966
337
Firefox tooltip bug fixed after 22 years
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148624
2 years ago
751
468
The largest DDoS attack to date, peaking above 398M rps
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/google-cloud-mitigated-largest-ddos-attack-peaking-above-398-million-rps/
537
204
Show HN: Building a 42-inch E-Ink frame for generative art
https://eliot.blog/e-ink-frame
391
127
Engineered material can reconnect severed nerves
https://news.rice.edu/news/2023/rice-engineered-material-can-reconnect-severed-nerves
382
375
Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to delay electrification
https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/liebreich-oil-sector-is-lobbying-for-inefficient-hydrogen-cars-because-it-wants-to-delay-electrification-/2-1-1033226?zephr_sso_ott=XwKh7x
377
265
Fair coins tend to land on the same side they started
https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.04153
365
106
The novel HTTP/2 'Rapid Reset' DDoS attack
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/how-it-works-the-novel-http2-rapid-reset-ddos-attack
358
732
Valve says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS not happening, there aren't enough players
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/10/10/valve-confirms-counter-strike-2-no-macos/
301
94
Postgres: The next generation
https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2023/10/10/postgres-the-next-generation-investing-in-the-next-generation-of-committers/
299
666
Passkeys are now enabled by default for Google users
https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/passkeys-default-google-accounts/
292
103
A real-time 3D digital map of Tokyo's public transport system
https://minitokyo3d.com
275
110
A student asked how I keep us innovative – I don't
https://ntietz.com/blog/forefront-of-innovation/
261
15
Simulation Islands
https://box2d.org/posts/2023/10/simulation-islands/
244
39
The glEnd() of Zelda: Automatic 3Dification of NES Games (2016)
http://tom7.org/zelda/
241
196
How Netflix uses Java
https://www.infoq.com/news/2023/10/java-at-netflix-bakker/
238
390
US sues eBay for allowing sale of emissions defeat devices
https://www.thedrive.com/news/us-sues-ebay-for-allowing-sale-of-more-than-300000-emissions-defeat-devices
207
176
C uses "&" for the address-operator because 'ampersand sounds like "address"'
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/252023/why-does-c-use-the-asterisk-for-pointers
230
AI hype is built on flawed test scores
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/30/1078670/large-language-models-arent-people-lets-stop-testing-them-like-they-were/
202
71
HTTP/2 zero-day vulnerability results in record-breaking DDoS attacks
https://blog.cloudflare.com/zero-day-rapid-reset-http2-record-breaking-ddos-attack/
200
19
Scheme in the browser: A Hoot of a tale
https://spritely.institute/news/scheme-wireworld-in-browser.html
181
119
Google Kubernetes Engine incident spanning 9 days
https://status.cloud.google.com/incidents/WMmjrixdPfBGFKCohYGd#Z6wKuSfovJCG51wpbwiB
178
95
Samsung expected to report 80% profit plunge as losses mount at chip business
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/10/samsung-earnings-preview-q3-2023-chip-losses-weigh-on-profit.html
166
33
HAProxy is not affected by the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack
https://www.haproxy.com/blog/haproxy-is-not-affected-by-the-http-2-rapid-reset-attack-cve-2023-44487
165
120
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel
161
208
GitHub Copilot loses an average of $20 per user per month
https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/290661/report-github-copilot-loses-an-average-of-20-per-user-per-month
159
23
Building a collaborative pixel art editor with CRDTs
https://jakelazaroff.com/words/building-a-collaborative-pixel-art-editor-with-crdts/
158
68
Going faster by duplicating code
https://voidstar.tech/code_duplication/
149
123
The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines
https://www.construction-physics.com/p/the-evolution-of-tunnel-boring-machines
148
51
Chuck Feeney has died
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/09/business/billionaire-duty-free-shoppers-founder-charles-feeney-dead/index.html
143
Wayfire 0.8
https://wayfire.org/2023/10/07/Wayfire-0-8.html
FTX – The fraud was in the code
https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-fraud-was-in-the-code
135
Google wins reprieve from $32M verdict in Sonos patent fight
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/google-wins-reprieve-325-mln-verdict-sonos-patent-fight-2023-10-09/
132
77
Be an Open Source Absolutist
https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1711737838889242880
129
ElevenLabs Launches Voice Translation Tool to Break Down Language Barriers
