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zappb··on Ask HN: Who reads the "newest" feed, and what do you look for there?
I run out of things to read on the main page and check new for what’s up. It’s easier to do here due to a low submission volume.
zappb··on Debian 13, Postgres, and the US/* time zones
That description could match nearly any tech company in the Bay Area or Seattle and everything along the coast.
zappb··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
In common parlance, it means overly right wing.
zappb··on “No Tax on Tips” Includes Digital Creators, Too
That must be where Onlyfans was inspired to emulate the business model.
zappb··on ICEBlock handled my vulnerability report in the worst possible way
I imagine the ICEBlock author automatically assumed that Micah Lee was some pro-ICE rando without looking into him at all, further proving the blog post title correct.
zappb··on Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks
It’s not a niche topic, but anything to do with Iran tends to censor the bad things going on there.
zappb··on PSA: Libxslt is unmaintained and has 5 unpatched security bugs
That would be the Apache Attic: https://attic.apache.org/
zappb··on Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android
Mobile phone platforms are reverting back to the pre-iOS/Android reality where you have to jump through tons of hoops to even make an app let alone run a viable business with it.
zappb··on Tech, chip stock sell-off continues as AI bubble fears mount
Easy come, easy go!
zappb··on "Remove mentions of XSLT from the html spec"
You can include a "link" HTTP header similar to a link tag. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/...

This would work without special syntax in the XML file.

zappb··on The demographic future of humanity: facts and consequences [pdf]
So the Axlotl tanks from Dune.
zappb··on Byte Buddy is a code generation and manipulation library for Java
That is an even lower level API that lets you manipulate the bytecode as a byte array. You still need to parse it to do anything useful, hence libraries like ASM. And if you want to compile more code at runtime (or generate bytecode), you'll need some way to do that.
zappb··on Why the em dash is attracting unfair suspicion
I assume those are people who write their comments in MS Word and copy the text with its smart quotes.
zappb··on Byte Buddy is a code generation and manipulation library for Java
Ideally, tools like ByteBuddy will adopt that API as it's for low level concerns.
zappb··on Meta Leaks Part 1: Israel and Meta
Nearly every country in Europe is an ethnostate.
zappb··on Leonardo Chiariglione – Co-founder of MPEG
Free codecs without patent issues were limited to things like Vorbis which never got wide support. There were FOSS codecs for patented algorithms, but those had legal issues in places that enforce software patents.
zappb··on Ask HN: What trick of the trade took you too long to learn?
Writing tests first is a good way to end up with testable code. If you skip that, retrofitting tests is incredibly difficult.
zappb··on I am not a supplier (2022)
The EU has been working on regulations related to this over the past couple of years. Various OSS foundations have been tracking this like Apache, Linux, and Eclipse Foundations.
zappb··on Third places and neighborhood entrepreneurship (2024)
It's certainly normal in the Middle East where coffee is a big part of the culture. In some countries, coffee kind of fills the gap where alcohol might normally where it's banned.
zappb··on Children need the freedom to play on streets again
Far north side of Chicago still has children playing in the streets. Not sure about the suburbs, but the city supports it when the residents do.
zappb··on Judges Weigh Taking Control of Their Own Security Amid Threats
So if judges had private security and had a standoff with the US Marshals or some other executive branch officers, who would be in the right? That sounds like a constitutional crisis in the making.
zappb··on Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students
They don’t have 60 senators which is required to pass anything besides the budget these days thanks to the filibuster.
zappb··on MLB says Yankees’ new “torpedo bats” are legal and likely coming
Formula 1 is supposed to be like that except without the drugs. It’s a competition for both the racers and the manufacturers.
zappb··on The Origin of the Pork Taboo
Preventing meat and dairy contacting is based on a moral argument against mixing products of life with products of death. I don’t think it was ever about health.
zappb··on Weaponizing Wikipedia Against Israel
This is not too different from the XZ backdoor. Open collaboration is vulnerable to state actors wreaking havoc. With Wikipedia as a common source for LLM training data, this is just another front in international warfare.
zappb··on SF Purity Test
The lower the score, the more you’ve assimilated into the SF scene. A score of 100 means you’re pure from SF.
zappb··on Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases?
I believe it’s mostly aesthetic as gamers don’t want to sit in a regular office chair. Even Herman Miller makes gamer chairs now.
zappb··on Ibis: Federated Wikipedia alternative
Anything to do with Zionism is a great starting point.
zappb··on EU antitrust regulators to spell out how Apple must open up to rivals
EU as usual are still copyright maximalists as long as the rights holders are European. Can’t wait for European diplomats to approve the latest compression format!
zappb··on Newly Discovered Antibody Protects Against All Covid-19 Variants
I’d imagine the process of synthesizing the gene or proteins or similar is what’s patented, not the genetic material itself.
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