Show HN: Hacker Herald – like HN but with crowdsourced pics and subtitles
Link: hackerherald.com/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Show HN: Hacker Herald – like HN but with crowdsourced pics and subtitles
Link: hackerherald.com/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Lossless Log Aggregation - Reduce Log Volume by 99% Without Dropping Data
Link: bit.kevinslin.com/p/lossless-l…
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Haliey Welch's "Hawk" digital coin shot up in price then lost 95% of its value just hours after it launched.BBC News
Council workers were excavating a gravel pit near Longreach in Queensland when they came across a human skull which traditional custodians say will remain in place.Hannah Walsh (ABC News)
Kagi Teams
Link: blog.kagi.com/kagi-teams
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Ukraine's three nuclear power plants have restored electricity production
Link: iaea.org/newscenter/pressrelea…
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Accidentally writing a fast SAT solver
Link: blog.danielh.cc/blog/sat
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where my words occasionally escape /dev/nullblog.danielh.cc
Researchers get 'compact' hard X-ray machine to work
Link: tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
After years of research, TU/e scientists Jom Luiten and Peter Mutsaers and their team have successfully generated high-quality hard X-rays with a compact device.www.tue.nl
A transport protocol's view of Starlink
Link: blog.apnic.net/2024/05/17/a-tr…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
How TCP interacts with the characteristics of the Starlink service.Geoff Huston (APNIC Blog)
The "simple" 38 step journey to getting an RFC
Link: blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/rfc-in…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Having returned from back-to-back lost seasons due to devastating injuries, Tim Patrick, who hadn’t scored a touchdown in 1,082 days, tallied two go-ahead TDs in the second half to help the Lions to a thrilling 34-31 playoff-clinching triumph over th…Grant Gordon (NFL)
Trailbase: Fast, single-file, open-source app server built using Rust and SQLite
Link: github.com/trailbaseio/trailba…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
A blazingly fast, single-file, open-source application server with type-safe APIs, Auth, and Admin UI built on Rust+SQLite. - GitHub - trailbaseio/trailbase: A blazingly fast, single-file, open-so...GitHub
The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding
Link: addyo.substack.com/p/the-70-pr…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
A field guide and why we need to rethink our expectationsAddy Osmani (Elevate)
The correct amount of ads is zero
Link: manuelmoreale.com/the-correct-…
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Researchers launch "moonshot" to cure blindness through eye transplants
Link: canoncitydailyrecord.com/2024/…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
As part of a national “moonshot” to cure blindness, researchers at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus will receive as much as $46 million in federal funding over…Seth Klamann (Canon City Daily Record)
In 2011, a group of Canadians stole a hell of a lot of maple syrup and now there's a TV show about it, called The Sticky. How much of the crime caper is true?Yasmin Jeffery (ABC News)
SunFed Produce, LLC (SunFed) is recalling all sizes of whole fresh American cucumbers packaged in bulk cardboard containers labeled with the “SunFed” label or in a generic white box or black plastic crate with a sticker that provides the implicated …Office of Inspections and Investigations (FDA)
Disney CEO Bob Iger was joined on the red carpet with some fellow colleagues from Disney, ABC and ESPN, including Robin Roberts and Desmond Howard.ABC7 Chicago
Foodstuffs continues facial recognition trial despite nine misidentified in Rotorua store.NZ Herald
The Death of Intel: When Boards Fail
Link: fabricatedknowledge.com/p/the-…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Pat lost his seat because of an incompetent board. Let's meet them.Doug O'Laughlin (Fabricated Knowledge)
Haunted by my own projects
Link: cassidoo.co/post/side-project-…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Sometimes the new and shiny thing is way more fun than the thing that I genuinely want to ship... later.cassidoo.co
Portland Airport Grows with Expansive Mass Timber Roof Canopy
Link: design-milk.com/portland-airpo…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Architecture firm ZGF has revamped Portland Airport (PDX) with locally + sustainably sourced mass timber for a brand-new, all wood roof.Adrian Madlener (Design Milk)
I spent a year building an Android course for the elderly
Link: kopiascsaba.hu/blog/teaching-e…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
This is my story about an adventure into online teaching, video course making, and choosing a hard-to-reach audience, who desperately needs help.kopiascsaba.hu
Gitlab names Bill Staples as new CEO
Link: businesswire.com/news/home/202…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
All Remote—GitLab Inc., (NASDAQ: GTLB), the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform, announced Bill Staples was named CEO and a member of thewww.businesswire.com
