Articles by zdw
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Microsoft denies rewriting Windows 11 in Rust using AI (windowslatest.com)

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Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out (nesbitt.io)

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Dolphin Progress Release 2512 (dolphin-emu.org)

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Could lockfiles just be SBOMs? (nesbitt.io)

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An initial analysis of the discovered Unix V4 tape (spinellis.gr)

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Unix "find" expressions compiled to bytecode (nullprogram.com)

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Rex is a safe kernel extension framework that allows Rust in the place of eBPF (github.com/rex-rs)

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Paperbacks and TikTok (calnewport.com)

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MacSync Stealer variant finds a way to bypass Apple malware protections (9to5mac.com)

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Zork Z-Machine implemented on an Intel 4004 Microprocessor Vintage Computer [video] (youtube.com)

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Advice for Individual Contributors (staysaasy.com)

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Cursed circuits #3: true mathematics (lcamtuf.substack.com)

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Your inbox is a bandit problem (parentheticallyspeaking.org)

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How the Segmented Game Changed, Through the Eyes of Golf (nicole.express)

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Federated Package Management and the Zooko Triangle (nesbitt.io)

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OCT – My Framework for Digital Sovereignty, Part 1 (wildeboer.net)

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Humanist Plumbing (tbray.org)

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Monster of 2025: Endless Subscriptions (motherjones.com)

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I got ripped off by YouTube "coach" using AI and how you might avoid it [video] (youtube.com)

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3D Risk on a Globe (instructables.com)

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Here you can find the contents of the Unix v4 tape ready for bootstrapping (squoze.net)

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Sunset Section 230 and Unleash the First Amendment (acm.org)

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Notable Book Covers of 2025 (casualoptimist.com)

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AI Safety has a scaling problem (boydkane.com)

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Rust's Block Pattern (notgull.net)

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Chemical Hygiene (karpathy.bearblog.dev)

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A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance (pluralistic.net)

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Behold the Infamous PS2 Linux Kit [video] (youtube.com)

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Why does Windows take the scenic route converting from CF_TEXT to CF_OEM­TEXT? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)

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Typosquatting in Package Managers (nesbitt.io)

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A Facebook test makes link-sharing a paid feature for creators (engadget.com)

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Has Ansible Team Abandoned Network Automation? (ipspace.net)

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Ford Has Steered Its Former EV Truck and Plant Plans in to a Ditch (512pixels.net)

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Most Parked Domains Now Serving Malicious Content (krebsonsecurity.com)

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Solving the Problems of HBM-on-Logic (morethanmoore.substack.com)

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New Ways to Corrupt LLMs (acm.org)

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Gemini thinking trace, reviewing feedback on its code from another model (simonwillison.net)

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Sawing a Dam in Half (On Purpose) [video] (youtube.com)

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The Future of Radiation Safety Is Lies, I Guess (aphyr.com)

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How We Lost Communication to Entertainment (ploum.net)

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Arborium: Tree-sitter code highlighting with Native and WASM targets (bearcove.eu)

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Analog Calendar with LEDs and Switches (friendlywire.com)

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Memories of Burger Becky (blitter.net)

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I fed 24 years of my blog posts to a Markov model (susam.net)

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The Coupang data breach that hit two-thirds of South Korea (ft.com)

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Poor Johnny still won't encrypt (bfswa.substack.com)

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Can I use HTTPS RRs? (netmeister.org)

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Using secondary school maths to demystify AI (raspberrypi.org)

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What was typography like in the Soviet Union? (bsky.app)

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Why Intel and AMD couldn't play LittleBigPlanet together [video] (youtube.com)

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Every hundred South Koreans today will have only six great-grandchildren (worksinprogress.co)

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Whatever Happened to NFTs? (ritholtz.com)

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Speed Reading (The Meaning of Language) (computer.rip)

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Relish: A New Serialization Format (alexgaynor.net)

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It's not you–Betty Crocker's directions are wrong (boredzo.org)

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Toaplan v2 and the Birth of Raizing: Sorcer Striker (nicole.express)

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Pdsink: USB Power Delivery Sink library for embedded devices (github.com/pdsink)

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Kilauea erupts, destroying webcam [video] (youtube.com)

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Apex: Universal Markdown Processor (brettterpstra.com)

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Comparing a Xbox Prototype recreation to the original at Microsoft [video] (youtube.com)

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Home Assistant 2025.12 Released (home-assistant.io)

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'Hobby dogging': Germany's viral trend of pretending to walk a dog (uniondemocrat.com)

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8086 Microcode Browser (nand2mario.github.io)

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Meta's Child Sex-Trafficking Problem (afterbabel.com)

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How Should We Peer Review Software? (mirawelner.com)

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Sending DMARC reports is somewhat hazardous (utcc.utoronto.ca)

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Japanese game devs face font dilemma as license increases from $380 to $20k (gamesindustry.biz)

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Vibe coding: Empowering and imprisoning (anildash.com)

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Running Linux on a RiscPC – why is it so hard? (thejpster.org.uk)

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Exploring Large HTML Documents on the Web (perfplanet.com)

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Backlash at AI Dubbing of Anime on Amazon Prime Video (aftermath.site)

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Give Us One Manual for Normies, Another for Hackers (hackaday.com)

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Optimize for momentum (muratbuffalo.blogspot.com)

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After Windows Update, Password icon invisible, click where it used to be (support.microsoft.com)

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Git Your Freedom Back: A Beginner's Guide to Sourcehut (btxx.org)

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A Bus Ride and the (At Least) 3x UX FAILs (bsdly.blogspot.com)

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Retrobright Damages Plastics – 10 Year Test [video] (youtube.com)

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Japan's human washing machines will go on sale to general public (soranews24.com)

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My car charger can boil water really fast [video] (youtube.com)

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Evaluating Uniform Memory Access Mode on AMD's Turin (chipsandcheese.com)

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Scientists Unearth 15-Meter Snake Fossil in India, as Large as a T. Rex (dailygalaxy.com)

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Stop Hacklore – An Open Letter (hacklore.org)

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BSD PF versus Linux nftables for firewalls for us (utcc.utoronto.ca)

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Wakayama senior uses AI to identify wild mushrooms, gets poisoned shortly after (soranews24.com)

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Ironwood, our latest TPU (blog.google)

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NVMe driver for Windows 2000, targeting both x86 and Alpha AXP platforms (github.com/techomancer)

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Mind-altering 'brain weapons' no longer only science fiction, say researchers (theguardian.com)

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Mitigating Application Resource Overload with Targeted Task Cancellation (muratbuffalo.blogspot.com)

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What I Meant When I Said Substack Isn't Cool (gq.com)

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The Unexpected Joys of Hacking an Old Kindle (hackaday.com)

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Open Source Has Too Many Parasocial Relationships (pivotnine.com)

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Napster Raised $3B from Mystery Investor. Now 'Investor' and 'Money' Are Gone (forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu)

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When will quantum break crypto? the answer will shock you (bfswa.substack.com)

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How many valid JSON byte sequences are there? (qntm.org)

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NSA and IETF, Part 2 (cr.yp.to)

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Markdown is holding you back (bphogan.com)

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Why you don't want to get tuberculosis on your (arstechnica.com)

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No Key, Mo Problems (bfswa.substack.com)

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Is DWPD Still a Useful SSD Spec? (klarasystems.com)

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Make product worse, get money (dynomight.net)