1880
956
The Cloud Computer
https://oxide.computer/blog/the-cloud-computer
2 years ago
770
484
The negative impact of mobile-first web design on desktop
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/content-dispersion/
563
201
Jina AI launches open-source 8k text embedding
https://jina.ai/news/jina-ai-launches-worlds-first-open-source-8k-text-embedding-rivaling-openai/
555
71
Interactive intro to shaders
https://www.mayerowitz.io/blog/a-journey-into-shaders
416
153
Ensō: write now, edit later
https://enso.sonnet.io/
402
120
I2P: End-to-end encrypted and anonymous internet
https://github.com/PurpleI2P/i2pd
342
164
Takkyu-bin: Luggage forwarding in Japan
https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/170/
341
133
People who made the original Super Mario Bros shipped Wonder 38 years later
https://www.nintendo.com.au/news-and-articles/ask-the-developer-vol-11-super-mario-bros-wonder-chapter-1
333
125
Cold war satellite images reveal unknown Roman forts
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/26/cold-war-satellite-images-hundreds-unknown-roman-forts
288
72
Now add a walrus: Prompt engineering in DALL-E 3
https://simonwillison.net/2023/Oct/26/add-a-walrus/
287
67
Running the "Reflections on Trusting Trust" Compiler
https://research.swtch.com/nih
285
198
Exclusive hardwood may be illegally harvested
https://www.chalmers.se/en/current/news/75-percent-of-exclusive-hardwood-may-be-illegally-harvested,c3863187/
283
697
U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter, better than expected
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/26/us-gdp-grew-at-a-4point9percent-annual-pace-in-the-third-quarter-better-than-expected.html
265
64
WebSDR – Internet-connected Software-Defined Radios
http://www.websdr.org/
264
66
iPhones have been exposing MAC addresses despite Apple’s promises otherwise
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/iphone-privacy-feature-hiding-wi-fi-macs-has-failed-to-work-for-3-years/
257
406
Cities Skylines 2 runs with 20fps on an Nvidia RTX4090
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/cities-skylines-2-runs-with-20fps-on-an-nvidia-rtx4090-at-4k-high-even-on-an-empty-map/
239
104
Kidney stone procedure "has the potential to be game changing"
https://komonews.com/news/local/uw-medicine-kidney-stone-breakthrough-procedure-treatment-nasa-mars-astronaut-research-patients-game-changer-seattle-clinical-trial-harborview-medical-center
234
106
Bird with GPS flies into typhoon
https://newatlas.com/biology/bird-typhoon-ride/
45
EU parliament agreement to remove chat control and safeguard secure encryption
https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/historic-agreement-on-child-sexual-abuse-proposal-csar-european-parliament-wants-to-remove-chat-control-and-safeguard-secure-encryption/
226
98
Dagor Engine and Tools source code from Gaijin Games KFT
https://github.com/GaijinEntertainment/DagorEngine
224
130
Trying to make sense of why Otis exploded en route to Acapulco
https://theeyewall.com/trying-to-make-sense-of-why-otis-exploded-en-route-to-acapulco-this-week/
219
60
We need to talk about funding
https://octoprint.org/blog/2023/10/26/we-need-to-talk-about-funding/
217
100
How bioelectricity could regrow limbs and organs
https://news.uchicago.edu/how-bioelectricity-could-regrow-limbs-and-organs
196
348
Mars has a layer of molten rock inside
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03271-4
194
23
Making PostgreSQL tick: New features in pg_cron
https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2023/10/26/making-postgres-tick-new-features-in-pg-cron/
179
87
AirportSim
https://airportsim.com/
178
112
Static Analysis Tools for C
https://github.com/analysis-tools-dev/static-analysis
172
40
Roombas at the end of the world
https://spectrum.ieee.org/south-pole-roombas
163
292
Google's plan to stop Apple from getting serious about search
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/technology/google-apple-search-spotlight.html
158
Dear Google Cloud: Your Deprecation Policy Is Killing You (2020)
https://steve-yegge.medium.com/dear-google-cloud-your-deprecation-policy-is-killing-you-ee7525dc05dc
155
MetaCLIP – Meta AI Research
https://github.com/facebookresearch/MetaCLIP
154
150
OpenAI Preparedness Challenge
https://openai.com/form/preparedness-challenge
Why cloud bandwidth is so obscenely expensive and what you can do about that
https://kerkour.com/why-cloud-bandwidth-is-so-expensive
151
56
Things I like about Gleam's Syntax
https://erikarow.land/notes/gleam-syntax
142
Apple backs national right-to-repair bill, offering parts, manuals, and tools
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/apple-backs-national-right-to-repair-bill-offering-parts-manuals-and-tools/
141
34
Lindenmayer Systems
https://rue-a.github.io/L-Systems/
135
115
Trabant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant
170
The history of Rob 'CmdrTaco' Malda [audio]
https://hackerhistory.com/podcast/the-history-of-rob-cmdrtaco-malda/
129
35
After 28 years, SSLv2 is still not gone from the internet
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/After+28+years+SSLv2+is+still+not+gone+from+the+internet+but+were+getting+there/29908
127
53
An implementation of the NTFS filesystem in a Rust crate
https://github.com/ColinFinck/ntfs
126
44
Old Unix programs running on modern computers
https://github.com/rsc/unix
65
Scientists discover why dozens of endangered elephants died
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/25/scientists-discover-why-dozens-of-endangered-elephants-dropped-dead
16
What happens when you vectorize wide PyTorch expressions?
