Usage-based pricing killing your vibe - here's how to roll your own local AI coding agents

Do we even need Anthropic or OpenAI's top models, or can we get away with a smaller local model? Sure, it might be slower, ...

OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to “never talk about goblins”

The system prompt for OpenAI’s Codex CLI contains a perplexing and repeated warning for the most recent GPT model to “never ...
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This Week In Security: State Malware, State Hardware Bans, And Stuxnet Before Stuxnet Was Cool

Making headlines everywhere is the CopyFail Linux kernel vulnerability, which allows local privilege escalation (LPE) from any user to root privileges on most kernels and distributions. Local ...
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Harvesting Electricity From High-Voltage Transmission Lines Using Fences

When you have a bunch of 230 kV transmission lines running over your property, why not use them for some scientific experiments? This is where the [Double M Innovations] YouTube channel comes into ...