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Technical Time Travel: On Vintage Programming Books
A look at three relics of a not-quite-bygone era. In picture-listicle form.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 6,153 posts.
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Bunny DNS – A scriptable DNS platform
bunny.net introduces Bunny DNS, a scriptable DNS platform designed to simplify complex routing challenges and enhance internet performance. Offering powerful features like real-time scripting, integrated CDN, and privacy-first design, Bunny DNS is now available for early preview.
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Browser in the Browser (BITB) Attack
Providing security research and red team techniques
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Be good to your mentors
Mentor relationships can be absolutely wonderful over the arc of a career. This is a simple way to think about finding and keeping good mentors.
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Update Firmware of Samsung SSDs in Linux
Firmware flash Samsung SSD or NVMe directly from Linux without needing broken Samsung ISO boot environment!
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What is: Linux keyring, gnome-keyring, Secret Service, and D-Bus (2019)
What are Linux keyring, gnome-keyring, Secret Service, and D-Bus - a brief overview and usage examples
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New Capabilities for GPT-3: Edit and Insert
We’ve released new versions of GPT-3 and Codex which can edit or insert content into existing text, rather than just completing existing text.
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The first RISC-V portable computer is now available
The DevTerm R-01 is a RISC-V based "slabtop" computer.
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Go 1.18
Go 1.18 adds generics, native fuzzing, workspace mode, performance improvements, and more.
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Strype, a Python frame-based editor
A frame-based Python editor for the BBC micro:bit
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Oxidation makes tea black
Oxidation radically alters everything we perceive in food. It changes the flavor, aroma, color, and texture of everything we eat and drink. Without oxidation, tea would taste unbearably bitter. Oxidation is what unlocks tea’s hidden flavors by removing bitter compounds and transforming flavorless proteins into…
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Vim Reference Guide
Concise learning resource for beginner to intermediate level Vim users
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Arti – An implementation of Tor in Rust
Arti 0.1.0 is released, and available for download.
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How to Learn Nix
Five years ago, I migrated my VPS from Arch Linux to NixOS. I had no idea what I was doing. I had never used Nix before. I thought I could figure it out. Five years later, I’m still running NixOS. And I still have no idea how it works.
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There are not enough BTUs
Y'all ready for it?
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Google Fi bricked my iPhone 11 Pro Max (2020)
When I discovered Google Fi six months ago, I thought to myself, “Finally, a phone service that accomplishes everything I need at a…
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Why is it hard to buy things that work well?
There's a cocktail party version of the efficient markets hypothesis I frequently hear that's basically, "markets enforce efficiency, so it's not possible that a company can have some major inefficiency and survive". We've previously discussed Marc Andreessen's quote that tech hiring can't be inefficient here and here…
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Writing a device driver for Unix V6
In this post we will learn the useful skill of writing a device driver for Unix V6 and run it on an emulator.
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Some discouraging anecdotes on how services handle account deletions
I asked 124 services to delete my user account. The results were mixed. 21 never responded, and 16 responded by created even more accounts. Some outright lied.
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Visualizing black holes with general relativistic ray tracing
Okay I ended up making this write-up waaaaaay too long, so before I get into any of the jargon, let’s take a look at the finished product:
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Podman can transfer container images without a registry
The newly released Podman 4.0 includes the new podman image scp command, a useful command to help you manage and transfer container images.
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New WebKit features in Safari 15.4
With over 70 additions to WebKit, Safari 15.4 is packed with new web technologies, updates, and fixes.
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When or If
The CSSWG (CSS Working Group) is currently debating what to name a conditional structure, and it’s kind of fascinating.
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Ace, CodeMirror, and Monaco: A comparison of browser code editors (2021)
We compare and contrast the top code editors that you use in your browser.