Dave Farber has passed away
https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog@lists.nanog.org/thread/TSNPJVFH4DKLINIKSMRIIVNHDG5XKJCM/
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Bitcoin tumbles below $70K, heavy losses in cryptocurrencies in last three weeks
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-05/bitcoin-drops-below-70-000-as-forced-deleveraging-accelerates
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-05/bitcoin-drops-below-70-000-as-forced-deleveraging-accelerates
Bloomberg.com
Bitcoin Drops Below $70,000, Wiping Out Gain Since Trump’s Win
Bitcoin tumbled below $61,000, as the unwinding of leveraged bets and broader market turbulence deepened a selloff that has wiped out all of the gains since President Donald Trump’s election set off a speculative rush into cryptocurrencies.
Running Your Own As: BGP on FreeBSD with FRR, GRE Tunnels, and Policy Routing
https://blog.hofstede.it/running-your-own-as-bgp-on-freebsd-with-frr-gre-tunnels-and-policy-routing/
https://blog.hofstede.it/running-your-own-as-bgp-on-freebsd-with-frr-gre-tunnels-and-policy-routing/
blog.hofstede.it
Running Your Own AS: BGP on FreeBSD with FRR, GRE Tunnels, and Policy Routing | Larvitz Blog
How I obtained my own AS number and IPv6 prefix, set up a FreeBSD BGP router with FRR, and built a tunnel overlay to bring globally routable addresses to servers that already have provider-assigned IPv6 - using dual-FIB policy routing to make both coexist.
Noam Chomsky's wife responds to Epstein controversy
https://www.aaronmate.net/p/noam-chomskys-wife-responds-to-epstein
https://www.aaronmate.net/p/noam-chomskys-wife-responds-to-epstein
www.aaronmate.net
Noam Chomsky's wife responds to Epstein controversy
"Noam’s overly trusting nature, in this specific case, led to severe poor judgment on both our parts... we express our unrestricted solidarity with the victims."
Omega-3 is inversely related to risk of early-onset dementia
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41506004/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41506004/
PubMed
Blood omega-3 is inversely related to risk of early-onset dementia - PubMed
This study expands the evidence of a beneficial association of omega-3 and LOD to EOD as well. These findings suggest that an increased intake of omega-3 fatty acids earlier in life may slow the development of EOD. Additional research is needed to confirm…
Billing can be bypassed using a combo of subagents with an agent definition
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/292452
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/292452
GitHub
Billing can be bypassed using a combination of subagents with an agent definition, resulting in unlimited free premium requests.…
Summary It's possible in Copilot to bypass any billing / 'premium request' usage by taking advantage of: Subagents and tool calls not consuming any 'requests'. Request cost bein...
The First Sodium-Ion Battery EV Is a Winter Range Monster
https://insideevs.com/news/786509/catl-changan-worlds-first-sodium-ion-battery-ev/
https://insideevs.com/news/786509/catl-changan-worlds-first-sodium-ion-battery-ev/
InsideEVs
The World’s First Sodium-Ion Battery EV Is A Winter Range Monster
It’s the beginning of a “dual chemistry era” as sodium-ion batteries have overcome all hurdles to enter mass production.
Man, 83, Tricked by Scammers, Gets 21 Years to Life for Killing Uber Driver
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/ohio-man-kills-uber-driver-sentenced.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/ohio-man-kills-uber-driver-sentenced.html
NY Times
Man, 83, Tricked by Scammers, Gets 21 Years to Life for Killing Uber Driver
Scammers on the phone had threatened to kill Wiliam J. Brock if he didn’t hand over $12,000 just as Lo-Letha Toland-Hall, an Uber driver, came to his house to pick up a package.
Roundcube Webmail: SVG feImage bypasses image blocking to track email opens
https://nullcathedral.com/posts/2026-02-08-roundcube-svg-feimage-remote-image-bypass/
https://nullcathedral.com/posts/2026-02-08-roundcube-svg-feimage-remote-image-bypass/
NULL CATHEDRAL
Roundcube Webmail <1.5.13 / <1.6.13 allows attackers to force remote image loads via SVG feImage
Roundcube's HTML sanitizer doesn't treat SVG feImage href as an image source. Attackers can bypass remote image blocking to track email opens.
Amazon delivery drone strikes North Texas apartment, causing minor damage
https://www.expressnews.com/news/texas/article/amazon-delivery-drone-crash-richardson-texas-21341387.php
https://www.expressnews.com/news/texas/article/amazon-delivery-drone-crash-richardson-texas-21341387.php
San Antonio Express-News
Amazon delivery drone strikes North Texas apartment, causing minor damage
Amazon launched drone delivery service in North Texas in early December, shortly after Prime Air delivery was unveiled in San Antonio.
The 'Little red dots' observed by Webb were direct-collapse black holes
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-red-dots-webb-collapse-black.html
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-red-dots-webb-collapse-black.html
phys.org
The 'Little red dots' observed by Webb were direct-collapse black holes
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was designed to look back in time and study galaxies that existed shortly after the Big Bang. In so doing, scientists hoped to gain a better understanding of how ...
A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck
https://gtaforums.com/topic/986492-grand-theft-auto-ready2play-full-game-windows-version/
https://gtaforums.com/topic/986492-grand-theft-auto-ready2play-full-game-windows-version/
GTAForums
Grand Theft Auto: Ready2Play (Full Game, Windows version)
Ready2Play Complete package to play easy and without installation on modern Windows systems. Just extract to desired location and start the launcher to play, Enjoy! Features - Improved compatibility and performance - GTA + London + 1961 (Windows version)…
Reverse Engineering the Prom for the SGI O2
https://mattst88.com/blog/2026/02/08/Reverse_Engineering_the_PROM_for_the_SGI_O2/
https://mattst88.com/blog/2026/02/08/Reverse_Engineering_the_PROM_for_the_SGI_O2/
Toma (YC W24) Is Hiring Founding Engineers
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/toma/jobs/oONUnCf-founding-engineer-ai-products
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/toma/jobs/oONUnCf-founding-engineer-ai-products
Y Combinator
Founding Engineer (AI Products) at Toma | Y Combinator
We're building the AI platform for underserved industries.
LLM usage has seen a meteoric rise in the past year, but there is still a significant gap between agentic innovation and its use in the real world. This is especially true for underserved industries…
LLM usage has seen a meteoric rise in the past year, but there is still a significant gap between agentic innovation and its use in the real world. This is especially true for underserved industries…
AI Makes the Easy Part Easier and the Hard Part Harder
https://www.blundergoat.com/articles/ai-makes-the-easy-part-easier-and-the-hard-part-harder
https://www.blundergoat.com/articles/ai-makes-the-easy-part-easier-and-the-hard-part-harder
Blundergoat
AI Makes the Easy Part Easier and the Hard Part Harder for Developers
AI handles writing code but leaves the hard work: investigation, context, validation. Why vibe coding has limits and AI assistance can backfire.