6.17: mainline
Version:6.17 (mainline)Released:2025-09-28Source:linux-6.17.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.17.tar.signPatch:full ⌘ Read more

Tiny RISC-V Development Board with WCH CH32V317WCU6 Available from $6.80
The nanoCH32V317 is a compact development board created by MuseLab to simplify prototyping and embedded system development. It integrates USB connectivity, Ethernet support, and a straightforward programming interface through USB Type-C, providing an accessible platform for engineers and hobbyists working with RISC-V microcontrollers. The board is powered by the WCH CH32V317WCU6, a RISC-V microcontro … ⌘ Read more

MacOS Tahoe 26 Feels Slow? Try These 6 Performance Tips
Some Mac users who have updated to macOS Tahoe 26 feel like the new operating system runs slower than their prior MacOS installation did. Reports online suggest there can be general sluggishness and lagging performance, sometimes with frame rate drops and stuttering animations on the screen, or even when typing. Other users in various forums … Read More ⌘ Read more

Hmm, gnu.org is slow as heck. Shorter HTML pages load in about ten seconds. This complete AWK manual all in one large HTML page took a full minute: https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html Is there maybe some anti AI shenanigans going on?

In any case, I find the user guide super interesting. My AWK skills are basically non-existent, so I finally decided to change that. This document is incredibly well written and makes it really fun to keep reading and learning. I’m very impressed. So far, I made it to section 1.6, happy to continue.

I’ve got a prototype of my hardcopy simulator going. I’m typing on the keyboard and the “display” goes to the printer:

https://movq.de/v/235c1eabac/MVI_8810.MOV.mp4

The biiiiiiiiiig problem is that the print head and plastic cover make it impossible to see what’s currently being printed, because this is not a typewriter. This means: In order to see what I just entered, I have to feed the paper back and forth and back and forth … it’s not ideal.

I got that idea of moving back/forth from Drew DeVault, who – as it turned out – did something similar a few years back. (I tried hard to read as little as possible of his blog post, because figuring things out myself is more fun. But that could mean I missed a great idea here or there.)

But hey, at least this is running on my Pentium 133 on SuSE Linux 6.4, printer connected with a parallel cable. 😍

(Also, yes, you can see the printouts of earlier tests and, yes, I used ed(1) wrong at one point. 🤪 And ls insisted on using colors …)

The XMPP Standards Foundation: MongooseIM 6.4 - Simplified and Unified
MongooseIM is a scalable and efficient instant messaging server. It implements the open, proven, extensible and constantly evolving XMPP protocol, which is an excellent choice when it comes to instant messaging. To communicate with other XMPP entities, the server uses three main types of interfaces, listed in the table below.

XMPP InterfacePurposeConnection typeReworked in v … ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: MongooseIM 6.4: Simplified and Unified
MongooseIM is a scalable and efficient instant messaging server. With the latest release 6.4.0, it has become more powerful yet easier to use and maintain. Thanks to the internal unification of listeners and connection handling, the configuration is easier and more intuitive, while numerous new options are supported.

New features include support for TLS 1.3 with optional channel binding for improved security, single round-trip authent … ⌘ Read more

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(Just for fun, SuSE Linux 6.4 from ~25 years ago: )

Here’s an example of X11/Xlib being old and archaic.

X11 knows the data type “cardinal”. For example, the window property _NET_WM_ICON (which holds image data for icons) is an array of “cardinal”. I am already not really familiar with that word and I’m assuming that it comes from mathematics:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_number

(It could also be a bird, but probably not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinalidae)

We would probably call this an “integer” today.

EWMH says that icons are arrays of cardinals and that they’re 32-bit numbers:

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/latest-single/#id-1.6.13

So it’s something like 0x11223344 with 0x11 being the alpha channel, 0x22 is red, and so on.

You would assume that, when you retrieve such an array from the X11 server, you’d get an array of uint32_t, right?

Nope.

Xlib is so old, they use char for 8-bit stuff, short int for 16-bit, and long int for 32-bit:

https://x.org/releases/current/doc/libX11/libX11/libX11.html#Obtaining_and_Changing_Window_Properties

That is congruent with the general C data types, so it does make sense:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_data_types

Now the funny thing is, on modern x86_64, the type long int is actually 64 bits wide.

The result is that every pixel in a Pixmap, for example, is twice as large in memory as it would need to be. Just because Xlib uses long int, because uint32_t didn’t exist, yet.

And this is something that I wouldn’t know how to fix without breaking clients.

Status 2025-07-21
Morning, computer! Spending my days off trying to figure things out.
Some of them will occur in this post. I think best when I’m writing,
after all.