AmpereOne: Cores Are the New MHz
Link: jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/amp…
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Message order in Matrix: right now, we are deliberately inconsistent
Link: artificialworlds.net/blog/2024…
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Ever wondered if you could build a robot controlled by chemical reactions? [Marb] explores this wild concept in his video, merging chemistry and robotics in a way that feels straight out of sci-fi.…Hackaday
McKinsey unit will pay $123M to settle claims it bribed South African officials
Link: cnbc.com/2024/12/05/mckinsey-b…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
The scheme to bribe two South African state-controlled companies helped McKinsey and McKinsey Africa net approximately $85 million in profits, the DOJ said.Kevin Breuninger (CNBC)
An Interview with Bill Watterson (1987)
Link: timhulsizer.com/cwords/chonk.h…
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Congo gov. says it's 'on alert' over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens
Link: ctvnews.ca/health/congo-govern…
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Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo's health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people.CTVNews
11 years ago his hard drive ended up in a U.K. landfill — with 8,000 bitcoin. It's now worth $800 million... and James Howell wants it back.news.slashdot.org
PaliGemma 2: Powerful Vision-Language Models, Simple Fine-Tuning
Link: developers.googleblog.com/en/i…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
PaliGemma 2, the next evolution in tunable vision-language models, comes with new features such as scalable performance, long captioning, and expanded capabilities. Get started with pre-trained models, documentation, and tutorials.Daniel Keysers (developers.googleblog.com)
OpenAI chief says he doesn't think Elon will unleash political powers to zap AI competitionRichard Speed (The Register)
Show HN: Banan-OS, an Unix-like operating system written from scratch
Link: github.com/Bananymous/banan-os
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Mirror of banan-os, my hobby operating system. Contribute to Bananymous/banan-os development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
A tsunami warning was issued — and then cancelled about an hour later — for 400 miles of California coastline after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast near California's northern border with Oregon.news.slashdot.org
Boeing plea deal over fatal 737 MAX crashes rejected by judge
Link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
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React 19
Link: github.com/facebook/react/blob…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
The library for web and native user interfaces. Contribute to facebook/react development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
PUBG’s creator has an ambitious plan for multiple new games - Prologue: Go Wayback. | Image: Krafton
It’s been a... - theverge.com/2024/12/5/2431396…
Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene, creator of PUBG, has announced a handful of new games, including a free tech demo out now called Preface: Undiscovered World.Andrew Webster (The Verge)
Sundar Pichai says Google Search will ‘change profoundly’ in 2025 - Image: Laura Normand / The Verge
Google CEO Sundar... - theverge.com/2024/12/5/2431424…
During an interview at the NYT’s DealBook Summit, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company’s search engine will “change profoundly” in 2025.Emma Roth (The Verge)
Training myself to run farther with Strava's API and an IoT dog feeder of M&Ms
Link: mayer.cool/writings/pavlovs-ha…
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ChatGPT Pro
Link: openai.com/index/introducing-c…
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Show HN: Replace "hub" by "ingest" in GitHub URLs for a prompt-friendly extract
Link: gitingest.com/
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Tsunami Warning for Northern California
Link: tsunami.gov/?p=PAAQ/2024/12/05…
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Your official U.S. government weather forecasts, warnings, meteorological products for forecasting the weather, tsunami hazards, and information about seismology.National Weather Service
OpenAI o1 system card
Link: openai.com/index/openai-o1-sys…
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7 Databases in 7 Weeks for 2025
Link: matt.blwt.io/post/7-databases-…
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Oscilloscope Music N-Spheres
Link: oscilloscopemusic.com/watch/n-…
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Federal Court Says Dismantling a Phone to Install Firmware Isn't a 'Search'
Link: techdirt.com/2024/12/04/federa…
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This is probably the correct conclusion to arrive at, at least at this point in extremely limited jurisprudence, but it still raises some questions courts will likely have to confront in the future…Techdirt
Waymo announces Miami as its next ride hailing city
