851
250
Where does my computer get the time from?
https://dotat.at/@/2023-05-26-whence-time.html
a year ago
836
236
Pythagorean Theorem found on clay tablet 1k years older than Pythagoras (2009)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/jt.2009.16
632
483
HTTP/3 adoption is growing rapidly
https://blog.apnic.net/2023/09/25/why-http-3-is-eating-the-world/
525
219
What we learned making a plastic injection mold with a Chinese mold maker
https://www.airgradient.com/blog/lessons-learned-plastic-injection-mold-making/
515
105
How fast are Linux pipes anyway? (2022)
https://mazzo.li/posts/fast-pipes.html
497
109
Bitmagnet: A self-hosted BitTorrent indexer, DHT crawler, and torrent search
https://bitmagnet.io/
484
228
Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps
https://store.app
446
91
NIST Elliptic Curves Seeds Bounty
https://words.filippo.io/dispatches/seeds-bounty/
377
116
Google Docs adds tracking to links in document exports
https://fosstodon.org/@Joe_0237/111145684757912952
353
122
Database Performance at Scale – A free book
https://www.scylladb.com/2023/10/02/introducing-database-performance-at-scale-a-free-open-source-book/
350
184
HP fails to derail claims that it bricks scanners on printers when ink runs low
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/hp-fails-derail-claims-bricks-scanners-multifunction-printers-102286365
337
169
Adam? ... is there a reason your laptop is in the fridge? (2006)
https://www.kempa.com/adam-is-there-a-reason-your-laptop-is-in-the-fridge/
320
55
Llama 2 Everywhere (L2E): Standalone, Binary Portable, Bootable Llama 2
https://github.com/trholding/llama2.c
309
251
Delta finds fake jet aircraft engine parts with forged airworthiness documents
https://fortune.com/2023/10/03/delta-fourth-major-us-airline-fake-jet-aircraft-engine-parts-forged-airworthiness-documents-uk-company-aog/
304
216
Krita fund has no corporate support
https://fund.krita.org/
299
121
How I stay motivated as a solo creator
https://herman.bearblog.dev/how-i-stay-motivated-as-a-solo-creator/
271
135
Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle (2006)
https://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/
269
99
US Government issues first-ever space debris penalty to Dish Network
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/02/fcc-space-debris-fine-dish-network-satellite
259
260
Austria rail operator OeBB unveils new night trains
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-austria-rail-oebb-unveils-night.html
258
406
September was the most anomalously hot month ever
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/september-was-the-most-anomalously-hot-month-ever/
243
233
LLMs confabulate not hallucinate
https://www.beren.io/2023-03-19-LLMs-confabulate-not-hallucinate/
241
231
Booking.com makes a fortune – so why is it leaving its bills to hotels unpaid?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/03/bookingcom-makes-a-fortune-so-why-is-it-leaving-its-bills-to-small-hotels-unpaid
235
98
Severity HIGH security problem to be announced with curl 8.4.0 on Oct 11
https://github.com/curl/curl/discussions/12026
234
166
US startup begins producing 40%-efficient thermophotovoltaic cells
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/01/25/us-startup-begins-producing-40-efficient-thermophotovoltaic-cells/
232
246
Generative AI could make search harder to trust
https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-chatbot-hallucinations-are-poisoning-web-search/
61
F3D is an open source 3D viewer, fast and minimalist
https://f3d.app//
223
86
How Transformers Work
https://ig.ft.com/generative-ai/
208
178
Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/05/lenovo_pc_boss_4_in/
197
425
OpenAI's justification for why training data is fair use, not infringement [pdf]
https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/OpenAI_RFC-84-FR-58141.pdf
191
123
Windows Copilot's is showing third-party Ads to Windows users
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/10/03/windows-copilots-is-showing-third-party-ads-to-windows-users/
180
Summary of “The Procrastination Equation”
https://www.njlifehacks.com/the-procrastination-equation-piers-steel-summary/
176
13
Fluid Simulation
https://kyndinfo.notion.site/Fluid-Simulation-f0516d9d12e245a08ae5c7545ac822dd
172
130
Safety vs. Performance. A case study of C, C++ and Rust sort implementations
https://github.com/Voultapher/sort-research-rs/blob/main/writeup/sort_safety/text.md
168
215
I’m not a programmer, and I used AI to build my first bot
https://blog.replit.com/building-my-first-slack-bot
157
35
Test Anything Protocol
https://testanything.org/
151
110
Vivaldi on iOS
https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-browser-launches-on-ios/
142
41
Every Type of Railcar Explained in 15 Minutes [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psjExhXfvbI
141
222
U.S. federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is over $8T
https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures/2021/BudgetaryCosts
137
70
Play Leisure Suit Larry free in DOS running in browser
https://www.retrogames.cz/play_493-DOS.php
188
ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/news/now-more-than-ever-chromeos-is-linux-with-googles-desktop-environment/#google_vignette
136
How will AI learn next?
