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Noq: n0's new QUIC implementation in Rust
Link: https://www.iroh.computer/blog/noq-announcement
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47443588
Tomorrow marks the half way point on the Spring fundraiser for hackers.town
Two more weeks to get the limited edition t-shirt featuring artwork by 
@prahouTomáš
Well, that settles that speculation!
Canadian friends who drive: Transport Canada is soliciting feedback on ultra-bright vehicle headlights and headlight glare at night.
I encourage you to give them data on your experience, so that they might update the regulations to stop SUVs from routinely blinding me with their factory-fitted Nuclear Fireball 9000 LED Darkness Devastators Shock And Awe Edition headlights aimed directly into my face and eyes.
I raised a Series B last year for Bluesky to build the open social web. I want to thank our investors who share our vision, our users who light up the network (2.4B posts and counting), and the developers bringing the Atmosphere to life. Can’t wait to show you all what comes next!
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/post/3mhgprzgahs2l
Return of the Obra Dinn: spherical mapped dithering for a 1bpp first-person game
Link: https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=40832.msg1363742#msg1363742
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47406160
Chi Chen and Matthias Troyer at Microsoft propose using quantum computers to generate data on electrons, which can then be used to train AI models on classical machines. https://spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-chemistry?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline
pls pick what i should do next!! i can’t decide!!
⁃ Channelling Buddhism: it’s OK when things change or go away! Expecting things to last forever is an unnecessary source of suffering. But, worst case is that we get the community-maintained pkg mgr you always wanted! Chill, y’all 🧘 3/4
Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:
* enable developer options
* confirm that you are not tricked
* restart phone and re-authenticate
* wait one day
* confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
* decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
* confirm that you accept the risks
* enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this
いっとこ 
Split `invite_users` permission into `invite_bypass_approval` (#38278)
Prefer `to_json` in backup service (#38297)
Update dependency json to v2.19.2 [SECURITY] (#38295)
New service to fetch remote collections (#38298)
Refactor: Remove Status unsafe lifecycles (#38294)
Refactor: Relative timestamp component (#38275)
Profile redesign: Adjust account number fields to be stacked (#38283)
Sign-up server rules: Show different icon on toggle button when description is expanded (#38293)
Final backup service prep for JSON cleanup (#38284)
Update opentelemetry-ruby (non-major) (#38273)
Update dependency capybara-playwright-driver to v0.5.9 (#38269)
Update dependency webmock to v3.26.2 (#38270)
Update dependency libvips to v8.18.1 (#38276)
New Crowdin Translations (automated) (#38288)
Add missing h1 headings to Reset Password & Resend Confirmation Link pages (#38285)
Fix error when processing `Add` activity where the target is embedded and not a special collection (#38282)
The perennial question: do I start freaking out now or should I try to ignore it for just a little while longer
Every AI article is basically this kind of excuse:
“I’m going to ignore the moral, ethical and privacy implementation of AI and just focus on the practical. Morally and ethically, AI is a train wreck. But I’m not going to focus on that.”
(I think this particular article meant implications but I’ll stick with an unedited quote.)
I doubt it’s just me but practically speaking, social issues are not just practical but include the excluded categories. This is extremely impractical discourse.
Zur #EH23 halte ich nen Talk "Designblöcke in Elektronik erkennen und verstehen". Und stelle fest das ich vermutlich biased bin, denn ich kenne schon viel Zeugs und weiß nicht so gut was für andere Menschen unklar ist.
Welche Sachen machen euch Probleme wenn Ihr versucht einen Schaltplan zu verstehen oder Dinge auf einer Platine zu finden? Egal ob Reparatur oder ob Ihr was neues bauen wollt.
Bitte hier Antworten, ich versuche dann diese Punkte in den Talk einzubauen.
Allez bonne nuit tout le monde !
Who in Berlin can I hand a docker-compose file and some money and they run the result in a C5 certified environment?
