top 20 hacker news stories for 2023-12-28

4B If Statements

https://andreasjhkarlsson.github.io//jekyll/update/2023/12/27/4-billion-if-statements.html

2 years ago

IDEs we had 30 years ago

https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/the-ides-we-had-30-years-ago-and

2 years ago

Tracking developer build times to decide if the M3 MacBook is worth upgrading

https://incident.io/blog/festive-macbooks

2 years ago

Cold-blooded software

https://dubroy.com/blog/cold-blooded-software/

2 years ago

NY Times copyright suit wants OpenAI to delete all GPT instances

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/ny-times-sues-open-ai-microsoft-over-copyright-infringement/

2 years ago

Firefox Sync actually works

https://www.howtogeek.com/the-best-reason-to-use-firefox-is-sync-that-actually-works/

2 years ago

Amazon receives FDA warning letter for supplements with undeclared ingredients

https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/amazoncom-inc-662503-12202023

2 years ago

You've just been fucked by psyops [video]

https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12326-you_ve_just_been_fucked_by_psyops

2 years ago

Mozilla 2023 annual report: CEO pay skyrockets, Firefox market share nosedives

https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5053290/mozilla-2023-annual-report-ceo-pay-skyrockets-while-firefox-marketshare-nosedives

2 years ago

Particle Life

https://github.com/hunar4321/particle-life

2 years ago

Generation Junk

https://walterkirn.substack.com/p/generation-junk

2 years ago

Game-icons.net: Free icons for your games

https://game-icons.net/

2 years ago

Lode Runner (HTML5 Remake)

https://loderunnerwebgame.com/game/

2 years ago

Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game

http://www.liero.be/

2 years ago

Formally modeled Dreidel for no good reason

https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/i-formally-modeled-dreidel-for-no-good-reason/

2 years ago

Hexcodle

https://hexcodle.com/

2 years ago

You can't do that because I hate you

https://bvisness.me/you-cant/

2 years ago

New U.S. immigration rules spur more visa approvals for STEM workers

https://www.science.org/content/article/new-u-s-immigration-rules-spur-more-visa-approvals-stem-workers

2 years ago

It's not microservice or monolith; it's cognitive load

https://fernandovillalba.substack.com/p/its-not-microservice-or-monolith

2 years ago

THAT: A brand new analog computer

https://spectrum.ieee.org/try-this-new-analog-computer

2 years ago