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Portability of Tar Features

news.ycombinator.com Michał Górny 2026-02-05 03:43:40

Please note that this article is focused merely on read-wise format compatibility. In other words, it establishes how tar files should be written in order to achieve best probability that it will be read correctly afterwards. It does not investigate what formats the listed tools can write and whether they can correctly create archives using specific features. This naturally raised more questions on how portable various tar formats actually are. To verify that, I have decided to analyze the stan

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Thesis: Interesting work is less amenable to the use of AI

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-08 23:01:51

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Take Two: Eshell

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-05 11:58:09

30 Jun 2025 Charles Choi This is a contribution to the Emacs Carnival 2025-06: Take Two collection of posts on Christian Tietze’s blog. My first take with Eshell many years back did not leave a good impression. My early expectations was that it should act like any other shell, only to be unpleasantly surprised by it. It took a long time for me to warm up to Eshell. Upon reflection, it was because I wasn’t ready for it. Now Eshell is an inseparable part of my Emacs experience. Paradoxically th

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Yet Another Zip Trick

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-04 17:01:59

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Injection Rejection (2006)

news.ycombinator.com Alex Papadimoulis 2026-02-09 02:07:39

Matthias Winkelmann's company decided to go the ole' outsourcing route and hand off all development work for a fixed-bid project to a certain overseas company. As it turned out, the hourly rate for certain overseas programmers were less than half that of the in-house folks, so management did the math and figured they could profit that much more. The in-house programmers were told to spend "only a little bit of time" on the project -- no technical advice, no coding assistance, and no even lookin

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Apple’s F1 movie expected to hit $300M at the box office this weekend

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-08 22:04:56

Less than two weeks after its release, Apple’s F1 The Movie is about to cross the $300 million mark at the global box office. That puts it more than halfway to topping the combined worldwide grosses of all its previous theatrical runs, and validates its ambitions for big screen releases. On track for a record run During its opening weekend, F1 The Movie is estimated to have taken in about $145 million, which put it on par with the $176 million opening weekend total box office of Killers of the

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QSBS Limits Raised

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-08 12:14:40

On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released its own version of proposed legislation following the House’s passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1). While the House bill did not introduce any changes to Section[1] 1202 for “qualified small business stock” (QSBS), the Senate Finance proposal introduces significant expansions of the tax benefits of QSBS acquired after the date of the enactment of the final legislation. Summary of Current Law The QSBS exemption allows nonco

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Parametric shape optimization with differentiable FEM simulation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-06 03:11:57

All examples are expected to run from the examples/<example_name> directory of the Tesseract-JAX repository . In this example, you will learn how to: Compose both Tesseracts with Tesseract-JAX to create a pipeline that can be used for differentiable shape optimization. Build a Tesseract that uses finite differences under the hood to enable differentiability of a non-autodifferentiable geometry operation (computing a signed distance field from a 3D model). In this notebook, we explore the opt

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How to Watch Real Madrid vs. Borussia Dortmund From Anywhere Free: Stream FIFA Club World Cup Soccer

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-08 20:00:04

It's another all-European FIFA Club World Cup quarterfinal, as Xabi Alonso's Real Madrid take on Niko Kovač's Borrusia Dortmund Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to watch every match of the tournament as it happens, wherever you are in the world. We'll also explain how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are, along with a full match list. Spanish behemoths Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last five games against Dortmund, claiming 4 wins and 1 draw, incl

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Google faces EU antitrust complaint over AI Overviews

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-02-08 20:36:54

In Brief A group known as the Independent Publishers Alliance has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission over Google’s AI Overviews, according to Reuters. The complaint accuses Google of “misusing web content for Google’s AI Overviews in Google Search, which have caused, and continue to cause, significant harm to publishers, including news publishers in the form of traffic, readership and revenue loss.” It also says that unless they’re willing to disappear from Google searc

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Drive Capital’s second act – how the Columbus venture firm found success after a split

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2026-02-08 23:25:59

The venture capital world has always had a hot-and-cold relationship with the Midwest. Investors rush in during boom times, then retreat to the coasts when markets turn sour. For Columbus, Ohio-based Drive Capital, this cycle of attention and disinterest played out against the backdrop of its own internal upheaval several years ago — a co-founder split that could have ended the firm but may have ultimately strengthened it. At a minimum, Drive achieved something newsworthy in today’s venture lan

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Goodbye to All That – My Resignation from the FBI

news.ycombinator.com Michael Feinberg 2026-02-09 00:08:29

On May 31 of this year, in a series of phone calls beginning at nine in the morning and ending that afternoon, the newly installed Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Norfolk Field Office, Dominique Evans, made clear to me that, at the direction of Dan Bongino, my career with the organization had—for all intents and purposes—come to an end. It would be an understatement to say that I had not expected this. In fact, I was in the midst of preparing for a potential mov

