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Epstein and Maxwell Grand Jury Records Are Releasedhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d0f451e7b405f884a895d6bedbc28&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2025%2F12%2F20%2Fus%2Fepstein-maxwell-grand-jury.html&c=6624235264512223496&mkt=en-usThe transcripts and photos were part of Department of Justice files arising from investigations into the disgraced financier and his former girlfriend. By Benjamin Weiser Ben covered Jeffrey Epstein’s ...Dec 20, 2025 1:50 PM
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Show HN: HiFidelity – A native macOS offline audiophile music playerhttps://rvarunrathod.github.io/HiFidelity/- Powered by the BASS (un4seen) audio library for professional-grade audio quality and TagLib for meta-data reading- Support for 10+ audio formats including lossless and high-resolution files Lossless & Hi-Res: FLAC, OGA, WAV, AIFF, AIF, APE, WV, TTA, DFF, DSF Compressed: MP3, MP2, AAC, OGG, OPUS, M4A, M4B, M4P, MP4, M4V, MPC Specialized: CAF, WEBM, SPX- Bit-perfect playback with sample rate synchronization and Obtain Exclusive Access of audio device (Hog mode)- Gapless Playback: Seamless transitions between tracks with no silence or interruption- Built-in equalizer with customizable presets- Browse by tracks, albums, artists, or genres- Smart Recommendations: Auto play functionality, you don't have to think what to play next Lyrics Support:- Download lyrics directly within the app from lrclib- Real-time line-by-line lyrics highlighting- Mini Player: Compact floating window with integrated queue and lyrics panels- Audio device change option within UI- Advanced Search: Find tracks instaDec 20, 2025 7:11 AM
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The offline geocoder we wantedhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334172What is this?This is an offline reverse geocoder written in Python. Given a latitude–longitude pair, it returns the correct administrative region such as country, state, or district without calling any external APIs. This avoids API costs, rate limits, and network dependency.Why build another reverse geocoder?Most offline reverse geocoders rely on nearest-neighbor lookups. While fast, this approach often fails near borders because the closest location is not always the correct administrative region. This project focuses on correctness over proximity by verifying which boundary a coordinate actually falls inside.How does it work?A KD-Tree is used to quickly shortlist nearby administrative boundaries. For those candidates, the system performs polygon containment checks to confirm the true region. It supports both single-process execution for small workloads and multiprocessing for large batch processing.PerformanceThe system processes 10,000 coordinates in under 2 seconds, with an averagDec 20, 2025 7:03 AM
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Show HN: Ayder HTTP-native durable event log in C (50K msg/s, P99 3ms, Raft HA)https://github.com/A1darbek/ayderHi HN — I built Ayder, a single-binary durable event log / message bus in C. The idea: what if event streaming was just HTTP? # Produce curl -X POST 'localhost:1109/broker/topics/orders/produce' -d '{"item":"widget"}' # Consume curl 'localhost:1109/broker/consume/orders/mygroup/0?encoding=b64' No JVM, no ZooKeeper, no thick client libraries. Just HTTP.What it does: append-only log with per-partition offsets, consumer groups, durable writes via sealed AOF + crash recovery, HA with Raft consensus (3/5/7 nodes), leader redirects, idempotent produce, KV store with CAS + TTL.Benchmarks (real network, 3-node Raft, DigitalOcean 8 vCPU, wrk2, 64B payload): Throughput: 50,000 msg/s sustained P50: 1.58ms | P99: 3.35ms | P99.9: 8.62ms Server-side P99.999 is 1.2ms — the tail you see in benchmarks is network/kernel, not the broker.Curious finding: real NIC beats loopback at high concurrency (P99 3.31ms vs 5.79ms). Makes sense — loopback means client and server fight for CPU cores.I'd love feedback Dec 19, 2025 2:42 PM
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The hidden backbone of space security: how to keep satellites safe through proper logisticshttps://spacenews.com/the-hidden-backbone-of-space-security-how-to-keep-satellites-safe-through-proper-logistics/The modern space economy is increasingly powered by dual-use satellites that support both civilian services and national security needs. These assets deliver critical capabilities, from communications to Earth observation, but they also face growing risks. Protecting them, along with the intellectual property they carry, requires an integrated end-to-end approach that connects logistics, compliance and mission […] The post The hidden backbone of space security: how to keep satellites safe through proper logistics appeared first on SpaceNews.Dec 19, 2025 2:00 PM
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Google Searches ‘Not Private,’ PA Court Effectively Ruleshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d44a21fb3468ebd81c23fec619620&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Flarsdaniel%2F2025%2F12%2F19%2Fgoogle-searches-not-private-pa-court-effectively-rules%2F&c=3189733538219330099&mkt=en-usForbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Digital forensics, AI, deepfakes, and what becomes proof in court. This week, in Commonwealth v. Kurtz, the Pennsylvania Supreme ...Dec 19, 2025 1:42 PM
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Laser experiment proposed to probe quantum nature of gravityhttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Laser_experiment_proposed_to_probe_quantum_nature_of_gravity_999.htmlBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf have outlined an experiment in which light exchanges discrete packets of energy with gravitational waves, potentially revealing the long-sought quantum properties of gravity. In the proposed scheme, a laser beam interacts with a passing gravitational wave so that the light loses or gains an energy amount corresponding to one or more gravitons,Dec 19, 2025 11:01 AM
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"Robot, make me a chair" robot-make-me-a-chair-in-six-promptshttps://www.robodaily.com/reports/Robot_make_me_a_chair_999.htmlBoston MA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Computer-aided design (CAD) systems are tried-and-true tools used to design many of the physical objects we use each day. But CAD software requires extensive expertise to master, and many tools incorporate such a high level of detail they don't lend themselves to brainstorming or rapid prototyping. In an effort to make design faster and more accessible for non-experts, researchers from MITDec 19, 2025 11:01 AM
