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What I look for in typeface licenses

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-27 03:11:51

Typeface licenses Process Journal I can’t remember the last time I undertook a design project where we didn’t use a commercial typeface. I often recommend these to clients because: The world of commercial typefaces is broad and it opens up a range of high-quality options for a project Using a commercial typeface is an easy way to level-up a design (though it won’t fix a bad design) Supporting independent foundries is important There’s no judgement on open source typefaces – I’m often pairi

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Show HN: XR2000: A science fiction programming challenge

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-24 21:07:14

Challenge: XR2000 August 10, 2025 Today I’m releasing the XR2000: A programming challenge with extensive science fiction backstory. This is a project I’ve long wanted to make, and it has slowly come to life in the last few years. I love a good puzzle or game that involves programming. Over the years I found a couple of these games that were particularly fun. These really inspired me to start the XR2000. Before explaining more about my new challenge, I want to mention (and recommend) these game

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Here are five great iPhone deals if you’re shopping on a budget

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-11-26 22:02:27

If you’re trying to buy a new iPhone, it can often be hard to find something on a tighter budget. Sure, Apple offers the iPhone 16e at $599 – but not everyone finds that to be a compelling phone. Luckily, there’s plenty of great options if you want to buy used, and I’ll be delving into five great picks for varying needs. #1 – iPhone 15 Pro If you’re after higher end features like a ProMotion display, Apple Intelligence, and a telephoto lens – the iPhone 15 Pro is hands down the best overall pi

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What Medieval People Got Right About Learning (2019)

news.ycombinator.com Scott Young 2025-11-27 05:29:46

We tend to assume that if people today and people five hundred years ago do things differently, it’s because we’ve figured out a better way to do it. After all, we have microscopes, democracy and penicillin. People in the middle ages lit cats on fire for fun. Yet despite overwhelming progress, it’s ironically in the area of education that we may be the ones who have it backward. Apprenticeships were, for a long time, the dominant way of learning professional skills. A master agrees to show you

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Open Banking and Payments Competition

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-27 04:44:18

Much of the operation of the financial industry is legible to people outside of it. Your credit card works basically like you understand it to (excepting the occasional mythmaking about second order consequences). Debates about what terms banks are allowed to offer on credit cards are fairly straightforward and can be easily followed by non-specialists. But some issues are under the hood, and a societal debate about them doesn’t exactly wear its consequences on its sleeves. Consider the controv

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‘New Panty & Stocking’ Just Tackled the Gen Z-Millennial Divide in the Most Absurd Style

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-11-27 09:20:07

Although Prime Video hasn’t adequately promoted Studio Trigger’s sequel series to the raunchy cult classic New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, the show remains one of the funniest anime airing this season. Its latest episode prominently highlights the contentious generational divide between Millennials and Gen Z. In its sixth episode, titled “The Brothers from Heaven,” the anime slows down its compilation of short stories to present a unified narrative filled with pop culture references throu

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Elon Musk's DOGE Was Far More of a Dismal Failure Than We Thought

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-27 14:50:33

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency originally promised to save the government $2 trillion in waste. That target quickly dropped to $1 trillion. Then in April, Musk started intimating that the savings would only be in the region of $150 billion, making it clear to all but his most diehard supporters that DOGE was failing on its own terms — even going by its own dubious estimates of its progress. Now, it's looking like those purported "savings" are somehow even more pitiful than onc

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Rerank-2.5 and rerank-2.5-lite: instruction-following rerankers

news.ycombinator.com Voyage Ai 2025-11-25 21:12:32

TL;DR – We are excited to introduce the rerank-2.5 series, which significantly improves upon rerank-2 ’s performance while also introducing instruction-following capabilities for the first time. On our standard suite of 93 retrieval datasets spanning multiple domains, rerank-2.5 and rerank-2.5-lite improve retrieval accuracy by 7.94% and 7.16% over Cohere Rerank v3.5. Furthermore, the new instruction-following feature allows users to steer the model’s output relevance scores using natural langua

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Waymo finally has a music experience worthy of its robotaxi

