Device Clock Generation
Article URL: https://zipcpu.com/blog/2025/12/17/devclk.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48499890

Points: 5

# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more

‘Operation Pushkin’: Paris Trial Puts Spotlight on Rare-Book Heists
One by one, valuable works by Russian masters like Pushkin and Gogol were disappearing from libraries across Europe. Now six defendants are being prosecuted. ⌘ Read more

U.S. Plan Is Said to Pull a Third of Fighter Jets It Provides NATO for Europe
The plan, outlined by officials and in a written document, provides rare clarity about the extent to which the Trump administration intends to reduce its commitment to NATO. ⌘ Read more

‘Insane’ spike in thefts forces roadside honesty stalls to close
Mandarin grower Bruce Crain says people’s growing dishonesty, including the theft of 70 bags in one weekend, makes it impossible to offer a roadside service. ⌘ Read more

Need a U.S. Visa and Want to Skip a 12-Month Line? That’ll Be $750
A new fast-track program will allow certain visa applicants to pay a premium and secure an interview within 10 business days. ⌘ Read more

Superquiz, Friday, June 12
Trivia buffs, test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz. ⌘ Read more

NSW universities took $3.2 billion from domestic students but are still running at a loss
Full-time domestic students cost an average of $12,000 each even though they are paying for expensive degrees, a parliamentary report has found. ⌘ Read more

At Least 12 Dead After Shooting by Multiple Attackers in Johannesburg
The police said they were looking for more than 10 attackers, who had stormed a community of tin shacks. Investigators were still trying to determine the motive. ⌘ Read more

At Least 12 Dead After Shooting by Multiple Attackers in Johannesburg
The police said they were looking for more than 10 attackers, who had stormed a community of tin shacks. Investigators were still trying to determine the motive. ⌘ Read more

Need a U.S. Visa and Want to Skip a 12-Month Line? That’ll Be $750
A new fast-track program will allow certain visa applicants to pay a premium and secure an interview within 10 business days. ⌘ Read more

At Least 12 Dead After Shooting by Multiple Attackers in Johannesburg
The police said they were looking for more than 10 attackers, who had stormed a community of tin shacks. Investigators were still trying to determine the motive. ⌘ Read more

At Least 12 Dead After Shooting in Johannesburg
The police said they were looking for more than 10 attackers, who had stormed a community of tin shacks. Investigators were still trying to determine the motive. ⌘ Read more

Starlink shifts hardware from one-time purchase to $10/month rental
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/starlink-takes-page-from-cable-firms-with-10-monthly-rental-fee-for-hardware/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48469459

Points: 12

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Maths camps and coding programs in $75m boost for Victoria’s brightest students
Extra programs on botany, music and dance are also part of a $75 million state government announcement of free extension programs for prep to year 12. ⌘ Read more

6.12.93: longterm
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Dozens caught cheating at Mazenod College using AI in key exam
Despite almost a quarter of its year 12 students being involved, the college did not believe the behaviour had been coordinated among them. ⌘ Read more

Italy’s Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/italys-bending-spoons-files-us-ipo-2026-06-08/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446310

Points: 12

# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more

Zig by Example
Article URL: https://github.com/boringcollege/zig-by-example

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444871

Points: 12

# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more

One-third of year 12 students have dropped this science subject since 2025
While English saw the largest number of overall drop-outs among the 2026 year 12 cohort, its percentage of deserters was eclipsed by another subject. ⌘ Read more

Transformers Are Inherently Succinct
This paper is being published at ICLR 2026 (top AI conference), and was selected as one of three outstanding papers.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48416635

Points: 12

# Comments: 3 ⌘ Read more

There’s no escaping it: an exploration of ANSI codes
Article URL: https://blog.safia.rocks/2025/12/22/ansi-codes/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48408995

Points: 3

# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more

Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who’s Calling
Available for Android 12 and later, the anti-scam feature is baked into Google Dialer, which sends a silent “confirmation signal” to ensure whoever’s calling you is who they appear to be. ⌘ Read more

Meet the Accidental Editor in Chief of Muslim Media
Ameer Al-Khatahtbeh was just trying to find an outlet for Muslim news. Now he has more than 12 million followers. ⌘ Read more

6.12.92: longterm
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Cheese Paper: a text editor specifically designed for writing
Article URL: https://brie.gay/cheese-paper/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48341407

Points: 12

# Comments: 2 ⌘ Read more

University entry was the hardest it’s ever been this year. Next year will be worse
Sydney’s year 12 cohort will be impacted by a major change to the way in which domestic students’ degrees are funded for 2027. ⌘ Read more

