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Improved fingerprint search algo helps crack a 48-Year-old murder case

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/us/jeanette-ralston-cold-case-murder-suspect.html
1•muglug•1d ago

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treetalker•1d ago
Not new: improvement made in 2018.

> He said that the difference this time was the F.B.I.’s upgrade of its fingerprint search algorithm, which happened in 2018.

phillipseamore•1d ago
Not saying it's the case but some might want to rebrand/spin lowering the threshold for similarity (number of unique features between sample and suspect) as "improved algorithm."

OpenBuilds – Going out of business sale

https://us.openbuilds.com/
1•averagewagon•1m ago•0 comments

Pre-commit: install with uv – Adam Johnson

https://adamj.eu/tech/2025/05/07/pre-commit-install-uv/
1•rbanffy•1m ago•0 comments

Chime S-1

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795586/000162828025025059/chimefinancialinc-sx1wq1da.htm
1•mfiguiere•3m ago•0 comments

Imperfect Networking Calls

https://fred.glass/imperfect-network-calls/
1•hcsfred•6m ago•0 comments

Asking the Key Questions: Q&A with the PyCon US 2025 keynote speakers

https://pycon.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025keynotesqa.html
1•rbanffy•6m ago•0 comments

Exploring Flexicache

https://daniel.feldroy.com/posts/2025-05-flexicache
1•rbanffy•7m ago•0 comments

Knitting Robots: [Using AI] for Reverse-Engineering Fabric Patterns

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/14/8/1605
1•sargstuff•7m ago•0 comments

Vibe Coding CLI

https://github.com/vanna-ai/Awesome-Vibe-Coding-CLI
1•zainhoda•7m ago•0 comments

Donald Trump's gargantuan self-dealing

https://www.ft.com/content/f1cf9453-8fc4-49d5-9781-e117f744c3c7
1•belter•7m ago•0 comments

One of the sources of carbon credits is in conflict with Kenyan herders

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/one-of-the-tech-industrys-sources-of-carbon-credits-is-in-conflict-with-kenyan-herders-201056081.html
1•mikece•9m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Web scraping in production?

1•arkmm•10m ago•1 comments

Working in IT made me a nervous traveller

https://rubenerd.com/working-in-it-made-me-a-nervous-flyer/
2•mikece•10m ago•0 comments

Smarter vibe-coding in 6 tips

https://splits.org/blog/smarter-vibe-coding-in-6-tips/
1•exolymph•10m ago•0 comments

PayPal Brings Contactless Payments to German iPhones Under New EU Rules

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/13/paypal-contactless-payments-germany/
1•Tomte•12m ago•0 comments

Long-Term Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Prodromal Features of Parkinson's

https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000213562
1•bookofjoe•14m ago•0 comments

Linux kernel to drop 486 and early 586 support

https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/07/linux_kernel_drops_486/
1•krunck•16m ago•0 comments

Coding Assistants Threaten the Software Supply Chain

https://martinfowler.com/articles/exploring-gen-ai/software-supply-chain-attack-surface.html
1•LeonigMig•16m ago•0 comments

Student's robot obliterates 4x4 Rubik's Cube world record

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgnlvevj5ro
1•_delirium•17m ago•0 comments

How to Build a Sonic Infinite Runner Game in TypeScript

https://jslegenddev.substack.com/p/learn-to-build-a-sonic-themed-infinite
1•JSLegendDev•17m ago•0 comments

Good news for Linux users: NordVPN now offers a GUI for its service

https://www.neowin.net/news/good-news-for-linux-users-nordvpn-now-offers-a-gui-for-its-service/
1•bundie•17m ago•0 comments

Quantinuum Dominates the Quantum Landscape: New World-Record in Quantum Volume

https://www.quantinuum.com/blog/quantum-volume-milestone
1•EvgeniyZh•17m ago•0 comments

Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson Among Players Reinstated by MLB

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45115659/pete-rose-shoeless-joe-jackson-players-reinstated-mlb
1•speckx•17m ago•0 comments

How to buy a chicken sandwich in Shenzhen: China's $100B livestream sales sector

https://restofworld.org/2022/how-to-buy-chicken-sandwich-shenzhen/
3•Geekette•19m ago•1 comments

Migrating to Postgres from CockroachDB

https://engineering.usemotion.com/migrating-to-postgres-3c93dff9c65d
5•from-nibly•22m ago•0 comments

Starcloud

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/starcloud
2•wiley1454•25m ago•0 comments

Admin Day

https://blog.kaplich.me/admin-day/
1•skaplich•28m ago•0 comments

Using Obscure Graph Theory to Solve Programming Languages Problems

https://reasonablypolymorphic.com/blog/solving-lcsa/
2•matt_d•29m ago•0 comments

The smallest, fastest, power-autonomous biped robot

https://engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/news/2025/05/12-smallest-bipedal-robot.html
1•gnabgib•30m ago•0 comments

Zero-Day Attacks Highlight Another Busy Microsoft Patch Tuesday

https://www.securityweek.com/zero-day-attacks-highlight-another-busy-microsoft-patch-tuesday/
1•Bender•31m ago•0 comments

Nextcloud's Android App Issues

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-android-file-upload-issue-google/
1•simonebrunozzi•32m ago•1 comments