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151. DHS Changes Process for Awarding H-1B Work Visas to Protect American Workers
The Department of Homeland Security is amending regulations governing the H-1B work visa selection process to prioritize the allocation of visas to higher-skilled and higher-paid aliens to better protect the wages, working conditions, and job opportunities for American workers.
152. An amateur codebreaker may have just solved the Black Dahlia and Zodiac killings
Two retired LAPD homicide detectives say that both notorious cases are solved -- with a single culprit -- thanks to the work of a novice sleuth. 
153. Silicon Valley's tone-deaf take on the AI backlash will matter in 2026
AI’s champions keep trying to impress, but the public is still waiting for answers about jobs, costs, and who benefits. By 2026, that tension will matter.
154. Dancing around the rhythm space with Euclid
Giving Euclidean Rhythms extra flair and building a sequencer
155. More on whether useful quantum computing is "imminent"
These days, the most common question I get goes something like this: A decade ago, you told people that scalable quantum computing wasn't imminent. Now, though, you claim it plausibly is imminent. Why have you reversed yourself?? I appreciated the friend of mine who paraphrased this as follows: "A decade ago you said you were…
156. How GNU Guile is 10x better (2021)
Verstreute Werke von ((λ()'Dr.ArneBab))
157. I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this setting
158. Rue: Higher level than Rust, lower level than Go
A systems programming language with memory safety and high-level ergonomics
159. Astrophotography Target Planner: Discover Hidden Nebulas
Discover hidden and less well know nebulae and deep sky objects with my astrophotography target planner.
160. Rack makes Pion SCTP 71% faster with 27% less latency
In the RACK profile, SCP sustained 316 Mbps using ~0.044 CPU seconds, compared to 234 Mbps at ~0.056 CPU seconds before RACK. When normalized for CPU usage, this corresponds to a ~71% improvement in throughput per CPU, while max-burst CPU profiles remain comparable.
161. Universal Reasoning Model (53.8% pass 1 ARC1 and 16.0% ARC 2)
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2512.14693: Universal Reasoning Model
162. Researchers achieved 1,270 Wh/L in an anode-free lithium metal battery
163. US bars approvals of new models of DJI, all other foreign drones
164. Ultrasound Cancer Treatment: Sound Waves Fight Tumors
Trials are underway for an ultrasound cancer treatment that targets pancreatic tumors, offering hope against one of the deadliest diseases.
165. We Abandoned Matrix: The Dark Truth About User Security and Safety (2024)
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 p…
166. I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersonated me
167. Meta Is Using the Linux Scheduler Designed for Valve's Steam Deck on Its Servers
An interesting anecdote from this month's Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo is that Meta (Facebook) is using the Linux scheduler originally designed for the needs of Valve's Steam Deck..
168. HTTP Caching, a Refresher
Let’s relearn web caching together.
169. GLM-4.7: Advancing the Coding Capability
170. Python Anti-Patterns
171. How I protect my Forgejo instance from AI web crawlers
This article describes my nginx configuration and strategy on how to prevent web crawlers from putting down my instance while still serving most people with minimal amount of friction.
172. Nvidia Acquires Groq's Assets
173. The Duodecimal Bulletin, Vol. 55, No. 1, Year 1209 [pdf]
174. Name That Part: 3D Part Segmentation and Naming
Name That Part: 3D Part Segmentation and Naming
175. Texas App Store Age Verification Law Blocked by Federal Judge
A Texas federal judge today blocked an App Store age verification law that was set to go into effect on January 1, 2026, which means Apple may not have to support the changes after all. The Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB2420) requires Apple and other app marketplaces to confirm user age when a person creates an Apple Account. Apple Accounts for users under 18 would need to join a Family Sharing group, with new controls available for parents and restrictions for minors.
176. Custom Cross Compiler with Nix
How to use a custom cross compiler with nix
177. Is Northern Virginia Still the Least Reliable AWS Region?
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.
178. NASA's Webb Observes Exoplanet Whose Composition Defies Explanation
Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have observed a rare type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, whose atmospheric composition
179. The 9th Circuit Upholds Professor's Right to Mock 'Land Acknowledgments'
University of Washington administrators investigated and threatened to punish Stuart Reges' for constitutionally protected speech.
180. Knowledge curation (not search) is the AI big data problem
The next context engineering breakthrough looks a lot less like Google (Information Retrieval) and a lot more like Wikipedia (Knowledge Curation).