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Apple ignores bug report
Almost two years ago I noticed a strange multitouch problem in Mobile Safari with one of my games. This problem was new; it was introduced with the iOS 4.2.1 update and wasn't present on older iOS versions.
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"cat readme.txt" is not safe if you use iTerm2
Turning "cat readme.txt" into arbitrary code execution in iTerm2.
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JSC loves ES6
Update: The previous version of this post showed performance data from ARES-6 version 1.0.
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Block the “Upgrade to Tahoe” alerts
Although I have to have a machine running macOS Tahoe to support our customers, I personally don't like the look of Liquid Glass, nor do I like some of the functional changes Apple has made in macOS Tahoe.
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Whatever happened to the bee apocalypse?
Science News, Physics, Science, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
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300M Freely Downloadable Pwned Passwords
Edit 1: The following day, I loaded another set of passwords which has brought this up to 320M. More on why later on. Edit 2: The API model described below has subsequently been discontinued [https://www.troyhunt.com/enhancing-pwned-passwords-privacy-by-exclusively-supporting-anonymity/] in favour of the
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The terminal of the future
To redesign infrastructure, you have to allow incremental adoption, while simultaneously moving the whole design space at once.
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Allow me to get to know you, mistakes and all
I think I’ve finally pinpointed why it is that I have an allergic reaction when I’m confronted with a text that has me as the intended recipient, but that has been run through an LLM to change or “clean up” the wording - especially if it’s internal communication or even direct communication. Well, at the very least, I…
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Software engineers should write
In elementary school, there were “math kids” and there were “English kids”. You were classified by the other kids’ impression of your prowess in each subject.
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Na-S Battery: Low-cost with four times the capacity of lithium
Researchers are hoping that a new, low-cost battery which holds four times the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries and is far cheaper to produce will significantly reduce the cost of transitioning to a decarbonised economy.
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Salesforce CEO Benioff calls for national privacy law
Speaking on CBS This Morning today with Gayle King, Norah O'Donnell and John Dickerson, Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff called for a national
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Want to found a startup? Work at one first
Research shows start-ups with experienced founders are more likely to succeed, and build more valuable companies too. But if you want to found a company, how do you get that experience? My experience says the fast-track is joining an existing start-up and riding that wave, taking the opportunities that come with…
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Sourcehut's Second Year in Alpha
sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists.
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Apple and Facebook
Apple and Facebook seem like they are in conflict, but have often been each other’s best partners.
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Unsafe levels of toxic chemicals found in drinking water for 6M Americans
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health2016318 points147 commentsSociety, Policy & Culture details
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Building a Personal VoIP System
Take control of your telephony with Asterisk!
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Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Don’t Let Facebook, or Any Tracker, Follow You on the Web
Using the web today, you are a target. And because of the rampant tracking across websites, each time you use the internet, you become an easier target. Tor Browser can help.
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Gleam doesn't compile to Erlang source anymore
News post: Gleam v1.19.0 released!
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Turn your site into a place people can bump into each other
Releasing Town Square. Bring back the feeling that real people are browsing your site with you.
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A 100x speedup with unsafe Python
We're going to speed up some numpy code by 100x using "unsafe Python." Which is not quite the same as unsafe Rust, but it's a bit similar, and I'm not sure what else to call it... you'll see. It's not something you'd use in most Python code, but it's handy on occasion, and I think it shows "the nature of Python” from…
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Thoughts on Startup School
Perhaps my expectations were misaligned, but I was astonished at how geek-unfriendly the event was. At conferences like BSDCan , one of the major considerations is the availability of power sockets; at Startup School, not only were the power sockets very limited — we were in a theatre with perhaps a dozen outlets…
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How to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, MIT style (2021)
Archived MIT Admissions blog post 'how to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, mit style,' published May 20, 2021. Preserved for historical context; not maintained as current admissions policy.