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration. - ghostty/AI_POLICY.md at main · ghostty-org/ghostty
35. What Has Docker Become?
Docker Inc's journey from containerization pioneer to AI-focused platform has been anything but straightforward. Here's what their strategic shifts tell us about the company's search for identity.
36. Presence in Death
In tukdam, clinically dead meditators are said to dwell in the luminosity of emptiness
37. Isometric NYC
38. The State of Modern AI Text to Speech Systems for Screen Reader Users
39. Why medieval city-builder video games are historically inaccurate (2020)
This blog post explores the historical accuracy of medieval city-builder video games.
40. The Lost Art of XML
41. The cleaner: One woman's mission to help Britain's hoarders
For Jo Powell, cleaning is about restoring dignity and understanding the grief and shame behind every pile of rubbish.
42. NYT investigation on an ice raid [video]
A video analysis of one early morning raid in Los Angeles revealed the vast web of consequences brought by new aggressive Border Patrol tactics.Subscribe: ht...
43. Microsoft collects passwords and scans password-protected zip files (2023)
If you think a password prevents scanning in the cloud, think again.
44. Show HN: Obsidian Workflows with Gemini: Inbox Processing and Task Review
Obsidian Gemini processing workflows, Validate each command before executing it. It is strongly recommended to use a version control system (Git) in your Obsidian vault to visualize and revert changes made by the agent. - inbox_processing_workflow.md
45. What Will You Do When AI runs Out of Money and Disappear?
46. Why talking to LLMs has improved my thinking
I’ve been surprised by - and enjoy - one aspect of using large language models more than any other. They often put into words things I have long understood, but could not write down clearly. When that happens, it feels less like learning something new and more like recognition. A kind of “ok, yeah" moment.…
47. Tesla kills Autopilot, locks lane-keeping behind $99/month fee
With falling sales and shrinking profits, the recurring revenue will be most welcome.
48. Microsoft Mishandling Example.com
49. The Unexpected Logic of Art Economics: Arts and Inequality in 80s NY (2020)
The Unexpected Logic of Art Economics: Arts and Inequality in 1980s New York By Sarah Miller-Davenport When Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc was installed in Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan’s Foley Square in 1981, it was meant to be a pioneering work of public art that would expose New York’s masses to post-minimalist sculpture. Tilted Arc would indeed become one of the most legendary sculptures in 20th century history—but not for its artistic merit.
50. TI-99/4A: Leaning More on the Firmware
I kicked off last year with a look at the TI-99/4A home computer. I'd started out playing with BASIC and then moved on to translating some of those BASIC programs into machine language and its custom "Graphics Programming Language" bytecode to see how to approach more serious work. My final few BASIC programs ended in…
51. Scaling PostgreSQL to power 800M ChatGPT users
52. Tesla convicted 18 times for failing to help UK police with investigations
In each case, when British police officers tried to track down the details of speeding Tesla drivers, their letters went unanswered and the forces ended up prosecuting the company itself
53. Turso is an in-process SQL database, compatible with SQLite
Turso is an in-process SQL database, compatible with SQLite. - tursodatabase/turso
54. 'Askers' vs. 'Guessers' (2010)
The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine.
55. CSS Optical Illusions
A collection of 50+ optical illusions coded with CSS and HTML. :: Blog post at Alvaro Montoro's Personal Website.
56. Capital One to acquire Brex for $5.15B
57. Improving the usability of C libraries in Swift
There are many interesting, useful, and fun C libraries in the software ecosystem. While one could go and rewrite these libraries in Swift, usually there is no need, because Swift provides direct interoperability with C. With a little setup, you can directly use existing C libraries from your Swift code.
58. Doubting U.S. resolve, Europe looks to bolster its own nuclear arsenal
European powers are examining how to their bolster nuclear arsenals to guard against Russia amid questions about America’s commitment to NATO.
59. I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file
60. Writing First, Tooling Second