https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/how-will-ai-learn-next
129
34
The Workflow Pattern
https://blog.bittacklr.be/the-workflow-pattern.html
124
63
Ways to break your systems code using volatile (2010)
https://blog.regehr.org/archives/28
58
Supernova in 1006
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1006
11
Divan: Fast and Simple Benchmarking for Rust
https://nikolaivazquez.com/blog/divan/
120
46
Python 3.12.0 from a supply chain security perspective
https://sethmlarson.dev/security-developer-in-residence-weekly-report-13
119
177
Ask HN: Does your microwave interfere with Bluetooth? Mine does
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37777897
118
56
Astronomers Watched a Star Disappear. Now JWST Might Have Some Answers
https://www.universetoday.com/163473/astronomers-watched-a-massive-star-just-disappear-now-jwst-might-have-some-answers/
62
Gaia-1 a 9B parameter generative world model for autonomous driving
https://wayve.ai/thinking/scaling-gaia-1/
117
107
Lockheed CEO Pitches Pentagon on Subscription Software
https://news.usni.org/2023/10/04/lockheed-ceo-pitches-pentagon-on-subscription-software
25
Rerun 0.9 – a framework for visualizing streams of multimodal data
https://www.rerun.io/blog/release-0.9
An alternative front end for Haskell?
https://gilmi.me/blog/post/2023/10/05/haskell-alternative-frontend
115
104
Microsoft introduces AI meddling to your files with Copilot in OneDrive
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/04/onedrive_to_acquire_copilot_skills/
112
President Speaking: Spoofing Alerts in 4G LTE Networks (2019) [pdf]
https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10150578
77
A drop in salaries and in the number of jobs available in the Bay Area
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2023/10/04/us-tech-workers-are-experiencing-a-drop-in-salaries-and-in-the-number-of-jobs-available-in-the-bay-area/
7
Amazon made $1B with secret algorithm for spiking prices Internet-wide
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/report-amazon-made-1b-with-secret-algorithm-for-spiking-prices-internet-wide/
102
39
Star observatories you can visit in the United States
https://matadornetwork.com/read/us-observatories/
16
Sam Altman's sister says he sexually abused her when she was 4
https://twitter.com/phuckfilosophy/status/1635704398939832321
95
12
Wound healing research produces full thickness human bioprinted skin
https://newsroom.wakehealth.edu/news-releases/2023/10/new-wound-healing-research-produces-full-thickness-human-bioprinted-skin
93
18
OCI container of OBS Studio with 50 plugins included
https://github.com/ublue-os/obs-studio-portable
92
50
The Moral Case for No Longer Engaging with Elon Musk’s X
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-05/the-moral-case-for-no-longer-engaging-with-elon-musk-s-x
90
49
Dot Dotat.at
https://dotat.at/email.html
76
X confuses the masses by removing all details from links
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/05/x_twitter_links_details/
23
A simple, arena-backed, generic dynamic array for C
https://nullprogram.com/blog/2023/10/05/
All Slack Employees Forced to Spend a Week Getting Salesforce Certifications
https://fortune.com/2023/10/05/slack-employees-one-week-off-internal-training-ranger-status-salesforce-trailhead/
83
101
Product Strategy in the Age of AI
https://www.intercom.com/blog/videos/intercom-on-product-ep21/
74
Oldest footprints in North America push back human arrival
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/10/05/oldest-human-footprint-americas-white-sands/
82
5
Google agrees to reform its data terms after German antitrust intervention
https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/05/google-data-terms-fco/
