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Conversations, my federated instant messaging client for Android, started out as many traditional open-source projects do: as an attempt to scratch my own itch. Development started in January 2014 in my student…

698 points•ezst•5 days ago•292 comments•
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You can't always tell if someone is recording you with their smart glasses – but your phone can help.

399 points•choult•10 days ago•348 comments•
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OpenAI’s models aren’t “going rogue” from their creators as much as they are mimicking them.

249 points•ragall•about 21 hours ago•219 comments•
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Floci runs AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI locally in milliseconds: a fast, free, credential-free feedback loop for developers and AI coding agents. MIT licensed. No account, no auth token.

209 points•theanonymousone•5 days ago•48 comments•
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Conversations, my federated instant messaging client for Android, started out as many traditional open-source projects do: as an attempt to scratch my own itch. Development started in January 2014 in my student…

163 points•tusharhero•7 days ago•20 comments
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A vector design editor that runs entirely in your browser. Draw, edit and export without uploading anything.

139 points•sia_xi•3 days ago•50 comments•
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Long story short: a couple of my articles got really popular on a bunch of sites, and someone, somewhere, went “well, let’s see how much traffic that smart-ass can handle”, and suddenly I was on th...

65 points•retronav•over 4 years ago•25 comments
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An API security workbench for web and Android apps. Point a browser or an Android target at an app and its API surface lands in one session. Free and open source.

30 points•coding-maniac•about 11 hours ago•5 comments•
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Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin

27 points•pseudolus•5 days ago•19 comments•
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ReactOS is a free, opensource reimplementation of windows

27 points•raymii•almost 5 years ago•2 comments
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<p>Weekly question for Lobsters community: What are you working on this week?</p> <p>Feel free to champion your projects, personal or professional, ask advice, give feedback, etc.</p>

23 points•inactive-user•over 10 years ago•22 comments
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AI scrapers inflated my visitor count tenfold. I now count a visit only after a user interaction, buffer hits on each web server, and back up the...

22 points•gioele•10 days ago•8 comments
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Free paper models: Platonic solids, Archimedean solids and many other polyhedra

20 points•pykello•11 days ago•0 comments•
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<p>Feel free to tell what you plan on doing this weekend and even ask for help or feedback.</p> <p>Please keep in mind it’s more than OK to do nothing at all too!</p>

20 points•caius•6 months ago•57 comments
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Page Rage is a free game that lets you destroy any page. Dealing with things in a healthy way is overrated. Hide from your problems and break things instead!

19 points•alexreardon•13 days ago•7 comments•
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<p>There's been discussions on lobste.rs in the past about whether https-everywhere is really necessary. While I'm sure not everyone will agree that apparently-widespread ad injection via http really changes anything, it's a way an MITM can be intrusive that hasn't gotten a lot of attention in the past, as far as I can recall.</p>

19 points•Irene•about 11 years ago•9 comments
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A distraction-free writing environment; draft anything, write now. - andrewmd5/dawn

18 points•andrewmd5•10 months ago•20 comments
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<p>What are you doing this week? Feel free to share!</p> <p>Keep in mind it’s OK to do nothing at all, too.</p>

16 points•caius•3 days ago•22 comments
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<p>What are you doing this week? Feel free to share!</p> <p>Keep in mind it’s OK to do nothing at all, too.</p>

16 points•caius•10 days ago•41 comments
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<p>Feel free to tell what you plan on doing this weekend and even ask for help or feedback.</p> <p>Please keep in mind it’s more than OK to do nothing at all too!</p>

16 points•caius•about 3 years ago•17 comments
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<p>Feel free to tell what you plan on doing this weekend and even ask for help or feedback.</p> <p>Please keep in mind it’s more than OK to do nothing at all too!</p>

16 points•inactive-user•over 5 years ago•41 comments
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A free daily real-or-fake news game that builds media-literacy instincts. Play a timed shift or endless Go Rouge. No login required.

15 points•azermite•5 days ago•10 comments•
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<p>What are you doing this week? Feel free to share!</p> <p>Keep in mind it’s OK to do nothing at all, too.</p>

14 points•caius•over 4 years ago•9 comments
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Let me show exactly how it works with an example 🛻 The extension adds a new "ReptClip" tab in the VS...

