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Postgres 19 REPACK: Built-In Online Table Bloat Cleanup

PostgreSQL 19 introduces a built-in REPACK CONCURRENTLY feature that allows online table bloat cleanup without third-party extensions. Unlike VACUUM FULL which requires downtime, or tools like pg_repa...

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Orbital Matter 3D-printed the first rigid beam in the vacuum of space

German startup Orbital Matter successfully 3D-printed the first rigid structural beam in the vacuum of space using UV-cured resin extrusion from its Replicator 2 satellite, launched on a SpaceX ridesh...

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Qwen 3.8 27B on my laptop can interpret model weights, too

Simon Willison demonstrates that running Qwen 3.8 27B locally on a laptop can interpret and explain its own model weights, showcasing a breakthrough in machine introspection capabilities. This highlig...

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Death comes for XSLT

Google has officially removed XSLT support from Chrome, with Chromium-based browsers following suit, marking November 17, 2026 as the deprecation date. The author criticizes this move as a violation o...

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Why we're moving our warehouse off DuckDB

PostHog is migrating its warehouse product from DuckDB to a Trino-based architecture due to scaling limitations with single-node DuckDB instances in multi-tenant cloud environments. The company previo...

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Anthropic is still grappling with the economics of compute

Anthropic's new S-1 filing reveals compute costs rose to 58% of revenue in Q3 2026, up from 48% the prior quarter, despite revenue growing to $17 billion. The worsening compute margins during its IPO ...

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Another child dies of measles as CDC reportedly holds up health alert

A child in New York has died of measles, marking the first measles-related death in the state in over 30 years and the seventh such death in the US this year. The surge in outbreaks is linked to decli...

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Trump wanted to give No Kings no air. Then, Meta suspended its Instagram.

Meta suspended the No Kings Coalition's Instagram account during a critical early voting push, citing that Claude AI usage triggered its automated bot-detection systems. Despite apologizing, Meta refu...

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EPA throws in the towel on policing air pollution from factory farms

The EPA has officially ended a 20+ year effort to develop air pollution monitoring methods for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), effectively abandoning regulation under the Clean Air Act...

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Beyond screens: Mercedes-Benz's new holographic heads-up display

Mercedes-Benz has developed a holographic heads-up display that uses a special transparent film with holographic optical elements laminated into the windshield glass, combining a projector with micros...

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All the news about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake

Nintendo is releasing a Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on November 5th, featuring a more realistic visual style, modern quality-of-life improvements including a jump button an...

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The Internals of PostgreSQL

A comprehensive free online book by Mr.Akira KAKIBA covering the internal implementation of PostgreSQL, including its architecture, query processing, and advanced features. The book targets developers...

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macOS 27 does not support CoreStorage volumes

macOS 27 (Golden Gate) appears to have removed support for CoreStorage volumes and HFS filesystems, which could affect users with legacy disk configurations. The discovery was made during testing and ...

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US tech giants' hidden AI debt swells 90% to $3.2T in 6 months

US tech giants' hidden AI-related debt surged approximately 90% over six months, reaching $3.2 trillion. The figure reflects the massive capital commitments and off-balance-sheet obligations tied to A...

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Preparing for the Flipper One Kickstarter and opening pre-orders

Flipper Medium announced the preparation for the Flipper One Kickstarter campaign and opened pre-orders for the device. The Flipper One continues the popular multi-tool line, building on the legacy of...

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Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot

Stringman is an $800 open-source room-scale gripper robot that uses string-driven actuation instead of traditional motors. The project targets democratizing accessible robotics by offering a low-cost ...

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Mac at Any Scale

The article discusses approaches to running macOS at scale, likely covering virtualization, containerization, or cloud-based Mac infrastructure solutions. It provides technical guidance on how organiz...

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The Ubuntu 26.04 Rust sudo is not compatible with standard sudo

Ubuntu 26.04 ships with a Rust reimplemented sudo that is not fully compatible with the traditional C sudo binary, potentially breaking workflows relying on standard sudo behavior or third-party tools...

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Announcing NetBSD 11.1

NetBSD 11.1 is the first point release of the NetBSD 11 stable branch, primarily focused on security fixes and bug fixes. The update addresses boot hangs on QEMU, kernel panics on VIA/Zhaoxin CPUs, US...

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kitty 0.50.0

Kitty terminal emulator released version 0.50.0 with a major new feature: kitty-diff, enabling intelligent diff viewing directly within the terminal. The release also includes other improvements and c...

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A Second Futamura Projection

The author demonstrates the second Futamura projection by specializing a partial evaluator with its own interpreter, producing a compiler that directly transforms Brainfuck programs into residual code...

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Gist of Go: Concurrency

The article presents a concise mini-course on concurrency in Go, covering goroutines, channels, and synchronization patterns. The author seeks community feedback on potential inaccuracies and requests...

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Firefox Security & Privacy Newsletter 2026 Q3

Mozilla's Q3 2026 newsletter highlights Firefox security and privacy initiatives, including a faster release cycle since September 2026, using frontier LLMs to identify and fix security bugs, and sepa...

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Anthropic is working on a system to prove AI models’ identity

Anthropic is developing FlashProve, a verification system that would allow anyone to cryptographically confirm an AI response actually originated from the specific model it claims to be from, addressi...

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Ferrari’s controversial Luce EV is sold out for 2027

Ferrari's first electric vehicle, the Luce, has been fully allocated through 2027, according to CEO Benedetto Vigna. The model has been one of Ferrari's most polarizing launches, drawing both praise a...

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The biggest modding site in PC gaming is taking a stance on AI

Nexus Mods is making AI disclosures mandatory for all new mod uploads, requiring authors to declare whether AI was used in their work. The policy addresses community concerns about transparency, with ...

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Sonos adds new Presets and prepares for the 27voice AI beta

Sonos is rolling out a major app update featuring new Presets that let users save music playback settings for specific rooms, accessible directly from the homescreen. US users can also join the waitli...

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Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3

Safari 27.3 introduces Adaptive Dark Mode, which adjusts the browser's dark theme intensity based on the content being viewed, providing a more balanced reading experience. This feature represents a n...

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Your terminal manipulation/navigation setups

A disabled Lobste.rs user discusses the challenges of terminal interaction while using voice control tools like Talon Voice and Svalboard. They describe difficulties with scrolling, editing commands, ...

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mine

mine is an integrated development environment supporting both Coalton (a typed functional language) and Common Lisp across Windows, macOS, and Linux. It offers an integrated REPL with code beaming, in...

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Planning with open variable lists in Gecode

The article discusses modeling planning problems with open (unbounded) variable lists in Gecode, a constraint programming library. It uses a robot navigation example to illustrate how to plan actions ...

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Observations from Running stealmybitcoin.com

The author investigated the PHP2Shell vulnerability after extensive media coverage claimed it could enable arbitrary remote code execution on millions of PHP services. While initial reports suggested ...

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Apple restricts dating apps and AI companions to users 18 and up

Apple's new App Store guidelines require dating apps and AI companions featuring sexual or romantic content to be rated 18+. The updated rules aim to protect younger users from mature content while se...

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Buttons are back and storage is king when it comes to car interiors

Car manufacturers are reintroducing physical buttons and prioritizing storage space in response to driver complaints about touch-only interfaces that increase distraction. The trend toward switchless,...

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2026 Kindle vs Kindle Paperwhite Comparison Review (Video)

A 2026 comparison review between the new 6-inch Kindle and the Kindle Paperwhite, highlighting that both models now offer aluminum or plastic body options. The aluminum versions look and feel similar,...