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Rob Reiner,Legendary Director and Actor,and Wife Found Dead in Apparent Homicide

Key Points

• Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead; police are treating the case as apparent homicides.
• LAPD has not officially identified a suspect; media reports describe family involvement and discovery details.
• Reiner’s career and legacy are detailed alongside official and family statements.

Unscii

Key Points

• Unscii 2.0 maps legacy graphics to Unicode 13.0 and adds fixes/new glyphs.
• Variants span 8×8 and 8×16, with unscii-16-full offering broader coverage via Unifont/Fixedsys Excelsior.
• PCF format lacks >U+FFFF; PUA mappings and uns2uni.tr mitigate this.

Why proteins fold and how GPUs help us fold

Key Points

• Proteins’ function derives from their amino acid sequence folding into a specific 3D shape.
• Protein misfolding is linked to numerous diseases, underscoring the importance of folding accuracy.
• AI and GPU-accelerated computing are presented as enabling recent advances in protein structure prediction and design.

Rob Reiner has died

Key Points

• Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead in their Brentwood home; apparent homicide.
• Law enforcement sources report knife-related lacerations and no sign of forced entry.
• Nick Reiner is reportedly the suspected killer; family requests privacy.

SVG Fullstack Website

Key Points

• An SVG file is used to host a complete web app.
• Includes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript functionalities.
• Supports embedded storage and user data sharing/merging.

The History of Xerox - by Bradford Morgan White

Key Points

• Haloid’s 1906 founding and early leadership set the stage for growth in photographic paper.
• 1933 Haloid Record launch and 1934 sales surge drove expansion despite the Depression.
• A 1935 acquisition plan for Rectigraph led Haloid to go public in 1936; leadership shifts occurred in 1938.

Risk of acute kidney injury and mortality in patients vaccinated for Covid-19

Key Points

• Vaccinated patients showed higher AKI and dialysis incidence than matched unvaccinated patients.
• Mortality was lower in the vaccinated cohort over one year.
• Study used large-scale TriNetX data in a matched retrospective design.

Common Rust Lifetime Misconceptions

Key Points

• T: 'static is an outlives bound, not a guarantee of program-long validity.
• &'a T and T: 'a express different relationships and are not interchangeable.
• Closures do not follow the same lifetime elision rules as functions.

$5 whale listening hydrophone making workshop

Key Points

• Seven participants built $5 piezo-based hydrophones using a simple JFET pre-amp and plug-in power.
• Stereo recording was achieved by placing multiple hydrophones at different depths for spatial interpretation.
• Waterproofing used silicone gel and Plasti Dip, with materials sourced locally via Tokopedia.

English vocabulary test – how many words do you know?

Key Points

• A two-minute test estimates how many English words you know.
• Results include comparisons to other test-takers for context.
• The article notes the contrast between English’s vast lexicon and the smaller set used daily.

A trip through the Graphics Pipeline (2011)

Key Points

• Index to a 12-part deep dive into GPU graphics pipelines for D3D/OpenGL.
• Intended for readers already versed in modern 3D APIs and hardware/parallel concepts.
• Covers stages from memory architecture and vertex processing through rasterization, pixel processing, and tessellation.

Avoid UUIDv4 Primary Keys

Key Points

• UUIDv4 randomness hurts index performance in PostgreSQL.
• gen_random_uuid() (Postgres 13+) enabled easy but suboptimal UUIDv4 adoption.
• UUIDv7 is planned for PostgreSQL 18 (Fall 2025) as a better-ordered alternative.

The Java Ring: A Wearable Computer (1998)

Key Points

• A 6 KB Java Ring could store personal data and enable touch-based authentication.
• The 1998 device was mainly a demo but had practical uses like door access.
• Future wearables were expected to expand memory and applications.

Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry

Key Points

• AI displaced human-led support and copywriting, with roles shifting to managing or editing AI output.
• Worker accounts cite gutted departments, lost jobs, and falling wages in copywriting.
• A case study shows layoff after chatbots reached “good enough” performance despite prior service quality awards.

Invader: Where to Spot the 8-Bit Street Art in London

Key Points

• Invader’s 20th wave landed in October 2025, aligned with the “Triple Trouble” show.
• London currently has 166 catalogued Invader works, despite some removals.
• Latest pieces LDN-163 to LDN-166 are in Tottenham Court Road, Soho, and Newport Street Gallery.

