1024
265
My favourite API is a zipfile on the European Central Bank's website
https://csvbase.com/blog/5
3 years ago
753
535
I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it
https://basta.substack.com/p/no-sacred-masterpieces
736
700
Unity’s new pricing: A wake-up call on the importance of open source
https://ramatak.com/2023/09/15/unitys-new-pricing-a-wake-up-call-on-the-importance-of-open-source-in-gaming/
733
268
Willingham sends Fables into the public domain
https://billwillingham.substack.com/p/willingham-sends-fables-into-the
682
176
Unity has seemingly silently removed its GitHub repo that tracks ToS changes
https://www.gamerbraves.com/unity-silently-deletes-github-repo-that-tracks-terms-of-service-changes-and-updated-its-license/
615
368
FindMyCat – Open-Source Pet Tracker
https://www.findmycat.io/
507
512
Carrefour puts ‘shrinkflation’ price warnings on food to shame brands
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/14/carrefour-puts-shrinkflation-price-warnings-on-food-to-shame-brands
480
199
Building an economy simulator from scratch
https://thomassimon.dev/ps/4
466
94
B612 Font Family
https://b612-font.com/
412
357
Linear code is more readable
https://blog.separateconcerns.com/2023-09-11-linear-code.html
392
63
Akiyoshi’s Illusion Pages
https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html
379
314
TikTok fined €345M for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/15/tiktok-fined-345m-for-breaking-eu-data-law-on-childrens-accounts
334
230
Shrinkflation Tracker
https://www.shrinkflation.io/
326
132
Kopia: Fast and secure open-source backup software
https://kopia.io/
306
1
Inflation in Austria
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@badlogic/111071396799790275
297
3
Godot Development Fund
https://fund.godotengine.org/
276
29
How does Linux start a process
https://iq.thc.org/how-does-linux-start-a-process
271
46
Johnny Cash Has Been Everywhere (Man)
http://www.johnnycashhasbeeneverywhere.com/
254
98
“Inverse vaccine” shows potential to treat MS and other autoimmune diseases
https://pme.uchicago.edu/news/inverse-vaccine-shows-potential-treat-multiple-sclerosis-and-other-autoimmune-diseases
237
71
Google to pay $93M in settlement over deceptive location tracking
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/14/google-location-tracking-data-settlement
173
Plex to block all servers hosted at Hetzner
https://links.plex.tv/e/evib?_t=3bef3c50f13f4320a9e31b8be79c6ad2&_m=df59a9eb59db44d2a0dbdbd0ebb61ee5&_e=xDXT7pYRisN-4z7uioydETDUiISVYQQUM0Y_a8MKNPZP6DN9yUpJaWCmlnGMyQQb
214
186
The first week of US v. Google – Defaults are everything and nobody likes Bing
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/15/23875342/justice-department-google-antitrust-search-trial-week-one-recap
205
160
Everyday uses for PVC water pipe
https://tomtilley.net/projects/pvc/
203
59
Books for Game Developers
https://mrelusive.com/books/books.html
201
145
California passes bill to make it easier to delete data from data brokers
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-09-14/california-bill-delete-online-personal-data
190
194
How to store a chess position in 26 bytes using bit-level magic (2022)
https://www.ezzeriesa.com/index/Writing%20efa7772a3ae64a8193c7ef981ac619fc/Compressing%20chess%20positions%20for%20fun%20and%20profit%20df1fdb5364eb42fdac11eb23b25e9605.html
172
85
Yes, Android 14 still allows modification of system certificates
https://www.g1a55er.net/Android-14-Still-Allows-Modification-of-System-Certificates
170
53
A mathematical formalization of dimensional analysis (2012)
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/a-mathematical-formalisation-of-dimensional-analysis/
166
Cannabis use disorder and subsequent risk of depression and bipolar disorder
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2804862
113
“Most notorious” illegal shadow library (LibGen) sued by textbook publishers
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/most-notorious-illegal-shadow-library-sued-by-textbook-publishers/
143
73
Ex-Finance developers mock McKinsey's monitoring metrics
https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/2023/09/mckinsey-how-to-measure-software-developer-productivity
142
54
Libsodium: A modern, portable, easy to use crypto library
https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium
48
The Evolution of Vi and Vim
https://pikuma.com/blog/origins-of-vim-text-editor
141
75
Custom Minecraft Classic client written from scratch in C
https://github.com/UnknownShadow200/ClassiCube
138
24
Optimizing LLMs from a Dataset Perspective
https://sebastianraschka.com/blog/2023/optimizing-LLMs-dataset-perspective.html
8
Marginalia Search Receives FUTO Grant
https://www.marginalia.nu/log/88-futo-grant/
136
72
Apocalypse Proof: 33 Thomas Street in New York City
https://placesjournal.org/article/33-thomas-street-and-conspiracy-thrillers/
129
Repeat after me: building any new homes reduces housing costs for all
