Tom Stoppard has died
2 days ago ShareSave Seher Asafand Patrick Jackson ShareSave Matt Humphrey Sir Tom Stoppard, one of the UK’s best-known playwrights, has died aged 88, his agents have announced. Sir Tom, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, “died peacefully at home in Dorset, surrounded by his family”. […]
Landlock-Ing Linux
Landlock: What Is It? Landlock is a Linux API that lets applications explicitly declare which resources they are allowed to access. Its philosophy is similar to OpenBSD’s unveil() and (less so) pledge(): programs can make a contract with the kernel stating, “I only need these files or resources — deny me everything else if I’m […]
Show HN: Nano PDF – A CLI Tool to Edit PDFs with Gemini’s Nano Banana
A CLI tool to edit PDF slides using natural language prompts, powered by Google’s Gemini 3 Pro Image (“Nano Banana”) model. Natural Language Editing: “Update the graph to include data from 2025”, “Change the chart to a bar graph”. Add New Slides: Generate entirely new slides that match your deck’s visual style. Non-Destructive: Preserves the […]
All it takes is for one to work out
More than a decade ago, when I was applying to graduate school, I went through a period of deep uncertainty. I had tried the previous year and hadn’t gotten in anywhere. I wanted to try again, but I had a lot going against me. I’d spent most of my undergrad building a student job-portal startup […]
The Origins of Scala (2009)
The Origins of Scala A Conversation with Martin Odersky, Part I by Bill Venners and Frank Sommers May 4, 2009 Summary Martin Odersky talks with Bill Venners about the history that led to the creation of the Scala programming language. Scala, a general-purpose, object-oriented, functional language for the JVM, is the brainchild of Martin Odersky, […]
Learning Feynman’s Trick for Integrals
a.k.a. Differentiation under the Integral Sign & Leibniz Integral Rule Among a few other integral tricks and techniques, Feynman’s trick was a strong reason that made me love evaluating integrals, and although the technique itself goes back to Leibniz being commonly known as the Leibniz integral rule, it was Richard Feynman who popularized it, which […]
Be Like Clippy
“Clippy didn’t sell your data. Clippy didn’t hold your data hostage. Clippy was there to help you.” Fed up with trillion-dollar companies exploiting your data? Forced to use their services? Your data held for ransom? Your data used to train their AI models? Opt-outs for data collection instead of opt-ins? Join the movement to make […]
Framework Computer Now Sponsoring LVFS / Fwupd Development
With the Linux Vendor Firmware Service serving more than 135 million downloads for Linux users updating their system and device firmware, LVFS has been working to get more hardware vendors to contribute either engineering resources or directly contributing annual dues as sponsors. Framework Computer is now the first one to have executed an agreement under […]
An Update on the Farphone’s Battery
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Student Perceptions of AI Coding Assistants in Learning
Abstract:The arrival of AI coding assistants in educational settings presents a paradigm shift, introducing a “new kid in the classroom” for both students and instructors. Thus, understanding the perceptions of these key actors about this new dynamic is critical. This exploratory study contributes to this area by investigating how these tools are shaping the experiences […]