Zot now supports Claude Opus 4.8
Article URL: https://www.zot.sh

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48319524

Points: 12

# Comments: 1 ⌘ Read more

Citing ‘severe’ math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM
Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-27/uc-math-professors-demand-return-of-sat-for-stem-admissions

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48309233

Points: 28

# Comments: 12 ⌘ Read more

GPT Guesses Between 1 and 100
Article URL: https://github.com/exmergo/research-chatgpt-guesses-between-1-and-100

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48265745

Points: 12

# Comments: 3 ⌘ Read more

Claude Is Not Your Architect. Stop Letting It Pretend
Article URL: https://www.hollandtech.net/claude-is-not-your-architect/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48259784

Points: 12

# Comments: 4 ⌘ Read more

6.12.91: longterm
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NTSB pulls docket after AI recreates dead pilots’ voices
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/ai-users-re-create-dead-pilots-voices-from-crash-investigation-docs/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48241501

Points: 12

# Comments: 3 ⌘ Read more

Deepfakes Tore a High School Apart
Article URL: https://www.404media.co/radnor-high-school-pennsylvania-ai-deepfakes-child-sexual-abuse-material/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48233177

Points: 12

# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more

AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center
Article URL: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iu4j537hox5huj4bwnwgub4z/post/3mmeysgcjbs2j

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48227773

Points: 12

# Comments: 1 ⌘ Read more

6.12.90: longterm
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6.12.86: longterm
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6.12.83: longterm
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Meet the teens learning maths, English and winemaking at school
These high school students in Cowra make up to 750 bottles of wine a year as part of their studies. ⌘ Read more

6.12.80: longterm
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6.12.79: longterm
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6.12.78: longterm
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next-20260312: linux-next
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Could the infamous Majestic-12 papers have been real all along?
Documents pertaining to a shadowy UFO organization known as Majestic-12 may hold more merit than previously thought. The idea that there could be a cl… ⌘ Read more

お知らせ：JPCERT/CC インターネット定点観測レポート［2025年10月1日～2025年12月31日］ ⌘ Read more

6.12.76: longterm
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6.18.12: stable
Version:6.18.12 (stable)Released:2026-02-16Source:linux-6.18.12.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.18.12.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.18.12 ⌘ Read more

6.12.73: longterm
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6.12.72: longterm
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All gray the last few days, but there was one morning exception: https://lyse.isobeef.org/morgensonne-2026-02-12/

next-20260212: linux-next
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# Ateliê aberto de desenho com programação

Quintas-feiras 14:30 às 17:00 no #SescAvPaulista - 12 participantes, a partir de 16 anos. Distribuição gratuita de senhas 30 minutos antes.

Nesta atividade aberta, o público pode interagir com código de maneira lúdica e criativa, gerando desenhos a partir da modificação de programas em Python.

A cada encontro vamos explorar diferentes temas da chamada “#programaçãoCriativa”, estudando obras, exemplos visuais, e ideias da computação que inspiraram inúmeros artistas e programadores ao longo das décadas.

Fevereiro

5 de fevereiro - Módulos geométricos

12 de fevereiro - Animações em loop

19 de fevereiro - Imagens reticuladas

26 de fevereiro - Texturas algorítmicas

Março

5 de março - Recortes e colagens digitais

12 de março - Explorações combinatórias

19 de março - Malhas tridimensionais

26 de março - Tipografia experimental

Abril

2 de abril - Simulações físicas

9 de abril - Plantas e fractais

16 de abril - Autômatos celulares

23 de abril - Desenhos interativos

# Ateliê aberto de desenho com programação

Quintas-feiras 14:30 às 16:30 no #SescAvPaulista - 12 participantes, a partir de 16 anos. Distribuição gratuita de senhas 30 minutos antes.

Nesta atividade aberta, o público pode interagir com código de maneira lúdica e criativa, gerando desenhos a partir da modificação de programas em Python.

A cada encontro vamos explorar diferentes temas da chamada “#programaçãoCriativa”, estudando obras, exemplos visuais, e ideias da computação que inspiraram inúmeros artistas e programadores ao longo das décadas.