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‘Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary’: People of the (Big, Red) Bookhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e2737ab04c889e317f5a2467d969&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wsj.com%2farts-culture%2fbooks%2fmerriam-websters-collegiate-dictionary-people-of-the-big-red-book-9556f7ff&c=3783375803252954581&mkt=en-usWhen I turned 13, I entered a part of the life cycle cherished by all Jewish kids and dreaded by their parents. This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, ...Dec 19, 2025 8:47 AM
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‘Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary’: People of the (Big, Red) Bookhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d0cb6a494526b0d7dfce4d0d8806&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wsj.com%2farts-culture%2fbooks%2fmerriam-websters-collegiate-dictionary-people-of-the-big-red-book-9556f7ff&c=3783375803252954581&mkt=en-usWhen I turned 13, I entered a part of the life cycle cherished by all Jewish kids and dreaded by their parents. This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, ...Dec 19, 2025 8:47 AM
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‘Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary’: People of the (Big, Red) Bookhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e21cb9b24a41970864de403690ee&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wsj.com%2farts-culture%2fbooks%2fmerriam-websters-collegiate-dictionary-people-of-the-big-red-book-9556f7ff&c=3783375803252954581&mkt=en-usWhen I turned 13, I entered a part of the life cycle cherished by all Jewish kids and dreaded by their parents. This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, ...Dec 19, 2025 8:47 AM
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‘Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary’: People of the (Big, Red) Bookhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85df88b6014f1ebc2f9625ba1674d7&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wsj.com%2farts-culture%2fbooks%2fmerriam-websters-collegiate-dictionary-people-of-the-big-red-book-9556f7ff&c=3783375803252954581&mkt=en-usWhen I turned 13, I entered a part of the life cycle cherished by all Jewish kids and dreaded by their parents. This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, ...Dec 19, 2025 8:47 AM
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‘Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary’: People of the (Big, Red) Bookhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d988acdf4cc282108846996a2693&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wsj.com%2farts-culture%2fbooks%2fmerriam-websters-collegiate-dictionary-people-of-the-big-red-book-9556f7ff&c=3783375803252954581&mkt=en-usWhen I turned 13, I entered a part of the life cycle cherished by all Jewish kids and dreaded by their parents. This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, ...Dec 19, 2025 8:47 AM
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‘Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary’: People of the (Big, Red) Bookhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e6745d7d44bea4f5effa7815087e&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wsj.com%2farts-culture%2fbooks%2fmerriam-websters-collegiate-dictionary-people-of-the-big-red-book-9556f7ff&c=3783375803252954581&mkt=en-usWhen I turned 13, I entered a part of the life cycle cherished by all Jewish kids and dreaded by their parents. This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, ...Dec 19, 2025 8:47 AM
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‘Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary’: People of the (Big, Red) Bookhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e25d7a47418cae53d9c88b1d2942&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wsj.com%2farts-culture%2fbooks%2fmerriam-websters-collegiate-dictionary-people-of-the-big-red-book-9556f7ff&c=3783375803252954581&mkt=en-usWhen I turned 13, I entered a part of the life cycle cherished by all Jewish kids and dreaded by their parents. This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, ...Dec 19, 2025 8:47 AM
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‘Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary’: People of the (Big, Red) Bookhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85cab99af6439c922693cd7856f822&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wsj.com%2farts-culture%2fbooks%2fmerriam-websters-collegiate-dictionary-people-of-the-big-red-book-9556f7ff&c=3783375803252954581&mkt=en-usWhen I turned 13, I entered a part of the life cycle cherished by all Jewish kids and dreaded by their parents. This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, ...Dec 19, 2025 8:47 AM
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‘Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary’: People of the (Big, Red) Bookhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d936a8b949a0bc23d6bc13df844b&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wsj.com%2farts-culture%2fbooks%2fmerriam-websters-collegiate-dictionary-people-of-the-big-red-book-9556f7ff&c=3783375803252954581&mkt=en-usWhen I turned 13, I entered a part of the life cycle cherished by all Jewish kids and dreaded by their parents. This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, ...Dec 19, 2025 8:47 AM
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‘Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary’: People of the (Big, Red) Bookhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e200f2874df9a3ac6d3b48f68c73&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wsj.com%2farts-culture%2fbooks%2fmerriam-websters-collegiate-dictionary-people-of-the-big-red-book-9556f7ff&c=3783375803252954581&mkt=en-usWhen I turned 13, I entered a part of the life cycle cherished by all Jewish kids and dreaded by their parents. This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, ...Dec 19, 2025 8:47 AM
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‘Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary’: People of the (Big, Red) Bookhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85eaf13886499e85446e533cc7b030&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wsj.com%2farts-culture%2fbooks%2fmerriam-websters-collegiate-dictionary-people-of-the-big-red-book-9556f7ff&c=3783375803252954581&mkt=en-usWhen I turned 13, I entered a part of the life cycle cherished by all Jewish kids and dreaded by their parents. This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, ...Dec 19, 2025 8:47 AM
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‘Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary’: People of the (Big, Red) Bookhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d30c930d4b8fb7431366aea61df7&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wsj.com%2farts-culture%2fbooks%2fmerriam-websters-collegiate-dictionary-people-of-the-big-red-book-9556f7ff&c=3783375803252954581&mkt=en-usWhen I turned 13, I entered a part of the life cycle cherished by all Jewish kids and dreaded by their parents. This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, ...Dec 19, 2025 8:47 AM
