Data Bank – Nuforc – Latest UFO Sightings
The NUFORC Databank is the largest independently collected set of UFO / UAP sighting reports available on the internet. For 25 years, it has been the go-to resource for researchers and the general public interested in following the most recent first hand UFO witness accounts, or delving into a deep archive of historical reports. The […]
Android introduces $2-4 install fee and 10–20% cut for US external content links
Developers currently using links to app downloads or transactions need to enroll in this program and meet these requirements by January 28, 2026. In the future, Google intends to apply a service fee on successful transactions and downloads completed via external content links. At this time, however, Google is not assessing these fees and is […]
PBS News Hour West to go dark after ASU discontinues contract
ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication will not renew its contract with PBS News Hour West, ending a reporting hub that covered the western U.S. and updated the nightly news produced on the East Coast for West Coast viewers. Located on the Downtown Phoenix campus, the bureau offered internship opportunities for journalism […]
We ran Anthropic’s interviews through structured LLM analysis
Anthropic’s headline was “predominantly positive.” They weren’t wrong. People dosee benefits. But benefits don’t equal resolution. 85.7% of people are using AI while simultaneously feeling unresolved about it. That’s cognitive debt. And like all debt, it compounds. If you’re a creative feeling like AI is eroding your sense of self, you’re not alone. You’re in […]
CSS Grid Lanes
It’s here, the future of masonry layouts on the web! After the groundwork laid by Mozilla, years of effort by Apple’s WebKit team, and many rounds debate at the CSS Working Group with all the browsers, it’s now clear how it works. Introducing CSS Grid Lanes. .container { display: grid-lanes; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(250px, 1fr)); gap: […]
Show HN: Netrinos – A keep it simple Mesh VPN for small teams
Netrinos creates a secure, private network that seamlessly bypasses firewalls and routers, giving you instant access to your devices from anywhere on the internet.No firewall changes. No port forwarding. No IT department. [embedded content] Your network adapts, instead of you Travel and Stay Connected Your devices communicate across the Internet, transporting your local network worldwide. […]
Kernighan’s Lever
Brian Kernighan famously wrote: Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you’re as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it? — The Elements of Programming Style, 2nd edition, chapter 2 The following version also circulates on the […]
A Better Zip Bomb
David [email protected] 2019-07-02 updated 2019-07-03, 2019-07-05, 2019-07-06, 2019-07-08, 2019-07-18, 2019-07-20, 2019-07-22, 2019-07-24, 2019-08-05, 2019-08-19, 2019-08-22, 2019-10-14, 2019-10-18, 2019-10-30, 2019-11-28, 2020-07-28, 2021-01-21, 2021-02-02, 2021-05-03, 2021-07-29, 2023-05-18 Summary This article shows how to construct a non-recursive zip bomb that achieves a high compression ratio by overlapping files inside the zip container. “Non-recursive” means that it does not […]
CUDA Tile Open Sourced
CUDA Tile IR is an MLIR-based intermediate representation and compiler infrastructure for CUDA kernel optimization, focusing on tile-based computation patterns and optimizations targeting NVIDIA tensor core units. The project provides a comprehensive ecosystem for expressing and optimizing tiled computations for NVIDIA GPUs, simplifying the development of high-performance CUDA kernels through abstractions for common tiling patterns, […]
The Coffee Warehouse
I have a bit of a love hate relationship with Starbucks. It feels expensive. The lines are long. And I resent the fact that I give them an interest-free loan every time I use their mobile app. But my go-to Pike and banana nut loaf are delicious, and the baristas at my preferred location are […]