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title: "Daily headlines · Daily Diff"
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# Daily headlines

[Daily edition](</index.md>) · [Hot now](</hot.md>)

[Top 10](</headlines/first.md?date=2024-02-17&limit=10&q=>) · [Top 20](</headlines/first.md?date=2024-02-17&limit=20&q=>) · [Above median](</headlines/first.md?date=2024-02-17&limit=20&q=&mode=median>)

### [Paying people to work on open source is good actually](<https://jacobian.org/2024/feb/16/paying-maintainers-is-good/>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: jacobian.org

Published: 2024-02-16T22:18:45+00:00

Points: 56 · Comments: [28](<https://lobste.rs/s/zivq9m>)

Tags: [practices](</search.md?q=practices>)

### [FreeBSD Status Report 2023 Q4](<https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2023-10-2023-12/>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: freebsd.org

Published: 2024-02-16T16:53:48+00:00

Points: 14 · Comments: [6](<https://lobste.rs/s/ee74sc>)

Tags: [freebsd](</search.md?q=freebsd>)

### [Git Aliases and Addons](<https://bernsteinbear.com/git/>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: bernsteinbear.com

Published: 2024-02-16T21:28:39+00:00

Points: 20 · Comments: [0](<https://lobste.rs/s/b817ja>)

Tags: [vcs](</search.md?q=vcs>)

### [Reverse-engineering an encrypted IoT protocol](<https://smlx.dev/posts/goodwe-sems-protocol-teardown/>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: smlx.dev

Published: 2024-02-17T01:31:22+00:00

Points: 22 · Comments: [10](<https://lobste.rs/s/93ubgt>)

Tags: [reversing](</search.md?q=reversing>)

### [Video for my non-technical family describing how my library fits into the PyData ecosystem](<https://youtu.be/pfAkz6L5rMI>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: youtu.be

Published: 2024-02-16T18:46:05+00:00

Points: 9 · Comments: [6](<https://lobste.rs/s/ftehsa>)

Tags: [education](</search.md?q=education>)

### [UI = f(statesⁿ)](<https://daverupert.com/2024/02/ui-states/>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: daverupert.com

Published: 2024-02-16T16:32:28+00:00

Points: 7 · Comments: [0](<https://lobste.rs/s/zolah3>)

Tags: [javascript](</search.md?q=javascript>)

### [The Layoff](<https://xeiaso.net/blog/2024/the-layoff/>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: xeiaso.net

Published: 2024-02-17T12:28:32+00:00

Points: 65 · Comments: [31](<https://lobste.rs/s/uumbc6>)

Tags: [satire](</search.md?q=satire>)

### [All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro](<https://waitbutwhy.com/2024/02/vision-pro.html>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: waitbutwhy.com

Published: 2024-02-17T11:59:39+00:00

Points: 33 · Comments: [37](<https://lobste.rs/s/a18ccx>)

Tags: [hardware](</search.md?q=hardware>)

### [Introducing SafeTest: A Novel Approach to Front End Testing](<https://netflixtechblog.com/introducing-safetest-a-novel-approach-to-front-end-testing-37f9f88c152d>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: netflixtechblog.com

Published: 2024-02-16T20:03:44+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [0](<https://lobste.rs/s/twgrus>)

Tags: [javascript](</search.md?q=javascript>)

### [Apple Vision Pro’s (AVP) Image Quality Issues – First Impressions](<https://kguttag.com/2024/02/16/apple-vision-pros-avp-image-quality-issues-first-impressions/>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: kguttag.com

Published: 2024-02-17T04:43:16+00:00

Points: 8 · Comments: [0](<https://lobste.rs/s/qyoyqb>)

Tags: [hardware](</search.md?q=hardware>)

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