https://elevenlabs.io/blog/elevenlabs-launches-voice-translation-tool-to-break-down-language-barriers-for-content/
67
Lego MRI Scanners donated to hospitals to help children cope with anxiety (2022)
https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2022/february/lego-foundation-donation-mri
128
Karaniya Metta Sutta: The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.08.amar.html
126
100
Apple patents suggest future AirPods could monitor biosignals and brain activity
https://applemagazine.com/apple-patents-suggest-future-airpods-could-monitor-biosignals-and-brain-activity/59510
73
Show HN: REST Alternative to GraphQL and tRPC
https://openapistack.co/docs/intro/
93
Lit 3.0
https://lit.dev/blog/2023-10-10-lit-3.0/
92
Common Lisp: An Interactive Approach (1992)
https://cse.buffalo.edu/~shapiro/Commonlisp/
118
9
Official CLI Tool for the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/developers/internetarchive/cli.html
113
147
The rent is too damn algorithmic
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/631461/the-rent-is-too-damn-algorithmic/
108
HTTP/2 Rapid Reset: deconstructing the record-breaking attack
https://blog.cloudflare.com/technical-breakdown-http2-rapid-reset-ddos-attack/
81
Show HN: I learned to code and built a crypto analytics platform
https://www.tradingdigits.io/
107
20
2000Ad announces retirement of John M. Burns
https://2000ad.com/news/no-more-robots-no-more-trains-2000-ad-wishes-a-very-happy-retirement-to-the-legendary-john-m-burns/
97
70
Ask HN: How do you tell if something has a keylogger implemented
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37829787
82
Canada plans to regulate search and social media use of AI
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/10/canada-plans-to-regulate-search-and-social-media-use-of-artificial-intelligence-for-content-moderation-and-discoverability/
90
140
Archaeologists extract DNA of ancient Israelites
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-10-09/ty-article/in-first-archaeologists-extract-dna-of-ancient-israelites/0000018b-138a-d2fc-a59f-d39b21fd0000
86
32
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
https://resobscura.substack.com/p/before-psychedelic-therapy-narcosynthesis
59
Ask HN: SaaS Founders, What 3 advice would you give your younger selves?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37834908
84
Finnish president says undersea pipeline, cables damaged by 'external activity'
https://apnews.com/article/finland-estonia-pipeline-24d6623cf2778464fdb4ef1d85c70d91
58
JSONB – Request for evaluation and comment
https://sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/8687d4ad36
27
Polar Signals Cloud: Always-on, zero-instrumentation continuous profiling
https://www.polarsignals.com/
80
154
Analysis of the California Delete Act
https://www.tomkemp.ai/blog/2023/10/10/analysis-of-the-california-delete-act-sb-362-signed-into-law
79
Do you make over 20k a month?
https://old.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/173b8jh/do_you_make_over_20k_a_month/
75
4
Happy 5th Birthday, SerenityOS
https://serenityos.org/happy/5th/
13
HyperAttention: Long-Context Attention in Near-Linear Time
https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.05869
46
Microsoft says VBScript will be ripped from Windows in a future release
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/10/microsoft_says_vbscript_will_be/
182
Is giving people cash working? Six months of Denver's Basic Income Project
https://denverite.com/2023/10/03/denver-basic-income-project-six-month-results/
72
50
Finnish Government to Make Announcement on Gas Pipeline Leak in Gulf of Finland
https://yle.fi/a/74-20054419
69
Show HN: Standalone Jdk.compiler, Java Compiler Framework and Tree API
https://github.com/kohlschutter/jdk.compiler.standalone
130
When does federal debt reach unsustainable levels?
https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2023/10/6/when-does-federal-debt-reach-unsustainable-levels
57
Ask HN: Best tools for self-authoring books in 2023?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37831175
66
11
Five Eyes Campaign Against Encryption Threatens Democracy
https://techpolicy.press/five-eyes-campaign-against-encryption-threatens-democracy/
65
Building an app to learn languages with short stories
https://purplehoisin.com/building-an-app-to-learn-languages-with-short-stories/
34
Intermediate Graphics Library, a cross-platform GPU abstraction library by Meta
https://github.com/facebook/igl
Microsoft Deprecates VBScript
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/deprecated-features-resources
64
109
Movie piracy is strongly linked to box office revenue
https://torrentfreak.com/movie-piracy-is-strongly-linked-to-box-office-revenue-231009/
63
Rotary Woofer (2006)
http://www.rotarywoofer.com/