1M Users

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The user has been busy with university and internship, but spent evenings and weekends improving SpaceHey, a social platform without ads or personalized feeds. SpaceHey has reached 1 million registered users, and the user is grateful for support, promising to continue improving the platform and adding new features.

The Art of Finishing

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The author struggles with the "Hydra Project Effect", where they start many projects but never finish them, leading to frustration and a sense of inadequacy. To overcome this, the author outlines several strategies, including defining "done" from the start, embracing MVP, time-boxing projects, and celebrating completions, to help them finish what they start and develop the skill of finishing.

Sleep on it: How the brain processes many experiences, even when 'offline'

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Researchers at Yale discovered that the brain replays and bundles multiple experiences during sleep, allowing for faster encoding of new memories, and identified a generative coding capacity in the hippocampus that enables parallel processing of different experiences. This capacity helps explain how humans and animals process a cascade of experiences and form memories, and has implications ...

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2024)

The job postings include various engineering roles at companies such as Smarkets, Monumental, Reef Technologies, Waitwhile, PlantingSpace, Hightouch, Happy Scribe, Tracebit, dotplay.games, Quatt.io, Skydio, Redbook, Purplefish, Konvu, PredictionHealth, Velo Data, Channable, Normal, env0/OpenTofu, and Powertools Technologies, with locations including London, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Barcelona, ...

Web scraping with GPT-4o: powerful but expensive

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You experimented with OpenAI's GPT-4o model for web scraping, successfully extracting data from simple tables but struggling with complex ones, and found that modifying the system prompt and using XPath generation improved results. You also encountered issues with image conversion to text and high costs, and proposed potential improvements such as HTML cleanup and generating multiple XPaths.

Notes on Distributed Systems for Young Bloods

As a distributed systems engineer, it's essential to understand the unique challenges and principles that govern distributed systems, including the importance of robustness, scalability, and fault tolerance, as well as the need to prioritize social and technical considerations. By following best practices such as implementing backpressure, using feature flags, and exploiting data-locality, ...

Show HN: Defrag the Game

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Welcome to DEFRAG the game! Embark on a retro journey as you defrag a virtual hard drive

OrbStack: The fast, light, and easy way to run Docker containers and Linux

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OrbStack is a fast and lightweight alternative to Docker Desktop that allows developers to run Docker containers and Linux machines with ease. It features turbocharged networking, Rosetta x86 emulation, and other optimizations for seamless container management and low CPU and disk usage.

Show HN: OBS Live-streaming with 120ms latency

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Broadcast Box is a simple and modifiable tool for broadcasting video streams using WebRTC, allowing for fast and efficient video transmission with features like multiple camera angles and interactive video experiences. It can be run locally or remotely, and provides a solution for transcoding and serving video streams without requiring a public IP or forwarding ports.

Japan’s Temple-Builder Kongō Gumi, Has Survived Nearly 1,500 Years

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Kongō Gumi, the oldest continuously running construction company, built Osaka Castle and Japan's first Buddhist temple, Shiten-nō-ji, and has maintained its high level of craftsmanship for over 1,400 years. Despite challenges, the company has adapted and innovated, including a pivot to coffin-making and eventually becoming a subsidiary of Taka­mat­su Construction Group.

Show HN: Gov.uk Vue, a Vue Component Library for the Gov.uk Design System

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GOV.UK Vue is a community-driven project that provides a seamless development experience and full compatibility with GOV.UK Frontend, using Vue components and reimagined GOV.UK Frontend styles. It is built and maintained by Matt Eason and is not supported by GDS, but users can provide support through Ko-fi or GitHub Sponsors.

Telephone Line Rural Outside Plant

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The outside plant refers to the telephone company's equipment and cabling that connects homes to the Central Office, with differences in rural areas including smaller Central Offices and longer cable distances. The equipment includes pressurized cables, loading coils, and repeaters to amplify digital signals, with the goal of maintaining reliable phone service despite the challenges of rural areas.