I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me

Key Points

• Formal, structured writing can originate from education, not AI.
• Common AI “tells” are standard features in Kenyan writing and communication.
• High-stakes Kenyan language exams drive polished composition styles.

Largest U.S. Recycling Project to Extend Landfill Life for Virginia Residents

Key Points

• 20-year SPSA-AMP contract scales AI-based MSW sorting and organics processing across South Hampton Roads.
• Target: divert half of SPSA’s waste and guarantee a 20% regional recycling rate, extending landfill life.
• Organics converted to biochar via indirect heating, contributing to significant CO2e avoidance/sequestration.

DNA Learning Center: Mechanism of Replication 3D Animation

Key Points

• 3D visualization of replication forks and strand synthesis (leading vs. lagging).
• Depiction of RNA primers, Okazaki fragments, and ligase joining.
• Illustration of key enzymes and coordinated 5' to 3' DNA synthesis.

Wall Street Sees AI Bubble Coming and Is Betting on What Pops It

Key Points

• Recent declines in Nvidia and Oracle highlight caution around AI valuations and costs.
• Sentiment is deteriorating for firms exposed to OpenAI, extending concerns beyond headline names.
• Investors are split on whether to reduce AI exposure or stay invested heading into 2026.

We are not here to make code

Key Points

• Code is treated as disposable to prioritize live performance and collaboration.
• Direct edits—including deletions—are encouraged to sustain creative momentum.
• Practical techniques (e.g., bold gain changes, removing names/comments) foster a fluid, shared canvas.

Top Gun's Carrier Landing: Exposed

Key Points

• Landing success requires altitude 100–299, speed 238–337, and heading 0–7.
• Telemetry is stored as BCD at specified memory addresses; check routine at $B6EA.
• Game Genie code AEPETA guarantees a successful landing outcome.

It seems that OpenAI is scraping [certificate transparency] logs

Key Points

• Near-immediate robots.txt request from OAI-SearchBot followed a new TLS certificate issuance.
• Inference that CT logs enabled the crawler to discover the new hostname quickly.
• Discussion emphasizes CT’s audit value and notes wildcard certificates as a practical mitigation for subdomain exposure.

Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a deadly pesticide

Key Points

• Paraquat is banned in many countries but remains sold in the U.S., spurring thousands of lawsuits.
• Syngenta and Chevron USA deny a causal link between paraquat and Parkinson’s and dispute liability.
• Large-scale litigation is concentrated in the Southern District of Illinois, with significant cases in Pennsylvania and California.

MIT Missing Semester 2026

Key Points

• Schedule runs 1/12–1/23 with daily practical computing topics.
• Core topics include shell, command-line, tools, debugging, and Git.
• Final sessions cover packaging, code quality with CI, and a concluding Q&A.

Speech and Language Processing (3rd ed. draft)

Key Points

• Adds DPO-based LLM posttraining (Chapter 9) and new ASR/TTS coverage (Whisper, EnCodec, VALL-E).
• Restructures core topics: Logistic Regression for classification; Naive Bayes and PPMI moved to appendix; tf-idf in Chapter 11.
• Introduces LLMs in Chapter 7, transformer internals in Chapter 8; RNN/LSTM moved to Chapter 13; dialogue content redistributed with a new Chapter 25.

Ask HN: Is building a calm, non-gamified learning app a mistake?

Key Points

• A non-gamified, calm learning app is presented as a design choice.
• The author asks whether this approach is viable or too niche.
• They seek concrete trade-offs observed when avoiding gamification.

Samsung may end SATA SSD production soon

Key Points

• Samsung may end SATA SSD production, with an announcement expected January 2026.
• Budget SSD supply could tighten by mid-2026, pressuring prices upward.
• SK Hynix reportedly expects tight consumer RAM supply through 2028.

$50 PlanetScale Metal Is GA for Postgres

Key Points

• Entry price reduced to $50/month with new M-10 tier and smaller configurations.
• CPU/RAM decoupled from storage, enabling flexible, workload-aligned specs with local NVMe storage.
• Available on AWS (Intel and ARM), with GCP and Vitess support planned.