I’m back from a short vacation since a couple of weeks. I’m still
going to take a few days off every week for a while. I need the break.
It’s been way too many 12-16 hour workdays. I’m nominally working 80%
(~6 hour days), so I figure I’ve been working a lot for free.

Yeah, well, I like the TKey project to succeed. The ideas behind it
have implicatio … ⌘ Read more

NextTrace 這款網絡排查工具，堪稱神器！狂攬 6-8k Star！
在排查網絡問題時，想知道數據包經過了哪些節點，路由延遲如何，卻發現傳統工具要麼功能複雜，要麼體積龐大。今天和大家分享一款在 GitHub 上發現的開源項目 NextTrace，專門解決路由跟蹤的痛點。這個工具不僅輕量化設計，還支持可視化路由展示，目前已經獲得了 6.8k+ Star，相當值得關注。主要功能多協議支持：支持 ICMP、TCP SYN、UDP 三種協議進行路由跟蹤，適應不同的網絡環境需 ⌘ Read more

Saw this on Mastodon:

https://racingbunny.com/@mookie/114718466149264471

18 rules of Software Engineering

1. You will regret complexity when on-call
   
2. Stop falling in love with your own code
   
3. Everything is a trade-off. There’s no “best” 3. Every line of code you write is a liability 4. Document your decisions and designs
   
4. Everyone hates code they didn’t write
   
5. Don’t use unnecessary dependencies
   
6. Coding standards prevent arguments
   
7. Write meaningful commit messages
   
8. Don’t ever stop learning new things
   
9. Code reviews spread knowledge
   
10. Always build for maintainability
    
11. Ask for help when you’re stuck
    
12. Fix root causes, not symptoms
    
13. Software is never completed
    
14. Estimates are not promises
    
15. Ship early, iterate often
    
16. Keep. It. Simple.
    

Solid list, even though 14 is up for debate in my opinion: Software can be completed. You have a use case / problem, you solve that problem, done. Your software is completed now. There might still be bugs and they should be fixed – but this doesn’t “add” to the program. Don’t use “software is never done” as an excuse to keep adding and adding stuff to your code.

@prologic@twtxt.net I’m trying to call some libc functions (because the Rust stdlib does not have an equivalent for getpeername(), for example, so I don’t have a choice), so I have to do some FFI stuff and deal with raw pointers and all that, which is very gnarly in Rust – because you’re not supposed to do this. Things like that are trivial in C or even Assembler, but I have not yet understood what Rust does under the hood. How and when does it allocate or free memory … is the pointer that I get even still valid by the time I do the libc call? Stuff like that.

I hope that I eventually learn this over time … but I get slapped in the face at every step. It’s very frustrating and I’m always this 🤏 close to giving up (only to try again a year later).

Oh, yeah, yeah, I guess I could “just” use some 3rd party library for this. socket2 gets mentioned a lot in this context. But I don’t want to. I literally need one getpeername() call during the lifetime of my program, I don’t even do the socket(), bind(), listen(), accept() dance, I already have a fully functional file descriptor. Using a library for that is total overkill and I’d rather do it myself. (And look at the version number: 0.5.10. The library is 6 years old but they’re still saying: “Nah, we’re not 1.0 yet, we reserve the right to make breaking changes with every new release.” So many Rust libs are still unstable …)

… and I could go on and on and on … 🤣

6.14.11: stable
Version:6.14.11 (EOL) (stable)Released:2025-06-10Source:linux-6.14.11.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.14.11.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.14.11 ⌘ Read more

6.12.33: longterm
Version:6.12.33 (longterm)Released:2025-06-10Source:linux-6.12.33.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.12.33.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.33 ⌘ Read more

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6.16-rc1: mainline
Version:6.16-rc1 (mainline)Released:2025-06-08Source:linux-6.16-rc1.tar.gzPatch:full ⌘ Read more

The last six months in LLMs, illustrated by pelicans on bicycles
Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215352

Points: 506

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Ukrainian woman, 6-year-old daughter found murdered in Belgium ⌘ Read more

A bill from our ISP in 1998.

We’re talking about a month here, 1998-07-27 to 1998-08-26.

Basic fee: 7.50 DM (about 6€ today).

Online time: 516 minutes, 23.53 DM (about 20€ today).

That’s just the ISP costs, if I’m not mistaken. The underlying phone calls were pretty pricey as well.

