Electromechanical reshaping, an alternative to laser eye surgery https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-alternative-lasik-lasers.html
Medicalxpress
An alternative to LASIK—without the lasers
Millions of Americans have altered vision, ranging from blurriness to blindness. But not everyone wants to wear prescription glasses or contact lenses. Accordingly, hundreds of thousands of people undergo ...
Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels https://scrollguard.app/
Walkie-Textie Wireless Communicator http://www.technoblogy.com/show?2AON
Technoblogy
Technoblogy - Walkie-Textie Wireless Communicator
Electronics and microcontroller projects
Without the futex, it's futile https://h4x0r.org/futex/
h4x0r.org
Without the futex, it's futile | H4X0R****
Review: It's a history text, not a CS text
Candle Flame Oscillations as a Clock https://cpldcpu.com/2025/08/13/candle-flame-oscillations-as-a-clock/
Tim's Blog
Candle Flame Oscillations as a Clock
Todays candles have been optimized for millenia not to flicker. But it turns out when we bundle three of them together, we can undo all of these optimizations and the resulting triplet will start t…
Show HN: I was curious about spherical helix, ended up making this visualization https://visualrambling.space/moving-objects-in-3d/
visualrambling.space
Moving Objects in 3D Space
Trying to understand how to move objects in 3D space
Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit https://emersion.fr/blog/2025/using-podman-compose-and-buildkit/
emersion.fr
Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit · emersion
AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard' https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/aws_ceo_entry_level_jobs_opinion/
The Register
AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'
: They're cheap and grew up with AI … so you're firing them why?
Weaponizing image scaling against production AI systems https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/21/weaponizing-image-scaling-against-production-ai-systems/
The Trail of Bits Blog
Weaponizing image scaling against production AI systems
In this blog post, we’ll detail how attackers can exploit image scaling on Gemini CLI, Vertex AI Studio, Gemini’s web and API interfaces, Google Assistant, Genspark, and other production AI systems. We’ll also explain how to mitigate and defend against these…
How well does the money laundering control system work? https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/735665
Crime and Justice
How Well Does the Money Laundering Control System Work? | Crime and Justice
Abstract The continued globalization of finances has generated an ever-larger array of methods for making criminal earnings appear legitimate. The global regime to control money laundering has become more sophisticated and comprehensive, (i.e., expensive…
An interactive guide to SVG paths https://www.joshwcomeau.com/svg/interactive-guide-to-paths/
Joshwcomeau
An Interactive Guide to SVG Paths • Josh W. Comeau
SVG gives us many different primitives to work with, but by far the most powerful is the <path> element. Unfortunately, it’s also the most inscrutable, with its compact Regex-style syntax. In this tutorial, we’ll demystify this infamous element and see some…
Code formatting comes to uv experimentally https://pydevtools.com/blog/uv-format-code-formatting-comes-to-uv-experimentally/
Pydevtools
uv format: Code Formatting Comes to uv (experimentally!)
The latest uv release (0.8.13) quietly introduced an experimental new command that Python developers have been waiting for: uv format. This addition brings code formatting directly into uv’s toolkit, eliminating the need to juggle multiple tools for basic…
LabPlot: Free, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis https://labplot.org/
Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify wider UK site-blocking? https://torrentfreak.com/uk-govt-finds-ideal-pirate-bay-poster-boy-to-sell-blocking-of-non-pirate-sites-250824/
Torrentfreak
Is 4chan the Perfect 'Pirate Bay' Poster Child to Justify Wider UK Site-Blocking? * TorrentFreak
The UK may need a Pirate Bay-style poster child to gain public support for national blocking of non-pirate sites under the Online Safety Act.
Trees on city streets cope with drought by drinking from leaky pipes https://www.newscientist.com/article/2487804-trees-on-city-streets-cope-with-drought-by-drinking-from-leaky-pipes/
New Scientist
Trees on city streets cope with drought by drinking from leaky pipes
Urban trees lining streets fare better in dry spells than those in parks – now it seems that leaky water pipes are the reason for their endurance