840
464
Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules
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525
233
Markov chains are funnier than LLMs
https://emnudge.dev/blog/markov-chains-are-funny/
492
84
Dasel: Select, put and delete data from JSON, TOML, YAML, XML and CSV
https://github.com/TomWright/dasel
434
271
Bug squash: An underrated interview question
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376
122
Show HN: PgQueuer – Transform PostgreSQL into a Job Queue
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360
214
Google took three months to remove scam app that stole over $5M
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350
322
Leaving Neovim for Zed
https://stevedylan.dev/posts/leaving-neovim-for-zed/
344
68
Mike Mageek is dead
https://fudzilla.com/news/59503-mike-mageek-is-dead
314
449
NASA acknowledges it cannot quantify risk of Starliner propulsion issues
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/nasa-acknowledges-it-cannot-quantify-risk-of-starliner-propulsion-issues/
293
75
Notris: A Tetris clone for the PlayStation 1
https://github.com/jbreckmckye/notris
270
106
Algorithms we develop software by
https://grantslatton.com/software-pathfinding
219
42
How the OCaml type checker works (2022)
https://okmij.org/ftp/ML/generalization.html
213
101
Getting back into C programming for CP/M
https://kevinboone.me/cpm-c.html
205
43
Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S.
https://projects.propublica.org/toxmap/
196
63
The brain simulates actions and their consequences during REM sleep
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.13.607810v1
185
111
The Expert Mind [pdf] (2006)
https://personal.utdallas.edu/~otoole/CGS2301_S09/15_expert.pdf
180
173
Micro-libraries should never be used
https://bvisness.me/microlibraries/
Prompt Caching
https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/build-with-claude/prompt-caching
155
110
On Being a Senior Engineer (2012)
https://www.kitchensoap.com/2012/10/25/on-being-a-senior-engineer/
150
37
Surveillance Watch – the hidden connections within the surveillance industry
https://www.surveillancewatch.io
145
27
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https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/usenix05/tech/general/king/king.pdf
142
109
UK launches its first Earth-imaging military satellite
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/17/uk-launches-its-first-earth-imaging-military-satellite
136
44
CSS adds vertical centering in 2024
https://build-your-own.org/blog/20240813_css_vertical_center/
129
223
Greenwich schools to ban most cellphones, Apple Watches, Fitbits and more
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127
443
A road safety plan that will lead to cars communicating with each other
https://www.engadget.com/transportation/the-us-lays-out-a-road-safety-plan-that-will-see-cars-talk-to-each-other-170043265.html
125
99
I wag, therefore I am: the philosophy of dogs
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/18/i-wag-therefore-i-am-the-philosophy-of-dogs
120
96
Tell HN: X stopped requiring authentication, nitter works again
https://nitter.lucabased.xyz/x
118
67
Uniqueness Bias: Why it matters, how to curb it
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.07710
114
103
Apple might be implementing a VPN censorship order in Brazil
https://status.proton.me/incidents/0frlp8crn7kx
187
Parents outraged at Snoo after smart bassinet company charges fee to rock crib
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/snoo-bassinet-baby-sleeping-subscription-b2597869.html
108
Show HN: Wd-40, a static webserver with automatic hot-reloads
https://github.com/baalimago/wd-40
107
32
Alain Delon has died
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/18/french-screen-star-alain-delon-dies-aged-88
Show HN: I Made a Website for Problems
https://www.theproblemplatform.com/
102
20
EFF Presses Federal Circuit to Make Patent Case Filings Public
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/eff-presses-federal-circuit-make-patent-case-filings-public
100
57
Bold Edit: An editor written by power users
https://bold-edit.com
71
Show HN: Grug Notes, a simple take on text notes
https://grugnotes.com
95
76
Noexcept affects libstdc++’s unordered_set
https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2024/08/16/libstdcxx-noexcept-hash/
94
39
NASA Citizen Scientists Spot Object Moving 1M Miles per Hour
https://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/citizen-science/nasa-citizen-scientists-spot-object-moving-1-million-miles-per-hour/
93
17,000 AT&T workers across the Southeast strike over contract negotiations
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/17/nx-s1-5079614/att-workers-strike-contract-negotiations
24
A Starter's guide on recovering damaged and rotten CDs
https://secnigma.wordpress.com/2022/05/08/a-guide-to-recovering-damaged-and-rotten-cds/
90
Why isn't Colorado's snowpack ending up in the Colorado River?
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-isnt-colorado-snowpack-river-lack.html
85
Can a Rust binary use incompatible versions of the same library?
https://github.com/brannondorsey/rust-incompatible-transitive-dependencies
28
Convert Markdown files to RSS feed
https://github.com/TimoKats/mdrss
56
Air Quality Monitors Compared: AirGradient One vs. Airthings
https://www.airgradient.com/blog/airgradient-vs-airthings/
How did divers manage to blow up the Nord Stream pipeline?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/nord-stream-pipeline-explosion-ukraine-diver-1.7296527
Biggest productivity killers in the engineering industry
https://newsletter.eng-leadership.com/p/biggest-productivity-killers-in-the
66
Scammers prey on young Chinese desperate for jobs in bleak economy
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/scammers-prey-young-chinese-desperate-jobs-bleak-economy-2024-08-16/
