One is not the loneliest number for API calls

Merge connects you to any third-party system for fast, secure integrations for your products and agents. Connect with Gil on LinkedIn and X. Shoutout to user Abhijit for winning a Lifeboat badge on their answer for Complex numbers in python. TRANSCRIPT [Intro music] Ryan Donovan: Hello everyone, and welcome to the Stack Overflow Podcast, a […]

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How to Add a Header to a curl Request

curl is one of those great utilities that’s been around seemingly forever and has endless use cases. These days I find myself using curl to batch download files and test APIs. Sometimes my testing leads me to using different HTTP headers in my requests. To add a header to a curl request, use the -H […]

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High-performance mice can be used as a microphone to spy on users thanks to AI — Mic-E-Mouse technique harnesses mouse sensors, converts acoustic vibrations into speech

A group of researchers from the University of California, Irvine, have developed a way to use the sensors in high-quality optical mice to capture subtle vibrations and convert them into audible data. According to the abstract of Mic-E-Mouse, the high polling rate and sensitivity of high-performance optical mice pick up acoustic vibrations from the surface […]

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George Washington’s Worries Are Coming True

from the the-people-are-the-problem dept The United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the country’s founding document, in 2026. Twenty years later, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of President George Washington’s Farewell Address, which was published on Sept. 19, 1796. The two documents are the bookends of the American Revolution. That revolution began […]

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