にゃんぷっぷーちゃんあーんして。
#にゃんぷっぷー
I wonder how much of the whole "LLMs are conscious and we should be nice to them" sentiment is the result of autistic object personification.
like, as an autistic person, I have trouble being mean to anything with eyes and a mouth on it, even if it's just a silly drawing on a piece of scrap paper that my partner did. and if the inanimate thing has the appearance of talking back to me, I can't even bear to see it come to harm.
and like, I can recognize on some logical level that these are just things, that they don't have feelings, and that it's okay to be mean to something that cannot possibly feel hurt or pained. but that doesn't stop it from being real in my head.
I wonder if there is a way to change the music in teams based on who calls you. For, a friend, you know 😂
Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps (Ars
Technica)
Progressivere, linke Kräfte jedes mal, wenn sie kurz davor sind, organisiert genug zu sein, um etwas zu bewegen ...
Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety https://lobste.rs/s/g1ktjl #android #security
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html
Eniac, the First General-Purpose Digital Computer, Turns 80
Link: https://spectrum.ieee.org/eniac-80-ieee-milestone
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47435453
When AI systems produce outputs without attribution, important context can be lost. Information with no indication of where it came from makes it difficult to trust, check accuracy, and credit the people whose work made it possible.
Read our new issue brief for a primer on the challenges and opportunities of incorporating attribution into AI outputs.
okay so here's an analogy that might help mod foo { ... } fn bar() { ... } fn baz() { ... } you'd probably expect bar to be able to call baz, right? even though it's not pub? same thing, it can also see that foo exists. but that doesn't mean you get automatic access to what's inside
Last April, we raised $100M in Series B funding. This round gives us the ability to scale our team to meet the rapid growth of Bluesky and the AT Protocol. Read more: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Bluesky's 2025 $100M Series B ...
Disappointed but not surprised.
▸ Google reveals its solution for true Android sideloading: a mandatory waiting period
→ https://www.theverge.com/tech/897420/android-sideloading-unverified-developers-process
pls pick what i should do next!! i can’t decide!!
RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116257411374685567
Um… Is raising $100 million in Series B funding and then just… not telling anybody about it for a year a thing that happens? Because at least in my experience, that's not a thing that happens.
It seems like a pretty big red flag when a company raises $100 million and then decides they shouldn't tell anybody about it for a year.
No?
#Bluesky #VC #VentureCapital
プロジェクト・ヘイル・メアリー映画ネタばれ
佐倉綾音さんが吹き替えに参加されているとのこと。ほえー
"Social network Bluesky is gearing up for big changes with today’s news that the company raised $100 million in Series B funding. The round, led by Bain Capital Crypto, was closed in April 2025 but had not been disclosed until now."
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/bluesky-announces-100m-series-b-after-ceo-transition/
systemd stores the user's birth date for age verification.
userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954
Why is systemd is dealing with age verification stuff and implementing it in the worst way possible?
(OK. "systemd" explains the implementation question)
(this conversation is so useful because like, this is genuinely a part of rust people find confusing. your experience is very normal. but i'm so deep in i don't find it confusing anymore, and so it's good to be exposed to how it can be, hah :) )
No one in charge who hasn't successfully installs Linux and sewn elbow patches on a jumper. Anyone who has done those two things I would trust with my life.
An update on Steam / GOG changes for OpenTTD
Link: https://www.openttd.org/news/2026/03/19/steam-changes-update
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47442834
Android: Balancing Openness and Choice with Safety
Link: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47442690
UK's Ofcom has today fined 4chan £450k for not having age checks in place
Link: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/4chan-fined-450000-for-not-protecting-children-from-online-pornography
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47442838
We’re proud to share that Deb Goodkin, Executive Director of the FreeBSD Foundation, will be speaking at Open-Source Summit North America, hosted by the Linux Foundation.
📍 Tuesday, May 19, 2026, | 11:00am – 11:40am CDT | Room 101H
If you’re attending Open-Source Summit North America, we encourage you to join the session and connect with us.
We look forward to seeing you there.
#FreeBSD #OpenSourceSummit #LinuxFoundation #OpenSource #Community
Good lord, what a [time64_t overflow]
My team at the Wikimedia Foundation is hiring for a Software Engineer!
https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/7736112?gh_src=wptwl5lp1us
Feel free to reach out / ask questions.
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