1641
571
"We ran out of columns"
https://jimmyhmiller.github.io/ugliest-beautiful-codebase
2 years ago
714
356
Open Source Farming Robot
https://farm.bot/
697
144
How to build quickly
https://learnhowtolearn.org/how-to-build-extremely-quickly/
468
68
p5.js
https://p5js.org/
340
96
Reverse engineering the 59-pound printer onboard the Space Shuttle
http://www.righto.com/2024/08/space-shuttle-interim-teleprinter.html
272
148
Make your electronics tamper-evident
https://www.anarsec.guide/posts/tamper/
266
211
Techniques used by developers to bypass App Store review
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/02/developers-trick-app-store-review/
248
399
Clang vs. Clang
https://blog.cr.yp.to/20240803-clang.html
100
Show HN: Hanon Pro – piano technique and exercises for the digital age
https://furnacecreek.org/hanon/
229
35
I Made an Extended Version of Vimtutor – Introducing Vimtutor Sequel
https://github.com/micahkepe/vimtutor-sequel
219
66
The future of kdb+?
https://www.timestored.com/b/the-future-of-kdb/
189
61
Primitive Recursive Functions for a Working Programmer
https://matklad.github.io/2024/08/01/primitive-recursive-functions.html
183
73
Nxylon: New super-black material made from wood
https://news.ubc.ca/2024/07/ubc-super-black-wood-nxylon/
160
138
Boeing's Starliner proves better at torching cash than reaching orbit
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/02/boeing_starliner_losses/
159
91
To preserve their work journalists take archiving into their own hands
https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/07/to-preserve-their-work-and-drafts-of-history-journalists-take-archiving-into-their-own-hands/
151
103
Can reading make you happier? (2015)
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/can-reading-make-you-happier
149
67
Game Informer shutting down after 33 years
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/2/24212016/game-informer-shutting-down-layoffs-gamestop
142
19
Researchers develop treatment that can kill glioblastoma cells in brain pathway
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-therapy-treatment-glioblastoma-cells-newly.html
62
TPU transformation: A look back at 10 years of our AI-specialized chips
https://cloud.google.com/blog/transform/ai-specialized-chips-tpu-history-gen-ai
139
20
An FPGA built with 7400 series logic [video]
https://media.ccc.de/v/cosin2024-56234-fpga-selber-bauen-mit-74
136
29
Sega Jet Rocket: The '70s arcade game with no computer or screen
https://newatlas.com/games/sega-jet-rocket-arcade-game/
131
94
Emotional about X11: I'm creating a pure X11 “emoji keyboard”
https://github.com/Zirias/xmoji
128
26
Go Donut: Convert Live Streaming to WebRTC
https://github.com/flavioribeiro/donut
75
Monetagium – monetary extortion in feudal Europe
http://jpkoning.blogspot.com/2024/05/monetagium.html
111
53
Probability Estimates of a 21st Century AMOC Collapse
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11738
107
A* search: optimized implementation in Lisp
https://gitlab.com/lockie/cl-astar
106
14
R5N - Obfuscated mesh routing on hostile networks.
https://lsd.gnunet.org/lsd0004/draft-schanzen-r5n.html
105
39
Parsing Protobuf Definitions with Tree-sitter
https://relistan.com/parsing-protobuf-files-with-treesitter
102
0
Revisiting Linux CPU Scheduling
https://www.uninformativ.de/blog/postings/2024-08-03/0/POSTING-en.html
98
Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. Be afraid
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/03/open-ai-sam-altman-chatgpt-gary-marcus-taming-silicon-valley
97
36
IBM Audible Random Timer
https://oldbytes.space/@jgeorge/112888250526493150
23
GitHub Profile Roast
https://github-roast.pages.dev/
65
Western Digital: We Are Sampling 32TB SMR Hard Drives
https://www.anandtech.com/show/21498/western-digital-we-are-sampling-32-tb-smr-hard-drives
88
Non-computability of solutions of certain equations on digital computers (2022)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.12626
82
17
Show HN: Plain Vanilla – a tutorial website for vanilla web development
https://plainvanillaweb.com/
78
80
How WASD became the standard PC control scheme (2016)
https://www.pcgamer.com/how-wasd-became-the-standard-pc-control-scheme/
77
The U.S. wanted to knock down Huawei. It's only getting stronger
https://www.wsj.com/business/telecom/huawei-china-technology-us-sanctions-76462031
76
China is slowly joining the economic war against Russia?
http://jpkoning.blogspot.com/2024/07/china-is-slowly-joining-economic-war.html
59
Linear Algebra Done Wrong (2004)
https://www.math.brown.edu/streil/papers/LADW/LADW.html
Git: The Stupid Password Store
https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2024/07/31/git-as-a-password-prompt/
72
13
Reverse engineering XC2064, the first FPGA (2020)
https://www.righto.com/2020/09/reverse-engineering-first-fpga-chip.html
71
AiOla open-sources ultra-fast ‘multi-head’ speech recognition model
https://aiola.com/blog/introducing-whisper-medusa/
69
42
Back dating Git commits based on file modification dates
https://til.simonwillison.net/git/backdate-git-commits
3
Upgrading my Chumby 8 kernel part 13: the end
https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2024/08/upgrading-my-chumby-8-kernel-part-13-the-end/
119
Taiwan is behind schedule in preparations to fend off Chinese invasion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/03/taiwan-china-war-invasion-military-preparedness/
64
87
How to Escape from the Simulation [pdf] (2023)
https://files.theseedsofscience.org/2023/How_to_Escape_From_the_Simulation.pdf
63
Federal Appeals Court Rules Fair Use May Be Narrowed to Serve Hollywood Profits
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/federal-appeals-court-rules-fair-use-may-be-narrowed-serve-hollywood-profits
The Mystery of Detective Barbie's Audio
https://netninja.com/2024/08/01/the-mystery-of-detective-barbies-audio/
