Open Source Digest: R Linting, Privacy Tools, and More

Community and Collaboration

• Social Coworking and Office Hours: Code Linting in R – Join the R community for a collaborative session on code linting best practices and tools.

Neuroscience and Open Data

• Hacking silence: When neural impulses become open data – Exploring the intersection of neuroscience and open data, and the potential for new discoveries.

Security and Privacy

• Why does ExifCleaner show network traffic if it claims to work offline? – Unpacking the apparent contradiction and what it means for user privacy.
• CVE-2026-100310: GNU libextractor < 1.16 Privilege Escalation via LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX – A critical vulnerability in GNU libextractor allows privilege escalation; users are urged to update to version 1.16 or later.

Software Releases and Updates

• asgard v0.4.0 now supports scheduling periodic tasks – The latest release of asgard adds support for scheduling periodic tasks, enhancing automation capabilities.
• Bean Network Tester v0.7 release – Windows network conditions simulator + network tools – A new version of Bean Network Tester provides a Windows-based network conditions simulator and additional network tools.
• Translator in the browser that teaches words: built-in Translator API Chrome, your own AI key, and spaced repetition – A browser extension leverages Chrome’s built-in Translator API, user-provided AI keys, and spaced repetition to help users learn new languages while browsing.

Science and Technology

• Quando la materia determina le prestazioni del qubit – How material properties influence qubit performance, a key consideration for quantum computing.

Data and Research Tools

• STITCH: A Spatio-Temporal Integration Tool for Contextual and Historical enrichment of survey data – STITCH is a new tool for enriching survey data with spatial and temporal context, enabling more insightful analysis.

Career Development

• Не зовут на собеседования? Написал бота, который увеличит твои шансы на это – A developer has created a bot to help job seekers increase their chances of landing interviews.

Industry News

• Navy’s shipyard revamp could cost more than $200 billion: GAO – The U.S. Navy’s shipyard modernization program may exceed $200 billion, according to a GAO report.
• West Chester Florist Launches Fall Collection With Same-Day Delivery Options – A local florist introduces a new fall collection with same-day delivery, catering to seasonal demands.

Miscellaneous

• Skin Properties MediaPortal 1 – A new skin for MediaPortal 1 enhances the user interface with customizable properties.

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