Episode Details

Table of Contents

• Open Access and Academic Publishing
  • Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications will be made open access
  • Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch
• Hardware and Compatibility
  • Getting bitten by Intel's poor naming schemes
  • 1.5 TB of VRAM on Mac Studio – RDMA over Thunderbolt 5
• Security Vulnerabilities and Testing
  • We pwned X, Vercel, Cursor, and Discord through a supply-chain attack
  • Property-Based Testing Caught a Security Bug I Never Would Have Found
• Innovations in Programming Languages
  • Show HN: Orbit a systems level programming language that compiles .sh to LLVM
  • From Zero to QED: An informal introduction to formality with Lean 4
• Nostalgia and Cultural Impact
  • Reconstructed Commander Keen 1-3 Source Code
  • Noclip.website – A digital museum of video game levels