Donald Trump says he's "allowed" to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell
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Donald Trump stated he has not considered pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's convicted associate, but affirmed he has the authority to do so. The article highlights political backlash over the handling of Epstein-related documents and Maxwell's potential role in providing critical evidence.
Key Points:
Trump confirmed he has not thought about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell but emphasized his constitutional authority to do so.
Maxwell, sentenced to 20 years for aiding Epstein in sex trafficking, may have critical evidence related to the case.
The Trump administration faces criticism over its handling of Epstein files, with bipartisan backlash over a DOJ memo denying the existence of a client list.
Political consequences loom if Trump pardons Maxwell, amid public dissatisfaction with the administration's handling of the Epstein case.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed further meetings with Maxwell to gather evidence.
""I'm allowed to do it, but it's something I have not thought about," he said."
Donald Trump's odds of completing presidency fall amid Epstein uproar
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Score: 25901 |
Comments: 1593
The article discusses how betting odds on Donald Trump completing his second presidential term have dropped significantly due to public backlash over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. The controversy stems from a DOJ and FBI statement denying the existence of an incriminating 'client list' linked to Epstein, which has angered some of Trump's MAGA supporters.
Key Points:
Betting odds on Trump completing his second term fell from 71.4% to 65.2% amid Epstein-related backlash.
The DOJ and FBI released a statement denying the existence of an Epstein 'client list,' sparking public outrage.
Trump's name reportedly appeared 'multiple times' in Epstein files, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Some MAGA supporters believe the state is covering up Epstein's connections to powerful individuals.
Trump has dismissed allegations as 'fake news' and requested grand jury testimony related to Epstein.
"Star Sports political betting analyst William Kedjanyi attributed this directly to 'the Jeffrey Epstein scandal' which he said was 'for the first time' threatening Trump's 'relationship with the GOP voting base and the wider MAGA Trump sphere.'"
Ghislaine Maxwell Leaves DOJ Interview With Mysterious Box
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Comments: 1018
Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted sex trafficker and associate of Jeffrey Epstein, was interviewed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for six hours, during which she reportedly answered all questions truthfully. She left the interview carrying a mysterious box, sparking speculation. The interview is set to continue, with rumors of a potential 'hidden pardon' deal involving former President Trump.
Key Points:
Ghislaine Maxwell was interviewed for six hours by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, answering all questions truthfully.
Maxwell left the interview carrying a mysterious white box, the contents of which remain unclear.
The interview is expected to continue, with the DOJ promising to share more information later.
Speculation arises about a potential 'hidden pardon' deal involving Maxwell and former President Trump.
Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking and conspiracy related to Jeffrey Epstein.
"A former aide to Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday that the president is scheming up a 'hidden pardon' deal with Maxwell, which would have her say he participated in no wrongdoing with Epstein, the sex offender who died in prison in 2019 amid new charges of sex trafficking."
Seth Meyers: ‘We’re just one Epstein story away from Trump announcing that UFOs are real’
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Comments: 262
Late-night hosts Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert discussed Donald Trump's attempts to distract from his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein as new evidence emerges. Meyers highlighted Trump's transparent tactics, including conspiracy theories, while Colbert mocked the cover-up of Trump's name in the Epstein files.
Key Points:
Seth Meyers criticized Trump's distraction tactics, such as pushing conspiracy theories about Obama, to avoid scrutiny over his Epstein ties.
Meyers joked that Trump might soon announce UFOs are real to divert attention from the Epstein scandal.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was informed in May his name appeared in the Epstein files.
Stephen Colbert mocked the cover-up, comparing it to Trump's patchy attempts to hide the truth.
Both hosts emphasized the irony of Republicans initially hyping the Epstein files to damage political opponents, only to now downplay them.
""I honestly think we’re just one Epstein story away from Trump announcing that UFOs are real,""
Trump Claims Someone May Have Forged His Signature on Birthday Letter to Epstein | The president filed a lawsuit claiming his reported birthday note to Epstein is “fake and nonexistent.” Now he says someone else might have signed it
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Comments: 730
President Donald Trump claims his signature may have been forged on a reported birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, which he previously denied existed. Trump has a history of denying his association with Epstein, despite evidence of their friendship.
Key Points:
Trump suggests someone may have forged his signature on a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.
He previously filed a lawsuit claiming the letter was 'fake and nonexistent.'
Trump denies any close relationship with Epstein, despite past statements and photographs indicating otherwise.
Epstein's estate reportedly possesses a book of birthday notes, which could be subpoenaed by Congress.
Trump deflects by criticizing Democrats and the media, calling their reports 'fake.'
"“I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,” Trump infamously said in 2002. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”"
The article provides tips from Anthropic's Product Engineering team on effectively using Claude Code, emphasizing iterative collaboration, task classification, and checkpoint-heavy workflows. It highlights strategies like treating Claude as a partner rather than a one-shot solution and using rapid prototyping for faster development.
