1090
496
What is ChatGPT doing and why does it work?
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-doing-and-why-does-it-work/
2 years ago
611
559
Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train derailment
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/14/1156567743/health-east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-chemicals
606
386
BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/14/bbc-offices-india-raided-tax-officials-modi-documentary-fallout
467
437
Google employees criticize CEO for “dumpster fire” response to ChatGPT
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/10/google-employees-slam-ceo-sundar-pichai-for-rushed-bard-announcement.html
458
158
Google’s fully homomorphic encryption compiler – a primer
https://jeremykun.com/2023/02/13/googles-fully-homomorphic-encryption-compiler-a-primer/
447
219
Normalization of Deviance (2015)
https://danluu.com/wat/
436
322
Ohio train derailment: environmental disaster quietly unfolding
https://www.fastcompany.com/90848025/ohio-train-derailment-toxic-chemicals-pvc-spill-fire-disaster
379
110
Turning a TV set-top box into a Linux computer (2022)
https://zeus.ugent.be/blog/22-23/repurposing_ewaste/
353
112
Show HN: I built a little online drum machine using 808 style samples
https://peel.fm
342
273
Maybe people do care about performance and reliability
https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/maybe-people-do-care-about-performance-and/
325
335
Does Google need a new CEO?
https://om.co/2023/02/08/does-google-need-a-new-ceo/
317
192
Blue Origin manufactured solar cell prototype from lunar regolith simulants
https://www.blueorigin.com/news/blue-alchemist-powers-our-lunar-future/
141
More than five whys and “layer eight” problems
http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2023/02/13/broken/
288
72
Compact holographic sound fields enable rapid one-step assembly of matter in 3D
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf6182
282
202
Microsoft's AI Bing also generated factual errors at launch
https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/14/microsoft_ai_bing_error/
274
89
Videos show Turkey's Erdogan boasted letting builders avoid earthquake codes
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/13/1156512284/turkey-earthquake-erdogan-building-safety
271
184
Rust vs. Haskell
https://serokell.io/blog/rust-vs-haskell
268
377
How Spotify's podcast bet went wrong
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/12/2023/how-spotifys-podcast-bet-went-wrong
253
164
Consultancies know less than they claim and cost more than they seem to
https://www.ft.com/content/fb1254dd-a011-44cc-bde9-a434e5a09fb4
247
84
The art of the shadow: How painters have gotten it wrong for centuries
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-art-of-the-shadow-how-painters-have-gotten-it-wrong-for-centuries/
237
224
Saving Energy: Home Server That Automatically Suspends to RAM and Wakes Up Again
https://maximiliangolla.com/blog/2022-10-wol-plex-server/
229
138
Whistleblowers take note: don’t trust cropping tools
https://theintercept.com/2023/02/14/whistleblower-image-crop-document/
211
232
WHO abandons plans for second phase of COVID-origins investigation
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00283-y
210
67
Ruff: A fast Python linter, written in Rust
https://beta.ruff.rs/docs/
204
139
Cloudflare mitigates record-breaking 71M request-per-second DDoS attack
https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-mitigates-record-breaking-71-million-request-per-second-ddos-attack/
190
68
People can read their manager's mind (2015)
https://yosefk.com/blog/people-can-read-their-managers-mind.html
187
186
50% rejection rate for iPhone casings produced in India shows Apple’s challenge
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/14/iphone-casings-produced-in-india/
181
143
Hyundai, Kia to update security on millions of vehicles after TikTok challenge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23599300/hyundai-kia-car-theft-software-update-free-tiktok-challenge
179
29
Show HN: Data Painter – A Different Way to Interact with Your Data
https://docs.kanaries.net/rath/tutorials/data-painter/
Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing language
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/14/1067869/rust-worlds-fastest-growing-programming-language/
176
53
SkillzTruth - Proof of concept demonstrating how to cheat on Skillz apps
https://www.skillztruth.com/
48
Build your own fast, persistent KV store
https://dinesh.wiki/posts/build-your-own-persistent-kv-store/
169
107
ChatGPT Hardware: A look at 8x NVIDIA A100 powering the tool
https://www.servethehome.com/chatgpt-hardware-a-look-at-8x-nvidia-a100-systems-powering-the-tool-openai-microsoft-azure-supermicro-inspur-asus-dell-gigabyte/
159
66
Curl audit: How a joke led to significant findings
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/02/14/curl-audit-fuzzing-libcurl-command-line-interface/
155
50
Today is the 10th year anniversary of Steam being officially out for Linux
https://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/9943
154
88
The case for frameworks
https://seldo.com/posts/the_case_for_frameworks
153
24
Harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site (2018)
https://david-gilbertson.medium.com/im-harvesting-credit-card-numbers-and-passwords-from-your-site-here-s-how-9a8cb347c5b5
146
Tesla Workers Launch Union Campaign in New York
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-14/tesla-autopilot-workers-launch-union-campaign-in-buffalo-new-york-tsla
81
Putting solar panels in grazing fields is good for sheep
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2357545-putting-solar-panels-in-grazing-fields-is-good-for-sheep/
134
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Gigapresses – the die casts reshaping car manufacturing
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/gigapresses-giant-die-casts-reshaping-car-manufacturing-2023-02-10/
133
Disinfection with Far-UV (222 nm Ultraviolet light) (2020) [pdf]
https://www.boeing.com/confident-travel/downloads/CAP-3_Disinfection_with_Far-UV.pdf
129
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Data Classification: Does Python still have a need for class without dataclass?
