top 20 hacker news stories for 2024-05-31

Engineering for Slow Internet

https://brr.fyi/posts/engineering-for-slow-internet

2 years ago

This Message Does Not Exist

https://www.kmjn.org/notes/message_existence.html

2 years ago

UI elements with a hand-drawn, sketchy look

https://wiredjs.com/

2 years ago

Japan's push to make all research open access

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01493-8

2 years ago

Hacker confirms access through infostealer infection [withdrawn]

https://www.hudsonrock.com/blog/snowflake-massive-breach-access-through-infostealer-infection

2 years ago

Repairing my mug with Kintsugi

https://fellerts.no/projects/kintsugi.php

2 years ago

How to copy a file from a 30-year-old laptop

https://www.unterminated.com/random-fun/how-to-copy-a-file-from-a-30-year-old-laptop

2 years ago

IRS Direct File to open to all 50 states and D.C. for 2025 tax season

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/30/irs-taxes-direct-file-free-program

2 years ago

A man ordered to hide his boat painted the boat on his fence

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fence-boat-painting-artist-hanif-panni-2487875

2 years ago

Recall: Stealing everything you've ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC

https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e

2 years ago

What we've learned from a year of building with LLMs

https://eugeneyan.com/writing/llm-lessons/

2 years ago

Every mountain, building and tree shadow in the world simulated for any time

https://shademap.app

2 years ago

Standard Ebooks' 1,000th title: Ulysses

https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/james-joyce/ulysses

2 years ago

Things you wish you didn't need to know about S3

https://blog.plerion.com/things-you-wish-you-didnt-need-to-know-about-s3/

2 years ago

What I think about Lua after shipping a project with 60k lines of code

https://blog.luden.io/what-do-i-think-about-lua-after-shipping-a-project-with-60-000-lines-of-code-bf72a1328733?gi=8385ed7c6379

2 years ago

Intel's anti-upgrade tricks defeated with Kapton tape

https://hackaday.com/2024/05/31/intels-anti-upgrade-tricks-defeated-with-kapton-tape/

2 years ago

Eye exercises for myopia prevention and control: comprehensive systematic review

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41433-023-02739-x

2 years ago

Debian KDE: Right Linux distribution for professional digital painting in 2024

https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1030/debian-12-kde-plasma-2024-install-guide

2 years ago

Carpenter's AirTags help uncover 'massive' case of stolen tools in Maryland

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/31/police-theft-thousands-power-tools/

2 years ago

Spotify won't open-source Car Thing, but starts refund process

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/spotify-wont-open-source-car-thing-but-starts-refund-process/

2 years ago