716
493
Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas
https://lerner.co.il/2023/10/19/im-banned-for-life-from-advertising-on-meta-because-i-teach-python/
2 years ago
592
159
ArXiv receives $10M for upgrades
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/10/research-repository-arxiv-receives-10m-upgrades
573
474
Bandcamp's Entire Union Bargaining Team Was Laid Off
https://www.404media.co/bandcamps-entire-union-bargaining-team-was-laid-off/
563
229
Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative
https://github.com/localsend/localsend
457
128
Build your own BitTorrent
https://app.codecrafters.io/courses/bittorrent/overview
428
247
Early Europeans ate seaweed for thousands of years
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/early-europeans-ate-seaweed-and-aquatic-plants-180983102/
382
192
Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/google-hosted-malvertising-leads-to-fake-keepass-site-that-looks-genuine/
376
126
Show HN: Autotab – An AI-powered Chrome extension to create Selenium scripts
https://www.autotab.com/
354
599
Trucking startup Convoy closes operations with no buyer
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-19/bezos-backed-startup-convoy-closes-operations-with-no-buyer
346
221
Apple's use of Swift and SwiftUI in iOS 17
https://blog.timac.org/2023/1019-state-of-swift-and-swiftui-ios17/
307
242
DRM-free e-books are a big deal (2019)
https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/drm-free-e-books-are-now-available-heres-why-thats-a-big-deal
295
277
Please Pay for a Year of Nothing
https://joe-steel.com/2023-10-19-Please-Pay-For-a-Year-of-Nothing.html
280
21
I, Voyager: Open-Source Software Planetarium
https://www.ivoyager.dev/
234
Just paying Figma because nothing else works
https://fasterthanli.me/articles/just-paying-figma-15-dollars
257
189
13 States join the IRS direct-file test after tax prep firms dropped the ball
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/18/23922150/irs-direct-file-pilot-available-13-states-income-tax-2024
155
Peter Thiel was an FBI informant
https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-fbi-informant-charles-johnson-johnathan-buma-chs-genius-2023-10
254
332
Toyota adopts the North American charging standard
https://pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-adopts-the-north-american-charging-standard-to-expand-customer-charging-options/
249
59
LocalPilot: Open-source GitHub Copilot on your MacBook
https://github.com/danielgross/localpilot
241
52
Libre Silicon – Free semiconductors for everyone
https://libresilicon.com/
239
98
Ozone hole goes large again
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-5P/Ozone_hole_goes_large_again
162
Instagram apologizes for inserting 'terrorist' into Palestinian bio translations
https://www.404media.co/instagram-palestinian-arabic-bio-translation/
227
Engineering Management Checklist (2021)
http://pnewman.org/engineering_mgmt_checklist.txt
219
19
Anna's Archive – LLM Training Data from Shadow Libraries
https://annas-archive.org/llm
208
50
Accounting for computer scientists (2011)
https://martin.kleppmann.com/2011/03/07/accounting-for-computer-scientists.html
207
150
Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in 14k-year-old tree rings
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-largest-solar-storm-ancient-year-old.html
193
69
Linux runtime security agent powered by eBPF
https://github.com/Exein-io/pulsar
184
FCC moves ahead with Title II net neutrality rules in 3-2 party-line vote
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/fcc-moves-ahead-with-title-ii-net-neutrality-rules-in-3-2-party-line-vote/
183
266
Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2023/10/ketamine.html
179
83
There's a new way to flip bits in DRAM, and it works against the latest defenses
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/theres-a-new-way-to-flip-bits-in-dram-and-it-works-against-the-latest-defenses/
177
160
Mojo is now available on Mac
https://www.modular.com/blog/mojo-is-now-available-on-mac
171
113
Clearview doesn't let Europeans delete themselves anymore
https://twitter.com/kashhill/status/1715048994223567281
166
334
Banging errors in Go
https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/bango
165
122
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b52A3sKz-I
161
37
Vectorpea: Online Tool for Vector Graphics
https://www.vectorpea.com/
156
65
Using Prolog as the AST
https://marcellerusu.com/using_prolog_as_the_ast.html
154
127
How not to hire a North Korean plant posing as a techie
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/19/north_korea_fake_freelance_avoidance/
130
AMD Introduces New AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000/Pro 7000 WX
https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1162/amd-introduces-new-amd-ryzen-threadripper-7000-series
151
AtomVM: Erlang virtual machine for IoT devices
https://www.atomvm.org
144
63
Show HN: Modern Moodle learning platform open-source alternative
https://www.learnhouse.app/
140
13
The origins of the Idle Scan