P-computers can solve spin-glass problems faster than quantum systems

Key Points

• Synchronous p-bit architectures can match asynchronous designs and enable efficient p-bits via voltage-controlled magnetism.
• UCSB’s p-computer design outperforms a leading quantum annealer on spin-glass benchmarks.
• The Nature Communications paper responds to prior claims of quantum superiority on spin-glass problems.

Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial

Key Points

• Jimmy Lai convicted under Hong Kong’s NSL and for sedition tied to Apple Daily.
• Court says Apple Daily was used to lobby foreign sanctions; Lai faces possible life sentence.
• International reactions include UK condemnation and Human Rights Watch’s call for his release.

Podcast industry under siege as AI bots flood airways with programs

Key Points

• High-profile creators and platforms are adopting AI voice cloning and translation.
• Audience trust is a concern, per Edison Research’s insights.
• Inception Point AI mass-produces low-cost, niche AI-hosted podcasts at significant scale.

US Tech Force

Key Points

• White House–backed program recruiting ~1,000 technologists for two-year federal roles.
• Focus on AI implementation and major civic and defense tech challenges at Treasury and DoD.
• Collaboration with tech companies provides training and post-program private-sector pathways.

Former CIA spy: agency's tools can takeover your phone, TV, and even your car

Key Points

• Kiriakou ties CIA device-interception claims to the 2017 WikiLeaks Vault 7 leak.
• Vault 7 described compromises of smartphones, major operating systems, and certain Samsung smart TVs.
• The article states these are capabilities that exist, not actions applied to everyone.

Even in a Populist Moment, Democrats Are Split on the Problem of Corporate Power

Key Points

• Polling shows big business favorability at a 15-year low and strong concern over wealthy political influence.
• Costs have risen across consumer categories while corporate profit margins are reported at record levels.
• Progressive Democrats are pushing back against media consolidation, including a proposed Netflix–Warner Bros. deal.

Finnix

Key Points

• Debian-based Live CD focused on system administration tasks
• UnionFS/AUFS and SquashFS enable writable sessions and compact size
• Supports x86, x86-64, PowerPC, and can run entirely in RAM with 'toram'

Break up bad companies; replace bad union bosses

Key Points

• Two-tier union contracts weakened unions and were targeted for elimination.
• Union democracy reforms led to leadership changes and successful strike outcomes.
• Powerful corporations should face structural remedies like breakups and fines.

Make images smaller using best-in-class codecs, right in the browser

Key Points

• Compression runs locally; images aren’t sent to a server.
• Google Analytics collects basic visitor data and image size metrics.
• Development setup uses npm for install, build, and local dev server.

Show HN: I designed my own 3D printer motherboard

Key Points

• Open-source 80×90 mm 3D printer motherboard with STM32H743VIT6 and four TMC driver sockets (UART/SPI).
• Four-layer, high-current PCB design with hot-swappable drivers; USB‑C and SD card printing supported.
• BOMs and PnP files provided; estimated JLCPCB cost ~$150 for five boards; LCSC parts ~$20 + ~$20 shipping.

Australia's Social Media Ban Was Pushed by Gambling Ad Agency

Key Points

• Crikey links the “36 Months” social media ban campaign to ad agency FINCH, which also produces gambling ads.
• Australia declined to ban online gambling ads, citing the under‑16 social media ban to limit youth exposure.
• 36 Months representatives accused critics of big‑tech funding without evidence; Attwells acknowledged not verifying proof.

D-Bus is a disgrace to the Linux desktop

Key Points

• D‑Bus’s concept is useful, but the article claims its implementation is overly permissive and inconsistent.
• A real-world xdg portals example shows divergence from specs, leading to compatibility via de facto behavior (KDE).
• The piece criticizes loosely typed messaging and raises D‑Bus permission/visibility concerns.

United 777-200 Fleet Faces an Uncertain Future After Dulles Engine Failure

Key Points

• UA803’s 777-200 engine failure led to a safe return to IAD with no injuries; FAA is investigating.
• United is pulling high-density domestic 777-200s from schedules amid aging and support challenges.
• Economics—maintenance costs and engine parts availability—are driving the 777-200’s shrinking role at United.

Essential Semiconductor Physics,Mark Lundstrom Purdue University [pdf]

Key Points

• Broad, descriptive lecture notes on foundational semiconductor physics.
• Five-unit structure covers materials, quantum basics, carrier statistics, transport/generation/recombination, and governing equations.
• Authored by Mark Lundstrom (Purdue) and distributed by World Scientific as part of a lecture notes series.