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-11-28 00:03:03

I’m riding in the back of a Waymo that’s autonomously navigating the busy streets of San Francisco with relative ease thanks to 29 external cameras, six radar, and five lidar sensors all feeding into an AI model. For just 15 bucks, I get to experience what feels like a miracle of modern technology, and yet, there’s a nagging thought I can’t shake. The music sucks in here. Waymo’s music-streaming feature has felt like an aged barnacle attached to a futuristic shell. Until this week, passengers

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New downgrade attack can bypass FIDO auth in Microsoft Entra ID

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-28 05:14:23

Security researchers have created a new FIDO downgrade attack against Microsoft Entra ID that tricks users into authenticating with weaker login methods, making them susceptible to phishing and session hijacking. These weaker login channels are vulnerable to adversary-in-the-middle phishing attacks that employ tools like Evilginx, enabling attackers to snatch valid session cookies and hijack the accounts. Although the attack doesn't prove a vulnerability in FIDO itself, it shows that the syste

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New downgrade attack can bypass FIDO auth in Microsoft Entra ID

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-28 05:26:02

Security researchers have created a new FIDO downgrade attack against Microsoft Entra ID that tricks users into authenticating with weaker login methods, making them susceptible to phishing and session hijacking. These weaker login channels are vulnerable to adversary-in-the-middle phishing attacks that employ tools like Evilginx, enabling attackers to snatch valid session cookies and hijack the accounts. Although the attack doesn't prove a vulnerability in FIDO itself, it shows that the syste

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rerank-2.5 and rerank-2.5-lite: instruction-following rerankers

news.ycombinator.com Voyage Ai 2025-11-26 09:12:32

TL;DR – We are excited to introduce the rerank-2.5 series, which significantly improves upon rerank-2 ’s performance while also introducing instruction-following capabilities for the first time. On our standard suite of 93 retrieval datasets spanning multiple domains, rerank-2.5 and rerank-2.5-lite improve retrieval accuracy by 7.94% and 7.16% over Cohere Rerank v3.5. Furthermore, the new instruction-following feature allows users to steer the model’s output relevance scores using natural langua

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DOGE Has Wasted Billions While Saving Only a Fraction of What It Claims: Reports

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-11-28 05:15:21

The Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has been a project largely defined by ever-diminishing expectations. At the outset of DOGE’s journey, its chief operator, Elon Musk, famously claimed, in a bout of wild optimism, that he hoped to cut “at least” $2 trillion out of the federal budget. Not long after the election, Musk reduced his ambitions to $1 trillion. Throughout the first few months of Trump’s second term, DOGE claimed to be saving Americans billions, but analyses

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New Study Shows Smartwatch Stress Sensors Have No Idea What They're Doing

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-28 04:53:28

You might want to think twice before you put a lot of stock in the latest stress charts from your fitness wearable. A recent study from the Netherlands' Leiden University, published in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, has found that when smartwatches and similar devices record readings on stress, fatigue or sleep, they're frequently getting it wrong. Researchers studied 800 young adults using the same Garmin Vivosmart 4 smartwatch model. They compared the data the smartwatch

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Another Pixel 10 leak points to wireless Qi2 charging

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-11-28 05:32:07

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. We’re just one week away from Google’s Pixel 10 launch event, but the steady stream of leaks shows no sign of stopping. Now, new leaked images shared by Dutch outlet NieuweMobiel show what looks like Google’s rumored “Pixelsnap” cases with a ring in the center,

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Google will help you pester your friends into turning location sharing on (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-28 09:52:53

TL;DR Google’s Find Hub combines resources for tracking devices and sharing location with friends and family. Users need to positively consent first before their location is shared with anyone. The app is working to build an easy way for you to request your friends grant that access. Smartphones are picking up new features and abilities all the time, and while some of those are pushed out to us enabled by default, others are going to require us to make the intentional choice to opt in. And wh

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Not happy with iPhone 16e? Here are five great iPhone deals for those on a budget

