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Snake-fury is a Haskell challenge designed to help beginners learn the language by implementing the snake game. The challenge focuses on learning through refactoring rather than through examples, and expects participants to do additional research using resources like Hackage’s documentation, blogs, and videos. The challenge is divided into multiple steps, starting with building a minimum […]
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Rotten Tomatoes, the popular aggregation site for movie ratings, has been hit with a scandal revealing that its scores have been manipulated for over five years. A PR firm called Bunker 15 has been paying critics up to $50.00 per Rotten Tomatoes review, usually to obscure critics who are part of a pool tracked by […]
In a surprising twist, a recent study by UCLA researchers has discovered a link between the perception of a football player’s size and the number on their jersey. The study, set to be published in the journal PLOS One, exposed subjects to images of different jersey numbers and found that the smaller the number, the […]
The team behind Rich and Textual, popular Python libraries for the terminal, is introducing a new project called textual-web. This allows users to turn a Textual-powered TUI into a web application. The textual-web command enables users to publish any Textual app on the web, making it accessible to anyone with the URL, without the need […]
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has provided an update on the targeting of security researchers by North Korean threat actors. TAG has been monitoring and disrupting campaigns from these actors over the past two and a half years, finding and protecting against 0-day exploits. They have recently identified a new campaign that is likely from […]
We are excited to introduce Kagi Small Web, a platform that aims to bring back the non-commercialized essence of the early web. The small web refers to individual websites created for personal expression or knowledge sharing without financial gain. Kagi Small Web gathers recently published content from these small web blogs and showcases it through […]
Tailscale and Mullvad have partnered to offer customers the ability to browse the web using Mullvad’s VPN servers as Tailscale exit nodes. This partnership allows users to maintain their privacy and anonymity while accessing the internet securely from anywhere in the world. Mullvad is known for its commitment to user privacy, as it does not […]
Today, we are excited to announce our partnership with Tailscale that will allow customers to use both Tailscale and Mullvad simultaneously through the Tailscale app. This unique functionality is not available through the Mullvad VPN app itself. With this partnership, Tailscale users can now utilize our WireGuard VPN servers as “exit nodes”. This means that […]
Nix-snapshotter is a tool that enables the use of Nix packages in Kubernetes. It offers several key features, such as fetching packages directly from the Nix store and compatibility with existing non-Nix images. One unique aspect is that Nix layers can be interleaved with normal layers in Kubernetes. This tool allows for fully-declarative Kubernetes resources, […]
In this article, the author discusses the revival of blacksmithing in America, highlighting the work of Craig Kaviar, a prominent blacksmith based in Louisville, Kentucky. Kaviar specializes in creating “functional art,” such as handrails with unique designs and intricate details. His work has gained attention both nationally and globally, with appearances on TV shows and […]