Open Source Weekly: Linting, Qubits, and Network Tools

Open Source Weekly: Linting, Qubits, and Network Tools

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Community and Coding Tools

    • Join a social coworking session focused on code linting in R, perfect for improving code quality.
    • Asgard v0.4.0 now supports scheduling periodic tasks, making automation simpler.
    • Bean Network Tester v0.7 offers a Windows network conditions simulator and additional network tools.

    Hardware and Science

    • New research explores how material properties determine qubit performance, advancing quantum computing.
    • STITCH: A spatio-temporal integration tool enriches survey data with contextual and historical information.

    Security and Privacy

    • A privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-100310) affects GNU libextractor versions below 1.16 via the LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX variable.
    • Questions arise about why ExifCleaner shows network traffic despite claiming to work offline.

    Productivity and Career

    • A browser translator that helps you learn words: Chrome’s built-in Translator API, your own AI key, and spaced repetition.
    • A bot designed to increase your chances of getting job interviews when you’re not being called.

    Other Highlights

    • Ammon News reports on hacking silence: when neural impulses become open data.
    • The Navy’s shipyard revamp could cost more than $200 billion according to the GAO.
    • West Chester Florist launches a fall collection with same-day delivery options.
    • Skin Properties MediaPortal 1: a new release for skin properties management.

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