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Minecraft Snapshot 25w03a

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Written By Java Team Published 1/15/25 A Minecraft Java Snapshot This week's snapshot comes with a...
Written By Java Team Published 1/15/25 A Minecraft Java Snapshot This week's snapshot comes with a huge update to game tests! The game tests system is now accessible through data packs with the new test command. You can now run block based tests with the new test block or set up even more versatile test from code in...
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A Woman Has Restored Dry Desert Rivers into Green Oasis Flowing with Water [video]

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Playful Drawings That Charles Darwin's Children Left on His Manuscripts

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Ask HN: Which RSS reader do you use?

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Rivian stock rises as Volkswagen plans to expand $5.8 billion EV partnership

electrek.co

Rivian’s (RIVN) stock is trending on Friday after Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume hinted at expanding upon...
Rivian’s (RIVN) stock is trending on Friday after Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume hinted at expanding upon their new EV partnership. Volkswagen’s boss said the company could offer “great opportunities” for Rivian. Here’s what the new plans could include. After launching their new joint venture in November, “Rivian and V...
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US and Turks and Caicos to inquire into failed SpaceX launch leading to debris

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The US Federal Aviation Administration and officials from the Turks and Caicos Islands have launched investigations...
The US Federal Aviation Administration and officials from the Turks and Caicos Islands have launched investigations into SpaceX’s explosive Starship rocket test that sent debris streaking over the northern Caribbean and forced airlines to divert dozens of flights.“There are no reports of public injury, and the FAA i...
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Thoughts on having SSH allow password authentication from the Internet

utoronto.ca

On the Fediverse, I recently saw a poll about whether people left SSH generally accessible on...
On the Fediverse, I recently saw a poll about whether people left SSH generally accessible on its normal port or if they moved it; one of the replies was that the person left SSH on the normal port but disallowed password based authentication and only allowed public key authentication. This almost led to me posting ...
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Ε, a Nuisance No More

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I've been advocating for RSS support, and you should too

bearblog.dev
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EV, hybrid sales reached a record 20% of U.S. vehicle sales in 2024

cnbc.com

Auto data firm Motor Intelligence reports more than 3.2 million "electrified" vehicles were sold last year.That...
Auto data firm Motor Intelligence reports more than 3.2 million "electrified" vehicles were sold last year.That includes 1.9 million hybrid vehicles, including plug-in models, and 1.3 million all-electric models. Tesla continued to dominate sales of pure EVs but Cox Automotive estimated its annual sales fell and its...

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Build a Figma plugin to add stroke to bitmaps directly in Figma

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Proposed rules would require nutrition info on alcohol labels

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Labels on wine, distilled spirits and malt beverages in the U.S. would be required to list...
Labels on wine, distilled spirits and malt beverages in the U.S. would be required to list alcohol content and nutritional information per serving, plus notification of potential allergens, under two new rules proposed Thursday by the Treasury Department. The department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is ...

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Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing via SMS

krebsonsecurity.com

Residents across the United States are being inundated with text messages purporting to come from toll...
Residents across the United States are being inundated with text messages purporting to come from toll road operators like E-ZPass, warning that recipients face fines if a delinquent toll fee remains unpaid. Researchers say the surge in SMS spam coincides with new features added to a popular commercial phishing kit ...
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TikTok to ‘Go Dark’ on Sunday for Its 170 Million American Users

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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe Chinese-owned company said it will cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple,...
SKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe Chinese-owned company said it will cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple, Google and other companies that they will not be punished for hosting and distributing TikTok.Listen to this article · 2:25 min Learn moreTikTok said late Friday that its service would “go dark” for its 170 m...

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Fun with Timing Attacks

ostro.ws

Skip straight to the demo Let’s say you’re writing a function that takes user input and...
Skip straight to the demo Let’s say you’re writing a function that takes user input and checks if it matches some secret. You’ll be exposing this checkSecret function to external users so you want to make sure it’s safe to use without leaking the secret. As long as your secret is long enough, it’s unlikely to be bru...
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The Los Angeles wildfires are self-inflicted

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I don’t ordinarily write about events “in the moment” but for this I will make an...
I don’t ordinarily write about events “in the moment” but for this I will make an exception, as I was personally affected. Caveats aside, my family and I are safe, we evacuated for several days, and due to heroic efforts by professional firefighters and psychotically brave neighbors, my house and most of my neighbor...
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Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment

substack.com

If you don’t have time to read this post, these four graphs give most of the...
If you don’t have time to read this post, these four graphs give most of the argument:Source. Each bar here represents 1 year of the activity, so the live car-free bar represents living without a car for just 1 year etc.Statistic for a ChatGPT search, burger, and leaking pipesI got these numbers from back of the env...
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Is the TikTok Ban a Chance to Rethink the Whole Internet?

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McCourt, who says that he has no interest in becoming TikTok’s C.E.O., is unique among the...
McCourt, who says that he has no interest in becoming TikTok’s C.E.O., is unique among the group of potential buyers. For starters, he has been steadfastly public, voicing his desire to purchase the app in print and televised interviews, including on “Fox & Friends,” reportedly Trump’s favorite show. He is also the ...

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Trapped in dark for 35 hours Red Sea dive-boat survivors tell terrifying escapes

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How to Tell a Leopard from Its Roar

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Sign up for the free Nautilus newsletter: science and culture for people who love beautiful writing....
Sign up for the free Nautilus newsletter: science and culture for people who love beautiful writing. The leopard’s roar is a distinct sound. A repetitive pattern of hoarse and guttural calls, it is often compared to the rough music of a saw being pushed and pulled through a giant tree trunk. These “sawing” roars are...
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Can You Read This Cursive Handwriting? The National Archives Wants Your Help

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A Revolutionary War pension and bounty land warrant application submitted by James Lambert National Archives The...
A Revolutionary War pension and bounty land warrant application submitted by James Lambert National Archives The National Archives is brimming with historical documents written in cursive, including some that date back more than 200 years. But these texts can be difficult to read and understand— particularly for Ame...
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Under new law, cops bust famous cartoonist for AI-generated CSAM

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EFF Statement on U.S. Supreme Court's Decision to Uphold TikTok Ban

eff.org

Deeplinks Blog by Paige Collings, Rindala Alajaji | January 17, 2025 VPNs are having a moment....
Deeplinks Blog by Paige Collings, Rindala Alajaji | January 17, 2025 VPNs are having a moment. On January 1st, Florida joined 18 other states in implementing an age verification law that burdens Floridians' access to sites that host adult content, including pornography websites like Pornhub. In protest to these laws...
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Lunase moon phase watch mechanism

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