1317
890
Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back
https://spectrum.ieee.org/touchscreens
2 years ago
409
163
Project Sid: Many-agent simulations toward AI civilization
https://github.com/altera-al/project-sid
337
171
Matrix 2.0 Is Here
https://matrix.org/blog/2024/10/29/matrix-2.0-is-here/?resubmit
314
144
Can humans say the largest prime number before we find the next one?
https://saytheprime.com/
296
56
Hertz-dev, the first open-source base model for conversational audio
https://si.inc/hertz-dev/
290
78
Speed, scale and reliability: 25 years of Google datacenter networking evolution
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/networking/speed-scale-reliability-25-years-of-data-center-networking
271
157
If you need the money, don't take the job
https://bitfieldconsulting.com/posts/need-money
266
222
Show HN: Tinder, but to decide what to eat
https://whatdinner.com/
259
310
Ask HN: What would you preserve if the internet were to go down tomorrow?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42030832
239
54
pg_flo – Stream, transform, and re-route PostgreSQL data in real-time
https://www.pgflo.io/
216
148
Security flaws found in Nvidia GeForce GPUs
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2504035/security-flaws-found-in-all-nvidia-geforce-gpus-update-drivers-asap.html
208
300
Why systemd is a problem for embedded Linux
https://kevinboone.me/systemd_embedded.html
197
129
Do you need Redis? PostgreSQL does queuing, locking, and pub/sub (2021)
https://spin.atomicobject.com/redis-postgresql/
186
25
Hacker News Data Map [180MB]
https://lmcinnes.github.io/datamapplot_examples/hackernews/
179
58
Claude Shannon: Mathematician, engineer, genius and juggler (2017)
https://www.juggle.org/claude-shannon-mathematician-engineer-genius-juggler/
159
33
gptel: a simple LLM client for Emacs
https://github.com/karthink/gptel
151
80
Ractor – a Rust Actor Framework
https://slawlor.github.io/ractor/quickstart/
118
46
I2P Anonymous Network
https://geti2p.net/en/
111
ToolGit: A collection of scripts that extend Git with various sub-commands
https://github.com/ahmetsait/toolgit
28
Auth Wiki
https://auth.wiki/
109
233
Intel might be too big to fail
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-might-be-too-big-to-fail-washington-policymakers-are-already-discussing-potential-solutions-if-the-chipmaker-cannot-recover
108
16
Making Pop Rocks from scratch (is complicated) [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uiAcr2449w
105
130
I couldn't find a free, no-login, no-AI checklist app–so I built one
https://lalacheck.fly.dev/
100
97
Bill Atkinson doxxed Douglas Adams in 1987
https://not.withoutdistractions.com/blog/2024/11/03/bill-atkinson-doxxed-douglas-adams-in-1987
99
77
HardenedBSD Feature Comparison with OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD
https://hardenedbsd.org/content/easy-feature-comparison
98
18
A Brief History of Cyrix
https://www.abortretry.fail/p/a-brief-history-of-cyrix
96
The evolutionary mystery of the German cockroach
https://johnhawks.net/weblog/the-mystery-of-the-german-cockroach/
95
86
Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/27/why-facts-dont-change-our-minds
93
52
The DeskThing: the perfect desk assistant
https://github.com/ItsRiprod/DeskThing
91
8
Top discoveries about ancient people from DNA in 2023
https://johnhawks.net/weblog/the-top-10-discoveries-about-ancient-people-from-dna-in-2023/
90
69
Missing open-source contributor presents a dilemma when accepting their PR
https://bettersoftware.uk/2024/11/03/missing-open-source-contributor-presents-a-dilemma-when-accepting-their-contribution/
70
Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy
https://michaelengen.com/posts/my-eleventy-resume/
85
7
Redox OS gets RISC-V support
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-For-October-2024
82
42
Future Music magazine is closing after 32 years
https://musictech.com/news/industry/future-music-magazine-is-closing-32-years/
79
Moving Off Heroku, Slowly
https://jamie.ideasasylum.com/2024/10/30/moving-off-heroku-slowly
74
The Confusing State of RCS
https://substack.com/home/post/p-151067817
55
Chi-fi tuning – Why it sounds piercing to Western ears (2020)
https://www.audioreviews.org/chi-fi-tuning/
67
38
Somebody please get me this desktop wind tunnel for Christmas
https://www.thedrive.com/news/funtech-lab-scaled-down-desktop-toy-car-wind-tunnel-price-specs-pictures
14
Show HN: Directional antenna alignment using phone motion sensors
https://star.conor.link/
65
59
I Waited 10B Cycles and All I Got Was This Loading Screen
https://blog.preyneyv.dev/doing-less-with-more
62
44
Toyota to buy clean power from a $1.1B solar farm in Texas
https://electrek.co/2024/11/01/toyota-solar-farm-texas/