828
409
Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox engine
https://www.zen-browser.app/
2 years ago
702
385
Toasts are bad UX
https://maxschmitt.me/posts/toasts-bad-ux
604
174
Data Exfiltration from Slack AI via indirect prompt injection
https://promptarmor.substack.com/p/data-exfiltration-from-slack-ai-via
587
220
MIT leaders describe the experience of not renewing Elsevier contract
https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/unbundling-profiles/mit-libraries/
568
780
Artificial intelligence is losing hype
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/08/19/artificial-intelligence-is-losing-hype
435
266
The anatomy of a 2AM mental breakdown
https://zarar.dev/anatomy-of-a-mental-breakdown/
424
182
Sourcegraph went dark
https://eric-fritz.com/articles/sourcegraph-went-dark/
401
280
Zed AI
https://zed.dev/blog/zed-ai
366
52
Transformers for Ruby
https://github.com/ankane/transformers-ruby
348
114
Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers (1953) [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwf5mAlI7Ug
291
245
The U.S. Navy's $100M checkbox (2019)
https://adrian3.com/blog/2019/2019-09-28-The-US-Navys-100-million-dollar-checkbox.php
255
106
Pragtical: Practical and pragmatic code editor
https://pragtical.dev/
238
60
Nasir Ahmed's digital-compression breakthrough helped make JPEGs/MPEGs possible
https://spectrum.ieee.org/compression-algorithms
235
96
Windows 0-day was exploited by North Korea to install advanced rootkit
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/windows-0-day-was-exploited-by-north-korea-to-install-advanced-rootkit/
219
190
The waiting time paradox: why is my bus always late? (2018)
https://jakevdp.github.io/blog/2018/09/13/waiting-time-paradox/
217
24
Phrack 71
http://phrack.org/issues/71/1.html
216
87
Fine-tuning now available for GPT-4o
https://openai.com/index/gpt-4o-fine-tuning/
211
333
Why are Texas interchanges so tall?
https://practical.engineering/blog/2024/8/19/why-are-texas-interchanges-texas-so-tall
204
68
I picked up a shitty NUC from ewaste and it had a label on it for an AI company
https://digipres.club/@foone/112990331505043510
202
33
Plasmo – A framework for building modern Chrome extensions
https://github.com/PlasmoHQ/plasmo
167
195
Exposure to the Sun's UV radiation may be good for you
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/08/12/exposure-to-the-suns-uv-radiation-may-be-good-for-you
163
57
Uv 0.3 – Unified Python packaging
https://astral.sh/blog/uv-unified-python-packaging
159
73
Software possession for personal use
https://olano.dev/blog/software-possession-for-personal-use/
150
154
Making database systems usable
http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2024/08/making-database-systems-usable.html
145
147
US Judge Strikes Down Ban on Worker 'Noncompete' Agreements
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-strikes-down-biden-administration-ban-worker-noncompete-agreements-2024-08-20/
136
111
Procreate's anti-AI pledge attracts praise from digital creatives
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/19/24223473/procreate-anti-generative-ai-pledge-digital-illustration-creatives
135
142
The YouTube like button glows when you say "smash that like button" [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obX2WdINsZo
134
146
$50 2GB Raspberry Pi 5 comes with a lower price and a tweaked, cheaper CPU
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/new-2gb-raspberry-pi-5-option-knocks-the-price-down-to-50/
130
37
On Writing Well
https://zodvik.com/posts/on-writing-well/
127
40
So you want to build an embedded Linux system?
https://jaycarlson.net/embedded-linux/
29
Launch HN: MinusX (YC S24) – AI assistant for data tools like Jupyter/Metabase
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41301448
94
42
Reflecting on transducers in Scheme (2023)
https://www.thatgeoguy.ca/blog/2023/01/04/reflections-on-transducers/
93
49
Higher ultraviolet light exposure is associated with lower mortality
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829224001564
90
47
Neo Geo Dev: Fixed Point Numbers
https://mattgreer.dev/blog/neo-geo-dev-fixed-point/
88
95
An admittedly wandering defense of the SSO tax
https://ssoready.com/blog/from-the-founders/an-unpopular-perspective-on-the-sso-tax/
84
14
What's the big deal about Deterministic Simulation Testing?
https://notes.eatonphil.com/2024-08-20-deterministic-simulation-testing.html
82
70
6th-generation Waymo Driver
https://waymo.com/blog/2024/08/meet-the-6th-generation-waymo-driver/
81
62
Condé Nast Signs Deal with OpenAI
https://www.wired.com/story/conde-nast-openai-deal/
72
85
Anger over sale of George Orwell archive
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/17/it-could-disappear-for-ever-anger-over-sale-of-george-orwell-archive
86
Mike Lynch's co-defendant in fraud trial 'fatally struck' by car while jogging
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/19/mike-lynchs-co-defendant-in-us-trial-fatally-struck-by-car-while-jogging
26
Copilot turns a court reporter into a child molester
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Copilot-turns-a-court-reporter-into-a-child-molester-9840612.html
A Lego Model of Capitalist Central Planning
https://www.asomo.co/p/lego-capitalist-central-planning
21
Show HN: A simple and powerful RSS reader for the web
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41305272
39
Shapez2 Released
https://shapez2.com/
64
19
Twitter Takeover Is Now the Worst Buyout for Banks Since the Financial Crisis
https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-is-now-the-worst-buyout-for-banks-since-the-financial-crisis-3f4272cb
118
GM to Cut More Than 1k Software Engineers, Mostly in US
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-19/gm-to-cut-more-than-1-000-software-engineers-mostly-in-the-us
63
16
Show HN: Visual Sudoku solver in the browser
https://sudoku.dotslashdan.com/
34
Roc Lang – Elm but for everywhere [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s--2X0kwe4Y
53
&udm=14 for Safari (iOS/iPadOS)
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/udm14-for-safari/id6520379591
Go automatically downloads a newer toolchain if needed
https://kokada.capivaras.dev/blog/quick-bits-go-automatically-downloads-a-newer-toolchain-if-needed/