SuSE Linux 6.4 and Arachne on DOS also work (with Windows 2000 as a call target):

• https://www.uninformativ.de/blog/postings/2025-05-31/0/POSTING-en.html#suse-linux-64
  
• https://www.uninformativ.de/blog/postings/2025-05-31/0/POSTING-en.html#arachne-on-dos

JMP: Mitigating MITMs in XMPP
In October 2023, Jabber.ru, “the largest Russian XMPP messaging service”, discovered that both Hetzner and Linode had been targeting them with Machine-In-The-Middle (MITM) attacks for up to 6 months. MITM attacks are when an unauthorised third party intercepts traffic intended for someone else. At the point of interception, the attacker can inspect and even modify that traffic. TLS was created to mitigate this; all communication between the two parties is encrypted, so the third party sees … ⌘ Read more

JMP: Mitigating MITMs in XMPP
In October 2023, Jabber.ru, “the largest Russian XMPP messaging service”, discovered that both Hetzner and Linode had been targeting them with Machine-In-The-Middle (MITM) attacks for up to 6 months. MITM attacks are when an unauthorised third party intercepts traffic intended for someone else. At the point of interception, the attacker can inspect and even modify that traffic. TLS was created to mitigate this; all communication between the two parties is encrypted, so the third party sees … ⌘ Read more

AI Changes Everything
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FriendlyElec NanoPi M5 Offers RK3576, Dual LAN, MIPI-CSI, and 6 TOPS NPU
FriendlyElec has introduced the NanoPi M5, a compact single-board computer based on the Rockchip RK3576 processor. It features a 6 TOPS INT8 NPU, supports LPDDR4X or LPDDR5 memory, and offers UFS 2.0 storage along with dual Gigabit Ethernet and MIPI-CSI/DSI interfaces. Compared to recently launched boards such as the NanoPi Zero2 (RK3528A), NanoPi M6 (RK3588S), […] ⌘ Read more

Sony’s NEWS UNIX workstations
The first prototype was ready in just six months. By October 1986, the project was announced, and in January 1987, the first NEWS workstation, the NWS 800 series, officially launched. It ran 4.2BSD UNIX and featured a Motorola 68020 CPU. Its performance rivaled that of traditional super minicomputers, but with a dramatically lower price point ranging from ¥950,000 to ¥2.75 million (approximately $6,555 to $18,975 USD in 1987). Competing UNIX workstations typically cost clo … ⌘ Read more

Found her when she was 2 weeks old. She’s 6 now, and very sassy 💁‍♀️ ⌘ Read more

Golang 字符串拼接 6 種方法性能對比與最佳實踐
在 Go 語言中，字符串 (string) 是不可變 (immutable) 的數據類型，這意味着每次字符串拼接操作實際上都會創建一個新的字符串對象。對於需要頻繁拼接字符串的場景，選擇合適的方法對性能有顯著影響。本文將全面分析 6 種常見的字符串拼接方式，並通過基準測試揭示它們的性能差異。6 種字符串拼接方法詳解1. 直接使用+運算符funcconcatOperator(s string, n i ⌘ Read more

Golang 字符串拼接 6 種方法性能對比與最佳實踐
在 Go 語言中，字符串 (string) 是不可變 (immutable) 的數據類型，這意味着每次字符串拼接操作實際上都會創建一個新的字符串對象。對於需要頻繁拼接字符串的場景，選擇合適的方法對性能有顯著影響。本文將全面分析 6 種常見的字符串拼接方式，並通過基準測試揭示它們的性能差異。6 種字符串拼接方法詳解1. 直接使用+運算符funcconcatOperator(s string, n i ⌘ Read more

Ukraine and Russia agree to swap 6,000 bodies of soldiers killed in three-year war ⌘ Read more

Touchscreen Smart Box Based on ESP32-P4 with Wi-Fi 6 or Ethernet
The ESP32-P4 Smart 86 Box is a compact development board with a 4-inch capacitive touchscreen, designed for HMI, smart control panels, and edge processing. Its 86 mm form factor allows it to be easily installed in wall-mounted enclosures for use in embedded automation and smart terminal applications. As the name implies, this board is built […] ⌘ Read more

Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hits Hokkaido in Japan, no tsunami warning ⌘ Read more

Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in vBulletin 6.0.1 via replaceAdTemplate Method ⌘ Read more

The Linux 6.15 kernel arrives and it’s big a victory for Rust fans
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6.12.31: longterm
Version:6.12.31 (longterm)Released:2025-05-29Source:linux-6.12.31.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.12.31.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.31 ⌘ Read more

Canadian Army looks to spend more than $6 billion on new howitzers and rockets ⌘ Read more