https://www.ft.com/content/86836af4-6b52-49e8-a8f0-8aec6181dbc5
127
151
‘Sea is constantly dumping bodies’: fears Libya flood death toll may hit 20k
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/13/libya-flood-death-toll
135
Ask HN: How do you manage your “family data warehouse”?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37520374
124
42
New camera offers ultrafast imaging at a fraction of the normal cost
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-camera-ultrafast-imaging-fraction.html
119
Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/11-months-after-launch-googles-pixel-watch-still-has-no-path-to-repair/
43
Musk’s X revokes paid blue check from United Auto Workers after strike called
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/musks-x-revokes-paid-blue-check-from-united-auto-workers-after-strike-called/
117
7
A Primer on Logic Programming
https://www.juxt.pro/blog/logic-primer/
91
TSA officers accused of stealing from passengers
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/new-surveillance-footage-shows-miami-tsa-officers-accused-of-stealing-from-passengers/3109762/
65
Formatting text in C++: Old and new ways
https://mariusbancila.ro/blog/2023/09/12/formatting-text-in-c-the-old-and-the-new-ways/
116
60
The Early Days of American English
https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/early-days-american-english
115
27
MaplePad – RP2040 Dreamcast controller, VMU, and Purupuru (rumble pack) emulator
https://github.com/mackieks/MaplePad
112
On the Impending Crypto Monoculture (2016)
https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2016-March/028824.html
111
ChessMonitor – Analytics for Lichess and Chess.com
https://www.chessmonitor.com/
Norway Fining Meta $98,500 per Day for User Privacy Breach
https://www.twipla.com/en/blog/norway-fining-meta-98500-per-day-for-user-privacy-breach
109
102
United Auto Workers launches a historic strike against all Big 3 automakers
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/15/1199673197/uaw-strike-big-3-automakers
106
Should I Rust or Should I Go?
https://kerkour.com/should-i-rust-or-should-i-go
25
Introduction to Hilbert Space (2022) [pdf]
https://www.cphysics.org/article/90771.pdf
Pixel Sea: Search 88x31 badges and 32x32 icons
https://pixelsea.neocities.org/
How can we have a proper debate when we no longer speak the same language?
https://richarddawkins.substack.com/p/how-can-we-have-a-proper-debate-when
101
37
SexualActivityRecord
https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/health/connect/client/records/SexualActivityRecord
99
104
MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD: A randomized, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02565-4
110
We forced our company to allow work from home again
https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/16j8kw4/we_forced_our_company_to_allow_work_from_home/
69
Bluesky Exploits
https://github.com/qwell/bsky-exploits
Global Google Kubernetes Engine Outage
https://status.cloud.google.com/incidents/EBxyHQgEPnbM3Syag5yL
96
C++Builder 11 Community Edition
https://www.embarcadero.com/products/cbuilder/starter
34
Text classifiers are an underrated application of LLMs
https://blog.kasperjunge.com/text-classifiers-are-an-underrated-use-case-of-llms
93
47
Airtable Lays Off 27% of Firm, Shifts Focus to Big Clients
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2023/09/14/unicorn-startup-airtable-lays-off-27-of-firm-shifts-focus-to-big-clients/
64
Show HN: I built a dataset of 25k+ Gumroad products to spot market opportunities
https://gumtrends.com
92
23
VÉgA – Vocabulary of Ancient Egyptian
https://vega-vocabulaire-egyptien-ancien.fr/en/welcome-page/
86
121
iPhone 15 USB-C port is 100% standard; MFi certification rumors wrong
https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/15/iphone-15-usb-c-port-compatibility/
95 bits per second
https://popey.com/blog/2023/09/95-bits-per-second/
82
Plex announced to block instances on German hosting provider Hetzner
https://forums.plex.tv/t/not-allowed-to-use-hetzner/853570
79
Where did the Carter White House's solar panels go? (2010)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/carter-white-house-solar-panel-array/
Is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that?
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/09/wait-is-unity-allowed-to-just-change-its-fee-structure-like-that/
78
14
Blogscroll – an open-source directory of personal blogs and digital gardens
https://blogscroll.com/
77
Artificial intelligence can revolutionise science
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/09/14/how-artificial-intelligence-can-revolutionise-science
Truthiness in C
https://dxuuu.xyz/casts.html
74
Rule for Beneficial Ownership Reporting (2022)
https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-final-rule-beneficial-ownership-reporting-support-law-enforcement
