Disk encryption on NetBSD – achieving secrecy
AI summary The article discusses tamper-proofing systems and the security of /bin/sh on NetBSD.
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Kiri – The Modern Container Runtime
AI summary Kiri is a beta container runtime for Mac, Windows, and Linux that supports Docker CLI and Compose. It claims docker run takes 22 ms, significantly faster than Docker Desktop, and…
Show HN: Gawain – Require type hints on all Python variables
AI summary Gawain is a tool that enforces type annotations on all Python variables, parameters, returns, and class attributes. It then runs a type checker to verify correctness, addressing…
Show HN: Turbo-Browser-MCP – Batch forms, DOM deltas and submit guards for MCP
High-speed Playwright MCP server with multi-tab batching, compact delta DOM snapshots, React/Shadow DOM/iframe form filling, disk file uploads, and submit guards…
Osint Case Studies
AI summary The article outlines OSINT case studies that trace public identifiers from court filings and sanctions through email and username searches, revealing how aliases appear on live…
My favourite modern NES games
AI summary The article lists 25 modern NES games, noting many are available digitally and some as physical cartridges, and highlights titles like All Hell Unleashed and Alwa’s Awakening…
We're Asking an Appeals Court to Require a Warrant for ALPR Searches
Automated license plate readers are simply not comparable to observing an individual license plate on a passing car. As we’ve explained in many amicus briefs and in our lawsuits…
Court denies motion to dismiss DRAM price fixing case
AI summary A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss a DRAM price fixing case against Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron, citing plausible allegations of conspiracy.
Show HN: A custom font based on the Jamaican flag alphabet
AI summary A custom font inspired by the Jamaican flag uses built-in colors and shapes to represent letters. It includes a connected variant that uses contextual features to join glyphs and…
US loses measles-free status: Pan American Health Organization (2025)
AI summary The Americas lost its measles-free status as endemic transmission re-emerged in Canada, according to PAHO.
L3Harris Statement on the Nov. 13 Ground Stop
AI summary L3Harris is modernizing the National Airspace System's communications infrastructure and is supporting the FAA's investigation into the Nov. 13 ground stop.
Nvidia deliberately kept GPU prices high through circular financing deals
AI summary Nvidia allegedly used circular financing to keep GPU prices high, according to a report. The strategy involved supporting customers to sustain the AI boom.
SpaceX Catches the Starship to end Flight 15
Starship Flight 15
Dartmouth (Guarini) will not admit math PhD cohort this year
AI summary Dartmouth's Guarini School paused math PhD admissions for the 2027-2028 cycle during a department review.
The VHDL standard's float package gets sqrt(2) wrong
AI summary The VHDL float package has errors in its sqrt function and other operations, leading to incorrect results in various floating-point formats.
US IRS free online tax filing open source repo
AI summary The US IRS's Direct File service allows free online tax filing, using plain language questions and a knowledge graph for tax law interpretation.
A Family Tree of Software Job Titles
AI summary A software job titles family tree was created, showing 104 titles from the 1940s to now, with connections and evolution paths.
Lovable apps expose passport details and more than 200K private messages
AI summary A study found that many Lovable apps expose passport details and over 200K private messages without login requirements.
Will We Put Data Centers in Space?
How soon could AI data centers move to orbit? Forethought analyzes launch costs, cooling physics, and other engineering and governance factors needed to make space compute viable.
Creating a self booting ZIP archive
AI summary The article discusses creating a self-booting ZIP archive using Linux's initramfs and the ZIP format's flexibility for polyglot trickery.
The Cloud Is Just Someone Else's Computer – They Let It Burn
We have spent the last decade convincing ourselves that the cloud is a magical, weightless place. But it isn't. The cloud is a building. It has walls, cooling...
How to Create Your Own Decentralized Messenger Protocol
AI summary The article discusses creating a decentralized messenger protocol using federation, similar to SMTP's email system.
Formalizing US Tax Code (Using Lean)
AI summary Researchers are formalizing the US Tax Code in Lean to find loopholes and errors, using a versioned legal repository.
PyPI's redesigned project pages with clearer security signals are now live
AI summary PyPI has launched redesigned project pages with clearer security signals to help users assess package security.
Show HN: DeepSeek V3 in ~200 lines of pure Jax
AI summary A 190-line JAX implementation of DeepSeek V3 architecture is presented, trained on a MacBook Air with detective fiction data.