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-11-28 10:02:27

If you’re trying to buy a new iPhone, it can often be hard to find something on a tighter budget. Sure, Apple offers the iPhone 16e at $599 – but not everyone finds that to be a compelling phone. Luckily, there’s plenty of great options if you want to buy used, and I’ll be delving into five great picks for varying needs. #1 – iPhone 15 Pro If you’re after higher end features like a ProMotion display, Apple Intelligence, and a telephoto lens – the iPhone 15 Pro is hands down the best overall pi

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Monarch Butterflies Are Losing Their Navigational Abilities. You Can Guess Why

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-11-28 10:00:43

Each fall, millions of eastern North American monarch butterflies migrate up to 3,000 miles south to the mountains of central Mexico, then return to their northern range in the spring. These winged insects rely on a complex navigation system to go to and from their overwintering sites, and new research suggests climate change may be messing with it. Monarch butterflies have two distinct biological “compasses.” The primary one infers direction based on their circadian rhythm and the position of

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Mesmerizing Hypnoloid, a Kinetic Desktop Sculpture

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-24 20:20:00

This Hypnoloid object is sort of the opposite of a spinning top. Whereas a top contacts the surface it's balancing on only at its point, the Hypnoloid contacts the surface with every square millimeter of its surface area. The shape is called an oloid, and it's a bit difficult to understand. The 20th-century German sculptor, inventor and mathematician Paul Schatz, who discovered it, describes it thusly: "If the distance of two centers of disk is equal to the radius, then the convex hull produce

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U.S. alcohol consumption drops to a 90-year low, new poll finds

news.ycombinator.com Jess Lander 2025-11-28 15:20:39

A new Gallup report reveals that only 54% of American adults reporting drinking alcohol in 2025. Lea Suzuki/S.F. Chronicle The percentage of Americans who report drinking alcohol has hit a nearly 90-year low, according to a recent Gallup poll. The results of Gallup’s annual Consumption Habits survey, released Wednesday, revealed that only 54% of U.S. adults reported drinking alcohol in 2025. This figure represents a three-year decline from 67% in 2022, and falls below the previous record low o

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A case study in bad hiring practice and how to fix it

news.ycombinator.com Thomas Kranz 2025-11-28 14:42:13

None of this - none of it at all - is remotely relevant to the actual day-to-day job of a Head of Security Operations. Again, these are questions that cannot be answered appropriately in character-capped text fields. But beyond that, these are questions that should not - ever - be used to screen applicants. Applicants for a role where these requirements are not even remotely relevant. How Their Interview Process Works Having waded through this nonsense, your application finally gets sent. As w

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Tesla Is Making a Move in New York City That Regulators Absolutely Hate

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-11-28 15:00:47

Tesla is coming in hot in New York City and regulators, legislators and consumers are already pushing back. The electric car company’s latest foray into regulator wrestling comes via a hiring push for autopilot drivers in NYC, despite holding no permits for that service in the city. Given that Tesla has already spent years fighting federal probes, civil and criminal lawsuits and a host of scrutiny from everyone from the SEC to local politicians, its new push appears to be a further continuation

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Best Sleep Headphones of 2025: Enjoy Quality Rest With These Expert-Approved Options

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-28 14:39:00

Cole Kan/CNET I've always been a light sleeper -- even the slightest sounds wake me up, no matter how tired I am. As a CNET sleep team member, I've tested more bedtime products than I can count in the name of figuring out what truly works. From white noise machines to sleep supplements to headbands that alter your brainwaves, the options can seem endless. David Carnoy, CNET executive editor and resident headphone expert, has tested hundreds of different types of headphones over the last decade

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Top 100 Channels on Live TV Streaming Services: A Look at YouTube TV, Hulu Live and More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-28 14:43:00

Want to switch from being a cable customer to a cord-cutter? It doesn't need to be a stressful process, but a little research is needed. As TV costs increase, there are plenty of alternatives you can consider, like live TV streaming services or skinny bundles. Cord-free live services come with perks like a broad mix of channels, DVR and no long-term commitments. You can stream sports and more, and these services offer wider channel options than antennas but also let you watch on your laptop or p

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8 Hiking Gadgets to Make Your Next Trek Safer, Smoother and More Fun

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-28 14:50:00

I'm lucky to call the high desert home -- a place where warm days practically demand we head out to explore the lakes, rivers and mountains in every direction, ideally before the crowds catch on. And when I'm gearing up for a hike, there's a handful of tech I always toss in my pack. If you've got a hiking or camping trip on the calendar, check out the gadgets and essentials I swear by. They can turn a quick afternoon trek or a full weekend adventure into something smoother, safer and more fun.

