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Caddy is an advanced HTTPS server featuring automatic TLS certificate management, a RESTful config API, and compliance with PCI, HIPAA, and NIST standards. The server offers robust PKI capabilities, dynamic backend support, and extensive PHP optimization through FrankenPHP, making it a comprehensive solution for modern web hosting needs.
PowerOutage.us is a real-time tracking platform that monitors and aggregates power outage data across the United States, updating information every ten minutes.
Following Bram Moolenaar's passing in August 2023, Vim maintainer Christian Brabandt and the community worked to ensure the text editor's continuity, facing infrastructure challenges while maintaining development momentum. The project successfully transitioned leadership, released Vim 9.1 in January 2024, and now operates in maintenance mode while focusing on community health and backward compatibility.
A parody chess website promoting intentional blundering as a gameplay strategy, featuring both online and local play options. The humorous platform turns the typical chess mistake of 'blundering' into a deliberate approach to the game.
An exploration of focus, flow states, and digital distractions in modern life, drawing parallels between behavioral conditioning and social media's impact on attention. The text discusses practical strategies for maintaining focus, achieving flow states, and embracing slow living while highlighting the importance of environment, breaks, and disconnection from technology.
An experienced traveler shares comprehensive insights and practical tips gained from 50 years of global adventures, covering various travel styles and approaches. The guidance emphasizes two primary travel modes: retreat (R&R) and engagement (E&E), with a focus on authentic experiences and cultural immersion. The author provides detailed recommendations for maximizing travel experiences, from packing strategies to destination selection.
Mozilla-created Rust programming language is increasingly being adopted to optimize JavaScript tooling, offering significant performance improvements in areas like minification, transpilation, and bundling. Major tech companies and open-source projects are leveraging Rust's memory efficiency and speed to enhance developer tools, with projects like SWC showing 3-5x performance gains.
Gixy is a security-focused tool for analyzing Nginx configurations, detecting potential misconfigurations and vulnerabilities. The fork maintains support for Python 3.6 through 3.13, offering features like Server Side Request Forgery detection and HTTP Splitting prevention. Available through PyPI, yum, or Docker, Gixy helps automate security flaw detection in Nginx setups.
Google hired Hans-J. Boehm to develop a calculator app that would provide mathematically correct answers, leading to an innovative solution combining rational arithmetic with recursive real arithmetic (RRA). The journey involved exploring various number representation methods, from bignums to constructive real numbers, ultimately resulting in a hybrid approach using rational numbers multiplied by RRA numbers with symbolic representations.
Nuclear safety employees laid off by the US government last Thursday are being sought for rehire, but communication challenges are hampering the process. The layoffs were part of President Trump's broader initiative to reduce federal workforce, which has already led to 10,000 terminations and 75,000 voluntary departures.
A discussion exploring the limits of determinism in classical mechanics, prompted by Sean Carroll's assertion that some classical systems lack unique predictable outcomes despite their rarity in real-world scenarios.
The Trump administration's proposal to reduce NIH grant funding for indirect costs to 15% would significantly impact medical research institutions nationwide, potentially cutting $4-5 billion annually. Major research universities and hospitals could face individual losses exceeding $100 million per year, affecting their ability to maintain research infrastructure and continue current research levels. The policy change could particularly affect complex research areas like genetics and disproportionately impact institutions in states like North Carolina, Missouri, and Pennsylvania.
Recent concerns emerge about potential US government interference with academic platforms like arXiv, GitHub, and university IT systems, particularly regarding DEI policies and federal funding. ArXiv's cloud-based infrastructure and dependence on federal funding through Cornell University raise questions about its vulnerability, though bulk download options exist for data preservation.
A comprehensive collection of technical documentation files for The Sims game development, including design documents, architecture specifications, and tools documentation dated from 2011-2012. The repository contains detailed information about game mechanics, character animation, resource management, and development processes spanning over 80 PDF files.
Schemesh is a Unix login shell that combines traditional shell functionality with a full Lisp REPL powered by Chez Scheme. Users can seamlessly switch between shell and Lisp syntax, offering both interactive command execution and powerful Scheme programming capabilities with native code optimization.
ThreadSky is a Reddit-style discussion platform integrated with Bluesky, offering community channels, content discovery, and cross-platform interaction capabilities.
PAROL6 is an open-source, 3D-printed desktop robotic arm designed to match industrial robot standards in mechanics, control, and usability. The project provides comprehensive documentation, building instructions, and control software under GPLv3 license, enabling users to build and operate their own 6-axis robot for educational and small-scale automation purposes.
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NBCUniversal's Cookie Notice details how the company and its partners use tracking technologies across their digital services, including websites, applications, and connected devices. The policy explains various cookie types, their purposes, and provides comprehensive options for users to manage their cookie preferences and opt-out of different tracking mechanisms.