Open Source Digest: R Linting, Chrome Translator & More

Open Source Digest: R Linting, Chrome Translator & More

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Open Source Community Events and Tools

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

    • asgard v0.4.0 now supports scheduling periodic tasks – The latest release of asgard adds the ability to schedule periodic tasks, enhancing automation capabilities.

    • Bean Network Tester v0.7 release – A Windows network conditions simulator and network tools, now updated to v0.7.

    • STITCH: A Spatio-Temporal Integration Tool – New tool for contextual and historical enrichment of survey data, aiding researchers.

    Browser Extensions and Privacy

    • Chrome Translator API with spaced repetition – A browser translator that helps you learn words using Chrome’s built-in Translator API, your own AI key, and spaced repetition.

    • Why does ExifCleaner show network traffic if it claims to work offline? – Users question ExifCleaner’s network activity despite its offline claims, raising privacy concerns.

    Security Updates

    • CVE-2026-100310: GNU libextractor < 1.16 Privilege Escalation – A vulnerability in GNU libextractor allows privilege escalation via LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX. Update to version 1.16 or later.

    Other Noteworthy News

    • Hacking silence: When neural impulses become open data – Exploring the open data movement in neuroscience, making neural impulse data accessible.

    • Navy’s shipyard revamp could cost more than $200 billion – GAO reports that the U.S. Navy’s shipyard modernization may exceed $200 billion.

    • Quando la materia determina le prestazioni del qubit – How material properties affect qubit performance in quantum computing.

    • Не зовут на собеседования? Написал бота, который увеличит твои шансы – A developer created a bot to increase interview chances for job seekers.

    • West Chester Florist Launches Fall Collection – A florist introduces a fall collection with same-day delivery options.

    • Skin Properties MediaPortal 1 – A new skin property for MediaPortal 1, enhancing user interface customization.

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