top 10 hacker news stories for 2023-12-24

Costs of running a macOS app studio business

https://notes.alinpanaitiu.com/Costs-of-running-a-macOS-app-studio-business

2 years ago

Did English ever have a formal version of "you"? (2011)

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9780/did-english-ever-have-a-formal-version-of-you

2 years ago

Can Microsoft Flight Simulator help me learn to fly or make me a better pilot?

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/738/can-microsoft-flight-simulator-help-me-learn-to-fly-or-make-me-a-better-pilot

2 years ago

The era of American computer magazines has drawn to a close

https://bytecellar.com/2023/12/23/the-era-of-american-computer-magazines-has-drawn-to-a-close/

2 years ago

Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them

https://generals.io/

2 years ago

"Attention", "Transformers", in Neural Network "Large Language Models"

http://bactra.org/notebooks/nn-attention-and-transformers.html

2 years ago

Study: TikTok Global Platform Anomalies Align with CCP Geostrategic Objectives [pdf]

https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/A-Tik-Tok-ing-Timebomb_12.21.23.pdf

2 years ago

Sam Altman's knack for dodging bullets with a little help from bigshot friends

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-altman-openai-protected-by-silicon-valley-friends-f3efcf68

2 years ago

How can Santa keep his lists when the GDPR is around?

https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/114033/how-can-santa-keep-his-lists-when-the-gdpr-is-around

2 years ago

America lost the chestnut, its "perfect tree"

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/12/american-chestnut-perfect-tree-restoration/676927/

2 years ago