Sqlite3 WebAssembly

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This site provides documentation for SQLite's WebAssembly and JavaScript APIs, enabling sqlite3 use in modern browsers. It's API-stable with version 3.41, pending community feedback.

The C23 edition of Modern C

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The new edition of Modern C updates to C23 standard with new features like bit-precise types, nullptr constant, and type generic programming. It also includes new material on compound expressions, lambdas, and internationalization for program failure.

Show HN: I built the most over-engineered Deal With It emoji generator

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Show HN: I 3D scanned the tunnels inside the Maya Pyramid Temples at Copan

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Archaeologists have tunneled 4 kilometers into Copan's acropolis since the 1930s, uncovering early stelae, plaster facades, and tombs. A Harvard-led conservation plan preserves the site with a digital 3D model and addresses climate, visitor, and collapse risks.

All possible plots by major authors (2020)

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Asterinas: OS kernel written in Rust and providing Linux-compatible ABI

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Asterinas is a secure OS kernel providing a Linux-compatible ABI, prioritizing memory safety with Rust and a minimal Trusted Computing Base. It offers developer friendliness with Rust, OSDK, and MPL flexibility.

Web Browser Engineering (2021)

A new book, Web Browser Engineering, explains how web browsers work by building a basic browser in Python. It will be published by Oxford University Press and available for pre-order now.

CapibaraZero: A cheap alternative to FlipperZero based on ESP32-S3

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A cheap alternative to FlipperZero™ based on Espressif boards

Seeing God and Burning Plastic

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A documentary about Peruvian ayahuasca shaman Estela Pangoza is coming out in November, exploring the lives of shamans behind the mystique. The film delves into the complexities of ayahuasca tourism and the authenticity of shamanic experiences.

Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Apple introduced the new iPad mini with A17 Pro chip and Apple Intelligence for personal and private intelligence. The new iPad mini features a 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display, supports Apple Pencil Pro, and starts at $499 with 128GB storage.

Mothbox 4.0

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The Mothbox is a low-cost, high-performance insect monitor that helps study biodiversity with its automated design and open-source AI scripts. It uses UV light to attract insects, takes photos, and identifies species with AI, providing ultra-high resolution data on environmental health.

Show HN: Pumpkin – A Modern Minecraft server written in Rust

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Pumpkin is a Minecraft server built in Rust for a fast and customizable experience. Join our Discord for updates and connect with members, or support the project on GitHub.

The Sundial Cannon of Åtvidaberg (2017)

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Before modern timekeeping devices, noontime was signaled by sundial cannons firing at noon, often accompanied by observatories and harbors. The world's only functioning sundial cannon is in Åtvidaberg, Sweden, firing daily at 1 PM from May to September.

Zep AI (YC W24) Is Hiring AI Engineers and Dev Advocates

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Our vision is to create a world where AI handles everyday tasks with benefits to society, prioritizing data privacy and compliance. We're developing a continuously learning AI memory layer for complex task execution, working with seasoned engineers in the open source community.

Beyond Dune: Accelerating with EVM Query Language

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The title of this article captures the initial reaction many people have when they first learn about EVM Query Language (EQL). Although there are surface-level similarities between EQL and Dune, these two projects are fundamentally distinct in their goals, design, and use cases. EQL and Dune serve distinct purposes: while Dune excels at data visualization and cross-chain querying, EQL is ...

Meta's open AI hardware vision

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Meta is showcasing open AI hardware designs at the OCP Global Summit 2024 to foster innovation and collaboration. They're releasing new AI platforms, rack designs, and network fabrics to support growing AI workloads and infrastructure needs.

Forscape – A Language and Editor for Scientific Computation

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Forscape is an engineering problem solver with low-cost abstraction, safety checks, and an intuitive user experience. It supports matrix operations and has a syntax highlighting feature for matrices with compile-time dimension checks.

The Future of Big Iron: An Interview with IBM’s Christian Jacobi

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IBM's Telum II chip has 8 cores at 5.2 GHz with 360 MB L2 SRAM and a built-in DPU for high-speed networking. It's designed for high availability, security, and scalability, with a focus on database and transaction processing.

PEP 762 – REPL-acing the default REPL

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Python's new REPL in 3.13 is written in Python, not C, to improve user experience and community involvement. It offers features like multi-line editing, custom commands, and syntax highlighting, making it more in line with modern development environments.

Big advance on simple-sounding math problem was a century in the making

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Hector Pasten solved a 100-year-old math problem by using a new technique involving elliptic curves and modular forms. His result shows that the largest prime factor of a specific sequence of numbers grows much faster than previously thought.

Show HN: Mermaid ASCII Diagrams

There are alternative forms of generating mermaid graphs in ASCII using this same Git repository.

Boeing to Sell at Least $10B in Shares to Plug Cash Drain

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Life expectancy rise in rich countries slows down: took 30 years to prove

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A study found that human life expectancy may be slowing down, with a finite limit to how long people can live. The study analyzed mortality data from 10 countries and found that the rate of improvement in life expectancy has dropped below previous decades.

Show HN: Arch – an intelligent prompt gateway built on Envoy

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Arch is a Layer 7 gateway that protects and personalizes LLM applications with APIs, handling tasks like prompt detection and backend API calls. It's built on Envoy Proxy and offers features like prompt guardrails, traffic management, and standards-based observability.

Command AI Bought by Amplitude

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Command AI is being acquired by Amplitude, with no disruption to customers and plans to integrate Amplitude's stack for better solutions. The acquisition aims to combine Command AI's user experience expertise with Amplitude's analytics capabilities.

Show HN: MacProxy Plus – Surf the Modern Web on Vintage Computers

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MacProxy is a proxy script that allows vintage hardware to browse the modern web by intercepting requests and serving simple HTML interfaces. It supports extensions, including a ChatGPT example, and can be run on Linux distributions using a systemd service configuration.

Short films by Lillian F. Schwartz (1927-2024)

Lillian Schwartz was a resident artist at Bell Laboratories from 1969-2002, developing computer techniques for artists and creating visionary films. Her works have been exhibited and awarded at various museums and festivals worldwide.

In Jordan, a ‘stunning’ discovery under Petra’s ancient stone

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A not so fast implementation of cosine similarity in C++ and SIMD

User dusts off old architecture knowledge to parallelize computations using SIMD in C++ and compare results with Python, NumPy, SciPy, and plain C++. Python libraries are comparable to plain C++ in performance.

Dbt – Incremental but Incomplete

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dbt's microbatch incremental models have limitations due to its stateless design, making it error-prone and suitable only for sophisticated users. SQLMesh offers a more flexible and efficient incremental modeling solution with state tracking and scheduling.