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Sep 17, 2026 from Fatbobman's Blog

From pbxproj to xcproj: Xcode Project Configuration Gets a JSON Format

Apple has released the 27.2 beta. Although the iPhone Duo simulator is still missing, the new `project.xcproj` is quite eye-catching. It replaces the `project.pbxproj` build graph inside the `.xcod...

Sep 17, 2026 from Hackaday

Printing a Clock Fit for a Pope

When it comes to clockwork, there is a spectrum — some people love the ticking, and some people hate it, while most fall into the broad middle of indifference. Once …read more

Sep 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Cutting-Edge Floristry

Read Cutting-Edge Floristry Customer: "Do you have any long-stem roses left?" Me: "No, we're out of those, I'm afraid." Customer: "Do you have any you could cut longer?" Read Cutting-Edge Floristry

Sep 17, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Open Thread

What’s on your mind?

Sep 17, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Get more room in your luggage with new clothing compression machines at Haneda and Narita airports

Forget packing hacks, Pocket Tips is the fastest and easiest way to create more room in your suitcase. When you’re travelling to Japan, every inch of space in your suitcase is precious, because aft...

Sep 17, 2026 from It's FOSS

On Time! GNOME 51 Arrives With a Set of Improvements You Shouldn't Miss

Offline maps, a fingerprint manager, and a refined shell are some of the additions you can expect.

Sep 17, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net

Nextcloud Hub 26 Summer adds Teams workspaces and brings Euro-Office to desktop

Nextcloud Hub 26 Summer has been released, introducing interface changes with redesigned icons, improved app sorting, hover controls and reduced motion support. Nextcloud says more than 97% of pull...

Sep 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net

Mistral and Mozilla partner to power Firefox Smart Window with Mistral AI models

Mistral and Mozilla have announced a new partnership to bring Mistral’s AI models to Firefox Smart Window, Mozilla’s AI browsing assistant currently in beta. Smart Window can help users interpret c...

Sep 16, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Use of Flock Cameras Is Not a Fourth Amendment "Search," District Court Rules

The first post-Chatrie ruling on the question.

Sep 16, 2026 from The Jamestown Foundation

Central Asia Walls Off as Russian Fuel Dries Up

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Sep 16, 2026 from Hackaday

Ride the Rails on a OneWheel

The US has tons of abandoned rail, especially in urban environments, so it seems a shame to let it go to waste. [OneWheel] decided to modify one of their boards …read more

Sep 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Literally, Money Or Your Life?

Read Literally, Money Or Your Life? I work in a bank downtown. There is an active shooter situation outside, so the police have surrounded the building and won't let anyone in or out. We're being t...

Sep 16, 2026 from Above the Law

DOJ Promises Lindsey Halligan Wasn’t A Fake U.S. Attorney — See Also

You Miss 100 Percent Of The Shots You Don't Take: Trump administration argues that insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan really was a legally appointed U.S. Attorney despite all the facts and law. Fixi...

Sep 16, 2026 from GadgeteerZA

OpenCode is an open source alternative to Claude Code

OpenCode is an open source agent that helps you write and run code with any AI model, including free (for now although the free tier uses a limited subset of backend models including Big Pickle) us...

Sep 16, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 16 September 2026

Tonight We Dine Edition Top Story OpenAI is paying human reviewers $50 per hour in an attempt to teach ChatGPT not to be a dick. (Tom's Hardware) What, you ingested all of Reddit and you couldn't j...

Sep 16, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Eidechsen

Ich habe im botanischen Garten in Bochum heute zwei Eidechsen gesehen.

Sep 16, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Does Tokyo need self-driving taxis? Waymo thinks so, plans to launch fleet soon

It’s hard to see why Tokyoites would prefer self-driving cabs to regular ones, but that might not be what Waymo is betting on. Japan has, by and large, passed on ride-sharing services. Though they’...

Sep 16, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Nika Riots, Part 1

Constantinople during the reign  of Emperor  Justinian I (482 - 565) saw a tumultuous week in 532. The catalyst was a little earlier, when in 531 the city prefect, Eudaimon, arrested some citizens ...

Sep 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A 3,200-Year-Old War Horse’s Tomb Turns Up Inside a Ramesses II Border Fort

Under Ramesses II, who ruled Egypt between 1279 and 1213 BC and is remembered as one of its most powerful pharaohs, the kingdom kept a chain of garrisons along its western frontier, watching for ra...

Sep 16, 2026 from It's FOSS

Local AI Weekly #2: Agents Everywhere

Debuggers, memory, and a browser for your agents. And a tool that finally tells you what your hardware can run.