http://antirez.com/news/139
135
36
Rip – Rust crate to resolve and install Python packages
https://prefix.dev/blog/introducing_rip
64
Retroactive: Run Aperture, iPhoto and iTunes on macOS Ventura, Monterey, Big Sur
https://github.com/cormiertyshawn895/Retroactive
Improving image generation with better captions [pdf]
https://cdn.openai.com/papers/dall-e-3.pdf
123
53
Show HN: Generate Stable Diffusion scenes around 3D models
https://github.com/Dabble-Studio/3d-to-photo
117
Consortium launched to build the largest open LLM
https://www.utu.fi/en/news/press-release/university-of-turku-and-silogen-launch-consortium-to-build-the-worlds-largest
115
107
"We have a thermal printer hooked up to the internet, you can send us a doodle"
https://guestbook.goodenough.us/
The iOS option to charge battery to "80% Limit" shouldn't just be for iPhone 15
https://keydiscussions.com/2023/10/19/apples-new-80-battery-limit-feature-should-not-be-limited-to-the-iphone-15/
111
81
Even a laptop can run RAM externally thanks to CXL
https://www.techradar.com/pro/even-a-laptop-can-run-ram-externally-thanks-to-a-little-known-tech-called-cxl-but-its-not-for-sale-to-mere-mortals-who-only-want-1tb-of-ram
108
30-year fixed mortgage rate just hit 8% for the first time since 2000
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/18/30-year-fixed-mortgage-rate-just-hit-8percent-for-the-first-time-since-2000.html
106
58
The Geometry of Truth: Do LLM's Know True and False
https://saprmarks.github.io/geometry-of-truth/dataexplorer/
103
110
DALL·E 3 is now available in ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise
https://openai.com/blog/dall-e-3-is-now-available-in-chatgpt-plus-and-enterprise
100
75
The reason CEOs want workers to RTO is because they want you to quit
https://www.fastcompany.com/90969112/op-ed-the-real-reason-ceos-want-workers-back-in-the-office-is-because-they-want-you-to-quit
99
133
Nokia to axe up to 14,000 jobs to cut costs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67153676
Google's 21-year deal with Apple is the "heart" of monopoly case, judge says
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/googles-21-year-deal-with-apple-is-the-heart-of-monopoly-case-judge-says/
89
Ruvy: creating Wasm modules from Ruby code
https://shopify.engineering/introducing-ruvy
97
85
Amazon Let Its Drivers' Urine Be Sold as an Energy Drink
https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-let-its-drivers-urine-be-sold-as-an-energy-drink/
95
9
Alzheimer's microbiota induce deficits in cognition and hippocampal neurogenesis
https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awad303/7308687
94
Show HN: Open-source background removal in Node.js
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@imgly/background-removal-node
26
Jon Stewart's Apple TV show ends; Apple execs resisted coverage of AI and China
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/19/apple-has-a-problem-with-jon-stewart/
93
27
The 1924 Mikiphone: The first pocket record player
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/mikiphone/
92
Blaze: Fast query execution engine for Apache Spark
https://github.com/blaze-init/blaze
91
39
Joining CSV Data Without SQL: An IP Geolocation Use Case
https://www.brimdata.io/blog/join-geolocation-csv-data/
96
Requiem for a stringref
https://wingolog.org/archives/2023/10/19/requiem-for-a-stringref
17
Bumble bees drop to shake off Asian hornets
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-bumble-bees-asian-hornets.html
86
My 82 year old mother found out that fraudsters had emptied her HSBC_UK account
https://twitter.com/AAMortazavi/status/1713265395388252666
82
116
Is POSIX really outdated?
https://cuno.io/blog/is-posix-outdated-in-the-cloud-era/
209
United Airlines plans to board passengers with window seats first
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/united-air-window-seats-economy-class-board-first-wilma-plan/
80
In-memory database Redis wants to dabble in disk
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/19/redis_disk_support/
79
The secret life of Jimmy Zhong, who stole – and lost – more than $3B
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/17/crypto911.html
78
2
Sparse LLM Inference on CPU: 75% fewer parameters
https://huggingface.co/blog/mwitiderrick/llm-infrerence-on-cpu
76
Redis Insight: GUI App for Redis
https://redis.io/docs/ui/insight/
25
On Stewart's Apple TV Plus show ends, reportedly over coverage of AI and China
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/19/23924549/jon-stewart-apple-ai-china-cancel
74
18
The Web Is for User Agency
https://berjon.com/user-agency/
72
42
Apache HTTP Server 2.4.58 (CVE fixes)
https://downloads.apache.org/httpd/CHANGES_2.4.58
71
Scottish couple facing $33k repair bill after driving Tesla in heavy rain
https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/scottish-couple-facing-33k-repair-bill-after-driving-tesla-in-heavy-rain
In ancient Egypt, soul houses and false doors connected the living and the dead
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-egypt-soul-houses-false-doors
