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Kobo e-readers reject valid EPUB files due to Adobe's outdated CSS parser frozen since 2013, despite passing standard validation.
Commenters fault Adobe for non-spec-compliant CSS parsing; suggest .kepub.epub workaround and targeting older EPUB versions for portability.
Becoming a billionaire requires exponential growth and market size, not wrongdoing; the math is achievable through user satisfaction.
Commenters debate whether startup-driven wealth requires worker exploitation and whether creative destruction's costs are adequately addressed.
Kage mirrors websites into offline-browsable folders or binaries with JavaScript stripped out.
SingleFile offers similar functionality with single-HTML output; users requested cookies, markdown export, smaller binaries, and SPA support.
Curl will suspend vulnerability reports throughout July 2026 to give maintainers a planned break.
Strong approval for maintainer vacation; skeptics note attackers won't wait regardless.
Tech leaders have abandoned nerd values for attention-seeking self-promotion, liquidating decades of trust.
Commenters distinguish real nerd culture from VC-driven grift; actual nerds still thrive on non-mainstream platforms.
Windows 11 users report growing frustration with Microsoft account requirements expanding across more OS features.
Users feel locked into Windows despite account requirements; Linux alternatives face software compatibility and setup friction barriers.
About one-third of Americans actively use AI, one-third occasionally, one-third never, contradicting claims that everyone uses it.
Engineers describe widespread pressure to add AI unnecessarily, degrading system performance; LLM value is better spent generating code for deterministic tools.
Developer indexed 668 GB of GoPro cycling videos using M1 Max and local ML models for searchable clip extraction.
DaVinci Resolve 21 offers competing built-in indexing; M1 Max's unified memory architecture enables the performance.
Rio de Janeiro's Rio-3.5-Open-397B model is a 60/40 weighted merge of Nex-N2 Pro and Qwen3.5-397B, not an original training effort.
Rio updated attribution after publication but claims accidental upload; no corrected model released yet.
Free browser-based tool converts SQL CREATE TABLE statements into interactive entity-relationship diagrams with no data upload.
Commenters praise mobile usability and code quality; creator discusses performance tradeoffs between JavaScript and WASM.
Anthropic releases a Swift package integrating Claude into Apple's Foundation Models framework for iOS 27 and later.
Commenters split on whether Apple designed this for developer convenience or to facilitate monetization and lock-in when Apple's own models mature.
Jane Street shifts from skepticism to investment in formal methods, driven by AI-generated code verification needs.
Skepticism centers on whether AI-written proofs genuinely reduce verification burden or merely shift complexity; defenders note proofs self-verify where code doesn't.
Linux kernel 7.1 released. Linus Torvalds traveling during merge window with potential latency.
Commenters treat 7.1 as unremarkable; discussion shifts to Debian stable kernel timelines and local kernel compilation practices.
Article surveys lesser-known built-in Emacs features like dictionary tooltips, wildcard file operations, and comparison commands.
Dired's keybinding UX frustrates power users; vanilla Emacs stability versus framework-based instability divides adopters.
Monthly thread collecting projects developers are building, ranging from search engines to health trackers.
Practical feedback on tooling and launches; Uruky's developer disclosed 150 active accounts and upcoming crypto payment support.
LLM context windows degrade sharply around 100k tokens regardless of advertised size; treat available context as a budget.
Commenters report vastly different degradation points: some see problems at 60k, others push past 500k-800k without issues; likely model and configuration dependent.
Hand-crank and pedal-powered local AI system that runs models on-device without cloud infrastructure or data transmission.
Technical feasibility confirmed; humans generate 120-160W sustainably, making local LLM inference viable but current cloud models impractical.
A 2014 talk tracing JavaScript's history from 1995 to a speculative 2035, examining the language's flaws and industry impact.
Commenters reject the death premise, viewing JavaScript as a persistent compilation substrate rather than a dying language.
New study links Atlantic's 'cold blob' to weakening ocean currents that could reach a tipping point.
Commenters stress AMOC collapse's severity is underestimated; agricultural collapse in Europe could follow within decades.
Game where you play as a ghost hunting AI-controlled Pac-Man in a maze.
Heavy criticism of control lag and input latency; some confirm game is winnable by strategy.