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In this episode of Sustain, Richard welcomes special guests Daniel Stenberg, founder, and lead developer of the cURL project, and Dan Lorenc, co-founder, and CEO of Chainguard, to discuss security challenges and the complexities of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs). They highlight issues with how CVEs are reported and scored, as well as the potential […]
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This wiki serves as a resource for identifying radio signals using example sounds and waterfall images. The signals are typically received and recorded using software-defined radios such as the RTL-SDR, Airspy, SDRPlay, HackRF, and more. The wiki is open for editing by anyone, so if you come across missing or incorrect information, you can make […]
Introducing Cackle, a tool designed to help prevent supply-chain attacks in the Rust ecosystem. The tool works by checking the APIs used by crates in your dependency tree and ensuring they are restricted to only the necessary permissions. Cackle can be configured through a cackle.toml file and includes a built-in terminal UI for easy configuration. […]
Kai Krause, the designer of Kai’s Power Tools, has a unique and clever approach to interface design. He believes in maximizing the interface by creating full-screen modes and specialized rooms for specific tasks. For example, KPT Texture Explorer is a modal dialog specifically designed for creating textures, and KPT Spheroid Designer is meant for creating […]
LoRA is a widely used technique for training custom LLMs. In this article, the author provides practical insights on various aspects of LoRA, such as the value of QLoRA, replacing AdamW with SGD, using a scheduler, and adjusting LoRA hyperparameters. The article covers topics like evaluation tasks and dataset, code framework, choosing a base model, […]
Scalar API Reference is a tool that allows users to generate interactive API documentations from Swagger files. It offers various features such as providing request examples for multiple languages and frameworks, an integrated API client, and the ability to edit Swagger files with a live preview. The tool has a modern design and is easy […]
The author discusses the proposal for a regulation on preventing the sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the European Commission, particularly focusing on concerns and risks related to client-side scanning. The author points out the vulnerability of the database of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), which could be tainted with non-CSAM material, leading to […]
Scrollbars are a pretty cool feature that allows you to move content within a scrollable pane by clicking and dragging. However, they are getting smaller and this is becoming a problem for many individuals with fine motor control issues or inaccurate pointing devices. Some even struggle with eye sight challenges. The trend of shrinking scrollbars […]
NASA is preparing to conduct a new experiment on the International Space Station (ISS) using a Rodent Habitat that has been modified from the ones used on space shuttle missions. The Rodent Habitat will allow for studies on mice and rats to be conducted on a longer time scale of up to a month or […]
The Great Hargeisa Goat Bubble is a story that was first published in the Financial Times in 2003 and has since gained popularity. It was turned into a BBC radio play and is set to be adapted for the stage. The story follows Dr. Ibrahim Bihi, a Somali man who exploited a discrepancy in the […]