968
446
I'm betting on HTML
https://catskull.net/html.html
a year ago
906
319
Open-sourcing AudioCraft: Generative AI for audio
https://ai.meta.com/blog/audiocraft-musicgen-audiogen-encodec-generative-ai-audio/
722
212
Run Llama 2 uncensored locally
https://ollama.ai/blog/run-llama2-uncensored-locally
660
97
A non-mathematical introduction to Kalman filters for programmers
https://praveshkoirala.com/2023/06/13/a-non-mathematical-introduction-to-kalman-filters-for-programmers/
640
341
LK-99: Team of Southeast University observed zero resistance below 110 K
https://twitter.com/lipez400/status/1686793608626663441
551
432
Electronic Structure of LK-99
https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00676
500
268
The underground world of credit card network exploitation
https://chargebackstop.com/blog/card-networks-exploitation/
480
286
Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do (2021)
https://thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/cops-still-take-more-stuff-from-people
436
55
Patterns for building LLM-based systems and products
https://eugeneyan.com/writing/llm-patterns/
359
170
Companies with good ESG scores pollute as much as low-rated rivals
https://www.ft.com/content/b9582d62-cc6f-4b76-b0f9-5b37cf15dce4
356
172
Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it
https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/31/seize-the-means-of-computation/#the-internet-con
349
180
Stopping at 90%
https://austinhenley.com/blog/90percent.html
345
235
Apple stole $100s from me, Customer Service says there's nothing they can do
https://old.reddit.com/r/applehelp/comments/15gechw/apple_just_stole_hundreds_of_dollars_from_me/
165
Coming Soon: Fedora for Apple Silicon Macs
https://fedoramagazine.org/coming-soon-fedora-for-apple-silicon-macs/
327
244
If you have first-hand knowledge of the FDA’s torpor, get in touch
https://jakeseliger.com/2023/08/02/if-youre-involved-in-drug-development-and-have-first-hand-knowledge-of-the-fdas-torpor-get-in-touch/
325
254
Show HN: Learn a language quickly by practising speaking with AI
https://www.prettypolly.app
305
106
How NAT traversal works (2020)
https://tailscale.com/blog/how-nat-traversal-works/
299
153
Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/08/microsoft-cloud-security-blasted-for-its-culture-of-toxic-obfuscation/
285
240
FCC allows blocking traffic from robocall-friendly provider One Owl
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-23-652A1.txt
272
222
Meta’s Reality Labs prototype hardware
https://www.meta.com/en-gb/blog/quest/reality-labs-research-display-systems-siggraph-2023-butterscotch-varifocal-flamera/
266
252
Australians fight for the right to work from home permanently
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/point-no-return-australians-fight-right-work-home-permanently-2023-08-01/
144
Reflex – Web apps in pure Python
https://github.com/reflex-dev/reflex
249
127
A beetle that heads for the ‘back door’ when eaten by a frog (2020)
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-beetle-gets-eaten-frog-it-forces-its-way-out-back-door-180975484/
246
169
Edge detection doesn’t explain line drawing
https://aaronhertzmann.com/2020/04/19/lines-as-edges.html
205
Does Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS Block Archive.is? (2019)
https://jarv.is/notes/cloudflare-dns-archive-is-blocked/
243
21
Excuse me, is there a problem?
https://longform.asmartbear.com/problem/
206
245
The infamous coin toss
https://ergodicityeconomics.com/2023/07/28/the-infamous-coin-toss/
202
137
Stripe is no longer a suitable payment processor
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36967159
196
32
New targeted chemotherapy able to kill all solid tumors in preclinical research
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/997141
195
181
If Web Components are so great, why am I not using them?
https://daverupert.com/2023/07/why-not-webcomponents/
193
103
Kenya suspends Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/2/23817147/kenya-worldcoin-suspended-sam-altman-eyeball-scanning
186
145
Launch HN: Certainly Health (YC S23) – Book doctors without surprise bills
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36970135
183
Universal Paperclips
https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html
173
39
VkFFT: Vulkan/CUDA/Hip/OpenCL/Level Zero/Metal Fast Fourier Transform Library
https://github.com/DTolm/VkFFT
36
A collection of quant riddles with answers
https://puzzles.nigelcoldwell.co.uk/
164
Many people in finance, sales and management feel their jobs are pointless
https://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/media/2023/Jobs.html
143
CodeCov is now Open Source
https://about.codecov.io/blog/codecov-is-now-open-source/
142
30
EXP TV – endless stream of obscure media and video ephemera
https://exptv.org/
33
Internet providers that won FCC grants try to escape broadband commitments
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/internet-providers-that-won-fcc-grants-try-to-escape-broadband-commitments/
136
92
South America is living one of the climate extreme events
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1686485331539820545
134
17
Enu – 3D live coding, implemented in Nim
https://github.com/dsrw/enu
133
Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns
https://tidalcycles.org/
146
Harvard professor Francesca Gino was accused of faking data
https://www.businessinsider.com/harvard-francesca-gino-fake-data-fraud-allegations-scholar-2023-7
47
IRS launches paperless processing initiative
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1666
Adtech is built on a privacy fault line
https://iapp.org/news/a/a-view-from-dc-adtech-is-built-on-a-privacy-fault-line/
123
Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware
https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat
121
60
Earth Overshoot Day
https://www.overshootday.org/about/
119
13
Cookbook: Finetuning Llama 2 in your own cloud environment, privately
https://blog.skypilot.co/finetuning-llama2-operational-guide/
118
77
Reading SEC filings using LLMs
https://www.beatandraise.com/
108
83
ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting more Linux-y
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/google-is-finally-separating-chrome-from-chromeos-for-easier-updates/
107
43
“The Onion” founder explains his strategy for sparking creativity
https://bigthink.com/the-learning-curve/the-onion-founder-strategies-sparking-creativity/
104
20
Encyclopedia of Life
https://eol.org/
71
Steam on Linux Usage Spikes to Nearly 2% in July, More Than Apple macOS
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Stats-July-2023
102
78
Jim Larkin, Backpage exec, has died
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/02/jim-larkin-backpage-exec-dies-by-suicide-a-week-before-his-trial/
101
174
Why Rust helps even if you have to use a lot of `unsafe`
https://v5.chriskrycho.com/journal/unsafe/
95
5
Infinite Mac: Disks, CD-ROMs and custom instances
https://blog.persistent.info/2023/08/infinite-mac-cd-roms.html
91
216
Ask HN: Do you still use a hand held/desktop calculator?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36975021
88
105
Our new flagship distro: Fedora Asahi Remix
https://asahilinux.org/2023/08/fedora-asahi-remix/
