top 20 hacker news stories for 2023-10-21

We have used too many levels of abstractions

https://unixsheikh.com/articles/we-have-used-too-many-levels-of-abstractions-and-now-the-future-looks-bleak.html

2 years ago

What every developer should know about GPU computing

https://codeconfessions.substack.com/p/gpu-computing

2 years ago

Tell HN: 3G sunsetting is remotely killing every Subaru Outback battery

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37971038

2 years ago

FPGA N64

http://www.ultrafp64.com/

2 years ago

"No, it's less effort than that"

https://smartguess.is/blog/your-estimate-is-less-than-that/

2 years ago

Ruffle: Flash Player Emulator

https://ruffle.rs/

2 years ago

Dave Cutler on Windows [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi1Lq79mLeE

2 years ago

O3DE

https://o3de.org/

2 years ago

Adtech surveillance and government surveillance are often the same

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/10/adtech-surveillance-and-government-surveillance-are-often-same-surveillance

2 years ago

My website is one binary (2022)

https://j3s.sh/thought/my-website-is-one-binary.html

2 years ago

George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)

https://www.thoughtco.com/soft-language-euphemism-1692111

2 years ago

OpenRefine

https://openrefine.org/

2 years ago

The decline of computers as a general-purpose technology (2021)

https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2021/3/250710-the-decline-of-computers-as-a-general-purpose-technology/fulltext

2 years ago

The Pixel 8 Pro's Tensor G3 off-loads all generative AI tasks to the cloud

https://www.notebookcheck.net/MrWhosetheboss-video-reveals-Google-s-Pixel-8-Pro-Tensor-G3-off-loads-all-generative-AI-tasks-to-the-cloud.760215.0.html

2 years ago

Reddit mods dumped tokens hours before blockchain program termination

https://cointelegraph.com/news/reddit-mods-dumped-tokens-hours-before-blockchain-program-termination

2 years ago

How to self study pure math – a step-by-step guide [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byNaO_zn2fI

2 years ago

Pigging

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigging

2 years ago

With Firefox on X11, any page can pastejack you anytime (middle button paste)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/17/1

2 years ago

Human microbiome myths and misconceptions

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01426-7

2 years ago

Canada has fewer entrepreneurs today than it did 20 years ago

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-entrepreneurs-shortage-solutions-1.7002171

2 years ago