I summoned COBOL on a laptop with no GPU and the Wi-Fi off. It complained nobody ever thanked it, rewrote my JavaScript, then carved its own tombstone. 🕯️ Gemma 4 + Ollama, 100% local.

The palettegen GIF Trick Made My Files Bigger, Not Smaller — I Benchmarked What Actually Shrinks GIFs

Every "how to make a GIF with FFmpeg" answer on the internet contains the same two-pass incantation: run your video through palettegen , then pipe it back in with paletteuse .

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E# — EASY & FAST

🚀 Introducing E# (English-Sharp) — EASY & FAST. What if writing code felt closer to writing English? E# is a programming language created by Omar Alaa in Egypt, designed around readable syntax and a…

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TeamViewer Flaw Could Let Malicious Hosts Take Over Support Technicians’ Machines

An integer overflow tracked as CVE-2026-111585 could be used to execute arbitrary code on the viewer’s system. The post TeamViewer Flaw Could Let Malicious Hosts Take Over Support Technicians’…

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Modeling a Seawall From a Map Selection: Geometry, Elevation, and the Water You Can't See

I wanted a 3D model of the Galveston seawall for a small experiment: not a survey-grade deliverable, just something I could rotate and measure while reading about the structure.

• Created 3D model of Galveston seawall
• Modeled actual profile, attributes, and water levels separately
• Added water scenario to visualize wall height and ground elevation

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