12 points•effessdev•5 days ago•31 comments
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בגלל העניין והחשיבות הציבורית אני ורחלי החלטנו ביחד עם הגרדיאן שהסרט נז״א יהיה נגיש באינטרנט בחינם, ללא הגבלת זמן, כדי שכל אדם יוכל לצפות בו ובעדויות החיילים. זה יקרה בעוד כמה שבועות, בנובמבר, במועד הכי מוקדם שהצלחנו…

12 points•slowin•6 days ago•0 comments•
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<p>Feel free to tell what you plan on doing this weekend and even ask for help or feedback.</p> <p>Please keep in mind it’s more than OK to do nothing at all too!</p>

11 points•caius•about 3 years ago•41 comments
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Free proxies that actually work: scrapes HTTP/SOCKS4/SOCKS5 proxies from 700+ sources, verifies every hit (honeypots, HTTPS, anonymity) and learns which sources are worth it. Live list every 6 h. -...

10 points•taventix•5 days ago•1 comment•
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<p>What are you doing this week? Feel free to share!</p> <p>Keep in mind it’s OK to do nothing at all, too.</p>

10 points•caius•over 1 year ago•32 comments
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<p>What are you doing this week? Feel free to share!</p> <p>Keep in mind it’s OK to do nothing at all, too.</p>

10 points•caius•almost 4 years ago•16 comments
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<p>Feel free to tell what you plan on doing this weekend and even ask for help or feedback.</p> <p>Please keep in mind it’s more than OK to do nothing at all too!</p>

10 points•caius•about 4 years ago•29 comments
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<p>What are you doing this week? Feel free to share!</p> <p>Keep in mind it’s OK to do nothing at all, too.</p>

10 points•inactive-user•almost 6 years ago•24 comments
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Free online games for seniors: no download, no sign-up, no pop-up ads. Large-print Sudoku, Solitaire, Word Search, Mahjong and more, right in your browser.

9 points•xmasdong•1 day ago•0 comments•
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<p>Feel free to tell what you plan on doing this weekend and even ask for help or feedback.</p> <p>Please keep in mind it’s more than OK to do nothing at all too!</p>

8 points•caius•6 days ago•23 comments
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<p>What are you doing this week? Feel free to share!</p> <p>Keep in mind it’s OK to do nothing at all, too.</p>

8 points•caius•almost 3 years ago•32 comments
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The Notifier delivers alerts inside a free app people already trust – no phone number, no spam, no guessing. Free for you, free trial for organizations.

7 points•bubbamack•1 day ago•9 comments•
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The Personal blog and musings of Chris Penner, a designer, developer and future opsimath.

7 points•abhin4v•about 1 year ago•0 comments
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<p>What are you doing this week? Feel free to share!</p> <p>Keep in mind it’s OK to do nothing at all, too.</p>

7 points•caius•over 4 years ago•21 comments
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Autosave into localStorage looks harmless right up until the draft gets big. The API is synchronous by spec, so every write freezes the page for exactly as long as it takes — and debouncing doesn't fix it. IndexedDB does.

6 points•parsajiravand•5 days ago•0 comments
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Every Apple Silicon Mac can run AI locally. Here's what model sizes actually fit your machine, the tools to use, and the daily-driver use nobody talks about.

5 points•donk8r•6 days ago•0 comments•
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Conversations, my federated instant messaging client for Android, started out as many traditional open-source projects do: as an attempt to scratch my own itch. Development started in January 2014 in my student…

5 points•inputmice•7 days ago•1 comment•
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Blog about VHDL projects for FPGA. FPGA tutorials. FPGA free books.

5 points•pushcx•over 9 years ago•1 comment
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See exactly what your browser and network connection reveal about you: IP address, location, canvas and WebGL fingerprints, screen and system details, and privacy signals.

4 points•yaph•5 days ago•0 comments•
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A free embed that turns the SQL in your blog posts into real Postgres queries readers can edit and run without leaving the page.

4 points•mikenikles•6 days ago•0 comments•
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I queried the registry and counted. Amazon publishes 739 architecture icons, Microsoft 626, and...

4 points•thegdsks•7 days ago•0 comments
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A free bulletin board for AI agents. Post with GET or POST, find agents, and pick up a thread. No account, SDK, or wallet required.

4 points•montenegrohugo•11 days ago•1 comment•
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A few months ago, I got tired of visiting IP lookup sites that were bloated with ads, required...

3 points•adado_2e958757fa4dbf•6 days ago•0 comments
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3 points•ryan3789437•6 days ago•12 comments•
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Open a free pack of HTML tags, attributes, CSS properties and typefaces every day, and build a personal site that can only use the cards you own.

3 points•plaguna•7 days ago•0 comments•
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A free daily real-or-fake news game that builds media-literacy instincts. Play a timed shift or endless Go Rouge. No login required.

3 points•azermite•7 days ago•1 comment•
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Most enterprise AI wins and failures come down to one question: did it reduce entropy, or add it? LLMs are good compressors and bad expanders.

3 points•admjs•8 days ago•0 comments•

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