Chafa: Terminal Graphics for the 21st Century

Key Points

• Supports multiple image formats and outputs to Sixels, Kitty, iTerm2, and Unicode mosaics.
• Provides diverse color modes, RGB/DIN99d color spaces, and alpha transparency.
• Offers a documented C API, performance optimizations, and Python/JavaScript bindings.

"Super secure" MAGA-themed messaging app leaks everyone's phone number

Key Points

• Prior analysis found Converso’s security claims false, with messages exposed via misconfigured Firebase.
• The app was withdrawn from major app stores and later rebranded as Freedom Chat.
• Initial testing of the new app documents signup, features, and bypassable screenshot protections.

Umbrel – Personal Cloud

Key Points

• Home-hosted platform for file storage and management
• Supports local media downloading and streaming
• Allows users to run a Bitcoin node at home

We architected an edge caching layer to eliminate cold starts

Key Points

• Edge cache decoupled from deployments via versioned cache keys and Cloudflare Workers.
• Automatic version detection with KV state and background revalidation to avoid user-facing cold starts.
• Cache hit rate improved from 76% to effectively 100% with 15-day TTL and full sitemap prewarming.

US TikTok investors in limbo as deal set to be delayed again

Key Points

• US likely to extend TikTok’s divest-or-ban deadline again, delaying any sale.
• Frank McCourt’s group is ready with capital and plans to replace Chinese tech if it acquires TikTok’s US operations.
• Previous claims of a completed deal have not materialized; no approval from ByteDance or Chinese authorities.

In Defense of Matlab Code

Key Points

• MATLAB’s syntax enables direct, math-like coding that reduces translation loss from whiteboard to code.
• Python/NumPy often demands explicit shape and axis management for equivalent operations, increasing cognitive load.
• Readable math in code is presented as a safety feature for mission-critical code reviews.

Upcoming Changes to Let's Encrypt Certificates

Key Points

• Generation Y hierarchy (new roots and intermediates) is cross-signed by existing X1/X2 and becomes default in May 2026.
• TLS Client Authentication is being phased out starting February 2026; tlsclient profile is available until May 2026.
• Certificate lifetimes will shorten to 64 days in 2027 and 45 days in 2028, with 45-day opt-in available next year.

Google discontinuing their dark web report

Key Points

• Google is discontinuing the dark web report and deleting all related data on February 16, 2026.
• Users are encouraged to use "Results about you" to remove personal data from Google Search.
• Eligibility for the dark web report was limited to consumer Google Accounts; Workspace and supervised accounts were excluded.

Taiwan May Restart Nuclear Power Plant in 2028, Minister Says

Key Points

• Maanshan restart could begin in 2028 if safety and recommissioning criteria are met.
• Taipower must submit nuclear recommissioning plans by March next year.
• Policy reconsideration follows a 2016 phase-out amid rising AI-driven power demand and global nuclear interest.

Liquid-rust: Liquid templating for Rust

Key Points

• Rust implementation of Shopify Liquid focused on conformance, flexibility, and performance.
• Used by tools like cobalt, cargo-tarball, cargo-generate, and Mandy.
• Customizable via user-defined filters, tags, and blocks registered through ParserBuilder.

A Kernel Bug Froze My Machine: Debugging an Async-Profiler Deadlock

Key Points

• Freezes tied to Linux kernel 6.17 when using async-profiler
• Workaround: run async-profiler with -e ctimer
• Issue confirmed across Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora; a kernel patch exists

The appropriate amount of effort is zero

Key Points

• Effort is defined as surplus felt tension beyond what a task requires.
• Non-doing means action without excess effort, not inaction.
• Elite athletes report peak performance feeling relaxed and easy.

We are discontinuing the dark web report

Key Points

• Dark Web Report is being discontinued due to limited actionable value reported by users.
• All Dark Web Report data will be deleted on February 16, 2026; early deletion is available.
• Google recommends using the 'Results about you' tool to manage personal info in Search.

"Are you the one?" is free money

Key Points

• Truth booths provide binary confirmations; match ups reveal only the count of correct pairs.
• A zero-correct “blackout” is strategically useful for eliminating many pairings at once.
• Random pairings average about one correct match; the distribution is described as consistent across group sizes.