https://blog.glyph.im/2023/02/data-classification.html
128
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Thoughts on getting laid off after nine years at Twilio
https://www.baugues.com/layoff/
127
91
SS United States, the fastest passenger liner ever built
https://lflank.wordpress.com/2023/02/14/ss-united-states/
70
How to design a sailing ship for the 21st century? (2021)
https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2021/05/how-to-design-a-sailing-ship-for-the-21st-century.html
119
Biggest Barrier to Biking Is a Fear of Cars
https://www.treehugger.com/fear-of-cars-biggest-biking-barrier-study-6979522
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WebContainer API
https://webcontainers.io/
115
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Modders are using AI to put voice acting in Morrowind
https://www.pcgamer.com/modders-are-using-ai-to-put-voice-acting-in-morrowind-and-im-impressed-and-concerned-all-at-once/
47
TurboTLS: TLS connection establishment with 1 less round trip
https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.05311
109
46
Data-Free Disney
https://www.publicbooks.org/data-free-disney/
106
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Pre-seed, seed startups with employees in office have higher revenue growth
https://steveblank.com/2023/02/14/startups-that-have-employees-in-offices-grow-3-%c2%bd-times-faster/
105
80
Meta reportedly plans more job cuts
https://www.engadget.com/meta-reportedly-plans-to-cut-more-jobs-171716224.html
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USCO tells judge that art created without human involvement is not protectable
https://petapixel.com/2023/02/09/u-s-copyright-office-tells-judge-that-ai-artwork-isnt-protectable/
102
36
An interactive explanation of quadtrees (2014)
https://jimkang.com/quadtreevis/
99
Bing thinks Mars has 2.5B people based on an AI generated blog wrong answer
https://imgur.com/a/Qj9U2ia
97
Frame pointers vs. DWARF – my verdict
https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2023/02/14/frame-pointers-vs-dwarf-my-verdict/
124
GitHub Copilot for Business is now available
https://github.blog/2023-02-14-github-copilot-for-business-is-now-available/
28
Show HN: Screenshot.Rocks: Open-source browser and mobile screenshot mockup tool
https://screenshot.rocks
90
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It’s not aliens. It’ll probably never be aliens. So stop. Please just stop
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/its-not-aliens-itll-probably-never-be-aliens-so-stop-please-just-stop/
2
Tesla workers launch unionization campaign in New York
https://www.axios.com/2023/02/14/tesla-new-york-workers-union
86
Vxlan over WireGuard (On OpenBSD)
https://rob-turner.net/post/vx-lan/
58
Ask HN: Open-source ChatGPT alternatives?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34795886
85
The US Air Force successfully tested AI-controlled jet fighter
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/02/the-us-air-force-successfully-tested-this-ai-controlled-jet-fighter/
120
Only You Can Stop an AI Apocalypse
https://betterwithout.ai/only-you-can-stop-an-AI-apocalypse
C++23 “Pandemic Edition” is complete
https://herbsutter.com/2023/02/13/c23-pandemic-edition-is-complete-trip-report-winter-iso-c-standards-meeting-issaquah-wa-usa/
