1041
429
OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/13/openai-whistleblower-found-dead-in-san-francisco-apartment/
2 years ago
797
477
Show HN: I designed an espresso machine and coffee grinder
https://velofuso.com
608
145
Test
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4000004/test/
582
640
Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit
https://openai.com/index/elon-musk-wanted-an-openai-for-profit/
445
214
New LLM optimization technique slashes memory costs
https://venturebeat.com/ai/new-llm-optimization-technique-slashes-memory-costs-up-to-75/
439
143
Phi-4: Microsoft's Newest Small Language Model Specializing in Complex Reasoning
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/aiplatformblog/introducing-phi-4-microsoft%E2%80%99s-newest-small-language-model-specializing-in-comple/4357090
399
202
NYC wants you to stop taking traffic cam selfies, but here's how to do it anyway
https://www.pcmag.com/articles/nyc-wants-you-to-stop-taking-traffic-cam-selfies-but-heres-how-to-do-it
390
304
McKinsey and Company to pay $650M for role in opioid crisis
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-5155962/mckinsey-purdue-opioid-prosecution-doj
332
90
A new video captures a 1968 demo of IBM’s Executive Terminal
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ibm-demo
329
81
MarkItDown: Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown
https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown
325
63
Sharing new research, models, and datasets from Meta FAIR
https://ai.meta.com/blog/meta-fair-updates-agents-robustness-safety-architecture/?_fb_noscript=1
305
246
Mirror bacteria research poses significant risks, scientists warn
https://www.the-scientist.com/mirror-bacteria-research-poses-significant-risks-dozens-of-scientists-warn-72419
286
519
Amid cuts to basic research, New Zealand scraps all support for social sciences
https://www.science.org/content/article/amid-cuts-basic-research-new-zealand-scraps-all-support-social-sciences
257
168
Ask HN: What should I do with meet.hn?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42410582
104
My PhD advisor rewrote himself in bash (2010)
https://matt.might.net/articles/shell-scripts-for-passive-voice-weasel-words-duplicates/
250
171
The age of average (2023)
https://www.alexmurrell.co.uk/articles/the-age-of-average
233
119
The Luon programming language
https://github.com/rochus-keller/Luon/blob/master/Readme.md
222
69
Web Origami, for making websites where you can understand how they’re made
https://weborigami.org
221
118
I replaced my son's school timetable app with an e-paper
https://mfasold.net/blog/displaying-website-content-on-an-e-ink-display/
24
Donald Bitzer has died
https://computerhistory.org/blog/in-memoriam-donald-bitzer-1934-2024/
28
Show HN: Imposter Attack – Among Us-themed infrared game made with ESP32
https://blog.langworth.com/imposter-attack
199
88
Mathematicians uncover a new way to count prime numbers
https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-uncover-a-new-way-to-count-prime-numbers-20241211/
Noninvasive imaging method can penetrate deeper into living tissue
https://news.mit.edu/2024/noninvasive-imaging-method-can-penetrate-deeper-living-tissue-1211
158
162
People who are good at reading have different brains: study
https://theconversation.com/people-who-are-good-at-reading-have-different-brains-244786
156
43
Show HN: @smoores/epub, a JavaScript library for working with EPUB publications
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@smoores/epub
150
279
Feds help health insurers hide their dirty secret: denials on the rise
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/opinion/feds-help-health-insurers-hide-dirty-secret-rising-denials/
146
55
Researchers discover new third class of magnetism
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/researchers-discover-new-third-class-of-magnetism-that-could-transform-digital-devices
128
87
Eyes Wide Shut: Hidden in plain sight
https://boydrinksink.com/eyes-wide-shut-hidden-in-plain-sight
125
97
Mysterious tablet with unknown language unearthed in Georgia
https://archaeologymag.com/2024/12/tablet-with-unknown-language-unearthed-in-georgia/
10
OpenAI whistleblower found dead in apartment
https://old.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/1hdmn62/openai_whistleblower_suchir_balaji_found_dead_in/
120
Garbage collected smart pointers in Rust via concurrent cycle collection
https://maplant.com/2024-12-13-Scheme-to-the-Spec-Part-I:-Concurrent-Cycle-Collection.html
22
Rust’s Incremental Compiler Architecture
https://lwn.net/Articles/997784/
115
108
A transformer supply crisis bottlenecks energy projects
https://spectrum.ieee.org/transformer-shortage
92
AT&T won't upgrade millions of DSL users to fiber despite billions in subsidies
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/13/att-refuses-to-upgrade-millions-of-dsl-customers-to-fiber-despite-untold-billions-in-taxpayer-subsidies-and-government-favors/
98
68
Programmers want flow. When programming, light turns red
https://www.scannedinavian.com/programmers-want-flow-when-programming-light-turns-red.html
96
84
Three mistakes from Dart/Flutter's weak PRNG
https://www.zellic.io/blog/proton-dart-flutter-csprng-prng/
85
Demand for Starlink in Zimbabwe is overwhelming capacity
https://restofworld.org/2024/starlink-in-zimbabwe-sold-out/
42
AI Product Management
https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/issue-279/
79
52
Show HN: Rain hashes – well designed, simple and fast variable sized hashes
https://github.com/DOSAYGO-Research/rain
77
25
Vercel/fun: ƒun – Local serverless function λ development runtime
https://github.com/vercel/fun
74
59
Show HN: I made the slowest, most expensive GPT
https://ithy.com
70
16
SCCS roach motel
https://www.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2024-December/031188.html