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(ADVANCED) Guide to not fucking up QR codes

https://infosec.exchange/@rebane2001/117078420917152774

8•upofadown•1h ago

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phillipseamore•41m ago

Hiding through design! Just don't mess with them. Changing the appearance of QR codes is just one step from hiding them. I've done unformal UX tests and codes that don't immediately trigger "that's a QR code" simply don't get scanned.

RicoElectrico•41m ago

Weird nothing was mentioned about bastardizing the finder patterns.

Local police departments prepare to deploy autonomous surveillance drones

https://truthout.org/articles/first-came-the-flock-cameras-now-local-cops-want-autonomous-drones/

1•iamnothere•1m ago•0 comments

Free NASA e-Books [pdf]

https://www.nasa.gov/ebooks/

1•NKosmatos•1m ago•0 comments

.new links are shortcuts to actions on the websites

https://whats.new/

1•Error6571•2m ago•0 comments

Tracking extreme heat by the hour makes climate change seem worse

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/tracking-extreme-heat-by-the-hour-makes-climate-change-se...

1•rbanffy•3m ago•0 comments

The fastest double-to-string algorithm you've never heard of

https://vitaut.net/posts/2026/yy-dtoa/

1•signa11•3m ago•0 comments

Why I Play Board Games (and So Should You)

https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/08/why-i-play-board-games/

1•ingve•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Eigshow Interactive Web App

https://eigshow-app.web.app/

1•cecinuga•4m ago•0 comments

Most Power Sought for US Data Centers Will Never Materialize

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-12/most-electricity-sought-for-ai-data-centers-in...

1•doener•7m ago•0 comments

A Smart Recycling Robot Dismantles Old Devices

https://spectrum.ieee.org/recycling-robot

1•rbanffy•8m ago•0 comments

Eval harness is part of your attack surface

https://acingai.com/articles/agent-eval-harness-security

1•rayz_z•9m ago•0 comments

Facebook ads are so hard to block that uBlock Origin stopped filtering them

https://www.neowin.net/news/facebook-ads-are-so-hard-to-block-that-ublock-origin-stopped-filterin...

2•bundie•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Hallucinote, integrating Ableton and Claude Code

https://github.com/brookstalley/hallucinote

1•brookst•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Aakit – find every assumption your coding agent made, and which broke

https://github.com/abhixhek/aakit

1•Abhixhek•10m ago•0 comments

European scientists developed a tactile sensor capable of 100 μm resolution

https://spectrum.ieee.org/robot-finger

1•sohkamyung•10m ago•0 comments

Nvidia's $500B Bet to Make AI Compute Wall Street's Next Asset Class

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertszczerba/2026/08/10/nvidias-500b-bet-to-make-ai-compute-wall-s...

2•LorenzoTettaman•11m ago•0 comments

Voyager engineers found two more years in a 50-year-old power budget

https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/08/12/how-voyager-engineers-found-two-more-years-in-a-50...

1•pseudolus•12m ago•0 comments

AI compute power becoming tradable asset class as CME launches futures contracts

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/ai-computing-power-becomes-a-tradable-asset-class-as-cme-starts-f...

2•pseudolus•13m ago•0 comments

Tarot Was a Courtly Card Game. How Did It Become a Tool for Divination?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/arts/design/tarot-cards-morgan.html

1•Anon84•13m ago•1 comments

Show HN: I took the calculator away from 50 LLMs and graded the arithmetic

https://github.com/DmitriGoloubentsev/LLM-Tests

3•NatalijaAAD•14m ago•0 comments

Let's Play "Htmx 4: the game"

https://sethmlarson.dev/htmx-4-the-game

1•surprisetalk•16m ago•0 comments

Electricity Pricing in the Age of AI

https://power2026.ai/

1•rzk•16m ago•0 comments

You can't buy 20 pieces of aluminum tube online

https://vestalmetals.com/blog/aluminum-tube-bin-packing/

2•pdfiv•16m ago•0 comments

The Platform that Builds itself

https://opengeni.substack.com/p/the-platform-that-builds-itself

1•davletdz•17m ago•0 comments

Markdown Locker – local Markdown notes agents can attach to via MCP

https://markdown.locker/

1•fortblocks•18m ago•0 comments

Slack Shortcuts

https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/help/articles/360057554553-Use-shortcuts-to-take-actions-in-Slack?no...

1•ankitg12•18m ago•0 comments

Revision Prompting: improves industrial LLM processes

https://revisionprompting.info/

1•idiliv•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: DejaVu – instant replay for Windows that survives crashes (160 KB exe)

https://github.com/blancodagoat/DejaVu

1•signalsift•20m ago•0 comments

Cross-Examine – replay base behavior against an AI-generated PR

https://github.com/stefbuilds/cross-examine

1•stefanospalyvos•20m ago•0 comments

I monetized my API in 30 minutes with x402 no accounts, no API keys, fast USDC

https://6766587364.lol

1•MikeDorian•20m ago•0 comments

uBlock Origin stops dealing with Facebook any longer

https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1vgcjg5/about_disgusting_facebook_devs/

3•gbil•21m ago•0 comments