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‘X-Files’ Composer Mark Snow Dies at Age 78

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-02-09 00:25:36

Mark Snow, the composer for a number of TV shows including The X-Files and its spinoff series Millennium, passed away on Friday, according to Variety. He was 78 and is the latest TV and film composer to pass away, preceded by Mission: Impossible’s Lalo Schifrin at the end of June. Born August 26, 1946 as Martin Fulterman, Snow began his career working with other composers to do background music for the 1975-1976 series The Rookies and 1976’s The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. Over the decades, his

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Wi-Fi and Your Walls: Our Experts Share This One Secret to Optimizing Your Internet Connection

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-08 20:00:00

When it comes to your home internet connection, there's one question we get asked quite a bit: Does Wi-Fi travel through walls? The short answer is yes, but the long answer is a bit more complicated. I spoke with several experts, including CNET's Laboratory Technical Project Manager, Gianmarco Chumbe, to find out everything you need to know about how your home's walls can impact your connection. It's a simple question, but it has a big impact on your Wi-Fi connection. "As with any radio signal,

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Show HN: Semcheck – AI Tool for checking implementation follows spec

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-04 03:49:26

Semcheck Semcheck is a tool that uses large language models to verify that your implementation matches your specification. Define semantic rules to describe how your code should align with your specification, then let Semcheck handle the comparison. Use it as a final check before committing or merging code. Features Non-intrusive: no changes required to existing code or specification files Bring Your Own Model: supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Cerebras and Ollama (local) Supports remote

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11 Great Horror Movies to Watch on Prime Video This Weekend

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-09 04:00:05

Want to see what petrifying picks await on Prime Video? Horror lovers can watch classic films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and newer flicks like the gothic horror tale Nosferatu. Ads are now a part of the streaming service but if you'd prefer to watch your spooky content without commercial interruptions, you can pay an additional fee to remove them. Here are some highly rated horror films to satisfy your cravings. Dim the lights, grab the popcorn and enjoy your creepy feature. Focus Featu

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Prompting LLMs is not engineering

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-09 14:38:04

Prompting LLMs is not engineering published in: With the proliferation of AI models and tools, there's a new industry-wide fascination with snake oil remedies called "prompt engineering". As of July 2025 the term is now "context engineering" or "context prompting" or "context manipulation". To put it succinctly, prompt engineering is nothing but an attempt to reverse-engineer a non-deterministic black box for which any of the parameters below are unknown: training set weights constraints o

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Supergiant’s latest Hades II patch is likely its last before launch

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-09 23:00:05

Despite it having upward of 61,000 reviews on Steam, Hades II isn’t actually out yet. The sequel to Supergiant Games’ hugely successful roguelite dungeon crawler has been in early access on PC for over a year, and even the early builds were extremely polished and content-rich for what is still a work-in-progress game. But we (and Switch owners) have been waiting patiently for that 1.0 release date, and it looks like it might be just around the corner, with Supergiant confirming that the latest U

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Dr. Phil’s ‘Anti-Woke’ TV Network Files for Bankruptcy After Only a Year

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2026-02-10 18:05:59

Last year, in an effort to capitalize on anti-woke backlash, Dr. Phil (real name Phil McGraw) launched his own TV channel, which he said would be used to fight the good fight against the far left’s radical crazies. Merit Street Media, according to McGraw, would be a vanguard in the battle for the soul of America. “Merit Street Media will be a resource of information and strategies to fight for America and its families, which are under a cultural ‘woke’ assault as never before,” said McGraw at t

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AI-Generated Music Is Starting to Crowd Out the Real Stuff on Streaming Platforms

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-10 22:00:45

The digital platform era hasn't been kind to musicians, to put it lightly. Though platforms like Spotify and Apple Music make it easier for audiences to access their favorite bands than ever before, the algorithms and contracts behind those apps are ruthless, paying artists fractions of pennies for their work. Though companies like Spotify have tripled their value during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of artists who are even eligible for royalties, regardless of the paltry amount, continues

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Eero Pro 7 Review: Great Mesh Networking, Even if You Don’t Have Wi-Fi 7

gizmodo.com Wes Davis 2026-02-11 04:00:29

It’s been years since I had consistently shitty Wi-Fi in my home. Around the time that Apple discontinued its AirPort routers in 2018, I cobbled together a mesh network comprised of a second-generation Eero Pro and one of the company’s entry-level Eeros. I’ve upgraded a couple of times since then, getting higher throughput and a couple extra bells and whistles, but generally the experience has been a stable one that’s asked little of me. Now, having spent some time with the Wi-Fi 7-capable Eero

