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What is the SSH agent, and how does ssh-add work?

The SSH agent unlocks your key once and signs for you so the key never leaves memory. ssh-add, where it lives on each OS, and why the socket needs guarding. Originally published at termal.in . If you've protected your SSH key with a passphrase β€” and you should have β€” you've met the annoyance the agent exists to solve: type that passphrase for every single connection, or leave the key unprotected. The SSH agent is the third option. Unlock the key once , and the agent handles every auth...
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I built a minimalist, dependency-free ecosystem for private AI using vanilla JavaScript

Hi Dev.to community! I'm JJDev, a self-taught developer. Recently, I became fascinated by the private AI ecosystem, but I noticed that many modern web tools are bloated with heavy frameworks and endless dependencies that slow down performance. So, I decided to build a solution from scratch: Ventarys AI . ⚑ What is Ventarys AI? Ventarys is a lightweight, open-source platform designed for developers and power users who want a private AI workspace without sacrificing speed ...
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Who Is Responsible When AI Does Something Bad?

The question stopped being theoretical this summer when OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face . So who is responsible when an AI agent does something bad? That question came up recently in an AI discussion at work, and I found myself pushing back on what seemed like a tendency to make the answer unnecessarily complicated. Is responsibility with the one who created the agent? The company that created the underlying model? Or, somehow, the agent itself? I maintain that the human or organi...
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Sythetic data generation

Synthetic data often fails in production because domain gaps β€” especially with transparent objects! I am developing a solution focused on High-Fidelity Validation Assets. By moving beyond "pretty" images to industrial-grade evaluation, we can stress-test models against complex refractions and dynamic lighting while maintaining 100% geometric truth. Github-link: https://github.com/ForgeCore-Labs/Synthetic-Glass-Transparent-Packaging-Indoor-Pack
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Forging 1024-bit RSA signatures in nearly SNFS time

Alternate title: Nearly SNFS-Speed Signature Forgery Sans Factoring N (NSNFSSSFSFN) Abstract. The security of RSA is generally understood to be based on the complexity of factoring, and key size parameters are extrapolated from the general number field sieve (GNFS). However, this may not accurately represent RSA security in practical scenarios. An under-appreciated 2007 algorithm of Joux, Naccache, and ThomΓ© allows an attacker to forge RSA signatures after temporary access to a raw RSA sig...
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Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop

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Contrastive Language Models

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The Year of Internal Tools

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Nokia Design Archive (2025)

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What Is RLCD? The Secret Behind Jev

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Best LLM for every budget, updated daily

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Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/japanese-used-bookstores-see-5x-sales-surge-as-books-are-being-bought-by-the-ton-one-50-ton-order-sent-to-the-us-for-ai-scanning-and-destruction-multitude-of-suspicious-bulk-buys-thought-to-end-up-in-foreign-ai-scan-and-shred-facilities Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49831456 Points: 29 # Comments: 13
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F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom

Article URL: https://f-droid.org/2026/09/24/f-droid-2.0-a-new-chapter-for-android-freedom.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49831968 Points: 84 # Comments: 18