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How I configure BorgBackup and borgmatic (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Justus Perlwitz 2025-12-12 23:54:32

This article outlines how I configure BorgBackup and borgmatic on my machines. macOS Tested on MacBook Air M2 macOS Ventura 13.4.1 borgmatic 1.7.12 (MacPorts) moreutils 0.67_1 (MacPorts) borgmatic and moreutils are also available on Homebrew. Unlike systemd, launchctl doesn’t provide integration a syslog-like service. (I guess Apple expects you to use Console instead) Apple’s unified logging is unreliable and in many tests I have had messages disappearing, even when manually testing wit

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So you want to parse a PDF?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-16 09:24:29

Suppose you have an appetite for tilting at windmills. Let's say you love pain. Well then why not write a PDF parser today? The ideal world: how the specification should work Conceptually parsing a PDF is fairly simple: First, locate the version header comment at the start of the file Next you need to locate the pointer to the cross-reference Then you can find all object offsets Finally you locate and build the trailer dictionary which points to the catalog dicitionary Introduction to PDF

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What Happens to Your Data If You Stop Paying for Cloud Storage?

wired.com David Nield 2025-12-16 08:30:00

If it's been a while since you added up how many digital subscriptions you're paying for, it's likely to be more than you think: streaming services, software packages, games, AI bots, health and fitness wearables ... the list goes on. You can add cloud storage subscriptions to that list too. Apple, Google, and Microsoft offer very little in the way of free storage in the cloud, which means if you want the convenience of having your photos, videos, and other files safely backed up and accessible

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Writing a basic service for GNU Guix

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-16 10:43:42

According to the Shepherd Services documentation, the start and stop fields of shepherd-service take G-Expressions. But what's a g-expression? Well, because Guix uses Scheme for both higher-level actions–like defining packages–and lower-level actions–like building derivations generated by packages– it needs a faculty for embedding lower-level code in higher-level code. So in the start field of wesnoth-shepherd-service : (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor/container (list #$(file-append package

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‘A Quiet Place Part III’ Is Coming and John Krasinski Is Directing

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-17 12:45:58

A Quiet Place is moving forward again, in more ways than one. John Krasinski just announced that he’s returning to helm A Quiet Place Part III, aimed for release on July 9, 2027. The film follows the 2024 hit A Quiet Place: Day One, which showed an earlier story in this universe. Part III, presumably, will continue the story that began with the first two films, both of which were helmed by Krasinski and starred Emily Blunt. Krasinski will write, direct, and produce the sequel, and though the ca

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Mamoru Hosoda’s New Movie Looks Like a Fantastical Revenge Epic

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-12-18 03:15:02

Studio Chizu has finally released the first proper trailer for Oscar-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda‘s upcoming fantasy film, Scarlet. Scarlet, first announced by Sony in collaboration with Studio CHIZU back in April, is a new anime film helmed by the acclaimed anime director Mamoru Hosoda. He is known for his work on films like Mirai, Belle, The Boy and the Beast, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, and Summer Wars. The movie, also referred to as Scarlet Without Limits or Endless Scarlet in Japa

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IRS head says free Direct File tax service is 'gone'

news.ycombinator.com Emma Roth 2025-12-18 08:24:04

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Trump administration may have just axed the IRS Direct File program. During a summit earlier this week, IRS Commissioner Billy Long said the free tax filing service is “gone,” adding that “big beautiful Billy wiped that out,” as reported earlier by Bloomberg

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IRS head says free Direct File tax service is ‘gone’

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-18 12:30:47

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Trump administration may have just axed the IRS Direct File program. During a summit earlier this week, IRS Commissioner Billy Long said the free tax filing service is “gone,” adding that “big beautiful Billy wiped that out,” as reported earlier by Bloomberg

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Show HN: Rewindtty – Record and replay terminal sessions as structured JSON

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-15 00:28:36

A terminal session recorder and replayer written in C that allows you to capture and replay terminal sessions with precise timing. ⚠️ Disclaimer This is a hobby project created for fun and learning purposes. It's still in active development and may contain bugs or incomplete features. If you encounter any issues, please report them in the Issues section. Contributions are welcome and encouraged! Features Record terminal sessions : Capture all terminal input/output with accurate timing inform

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How to Secure a Linux Server

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-19 04:14:37

How To Secure A Linux Server An evolving how-to guide for securing a Linux server that, hopefully, also teaches you a little about security and why it matters. Table of Contents (TOC made with nGitHubTOC) Introduction Guide Objective This guides purpose is to teach you how to secure a Linux server. There are a lot of things you can do to secure a Linux server and this guide will attempt to cover as many of them as possible. More topics/material will be added as I learn, or as folks contri