Tbsp – treesitter-based source processing language

DOjS – A DOS JavaScript Canvas with Sound

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DOjS is a JavaScript programming environment for systems running MS-DOS, FreeDOS, or DOS-based Windows, featuring an integrated editor, graphics and sound output, and mouse/keyboard/joystick input. It supports 3Dfx/Glide support, has a p5js compatibility mode, and can be used to create scripts with a similar structure to Processing sketches.

Show HN: A modern way to type in African languages

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Afrim is a universal phonetic-based input method platform designed to protect African languages, supporting Amharic, Geez, and other African phonetic input methods. The platform comes with a REPL application and is released under the Mozilla Public License v2.0, with contributions welcome through forking and pull requests.

My Blog Engine Is the Erlang Build Tool

The author uses Erlang's compiler infrastructure, specifically Rebar3, to power their blog, which is a static site with no dynamic content, JavaScript, or tracking. The author explains how they use Rebar3 to rebuild only the necessary files, making it an optimal solution for their specific needs, but potentially the worst possible tool chain for others.

Owners of 1-Time Passcode Theft Service Plead Guilty

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Three men in the UK pleaded guilty to operating OTP Agency, a service that helped attackers intercept one-time passcodes to gain unauthorized access to online accounts. The service was shut down after being exposed, but similar services still operate, and users are warned to be cautious of scam calls and not to provide personal or financial information.

Playdate Game Zero Zero: Perfect Stop

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Upgrading a Toshiba NAS HDD Firmware on Linux

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The user reversed the firmware updater of their Toshiba HDD to update it on Linux, using Wine to run the Windows installer and then analyzing the installed binaries to find the URL for the firmware update. The user then disassembled the binaries to understand the update process, which involves reading registry values, verifying the drive, and sending the firmware update using the IDENTIFY ...

They don't make 'em like that any more: the 3.5mm headphone jack socket

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The author reflects on their experience with a sudden illness and how the 3.5mm headphone jack helped them cope, highlighting its simplicity, ubiquity, and benefits. The author argues that the removal of the headphone jack by major manufacturers like Apple, Samsung, and Google is a cynical move to encourage consumers to buy wireless headphones and increase profits.

Dawarich: Self-hosted alternative to Google Location History

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Dawarich is a self-hosted app that replaces Google Timeline, allowing users to import location history from Google Maps Timeline and Owntracks, view it on a map, and see statistics. Users can track their location using Owntracks or Overland apps and import Google Maps Timeline data, then view their location history on a map with various layers and statistics.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2024)

A diverse group of 24 individuals with various backgrounds and experiences in software development, data science, engineering, and more, seeking full-time or part-time remote work opportunities worldwide.

Show HN: Full Text, Full Archive RSS Feeds for Any Blog

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The user built an open-source software, history4feed, to curate a list of awesome blogs publishing cyber threat intelligence research, addressing limitations in RSS and ATOM feeds. The software allows users to download and search through historic posts, including full article content, and provides options to filter and extract cyber threat intelligence.

NIH cancels ‘Havana syndrome’ research, citing unethical coercion

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stopped researching Havana syndrome, a mysterious illness affecting US spies, soldiers, and diplomats, due to coercion of participants. The NIH found that people were forced to participate in the research, which is considered highly unethical, and the CIA has denied any involvement in the coercion.

Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at supreme leader

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Iranian writer Hossein Shanbehzadeh was sentenced to 12 years in prison for replying to a tweet by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with a single dot, a response that received more likes than the original tweet. Shanbehzadeh, a longtime critic of Iran's leadership, was arrested in June and has been given long prison sentences for various charges, including pro-Israel propaganda and ...

What Does It Mean to Learn?

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The concept of "educability" refers to the ability to learn and apply knowledge over a long period, making connections between seemingly unrelated ideas. Leslie Valiant, a computer scientist, argues that educability is key to success and proposes promoting it as an ideal, encouraging people to learn widely and trust their minds to knit together new knowledge.

