Keystroke timing obfuscation added to ssh(1) — and Elixir saves Pinterest $2M a year in server costs

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Keystroke timing obfuscation added to ssh(1) undeadly.org \| points: 451 \| comments: 212

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Elixir saves Pinterest $2M a year in server costs paraxial.io \| points: 361 \| comments: 404

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A note to young folks: download the things you love birchtree.me \| points: 269 \| comments: 97

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Accessible Palette: stop using HSL for color systems (2021) wildbit.com \| points: 268 \| comments: 86

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New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour sustainableplastics.com \| points: 265 \| comments: 350

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Alexandria: A minimalistic cross-platform eBook reader github.com \| points: 253 \| comments: 139

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Grave flaws in BGP Error handling blog.benjojo.co.uk \| points: 245 \| comments: 94

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AI Crap drewdevault.com \| points: 239 \| comments: 233

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Abandoned and little-known airfields airfields-freeman.com \| points: 214 \| comments: 94

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Linux overtakes Mac as Steam’s second-most used OS, thanks to the Steam Deck pcgamer.com \| points: 213 \| comments: 79

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Visualization of Common Algorithms (2014) visualgo.net \| points: 211 \| comments: 12

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iFixit Petitions Government for Right to Hack McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine 404media.co \| points: 195 \| comments: 130

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FBI, partners dismantle Qakbot infrastructure fbi.gov \| points: 184 \| comments: 143

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WebLLM: Llama2 in the Browser webllm.mlc.ai \| points: 183 \| comments: 29

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Whistleblower alleges Booz Allen was overcharging U.S. taxpayers for losses nbcnews.com \| points: 182 \| comments: 104

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Ask HN: Why did Python win? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 181 \| comments: 350

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MagicEdit: High-fidelity temporally coherent video editing magic-edit.github.io \| points: 178 \| comments: 59

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Analysis of Obfuscation Techniques Found in Apple FairPlay nicolo.dev \| points: 164 \| comments: 48

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Compiling Rust for .NET, using only tea and stubbornness fractalfir.github.io \| points: 162 \| comments: 53

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The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people economist.com \| points: 162 \| comments: 50

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