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An article celebrating Public Domain Day 2026, highlighting the release of various literary works into the public domain due to copyright expiration. The article lists numerous books and films from different genres and time periods that are now freely accessible for download or reading.
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The comment thread discusses various aspects of copyright law, focusing on complexities related to recorded music and collaborations. It explores the implications of works entering the public domain and debates over the length of copyright terms. The discussion also touches upon economic and societal impacts of copyright policies.
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The article explains why users cannot create issues directly in the repository and encourages them to use GitHub discussions for feature requests or bug reports. It highlights that most reported issues are either misunderstandings, environmental problems, configuration errors, or underspecified feature requests.
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The comment thread discusses the GitHub project Ghostty's approach of using discussions for initial user feedback before converting it into issues. Opinions vary on whether this system is effective in maintaining a clean issue tracker and filtering out noise, with some suggesting improvements to issue management tools.
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A humorous discussion about a man's attempt at playing hide-and-seek with a squirrel, leading to a debate on whether he circled around the tree or the squirrel.
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The comment thread involves a mix of complaints about time management and discussions on celestial mechanics. It also includes an imaginative military scenario involving an Apache helicopter. There is some disagreement but overall, the tone is neutral with a hint of humor.
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The article discusses setting up a home NAS using FreeBSD and ZFS RAID1 on a virtual machine. It covers the installation process of FreeBSD via SSH, configuring the system with bsdinstall, partitioning disks manually, and creating a ZFS mirror for RAID1 storage.
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The article discusses the negative impact of the internet on various aspects such as learning, social connections, and coding for the web. It argues that the current state of the internet is dominated by industrialization and commercialization, leading to a loss of autonomy, creativity, and control over personal content. The author suggests using personal websites built with HTML, CSS, and other open-source tools as an alternative solution to reclaim ownership and enhance freedom, creativity, independence, and will.
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The discussion revolves around nostalgia for the early internet, criticism of current centralized platforms like social media, and advocacy for personal websites as an alternative. Participants express concerns about the quality of content, user experience, and corporate influence on the web. There is a debate over whether personal websites can effectively compete with the ease and distribution offered by large platforms.
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The article is an excerpt from a podcast episode featuring Yukihiro Matsumoto (Matz), the creator of Ruby programming language. The discussion covers Ruby's growth trajectory, its adoption by startups like GitHub, and Matz's thoughts on open-source software development.
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The article discusses the performance of Bundler, a Ruby package manager, in comparison to uv, a faster Python package manager. The author explores potential improvements and optimizations that could be applied to Bundler, focusing on rewriting parts of it in Rust for better performance, optimizing installation processes, utilizing global caching with hardlinks, and improving resolver techniques.
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The discussion revolves around concerns over package manager speed, particularly in CI processes and the importance of caching mechanisms. Opinions vary on the necessity of improvements to Python dependency management tools compared to RubyGems. The conversation also touches upon alternative caching methods for CI systems.
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This article provides an in-depth explanation of how cameras and lenses work, starting from the basics of recording light to advanced topics like aberrations and depth of field.
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The comment thread praises an author's educational content, highlighting the effectiveness of interactive elements in teaching complex concepts. There is a discussion on supporting creators financially and the potential future capabilities of AI in content creation. The thread also addresses browser compatibility issues with interactive web content.
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Marmot v2 is a distributed SQLite replication system that uses a gossip-based protocol for leaderless architecture, MySQL protocol compatibility, and distributed transactions. It supports features like multi-database management, DDL replication with automatic idempotency, CDC-based replication, and provides comprehensive documentation on setup, testing, configuration, and benchmarks.
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The comment thread discusses Marmot, a database replication tool that offers full ACID compliance and DDL replication across the cluster. Users appreciate its compatibility with WordPress for scaling out properly and its performance metrics on a local machine with a 3-node quorum. There is some debate about preference between MySQL and Postgres, but overall sentiment towards Marmot is positive.
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Engineer James Moylan, who designed the gas tank arrow indicator for Ford vehicles, has passed away at the age of 80.
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The discussion revolves around the usefulness and awareness of a fuel gauge arrow, its purpose in indicating which side of the car the gas tank is located on, and the potential for standardizing this feature to simplify refueling logistics. There's also debate about whether it's necessary or if it's just UX lore.
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