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Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full

https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_shareware_cd/index.html
17•shdon•47m ago

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ranger_danger•4m ago
Is it really fair to call these such algorithms "security through obscurity"?

By that logic, wouldn't real symmetric crypto also be considered the same, since it's still just math that similarly swaps the data with other bytes, based on an "obscured" password or key?

Google Buys Spirit Data for $10M

https://airlinegeeks.com/2026/08/17/report-google-buys-spirit-data-for-10m/
1•echelon•8s ago•0 comments

Rysh – an AI harness where Claude and Codex agents work as a team (Go)

https://github.com/rysh-ai/rysh-cli-code
1•halilagin•2m ago•0 comments

Why Aging May Be a Program, Not a Breakdown

https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-aging-may-be-a-program-not-a-breakdown-20260814/
2•ibobev•3m ago•0 comments

Building an AI Text Detector from Scratch

https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/ai-detector-from-scratch
1•ibobev•3m ago•0 comments

We Should Use Instrumented Profiling Scopes More

https://mropert.github.io/2026/08/13/instrumented_profiling_scopes/
1•ibobev•4m ago•0 comments

I Bought and Restored "Old" Technology to Prove the Economy Is Imploding [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_0xBbEFjLk
1•rglover•5m ago•0 comments

Flock cameras haven't improved Atlanta's crime clearance rates

https://atlpresscollective.com/2026/07/28/flock-cameras-atlanta-clearance-rates/
1•jimt1234•5m ago•0 comments

macOS 27 Golden Gate features redesigned traffic light window controls

https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/17/macos-27-golden-gate-beta-6-features-redesigned-traffic-light-wind...
2•akyuu•7m ago•1 comments

Speeding Up the Plush Garbage Collector

https://pointersgonewild.com/2026-08-17-speeding-up-the-plush-garbage-collector/
1•matt_d•7m ago•0 comments

Cumora, a cross-platform team chat where AI agents work alongside humans

https://github.com/yetone/cumora
1•jinqueeny•7m ago•0 comments

Autists Posts to Moltbook

https://www.moltbook.com/post/134f96ff-e275-45db-a52c-561b68b8c923
1•andytratt•8m ago•1 comments

Skills from a Smart Bear

https://skills.asmartbear.com/
1•duck•8m ago•0 comments

Identity Theft, Credit Reports, and You

https://www.kalzumeus.com/2017/09/09/identity-theft-credit-reports/
1•Anon84•10m ago•0 comments

Con Kolivas Revives -ck Patches & MuQSS To Improve Linux Desktop Responsiveness

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Con-Kolivas-Linux-Patches-2026
1•voxadam•10m ago•0 comments

Sources: NBA has no evidence Ballmer funneled money to Leonard via sponsors

https://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/49639157/nba-la-clippers-aspiration-investigation-steve-ba...
2•edfsadfer•11m ago•0 comments

Cursor Origin is now live

https://xcancel.com/cursor_ai/status/2089399057659596847
1•SpyCoder77•11m ago•0 comments

Examining RFK Jr.'S Role in the Measles Outbreak

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/examining-rfk-jr-s-role-in-the-measles-outbreak/
2•petethomas•11m ago•0 comments

U.S. data-center capacity may nearly double by 2028

https://aicharts.grok.me/c/data-center-power
1•echohive42•13m ago•0 comments

Russia fires economist over Ukraine war warning

https://www.ft.com/content/a1b720e3-e1e6-4a13-bdb0-9cc27399ceb4
1•petethomas•14m ago•0 comments

Linux 7.2 Released

https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_7.2
1•diegocg•16m ago•1 comments

AI writes dead code – the Go team's deadcode tool finds it in one command

https://towardsdev.com/how-to-find-and-remove-the-dead-code-your-agent-wrote-752eb1e738d0?sk=283d...
1•cheikhdev•17m ago•0 comments

Why Is It So Hard to Build a Transformer?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/17/magazine/transformers-power-electric-grid.html
1•donohoe•20m ago•0 comments

MidWestWhips

http://www.midwestwhips.com/index.html
2•sickophancy•23m ago•0 comments

3D FPS Gaming on the Commodore PET [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTkArf0htMw
1•amichail•26m ago•0 comments

Pfizer, Valneva Lyme vaccine starts review in Europe

https://pharmaphorum.com/news/pfizer-valneva-lyme-vaccine-starts-review-europe
1•cubefox•27m ago•0 comments

Feel the burn: 90% of people heal faster by focusing on their pain – study

https://www.timesofisrael.com/feel-the-burn-90-of-people-heal-faster-by-focusing-on-their-pain-is...
2•calf•29m ago•1 comments

DOJ Official Flags Stanford for Scrutiny over Foreign Donations

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-17/doj-official-flags-stanford-for-scrutiny-over-...
2•petethomas•29m ago•0 comments

The bitter lesson is the observation in artificial intelligence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_lesson
2•doener•31m ago•0 comments

Multi-stage distributed query execution in ClickHouse Cloud

https://clickhouse.com/blog/multi-stage-distributed-query-execution-clickhouse-cloud
1•samaysharma•31m ago•0 comments

Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

https://timmarinin.net/2026/bluesky-screenshots/
52•gavide•33m ago•31 comments