709
615
Tire dust makes up the majority of ocean microplastics
https://www.thedrive.com/news/tire-dust-makes-up-the-majority-of-ocean-microplastics-study-finds
2 years ago
464
236
Bing ChatGPT image jailbreak
https://twitter.com/literallydenis/status/1708283962399846459
386
240
12,000-year-old realistic human statue was unearthed
https://arkeonews.net/new-discoveries-in-gobeklitepe-and-karahantepe-a-human-sculpture-with-a-realistic-facial-expression-found-in-karahantepe/
374
58
Learn and Test DMARC
https://www.learndmarc.com
340
157
Influxdb made the switch from Go to Rust
https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/16v13l5/influxdb_officially_made_the_switch_from_go_rust/
321
326
Fine, I'll run a regression analysis but it won't make you happy
https://www.natesilver.net/p/fine-ill-run-a-regression-analysis
297
332
Mozilla's midlife crisis has taken it from pioneer to Google's weird neighbor
https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/29/mozilla_asleep_at_wheel/
294
154
DALL-E 3 is now publicly available inside Bing
https://www.bing.com/images/create/?ref=hn
290
424
Teens inundated with phone prompts day and night, research finds
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/teens-inundated-phone-prompts-day-night-research-finds-rcna108044
249
136
DKIM: Rotate and publish your keys
https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/16025.html
241
128
Pulsars, not dark matter, explain the Milky Way’s antimatter
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/pulsars-dark-matter-milky-way-antimatter/
238
132
India’s pickle people: Decades-old culinary heirlooms, nostalgia
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/9/29/indias-pickle-people-decades-old-culinary-heirlooms-nostalgia
210
49
LK-99 research continues, paper says superconductivity could be possible
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/research-on-lk-99-continues-paper-says-superconductivity-could-be-possible
206
57
WFH significantly increased workforce participation from those with disabilities
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4228100-does-working-from-home-damage-productivity-just-look-at-the-data/
202
31
The Irish Logarithm
https://blog.plover.com/math/irish-logarithm.html
201
77
Never say no, but rarely say yes (2011)
https://longform.asmartbear.com/say-yes/
197
356
Could EU force hardware manufacturers to make working drivers for Linux?
https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/16wv53f/could_the_eu_force_hardware_manufacturers_to_make/
195
Choose Boring Technology (2018)
https://boringtechnology.club/
193
145
Intimacy does not scale (2021)
https://archive.ph/AUpYp
142
MyPowerbank hacks Santander bikes so London's homeless can charge their phones
https://www.dezeen.com/2023/09/29/mypowerbank-hacks-santander-bikes-homeless-charge-phones/
188
73
This is financial advice [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pYeoZaoWrA
185
69
The Curse of Dialup World
https://allenpike.com/2023/dialup-world-isp
175
105
Varoufakis: Capitalism is dead, long live Technofeudalism
https://unherd.com/2023/09/capitalism-is-dead-long-live-technofeudalism/
165
111
CISA, NSA, FBI Release Advisory Warning of BlackTech, PRC-Linked Cyber Activity
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/cisa-nsa-fbi-and-japan-release-advisory-warning-blacktech-prc-linked-cyber-activity
163
56
Focused Ultrasound
https://twitter.com/FutureJurvetson/status/1708306322729607596
158
Celebrity Flights
https://celebrityflight.com/
156
92
LinkedIn forcing me to disclose my phone number to log in? No thanks
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37732203
149
Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Big Tobacco
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/09/19/addiction-foods-hyperpalatable-tobacco/
148
10
FlashAttention: Fast Transformer training with long sequences
https://www.adept.ai/blog/flashier-attention
147
Ask HN: Whats the modern day equivalent of 80s computer for kids to explore?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37725264
146
371
MP3 vs. AAC vs. FLAC vs. CD (2008)
https://www.stereophile.com/features/308mp3cd/index.html
95
Unexpected benefits of sun exposure on skin
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/01/let-it-shine-the-unexpected-benefits-of-sun-exposure-on-skin
109
How many microbes does it take to make you sick?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-many-microbes-does-it-take-to-make-you-sick-20230927/
137
4chan Turns 20
https://4chan.org/4channews.php
131
110
Show HN: A map that tells you if a NYC cafe has WiFi, a restroom, and an outlet
https://www.octobrain.one/maps/908lqY3fV5C4v7nRvvd2
87
More than 100 dolphins dead in Amazon as water hits 102 degrees Fahrenheit
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/americas/amazon-river-dolphins-dead-temperatures-drought-intl-hnk/index.html
127
98
In Digital Ocean, S3-like space keys can access all your buckets
https://ideas.digitalocean.com/storage/p/access-key-per-space
116
120
2023 DevOps Is Terrible
https://abidmoon.hashnode.dev/2023-devops-is-terrible
75
Using Emacs as $EDITOR
https://magnus.therning.org/2023-09-30-using-emacs-as-$editor.html
108
'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several'
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/couple-few-several-use
97
23
Insect-sized robots that can crawl, hop and turn
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2391584-watch-a-frog-like-robot-use-tiny-explosions-to-hop-around/
55
Does anybody remember Google People
https://qntm.org/person
54
Asahi dev found off-by-one bug in M2 MacBook Air bass enhancer
https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/111160426488046610
228
America does not have a good food culture
https://walkingtheworld.substack.com/p/america-does-not-have-a-good-food
85
Pillows to help workers snooze at desk
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230928/p2a/00m/0na/023000c
89
How companies like Amazon and JPMorgan spy on their staff
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-companies-spy-on-employees-bossware-jpmorgan-amazon-monitor-rto-2023-10
122
We don't have senior engineers anymore
https://sibelius.substack.com/p/we-dont-have-seniors-anymore
43
Decentralized Artificial Intelligence
https://www.chaos-engineering.dev/p/decentralized-artificial-intelligence
83
94
Pubs replaced banks in Ireland for several months in 1970 (2016)
https://www.businessinsider.com/pubs-replaced-banks-in-ireland-in-1970-and-the-economy-was-fine-2016-1
12
Plimpton 322 is Babylonian exact sexagesimal trigonometry
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0315086017300691
82
27
Bruno – Opensource, sustainability, privacy, freedom and incentives
https://github.com/usebruno/bruno/discussions/269
81
76
FBI warns “phantom” hacker scams are emptying financial accounts
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/fbi-issues-warning-over-phantom-hacker-scams-dont-fall-for-this
80
The Quiet Revolution of the Sabbath
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-quiet-revolution-of-the-sabbath
79
67
Database Migrations
https://vadimkravcenko.com/shorts/database-migrations/
48
Police chief who led raid of Marion County Record has been suspended
https://apnews.com/article/raid-kansas-newspaper-police-chief-suspended-306638d67f4cdeef834a7b20523c40cf
78
3
Meta case brought to the European level
https://www.datatilsynet.no/en/news/aktuelle-nyheter-2023/meta-case-brought-to-the-european-level/
117
Twitter / X is losing daily active users. CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed it
https://mashable.com/article/twitter-x-daily-active-users-drop-under-elon-musk
Whenever I buy things I try to prioritize cost per use
https://twitter.com/kepano/status/1708499101778923647
51
Error correction and concealment in the Compact Disc system (1982) [pdf]
https://www.pearl-hifi.com/06_Lit_Archive/02_PEARL_Arch/Vol_16/Sec_53/Philips_Tech_Review/PTechReview-40-1982-166.pdf