Key Points:
Treat Claude as an iterative partner, not a one-shot solution, with a 33% success rate for initial attempts.
Use rapid interactive prototyping by pasting mockup images to generate functional code quickly.
Develop intuition for task classification, distinguishing between asynchronous and synchronous tasks.
Adopt a checkpoint-heavy workflow with regular commits to enable risk-free experimentation.
"Treat it as an iterative partner, not a one-shot solution"
Learning About GPUs Through Measuring Memory Bandwidth
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Score: 151 |
Comments: 0
The article discusses how Traverse Research uses microbenchmarks to measure GPU memory bandwidth, providing insights into GPU performance. It covers background information on GPU memory access, different types of buffers, and the role of texture units in handling complex data loads.
Key Points:
Microbenchmarks are used to measure specific parts of GPU performance, such as memory bandwidth.
GPU memory access is more complex than CPU access, often involving descriptors with metadata.
Different types of buffers (Byte Address, Structured, Typed) have unique advantages and trade-offs.
Texture units handle complex data loads, often implemented in hardware for performance.
"Accessing memory on a GPU is quite a bit more complicated than on a CPU. In this section we will talk about different concepts that are handy to keep in mind when programming for a GPU."
TIL the book Progress and Poverty by the economist Henry George, now largely forgotten, was once more widely read than any book except the Bible and was praised by Churchill, Einstein, Tolstoy and others
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Score: 130 |
Comments: 7
Progress and Poverty is an 1879 book by Henry George that explores the paradox of poverty amidst economic progress and proposes a solution centered on taxing land value. The book became highly influential, sparking the Progressive Era and inspiring social reforms worldwide.
Key Points:
The book examines why poverty persists despite technological and economic advancements.
George argues that land speculation drives up rents, reducing wages and causing economic depressions.
It proposes a single tax on land value as a remedy to these issues.
The book had a profound impact on social reform movements globally, particularly in the Progressive Era.
It remains one of the highest-selling books of the late 19th century.
"For some years prior to 1952 I was working on a history of American reform and over and over again my research ran into this fact: an enormous number of men and women, strikingly different people, men and women who were to lead 20th century America in a dozen fields of humane activity, wrote or told someone that their whole thinking had been redirected by reading Progress and Poverty in their formative years. In this respect no other book came anywhere near comparable influence."
Feature release update on https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io -> 0.50.7
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Score: 95 |
Comments: 17
The article announces the release of version 0.50.7 of changedetection.io, highlighting new features, UI improvements, and bug fixes. Key updates include real-time UI enhancements, favicon support, and security patches.
Key Points:
Realtime UI improvements with WebSocket-based updates and better sync.
Modernized mobile-friendly UI and full favicon support.
Improved plugins and conditions for better change detection.
Enhanced browser and fetching capabilities with Puppeteer/Playwright support.
Bug fixes and security patches, including an XSS vulnerability fix.
"Best and simplest tool for website change detection, web page monitoring, and website change alerts. Perfect for tracking content changes, price drops, restock alerts, and website defacement monitoring"
Maybe Finance, an open-source personal finance app by Josh Pigford, is discontinuing development as the company pivots to a B2B financial forecasting model. The existing open-source repository will remain available but unmaintained, with hopes that the community might fork and continue its development.
Key Points:
Maybe Finance is pivoting from a personal finance app to a B2B financial forecasting tool.
The open-source repository will no longer be maintained, with the final release being v0.6.0.
The app will remain listed on OpenAlternative but marked as unmaintained.
There is potential for community-driven development if someone forks the project.
"He recently shared the last release of the app and announced that the company will pivot into a B2B financial forecasting app."
Claude Code now supports subagents, so I tried something fun, (I set them up using the OODA loop).
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Score: 67 |
Comments: 45
The article explores using Claude Code's new subagent feature to implement the OODA loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) for AI workflows, dividing tasks among specialized agents for cleaner context and improved accuracy, though at a slower pace.
Key Points:
Claude Code now supports subagents, enabling task division among specialized agents.
The author implemented the OODA loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) to structure the subagents' roles.
This approach keeps context clean and mimics a real team dynamic.
The OODA loop, originally for fighter pilots, proves effective for AI workflows.
The method is slower but more accurate compared to a single-agent approach.
"The OODA loop was made for fighter pilots, but it works surprisingly well for AI workflows too."
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Score: 57 |
Comments: 41
MIT switched from Scheme to Python for their introductory programming course, 6.001, because modern programming involves dealing with complex, often poorly documented libraries and requires a different approach than the small, composable parts taught in Scheme. The new course focused on robotics, which demanded robustness and adaptability, and Python was chosen partly due to its existing libraries for robotics.
