This week in 1969, the internet was born, and immediately glitched — only two of the five letters in the first computer-to-computer message were received
The foundations of internet communications were set 56 years ago, when 'LO' was transmitted from UCLA to SRI on the ARPANET.
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Update Announced, Here Are The Patch Notes
Online Arcade is also "coming soon".Digital Eclipse launched its Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection this week, and while it's a good history lesson, there are already plans to improve certain aspects of the game.This starts with a patch dropping today on Steam, with "other platforms" to follow next week. It will come with audio improvements, ...
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: Percona says more than half of installs remain on version set to lose support in 2026Lindsay Clark (The Register)
Florian Schneider Collection: Instruments and equipment up for auction
Link: juliensauctions.com/en/article…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Explore Florian Schneider's rare instruments and iconic equipment from Kraftwerk's pioneering electronic music legacy.Julien's Auctions
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Developer Accidentally Called His Game "Sh*tty Dungeon" in Japanese and Now Enjoys Rise in Wishlists
"Everyone was laughing, and honestly, I was laughing like crazy too!"
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Disney and YouTube settle their legal dispute over YouTube's hiring in May of former Disney executive Justin Connolly to be global head of media and sports (Dominic Patten/Deadline)
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Disney & YouTube have put down their legal weapons and come to a settlement over executive Justin Connolly.Dominic Patten (Deadline)
Amazon's $100 Echo Dot Max and $220 Echo Studio review: the devices run Alexa+, which works well, and have good audio quality, but the Studio is underwhelming (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
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Today in 1964, 61 years ago: The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed to the United Republic of Tanzania.
This step-by-step guide explains how to upgrade your Fedora 42 system to the Fedora 43 version using the DNF system upgrade plugin.sk (OSTechNix)
The AirPods Pro 3 flight problem
Link: basicappleguy.com/basicapplebl…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Testing Apple’s latest noise-cancelling earbuds at 39,000 feet reveals a potential flaw most users won’t notice, until they fly.BasicAppleGuy (Basic Apple Guy)
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This dumb password rule is from Sky Ticket.
Sky is a german pay-TV provider with over 23 million subscribed users worldwide. They also have an online streaming service called "Sky Ticket".
You can only set a **4 digit long PIN** with no option for two-factor authentication or any additional security mechanisms.
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This dumb password rule is from Air Miles.
- Exactly 4 numbers.
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Nizozemsko volí červenou tužkou
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I Nizozemsko brzy čekají volby do poslanecké sněmovny. Na každém rohu je vidět obrázek červené tužky coby nástroje, kterým voliči určí další směřování země. Ačkoli se voleb nemůžu účastnit jako volič, jejich organizace mě zajímá. Je fascinující, jak moc se…
Today in 1946, 79 years ago: A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
“Look. What do you see?”
“Nothing.”
“Billions of atoms, spinning at random, expending energy, running down, achieving nothing.
“Entropy, like the stars. But what is the one thing that stands against entropy, against random decay? Life. See how the atoms are arranged here? They have meaning, purpose.”
— Skagra and Romana, in “Shada”
KDE Plasma 6.5 released
KDE is on a roll lately, and keeps on rolling with today's release of KDE Plasma 6.5. As the project itself notes, this release focuses on relatively small improvements, refinements, and other niceties, without making any massive changes. With Linux desktops taking accessibility more seriously lately than ever before, I want to focus on the accessibility improvements first.
The Orca screen
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VST3 audio plugin format is now MIT
Link: forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-3-8…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
VST 3.8 SDK Released Dear VST Developers, Steinberg Media Technologies today releases the VST SDK 3.8 Here’s a brief overview of changes: Version 3.8.Steinberg Forums
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