Lwn.net

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• [$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for November 21, 2024
• [$] RVKMS and Rust KMS bindings
• Blender 4.3 released
• Plans for CHICKEN 6
• Security updates for Wednesday

Lobste.rs

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• Local privilege escalation via needrestart
• Modern Hardware for Future Databases
• Delta Chat introduces realtime Peer-to-Peer networking
• Rust Foundation Collaborates With AWS Initiative to Verify Rust Standard Libraries
• Native compilation of Prolog predicates with Cranelift

Hacker News

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• Show HN: We Open-Sourced Our Compost Monitoring Tech – Use It for Your Projects
• Building Databases over a Weekend
• Vapi (YC W21) Is Hiring Founding Senior Engineer (Front End)
• Apple fights to keep DOJ antitrust suit from reaching trial
• Electrobun: Cross-platform desktop applications written in TypeScript

Coding

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• Confidential OCR John D. Cook – 9 hours
• Fintech Giant Finastra Investigating Data Breach Krebs on Security – 1 day
• Template files for nvim Personal weblog about programming, linux, life, the universe and everything – 1 day
• Exploring Gen AI: Copilot's new multi-file editing Martin Fowler – 2 days
• Loop targets Ned Batchelder's blog – 2 days
• Importing a frontend Javascript library without a build system Julia Evans – 3 days
• Abusing Talon to use my eye tracker in a project ntietz.com blog – 3 days
• SDF headless tests, part 2 Red Blob Games: latest blog posts – 3 days
• Implementing Raft: Part 4 - Key/Value Database Eli Bendersky's website – 4 days
• How to get more headcount. Irrational Exuberance – 5 days

Gaming

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• Minecraft is getting two theme parks, with the first due in 2026 Rock, Paper, Shotgun – 5 hours
• Battle Train Developer Interview Set Side B – 1 day
• This Week on The Analog Antiquarian The Digital Antiquarian – 5 days
• Multitile Actors, Revisited Grid Sage Games – 3 months
• April Fools' 2024 Grumpy Gamer – 8 months
• Dispatches from California The Obscuritory – 8 months
• Mr. Platformer distractionware – 15 months
• New IRC channel / network Free Gamer – 45 months
• Problems with video recreations of classic pinball @Play Collected – 45 months
• A Wild Book Appears Gnome's Lair – 52 months

Interesting Things

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• Art and culture in Singapore arun.is – 3 hours
• Steve Bellovin’s Retirement Talk Schneier on Security – 11 hours
• What’s a Chartist? Probably Overthinking It – 1 day
• why i turn to books on buddhism in times of suffering Winnie Lim – 4 days
• The Work Doesn't Stop Bill Hunt – Posts Only – 7 days
• Happy birthday to the BBC In Our Time podcast, 20 years old today Interconnected – 10 days
• What have you done, America? WIL WHEATON dot NET – 14 days
• Maintenance is Underestimated Ecce Homology on Bastian Rieck's personal homepage – 20 days
• A Whale of a Time – 1 month
• In search of the simplest all-in-one blade sharpener Copper • A blog about conductive layers – 1 month

Pinboard

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• Nature of Code Recently updated with javascript examples and p5.js
• Home | Algorithm Afternoon Discover and code clever algorithms on lazy afternoons. Grab a hot beverage (☕) Pick an algorithm (👈) Start coding (❤️)
• Calculus Made Easy
• Obituary for a Quiet Life
• Patterns | APG | WAI | W3C A lot of detailed examples on implementing various UX with accessibility in mind
• Gradient Color Spaces Exploration A codepen showing how different color systems handle gradients
• Euclidean Eggs How to draw eggs (and smooth curves) using a compass and ruler
• Software Technical Writing: A Guidebook
• 67 Weird Debugging Tricks Your Browser Doesn't Want You to Know | Alan Norbauer Advanced browser parlor tricks
• Demystifying Public Speaking by Lara Callender Hogan

Weather

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• 57° and Rain at 3 Miles NNE Pleasant Hill CA
• 55° and Rain at San Francisco International Airport, CA
• 46° and Rain at Boise, ID
• 45° and Fair at Spring Hill, KS
• 41° and Mostly Cloudy at Bend, OR
• 48° and Overcast at Portland, OR

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