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Josh Ellithorpe
@quest #2172
I like terminal prompts. priv/acc
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Microplastics are everywhere and destroying our health.
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/12/429161/microplastics-air-may-be-leading-lung-and-colon-cancers
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/12/429161/microplastics-air-may-be-leading-lung-and-colon-cancers
OpenAI o3 is a massive improvement. I can't wait till I can test it out.
https://arcprize.org/blog/oai-o3-pub-breakthrough
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
https://byroot.github.io/ruby/json/2024/12/15/optimizing-ruby-json-part-1.html
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/
- 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/
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
https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
Be careful if you're using Flutter for random number generation!
https://www.zellic.io/blog/proton-dart-flutter-csprng-prng/
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
https://medium.com/@tomysshadow/fixing-the-loading-in-myst-iv-revelation-86e2814afbf8
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/
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
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/
https://blog.startifact.com/posts/humble-for-loop-rust/
Generate 3D models from a text prompt and easily import the files to Blender!
https://www.blendergpt.org/
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/
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
https://gitlab.gnome.org/chergert/ptyxis
Dioxus is a Rust app framework for mobile, desktop and web apps.
https://dioxuslabs.com/blog/release-060/
https://dioxuslabs.com/blog/release-060/
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
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/surrey-announces-worlds-first-ai-model-near-instant-image-creation-consumer-grade-hardware
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
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ0ImE41pVs
Check out Limbo, a rewrite of SQLite in Rust.
https://turso.tech/blog/introducing-limbo-a-complete-rewrite-of-sqlite-in-rust
https://turso.tech/blog/introducing-limbo-a-complete-rewrite-of-sqlite-in-rust
Google retrofitted spacial memory safety into their C++ codebases with minimal performance impact.
https://thenewstack.io/google-retrofits-spatial-memory-safety-onto-c/
https://thenewstack.io/google-retrofits-spatial-memory-safety-onto-c/
Memory safe PNG decoders now outperform the most widely used C libraries (libpng).
https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/s/pSuceuHa2U
https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/s/pSuceuHa2U
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/
https://json5.org/
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/
https://flatt.tech/research/posts/compromising-openwrt-supply-chain-sha256-collision/