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Pretty good view for the lonely tree.
There are two hard problems in distributed systems:
2. Exactly-once message delivery
1. Message ordering
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
Garmin “Autoland” aka “Safe Return,” has been used for the first time, successfully.
Autoland is an emergency system, where a passenger can hit a big red button if the pilot is in incapacitated, which causes the airplane to make emergency radio calls, navigate to a nearby airport with a long runway and medical facilities, and conduct an instrument approach and landing, followed by a full shutdown when the aircraft comes to a stop on the runway. Large screens and voice announcements keep passengers updated along the way.
The nature of the medical emergency on Saturday, involving a King Air with an unconscious pilot, has not been disclosed.
https://avbrief.com/autoland-saves-king-air-everyone-reported-safe/ #avgeek
Pretty good view for the lonely tree.
Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out
Link: https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/24/package-managers-keep-using-git-as-a-database.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46391514
Dew Drop Weekly Newsletter 462 - Week Ending December 26, 2025
#dewdrop #newsletter #aspnetcore #azure #javascript #dotnetmaui #appdev #mobiledev #xaml #windowsdev #csharp #dotnet #ai #mcp #agile #devops #python #podcasts #m365 #data #sqlserver #powershell
Show HN: GeneGuessr – a daily biology web puzzle
Link: https://geneguessr.brinedew.bio/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363870
New distros to watch out for in 2026! Which are your picks? 🐧🤔
https://itsfoss.com/news/new-distro-go-big-26/
#linux #2026
I have intentionally avoided purchasing a (so called) smart TV since they became a thing.
Part of the reason is that — they are spyware.
Apparently, there is now a court case about it.
@reiver@reiver ⊼ (Charles) 
In 2017 the US FTC fined Vizio $2.2million for doing real time capture of what people were watching.
That was 2017.
"VIZIO to Pay $2.2 Million to FTC, State of New Jersey to Settle Charges It Collected Viewing Histories on 11 Million Smart Televisions without Users’ Consent"
I'm a laptop weirdo and that's why I like my new Framework 13
Link: https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/im-a-laptop-weirdo-and-thats-why-i-like-my-new-framework-13/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46391410
"In 1958 [Daphne Oram, "visionary pioneer in electronic music"] co-founded the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, a studio set up to create sound effects and electronic scores for radio and TV. On the wall she pinned a passage from Francis Bacon’s 17th-century utopia New Atlantis about imaginary sound-houses where scientists manipulate echoes, invent new instruments and transmit sound “in strange lines and distances”."
5 things to know about Daphne Oram, the visionary pioneer in electronic music
This December marks Daphne Oram’s centenary. She was a visionary and a key influence in the history of electronic music.
theconversation.com · The Conversation
Link author: 
The Conversation AU + NZ@theconversationau@mastodon.social
RE: https://mastodon.social/@fj/113064418924608333
Starting January 1st 2026, Swiss male chicks will no longer be culled.
Using MRI and machine learning, they will be classified on the 12th day of incubation
What do I mean when I say everything in #Obsidian should feel instantaneous?
No more than 0.1 seconds.
The target was established in 1968 by Robert Miller and well described in 1993 by Jakob Nielsen here:
Lessons from a year of Postgres CDC in production
Link: https://clickhouse.com/blog/postgres-cdc-year-in-review-2025
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46332784
If every follower on this Mastodon account donates $3 USD, we will reach our goal: https://www.fsf.org/appeal/ #FSFTable
💕 Kudos for the great work by 
@melvincarvalho
#SocialDocs is going direction where #ActivityPub desperately waited for us to come :)
🍒 Let tingle bells ring, my fellow #fedi, and aggregate more value to this precious :gem:
Tilly wishes you a happy Boxing Day with many boxes
#cat #CatsOfMastodon
I swear this lad doesn’t have a single thought in that head of his, I cannot even sure if he knows he exists
Building my faux lego advent calendar feels like current software development.
https://christianheilmann.com/2025/12/26/building-my-faux-lego-advent-calendar-feels-like-current-software-development/
Welcome to the so-called "Dark Enlightenment", aka, neo-feudalism.
An important talk by Sarah Churchwell
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/sarah-churchwell-america-democracy/105871364
#neoFeudalism #DarkEnlightenment #USPol #Europol #fascism #racism #Press .
I swear this lad doesn’t have a single thought in that head of his, I cannot even sure if he knows he exists
Welcome to the so-called "Dark Enlightenment", aka, neo-feudalism.