Open Mathematics Depository

The project provides open access to public domain or open-licensed mathematical texts in PDF format, aiming to fill the gap between large depositories and subscription services. Contributions of useful texts and notes are welcome, and curators for other languages are invited to join the project.

Jennifer in paradise: the story of the first Photoshopped image (2014)

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John Knoll's 1987 photograph of his then-girlfriend Jennifer, taken in Bora Bora, became the first image used to demonstrate the Photoshop software, which was developed by Knoll and his brother. The image, known as "Jennifer in Paradise," has since become a cultural icon and a symbol of the democratization of image manipulation, with its significance explored in various artistic and ...

Light-based technique shows 90% accuracy in early prostate cancer detection

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Aston University researcher Igor Meglinski developed a new technique using light to analyze crystals in dehydrated blood, potentially leading to a quicker, cheaper, and less painful method for detecting cancer. The technique achieved a 90% accuracy rate in detecting and classifying cancer cells, offering a significant advancement in liquid biopsy technology and personalized medicine.

HIDman Adapting USB devices to work on old computers

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HIDman is an open-source device that allows modern USB keyboards and mice to work on legacy PCs, supporting standard USB devices, game controllers, and wireless dongles. It connects to PS/2 ports and has a built-in menu system for configuration, with firmware updates available for troubleshooting and development.

Long-term unemployment leads to disengagement and apathy

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Prolonged unemployment is strongly correlated with loss of personal control and subsequent disengagement, leading to negative emotions, reduced well-being, and decreased social engagement. The study found that long-term unemployed individuals exhibit a sense of learned helplessness, disengage from social and political activities, and exhibit higher levels of psychological defensiveness.

Launch HN: Fortress (YC S24) – Database platform for multi-tenant SaaS

Fortress is a Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) backend as a service for multi-tenant SaaS apps, providing tenant data isolation across shared and dedicated database instances. The platform allows SaaS developers to easily provision and access database instances on any cloud, with a goal of simplifying tenant isolation and meeting compliance requirements.

Company Says It Uses Your Phones Mic to Serve Ads for Facebook, Google, etc.

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A marketing agency, Cox Media Group, has been accused of collecting user voice data through "Active Listening" technology, which can be used to target users with ads. The agency's pitch deck revealed plans to collect data from over 470 sources and offer it to advertisers, sparking concerns about user privacy and data collection.

Parsing Awk Is Tricky

The Awk language has several ambiguities and inconsistencies in its grammar, which can lead to unexpected behavior in different implementations, including nawk, gawk, and mawk. The original yacc grammar for Awk has many reduce/reduce conflicts, making it difficult to understand the parser's behavior without being a yacc expert.

AI-Implanted False Memories

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AI chatbots can induce false memories in users, with generative chatbots causing significantly more false memories than control and survey methods. The study highlights the potential risks of using advanced AI in sensitive contexts, emphasizing the need for ethical considerations to prevent false memory formation.

Inductive or deductive? Rethinking the fundamental reasoning abilities of LLMs

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LLMs have been found to possess remarkable inductive reasoning capabilities, achieving near-perfect performance in most cases, but lack deductive reasoning capabilities, particularly in tasks involving counterfactual reasoning. A novel framework, SolverLearner, was proposed to isolate and investigate inductive reasoning of LLMs in its pure form, revealing their strong inductive reasoning abilities.

Mother's gut microbiome during pregnancy shapes baby's brain development

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A study in mice found that the bacteria Bifidobacterium breve in the mother's gut during pregnancy supports healthy brain development in the fetus, increasing nutrient transport and beneficial cell processes. The results suggest that improving fetal brain metabolism by taking Bifidobacterium breve supplements during pregnancy may support healthy baby development, potentially leading to future ...

How the Hourglass Won

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The author reflects on the early days of the Internet's architecture, including the competition among three visions for the future of networking, and how the hourglass design emerged as the dominant architecture. The author also discusses the importance of flexibility and breadth in network architecture, and how it has enabled the Internet to emerge as the dominant architecture.

