834
530
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
465
176
What every developer should know about GPU computing
https://codeconfessions.substack.com/p/gpu-computing
454
215
Tell HN: 3G sunsetting is remotely killing every Subaru Outback battery
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37971038
407
82
FPGA N64
http://www.ultrafp64.com/
388
372
"No, it's less effort than that"
https://smartguess.is/blog/your-estimate-is-less-than-that/
351
173
Ruffle: Flash Player Emulator
https://ruffle.rs/
344
213
Dave Cutler on Windows [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi1Lq79mLeE
304
79
O3DE
https://o3de.org/
255
47
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
249
168
My website is one binary (2022)
https://j3s.sh/thought/my-website-is-one-binary.html
246
385
George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)
https://www.thoughtco.com/soft-language-euphemism-1692111
244
21
OpenRefine
https://openrefine.org/
242
231
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
240
130
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
238
153
Reddit mods dumped tokens hours before blockchain program termination
https://cointelegraph.com/news/reddit-mods-dumped-tokens-hours-before-blockchain-program-termination
222
42
How to self study pure math – a step-by-step guide [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byNaO_zn2fI
80
Pigging
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigging
220
188
With Firefox on X11, any page can pastejack you anytime (middle button paste)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/17/1
217
90
Human microbiome myths and misconceptions
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01426-7
207
327
Canada has fewer entrepreneurs today than it did 20 years ago
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-entrepreneurs-shortage-solutions-1.7002171
196
112
Twitch will now let streamers simultaneously stream on any service they want
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/20/23926013/twitch-simultaneously-stream-any-service-platform-twitchcon
185
78
MMO Architecture: clients, sockets, threads and connection-oriented servers
https://prdeving.wordpress.com/2023/10/13/mmo-architecture-client-connections-sockets-threads-and-connection-oriented-servers/
178
Refactoring has a price, not refactoring has a cost
https://www.germanvelasco.com/blog/refactoring-is-a-habit
184
133
AI Reduces the World to Stereotypes
https://restofworld.org/2023/ai-image-stereotypes/
174
92
Stories told by Aboriginal Tasmanians could be oldest recorded
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2023/10/stories-told-by-aboriginal-tasmanians-could-be-oldest-recorded-in-the-world/
165
69
Recent adventures in performance optimization with Rust
https://willcrichton.net/notes/k-corrset/
163
57
Common-knowledge effect: A bias in team decision making
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/common-knowledge-effect/
157
58
The 7th Guest gets VR remake using volumetric video
https://www.the7thguest-vr.com/
146
Keju, China’s difficult civil service test
https://aeon.co/essays/why-chinese-minds-still-bear-the-long-shadow-of-keju
145
68
It takes 12 people to use the 18k Sphere camera
https://petapixel.com/2023/10/20/darren-aronofsky-says-it-takes-12-people-to-use-the-18k-sphere-camera/
142
111
The next Raptor OpenPOWER systems are coming, but they won't be Power10
https://www.talospace.com/2023/10/the-next-raptor-openpower-systems-are.html
141
36
Microwatt: A tiny Open POWER ISA softcore written in VHDL 2008
https://github.com/antonblanchard/microwatt
136
27
HN RSS feeds per user no longer available
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37971534
Go Package for Building Progressive Web Apps
https://go-app.dev
129
104
How plants communicate with each other when in danger
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/10/21/plants-talk-warning-danger/
98
Google owes executive $1M after losing gender bias lawsuit
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/21/23926501/google-cloud-lawsuit-ulku-rowe-verdict
128
50
Transactions Are Not Locks (2022)
https://www.benburwell.com/posts/transactions-are-not-locks/
123
43
Fish skin can heal other animals' eye injuries
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fish-skin-can-heal-other-animals-eye-injuries/
122
62
We Built a Streaming SQL Engine
https://www.epsio.io/blog/how-to-create-a-streaming-sql-engine
208
Cratering motor fuel sales in Norway show the death spiral that can end oil
https://electrek.co/2023/10/20/cratering-motor-fuel-sales-in-norway-show-the-death-spiral-that-can-end-oil/
116
125
Town Repeatedly Surveilled Man's Yard with Drone Without a Warrant
https://www.404media.co/town-surveilled-mans-yard-without-a-warrant/
115
Google cuts dozens of jobs in news division
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/18/google-cuts-dozens-of-jobs-in-news-division-.html
77
Please be dying, but not too quickly, part 2: The patient's perspective
https://bessstillman.substack.com/p/please-be-dying-but-not-too-quickly-199
109
28
Locked and Loaded with New Cosmic DE Updates
https://blog.system76.com/post/locked-and-loaded-with-new-cosmic-de-updates/
108
138
The Problem with Jon Stewart cancellation highlights a problem for Apple content
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/report-apple-cancels-the-problem-with-jon-stewart-over-china-ai-topics/
107
In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour
https://crimereads.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-bank-robbery-capital-of-the-world/
35
Oberon System 3
https://github.com/rochus-keller/OberonSystem3
102
Dropbox handing over 25% of San Francisco HQ back to landlord
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/20/dropbox-hands-over-25percent-of-san-francisco-headquarters-back-to-landlord-.html
96
48
NASA's Voyager Team Focuses on Software Patch, Thrusters
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-team-focuses-on-software-patch-thrusters
91
41
Man captures 'weird anomaly' of Storm Babet lifting forest floor in Scotland
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/21/storm-babet-forest-floor-video-mugdock-stirlingshire-scotland
89
11
The Polaroid SX70's unusual shutter (2018)
https://opensx70.com/posts/2018/11/sx70-shutter
88
63
C++ Attribute: Likely, Unlikely
https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/attributes/likely
85
6
Reimplementing git clone in Haskell from the bottom up (2013)
https://stefan.saasen.me/articles/git-clone-in-haskell-from-the-bottom-up/
81
Ferrari Sued a Used Car Dealer for $2.2M over a Replica. It Didn't Go Well
https://www.carscoops.com/2023/10/ferrari-sued-a-used-car-dealer-for-2-2m-over-a-ford-cougar-based-replica-it-didnt-go-well/
14
Trojitá, a fast Qt IMAP email client
http://trojita.flaska.net/
