627
207
The Dunning-Kruger effect is autocorrelation
https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2022/04/08/the-dunning-kruger-effect-is-autocorrelation/
2 years ago
565
232
Sqids – Generate short unique IDs from numbers
https://sqids.org/
552
428
The Bond villain compliance strategy
https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/bond-villain-compliance-strategy/
403
129
Show HN: I saw this mind-blowing experiment, so I made a simple version of it
https://github.com/Momciloo/fun-with-sockets
365
227
Nvidia sued for stealing trade secrets: blunder showed rival company's code
https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-sued-for-stealing-trade-secrets-after-screensharing-blunder-showed-rival-companys-code-063009605.html
328
262
Normal Operating Sounds
https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_us/GUID-AA58ED67-9C93-4EE6-8B19-9FDABE018787.html
283
349
The new Paris métro
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferleighparker/2023/11/22/the-new-paris-mtro-is-coming-and-its-a-very-big-deal/
269
39
Helm
https://tytel.org/helm/
235
122
Why 56k is the fastest dial up modem speed
https://www.10stripe.com/articles/why-is-56k-the-fastest-dialup-modem-speed.php
209
95
ArchiveTeam is downloading and saving content from Blogger
https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Blogger
199
33
Shh: Simple Shell Scripting from Haskell
https://github.com/luke-clifton/shh
165
106
Darktable: Crashing into the wall in slow-motion
https://ansel.photos/en/news/darktable-dans-le-mur-au-ralenti/
163
102
New Wave Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1964–1983
https://www.hilobrow.com/new-wave-sci-fi/
158
62
Sopwith – a classic bi-plane shoot 'em up from 1984 in the browser
https://midzer.de/wasm/sdl-sopwith/
151
124
Bandcamp support is faltering – maybe you should download your music now
https://linuximpact.com/bandcamp-support-is-faltering-download-your-music-now/
121
Developers are not happy with .NET MAUI, but nobody in the team cares about it
https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues/19018
149
50
Your Brain on Books
https://www.publicbooks.org/this-is-your-brain-on-books/
148
41
New CRISPR systems hold promise for genome editing
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03697-w
145
54
Honeybee clustering when it's cold is a distress behavior: study
https://theconversation.com/honeybees-cluster-together-when-its-cold-but-weve-been-completely-wrong-about-why-218066
137
92
The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n22/jamie-martin/kettle-of-vultures
13
Dolphin Emulator Progress Report: August, September, and October 2023
https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2023/11/25/dolphin-progress-report-august-september-and-october-2023/
135
47
A DX7 USB Dongle
https://diyelectromusic.wordpress.com/2023/11/22/a-dx7-usb-dongle/
128
74
A chatbot that can't say anything controversial isn't worth much
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/ai-safety-regulations-uncensored-models/676076/
115
Ask HN: How can my mom downshift as a SQL developer?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38417444
111
105
The largest number representable in 64 bits
https://tromp.github.io/blog/2023/11/24/largest-number
99
28
Offpunk 2.0
https://ploum.net/2023-11-25-offpunk2.html
98
60
Investing in new vector database development vs enhancing existing databases
https://blog.det.life/why-you-shouldnt-invest-in-vector-databases-c0cd3f59d23c?gi=6b9cfcb2e477
45
Ancient Echoes
https://www.etymonline.com/columns/post/ancient-echoes
86
There are no strings on me
https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/there-are-no-strings-on-me/
83
64
Economic Effects of State Bans on Direct Manufacturer Sales to Car Buyers [pdf]
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/atr/legacy/2009/05/28/246374.pdf
82
170
AI Art Generators Can Be Fooled into Making NSFW Images
https://spectrum.ieee.org/dall-e
80
Fat OCI images are a cultural problem
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/oci-images-is-there-something-similar-to-distroless-images-built-with-nix/35957/2
78
66
A peculiarity of the GNU Coreutils version of 'test' and '['
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/CoreutilsTestPeculiarity
77
18
It's time for a new old language (2017) [pdf]
https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/6.945/readings/Steele-MIT-April-2017.pdf
Need a PRNG? Use a CSPRNG
https://sortingsearching.com/2023/11/25/random.html
72
139
Stop using JSON Web Tokens for user sessions
https://ds-security.com/post/stop-using-jwts-for-sessions/
A Light in the Woods
https://alightinthewoods.net/
71
5
Postgres: Extensions Shape the Future [pdf]
https://blog.rustprooflabs.com/static/docs/pass2023--Extensions-Shape-the-Future.pdf
35
Process for mass producing Japanese 500 yen coins
https://theawesomer.com/how-coins-are-made/723090/
70
67
Cashless Sucks
https://aeon.co/essays/going-cashless-is-a-bad-idea-but-its-not-a-conspiracy
69
84
Aerial refuelling without human intervention
https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2023-11-aerial-refuelling-without-human-intervention
57
Preparing for the end of third-party cookies
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/cookie-countdown-2023oct/
58
Workarounds to Computer Access in Healthcare: Password or a Dead Patient? (2015)
https://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~sws/pubs/ksbk15-draft.pdf
9
Doug Lenat's sources for AM (and EURISKO+Traveller?) found in public archives
https://white-flame.com/am-eurisko.html
17
Reflections on learning programming
https://blog.osm-ai.net/thinking/2023/10/26/novice-mistakes.html
117
This page knows your battery charge level (unless you're using Firefox)
https://deepesh-01.github.io/battery_indicator/
Superficial toxicity is the enemy of curiosity-driven innovation in science
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/ashes-to-ashes-superficial-toxicity-is-the-enemy-of-curiosity-driven-innovation-in-science-9a2a4a85c564