'Dancing' raisins − a simple kitchen experiment

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Scientists discovered that raisins can levitate in carbonated fluids, a phenomenon known as "dancing raisins," and developed a mathematical model to predict the object's movement. This study has implications for understanding complex fluids and their behavior in various environments, from geophysics to biology, and can be applied to other supersaturated fluids like magma.

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone's Microphone to S

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Cox Media Group's "Active Listening" software uses AI to listen to users' conversations and target ads based on their interests, with Facebook, Google, and Amazon as clients. The company charges $100-$200 per day to target users in a specific radius, sparking concerns about the legality and ethics of such eavesdropping practices.

I hate Stripe, so I'm going to build my own payment processor

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Big Tech Sees Like a State (2020)

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The article discusses the concept of "legibility" in the context of government, technology, and economics, highlighting how large-scale systems impose order on the world and create a sense of legibility, but also lead to a loss of local knowledge and autonomy. The author argues that while legibility can bring benefits, such as increased efficiency and productivity, it also has drawbacks, ...

Heartbroken by the Sonos App Disaster and What's Happened to the Company

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'Amazing' Viking-age treasure travelled half the world to Scotland

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A lidded silver vessel from the Galloway Hoard, discovered in Scotland, has been identified as being of west Asian origin, transported over 1,000 years ago. The vessel's design features crowns, fire altars, and creatures like leopards and tigers, linked to Zoroastrianism, and its silver came from a mine in modern-day Iran.

Meta data center electricity consumption hits 14,975GWh

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Meta's data centers consumed 2,187,020MWh of electricity, with 97% growth year-over-year, and 100% of it came from renewable energy sources. The company's water withdrawal increased 7% to 3,881 megaliters, with a focus on reducing water usage through dry-cooling technology in its new data centers.

Understanding Pgvector's HNSW Index Storage in Postgres

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pgvector's HNSW index stores data in Postgres pages, with metadata and index pages containing graph elements and neighbor info tuples. The index pages have a specific structure, with item identifiers, actual index elements, and special space, allowing for efficient storage and retrieval of vector data.

Cosy Computing

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Retro computers are popular due to their nostalgic value, ease of use, and tactile experience, which is often missing in modern computing. The author believes that cosy computing, characterized by the use of old home computers with their unique sounds, hardware, and software, is a key factor in the appeal of retro computing.

We can now watch Grace Hopper's famed 1982 lecture on YouTube

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Rear Admiral Grace Hopper was a pioneering computer programmer and mathematician who developed the first compiler and championed the use of English words in programming languages. Her 1982 lecture on "Future Possibilities" has been publicly available on YouTube after being retrieved from obsolete media by the National Archives and Records Administration.

Show HN: Open-Source Software for Designing 3D-Printable Luneburg Lenses for RF

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LuneForge is an open-source tool for creating precise Luneburg lens models for RF applications, optimized for SLA 3D printing. It simplifies the design process with user-friendly features and customizable parameters, ideal for RF engineers, hobbyists, and researchers.

Show HN: Replicate App-Embedded DuckDBs into PostgreSQL with SyncLite OSS

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SyncLite is an open-source, no-code platform for building data-intensive applications, enabling data consolidation, replication, and migration across various databases, data warehouses, and data lakes. It provides various tools and features, including SyncLite Logger, SyncLite Consolidator, and SyncLite JobMonitor, to facilitate data streaming, real-time analytics, and AI use cases.

Here a Bee, There a Bee, Everywhere a Wild Bee

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Wild bees are a crucial part of ecosystems, pollinating plants and contributing to food production, but their populations are declining due to habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change. The discovery of new bee species and hotspots of biodiversity is crucial for conservation efforts, and initiatives like the BC Bee Atlas are working to catalog and protect these species.

