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Today's topics:

Car infotainment USB update exploit - Researchers say some 2021 Honda Civic head units may accept USB Android OTA updates signed with the public AOSP test key, enabling an “EvilValet” physical-access attack and persistent compromise.

Census privacy and differential privacy - The U.S. Commerce Department ordered agencies to stop using noise infusion, putting differential privacy-style protection at risk and forcing a harsher privacy vs. utility trade-off for public statistics.

LLM context window reliability limits - A new essay argues huge LLM context windows degrade in practice, with “context rot” making long coding-agent sessions less reliable unless teams externalize specs and reset sessions.

UI polish and “perfect frames” - A UI design argument borrows from Wayland’s “every frame is perfect,” emphasizing that in-between animation states and loading transitions affect trust as much as final screens.

Windows 1.0 code still runs - A developer rebuilt a Windows 1.0 game to show WinAPI architecture has barely changed, highlighting decades of compatibility—and where 16-bit support finally ends on 64-bit Windows.

Open-source SQL to ER diagrams - A free open-source web tool converts SQL CREATE TABLE schemas into interactive ER diagrams locally in the browser, useful for visualizing constraints without uploading sensitive schemas.

Monasteries adapting to digital tools - A University of Zurich study finds monasteries’ consultative governance can be an advantage for digital transformation, using communal decision-making to adopt tech selectively with clear boundaries.

Paul Graham on ethical billions - Paul Graham argues billionaires can be made ethically via startup equity and exponential growth, saying many political takes miss the math of compounding adoption and value creation.

Pancreatic cancer drug survival gains - A pancreatic-cancer trial for daraxonrasib nearly doubled median survival, raising optimism around targeting a key tumor growth pathway and potentially opening a new therapy class.

Tribblix illumos milestone release - Tribblix, an illumos-based OS, shipped Milestone 40 and dropped 32-bit hardware, signaling continued niche OS development while noting uneven SPARC maturity and compatibility.

-Browser-Based Tool Converts SQL Schemas into Interactive ER Diagrams
-Researcher warns Honda Civic head unit USB updates may enable “EvilValet” code execution
-Commerce Department Order Bans Noise in Census Statistics, Raising Privacy and Utility Risks
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