Fevereiro

5 de fevereiro - Módulos geométricos

12 de fevereiro - Animações em loop

19 de fevereiro - Imagens reticuladas

26 de fevereiro - Texturas algorítmicas

Março

5 de março - Recortes e colagens digitais

12 de março - Explorações combinatórias

19 de março - Malhas tridimensionais

26 de março - Tipografia experimental

Abril

2 de abril - Simulações físicas

9 de abril - Plantas e fractais

16 de abril - Autômatos celulares

23 de abril - Desenhos interativos

6.12.68: longterm
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6.12.67: longterm
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My mate and I went on a hike earlier. Yesterday, we had lovely 12°C. But today, it was down to at most 4°C. Oh well. At least the sun was out and and there was just a tiny bit of wind. We knew upfont that scarf, beanie and gloves were mandatory. Especially at the more windy sections like up top the hills. The view was absolutely terrible, but we made the best of it.

With the sun shining on us during our lunch break at a forest edge bench, we still enjoyed the lookout in 01. I brought some old carpet scraps to sit on and was happily surprised that they isolated even better than I had hoped for. Some hot tea helped us staying warm.

After five hours we returned just after sunset. I’m quite tired now, completely out of shape.

https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2026-01-17/

6.12.66: longterm
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WA authorities still powerless to shut down illicit tobacco and vape shops
An eastern states public health expert says “it’s a mystery” why Western Australia is lagging behind the rest of the country on updating its illicit tobacco laws. ⌘ Read more

6.12.64: longterm
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It totally sounds like an active warzone around here. So, I just went on a very, very, very quick stroll to check out our sunset from ontop our hill (were all the bangs are way more horrible): https://lyse.isobeef.org/abendhimmel-2025-12-31/

Unexplained Mysteries top 10 bizarre stories of 2025
To round out our festive week of top lists, here are the most bizarre stories of the last 12 months… ⌘ Read more

Growers hope to keep coffee cups full in 2026
Australian coffee growers are hoping for a bumper 2026 season to meet increased demand for homegrown beans following a prolific flowering season. ⌘ Read more

Outback gardeners continue 30-year battle with destructive fruit pest
There was no fruit fly to be found in Broken Hill 20 years ago, but now gardeners are facing an uphill battle trying to rid themselves of the pest. ⌘ Read more

Unexplained Mysteries top 10 archaeology stories of 2025
It’s time again to take a look back at the most popular historical mysteries and discoveries from the last 12 months… ⌘ Read more

Oh, suddenly Mother Hulda dumped a centimeter of snow tonight!

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Magpie from the day before yesterday: https://lyse.isobeef.org/elster-2025-12-28/

6.19-rc3: mainline
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Unexplained Mysteries top 10 cryptozoology stories of 2025
From Bigfoot to the Loch Ness Monster, here are our top cryptozoological stories of the last 12 months… ⌘ Read more

Almost all photos turned out to be blurred today. That made sorting a very quick process. Delete, delete, delete, … https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2025-12-26/

My little toy operating system from last year runs in 16-bit Real Mode (like DOS). Since I’ve recently figured out how to switch to 64-bit Long Mode right after BIOS boot, I now have a little program that performs this switch on my toy OS. It will load and run any x86-64 program, assuming it’s freestanding, a flat binary, and small enough (< 128 KiB code, only uses the first 2 MiB of memory).

Here I’m running a little C program (compiled using normal GCC, no Watcom trickery):

https://movq.de/v/b27ced6dcb/los86%2D64.mp4

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Next steps could include:

• Use Rust instead of C for that 64-bit program?
  
• Provide interrupt service routines. (At the moment, it just keeps interrupts disabled.)

Unexplained Mysteries top 10 UFO stories of 2025
It’s that time of the year again - here we look back at our most viewed UFO-related stories of the last 12 months… ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net @movq@www.uninformativ.de Oh, I take my 0°C over the 36°C anytime! Even with yesterday’s gray and windy sleet in my face. However, there are definitely more pleasant times to walk in town, I’ll give you that. For example on 0°C sunny today: https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2025-12-25/

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Only the roofs are a little white. It’s also windy here.

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Happy birthday Katrina! https://www.uninformativ.de/blog/postings/2025-12-23/0/POSTING-en.html :-)

Christmas lychees best quality in decades despite tough season
After season constraints and rain-delayed harvests, this summer is producing exceptional Queensland lychees, according to the wholesalers. ⌘ Read more

6.19-rc2: mainline
Version:6.19-rc2 (mainline)Released:2025-12-21Source:linux-6.19-rc2.tar.gzPatch:full ( incremental) ⌘ Read more

Pickers ‘living in squalor’ claim their end-of-season bonus was unfairly withheld
Ten pickers who worked at Hallmark Cherries’ orchard in NSW complain about poorly maintained accommodation and failure to pay an end-of-season bonus. ⌘ Read more

Long-awaited mandatory wine industry code of conduct too late for growers
After 20 years, three senate inquiries and an independent review, the sale of wine grapes will be regulated by a mandatory code of conduct, but growers say it might be too late. ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I was surprised by that as well. 😅 I thought these were features that you can use, but no, you must do all this.