Brazil to Fine Anyone Using a VPN to Access X $8,874 per Day; Elon Musk Responds

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Brazil's Supreme Court fined users up to $8,874 daily for accessing Twitter with a VPN, prompting Elon Musk to call the country's leadership an "oppressive regime". The feud between Twitter and Brazil's leadership began when the country's Supreme Court ordered the platform to block certain accounts and Twitter refused, citing "aggressive censorship".

Procreate defies AI trend, pledges "no generative AI" in its illustration app

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Procreate, a popular iPad illustration app, has announced it will not incorporate generative AI into its products, citing concerns about the technology's impact on the art community and the potential loss of human creativity. The decision has been met with a largely positive reaction from some artists, who appreciate the company's stance against AI-generated content and its commitment to ...

We must break tech monopolies before they break us

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The recent CrowdStrike crash highlights the dangers of concentrating power in a few tech giants, leading to devastating consequences when mistakes occur. To prevent future disruptions, governments and regulators must intervene to dismantle big-tech monopolies and create a more open, transparent, and equitable cloud and IT ecosystem.

In the beginning, there was computation

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The origin of life on Earth is still unclear, but biologists and chemists have developed plausible origin stories, including the "RNA world" and "metabolism first" accounts. The concept of life as a self-replicating, computational process has been explored through simulations, suggesting that life can arise spontaneously in a universe capable of computation.

Code Smarter, Not Harder: Developing with Cursor and Claude Sonnet

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Cursor is a code editor that uses AI to help write code, with features like an AI assistant and code generation, and can be integrated with VSCode. The user shares their experience with using Cursor to create a Next.js app and highlights its potential to change the way software is developed, with features like composer mode and referencing other files in the project.

Show HN: A YouTube videos course generator

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An AI first platfrom for courses and learning.

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Authenticated Boot and Disk Encryption on Linux (2021)

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The author proposes a new approach to securing Linux distributions by authenticating and encrypting various system resources, including the OS binary resources, OS configuration and state, and user home directories, using TPMs, FIDO2/PKCS#11 security tokens, and recovery keys. The goal is to provide a secure and trustworthy system that protects against various attack scenarios, including data ...

Andrew Gelman: Is marriage associated with happiness for men or for women?

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Research suggests that married men tend to be happier than single men, while married women tend to be less happy than single women, with varying results across different studies and countries. The differences in happiness between married and unmarried individuals are not necessarily caused by marriage, but rather may be influenced by other factors such as social ties, emotional support, and ...
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Billionaire Elon Musk's social network X is defying Brazilian court orders to block certain accounts, despite fines and threats of large fines. Musk's satellite-internet service Starlink has also refused to comply with orders to block X, illustrating Musk's growing influence and willingness to challenge authorities.

Brazil Court votes unanimously to uphold X ban. Users switch to Threads, Bluesky

Brazil's Supreme Court upheld a ban on Elon Musk's social media platform X, citing Musk's refusal to name a legal representative in Brazil. The ban has led to a surge in users switching to alternative platforms, with some expressing concerns over censorship and authoritarianism.

Ask HN: Resources for GPU Compilers?

The user is interested in learning about GPU/TPU compilers and has been exploring Triton and XLA, seeking resources to learn HPC and GPU compilers in depth. They recommend various resources, including books, articles, and open-source projects, and provide tips for implementing high-level and low-level solutions leveraging a GPU.
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Create an infinite scrolling carousel animation with pause on hover using only CSS. No JavaScript required.

Notes/Primer on Clang Compiler Front End (1): Introduction and Architecture

The Clang Compiler Frontend book by Ivan Murashko provides a comprehensive guide to understanding the fundamentals of LLVM for C++ engineers. The book covers setting up the development environment, Clang architecture, and the typical workflow of a compiler, including the frontend, middle-end, and backend.

Reflections on Founder Mode

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Paul Graham's "Founder Mode" essay highlights the importance of founders staying true to their vision and values, rather than deferring to convention or expertise. Writing down company values, principles, and processes can help founders maintain their vision and build trust with their team, allowing for scaling and growth.

