1. Hacking 700M Electronic Arts accounts Total comment counts : 25 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary The article discusses how EA (Electronic Arts) employs a generic backend system named “Blaze” across their games, including Madden. The author and their team discovered this system while exploring Madden’s backend, which uses generic web and TCP endpoints. They developed a tool to interact with these endpoints by uploading XML data. However, their method inadvertently caused server crashes each time they made a request, as they were connecting to a different server for each call, essentially crashing all the Madden servers sequentially....

1. Scientists glue two proteins together, driving cancer cells to self-destruct Total comment counts : 17 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary error Top 2 Comment Summary error 2. A change of heart regarding employee metrics Total comment counts : 71 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary error Top 2 Comment Summary error 3. An embarrassingly simple approach to recover unlearned knowledge for LLMs Total comment counts : 16 Summary error...

1. The inventor of the automatic rice cooker Total comment counts : 18 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary error Top 2 Comment Summary error 2. Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back Total comment counts : 80 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary error Top 2 Comment Summary error 3. Get me out of data hell Total comment counts : 47 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary error...

1. Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality than sleep duration (2023) Total comment counts : 37 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary error Top 2 Comment Summary error 2. RCE Vulnerability in QBittorrent Total comment counts : 18 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary error Top 2 Comment Summary error 3. Direct Sockets API in Chrome 131 Total comment counts : 33 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary error...

1. Apple acquires Pixelmator Total comment counts : 72 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary error Top 2 Comment Summary error 2. Alexander the Great’s tunic identified in royal tomb at Vergina? Total comment counts : 16 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary error Top 2 Comment Summary error 3. 34x34x34 Rubik’s Cube Total comment counts : 13 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary error Top 2 Comment Summary error...

1. ChatGPT Search Total comment counts : 127 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary error Top 2 Comment Summary error 2. It might be possible to detect gravitons after all Total comment counts : 15 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary error Top 2 Comment Summary error 3. Wonder Animation – Video to 3D Animation Total comment counts : 8 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary error Top 2 Comment Summary error...

1. Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone Total comment counts : 71 Summary The article discusses the complexities and peculiarities of timezones, particularly focusing on some of the most unusual ones and how they are represented in software. It begins by critiquing common misconceptions about timezones among programmers and introduces the idea of exploring specific “weird” timezones. The author notes that while specific cases involving different calendar systems, like the Japanese or Islamic calendars, exist, the Gregorian calendar remains the dominant timekeeping system globally....

1. How I write code using Cursor Total comment counts : 63 Summary The article, written on October 25, 2024, discusses the author’s experience using Cursor, a fork of Visual Studio Code (VS Code) with integrated Large Language Model (LLM) features, as a daily coding tool. The author, an experienced programmer with 36 years of coding in various languages, seeks to determine whether Cursor is a valuable tool or just a trend among developers....

1. Hoard of coins from Norman Conquest is Britain’s most valuable treasure find Total comment counts : 11 Summary A significant treasure find in southwestern England, comprising 2,584 Norman-era silver coins, has been purchased for £4.3 million ($5.6 million) by a local heritage trust, making it Britain’s most valuable treasure find to date. Discovered five years ago by a group of seven metal detectorists in the Chew Valley, the coins date back to around 1066-1068, a pivotal time during the Norman Conquest....

1. I discovered mysterious hidden signals on a public radio channel (2013) [video] Total comment counts : 17 Summary In the article, Oona Räisänen describes her journey of discovering enigmatic signals on a public radio channel. Through a combination of hardware hacking, reverse engineering, and basic cryptanalysis, she eventually uncovered the meaning behind these hidden signals. Her process involved investigating the signals’ origins and functionalities, highlighting her problem-solving skills and curiosity in the realm of radio frequency exploration....