1001
163
Protomaps – A free and open source map of the world
https://protomaps.com/
2 years ago
668
131
Embeddings: What they are and why they matter
https://simonwillison.net/2023/Oct/23/embeddings/
577
413
Software disenchantment
https://tonsky.me/blog/disenchantment/
374
275
Google pulls up the ladder on open internet, pushes unconstitutional regulation
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/10/23/google-decides-to-pull-up-the-ladder-on-the-open-internet-pushes-for-unconstitutional-regulatory-proposals/
370
245
Cooler screens
https://computer.rip/2023-10-22-cooler-screens.html
340
206
Shopify files lawsuit over DMCA abuse
https://torrentfreak.com/shopify-files-lawsuit-over-illegal-dmca-takedown-abuse-231020/
331
188
Mazda slaps developer with cease-and-desist for DIY smart home integration
https://www.thedrive.com/news/mazda-slaps-developer-with-cease-and-desist-for-diy-smart-home-integration
271
214
Woman wins 12-year legal battle against Google
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-23/janice-duffy-wins-12-year-legal-battle-against-google/103008954
267
55
Java implementation of a quantum computing resistant cryptographic algorithm
https://github.com/mthiim/dilithium-java
266
136
Building a unikernel that runs WebAssembly – part 1
https://flavio.castelli.me/2023/02/07/building-a-unikernel-that-runs-webassembly---part-1/
256
119
Base64 Encoding, Explained
https://www.akshaykhot.com/base64-encoding-explained/
247
211
EU Chat Control Bill Postponed
https://tutanota.com/blog/chat-control-criticism
242
80
Cleveland launches plan to provide cheap broadband
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/10/23/tired-of-being-ripped-off-by-monopolies-cleveland-launches-ambitious-plan-to-provide-citywide-dirt-cheap-broadband/
237
168
How does macOS manage virtual cores on Apple Silicon?
https://eclecticlight.co/2023/10/23/how-does-macos-manage-virtual-cores-on-apple-silicon/
231
155
Excel will allow certain auto data conversions to be turned off
https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/control-data-conversions-in-excel-for-windows-and-mac
230
143
UK government surveilling social media of teaching assistants
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-government-caught-surveilling-social-media-of-teaching-assistants-and-librarians
226
195
Rivian R1T is the first EV to win the longest off-road competition in the US
https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/22/rivian-r1t-is-the-first-ev-to-win-the-longest-off-road-competition-in-the-us/
225
215
Raspberry Pi 5: available now
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-5-available-now/
222
192
How to run 50% faster without external energy (2020)
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aay1950
217
198
Marcel the Shell
https://www.marceltheshell.org
213
45
Show HN: Pypipe – A Python command-line tool for pipeline processing
https://github.com/bugen/pypipe
262
Why Japan has blue traffic lights instead of green
https://www.rd.com/article/heres-japan-blue-traffic-lights/
191
68
How to Build Your Own AI-Generated Images with ControlNet and Stable Diffusion
https://www.datature.io/blog/how-to-build-your-own-ai-generated-image-with-controlnet-and-stable-diffusion
MSW 2.0 – Mock Service Worker
https://mswjs.io/blog/introducing-msw-2.0/
186
169
Ask HN: Was any Starfighter postmortem ever published?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37985450
182
109
Show HN: WebSession, a Secure Replacement for Cookies
https://websession.dev/
170
139
Yarn 4.0
https://yarnpkg.com/blog/release/4.0
160
98
Two Kinds of Techno-Optimism
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/two-kinds-of-techno-optimism
159
8
Off-duty pilot tried to crash Alaska Airlines SFO flight, officials say
https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/23/sfo-alaska-airlines-pilot-crash-plane/
21
Cascade: CPU fuzzing via intricate program generation
https://comsec.ethz.ch/research/hardware-design-security/cascade-cpu-fuzzing-via-intricate-program-generation/
158
29
Thousands of programmable DNA-cutters found in algae, snails and other organisms
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-thousands-programmable-dna-cutters-algae-snails.html
153
134
Nvidia to Challenge Intel with Arm-Based Processors for PCs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-23/nvidia-to-take-on-intel-with-arm-based-pc-chips-reuters-says
150
41
Sandstorm, Tempest, and the Future
https://sandstorm.org/news/2023-10-23-sandstorm-tempest-and-the-future
145
105
Earth Stopped Getting Greener 20 Years Ago
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-stopped-getting-greener-20-years-ago/
114
Chrome Removing Theora Support
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/qqDdLkeyk7Y/m/ajHePzglAwAJ
