Open Source Digest: R Linting, Neural Data, and Asgard Update

Community and Collaboration

    • Social Coworking and Office Hours – Code Linting in R: Join the R community for a collaborative session focused on code linting best practices. A great opportunity to improve your R code quality.

    Data and Privacy

    • Hacking silence: When neural impulses become open data: Ammon News explores the implications of open neural data, raising questions about privacy and ethics in neuroscience.
    • Why does ExifCleaner show network traffic if it claims to work offline?: Users question ExifCleaner’s network activity despite its offline claims. The developer responds, clarifying the tool’s behavior.
    • STITCH: A Spatio-Temporal Integration Tool for Contextual and Historical enrichment of survey data: STITCH is a new tool for enriching survey data with spatio-temporal context, enhancing historical analysis.

    Security and Vulnerabilities

    • 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. Users are urged to update immediately.

    Software Releases and Updates

    • asgard v0.4.0 now supports scheduling periodic tasks: Asgard, a popular open-source tool, now includes support for scheduling periodic tasks, enhancing automation capabilities.
    • Bean Network Tester v0.7 release – Windows network conditions simulator + network tools: Bean Network Tester v0.7 offers improved network simulation and diagnostics for Windows users.
    • Переводчик в браузере, который учит слова: встроенный Translator API Chrome, свой ИИ-ключ и интервальные повторения: A browser translator that helps you learn words using Chrome’s Translator API, your own AI key, and spaced repetition.
    • Quando la materia determina le prestazioni del qubit: Italian research news: how material properties influence qubit performance, a key challenge in quantum computing.

    Miscellaneous

    • Navy’s shipyard revamp could cost more than $200 billion: GAO: GAO reports that the Navy’s shipyard modernization could exceed $200 billion, raising concerns about budget and efficiency.
    • West Chester Florist Launches Fall Collection With Same-Day Delivery Options: A local florist introduces a fall collection with same-day delivery, catering to seasonal demand.
    • Skin Properties MediaPortal 1: A new skin for MediaPortal 1 offers customization options for the media center software.
    • Не зовут на собеседования? Написал бота, который увеличит твои шансы на это: A developer shares a bot designed to increase interview chances for job seekers.

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