Artificial Intelligence Cheapens the Artistic Imagination (2023)

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Artists may lose jobs to AI, but embracing "man-machine hybridity" could be the future. AI-generated art lacks human creativity, imagination, and soul, threatening the meaning and worth of artistic work.

Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect

Apple threatened to move Will Smith movie out of Louisiana for app store bill

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Apple threatened to cancel the production of a Will Smith film in Louisiana if a proposed bill allowing alternative payment systems for app developers was passed. Apple also lobbied against a bill requiring age verification for smartphone users, accusing lawmakers of including a "poison pill" from Meta.

Vampires and Arithmomania

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Vampires in Slavic and Greek folklore were believed to have an obsessive need to count things, which people used to their advantage by scattering seeds or grains to delay their escape. This compulsion to count was also attributed to witches in some cultures, and is now humorously depicted in the Sesame Street character Count von Count.

Texas Is Arming Mexico's Gunmen

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Firearms purchased in Texas contribute to a significant portion of gun homicides in Mexico, with over 5,500 murders likely involving guns from Texas. The majority of these guns come from a dozen cities in Texas, including Houston, San Antonio, and El Paso, and are often sold by licensed dealers, including Academy Sports and Dynamic Tactical Solutions.

Fears children born during lockdown are years behind as they start at school

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Babies born in 2020, now four years old, are entering school with potential developmental difficulties due to the pandemic's impact on social experiences, public services, and language development. Experts warn of increased struggles with speech, language, and social skills, and recommend early intervention and support to help these children catch up.

Marijuana Is Too Strong Now

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Weed has become much stronger over the years, with average THC levels tripling since 1995, leading to concerns about its impact on mental health and the development of psychosis. The lack of federal regulation and limited licensing have led to a market dominated by large, well-financed companies, making it difficult for consumers to find milder varieties and for smaller producers to compete.

Glue and Coprocessor Architectures

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The trend in modern computation is towards a "glue and coprocessor" architecture, where a general-purpose "glue" component handles high-level business logic and a specialized "coprocessor" component handles efficient, structured computations. This separation allows for optimization of both efficiency and generality, and is particularly beneficial for domains like cryptography, AI, and ...

30th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition

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The Colossal Fund provides a cash prize pool for top IFComp entries, and donations support the Interactive Fiction Competition, a public service of the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation.

Show HN: Puns from Wikipedia Page Titles

Create puns that include a word!

Solving Redactle with Decision Trees

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The author attempts to solve the Redactle game by using decision trees to classify Wikipedia articles based on word memberships, aiming to find the optimal words to divide the search space in half. After trying various approaches, the author successfully classifies 685 articles with titles of 7 characters or less using a decision tree with unbounded depth, but notes that the approach has ...

A 30-hour workweek in America? It nearly became law

Chase Bank glitch releases thousands in cash over Labor Day weekend

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A Chase Bank glitch allowed customers to exploit a loophole and make after-hours deposits, which quickly went viral on social media, with individuals sharing their gains and offering tutorials on how to do it. The incident highlights the need for financial institutions to invest in robust security measures and for the public to understand the legal and ethical implications of exploiting such glitches.

Authors Take Sides on the Spanish War: A Dossier (2014)

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The 1937 pamphlet "Authors Take Sides on the Spanish War" collected responses from 148 writers on their stance on the Spanish Civil War. This annotated edition includes related documents and examines the publication's history, offering a range of perspectives on the cultural and historical context.

Why Americans Stopped Moving

The share of Americans moving has reached a historic low, with only 8.7% of people moving each year, driven by demographic, social, and economic trends. While interstate migration has increased, particularly among college-educated individuals, the overall trend is a decline in moving, with younger people staying with their parents longer and households having multiple earners.

Transport for London Cyber security incident

We are currently dealing with an ongoing cyber security incident. At present, there is no evidence that any customer data has been compromised and there has been no impact on TfL services. The security of our systems and customer data is very important to us, and we have taken immediate action to prevent any further access to our systems.

