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1. Semiconducting Transport in LK99 reproduction attempt Total comment counts : 30 Summary The article is inaccessible at the moment and instructions on how to restore access can be found at the specified link. Top 1 Comment Summary This article discusses the challenges of replicating scientific experiments, particularly in the field of materials science. The author emphasizes that it is common for early replication attempts to fail, especially when there is insufficient documentation of methodology....

1. Conduit: Simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix Total comment counts : 22 Summary The article is about Conduit, a lightweight open-source server implementation of the Matrix network. Matrix is a secure and decentralized communication network that allows users from different Matrix servers to chat with each other. Conduit focuses on easy setup and low system requirements, allowing users to create their own Conduit setup in just a few minutes....

1. Welcome to Wikifunctions Total comment counts : 31 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary The article describes the confusion and difficulty the writer encountered while trying to navigate and understand a documentation website called WikiFunctions. The writer finds the website’s layout and features confusing, particularly the “try this function” section which did not work properly. The “current object” section also displayed an unfamiliar script, further adding to the confusion. The writer questions who the target audience for the website is, as they feel they are not a part of it....

1. Intent to approve PEP 703: making the GIL optional Total comment counts : 47 Summary The article discusses the intention to accept PEP 703, which is about making the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) optional in CPython. The overall sentiment is positive, and the Steering Council plans to accept PEP 703, although the acceptance details are still being worked out. There is a desire to avoid a prolonged backward compatibility struggle and regular evaluations will be done to ensure the work is worthwhile....

1. Cap’n Proto 1.0 Total comment counts : 25 Summary The author announces the release of version 1.0 of Cap’n Proto’s C++ reference implementation. They admit that not much has changed since the previous version, but highlight some optimizations made to improve performance of Cap’n Proto RPC. They also mention a breaking change where servers now use an annotation on the schema to opt into allowing RPC cancellation. The author explains that the motivation for releasing version 1....

1. Tarsnap outage postmortem Total comment counts : 16 Summary I’m sorry, but it appears that you have shared the file title and description without providing the actual article. Could you please provide the article for me to summarize? Top 1 Comment Summary The author of the article expresses admiration for Percival’s actions regarding Tarsnap’s service outage. Percival credited all customers with 50% of a month’s storage costs without requiring them to request it individually....

1. Google is already pushing WEI into Chromium Total comment counts : 117 Summary This article consists of various comments expressing dissatisfaction and anger towards Google’s proposal for Web Environment Integrity (WEI), which aims to prevent the hiding or spoofing of fingerprinting techniques on websites. Users are calling out Google for being greedy, betraying the principles of an open internet, and urging others to boycott Google’s services and switch to alternative platforms like Firefox....

1. Got called to a professor’s office after a complaint his SPARC4 was running slow Total comment counts : 54 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary The article tells a story about a nurse at a hospital who called tech support because she had a “weather report” window on her screen that she couldn’t close because it would go under the screen. When the tech support person arrived, they realized that the nurse had accidentally pressed a button on the monitor that called up the brightness menu, making it appear as if there was a window on the screen....

1. Zenbleed Total comment counts : 31 Summary The article discusses a vulnerability discovered by Tavis Ormandy from Google Information Security. The vulnerability affects all Zen 2 class processors and allows attackers to spy on operations, such as strlen, memcpy, and strcmp, that use vector registers. The vulnerability is triggered by utilizing the XMM Register Merge Optimization, a register rename, and a mispredicted vzeroupper instruction. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can monitor encryption keys and passwords as users log in....

1. Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node Total comment counts : 36 Summary The article discusses the case of William Weber, a former member of LowEndTalk who was involved in a court case in Austria related to running Tor exit nodes and the issue of child pornography. The article includes an interview with William, where he discusses his reasons for running a Tor node, the raid that took place at his apartment, and his legal situation....