An important talk by Sarah Churchwell
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/sarah-churchwell-america-democracy/105871364
#neoFeudalism #DarkEnlightenment #USPol #Europol #fascism #racism #Press .
내년부터 정부의 생리용품 이용권 신청 절차가 간편해지고 지원 혜택이 늘어납니다. 지난해 생리용품 지원사업의 예산 집행률이 77.8%에 그치는 등 이용률이 낮다는 지적이 나온 데 따른 개선 조치입니다.
취약계층 ‘생리대 바우처’ 신청 절차, 내년부터 간편해...
일본 나고야시의 한 상점가에서 도요토미 히데요시 동상이 목이 부러진 사건이 발생했습니다. 경찰 조사 결과, 이 지역에 출장 온 경찰관이 용의자로 지목됐습니다.
목 잘린 ‘도요토미 히데요시’ 동상…알고 보니 경찰관 ...
Well, go on, add it in the comments below! 😀
The director of the non-profit Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has dismissed Trump’s narrative that a strike was necessary to prevent a “slaughter” of Christians in Nigeria.
“Muslims are being killed and harassed every day by the same criminals,” Auwal Musa Rafsanjani was quoted as saying by the local Leadership news outlet. “This conversation should be about human life, not religion or geography.”
I'm a laptop weirdo and that's why I like my new Framework 13 https://lobste.rs/s/bjn0cl #culture #hardware
https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/im-a-laptop-weirdo-and-thats-why-i-like-my-new-framework-13/
"Todavía crecen flores"
Con la savia de las flores
que crecen en mis campos
y el fluir de la sangre de mis venas...
Construyo un escudo en mi vida
Silencio mi voz,
Escucho en quietud...
¡Y ya, ya no duelen mis penas!
Me bendice la vida y con asombro
Veo mariposas Monarcas
que reposan en mis hombros.
~Selah~
«Cultiva tu jardín
y las mariposas vendrán a ti»
via floresclandestinas
I enjoyed Jimmy Kimmel's Alternative Christmas Message on C4.
NVIDIA Drops Pascal Support on Linux, Causing Chaos on Arch Linux
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/nvidia-drops-pascal-support-on-linux-causing-chaos-on-arch-linux/
Jabo village residents describe US attack
Residents in the village of Jabo in northwestern Nigeria’s Sokoto State said the air strike did not result in any casualties.
Abdulrahman Mainasara, a Jabo resident, explained that Thursday night’s attack struck an already cultivated farmland behind a primary school at the outskirts of the village.
Another resident, Ismail Umar, said the community has not experienced any armed group attack in more than two years.
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I need opinions on #Smithereen API.
For notifications, which format would you prefer more, this https://smithereen.software/docs/api/methods/notifications.get/ or something even more deduplicated with `wall_posts`, `comments`, `photos`, and `board_topics` as separate arrays? Or maybe something else?
i see it’s literally like a setting. yeah it would never occur to me if you didn’t tell me that this is what it’s for and this feature exists. i would probably prefer that to be default
Maybe … one year I will be attending the CCC. But first I need to find only one person telling me that it's not a hygienic armageddon.
일본 나고야시의 한 상점가에서 도요토미 히데요시 동상이 목이 부러진 사건이 발생했습니다. 경찰 조사 결과, 이 지역에 출장 온 경찰관이 용의자로 지목됐습니다.
목 잘린 ‘도요토미 히데요시’ 동상…알고 보니 경찰관 ...
Logging for indies.
Looking at the HN thread about logging: even self-professed good, professional developers aren't good at logging. A common misconception is you can attach to a process and debug. This is unrealistic.
Applies to indies too. #buildinpublic
Japan gov’t greenlights record $58bn defence budget amid regional tension
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/26/japan-govt-greenlights-record-58bn-defence-budget-amid-regional-tension?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Global News 
@global-news-AlJazeeraGlobal News
INT: SWEATSHOP
VILLAIN
«NO, MR. BOND. I EXPECT
YOU TO DYE»
The Algebra of Loans in Rust
Link: https://nadrieril.github.io/blog/2025/12/21/the-algebra-of-loans-in-rust.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46357814
another bit of feedback — i wish i could easily see the handle when navigating to someone's record. i often jump record -> record and then i have no idea whose repo i jumped to until i go to the top page and wait for it to resolve.
in general i'm not sure hover interaction is helpful on mobile. that was my main hesitation linking to pdsls in the past — on mobile it feels a bit confusing/overwhelming
Chao-c'
헤카![N4789BR flight log [Flightaware]](https://avbrief.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/autoland-save-N479BR.jpg)
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