853
713
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https://flutterfoundation.dev/blog/posts/we-are-forking-flutter-this-is-why/
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595
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https://research.google/blog/a-return-to-hand-written-notes-by-learning-to-read-write/
534
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New iMac with M4
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476
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385
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382
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371
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333
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315
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289
44
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269
100
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263
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255
139
418 I’m a teapot
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/418
50
The Influence of Japanese Archaeology on the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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243
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The sins of the 90s: Questioning a puzzling claim about mass surveillance
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219
33
ATL: A layer to run Android apps on Linux
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217
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205
120
The unnecessary decline of U.S. numerical weather prediction
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-unnecessary-decline-of-us-numerical.html
185
162
Mill: A fast JVM build tool for Java and Scala
https://mill-build.org/
169
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https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/how-gothic-architecture-became-spooky
165
175
Standardizing Automotive Connectivity
https://www.tesla.com/en_CA/blog/standardizing-automotive-connectivity
158
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155
73
Why Slight Failed: A Slight Post-Mortem
https://www.colmanhumphrey.com/posts/why-slight-failed/
149
128
NY Times gets 230 wrong again
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145
27
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142
367
'I grew up with it': readers on the enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/28/microsoft-excel-spreadsheet-program-40-years
140
35
There is no such thing as a global method in Ruby
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130
102
On Good Software Engineers
https://candost.blog/on-good-software-engineers/
126
182
200k subscribers flee 'Washington Post' after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5168416/washington-post-bezos-endorsement-president-cancellations-resignations
124
58
Psychological safety vs. high standards: A misunderstood dynamic
https://www.leadingsapiens.com/psychological-safety-vs-high-standards/
119
The 1600s were a watershed for swear words (2022)
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/explicit-content
116
They want your ethics for $105
https://ntietz.com/blog/ethics-105-dollars/
115
294
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https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/marijuana-use-teens-study.php
114
29
Go library for in-process vector search and embeddings with llama.cpp
https://github.com/kelindar/search
64
Show HN: Marmite – Zero-config static site generator
https://github.com/rochacbruno/marmite
110
59
Wazuh – Open-source security platform
https://wazuh.com/
109
34
The Use of Knowledge in Society (1945) [pdf]
https://www.kysq.org/docs/Hayek_45.pdf
108
40
Ask HN: Local RAG with private knowledge base
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41968366
105
30
DMCA takedown notices and counter-notices received at GitHub
https://github.com/github/dmca
13
Crux, a Precise Verifier for Rust and Other Languages
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.18280
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https://phys.org/news/2024-10-millions-groundwater-contaminated-pfas.html
63
RTP: One protocol to rule them all?
https://paper.wf/binarycat/rtp
99
183
Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41970318
94
82
Critique of Freakonomics interview with psychologist Ellen Langer
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/10/28/freakonomics-does-it-again-not-in-a-good-way-jeez-these-guys-are-credulous/
88
209
Family medicine is in decline
https://thewalrus.ca/your-doctor-wont-see-you/
87
Rubocop-obsession: RuboCop extension focused on higher-level concepts
https://github.com/jeromedalbert/rubocop-obsession
84
75
Ask HN: What's your favorite text-based adventure game?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41973744
83
22
Shenzhou-18 crew records video showcasing life, work in space [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMoomWmIkww
62
Don't implement unification by recursion
https://www.philipzucker.com/unify/
178
The Coming Technological Singularity (1993)
https://mindstalk.net/vinge/vinge-sing.html
Show HN: Basis – a production focused robotics framework
https://github.com/basis-robotics/basis
80
Apple Intelligence is coming to the EU in April 2025
https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/28/apple-intelligence-is-coming-to-the-eu-in-april-2025/
32
CIL: C Intermediate Language
https://github.com/goblint/cil
78
AI Slop Is Flooding Medium
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-generated-medium-posts-content-moderation/
11
SQLite Rsync: Database Remote-Copy Tool for SQLite
https://sqlite.org/rsync.html
Suits, money laundering, and linear programming
https://andrewpwheeler.com/2024/10/28/suits-money-laundering-and-linear-programming/
42
People Are Sick and Tired of All Their Subscriptions
https://www.wsj.com/articles/people-are-sick-and-tired-of-all-their-subscriptions-cbee7e03
72
21
Show HN: Finstruments - Financial instrument library built with Python
https://github.com/kyleloomis/finstruments
69
Could you pass this 8th grade test from 1912?
https://onepercentrule.substack.com/p/could-you-pass-this-8th-grade-test
68
GDDR7 Memory Supercharges AI Inference
https://semiengineering.com/gddr7-memory-supercharges-ai-inference/