Jepsen: NATS 2.12.1(jepsen.io)
412 points by aphyr | 151 comments
Jepsen analysis by Kyle Kingsbury of NATS JetStream 2.12.1, finding lost writes from file corruption, power failures, and lazy fsync behavior.
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An LLM is a lossy encyclopedia(simonwillison.net)
450 points by tosh | 304 comments
Short blog post by Simon Willison proposing the analogy that an LLM is a lossy encyclopedia, and advising users to supply correct examples rather than rely on recall.
DuckDB Doesn't Need Data to Be a Database(nikolasgoebel.com)
353 points by tosh | 115 comments
A blog post by Nikolas Göbel discussing how DuckDB can act as a database without storing data itself, querying external data sources directly.
NixOS for the Impatient(borretti.me)
139 points by yarapavan | 68 comments
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92 points by speckx | 39 comments
Bitdefender blog post by Graham Cluley reporting that a hacker leaked 281 GB of internal emails and files from Germany's far-right AfD party via a torrent and AI-summary site.
AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right(heistberlin.com)
242 points by firefax | 569 comments
A Heist Berlin news article on hackers publishing 281 GB of AfD emails as AI summaries, revealing antisemitism, racism, violent fantasies and alleged financial misconduct.
Espionage Against the European Parliament(citizenlab.ca)
381 points by ledoge | 92 comments
Citizen Lab research report finding that a member of the European Parliament committee investigating spyware was hacked with NSO Group's Pegasus.
Schleswig-Holstein completes migration to open source email(news.itsfoss.com)
327 points by sebastian_z | 104 comments
It's FOSS News article reporting that the German state of Schleswig-Holstein has completed migrating its email systems from Microsoft to open source solutions.
Another police raid in Germany(forum.torproject.org)
428 points by costco | 242 comments
Tor forum mailing-list post from Artikel 5 e.V. reporting an August 2024 German police raid on its registered office and announcing a general assembly on Sep 21, 2024.
Chat Control proposal fails again after public opposition(andreafortuna.org)
475 points by speckx | 131 comments
Blog post reporting that the EU Council's Chat Control proposal for scanning encrypted messages was withdrawn by the Danish presidency after public opposition.