https://probablymarcus.com/blocks/2023/10/19/vectorizing-wide-pytorch-expressions.html
18
Particle accelerator on a chip hits penny-size
https://spectrum.ieee.org/particle-accelerator-chip-sized
124
50
Synth Emulation in MAME
https://gearspace.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-and-electronic-music-production/1416192-synth-emulation-mame-arcade-machine-emulator-new-trend.html
113
2
Ham Radios Crowdsourced Ionospheric Science During Eclipse
https://eos.org/articles/ham-radios-crowdsourced-ionospheric-science-during-eclipse
27
Could a near-Earth asteroid be a piece of the moon?
https://www.spacechatter.com/2023/10/25/moon-fragment-near-earth-asteroid-kamooalewa/
ChatGPT cut off date now April 2023
https://chat.openai.com/share/3b088460-86f8-4fa6-afd1-802b7f9a5e9f
108
137
Sodium batteries offer an alternative to tricky lithium
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithium
107
152
Next.js 14
https://nextjs.org/blog/next-14
102
78
Show HN: Instant API – Build type-safe web APIs with JavaScript
https://github.com/instant-dev/api
99
54
UK government accused of 'vandalism' over abolishing biometrics safeguards
https://therecord.media/uk-government-criticized-over-abolishing-ai-biometric-safeguards
96
33
Hilbert curve: The space filling curve drawn with JavaScript
http://jsxgraph.uni-bayreuth.de/wiki/index.php/Hilbert_curve
94
12
Chaucer's works go online
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2023/10/chaucers-works-go-online.html
92
Verto.sh: A New Hub Connecting Beginners with Open-Source Projects
https://www.verto.sh/
30
Hysteria: a powerful, fast and censorship resistant proxy
https://github.com/apernet/hysteria
The IBM 5153's True CGA Palette and Color Output (2022)
https://int10h.org/blog/2022/06/ibm-5153-color-true-cga-palette/
91
77
California slams San Francisco for 'egregious' barriers to housing construction
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/san-francisco-housing.html
90
USB Power Delivery for Hobby Projects
https://flameeyes.blog/2023/08/13/usb-power-delivery-for-hobby-projects/
89
88
Tesla Model X Owner Has Had Enough of Minimalism, Adds Physical Buttons
https://insideevs.com/news/693231/tesla-model-x-owner-has-had-enough-minimalism-adds-physical-buttons/
84
200
Gen Z wants less sex in TV and movies
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/25/1208435267/sex-teens-tv-movies
80
85
BP to purchase $100M in Tesla Superchargers
https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/transportation/2023/10/26/bp-will-purchase--100-million-tesla-superchargers
75
28
DaScript: Fast and Versatile Scripting Language
https://dascript.org/
74
93
X Won't Demonetize Russell Brand, the Company Tells Pro-Censorship British MPs
https://reclaimthenet.org/x-wont-demonetize-russell-brand
73
Tell HN: 0.61 USD per week for daily sprouts of grains and pulses
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38030642
29
Viagra could slash risk of Alzheimer's disease by 60%
https://nypost.com/2023/10/23/viagra-could-slash-risk-of-alzheimers-disease-by-60-study/
70
13
Temporal Databases (1986) [pdf]
https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/~rts/pubs/Computer.pdf
69
31
A new generation of mathematicians pushes prime number barriers
https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-generation-of-mathematicians-pushes-prime-number-barriers-20231026/