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Enhanced Radar (YC W25) is hiring a founding engineer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-11 21:00:53

Enhanced Radar is building safer air traffic control systems. We're behind Y2, aviation's state of the art speech recognition model, and 100% of the company is comprised of software engineers who are also pilots. Ask us about: - our not-yet-announced fundraise - who we're working with (also not announced) - our vision for the future of air traffic control Ideally you are: - a talented SWE with a track record of exceptional talent - a pilot or with an aviation background We're a small team wit

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Best Fiber Internet Providers for 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-11 20:00:00

Our picks 90001 Edit ZIP code Why we chose these providers Sort by Best fiber internet provider overall 300 - 5,000 Mbps $55 - $250 per month Check with AT&T Fiber Provider not available in 90001 Edit ZIP code Or call to learn more: (833) 579-0031 Best cheap fiber internet plan 500 - 5,000 Mbps $50 - $155 per month Check with Frontier Fiber Provider not available in 90001 Edit ZIP code Or call to learn more: (877) 870-0633 Best signup bonuses with fiber internet 300 - 2,000 Mbps $50 - $120 per m

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Fairphone 6 gets a 10/10 on repairability

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2026-02-11 20:30:46

The new Fairphone 6 is smaller and more modular than older models in the series, but it’s just as repairable. The phone picked up a perfect score in iFixit’s teardown test, despite no longer offering tool-free battery replacements. It helps that the only tool you do need — throughout the phone — is a T5 Torx screwdriver, and only seven screws sit between you and a battery swap. Fairphone itself has shown you can get from shutdown to reboot with a new cell in just two minutes, so it’s still a si

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Google Messages could give profile pages a dash of Material 3 Expressive personality (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-11 21:29:02

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR In addition to other areas of the Google Messages app, Google is testing Material 3 Expressive design changes for the profile section. The profile section will soon feature updated buttons that change shape and include tap animations. Android 16 is here, but most of its Material 3 Expressive changes will be coming with the Android 16 QPR1 release later in the year. However, that doesn’t stop apps from updating themselves with Material 3 Expressive ele

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Best Internet Providers in Glendale, California

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-11 18:52:00

What is the best internet provider in Glendale, California? For a city located in one of the most populous counties in the US, Glendale, California, has somewhat limited options in terms of home internet. Thankfully, the providers that service this Los Angeles suburb are some of the best in the nation. The best internet provider in Glendale is AT&T Fiber, and it’s arguably the best internet provider in the country. AT&T Fiber offers symmetrical upload and download speeds, straightforward pricin

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AV1@Scale: Film Grain Synthesis, The Awakening

news.ycombinator.com Netflix Technology Blog 2026-02-11 15:34:51

AV1 @ Scale: Film Grain Synthesis, The Awakening Unleashing Film Grain Synthesis on Netflix and Enhancing Visuals for Millions Netflix Technology Blog 8 min read · 1 day ago 1 day ago -- Listen Share Li-Heng Chen, Andrey Norkin, Liwei Guo, Zhi Li, Agata Opalach and Anush Moorthy Picture this: you’re watching a classic film, and the subtle dance of film grain adds a layer of authenticity and nostalgia to every scene. This grain, formed from tiny particles during the film’s development, is more

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Ubuntu 25.10 Raises RISC-V Profile Requirements

news.ycombinator.com Joey Sneddon 2026-02-09 08:32:19

Canonical is bullish in promoting Ubuntu for RISC-V devices, be it enthusiast-orientated hardware like DeepComputing’s RISC-V tablet, single-board computers, or embedded equipment. But with a new long-term support (LTS) release looming, it’s rethinking the kind of RISC-V hardware it wants to support going forward. A recent bug report filed against Ubuntu’s upgrading tool confirmed a major change with regards to the RISC-V requirements for the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 release — most existing RISC-

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The 27 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now (July 2025)

wired.com Angela Watercutter 2026-02-12 18:00:00

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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One UI 8 will let any app show a Live Notification in Samsung’s Now Bar

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-13 14:31:09

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s One UI 8 will enhance its Live Notifications feature by adopting Android 16’s new “Live Updates” API for broader third-party app support. This new API allows any app to create live, ongoing notifications, a major improvement from the previous version limited to mostly first-party Samsung apps. The feature is currently available in the One UI 8 beta behind a developer flag but is expected to be enabled for everyone in the final stable release.

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Portability of Tar Features

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Take Two: Eshell

Yet Another Zip Trick

Injection Rejection (2006)

Apple’s F1 movie expected to hit $300M at the box office this weekend

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One UI 8 will let any app show a Live Notification in Samsung’s Now Bar

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