Cap'n Proto 1.0(capnproto.org)
667 points by kentonv | 208 comments
Announcement of the Cap'n Proto 1.0 release, a data serialization format and RPC system, posted on the project's news page.
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Watch TV from the 90s and earlier(my90stv.com)
568 points by thunderbong | 240 comments
My90sTV is a website that simulates watching television from the 1990s and earlier, playing old shows and commercials in a retro TV interface.
The U.K. government is close to eroding encryption worldwide(eff.org)
555 points by pwmtr | 352 comments
EFF Deeplinks article arguing the U.K.'s Online Safety Bill could undermine end-to-end encryption for users worldwide.
Why is DNS still hard to learn?(jvns.ca)
458 points by TangerineDream | 232 comments
Julia Evans blog post exploring why DNS remains hard for newcomers to learn despite being stable for decades.
Intent to approve PEP 703: making the GIL optional(discuss.python.org)
425 points by pablogsal | 50 comments
Python Steering Council post on discuss.python.org announcing intent to accept PEP 703 to make the GIL optional in CPython, with acceptance details.
Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse(blockworks.co)
374 points by hammock | 255 comments
Blockworks op-ed by Andrew M. Bailey and Nick Almond arguing that Worldcoin is not a fair or radical financial system and raises serious concerns.
Sci-Hub founder receives EFF award for providing access to scientific knowledge(torrentfreak.com)
357 points by gslin | 42 comments
TorrentFreak article reporting that the EFF will give Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan an award for providing access to scientific knowledge.
California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got data to study education(edsource.org)
356 points by nradov | 212 comments
EdSource article on California's effort to bar Stanford researchers who received state education data from giving legal testimony, which the ACLU says violates the First Amendment.
Free prison phone calls boost family ties, rehabilitation(latimes.com)
343 points by ohjeez | 166 comments
Los Angeles Times article on how California's free prison phone calls are helping inmates repair family relationships and supporting rehabilitation.
Play deprivation is a major cause of the teen mental health crisis(jonathanhaidt.substack.com)
338 points by trevin | 291 comments
An After Babel Substack essay by Jon Haidt and Peter Gray arguing that the decline of unsupervised free play is a major cause of the teen mental health crisis.
No-GIL mode coming for Python(lwn.net)
331 points by mappu | 174 comments
LWN brief reporting that the Python Steering Council intends to accept PEP 703, making the GIL optional in CPython, possibly starting with 3.13.
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Flash Museum(flashmuseum.org)
226 points by vvoruganti | 74 comments
How to Roman Republic 101(acoup.blog)
126 points by ecliptik | 35 comments
SQLite-Utils(sqlite-utils.datasette.io)
113 points by dedalus | 12 comments
Observable API Proposal(github.com)
85 points by tosh | 38 comments
Glass Dip Pens (2022)(neonaut.neocities.org)
67 points by Tomte | 47 comments
Monetal – Free Expense Tracker(monetal.app)
64 points by kruiller | 39 comments
Mess with DNS(messwithdns.net)
58 points by KolmogorovComp | 2 comments
The Wrath of Goodreads(theatlantic.com)
53 points by fortran77 | 69 comments
