This Week in GNOME: #270 Visualized Community
Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the weekOctober 9 to October 16. Miscellaneous balooii reports After the initial summer release of Contributor Atlas...
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The Leap Second Is No More
The metric might not mean much to laypeople, but leap seconds have been a source of contention in the timekeeping community for years. Now, they’re dead.
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Maker Faire Brno: A Growing “Village” Of Makers
Brno is hitting its stride—and makers are leading the charge. Prague’s smaller cousin likes to joke that it’s just a village, but with a big population...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Squid Before the Chicxulub Meteor Impact
New research shows that squid lived all around the globe even before the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction event. As usual, you can also use this squid post...
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OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites
The actions could have resulted in criminal charges had humans been behind the keyboard.
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We can finally hear some of Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon A Time in Shaolin album
Wu-Tang's Once Upon A Time in Shaolin album has, for the most part, been extremely difficult to listen to, but you can now hear two snippets...
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Tesla driver says he was asleep and using FSD when he crashed into highway patrol cars
After this horrific crash involving a Tesla driver who said he was asleep and using the driver assist mode, the California Highway Patrol warns that "Despite...
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Steinar H. Gunderson: Decompilation patterns, part 13: Reverse loop
Anyone who's read “bro-coder” C from before that was a name will recognize this idiom: var_t1_2 = 0x7F; ... do { ... var_t1_2 -= 1; }...
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“thegentlemanpervert” producing AI CSAM is a NJ prosecutor, say cops
Discord user flagged AI CSAM, triggering arrest of New Jersey deputy AG.
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NASA Names Stephen Cash Marshall Space Flight Center Director
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Stephen Cash director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective Monday, Oct. 19. Cash, a veteran...
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I haven’t wanted to 100% a game in a long time, but…
I've only played a bit of offroad driving sim Over the Hill, but I'm already hooked. Or should I say: winched.
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Katie Zacharia Was Linked to an AI Rare-Earths Startup. It’s Even Weirder Than It Sounds
The short-lived White House press secretary was listed as an adviser to a Kristi Noem–linked company that aims to use AI for mining. Both the company...
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