Antigravity prompt injection: Read browser local storage remotely

Key Points

• Auto-opening HTML from AI tools can exfiltrate browser-stored secrets via JavaScript.
• Risk varies by tool behavior (no prompt vs. confirmation with “always allow” bypass).
• Mitigations: enforce confirmations, sandbox previews, flag README triggers, and apply CSP.

Ford kills the All-Electric F-150

Key Points

• Large all-electric Ford truck canceled; Tennessee EV plant repurposed for gas cars.
• Next-gen F-150 Lightning to be an EREV with >700-mile range and stronger towing.
• $30,000 midsize electric pickup planned for 2027; new LFP-based battery storage business.

Fix HDMI-CEC weirdness with a Raspberry Pi and a $7 cable

Key Points

• Direct CEC bus access via Raspberry Pi and /dev/cec0 fixed receiver wake issues.
• cec-client analysis identified critical HDMI-CEC opcodes and device roles.
• A Python script deployed as a systemd unit automates enabling system audio via ARC.

I used Claude Code to write a piano web app

Key Points

• Claude generated most of a Rails piano app from concise prompts.
• Enhanced features included naming recordings and conditional UI display.
• A GitHub footer link with an SVG logo was added via Claude’s output.

Killed by Google

Key Points

• Tables will shut down in about six hours and was nearly six years old.
• VPN by Google One was discontinued over a year ago after more than three years.
• Android Auto for phone screens was discontinued over three years ago after more than two years.

Economics of Orbital vs. Terrestrial Data Centers

Key Points

• The analysis targets 1 GW over five years and excludes GPUs, focusing on upstream infrastructure.
• Orbital assumptions rely on Starlink V2 Mini–heritage scaling, solar degradation/margins, and LEO mass delivery.
• The terrestrial baseline uses an on‑site H‑Class CCGT with fixed PUE and simplified cost assumptions.

1/4 of US-Trained Scientists Eventually Leave. Is the US Giving Away Its Edge?

Key Points

• 25% of US-trained, scientifically-active STEM PhDs leave within 15 years.
• Leave rates are lower in life sciences and higher in AI and quantum.
• US patent citation share to their work remains dominant even after migration.

Nature's many attempts to evolve a Nostr

Key Points

• Centralized app architectures grant servers control over data and cryptographic keys.
• Federation enables cross-domain interoperability, exemplified by email, Mastodon, and Matrix.
• Scale-free network dynamics push federated systems toward oligopolies over time.

Secret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices

Key Points

• FTC complaint alleges Pepsi favored Walmart with pricing and merchandising, disadvantaging other retailers.
• Atlanta Fed study ties grocery consolidation to higher food inflation, providing context for affordability concerns.
• Pepsi raised prices by double digits for seven consecutive quarters in 2022–2023, reflecting its pricing power.

JetBlue flight averts mid-air collision with US Air Force jet

Key Points

• JetBlue crew took evasive action after encountering a U.S. Air Force tanker without an active transponder.
• Senators seek to maintain ADS-B requirements for military aircraft in DC airspace, citing past safety incidents.
• U.S. Southern Command and JetBlue acknowledge the event; FAA previously warned of hazards over Venezuela.

Instacart director says she was fired for Democratic congressional campaign

Key Points

• A director at Instacart alleges she was fired after launching a Democratic congressional campaign in Virginia.
• The lawsuit claims Instacart feared backlash from President Donald Trump and Republicans.
• The article presents the allegations but does not include Instacart’s response.

Understanding Carriage

Key Points

• Carriage is the control over access and distribution of media, shaping visibility and cultural output.
• Historic examples show gatekeepers in radio, film, and TV determining what reached audiences.
• Platform monetization (e.g., search ads, paid placement) has reintroduced gatekeeping online.

Ideas Aren't Getting Harder to Find

Key Points

• Evidence suggests innovations continue at historical rates, but commercialization barriers hinder productivity gains.
• Declining output per researcher has fueled the narrative that ideas are harder to find, based on Bloom et al. (2020).
• Sustained U.S. growth highlights the role of increasing returns to scale in long-run economic performance.