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The 28 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now (August 2025)

wired.com Angela Watercutter 2025-12-19 09:00:00

When it comes to originals, Netflix and Amazon have the deepest libraries of prestige movies. But ever since CODA won the Best Picture Oscar, it’s become clear that some of the best movies are on Apple TV+. As with any streaming service, not every film on the roster is a winner, but from the Billie Eilish documentary to Sundance darlings, Apple’s streaming service is building up a strong catalog to run alongside its growing slate of beloved TV shows. Below are WIRED’s picks for flicks you shou

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The sequel to ‘The Social Network’ may have just found its lead actors

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-12-20 03:36:41

In Brief Over a decade after “The Social Network,” director Aaron Sorkin is reportedly working on a sequel, possibly with two leads in mind. While the 2010 original film focused on Mark Zuckerberg’s rise, “Social Network Part II” is said to draw from Jeff Horwitz’s “The Facebook Files,” which exposed Facebook’s harmful effects on teens and its role in spreading misinformation. According to Deadline, Jeremy Allen White from “The Bear” is being considered for the role of Horwitz, while Mikey Ma

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Microsoft to disable Excel workbook links to blocked file types

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-20 08:26:25

Microsoft has announced that it will start disabling external workbook links to blocked file types by default between October 2025 and July 2026. After the rollout, Excel workbooks referencing blocked file types will display a #BLOCKED error or fail to refresh, eliminating security risks associated with accessing unsupported or high-risk file types, including, but not limited to, phishing attacks that utilize workbooks to redirect targets to malicious payloads. This change is being introduced

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How to clear the cache on your Windows 11 PC (and why it greatly improves performance)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-12-20 08:35:00

Elyse Betters Picaro/ZDNET If your computer desktop looks a little chaotic and you're noticing some performance slowdown, it might be time to do a cleanup. The best way to keep things running smoothly is to ensure you're running the most updated version of Windows (you'd be surprised how many folks' devices are several updates behind). But if you're up-to-date, there are other things you can do to optimize. Also: A decade of Windows 10: Chaos, Cortana, and conspiracy theories that never panned

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Aaron Sorkin’s Social Network sequel might recast Mark Zuckerberg

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-20 08:10:40

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Aaron Sorkin is writing and directing a follow-up to The Social Network, and Jeremy Strong is reportedly the lead candidate to play Mark Zuckerberg. According to Deadline, “Sources say no formal offer has been presented but that he is the top choice to play the Facebook founder.” Jesse Eisenberg played Zuckerberg in the first film. Deadline reported on the new film, The Socia

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James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Just Passed a Major ‘Man of Steel’ Milestone

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-20 12:00:54

Superman vs. Man of Steel. It’s the greatest Superman vs. Superman showdown since 1983’s Superman III. In that film, Superman had to fight himself. In 2025, that battle is between James Gunn’s new film and records set by Zack Snyder’s 2013 film. Snyder’s Man of Steel grossed about $291 million at the domestic box office, but as of earlier this week, Gunn’s Superman soared by it, now sitting at almost $297 million domestic as of Wednesday, July 30. That makes the new film the highest-grossing dom

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GCP CloudQuarry: Searching for Secrets in Public GCP Images

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-20 21:55:34

This guest post by Eduard Agavriloae and Matei Josephs, two expert cloud security researchers, was developed through Truffle Security’s Research CFP program . We first connected with Eduard and Matei after their well-received DEF CON 32 talk, AWS CloudQuarry: Digging for secrets in public AMIs , where they used TruffleHog to identify hundreds of live secrets in public AWS Images. In this follow-up, they expand their research to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). TL;DR We scanned 8,400+ public GCP ima

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Netflix Is Hungry to Turn ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Into Its Next Everything Franchise

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-12-20 22:00:04

It’s been a little over a month since Sony Pictures Animation and Netflix released KPop Demon Hunters, but you wouldn’t be able to tell given how much staying power the movie has had online. Now, as if answering fans’ hanging questions on when the streamer will announce a sequel, a new report has revealed that Netflix and Sony intend to strike while the iron is hot on KPop Demon Hunters‘ meteoric acclaim with plans to expand the film in the early stages. According to a new report from The Wrap,

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Dropbox is shutting down its password manager next month – here are the best alternatives

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-12-21 03:18:00

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust In a nutshell: Dropbox will discontinue its password manager on October 28, permanently (and hopefully securely) deleting any credentials still stored on that date. The company recommends switching to 1Password because it supports importing data directly from Dropbox; however, other options are also worth considering. Dropbox will begin a phased winddown of its password manager next month, and data

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'The Thursday Murder Club,' 'My Oxford Year' and More New Netflix Movies You Shouldn't Miss in August

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-21 02:00:00

As we enter the dog days of summer, Netflix's August slate of movies is giving us something to look forward to. This month, the platform is dropping dozens of new films, including some great originals like the romance My Oxford Year, starring Sofia Carson, and the ensemble mystery The Thursday Murder Club. The streamer is also premiering a few exciting new documentaries this month, including The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, in which the actor speaks out about the assault he's accused of stagin

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Google will soon fix a security loophole in Chrome’s password autofill

