Hacker NewsMonday, December 29

This page offers a printable single-page calendar that displays an entire year's dates. It's designed to automatically fit any paper size and works best in landscape orientation with headers and footers disabled. The calendar can be folded, carried, and used for note-taking and planning.

This article by Aaron T. Grogg explains how modern HTML and CSS can replace JavaScript for common interactive features like accordions, dropdown menus, modals, and navigation panels. Using native HTML elements like details/summary, datalist, and popover attributes reduces the need for JavaScript, improving page performance and user experience by requiring less code to download and process.

Author shares childhood memories of growing up in "Factory 404," a classified Chinese nuclear facility in the Gobi Desert. Discussions cover daily life, security measures, elite living conditions compared to broader China, and the psychological impact of secrecy education from childhood.

The author reflects on how modern social networks, including the Fediverse, have become entertainment platforms rather than true communication networks. They argue that people accept dropped messages and unreliable delivery because they're conditioned by algorithmic feeds that prioritize content consumption over genuine human connection. The piece contrasts two worldviews: those who see ActivityPub as a communication protocol versus those who view it as content distribution. The author advocates for returning to boring but reliable communication tools like email, RSS, and simple websites, accepting they may be part of an "endangered species" that values authentic communication over entertainment.

NHS England is implementing software from Palantir, a US spy-tech company that has supported mass deportation and enabled genocide in Gaza. One founder, Peter Thiel, opposes the NHS, claiming it "makes people sick." A campaign tool allows people to check if their local NHS trust uses this software and email demands to reject Palantir's involvement in healthcare.

A developer named crackticker apologizes for forgetting source files and having to rewrite a website, promising improvements. The content lists multiple security vulnerabilities found in GnuPG and minisign cryptographic software, including signature forgery, plaintext attacks, and memory corruption issues.

The author criticizes macOS Tahoe's Liquid Glass interface overhaul, arguing that excessively rounded window corners crop content, enlarged controls offer no functional benefit, uniform app icons are less distinguishable, poor tonal contrast makes interface elements hard to identify, and transparency effects create visual confusion while being inaccessible to users with visual impairments.

The article explains how to increase your "luck" - unexpected good opportunities - by working in public and sharing your work. Using the formula Luck = [Doing Things] * [Telling People], it argues that publishing your projects, writings, and learnings expands your "Luck Surface Area." Many people do great work but fail to share it due to fear or thinking it's not worth sharing. By consistently publishing your work across platforms like Twitter, GitHub, or blogs, you build a reputation and create opportunities for speaking engagements, job offers, new clients, and meaningful connections in your field.

A computer manufacturer discovered that Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" music video could crash certain laptop models. The song contained frequencies that matched the natural resonant frequency of 5400 rpm hard drives used in those laptops, causing physical vibrations that led to crashes.

Research shows that fathers' lifestyle choices like diet, exercise, and stress may affect their children through molecules carried in sperm cells, not just DNA. Studies in mice suggest sperm contains RNA molecules that can influence offspring development and traits, potentially rewriting how we understand heredity beyond traditional genetics.