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