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-21 23:30:38

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google Chrome on Android will let you require biometric authentication before autofilling passwords, adding a much-needed layer of security. This feature closes a loophole, as the existing biometric protection for autofill in Google Password Manager currently only applies to apps, not the browser. A newly discovered setting explicitly states this protection is “coming soon to Chrome,” finally preventing password autofill without user verification. Man

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Harrison Ford Reveals His Preferred Version of ‘Blade Runner’

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-23 12:20:31

One of the nerdiest conversations two sci-fi fans can have is about the merits of the different versions of Blade Runner. Which is best? What does one decision mean? How about another? And one person you’d never expect to weigh in on that is Harrison Ford himself. Ford is, of course, the star of Blade Runner along with one or two other major sci-fi films. Even so, he’s not really a sci-fi nerd by any stretch of the imagination. However, in a new interview, he did offer a very specific answer to

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Matt Shakman Thinks What Was Cut From ‘Fantastic Four’ Was for the ‘Greater Good’

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-12-23 17:30:58

It’s been just shy of a week since Marvel’s latest installment in its ever-expanding cinematic universe, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, released in theaters. While much of the hubbub about the film is generally favorable, verging on “we’re so back,” some online fans lamented over the movie seemingly leaving a lot of content from its trailer on the cutting room floor for their liking. Now, director Matt Shakman has come forward to discuss the rigorous editing process behind the Marvel film. In

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The New ‘Zootopia 2’ Trailer Puts Nick and Judy Through Therapy

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-12-23 22:00:38

Walt Disney Animation Studios has released a closer look at its upcoming animated sequel film, Zootopia 2. While this isn’t our first look at the sequel to the 2016 Academy Award-winning film, the latest Zootopia 2 trailer offers more than just a catchy beat and character concepts. We now have a glimpse of the story. This time, rookie cop Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) are fresh off solving the biggest case in Zootopia history. Their next advent

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: WebAssembly SDK

news.ycombinator.com Mark Alexander 2025-12-22 11:44:17

WEBASSEMBLY (WASM) In order to provide both security and portability, it was decided to move away from add-ons distributed as DLL s in favour of add-ons distributed as WebAssembly modules. In order to do so without requiring a full rewrite of existing add-ons, a new platform toolset was designed for Visual Studio with the following capabilities: Direct compilation of C/C++ projects into WebAssembly (as WASM). Debugging of WebAssembly modules by attaching to the game executable. Full support

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Did someone just get caught using the iPhone 17 Pro in the wild?

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-25 09:46:40

Here’s one to take with a grain of salt: earlier today, user Fox Puppy on X published a couple of photos that supposedly show someone filming an iPhone 17 Pro on the street, using an iPhone 16 Pro that, for some reason, has its Apple logo covered. ‘This looks legit’ While there’s no way to verify the claims, Fox Puppy says that one of the people accompanying the man filming “was security and trying to go in front of the iPhone to hide it.” Here’s the original post: I just spotted a test deve

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Elgato's new webcam can mount lens filters

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-26 08:36:56

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Elgato just introduced a novel new webcam with a pro-grade feature . The Facecam 4K allows users to mount lens filters for unique effects. This is the first time a webcam has offered this functionality. The camera integrates with any 49mm lens filter , which opens up a world of potent

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The hit film about overworked nurses that's causing alarm across Europe

news.ycombinator.com Deborah Cole 2025-12-26 06:53:45

The world could face a shortage of 13 million nurses by the end of this decade. For her new film, Swiss director Petra Volpe imagined the consequences of just one missed shift on a busy night at a hospital, and found herself making a disaster movie. With Late Shift, Volpe aimed to shine a light on the frontlines of the looming healthcare catastrophe through the eyes of the dedicated, exhausted Floria. Played by German actor Leonie Benesch, the young nurse shows an initially acrobatic grace in h

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Coverage.py Regex Pragmas

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-26 22:30:47

Coverage.py uses regexes to define pragma syntax. This is surprisingly powerful. Coverage.py lets you indicate code to exclude from measurement by adding comments to your Python files. But coverage implements them differently than other similar tools. Rather than having fixed syntax for these comments, they are defined using regexes that you can change or add to. This has been surprisingly powerful. The basic behavior: coverage finds lines in your source files that match the regexes. These lin

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Modernising the Amiga at Forty

news.ycombinator.com Benjamin Blundell 2025-12-27 06:55:32

Modernising the Amiga at Forty I'm writing this on the 23rd of July 2025. 40 years ago, The Amiga Personal Computer was revealed to the world at the Lincoln Centre in New York. Andy Warhol was invited to paint the famous Debbie Harry, live on stage with the Amiga 1000. You can watch the event on YouTube. Things have moved on quite a since then. The Amiga was quite probably, the first multimedia computer. It was pretty big here in Europe, especially in the UK and Germany in the 80s and 90s. Tod

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How I configure BorgBackup and borgmatic (2023)

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Aaron Sorkin’s Social Network sequel might recast Mark Zuckerberg

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