Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (December 08, 2023)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for December 08, 2023 :</p>
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Dieselgate, but for trains – some heavyweight hardware hacking
Summary: Polish hacker group Dragon Sector discovered that train manufacturer Newag had implemented software locks in their trains, causing them to break down after maintenance. The locks were triggered by GPS coordinates of maintenance centers and required a specific sequence of button presses to unlock. The issue affected multiple train operators in Poland, causing service disruptions and financial losses.
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jc: Converts the output of popular command-line tools to JSON
Summary: JC is a CLI tool and Python library that converts the output of popular command-line tools, file-types, and common strings to JSON, YAML, or dictionaries. This enables piping of output to tools like jq and simplifying automation scripts. It can be installed via pip, OS package repositories, or by downloading the correct binary for your architecture. JC can also be used as a Python library, returning values as Python dictionaries or lists of dictionaries.