You Can’t Fool the Optimizer
You can’t fool the optimiser Written by me, proof-read by an LLM. Details at end. Sometimes you’ll step through code in a debugger and find a complex-looking loop… that executes as a single instruction. The compiler saw through the obfuscation and generated the obvious code anyway. Consider this assortment of highly questionable unsigned addition routines […]
The “Mad Men” in 4K on HBO Max Debacle
Reader warning: there’s gonna be a lot of pretend puke photos in this post. If you’ve fired up HBO Max recently, you’ve probably seen that one of the most influential and prestigious television series of all time was to premiere in 4K on the streaming service. The show’s first four seasons were shot on film, […]
No ARIA is better than bad ARIA
No ARIA is better than Bad ARIA Functionally, ARIA roles, states, and properties are analogous to a CSS for assistive technologies. For screen reader users, ARIA controls the rendering of their non-visual experience. Incorrect ARIA misrepresents visual experiences, with potentially devastating effects on their corresponding non-visual experiences. Before using ARIA or any of the guidance […]
Helldivers 2 on-disk size 85% reduction
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Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft’s AI obsession has ruined the service
The Foundation that promotes the Zig programming language has quit GitHub due to what its leadership perceives as the code sharing site’s decline. The drama began in April 2025 when GitHub user AlekseiNikiforovIBM started a thread titled “safe_sleep.sh rarely hangs indefinitely.” GitHub addressed the problem in August, but didn’t reveal that in the thread, which […]
Accepting US car standards would risk European lives
EU officials must revisit the hastily agreed trade deal with the US, where the EU stated that it “intends to accept” lower US vehicle standards, say cities – including Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, and more than 75 civil society organisations. In a letter to European lawmakers, the signatories warn that aligning European standards with laxer […]
Quad9 DOH HTTP/1.1 Retirement, December 15, 2025
Back to Blog October 9, 2025 blog Quad9 will be discontinuing support within DNS-over-HTTPS (DOH) using HTTP/1.1 on December 15, 2025. This should have no impact on most users, but there are some older or non-compliant devices or software which may be unsupported after that time with DOH and which will have to revert to […]
Show HN: HCB Mobile – financial app built by 17 y/o, processing $6M/month
Mohamad Mortada Dec 2, 2025 I’m Mohamad, a 17-year-old from the SF Bay Area, and I just shipped the official mobile app for HCB. If you haven’t heard of it, HCB is the financial backbone for over 6,500 teenager-led nonprofits, clubs, and hackathons. We provide 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, access to a bank account, a donation […]
Understanding ECDSA
ECDSA attack cryptography ethereum extended euclidean algorithm generating functions signature malleability Prerequisites and audience In this article, we’ll try to understand how ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm) works. The version I have in mind is the one used by the Ethereum blockchain. Since my interest lies in security, we’ll also explore the signature malleability […]
Japanese game devs face font dilemma as license increases from $380 to $20k
Japanese game makers are struggling to locate affordable commercial fonts after one of the country’s leading font licensing services raised the cost of its annual plan from around $380 to $20,500 (USD). As reported by Gamemakers and GameSpark and translated by Automaton, Fontworks LETS discontinued its game licence plan at the end of November. The […]