954
355
We reduced the cost of building Mastodon at Twitter-scale by 100x
https://blog.redplanetlabs.com/2023/08/15/how-we-reduced-the-cost-of-building-twitter-at-twitter-scale-by-100x/
3 years ago
850
387
Firefox finally outperforming Google Chrome in SunSpider
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-Faster-SunSpider
749
421
Tell HN: t.co is adding a five-second delay to some domains
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37130060
685
227
How Is LLaMa.cpp Possible?
https://finbarr.ca/how-is-llama-cpp-possible/
633
379
The OpenTF Manifesto
https://opentf.org/
526
629
Things you forgot (or never knew) because of React
https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/antiquated-react
483
363
ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FCC to scrap new rule
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/isps-complain-that-listing-every-fee-is-too-hard-urge-fcc-to-scrap-new-rule/
472
137
Opendream: A layer-based UI for Stable Diffusion
https://github.com/varunshenoy/opendream
393
162
Privacy friendly ESP32 smart doorbell with Home Assistant local integration
https://tristam.ie/2023/758/
349
92
How should I read type system notation?
https://langdev.stackexchange.com/questions/2692/how-should-i-read-type-system-notation
324
155
Modern CSV version 2
https://www.moderncsv.com/modern-csv-2-is-now-available/
303
449
The unpublished preface to Orwell’s Animal Farm
https://mindmatters.ai/2023/08/a-warning-from-the-unpublished-preface-to-orwells-animal-farm/
302
57
CSS Selectors: A Visual Guide
https://fffuel.co/css-selectors/
263
111
Bali rice experiment cuts greenhouse gas emissions and increases yields
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/bali-rice-experiment-cuts-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-increases-yields/
262
132
Why host your own LLM?
http://marble.onl/posts/why_host_your_own_llm.html
241
188
A protein that disrupts cells’ energy centers may be a culprit in CFS/ME
https://www.science.org/content/article/protein-disrupts-cells-energy-centers-may-be-culprit-chronic-fatigue-syndrome
222
120
Features of Project Loom incorporated in JDK 21
https://jdk.java.net/loom/
219
Code Is Not Literature (2014)
https://gigamonkeys.com/code-reading/
214
80
GPU-Accelerated LLM on an Orange Pi
https://blog.mlc.ai/2023/08/09/GPU-Accelerated-LLM-on-Orange-Pi
211
230
Asteroid ZTm0038 with a >3% impact probability
https://newton.spacedys.com/neodys2/NEOScan/risk_page/ZTm0038/index_summary_ZTm0038.html
205
326
How the iMac Saved Apple
https://www.theverge.com/23830432/imac-twenty-five-years-ago-saved-apple
198
76
Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news and websites he dislikes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/
191
82
Selling open-source software
https://thenewstack.io/entrepreneurship-for-engineers-selling-open-source-software/
183
19
Probabilistic Machine Learning: Advanced Topics
https://probml.github.io/pml-book/book2.html
179
64
Requiring ink to scan a document–yet another insult from the printer industry
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/the-printers-that-require-ink-to-scan-and-fax/
178
31
Show HN: Llama2 Embeddings FastAPI Server
https://github.com/Dicklesworthstone/llama_embeddings_fastapi_service
171
39
Lynn Conway's Story (2000)
https://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/LynnsStory.html
166
My deep learning rig (2022)
https://nonint.com/2022/05/30/my-deep-learning-rig/
161
173
Sam Bankman-Fried is going to jail
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/sam-bankman-fried-is-going-to-jail/
154
Show HN: Lottielab – Create product animations in the browser easily
https://www.lottielab.com/
152
110
Nintendo DS cameras are the best lo-fi photo trend
https://www.polygon.com/23827844/nintendo-ds-dsi-3ds-camera-lofi-photo-trend
147
37
Show HN: Servicer, pm2 alternative built on Rust and systemd
https://servicer.dev
146
125
Schizophrenia drugs may have been off target for decades, study finds
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/schizophrenia-drugs-may-have-been-off-target-for-decades-study-finds/ar-AA1fh9Nt
142
106
Peter Pan copyright
https://www.gosh.org/about-us/peter-pan/copyright/
30
