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Josh Ellithorpe

@quest #2172

I like terminal prompts. priv/acc
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OpenAI o3 is a massive improvement. I can't wait till I can test it out.

https://arcprize.org/blog/oai-o3-pub-breakthrough
Looks like we don't need to use oj anymore to have fast JSON performance in Ruby. Excellent dive into the internals of Ruby's JSON processing.

https://byroot.github.io/ruby/json/2024/12/15/optimizing-ruby-json-part-1.html
New update to the Go protobuf package. The new Opaque API.

https://go.dev/blog/protobuf-opaque
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Golang 1.24 has some incredible features landing... including but not limited to:

- Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) in crypto/tls
- ML-KEM - a post-quantum key exchange mechanism
- A weak pointer implementation

https://devcenter.upsun.com/posts/go-124/
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Just learned about thefuck, hilarious little app that auto corrects your last console command. Am I the only one that missed this?

https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
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Be careful if you're using Flutter for random number generation!

https://www.zellic.io/blog/proton-dart-flutter-csprng-prng/
Wow, this dev spent 4 months improving and optimizing Myst IV. Now that is dedication, and the write-up is fantastic.

https://medium.com/@tomysshadow/fixing-the-loading-in-myst-iv-revelation-86e2814afbf8
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Quad9 has decided to start censoring their DNS results. They are hoping to overturn the ruling in an appeal.

They value operating in France more than giving the rest of the world censorship free DNS.

https://www.quad9.net/news/press/quad9-faces-new-dns-censorship-legal-challenge-in-france-from-canal/
New Cinnamon 6.4 Desktop is now available with a native Night Light, a revamped theme, and many other goodies.

https://9to5linux.com/cinnamon-6-4-desktop-environment-released-with-revamped-theme-night-light
For loops in Rust, a deep dive into performance numbers.

https://blog.startifact.com/posts/humble-for-loop-rust/
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Generate 3D models from a text prompt and easily import the files to Blender!

https://www.blendergpt.org/
Breakdown of all the songs and lyrics from Pink Floyd's The Wall. Plus they did a really good job on the website itself.

https://thewallanalysis.com/
Just tried out Ptyxis for the first time, and it looks like I am going to be using a new terminal emulator. It is excellent. I will re-evaluate once Ghostty is available for public consumption.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/chergert/ptyxis
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Dioxus is a Rust app framework for mobile, desktop and web apps.

https://dioxuslabs.com/blog/release-060/
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antirez is working on Redis again! Exciting times.

https://antirez.com/news/144
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NitroFusion, an ultra fast image creation model using consumer hardware.

https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/surrey-announces-worlds-first-ai-model-near-instant-image-creation-consumer-grade-hardware
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OpenAI releases Canvas. This is pretty cool and allows you to work together on a document or code. Much better UX than the traditional back and forth.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ0ImE41pVs
Google retrofitted spacial memory safety into their C++ codebases with minimal performance impact.

https://thenewstack.io/google-retrofits-spatial-memory-safety-onto-c/
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Memory safe PNG decoders now outperform the most widely used C libraries (libpng).

https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/s/pSuceuHa2U
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Personally not a huge fan, but some people want a more human friendly version of JSON. I would rather use UCL or toml for configs.

https://json5.org/
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Nice write-up about how they found an attack against the openwrt firmware builder.

https://flatt.tech/research/posts/compromising-openwrt-supply-chain-sha256-collision/
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