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DeDRM ebooks
Fix encrypted downloads of books so they can be read with standard tools
2026-05-31 adobe • books • ebooks • epub • kobo • reading
Guidelines for Respectful Use of AI
Thoughtful comments on not letting prolix AI make work for people
2026-05-31 ai • culture • llm • management • work
Starlink POPs
Satellite ISP lists addresses for all its terrestrial exchanges
2026-05-30 datacenter • internet • isp • pop • starlink
Niri
Experimental UI for Linux: a tiling window manager that also has an infinite scrolling system
2026-05-30 hci • pad++ • tiling • ui • windowmanager
rsync AI drama
Essential and reliable sysadmin tool has had some bugs recently that seem related to using AI to code
2026-05-29 ai • claude • correctness • rsync • slop
Factorio open source?
Interview with game lead saying he likes the idea of an open source release for Factorio some day
2026-05-29 factorio • games • opensource
Osborn / Woods
Some bits about a gay couple of Nevada City who were graphic designers
2026-05-28 gay • history • lgbt • nevadacity • osbornwoods • prints • silkscreens
Can we have the day off?
A human cry for some relief in the face of AI escalation
2026-05-28 ai • culture • jobs • vacation • work
How to Screenshot
Simple instructional site for teaching people how to take screenshots on a variety of computers
2026-05-27 computers • screenshot • tutorial
Heather Cairns on Google
Employee #4 at Google and their first HR person, she is now working on a book.
2026-05-27 google • hr • startup
keybr
A typing teacher / test webapp, very nicely designed
2026-05-26 ergonomics • keyboard • training • typing • wpm
errno for AI
Funny list of common AI errors
2026-05-25 ai • errno • funny • llm • parody • unix • via:hackernews
State of Local AI
A buying guide to running local LLMs on Wintel hardware
2026-05-24 ai • gpu • llm • selfhosting
Menace & Resa
Street art duo, did a fun piece in Houston
2026-05-23 graffiti • houston • mural • streetart
PenDown vector fonts
Someone making a new set of idiosyncratic fonts for plotters, etc
2026-05-23 fonts • hersheyfont • plotter • plotterart • rendering • text • via:lobsters
Things by Josh
A remarkably impressive EE hacker building various USB devices
2026-05-23 ee • hacking • hardware • newzealand
Seafile
A self-hosted cloud file service, sort of like a private Dropbox
2026-05-22 dropbox • filesharing • network • nextcloud • sync • syncthing
Felicity Chandelle
A remarkable person, a pilot and also a committed crossdresser
2026-05-22 aviation • crossdresser • history • lgbt • pilot • trans
Datasette Agent
Database exploration tool now has a thoughtful AI integration with SQL-aware agent tools
2026-05-21 agent • ai • datasette • rag • simonw • sqlite
Scrapers vs Wikis
Person who runs a bunch of custom Wiki websites writes about abuse from scrapers
2026-05-21 ai • robotstxt • scaling • scraping • via:lobsters • web • wiki
Starlink financials
SpaceX S-1 means we finally have hard data on the Starlink ISP business
2026-05-21 internet • isp • spacex • starlink
16 byte demo
Astonishing piece of demoscene art, a whole piece in 16 bytes of x86 machine language
2026-05-20 art • demo • demoscene • scene • via:marcin • xor
Theo Baker
Stanford student who did some remarkable journalism. He wrote a great NYT op/ed about AI and ethics at Stanford recently
2026-05-20 ai • corruption • journalism • stanford
AWS GovCloud leak
US CyberSecurity department publishes 800+ MB of security credentials to the public on GitHub
2026-05-20 aws • badtech • cisa • github • keys • leak • security • uspol
Kakigoya
Oyster feed party in Japan, looks like a lot of fun
2026-05-18 culture • food • japan • oysters • tourism
100,000 kids separated
Republican agenda to sunder non-white families. Most of the children losing their parents are US citizens
2026-05-18 gop • immigration • racism • republicans • trump • uspol • whitesupremacy
College during AI
A sharp and despairing essay about the cynicism of Stanford students using AI tools and chasing success
2026-05-17 ai • chatgpt • education • ethics • llms • stanford • success
13,000 manuals
Project to rescue manuals destined for the trash and digitize them instead
2026-05-15 archive • internet • internetarchive • manuals • scanning • textfiles • via:hackernews
Passkey transfer
Some promising steps in an important part of the push to end passwords. You can move your passkey credentials between apps.
2026-05-14 1password • authentication • passkeys • passwords • security • via:reddit
Reddit Russian propaganda
The big conservative subreddit was entirely dominated by a couple of Russian accounts, now banned
2026-05-14 politics • propaganda • reddit • russia • socialmedia
NVME erasing
Various options for wiping an SSD. There's a neat crypto option by default that is nearly instant, but only some drives have it
2026-05-12 cryptography • linux • nvme • security • ssd • wipe
2fa 1337
A 2FA app that spots cool numbers like 80085 and tells you about them
2026-05-10 2fa • authentication • funny • numbers • random • rngdle • via:george
USB Cheat Sheet
Handy roundup of USB protocol and charging variants
2026-05-10 computers • connectors • usb • via:amitp
xdg-ninja
Modernize your Linux environment by moving config files into $HOME/.config where you can
2026-05-08 commandline • config • customization • linux • shell • xdg
Kyle Kingsbury Podcast Podcast
Podcast promoter books random guests with the wrong Kyle, who gamely interviews them anyway. Hilarity ensues.
2026-05-08 aphyr • bro • funny • manosphere • masculinity • podcast
Is GitHub Cooked?
Another third party GitHub uptime monitor. This one is less apocalyptic than the unofficial monitor but may give a better picture of casual usability
2026-05-04 github • monitor • scalability • systems • uptime
Containers vs VMs
Exploration of security concerns of containers and the practicality of using VMs to run untrusted code like AI agents
2026-05-04 agent • container • kvm • security • vm
India health survey (PDF)
Huge 2021 government survey of household health In India of over 600,000 households. Includes a remarkable amount of detail.
2026-05-04 census • health • india • survey
Medicat USB
Yet another bootable rescue / tool system
2026-05-03 boot • linux • recovery • rescue • usb • windows
RNGdle
Silly daily game, nicely made
2026-05-01 clicker • games • idle • via:waxy
Grass Valley welcome arch
In 1901 visitors entered through the legs of an odd statue of a gold miner
2026-05-01 1901 • arch • goldminer • grassvalley • history • kitsch • photo • photography