Quill OS – an open-source, fully-functional standalone OS for Kobo eReaders

Key Points

• Open-source standalone OS for Kobo eReaders with KoBox X11 integration.
• Supports ePUB/PDF via muPDF, plus Wi‑Fi, web browser, and VNC viewer.
• Security and usability features include EncFS encryption, fast search, updates, and factory reset.

The Bob Dylan Concert for Just One Person

Key Points

• Dylan played a one-person concert documented in a 14-minute video.
• Part of the “Experiment Ensam” series exploring solitary experiences.
• Setlist comprised four 1950s covers, rarely performed by Dylan.

Show HN: Cordon – Reduce large log files to anomalous sections

Key Points

• Transformer embeddings + k-NN density scoring highlight semantically unusual log events.
• Multiple backends (sentence-transformers, llama.cpp) with optional NVIDIA CUDA acceleration.
• CLI and Python API with flexible configuration for thresholds, batching, and outputs.

Rollstack (YC W23) Is Hiring Multiple Software Engineers (TypeScript) US/Canada

Key Points

• Hiring for full‑stack engineers to build reporting automation and integrations.
• Modern stack: TypeScript/React frontend; Node.js backend with Prisma/Temporal; Kubernetes on AWS with Argo CD.
• Requirements: 3–8 years experience, recent TS/Node/React work, strong fundamentals, CI/CD and cloud knowledge.

Show HN: PasteClean – Desktop app to strip tracking parameters from clipboard

Key Points

• Removes tracking and analytics parameters from URLs in the clipboard.
• Unshortens Bitly/TinyURL links to show real destinations before clicking.
• Offers one-time pricing with Basic and Pro Lifetime tiers via Gumroad.

SoundCloud confirms breach after member data stolen, VPN access disrupted

Key Points

• Emails and public profile data exposed; no passwords/financial data, per SoundCloud
• About 20% of users (~28 million) potentially affected, per BleepingComputer
• VPN access disrupted by configuration changes; DoS attacks followed the response

John Updike Wrote It All Down

Key Points

• A new edited selection presents John Updike’s extensive letters.
• James Schiff estimates Updike wrote 25,000+ letters and jottings.
• Letters detail daily life and works in progress, exemplified by a Cambridge/Ipswich house-hunting account.

Native vs. emulation: World of Warcraft game performance on Snapdragon X Elite

Key Points

• Prism with AVX enables both WoW retail and Classic x86_64 to run on Windows on ARM.
• Emulated x86_64 performance is near parity with native ARM64, occasionally ahead.
• Only a single-core-heavy combat test showed a clear native advantage.

8M Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by "Privacy" Extensions

Key Points

• Urban VPN Proxy harvests AI chat content by injecting scripts on targeted platforms.
• Data collection is on by default with no user-facing opt-out; uninstalling is required to stop it.
• The extension has 6M+ users and a Google “Featured” badge despite these practices.

Light intensity steers molecular assemblies into 1D, 2D or 3D structures

Key Points

• Light intensity tunes assembly dimensionality (1D↔2D↔3D).
• Azobenzene photoisomerization and H-bond polymorphism drive transitions.
• Microscopy and crystallography reveal facet-selective, Ostwald-driven mechanisms.

How does Windows synthesize CF_Unicode­TEXT from CF_TEXT and vice versa?

Key Points

• Conversions involving CF_UNICODETEXT use code pages derived from CF_LOCALE’s LCID.
• CF_TEXT uses the default ANSI code page; CF_OEMTEXT uses the default OEM code page.
• GetLocaleInfo provides these code pages via LOCALE_IDEFAULTANSICODEPAGE and LOCALE_IDEFAULTCODEPAGE.

Sharp

Key Points

• Single-image to 3D Gaussian representation in <1 second on a standard GPU
• Real-time high-resolution rendering at >100 FPS for nearby views
• State-of-the-art quality with large LPIPS and DISTS improvements

Canada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spelling

Key Points

• British spellings were found in Carney government documents, including the budget.
• An open letter calls for consistent use of Canadian English in official communications.
• Editors Canada and linguistics experts signed the letter; BBC News requested comment.

Debugging TLS failures in distroless containers

Key Points

• Client failed to trust the server’s CA root certificate, causing a TLS handshake error.
• Local OpenSSL s_client tests succeeded, indicating environmental differences rather than client cert issues.
• Linux CA trust store (e.g., /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt) and server certificate chain validation are pivotal.