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Bat colony checks in to hotel; 200 guests check out, unaware of rabies scare

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-28 14:35:15

Health officials in Wyoming are sinking their teeth into a meaty task. Over 200 people who stayed in a hotel in Grand Teton National Park between May and July may have unknowingly been exposed to rabies, according to Wyoming Public Radio. In an announcement on Friday, the National Park Service reported finding evidence of a bat colony in the attic. The discovery was made after there had been at least eight incidents in which guests encountered winged mammals inside the hotel. Now, the Wyoming

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The NYSE sped up its realtime streaming data 5X with Redpanda

venturebeat.com Sean Michael Kerner 2025-11-28 16:00:00

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Real-time streaming data can be valuable for numerous applications and purposes across industries. In the case of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), streaming data is literally money. The NYSE is one of the largest financial exchanges in the world and has a lengthy history of being able to share its financial market data. A hundred years

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Gemini will remember more (or less) of what you say

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-28 20:00:12

Google is adding a temporary chat feature to Gemini. The equivalent of a browser's incognito mode, it lets you have one-off AI chats. They won't appear in your history, influence future chats or be used for training. The temporary chats will be saved for up to 72 hours. Google says this is to give you time to revisit the chat or provide feedback. The feature begins rolling out today and will continue to do so over the coming weeks. It arrives alongside a new setting that does, well, pretty muc

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iPhone 17 Pro Will Reportedly Get Higher Price Tag, But Also More Storage

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-28 18:59:42

The price of an iPhone Pro has been $999 since 2019, but a new leak appears to corroborate what has been rumored before -- that the price is going up. The iPhone 17 Pro, set to launch in September, reportedly will be priced $50 more at $1,050 in the US before taxes, according to Chinese leaker Instant Digital. The model will also reportedly get a storage boost from the Pro's usual 128GB to 256GB. For context, if you were to bump up to 256GB on the iPhone 16 Pro, that would cost you $100 and bri

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How to Wash a Heated Blanket Safely

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-28 20:08:00

Crawling into a warm bed after a long, hard day is hard to beat, but it isn't always a given. As we work our way towards the fall, you're probably already looking forward to getting your electric heated blanket out of the closet. And if you don't already own one, now is the time to start shopping for one. But like other blankets, they do need some upkeep -- and things get more complicated when there is electricity involved. One obvious question has probably already sprung to mind. Whether you'r

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What I look for in typeface licenses

Show HN: XR2000: A science fiction programming challenge

Here are five great iPhone deals if you’re shopping on a budget

What Medieval People Got Right About Learning (2019)

Open Banking and Payments Competition

‘New Panty & Stocking’ Just Tackled the Gen Z-Millennial Divide in the Most Absurd Style

Elon Musk's DOGE Was Far More of a Dismal Failure Than We Thought

Rerank-2.5 and rerank-2.5-lite: instruction-following rerankers

Waymo finally has a music experience worthy of its robotaxi

New downgrade attack can bypass FIDO auth in Microsoft Entra ID

New downgrade attack can bypass FIDO auth in Microsoft Entra ID

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DOGE Has Wasted Billions While Saving Only a Fraction of What It Claims: Reports

New Study Shows Smartwatch Stress Sensors Have No Idea What They're Doing

Another Pixel 10 leak points to wireless Qi2 charging

Google will help you pester your friends into turning location sharing on (APK teardown)

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The NYSE sped up its realtime streaming data 5X with Redpanda

Gemini will remember more (or less) of what you say

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