563
228
In praise of the humble Sheffield stand
https://twitter.com/BrixtonHatter/status/1493299809574342659
3 years ago
529
59
Electronic Catan LCD Tiles
https://coliniuliano.ca/projects/catan-tiles/
434
148
Why does this code execute more slowly after strength-reducing multiplications?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72306573/why-does-this-code-execute-more-slowly-after-strength-reducing-multiplications-t
423
242
Setting up a Pi Hole made my home network faster
https://brianchristner.io/how-a-single-raspberry-pi-made-my-home-network-faster/
347
308
Building a Budget Homelab NAS Server
https://mtlynch.io/budget-nas/
326
190
Study claims Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft work to derail data rules
https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/27/big_tech_privacy/
266
I'm retiring from the engineering profession
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/5/23/im-retiring-from-the-engineering-profession
263
257
Algorithmic stablecoins are provably impossible without continuous funding
https://fragileequilibrium.substack.com/p/algorithmic-stablecoins-are-provably
261
202
Britain should scrap its online safety bill
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/05/26/britain-should-scrap-its-online-safety-bill
250
138
Home Assistant OS Release 8
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2022/05/16/home-assistant-os-release-8/
238
125
Tell HN: Microsoft locks migrated Minecraft accounts, requires phone to unlock
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31551846
208
85
How Brian Eno composed the Windows 95 startup sound (1996)
https://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Q-and-A-With-Brian-Eno-2979740.php
197
99
In Poland, there is a LARP group that roleplays as contemporary Americans
https://twitter.com/PenBercifield/status/1530466376204398592
196
73
TinyPilot: Build a KVM over IP for Under $100
https://tinypilotkvm.com/blog/build-a-kvm-over-ip-under-100
195
407
Food security and the coming storm
https://www.eurasiagroup.net/live-post/food-security
184
193
The rise and fall of Cathie Wood, controversial Wall Street investor
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/05/the-rise-and-fall-of-cathie-wood.html
180
98
Qantas ferried an engine on the wing of a 747 (2016)
https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/how-qantas-ferried-an-engine-on-the-wing-of-a-747/
175
103
Graviton 3: First Impressions
https://chipsandcheese.com/2022/05/29/graviton-3-first-impressions/
174
81
Apple’s hidden flight tracker app
https://medium.com/macoclock/apples-hidden-flight-tracker-app-397982fcc0d
172
28
Easy 6502
http://skilldrick.github.io/easy6502/
170
135
What is the web revival?
https://thoughts.melonking.net/guides/introduction-to-the-web-revival-1-what-is-the-web-revival
166
86
Lisp, Smalltalk, and the power of symmetry (2014)
https://insearchofsecrets.com/2014/08/04/lisp-smalltalk-and-the-power-of-symmetry/
162
381
In defense of coding interviews
https://biggestfish.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-coding-interviews
161
53
Earthworms after rain (2019)
https://blog.nature.org/science/2019/04/15/the-real-reason-you-see-earthworms-after-rain/
159
65
The Central Social Institution in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1937
https://www.vintag.es/2020/01/central-social-institution-prague.html
151
34
Data Leak Provides a Look into China's Brutal Camp System
https://www.spiegel.de/international/window-into-a-police-state-data-leak-provides-a-look-into-china-s-brutal-camp-system-a-b81a6538-369d-4511-ac94-9b11c28a1f5a
145
46
A tool to render and upscale Sierra adventure game background images
https://github.com/eviltrout/agi-upscale
134
19
Vanishing fore-edge paintings
https://www.foredgefrost.co.uk
177
High speed train between Paris and Berlin could start operating as soon as 2023
https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/05/25/high-speed-train-between-paris-and-berlin-could-start-operating-as-soon-as-2023
106
Germany is offering a summer of cheap trains
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-28/all-aboard-germany-s-gas-saving-summer-of-super-cheap-trains
129
27
Pixar's notes on Rigid Body Simulation (2001) [pdf]
https://graphics.pixar.com/pbm2001/pdf/notesg.pdf
127
92
Make Your Own Chips for Free
https://efabless.com/open_shuttle_program
124
36
Show HN: WebRTC Nuts and Bolts, A holistic way of understanding how WebRTC runs
https://github.com/adalkiran/webrtc-nuts-and-bolts
123
The saga of Apple’s troubled mixed reality headset
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/05/the-full-saga-of-apples-troubled-mixed-reality-headset-has-been-revealed/
74
Adapting to Endure – Sequoia Capital [pdf]
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22036831/adaptingtoenduremay2022.pdf
107
187
Workers quitting over return-to-office policies
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220523-the-workers-quitting-over-return-to-office-policies
Ask HN: Is there any Linux distro dedicated to music performance?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31549303
185
The use of ‘class’ for things that should be simple free functions (2020)
https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2020/05/28/oo-antipattern/
33
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Search (2019)
https://opensourceconnections.com/blog/2019/05/29/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-search/
91
60
New study finds significant amount of HFO degradation product in drinking water
https://hydrocarbons21.com/new-german-study-finds-significant-amount-of-hfo-degradation-product-tfa-in-drinking-water/
Arc Browser Company: Chrome and Safari face a new challenger
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-05-27/google-chrome-and-apple-safari-challenged-by-browser-upstart
90
15
Understanding Bloom filters by building one
https://ricardoanderegg.com/posts/understanding-bloom-filters-by-building-one/
56
State is hard: why SPAs will persist
https://nolanlawson.com/2022/05/29/state-is-hard-why-spas-will-persist/
83
88
High cost of cancer care in the U.S. doesn’t reduce mortality rates
https://news.yale.edu/2022/05/27/high-cost-cancer-care-us-doesnt-reduce-mortality-rates
66
Ask HN: What does a developer need to know to build their own Lisp from scratch?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31547765
80
12
Squid and octopus genome studies reveal how cephalopods’ unique traits evolved
https://www.mbl.edu/news/squid-and-octopus-genome-studies-reveal-how-cephalopods-unique-traits-evolved
78
57
Everything that makes working with databases easier
https://github.com/mgramin/awesome-db-tools
13
Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine Turns 200
https://spectrum.ieee.org/charles-babbage-difference-engine
26
Mini-review: The Clockwork Pi DevTerm R-01, or RISC-V on the go
https://www.talospace.com/2022/05/mini-review-clockwork-pi-devterm-r-01.html
69
Transform any text into a patent application (2014)
https://lav.io/2014/05/transform-any-text-into-a-patent-application/
67
Hottest May in History for Texas
https://cbsaustin.com/weather/weather-blog/our-hottest-may-in-history-gets-much-worse-next-week
24
Light-field control of real and virtual charge carriers
https://singularityhub.com/2022/05/23/new-logic-gates-are-a-million-times-faster-than-todays-chips/