RocketMQ 高級使用
消息存儲—-分佈式隊列因爲有高可靠性的要求，所以數據要進行持久化存儲。消息生成者發送消息 MQ 收到消息，將消息進行持久化，在存儲中新增一條記錄 返回 ACK 給生產者 MQ push 消息給對應的消費者，然後等待消費者返回 ACK 如果消息消費者在指定時間內成功返回 ack，那麼 MQ 認爲消息消費成功，在存儲中刪除消息，即執行第 6 步；如果 MQ 在指定時間內沒有 ⌘ Read more

Cursor - 12306 MCP，打造 AI 智能選票系統，超酷的！
大家好，我是蒼何。昨天線下活動見了米尼的孩子，說句實在的，勾起了我對家裏娃的想念。於是，我決定端午，我要回家，我要陪過度六一。掏出手機 12306，查票、候補、買票。開始計算着出發時間，到達家的時間，選擇高鐵還是硬臥，早上 6 點的車能否趕上，晚上十一點的車到家太晚會吵醒孩子，中午的車正好但往往沒票。。。。受夠了，每次都是這樣，買個票，能把我瞬間變成一隻哈巴狗，咧着嘴，大聲喘氣。於是，我想借助 A ⌘ Read more

Linux 6.15 released
Highlights of Linux 6.15 include Rust support for hrtimer and ARMv7, a new setcpuid= boot parameter for x86 CPUs, support for sched_ext to count and report internal events, x86 Intel and AMD PMU enhancements, nested virtualization support for VGICv3 on ARM, and support for emulating FEAT_PMUv3 on Apple Silicon. ↫ Marius Nestor at 9To5Linux On top of these highlights, there’s also a ton of other changes, from the usual additions of new drivers, to better support for RISC-V, and so much more … ⌘ Read more

PicoCore MX93 CoM Features microNPU, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, and CAN-FD
The PicoCore MX93 from F&S Elektronik Systeme is a compact Computer on Module measuring just 35 x 40 mm. Designed for industrial and embedded edge applications, it supports up to 2GB of LPDDR4 memory, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity, and a wide range of display and I/O interfaces including MIPI-DSI, LVDS, CAN-FD, and dual […] ⌘ Read more

6.15: mainline
Version:6.15 (mainline)Released:2025-05-25Source:linux-6.15.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.15.tar.signPatch:full ⌘ Read more

One of the nicest things about Go is the language itself, comparing Go to other popular languages in terms of the complexity to learn to be proficient in:

• Go: 25 keywords (Stack Overflow); CSP-style concurrency (goroutines & channels)
  
• Python 2: 30 keywords (TutorialsPoint); GIL-bound threads & multiprocessing (Wikipedia)
  
• Python 3: 35 keywords (Initial Commit); GIL-bound threads, asyncio & multiprocessing (Wikipedia, DEV Community)
  
• Java: 50 keywords (Stack Overflow); threads + java.util.concurrent (Wikipedia)
  
• C++: 82 keywords (Stack Overflow); std::thread, atomics & futures (en.cppreference.com)
  
• JavaScript: 38 keywords (Stack Overflow); single-threaded event loop & async/await, Web Workers (Wikipedia)
  
• Ruby: 42 keywords (Stack Overflow); GIL-bound threads (MRI), fibers & processes (Wikipedia)
  

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Season 6, TNG https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/05/22/ng-season-6.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

Fotograf s dušou maliara
Profesionálny fotograf Michal Madacký, ktorý sa už desaťročia zaraďuje medzi najvýraznejšie postavy vojvodinskej fotografickej scény, nedávno oslávil svoje významné jubileum. Pri príležitosti jeho 70. narodenín mu 21. mája 2025 v Dome slovenskej kultúry v Békešskej Čabe (Maďarsko) otvorili samostatnú výstavu umeleckých a úžitkových fotografií. Výstavu usporiadal Čabiansky región Ústavu kultúry Slovákov v Maďarsku (ÚKSM). Výstava bude dostupná do 6. júna 2025. ⌘ Read more

6.14.8: stable
Version:6.14.8 (stable)Released:2025-05-22Source:linux-6.14.8.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.14.8.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.14.8 ⌘ Read more

6.1.140: longterm
Version:6.1.140 (longterm)Released:2025-05-22Source:linux-6.1.140.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.1.140.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.1.140 ⌘ Read more

OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive
Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/openai-to-buy-apple-veteran-jony-ive-s-ai-device-startup-in-6-5-billion-deal

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44053518

Points: 521

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KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS – Krebs on Security
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Interview: Chief maintainer of Qt project on language independence, KDE, and the pain of Qt 5 to Qt 6 •
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