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US Govt is upselling AWS as a PaaS?

cloud.gov
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Operationalizing Macaroons

fly.io

cdn docker elixir fly fly.io
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Show HN: Built an MCP server for direct sound design on my hardware synth

github.com
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Using uv and PEP 723 for Self-Contained Python Scripts

thisdavej.com
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A decompilation and port of Sonic Advance 2-a GameBoy Advance game written in C

github.com
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Revolving Door: Ex FCC Boss Ajit Pai Promoted to Top Wireless Industry Lobbyist

techdirt.com

Politics You probably recall Ajit Pai, Trump’s first FCC boss. Pai took a mindless hatchet to...
Politics You probably recall Ajit Pai, Trump’s first FCC boss. Pai took a mindless hatchet to broadband consumer protection and media consolidation limits with no shortage of scandal. Like that time he turned a blind eye as the telecom industry used dead and fake people to generate fake support for shitty policies (...
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Anti-Orbit Laser Submarines (2017)

toughsf.blogspot.com

Laser-equipped nuclear-powered submarines are the perfect last line of defense against an attacking force in orbit....
Laser-equipped nuclear-powered submarines are the perfect last line of defense against an attacking force in orbit. The situation You don't win every fight. Eventually, there will come a time in space warfare where a fleet of space warships has defeated all your mobile forces and your immobile defenses. They will be...
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What it takes to add a new back end to Futhark

futhark-lang.org
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Arctic sea ice sets a record low maximum in 2025

nsidc.org

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2025Arctic sea ice extent appears to have reached its annual maximum on March...
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2025Arctic sea ice extent appears to have reached its annual maximum on March 22, 2025. This is the lowest maximum in the 47-year satellite record, with previous low maximums occurring in 2017, 2018, 2016, and 2015.Please note that this is a preliminary announcement. Changing weather or late-sea...
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Things I would have told myself before building an autorouter

autorouting.com

I’ve spent about a year working on an autorouter for tscircuit (an open-source electronics CAD kernel...
I’ve spent about a year working on an autorouter for tscircuit (an open-source electronics CAD kernel written in Typescript). If I could go back a year, these are the 13 things I would tell myself:An intermediate stage of our autorouting routing a keyboard.If I was king for a day, I would rename A* to “Fundamental A...
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A note on the USB-to-PS/2 mouse adapter that came with Microsoft mouse devices

microsoft.com

Back in the early days of USB, Microsoft mouse devices often came with a USB plug...
Back in the early days of USB, Microsoft mouse devices often came with a USB plug at the end of the cable, but also came with a small green adapter to convert the USB type-A plug into a PS/2 plug. How did this adapter work? USB and PS/2 are completely different protocols that are not compatible in any way. The adapt...
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LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs

computerworld.com
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Executive order on Smithsonian targets funding programs with 'improper ideology'

apnews.com

dc wire donald trump executive orders general news jd vance
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The Unbearable Loudness of Chewing

asteriskmag.com

It’s a teenage rite of passage to explode into rage at your parents. While the usual...
It’s a teenage rite of passage to explode into rage at your parents. While the usual outburst is sparked by some combination of hormones, insecurity, and authority issues, for me it was a popping sound in my father’s jaw. I first noticed it at the dinner table. Every time he took a bite, the disc of cartilage that c...
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Alibaba Qwen2.5-Omni-7B: Open Source End-to-End Multimodal AI Model

alizila.com

generated by chat.qwen.ai Alibaba Cloud has launched Qwen2.5-Omni-7B, a unified end-to-end multimodal model in the Qwen...
generated by chat.qwen.ai Alibaba Cloud has launched Qwen2.5-Omni-7B, a unified end-to-end multimodal model in the Qwen series. Uniquely designed for comprehensive multimodal perception, it can process diverse inputs, including text, images, audio, and videos, while generating real-time text and natural speech respo...
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Ubisoft Spins Off AssassinsCreed,FarCry,Rainbow 6, Backed by $1.25B from Tencent

variety.com

In a surprise move, Ubisoft is spinning off some of its top franchises, including “Assassin’s Creed,”...
In a surprise move, Ubisoft is spinning off some of its top franchises, including “Assassin’s Creed,” “Far Cry” and “Rainbow Six” into a new subsidiary. The separate entity is funded by a $1.25 billion investment (a 1.16 billion transaction in euros for the France-based Ubisoft) from gaming company Tencent, which wi...
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Golang on the Playstation 2

rgsilva.com

coding embedded go
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Writing an HTTP Server in Go from Scratch: Part 2

krayorn.com

Follow along while I improve the HTTPServer I wrote from scratch in Go.March 2025 Last year...
Follow along while I improve the HTTPServer I wrote from scratch in Go.March 2025 Last year I wrote a blog post explaining how I built my HTTP Server in Golang by following a Coder Crafters, I got some good feedback on it and improved the HTTP Server quite a bit, let’s dive into the changes! The git repository is st...

go software
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Emacs Solo: A Surprise System Crafters Live Demo

rahuljuliato.com

Last Friday, I was genuinely surprised by a live demo of my Emacs Solo configuration on...
Last Friday, I was genuinely surprised by a live demo of my Emacs Solo configuration on the System Crafters Weekly Show. Watching the live demo was an eye-opener, as I hadn't expected the project to get such attention, especially in a live setting. Seeing David Wilson take a deep dive into the setup, testing the con...
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Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi

kagi.com
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The devastating truth about the war on education – Raw Story

rawstory.com

“Those who control the present, control the past; and those who control the past control the...
“Those who control the present, control the past; and those who control the past control the future.” —George Orwell, 1984From outlawing the polio vaccine to ignoring the scientific consensus on gender dysphoria to refusing to wear masks in hospitals to trying to strip evolution and science from our schools, stupid ...
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It's Now a Hate Crime to Vandalize Teslas in DC

politico.com
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Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online

spiegel.de

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: His contact info could be found using a commercial people...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: His contact info could be found using a commercial people finder. Foto: Annabelle Gordon / AFP Private contact details of the most important security advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump can be found on the internet. DER SPIEGEL reporters were able to find mobile phone numb...

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Web-based cryptography is always snake oil

devever.net
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