By the way, I now fixed the issue that I mentioned at the end and it works on the netbook now. 🥳

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Wow, @movq@www.uninformativ.de, so many tables. No idea what I expected (I’m totally clueless on this low-level stuff), but that was quite an interesting surprise to me. https://www.uninformativ.de/blog/postings/2025-12-21/0/POSTING-en.html

Domingo agora 21/12, à tarde, o Edinho e eu vamos abrir o #GaroaHackerClube para uma oficina de solda! (Vai ter também sábado 20/12 mas vão ser outras pessoas associadass que vão abrir).
Quem quiser aprender a soldar e/ou conhecer o Garoa e bater um papo conosco, começa 15h e vai até as 18h. #SãoPaulo #Hackerspace

Domingo agora 21/12, à tarde, o Edinho e eu vamos abrir o #GaroaHackerClube para uma oficina de solda!

Quem quiser aprender a soldar e/ou conhecer o Garoa e bater um papo conosco, a atividade começa 15h e vai até 18h.

(Vai ter também a oficina de solda sábado 20/12 mas vão ser outras pessoas associadas do Garoa que vão abrir).
#SãoPaulo #Hackerspace

Domingo agora 21/12, à tarde, o Edinho e eu vamos abrir o #GaroaHackerClube para uma oficina de solda!

Quem quiser aprender a soldar e/ou conhecer o Garoa e bater um papo conosco, a atividade começa 15h e vai até 18h. É só chegar! https://garoa.net.br

(Vai ter também a oficina de solda sábado 20/12 mas vão ser outras pessoas associadas do Garoa que vão abrir).
#SãoPaulo #Hackerspace

@kiwu@twtxt.net I’m doing great, how’re ya going? Just two more days and then I never have to work anymore. In this year.

I just baked two trays of gingerbread. One definitely good one and another experiment.

This morning was also super pretty: https://lyse.isobeef.org/morgensonne-2025-12-19/

next-20251219: linux-next
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Magpie and sunset: https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2025-12-18/

6.18.2: stable
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6.17.13: stable
Version:6.17.13 (stable)Released:2025-12-18Source:linux-6.17.13.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.17.13.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.17.13 ⌘ Read more

6.12.63: longterm
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next-20251218: linux-next
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next-20251217: linux-next
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Victorian vegetable farmer accused of underpaying migrant workers
The Fair Work Ombudsman has accused Bulmer Farms in Victoria’s East Gippsland region of underpaying migrant workers more than $645,000. ⌘ Read more

next-20251216: linux-next
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I finished all 12 days of Advent of Code 2025! #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com — did it in my own language, mu (Go/Python-ish, dynamic, int/bool/string, no floats/bitwise). Found a VM bug, fixed it, and the self-hosted mu compiler/VM (written in mu, host in Go) carried me through. 🥳

next-20251215: linux-next
Version:next-20251215 (linux-next)Released:2025-12-15 ⌘ Read more

6.19-rc1: mainline
Version:6.19-rc1 (mainline)Released:2025-12-14Source:linux-6.19-rc1.tar.gzPatch:full ⌘ Read more

Flower growers see red over glyphosate import rule change
The Australian government says it plans to stop treating imported flowers with glyphosate, but local growers are not happy and are raising biosecurity concerns. ⌘ Read more

The battle to trademark matcha as counterfeits from outside Japan rise
As Japanese matcha producers struggle with the surge in demand, the industry is facing another problem — counterfeit matcha. ⌘ Read more

Alright, Advent of Code is over:

https://www.uninformativ.de/blog/postings/2025-12-12/0/POSTING-en.html

It’s been quite the time sink, especially with the DOS games on top, but it was fun. 🥳

In case you’re wondering: All puzzles (except for part 2 of day 10) were doable in Python 1 on SuSE Linux 6.4 and ran in a finite time on the Pentium 133. Puzzle 10/2 might have been doable as well if I had better education. 🤣

6.18.1: stable
Version:6.18.1 (stable)Released:2025-12-12Source:linux-6.18.1.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.18.1.tar.signPatch:fullChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.18.1 ⌘ Read more