America's Oldest Board Game Teaches 19th-Century Geography

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Travelers' Tour Through the United States, published in 1822, is the earliest known American board game, featuring 24 states and 139 cities, and is an educational game that teaches geography. The game is not the oldest playable board game, as the Royal Game of Ur from ancient Mesopotamia dates back over 4,000 years.

How CrowdStrike Stopped Everything

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The CrowdStrike outage on July 19, 2024, affected 8.5 million Windows devices, causing a global IT system outage that made data and applications inaccessible, disrupting hospitals, airlines, and financial institutions. The outage was caused by a mismatch in a software update, highlighting the importance of robust testing and release practices to prevent such outages and ensure data availability.

Online platforms ‘can’t just sit on their hands’ – Reddit’s Steve Huffman

One Moment, Please…

LinkedIn's Broken Automation Took Down My Company's Page Without Warning

The website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks and has blocked the user's action. The user can email the site owner to report the block and include details of what they were doing when the page came up.

GPD Duo

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The GPD DUO is a powerful AI PC with a 2.8K dual OLED screen, AMD Radeon 890M graphics, and 64GB LPDDR5x memory, offering a seamless gaming and creative experience. It features a portable design, multiple connectivity options, and advanced features like a precision hinge stand, stylus support, and 100W super fast charging.

Activating a Playstation-Only Cheat on PC in Just Nine Bytes

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The author revisits their childhood favorite game, Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge, and discovers a Konami-code-esque cheat that unlocks a level-select menu, but finds it inaccessible on PC. The author uses their knowledge of hacking and reverse-engineering to modify the game's binary, successfully implementing the cheat on PC.

Ask HN: Why does Microsoft prohibit employee personal open source projects?

Microsoft employees are allowed to contribute to open-source projects outside of work hours, and the company even has a grant program to support outside open-source projects. However, employees are still subject to company policies and contracts that may restrict their ability to contribute to certain projects or assign intellectual property rights to the company.

He Emptied an Entire Crypto Exchange onto a Thumb Drive. Then He Disappeared

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Faruk Fatih Özer, the 27-year-old founder of Thodex, a Turkish cryptocurrency exchange, disappeared in 2021 after allegedly absconding with $2 billion in investor funds, leaving behind a trail of financial ruin and a mystery that captivated the world. Özer was eventually arrested in Albania and sentenced to 11,196 years in prison for establishing and managing a criminal organization and ...

Undefined behavior in C is a reading error (2021)

The concept of "undefined behavior" in C semantics has been misinterpreted, leading to compilers implementing "optimizations" that can change the behavior of programs in unpredictable ways, making the language unsuitable for developing certain applications. The prevailing interpretation of undefined behavior is a threat to C semantics, and a more constructive interpretation is needed to ...

OFNL Suffer Major National UK Full Fibre Broadband Outage

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Open Fibre Networks Limited (OFNL) is experiencing a national outage, affecting gigabit fibre services, with customers reporting issues since around 10am. The operator has acknowledged the outage and is investigating, with some ISPs advising customers not to reset their equipment, and sources suggesting the issue may be related to Sky Backhaul capacity links.

How to be better at making decisions

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The author emphasizes the importance of writing down decisions to clarify thinking, identify gaps, and facilitate discussions. They share their decision log template, which includes evaluation criteria, considered options, and justification, and suggest sharing the document with others to receive feedback and improve decision-making.

Even desert plants known for their resilience are burning and dying in the heat

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A severe heatwave in Las Vegas has caused widespread damage to desert plants and trees, including iconic saguaro cacti and agave, which are struggling to cope with the intense heat. Horticulturalists and ecologists are working to understand the impact of climate change on desert ecosystems, with some species showing signs of severe decline and mortality.