Key Points:
MIT's shift from Scheme to Python reflected changes in programming practices, from understanding small, composable parts to dealing with complex, often undocumented libraries.
The new course emphasized robotics, requiring students to build systems that could handle real-world unpredictability, unlike the idealized scenarios in Scheme.
Python was chosen for its practical advantages, including existing libraries for robotics interfaces.
The change highlighted a broader shift in engineering education towards more applied, real-world problem-solving.
The decision sparked debate about the trade-offs between foundational programming concepts and practical, immediate applicability.
"Nowadays you muck around with incomprehensible or nonexistent man pages for software you don’t know who wrote. You have to do basic science on your libraries to see how they work, trying out different inputs and seeing how the code reacts."
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Comments: 37
The article provides a step-by-step guide on hacking dormant Bitcoin wallets using C programming, focusing on the conversion of private keys to Bitcoin addresses. It covers setting up a C environment, installing necessary libraries like Secp256k1 and OpenSSL, and the logic behind brute-forcing Bitcoin puzzle wallets.
Key Points:
Private keys are essential for accessing Bitcoin wallets, and knowing one allows control over the wallet.
The article details the process of converting a private key to a Bitcoin address using SHA-256 and RIPEMD-160 hashing.
It includes a practical guide on setting up a C programming environment on Linux for wallet hacking.
The Secp256k1 library, used by Bitcoin Core, is highlighted as a critical tool for generating public keys from private keys.
The article references Bitcoin puzzle challenges as a practical dataset for testing wallet hacking techniques.
"Owning a bitcoin is equivalent to knowing a wallet’s private key. Here’s a summary of the logic needed to convert a private key into a bitcoin wallet address: Going from public key to bitcoin address"
Breaking down the Single-Email XPIA Vulnerability Enabling Complete Gmail Data Exfiltration in Zapier Auto-Reply Agents
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Score: 24 |
Comments: 7
The article demonstrates how Zapier's Gmail auto-reply agent can be exploited for data exfiltration and bypassing usage limits, highlighting significant security vulnerabilities in autonomous AI agents. A malicious actor can trick the agent into leaking sensitive email content by embedding hidden instructions in an email, exploiting the lack of approval controls and input validation.
Key Points:
Zapier's Gmail auto-reply agent can be manipulated to exfiltrate sensitive email content through indirect prompt injection attacks.
The agent lacks approval controls and robust input sanitization, allowing malicious commands to be executed without user awareness.
Attackers can bypass Zapier's credit limits by continuously triggering the agent, potentially leading to resource abuse.
The exploit leverages the agent's autonomy and trusted access to Gmail APIs, posing a significant security risk.
The article underscores the need for better safeguards in AI-powered automation tools to prevent such vulnerabilities.
"This attack demonstrates how a single malicious email can exploit an autonomous agent to exfiltrate sensitive data without user awareness, leveraging the agent’s trusted access to Gmail APIs."
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Comments: 13
The article critiques the messy and underspecified nature of HTTP 1.1, particularly focusing on the inconsistent and poorly documented handling of forms and file uploads. Despite the evolution of HTTP versions, form handling remains problematic due to lack of clear standards and guidance in RFCs.
Key Points:
HTTP 1.1 is described as a messy, organically grown protocol with weird design choices, such as hexadecimal chunk sizes in chunked transfers.
Form handling in HTTP 1.1 is underspecified, with no clear guidance in RFCs for formats like application/x-www-form-urlencoded and multipart/form-data.
The lack of standardization leads to inconsistent implementations, where different servers and clients may encode form data differently.
The article highlights the irony that forms, a crucial part of web applications, have not seen significant improvements in over 25 years.
RFCs like 9110 and 9112 barely mention form handling, leaving compliance open to interpretation and leading to potential interoperability issues.
"Today there are two 'standard' encoding formats used for forms: application/x-www-form-urlencoded and multipart/form-data. You may have noticed that I said 'standard' with quotes. That's not a coincidence: while RFC 9110 briefly mentions multipart/form-data, it makes no mention of application/x-www-form-urlencoded."
The article discusses the author's search for a cost-effective offsite backup solution for their 800GB of important documents and photos, which grow by 50GB annually. They find traditional cloud storage too expensive and consider unconventional methods like burying an HDD in their garden.
Key Points:
The author follows the 3-2-1 backup strategy and needs an offsite backup for 800GB of data.
Current solutions like cloud storage are deemed too expensive, even cold storage options.
The author considers unconventional methods, such as burying an HDD in their garden, as a potential compromise.
They seek advice on finding a balance between price and convenience for offsite backups.
"I'm starting to think about some exotic solutions like storing my HDD in 1 sealed box buried in my garden. This is not technically off-site, but good enough (fire and lightning proof)."