1,300-year-old world chronicle unearthed in Sinai

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A newly identified Christian world chronicle dating to the early 8th century is shedding fresh light on the political and religious upheavals that marked the transition from late antiquity to the rise of Islam. The manuscript, originally written in Syriac and subsequently translated into Arabic, was discovered and examined by researchers from the Austrian Academy […]

How to Make a Living as an Artist

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Preface I first wrote down these ideas in early 2017, just after I started to make a living as an artist. I came to them over time, but I wanted to document them at that specific moment in my career. The moment when I was finally sure that what I was doing was working. I […]

Heroku is not dead

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When I read the blog , I had also thought Heroku was done. Then I talked to my friends who still work there, and I don’t think Heroku is dead. I don’t want to drill on about myself, but it warrants being transparent so you see where my perspectives come from. I was the tech […]

From 34% to 96%: The Porting Initiative Delivers – Hologram v0.7.0

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Hologram v0.7.0 is a milestone release for the Elixir-to-JavaScript porting initiative. With 150 newly ported Erlang functions, Erlang runtime coverage has jumped from 34% to 96% – and overall Elixir standard library readiness has grown from 74% to 87%. This release includes over 700 commits and represents nearly 3 months of focused work on expanding […]

Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass

age verifies your account automatically as an adult on any website using k-id made by xyzeva and Dziurwa, greetz to amplitudes (for previous work) how to verify on discord it doesn’t matter if you are in the UK or similar region that currently has access to this, this will verify your account for the future […]

Reports of Telnet’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

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You may have seen the recent news that Telnet traffic from major US ISPs dropped precipitously around the time that a CVE against GNU Inetutils was announced. Because this report has led to intense discussion around the role of core network infrastructure providers and implications for the security of network services globally, we at Terrace […]

Microwave Oven Failure: Spontaneously turned on by its LED display (2024)

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My microwave oven started to malfunction at around five years old. It started to randomly power on the lamp, fan, and turntable. It progressively got worse over several weeks until it was mostly stuck on. The microwave oven is not usable when this happens: It behaves as if the door were open, causing the control […]

Components will kill pages

The internet is changing. That is undeniable. For the first time in over 20 years websites are also about to drastically change. We are familiar with browsing the internet website by website, one page at a time. Lately with tools such as ChatGPT becoming available, our TikTok attention spans demand immediate results and ChatGPT delivers […]

Amazon Ring’s lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance

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A new AI-powered Search Party feature can scan footage from neighborhood cameras to find lost dogs. Critics worry it could be used to search for people. A new AI-powered Search Party feature can scan footage from neighborhood cameras to find lost dogs. Critics worry it could be used to search for people. by Jennifer Pattison […]