Would you take a payment to ramp down your electricity use? Would it change anything if you were doing so to help power a local data center? Google just signed a new deal to help pay for a virtual power plant (VPP) in the largest power grid in the US. The agreement is with Voltus,…

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New proposals will see the EU further invest in European startups and companies as it looks to strengthen its homegrown tech footprint.

Hey all, some time ago I had an interview for a Frontend Engineer role at Stripe and had this question for my coding round: Develop OTP component that has 4 inputs: - accepts only digits - when one input is populated => auto-focus to the next - submit on enter - should support backspace - should be accessible I was using React and was trying to make it via 4 separate <input> elements heavily relying on the built-in HTML validation attributes (to save time, interviewer agreed it was ok). I made it work with auto-focus and everything but still got rejected. Now I'm curious how other would approach such challenge. I will attach an image in the comments for a visual reference. submitted by /u/truenapalm [link] [留言]

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The slice-of-life game RollerGirl features music inspired by 2000s-era pop-punk.

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Recently got an email from "Paratype" that one of my sites was using a font that was unlicensed and we needed to pay a fee. I inherited the site from someone else so had no idea about the font, which was hidden in a Bootstrap library, so the decision was made to remove it completely. I replied to Paratype stating this and they replied, "Well, you were using it in the past, so you should pay us anyway." Obviously I'm going to tell them to piss off, but I was wondering how common this sort of thing is? I doubt they have much of a claim legally, the wording of the email is pretty weak sounding to me. submitted by /u/TConner42 [link] [留言]

The recently-incarcerated former congressman George Santos allegedly placed bets on himself, then acted to ensure he won.

Hey everyone, I'm a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University conducting a research study on how developers are actually using spec-driven development (SDD) in practice — things like writing SPEC.md files, PRDs, or structured natural-language specs before working with AI coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, Kiro, etc. There's a lot of community knowledge about how to do SDD well, but almost no academic research on it. I'm trying to change that. What the study involves: One 45-60 minute semi-structured interview via Zoom Questions about your SDD workflow, what's worked, what hasn't, and how it fits into your SDLC No tasks, no tests — just a conversation about your experience Who I'm looking for: Have at least one year of active experience as a contributor or maintainer of any open-source GitHub project Have used SDD tools/workflows in that project (spec files, structured prompting, plan-mode workflows, etc.) 18 or older, fluent in English What you get: Honestly, nothing monetarily. But your experience will directly shape a taxonomy of SDD workflows and practices that I'll publish openly. Happy to share findings with participants who want them. Ethics/privacy : The interview will only be audio-recorded with your consent. Your responses will be kept confidential and de-identified in any published findings. If you're interested, fill out this short screening survey (5 min): LINK Or DM me / comment below with questions. Also happy to hear if there are other communities I should be posting in. submitted by /u/lost_researcher1 [link] [留言]

OSSurf is a platform for discovering open-source repositories and contribution opportunities. It lets you: Explore trending repositories Track pull requests and issues Browse projects by language and category Discover projects suitable for contributions and GSoC Looking for feedback on the overall experience, usefulness, and UI. https://ossurf.vercel.app/ https://github.com/OSSURF submitted by /u/Direct_Sorbet_1631 [link] [留言]

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Hackers appeared to take over victims’ accounts even after Meta said it fixed its AI-powered support chatbot, which granted hackers access to victims’ accounts.