Perplexing the Web, One Probability Puzzle at a Time

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Daniel Litt, a mathematician at the University of Toronto, has been posting probability puzzles on Twitter, which have sparked lively online discussions among researchers and enthusiasts. His puzzles, such as the urn problem and a coin-flipping game, have revealed the limits of human mathematical intuition and the counterintuitive nature of probabilistic reasoning.

Ask HN: Any Recommendations Around Programming on an iPad?

The user is trying to learn C and run code snippets on their iPad, and has tried iSH, a VPS, and other solutions, but finds that an iPad is not an ideal tool for the job. The user suggests using a 3rd party service, setting up a cloud instance, or using a remote desktop solution to access a real computer for programming.

A systematic approach to deriving incremental type checkers (2020)

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The paper proposes a systematic approach to deriving incremental type checkers from textbook-style type system specifications, which can be compiled to Datalog, a logic programming language, to provide efficient incremental updates. This approach aims to address the limitations of existing incremental type-checking techniques, which are often specialized and hard to transfer to new type ...

Does anyone integrate with their customers' DB directly?

The user is curious about integrating with customers' data stores like Supabase or Snowflake, and shares their experience querying a fintech's database for additional data points. They wonder if this practice is common and consider starting a tool to make it easier and standardized.

I Still Use Python Virtual Environments in Docker

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The author argues that using virtual environments in Docker containers is a good practice due to their well-defined structure, consistency, and predictability, which makes it easier to reason about the consequences of what they're doing. They also criticize the use of pip install --user and advocate for standardizing on project-local .venv, citing its simplicity and ease of use.

Numbers Go Up

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The author reflects on the addictive nature of incremental games and how it relates to their own personal vanity in tracking Amazon ratings for their books, finding satisfaction in numbers going up. They also discuss the meaninglessness of these numbers and the importance of setting goals that align with personal values, such as advancing the industry, rather than just striving for numerical targets.

How many attempts (businesses) did you make until you reach $5000/month profit?

You're reading "The Great Rat Race Escape" and discussing the concept of "One Swing Doesn't Make A Season", where success often requires multiple attempts. You're asking others to share their business failure experiences to create an average number of attempts before achieving a monthly profit of $5000.

Congress Should Make Universities Pay for Handing Out Useless Degrees

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The College Cost Reduction Act (CCRA) aims to address student debt by holding universities accountable for defaults and promoting transparency, rather than transferring debt to taxpayers. The bill would save taxpayers $92 billion over four years by reversing debt cancellation and forcing colleges to price tuition more competitively, promoting accountability and fiscal sanity in education.

In Theory: Self-Correcting Software

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Plang allows binding events to goals and steps, enabling powerful features like authentication in just 4 lines of code. When services change, Plang can update code and run it, requiring traversal up the call stack to fix previous goals.

Ketogenic Diet Shows Promise Treating Serious Mental Illness in Stanford Study

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A Stanford Medicine study found that a 4-month ketogenic diet improved psychiatric and metabolic outcomes in patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The study's results suggest that a ketogenic diet could be a valuable adjunctive treatment for serious mental illness.

Nvd.nist.gov cert expired yesterday and uses HSTS

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The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) is a US government repository of vulnerability management data, including databases of security flaws and impact metrics. The input includes various CVEs, including buffer restrictions, input validation, and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in software and plugins.

Stelo Glucose Biosensor – No Prescription, Buy Now

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The Stelo Glucose Biosensor System is a continuous glucose monitor that measures glucose levels in people 18+ not on insulin, providing data for 15 days with a 12-hour grace period. It is intended for non-medical use, and users should consult a healthcare provider before making medication adjustments or taking medical action based on sensor readings.

When Heat Turns Deadly

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Owen Dillon, a 31-year-old athlete, is participating in a world-first study to determine the point at which heat becomes deadly, with researchers monitoring his vital signs as he is exposed to extreme heat and humidity conditions. The study aims to understand the limits of human physiology in hot environments and provide valuable insights into the risks of heat-related illnesses, particularly ...