FLOSS Weekly Episode 880: The Two Wolves

This week Jonathan chats with Benjamin Samuels of Trail of Bits! The conversation focuses on Patch the Planet, a new initiative to help Open Source projects deal with the fallout from AI coding and vulnerability research. What’s the unexpected dichotomy driving the...

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SonicWall’s SMA1000 boxes under active attack again

SonicWall says attackers are actively exploiting two chained zero-days to take over Secure Mobile Access (SMA) Series 1000 boxes. Aimed at midsize and large enterprises, SMA1000 gateways secure remote access and VPN connections. Compromising one can therefore provide...

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I Don’t Have a Smartphone

Article URL: https://ploum.net/2026-09-02-i_dont_have_a_smartphone.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539872 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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ChatGPT ad targeting is garbage

Article URL: https://successfulsoftware.net/2026/09/02/chatgpt-ad-targeting-is-garbage/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539233 Points: 5 # Comments: 2

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How Railroad Crossings Work

Article URL: https://practical.engineering/blog/2023/12/29/how-railroad-crossings-work Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539064 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

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How friction can spark creativity at work

Friction with others can mean conflict. It can also be a dynamic that helps spark ideas, in which new thoughts and approaches bloom, solutions are found, and loopholes are closed.  But most of us try to avoid friction—especially in the workplace.  We tend to gravitate...

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