Link: waymo.com/blog/2024/12/next-st…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Get ready for a touch of magic in the Magic City. We're excited to announce that Waymo One will be expanding to Miami!Waymo
VectorChord: Store 400k Vectors for $1 in PostgreSQL
Link: blog.pgvecto.rs/vectorchord-st…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Introducing VectorChord: The successor to pgvecto.rs. Using VectorChord, you can achieve a QPS of 131 with 0.95 precision on 100 million 768D datasetCe Gao (pgvecto.rs)
WASM-4: Build retro games using WebAssembly for a fantasy console
Link: wasm4.org/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Vodafone and Three can now merge to become the UK’s biggest mobile operator - Image: Getty
Vodafone and Three have been cleared ... - theverge.com/2024/12/5/2431387…
Vodafone and Three have been cleared to create the UK’s biggest mobile operator after committing to address concerns around network upgrades and price hikes.Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
Show HN: A 5th order motion planner with PH spline blending, written in Ada
Link: 600f3559.prunt-docs.pages.dev/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Prunt is an advanced open-source motion control system targetted at 3D printers. Prunt includes features not found in other popular open-source systems, including: Corner blending with user defined deviation.600f3559.prunt-docs.pages.dev
Intel Linux Display Driver Being Adapted For DRM Panic "Blue Screen of Death" Support
The DRM Panic infrastructure has been in the Linux kernel for several releases now and allows for a kernel-based experience similar to Windows' "Blue Screen of Death as well as more recently allowing QR code kernel error messages and other features. The Intel kernel DRM driver has seen some patches for enabling DRM Panic support...
phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-…
The DRM Panic infrastructure has been in the Linux kernel for several releases now and allows for a kernel-based experience similar to Windows' 'Blue Screen of Death as well as more recently allowing QR code kernel error messages and other featureswww.phoronix.com
Diátaxis – A systematic approach to technical documentation authoring
Link: diataxis.fr/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
The Diátaxis framework solves a problem of quality in technical documentation, describing an information architecture that makes it easier to create, maintain and use.diataxis.fr
AI hallucinations: Why LLMs make things up (and how to fix it)
Link: kapa.ai/blog/ai-hallucination
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Kapa.ai turns your knowledge base into a reliable and production-ready LLM-powered AI assistant that answers technical questions instantly. Trusted by 100+ startups and enterprises incl. OpenAI, Docker, Mapbox, Mixpanel and NextJS.www.kapa.ai
They don't make them like that any more: the Yamaha DX7 keyboard
Link: kevinboone.me/dx7.html
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Bringing K/V context quantisation to Ollama
Link: smcleod.net/2024/12/bringing-k…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
K/V context cache quantisation has been added to Ollama. This enables significant reductions in VRAM usage, allowing users to realise the potential of expanded context sizes and run larger models at their existing context sizes.Sam McLeod (smcleod.net)
Sitters and Standers
Link: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitters-s…
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Show HN: I combined spaced repetition with emails so you can remember anything
Link: ginkgonotes.com/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Remember your book, podcast, and article notes using science-backed methods like spaced repetition via email.www.ginkgonotes.com
Native dual-range input
Link: muffinman.io/blog/native-dual-…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Two native range inputs and fifty lines of JavaScript to make them work together.Muffin Man
AI helps researchers dig through old maps to find lost oil and gas wells
Link: newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/12/04/…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Undocumented orphaned wells pose hazards to both the environment and the climate. Scientists are building modern tools to help locate, assess, and pave the way for ultimately plugging these forgotten relics.ssuh (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Show HN: Outerbase Studio – Open-Source Database GUI
Link: github.com/outerbase/studio
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
A lightweight Database GUI in your browser. It supports connecting to Postgres, MySQL, and SQLite. - outerbase/studioGitHub
The story of Rogue
Link: spillhistorie.no/the-story-of-…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
We’ve talked with Glenn Wichman, one of Rogue’s original creators, about the game that created an entire genre.Spillhistorie.no
A pro-science, pro-progress, techno-optimistic health textbook from 1929
Link: moreisdifferent.blog/p/a-pro-s…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
"Science and The Way to Health" by Andress and BrownDan Elton (More is Different)
Standing Desk Celebrates 4th Year At Lowest Possible Setting
The post Standing Desk Celebrates 4th Year At Lowest Possible Setting appeared first on The Onion.
