Open Source Digest: Linting, Qubits, & Security Alerts

Open Source Digest: Linting, Qubits, & Security Alerts

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Community and Collaboration

    • Social Coworking and Office Hours – Code Linting in R: Join the community for a session on code linting in R, where you can collaborate and get help with your code.
    • asgard v0.4.0 now supports scheduling periodic tasks: The latest release of asgard adds support for scheduling periodic tasks, making automation easier.

    Innovative Projects

    • Hacking silence: When neural impulses become open data – Ammon News: A project that turns neural impulses into open data, exploring the intersection of neuroscience and open source.
    • Translator in browser that teaches words: built-in Translator API Chrome, your own AI key and interval repetitions: A browser translator that helps you learn new words using Chrome’s Translator API, your own AI key, and spaced repetition.
    • STITCH: A Spatio-Temporal Integration Tool for Contextual and Historical enrichment of survey data: STITCH is a tool for enriching survey data with contextual and historical information using spatio-temporal integration.

    Performance and Optimization

    • When matter determines qubit performance (Quando la materia determina le prestazioni del qubit): Research shows how the material properties of qubits affect their performance, with implications for quantum computing.
    • Bean Network Tester v0.7 release – Windows network conditions simulator + network tools: A new release of Bean Network Tester provides a Windows tool to simulate network conditions and test performance.

    Security and Privacy

    • Why does ExifCleaner show network traffic if it claims to work offline?: Users question why ExifCleaner shows network activity despite claiming offline operation, raising privacy concerns.
    • Re: CVE-2026-100310: GNU libextractor < 1.16 Privilege Escalation via LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX: A critical vulnerability in GNU libextractor versions before 1.16 allows privilege escalation via the LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX environment variable.

    Defense and Industry

    • 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, impacting open source supply chain and defense projects.

    Career and Community

    • Not getting interview calls? I wrote a bot that will increase your chances (Не зовут на собеседования? Написал бота, который увеличит твои шансы на это): A developer created a bot to help job seekers get more interview invitations by optimizing their applications.

    Miscellaneous

    • West Chester Florist Launches Fall Collection With Same-Day Delivery Options: A local florist launches a fall collection with same-day delivery, unrelated to open source but included in the digest.
    • Skin Properties MediaPortal 1: A post about skin properties in MediaPortal 1, likely a customization or plugin.
    • Recent Posts: A list of recent posts from the digest.
    • Categories: A list of categories for the digest.

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