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Modernizing C arrays for greater memory safety: a case study in the Linux kernel
How to modernize C arrays for greater memory safety: a case-study in refactoring the Linux kernel and a look to the future Kees Cook C i...
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 2,475 posts.
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Hermes: An open-source document management system
Learn about Hermes, an open source document management system created by HashiCorp to help streamline writing and document processes.
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Reducing technical debt by valuing comments as much as code
Annotations, such as Javadoc, help maintainers understand your coding decisions.
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New AI classifier for indicating AI-written text
We’re launching a classifier trained to distinguish between AI-written and human-written text.
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Cosmic DE update: System76's new Linux desktop environment
Alex shares more progress on the work-in-progress COSMIC DE for Pop!_OS. This one’s got new mockups for you to poke around in!
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Elementary OS 7
Forward thinking and designed for real life
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Discovery could extend battery life by replacing tape that causes self‑discharge
Thanks to a discovery in a Dal lab, manufacturers of laptops and other tech devices now have an explanation for why the batteries that power their gadgets tend to lose some of their charge over time and a path forward to fixing the problem..
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W3C re-launched as a public-interest non-profit organization
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards.
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Backblaze Drive Stats for 2022
Check out the 2022 year-end Drive Stats data, and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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Git archive checksums may change
We are reverting this change for now. More details to follow. The default compression for Git archives has recently changed. As result, archives downloaded from GitHub may have different checksums…
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Automerge 2.0
Automerge 2.0 is here and ready for production.
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Berkeley Mono Ligatures Release
Berkeley Mono Ligatures v1.009 release, Chicago Corporate Typeface, Berkeley Graphics identity, Houston Mono™ sneak peek.
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TigerBeetle raises $6.4M to power the future of financial accounting infra
A textbook database problem
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WebAssembly: Adding Python support to WASM language runtimes
Providing up-to-date, convenient WebAssembly builds of Python with WASI support
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UK Online Safety Bill threatens encryption, secure communication, and reporting
Does the image above, depicting the rescue of a child who attempted to reach the U.K. by sea, present the act of immigration in “a positive light”? It’s an absurd question, of course. It’s journalism – an effort to convey in visual terms the stark truth that tens of thousands of migrants and asylum-seekers try to…
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PageRank algorithm for graph databases
What is PageRank algorithm? How can it be used in various graph database use cases? How to use it in Memgraph? If these questions are keeping you up at night, here is a blog post that will finally put your mind at ease.
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Ejaculation frequency and prostate cancer (2022)
Research into the connections between sexual activity and prostate cancer....
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Calculators now emulated at Internet Archive
It's time to add another family of emulated older technology to the Internet Archive.The vast majority of platforms within what we call The Emularity happens because of the work of MAME Team, which has spent over 25 years adding support for tens of thousands of machines, platforms, and tools to their breathtaking…
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BBC Modi Documentary Removal
We have observed some confusion about the Internet Archive’s removal of links to a BBC documentary about Indian PM Narendra Modi ("India: the Modi Question"). Internet Archive can confirm that it has removed links in response to DMCA takedown requests from the BBC.
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An investigation into Apple’s new Relay network
Guest Post: Analysing Apple Private Relay’s effects on the Internet and future measurement-based research.
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Wizards of the Coast Releases SRD Under Creative Commons License (CC-BY-4.0)
Over the past few weeks you, the community, have made your voices heard. And we’ve listened. OGL 1.0a will remain untouched AND the entire SRD 5.1...
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ChatGPT and the Enshittening of Knowledge
Daragh O Brien poses some thoughts on ChatGPT, AI Text Generation, and the Enshittening of Knowledge and what we can learn from Plato.
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OsmAnd 4.3 for Android devices
Great news for Android users!
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Accessible hamburger buttons without JavaScript
Learn how to create an accessible hamburger button with pure HTML and CSS.
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Best and worst decisions I’ve made
Today’s post is a little more personal than professional (in fact, this started off as a post for my personal blog), but there’s still plenty of overlap into entrepreneurship and crowdf…
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SQLAlchemy 2.0 Released
The Database Toolkit for Python