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A living, MIT-licensed map of PaaS platforms that bundles hosted PaaS, CaaS, sandboxes, Jamstack edges, ADN runtimes, self-hosted control planes, and cloud IDEs from the open awesome-paas list into a single navigable landscape. Platforms are categorized; the repository (github.com/debarshibasak/awesome-paas) hosts the README and invites PRs. The project has about 42 contributors, is inspired by awesome-go, credits each brand’s logo, and is maintained in 2026.
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- AuroraWatch UK advises using alert levels (green to red) to gauge likelihood.
- To tell if it's aurora: is it dark (usually 9pm–12am UK)?
- Can you see the stars? If not, clouds may be blocking.
- Light pollution can mimic an aurora.
- Is it moving? Auroras can shift; clouds drift with wind.
- Colours: green and red/purple common; orange/yellow from streetlights; cameras may show other colours.
- Direction: from the UK, aurora is visible to the north.
- If unsure, post to Facebook or Flickr for verification.
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UK new-car registrations rose 24.0% in April 2026 to 149,247 as the market rebounds from last year’s tax changes. The two-millionth BEV was registered, boosting BEVs to 26.2% of April’s mix; year-to-date BEV share is 23.1%. SMMT increased the 2026 outlook to 2.093 million total registrations, but BEV share is trimmed to 26.8% due to weaker Q1. Fleet led growth (+26.8%), petrol up 8.2% while diesel fell 1%. Top models include Ford Puma and Kia Sportage; policymakers urged to review transition costs to protect competitiveness.
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Anthropic launches ten ready-to-run Claude agent templates for finance, as plugins for Claude Cowork/Code and cookbooks for Claude Managed Agents. Templates fuse skills, connectors, and subagents to automate pitchbooks, KYC, and month-end closes, maintaining context across Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook. New connectors and an MCP app provide real-time data from providers like S&P Capital IQ, Morningstar, Moody’s, and Dun & Bradstreet. Coverage includes Research/Client Coverage (Pitch builder, Meeting preparer, Earnings reviewer, Model builder, Market researcher) and Finance/Operations (Valuation reviewer, GL reconciler, Month-end closer, etc.). Available now in the financial services marketplace; Outlook add-in coming soon.
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The page explains that Google detected unusual traffic from the user's network and blocked YouTube access, presenting a CAPTCHA to verify the user isn’t a robot. This can occur when automated requests, malware, browser plugins, or scripts generate traffic, or when sharing a network with another device. The block will expire once activity stops, and the user may need to solve the CAPTCHA or address the source of the traffic; the event’s IP address and timestamp are shown.
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GitHub reports an incident affecting Actions on Hosted Runners in East US due to private networking issues. Earlier updates cited elevated queue times and failures affecting up to ~10% of runs, with mitigation and cross-region failover. As of the latest update, there are signs of recovery, but East US private networking remains affected while GitHub works with its compute provider to restore capacity.
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It's official: Utah is the closest to banning VPNs. When SB 73 takes effect May 6, websites subject to Utah's age-verification law cannot explain how to use a VPN to bypass age checks and must enforce age verification for any user inside Utah, regardless of location. Critics warn it's a First Amendment issue and could force sites to reveal user data or block VPNs, both problematic. The law signals a broader push toward VPN bans, likely prompting lawsuits and legal challenges.
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Michael Martin surveys how Z80, 8080, 8086, 6800/6809, and 6502 relate, focusing on architectural lineage and programming implications. The piece contrasts instruction sets, memory access, and stack models, discusses tooling (Pasmo, WLA-DX, NASM), and reflects on 'sixers' vs 'eighters' with a teaser for next week's worked example.
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Susam Pal proposes three inverse laws for human interaction with AI: avoid anthropomorphizing AI, avoid blindly deferring to AI output, and retain full human responsibility for AI-driven outcomes. Anthropomorphism can make AI seem understanding or moral, so a slightly more robotic tone may prevent mistaking language for understanding. Non-deference emphasizes independent verification due to AI’s stochastic outputs and potential errors, especially in high-stakes contexts. Non-Abdication of Responsibility asserts humans must own decisions and consequences, with some exception in real-time systems where responsibility rests with designers and operators. He calls for warnings about AI limits and not treating AI as an authority.
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The author laments the Internet’s shift from spontaneous, amateur culture (Newgrounds, early YouTube, memes like Badger Badger and Numa Numa) to hyper-optimized, commercialized, algorithm-driven content. Though memes proliferate, they feel engineered and lacking origin or joy. The “dead Internet” theory reads not as joke but as reality: AI didn’t kill the web; it inherited a platform that had already lost its playful spirit. The piece mourns the loss of authenticity and proclaims: the best is over.