Open Circuits: The Inner Beauty of Electronic Components
https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/14/hidden-worlds/#making-the-invisible-visible-and-beautiful
141
New responsibilities
https://www.hadess.net/2023/08/new-responsibilities.html
138
Be sceptical of your own work (2009)
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/be-sceptical-of-your-own-work/
133
60
Ball milling destroys PFAS in contaminated soil
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-chemicals.html
129
4
The Future of Terraform Must Be Open
https://blog.gruntwork.io/the-future-of-terraform-must-be-open-ab0b9ba65bca?gi=c07f9cd96456
124
23
Show HN: Layerform – Open-source development environments using Terraform files
https://github.com/ergomake/layerform
122
20
Bayesian Flow Networks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.07037
32
Shazam for singing
https://blog.toasterthoughts.eu/posts/song-solver/
28
Exploring the design space of binary search trees
https://rtheunissen.github.io/bst/
Continuous batching to increase LLM inference throughput and reduce p50 latency
https://www.anyscale.com/blog/continuous-batching-llm-inference
109
177
"About 67k” sites are banned from submission on HN, the list is kept secret
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37130147
You're a cyclist who was just struck by a car driver. Why it was your fault
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/youre-a-cyclist-who-was-just-struck-by-a-car-driver-heres-why-it-was-your-fault
107
151
Federal agency tells SF workers to work from home due to unsafe conditions
https://sfist.com/2023/08/14/federal-agency-tells-sf-workers-to-work-from-home-due-to-unsafe-conditions/
Safer: A better alternative to SAFEs for startup financing?
https://nextwave.partners/insights/introducing-safer-better-alternative-safes-startup-financing
99
65
How to be successful as a research mathematician? Follow your gut
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02555-z
98
Jira can’t stop people from using it incorrectly
https://jarvispowered.com/you-dont-hate-jira-you-hate-your-manager/
97
E-bike companies are fighting to stop riders from repairing their electric bikes
https://electrek.co/2023/08/13/why-e-bike-companies-dont-want-right-of-repair/
95
48
We Call on FOSS Contributors to “Exit Zoom”
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/aug/15/exit-zoom/
Why Darwin admired the earthworm
https://nautil.us/why-darwin-admired-the-humble-earthworm-361515/
94
164
China Stops Publishing Youth Unemployment Numbers Amid Faltering Economy
https://www.taiwanplus.com/news/world-news/china/230815030/china-stops-publishing-youth-unemployment-numbers-amid-faltering-economy
Ted's Notes on Pawpaws (2016)
https://toyrus.ngrok.io/~ted/pawpaws/
90
What learning APL taught me about Python
https://mathspp.com/blog/what-learning-apl-taught-me-about-python
87
38
Ruins of Emperor Nero’s Theater Discovered Near Vatican
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ruins-of-neros-theater-discovered-near-vatican1/
84
Most bosses regret how they mandated workers return to the office
https://fortune.com/2023/08/14/bosses-regretting-return-to-office-mandates/
83
Employees in Asia are spending most time looking busy at work, says Slack report
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/14/employees-in-asia-are-spending-the-most-time-looking-busy-at-work.html
The Bitter Lesson (2019) [pdf]
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~eunsol/courses/data/bitter_lesson.pdf
78
Disney used to hate gambling. Now it’s doing a $2B sports betting deal
https://www.vox.com/2023/8/8/23825199/disney-espn-penn-barstool-2-billion-deal-explained
77
47
WhoFundsWho: Instantly see who funds the organizations you are reading about
https://whofundswho.com/
89
Ask HN: I learned useless skill of prompt engineering, how relevant will it be?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37130531
36
How Thomas Edison Tricked the Press into Believing He’d Invented the Light Bulb
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-thomas-edison-tricked-the-press-into-believing-hed-invented-the-light-bulb-180982406/
18
Xitter Broke Nitter Again
https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/983
