1156
674
FCC rules AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-makes-ai-generated-voices-robocalls-illegal
2 years ago
1072
227
John Walker, founder of Autodesk, has died
https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/john-walker-1949-2024/4305
859
701
Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy
https://fortune.com/2024/02/08/mozilla-firefox-ceo-laura-chambers-mitchell-baker-leadership-transition/
668
1098
Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced
https://blog.google/products/gemini/bard-gemini-advanced-app/
643
188
OpenAI compatibility
https://ollama.ai/blog/openai-compatibility
587
423
Sudo for Windows
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/introducing-sudo-for-windows/
582
302
Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible "forever"
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/02/funimation-dvds-included-forever-available-digital-copies-forever-ends-april-2/
520
196
VirtualBox KVM Public Release
https://cyberus-technology.de/articles/vbox-kvm-public-release
511
94
I accidentally Blender VSE
https://aras-p.info/blog/2024/02/06/I-accidentally-Blender-VSE/
427
6
Gemini Ultra Released
https://one.google.com/explore-plan/gemini-advanced
342
115
Concrete.css
https://concrete.style
330
56
A distributed systems reading list
https://ferd.ca/a-distributed-systems-reading-list.html
313
146
Doorway effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doorway_effect
296
323
Canadian government banning Flipper Zero to combat auto theft
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2024/02/federal-action-on-combatting-auto-theft.html
286
263
Dutch Police intelligence services unlawfully spied on whole population groups
https://nltimes.nl/2024/02/08/police-intelligence-services-unlawfully-spied-whole-population-groups
274
147
Show HN: Daily price tracking for Trader Joe's
https://traderjoesprices.com
254
238
Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower, owner says
https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/someone-stole-a-jasper-radio-stations-200-foot-tower-owner-says.html
233
60
Physics for Mathematicians – Introduction
https://nicf.net/articles/physics-for-mathematicians/
226
270
React has grown beyond its original promise and it's causing more harm than good
https://md.jtmn.dev/blog/💻+Programming/PR-007+-+Why+you+don%27t+need+React
217
85
Simple Precision Time Protocol at Meta
https://engineering.fb.com/2024/02/07/production-engineering/simple-precision-time-protocol-sptp-meta/
82
LLRT: A low-latency JavaScript runtime from AWS
https://github.com/awslabs/llrt
206
209
Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election day
https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/07/pakistan-suspends-mobile-phone-services-on-election-day/
198
130
Grandmaster-Level Chess Without Search
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04494
197
36
Receiving weather satellite images using SatDump
https://support.nooelec.com/hc/en-us/articles/10407982882327-Receiving-Weather-Satellite-Images-Using-SatDump
195
Rebuilding Netflix's video processing pipeline with microservices
https://netflixtechblog.com/rebuilding-netflix-video-processing-pipeline-with-microservices-4e5e6310e359?gi=d48b3333df75
193
53
Web design inspiration catalog
https://www.curated.design/
184
Context Control in Go
https://zenhorace.dev/blog/context-control-go/
181
45
SQLite-Web: Web-based SQLite database browser written in Python
https://github.com/coleifer/sqlite-web
172
48
J.G. Ballard: My Favorite Books
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/j-g-ballard-my-favorite-books/
168
114
Funimation End of Services
https://help.funimation.com/hc/en-us/articles/23103586580244-Funimation-End-of-services
162
Launch HN: AgentHub (YC W24) – A no-code automation platform
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39302870
71
Baruch Spinoza and the art of thinking in dangerous times
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/02/12/baruch-spinoza-and-the-art-of-thinking-in-dangerous-times
157
79
When "letting it crash" is not enough
https://flawless.dev/essays/when-letting-it-crash-is-not-enough/
152
Lessons from a fountain pen addict
https://ukfountainpens.com/2019/03/24/13-hard-learned-lessons-from-a-veteran-fountain-pen-addict/
149
179
How QUIC is displacing TCP for speed
https://engineeringatscale.substack.com/p/how-quic-is-displacing-tcp-for-speed
145
62
How to (seriously) read a scientific paper (2016)
https://www.science.org/content/article/how-seriously-read-scientific-paper
143
138
Why Elixir Is the Best Language for Building a Bootstrapped, B2B SaaS in 2024
https://www.sleepeasy.app/2024/01/21/elixir-best-language-for-bootstrapped-b2b-saas/
38
The Eagle Never Sleeps: one Kentucky newspaper still screams for press freedom
https://strangersguide.com/articles/the-eagle-never-sleeps/
141
57
Walter Shawlee, the sovereign of slide rules, has died
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/08/science/walter-shawlee-dead.html
127
42
Porting Libyaml to Safe Rust: Some Thoughts
https://simonask.github.io/libyaml-safer/
125
5
3M electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/no-3-million-electric-toothbrushes-were-not-used-in-a-ddos-attack/
122
30
Spectrum Analyser, a Sinclair ZX Spectrum reverse engineering tool
https://colourclash.co.uk/spectrum-analyser/
21
What's Inside a Linux Kernel Core Dump
https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/post/whats-inside-a-linux-kernel-core-dump
113
Lamport Clocks
https://blog.fponzi.me/2024-02-02-lamport-clocks.html
108
96
Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-02-drug-brains-concussions.html
107
58
What Does "With Continuation" Mean? (2020)
https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/t/what-does-with-continuation-mean/1518/2
317
How iTunes Is Changing on PC
https://support.apple.com/guide/itunes/how-itunes-is-changing-itns5ecc4f3c/windows
104
90
Apple drops PWA support on iOS for EU users
https://twitter.com/firt/status/1755406923485122615
99
28
Days Since Incident (2022)
https://neal.fun/days-since-incident/
204
A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they're too smart for that
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/07/1229233837/octopus-farm-spain-controversy
16
Compiling Expressions
https://craftinginterpreters.com/compiling-expressions.html
93
29
Hackers interrupt UAE TV streaming services with deepfake news
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/08/iran-backed-hackers-interrupt-uae-tv-streaming-services-with-deepfake-news
91
49
Cyclomatic complexity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclomatic_complexity
88
24
Fake app masquerading as password manager LastPass just pulled from App Store
https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/08/a-fake-app-masquerading-as-password-manager-lastpass-just-got-pulled-from-the-app-store/
Eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula
https://www.ruv.is/english/2024-02-08-eruption-on-the-reykjanes-peninsula-404272
201
On whether we're living in a simulation
https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=7774
50
AMD Athlon K7 Easter egg has a revolver and map of Texas etched onto the chip
https://www.pcgamer.com/an-old-amd-athlon-k7-easter-egg-has-a-revolver-and-map-of-texas-etched-onto-the-chip-they-dont-make-em-like-that-anymore-eh/