#theonion
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Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals
Link: ft.com/content/1201f834-6407-4…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
The country’s outperformance is rooted in long-term productivity growth that is the envy of the developed world. Could Trump’s policies endanger its lead?Valentina Romei (Financial Times)
Grifters, believers, grinders, and coasters
Link: seangoedecke.com/programmer-ar…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Four archetypes in software engineeringwww.seangoedecke.com
Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, was on his way to a corporate meeting when he was attacked.ABC News
Australia's latest national accounts show why we probably would have had to be in recession to have seen an interest rate cut this year.Michael Janda (ABC News)
Over a 10-year period, mental health claims by Australian workers aged between 30 and 40 have increased by more than 730 per cent, new data has revealed.Bronwyn Herbert (ABC News)
Speeding up Ruby by rewriting C in Ruby
Link: jpcamara.com/2024/12/01/speedi…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
There is a recent language comparison repo which has been getting shared a lot. In it, CRuby was the third slowest option, only beating out R and Python. The repo author, @BenjDicken, created a fun visualization of each language’s performance.jpcamara.com
Genie 2: A large-scale foundation world model
Link: deepmind.google/discover/blog/…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Generating unlimited diverse training environments for future general agentsGoogle DeepMind
Show HN: Book and change flights with one email
Link: bonbook.co/showhn
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
BonBook makes travel effortless for those who do it most and expect the best. We put your travel on autopilot.www.bonbook.co
How to grow professional relationships
Link: tej.as/blog/how-to-grow-profes…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
A practical, science-backed model for growing quality professional relationships.Tejas Kumar
My brand new digitizing workflow using a 25 year old film scanner
Link: blog.vladovince.com/my-brand-n…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Photography is arguably my oldest hobby. I’ve loved taking photos for as long as I can remember. I reflected on my first encounter with digital photography in 2003 in a recent post, but I’m old enough that I first got to know photography through film…Vlado Vince
The Porsche Macan EV is being recalled because its headlights are too bright - insideevs.com/news/742893/pors…
Making a parallel Rust workload 10x faster with (or without) Rayon
Link: gendignoux.com/blog/2024/11/18…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
In a previous post, I’ve shown how to use the rayon framework in Rust to automatically parallelize a loop computation across multiple CPU cores.Disappointing...gendignoux.com
For most people, a battery pack that’s misbehaving simply means it’s time to get a new battery. But when the battery in their ThinkPad wasn’t able to muster up more than 20 minute…Hackaday
The Porsche Macan EV is being recalled because its headlights are too bright
Link: insideevs.com/news/742893/pors…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
A new home for Python-build-standalone
Link: astral.sh/blog/python-build-st…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Astral is taking stewardship of python-build-standalone, Gregory Szorc's foundational project for installing portable Python distributions.astral.sh
Stephen King to shut down his 3 radio stations in Maine
Link: nytimes.com/2024/12/03/arts/st…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
EmacsConf 2024
Link: emacsconf.org/2024/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
No Nat November: My Month Without IPv4
Link: blog.infected.systems/posts/20…
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A particle physics course for high-school students
Link: ppc.web.cern.ch/
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Formaldehyde Causes More Cancer Than Any Other Toxic Air Pollutant
Link: propublica.org/article/formald…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
If the past is any guide, any meaningful attempts to restrict the cancer-causing chemical are all but guaranteed to hit a dead end after Donald Trump takes office.ProPublica
OpenTTD is an open source simulation game based upon Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Link: openttd.org/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
An open source simulator based on the classic game Transport Tycoon Deluxe. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features.www.openttd.org
IMG_0001
Link: walzr.com/IMG_0001/
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Show HN: My C compiler compiled itself
Link: github.com/keyvank/30cc
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
30 C Compiler. Contribute to keyvank/30cc development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
The Filippino surrogates were convicted on charges relating to selling, buying or exchanging a person for cross-border transfer.ABC News
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