122
1Password detects "suspicious activity" in its internal Okta account
https://blog.1password.com/files/okta-incident/okta-incident-report.pdf
141
137
Personal aviation is about to get interesting
https://www.elidourado.com/p/personal-aviation
166
Samsung and other manufacturers disable phones bought on gray markets
https://nomadscrolls.net/2023/10/23/samsung-and-other-manufacturers-disable-phones-bought-on-gray-markets-a-consumer-nightmare/
71
Show HN: Roadmap – A Personal Growth Game for Social Anxiety
https://www.roadmaptogrow.com
140
Ask HN: What happened to hackerspaces?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37981294
Ask HN: How's your job search going in this current economy?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37981149
135
316
Off-duty pilot allegedly tried to shut off engines on Alaska Airlines flight
https://abcnews.go.com/US/alaska-airlines-flight-diverted-after-credible-security-threat/story?id=104223059
177
Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate
https://www.latimes.com/politics/newsletter/2023-10-20/killings-in-the-u-s-are-dropping-at-an-historic-rate-will-anyone-notice-essential-politics
132
133
Driver's failure to laugh at odd question during stop not reasonable suspicion
http://fourthamendment.com/?p=56109
129
96
Common fungus candida albicans might fuel Alzheimer's onset
https://neurosciencenews.com/alzheimers-fungus-24955/
35
Trying out TinaCMS
https://blog.cassidoo.co/post/trying-tinacms/
124
204
Tailwind vs. Semantic CSS
https://nuejs.org/blog/tailwind-vs-semantic-css/
120
94
The black market in GitHub stars
https://www.wired.com/story/github-stars-black-market-coders-cheat/
40
National Center for Home Food Preservation
https://nchfp.uga.edu/
111
32
ChDB: Embedded OLAP SQL Engine Powered by ClickHouse
https://github.com/chdb-io/chdb
108
43
COBOL on Wheelchair: Micro web-framework for COBOL
https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair/blob/master/tutorial/index.md
48
iOS Single App Mode Escape
https://labs.withsecure.com/advisories/single-app-mode-bypass
104
33
We're entering a pretty strong El Niño
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/were-entering-a-pretty-strong-el-nino-heres-what-that-means-for-a-us-winter/
97
156
Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/23/millions_of_smart_meters_will/
38
Orcas that hunted alongside humans might be extinct
https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas-that-hunted-alongside-humans-might-be-extinct
93
86
New data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/23/1082189/data-poisoning-artists-fight-generative-ai/
91
EU-funded report calls for wealth of super-rich to be taxed, not income
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/22/eu-funded-report-calls-for-wealth-of-super-rich-to-be-taxed-not-income
51
Roblox Ryanair
https://www.robloxryanair.com
William and Mary by Roald Dahl (1959)
https://user.ceng.metu.edu.tr/~ucoluk/yazin/William_and_Mary.html
89
69
Matter 1.2 – New device types and improvements
https://csa-iot.org/newsroom/matter-1-2-arrives-with-nine-new-device-types-improvements-across-the-board/
126
Cortical Labs: "Human neural networks raised in a simulation"
https://corticallabs.com/
88
It's Time to Tax Billionaires
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvxk3/billionaire-tax-new-report
50
Embarrassingly Simple Text Watermarks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.08920
84
95
Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips in major new challenge to Intel
https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-make-arm-based-pc-chips-major-new-challenge-intel-2023-10-23/
36
Lets Have Three Abstraction Layers
https://minimal.app/Z0ndOgmj
83
China is becoming a data black hole, says short seller Aandahl
https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/686676
17
Google faces antitrust probe in Japan for pushing search default
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/10/d2b4990f6c0f-japans-antitrust-watchdog-probes-google-for-pushing-search-default.html
73
16
Generators are dead, long live coroutines, generators are back
https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2023/10/23/coroutines.html
Leaving Twitter
https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2023/10/23/leaving-twitter
72
92
Riley Reid on AI: 'I Don't Want Porn to Get Left Behind'
https://www.404media.co/riley-reid-clona-ai-chatbot-virtual-companion/
Abusing GDB features for data ingress and egress
https://www.archcloudlabs.com/projects/debuginfod/
74
Windows CE's final day
https://www.hpcfactor.com/news/871/end-of-an-era-windows-ces-final-day
42
Unavoidable future increase in West Antarctic ice-shelf melting over 21 century
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01818-x