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The Wall Street Journal 404 page says the page can’t be found and advises checking the URL or emailing support. It also lists popular articles (e.g., California beach-town sewage, Iran–Hormuz conflict, Ford’s electric-truck story) and a “Latest Podcasts” section.
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The piece notes that while image illustrations appeared earlier, the first actual photograph to accompany a news story appeared in July 1848 in L’Illustration, showing barricaded Paris during the June Days Uprising and likely printed as an engraving from the photo. War reporting boosted photojournalism, with Roger Fenton’s Crimean images (1855) and Civil War photography popularizing visual coverage. By 1900 images were expected in newspapers, and photography evolved into a central journalistic force; color photo claims by L’Illustration (1891, 1907) are unconfirmed.
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Accountability, not blame, is the message. The author argues AI isn’t secretly to blame for data loss—the problem is unsafe design and irresponsible use. A viral story of a Cursor/Claude agent deleting a production database critiques API access and ‘vibe-coded’ development. A personal SVN mishap shows how manual processes fail and how automation, CI/CD, and human oversight prevent such errors. The take: use AI to augment humans, build robust deployment processes, and keep humans in charge of critical systems.
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Describes a 200-line POC meta-harness on Islo where a proposer reads up to 10M tokens of full diagnostic traces, writes improved harness prompts, and iterates to fix failures. Built with Islo primitives: reproducible snapshots, parallel forks, and durable logs, plus an offline deterministic simulator. On a 5-task suite (FizzBuzz, primes, list reverse, sum of evens, palindrome) the loop progresses 0/5 → 2/5 → 3/5 → 4/5 → 5/5 in four proposer steps, converging well before the 10-iteration cap. Includes a live dashboard; next steps: real backend, real workloads, real proposer. MIT licensed; code on GitHub.
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Containerd image store is the default storage backend for fresh Docker Engine installations (29.0+), replacing legacy graph drivers with containerd snapshotters. Benefits include building/storing multi‑platform images locally, support for image attestations, Wasm workloads, and pluggable snapshotters (e.g., stargz, ny dus). It requires more disk space because both compressed and uncompressed layers are kept. To enable, add { "features": { "containerd-snapshotter": true } } to /etc/docker/daemon.json and restart; existing overlay2 data becomes hidden but still on disk. For automatic migration (experimental), enable containerd-migration or set DOCKER_MIGRATE_SNAPSHOTTER_THRESHOLD. Downgrade preserves data as hidden; push or docker save to reuse.
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Wordtrak is a 1v1 word battle with 3 or 5 traks; the higher-scoring words win each trak. It uses a train-themed split-flap UI built as a web/hybrid app (Rails + expo.dev) with a custom dictionary, lobby, stats, and a daily solo mode with leaderboards. The creator iterated from markdown rules and LLM mock games to a balanced scoring system featuring a triangular bonus and refined visuals. Next steps: ship Android, add monetization, and expand languages; feedback welcomed.
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Access to the site is blocked by Cloudflare’s security system. The page notes that cookies must be enabled and that your action triggered protection (e.g., certain words, SQL commands, or malformed data). To resolve, email the site owner with what you were doing and include the Cloudflare Ray ID (9f7022d6fd17238f).
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iOS 27 adds a "Create a Pass" option in Wallet, letting users craft passes without developer accounts—scan a QR code or build from scratch in a template editor with three color themes (orange Standard, blue Membership, purple Event). It mirrors third-party tools and shifts Wallet from a brand-controlled directory to user-generated passes. Expected at WWDC June 8, with public release in September 2026. Questions remain on iCloud sync, exportability, barcode types, and post-creation updates. WalletWallet notes this complements its browser-based solution; Create a Pass is iPhone-only.
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Compared 15 matrix sRGB profiles; found wide variation in RGB XYZ values, white points (D65 vs D50), tone response curves, and black points. Most differences are visually subtle, but unadapted or non-normalized profiles can cause color casts or shadow losses, especially with absolute colorimetric conversions. The ArgyllCMS sRGB variant is the only fully color-balanced, normalized sRGB; others (Color.org V2, “mystery,” etc.) can be problematic. Practically, use color-managed workflows and pick ArgyllCMS for untagged images. Be wary of simplified TRCs and white-point mismatches.
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Idiot Proof SEO is an easy-to-use tool for finding low-competition, long-tail keywords, analyzing real-time SERPs, and tracking rankings. It generates hundreds of long-tail ideas from a base keyword, clusters them by relevance, and scores their potential. The SERP analyzer highlights weak spots, shows traffic estimates and difficulty, and provides an AI ranking guide. Rank tracking updates daily/weekly/monthly with email alerts. Pricing: Hobbyist $9, Starter $19, Pro $49 per month, plus API access; credits system with top-ups; cancel/upgrade anytime. Payments via Stripe, major cards, Google Pay, PayPal, Apple Pay.
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