Undroidwish – a single-file, batteries-included Tcl/Tk binary for many platforms

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Experimental. This is a single-file Tcl/Tk binary for Windows (32 bit, optional 64 bit) and Linux using parts of the AndroWish source tree, in particular the ZIP virtual file system and the SDL/AGG/freetype based X11 emulation for rendering. So far it is a proof of concept which eventually can be extended to run on another […]

rpg.actor Game Jam

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First Place An original and complete Japanese boxed copy of RPG Maker 2000 (RPGツクール2000) with manuals for Win95, Win98, and Win2000. Plus an Ultimate Creator account with a 100 character limit and your own custom .world domain to take your creation to the next level.

Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor

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Features Everything you need to work with PDFs A complete toolkit for editing, converting, and securing your documents — all running locally in your browser. Add & Edit Text Type anywhere on your PDF. Resize, reposition, and style text with full control. Insert Images Drop in JPG or PNG images, resize and place them exactly […]

I decompiled the White House’s new app

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The White House released an app on the App Store and Google Play. They posted a blog about it. ”Unparalleled access to the Trump Administration.” It took a few minutes to pull the APKs with ADB, and threw them into JADX. Here is everything I found. What Is This App? It’s a React Native app […]

Folk are getting dangerously attached to AI that always tells them they’re right

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AI can lead mentally unwell people to some pretty dark places, as a number of recent news stories have taught us. Now researchers think sycophantic AI is actually having a harmful effect on everyone. In reviewing 11 leading AI models and human responses to interactions with those models across various scenarios, a team of Stanford […]

You Do Not, in Fact, Have to Hand It to Them

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Way back in 2016, Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, memorialized in a photograph of him striding to the stage past rows of men with the Oculus Rift VR headsets strapped to their faces: Fast forward a decade and now the founder of Oculus, Palmer Luckey, runs a […]

Toma (YC W24) is hiring a Senior/Staff Eng to build AI automotive coworkers

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About this Role We’re looking for a Senior or Staff Software Engineer to own the technical direction on our engineering team, mentor other engineers, and partner closely with product and design to deliver fast, reliable, and magical user experiences. This role is deeply hands-on. You’ll be writing and reviewing code daily, shaping architecture, and helping […]

I put all 8,642 Spanish laws in Git – every reform is a commit

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Legislación española como repositorio Git. Cada ley es un fichero Markdown, cada reforma un commit. Más de 8.600 leyes del API de datos abiertos del BOE, con historial completo de reformas desde 1960. Parte del proyecto Legalize. Inicio rápido git clone https://github.com/EnriqueLop/legalize-es.git cd legalize-es # ¿Qué dice el Artículo 135 de la Constitución hoy? grep […]

Britain today generating 90%+ of electricity from renewables

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The energy transition Between 12th January 1882, when the world’s first coal-fired power station opened at 57 Holborn Viaduct in London, and 30th September 2024, when Great Britain’s last coal-fired power station closed, the country burnt 4.6 billion tonnes of coal, emitting 10.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. In 2001 the European Union updated the […]