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Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders (www.windowslatest.com)
12 hours ago
A new experimental feature for Windows 11, "Agent Workspace," is being developed to integrate AI agents more deeply into the operating system. These agents will have dedicated runtimes, user accounts, and the ability to operate in the background, acc...
Why don't people return their shopping carts? (behavioralscientist.org)
19 hours ago
Observations of people's reactions to being asked to return shopping carts reveal a range of behaviors. Common responses include deflection, aggression, and a variety of excuses. Excuses often cite a sense of entitlement, physical limitations, busyne...
Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy (www.sammobile.com)
19 hours ago
An app preloaded on Samsung phones, AppCloud, is drawing controversy due to its ties to an Israeli-founded company. Primarily seen as a nuisance app installer on Galaxy M, F, and A series phones in India and expanding into West Asian and North Africa...
Azure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500k IP addresses (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
18 hours ago
Google is killing the open web, part 2 (wok.oblomov.eu)
20 hours ago
The author criticizes Google's decision to deprecate XSLT support in browsers, arguing it's an intentional move to harm the open web. Instead of fixing security flaws in the XSLT library, Google is offering a JavaScript polyfill that requires users t...
The time has finally come for geothermal energy (www.newyorker.com)
22 hours ago
New advancements in drilling technology and a deeper understanding of Earth's heat are making geothermal energy more practical and cost-effective. Once limited to volcanically active regions, innovations like enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), which ...
A new book about the origins of Effective Altruism (newrepublic.com)
18 hours ago
The movement originated from philosopher Peter Singer's thought experiment, questioning why people prioritize those nearby over distant suffering. This idea inspired Toby Ord and Will MacAskill to establish organizations like Giving What We Can and 8...
Aldous Huxley predicts Adderall and champions alternative therapies (angadh.com)
21 hours ago
The essay discusses alternative therapies and self-actualization, drawing parallels between ancient philosophies like the Bhagavad Gita's Three Yogas and modern psychological approaches. It highlights the Alexander technique and Gestalt therapy as me...
The Uselessness of "Fast" and "Slow" in Programming (jerf.org)
6 days ago
Programming uniquely spans vast orders of magnitude in time scales, from nanoseconds to months of computation, a range that challenges human intuition and terminology. Consequently, generalized terms like "fast" and "slow" are often unhelpful or misl...
Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter (bitsnpieces.dev)
5 days ago
The author built a portable, child-friendly step-sequencer synthesizer for their daughter's third birthday, featuring sliders for pitch control, an onboard synth module with a speaker, and visual feedback on an OLED screen. The project served as a le...
Ruby Symbols (tech.stonecharioteer.com)
5 days ago
Symbol objects in Ruby represent named identifiers, remaining the same object in memory throughout program execution regardless of context (e.g., variable, class, or method name). This contrasts with strings, which are not explicitly identifiers. Sym...
When Reverse Proxies Surprise You: Hard Lessons from Operating at Scale (www.infoq.com)
4 days ago
Key insights revolve around operational challenges at scale. Optimizations can backfire due to increased contention on multi-core systems. Mundane issues like configuration errors, OS limits, and overlooked defaults are common causes of outages, not...
Comparing Android Alternatives: Lineage OS, ∕E∕OS, and Graphene OS (kevinboone.me)
3 hours ago
Three open-source Android derivatives—Lineage OS, ∕e∕OS, and Graphene OS—offer alternatives to vendor firmware, focusing on privacy and security improvements over past customization goals. All stem from the Android Open-Source Project (AOSP) ...
Langfuse (YC W23) Hiring OSS Support Engineers in Berlin and SF (jobs.ashbyhq.com)
5 hours ago
Yahoo Finance's breakdown of free PDF editors and alternatives (finance.yahoo.com)
2 hours ago
Many users seek a simpler, more affordable alternative to Adobe Acrobat due to its complexity and cost. A recommended replacement is Tenorshare PDnob AI PDF Editor, which offers comprehensive features without a steep learning curve. Key capabilities ...
Forget the 80-20 Rule. Follow the 1-50 Rule Instead (2019) (web.archive.org)
2 hours ago
The concept of time value suggests a direct relationship between time spent and results achieved is outdated. A more focused approach is recommended over the traditional 80-20 Rule, which posits 20% of effort yields 80% of results.
I built an iOS app that generates personalized Santa voice messages for kids (apps.apple.com)
2 hours ago
DBAnvil – AI-Powered Data Modelling • Looking for Early Adopters (app.dbanvil.com)
2 hours ago