US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s

1158 ctack 2025-03-09 11:08:27 UTC 2189 ukrainetoday.org Llama Share

The Ukrainian Air Force may shift the burden of air jamming from US-designed F-16s to French Dassault Mirage 2000 fighters. The French are willing to reprogram the Mirage 2000s' jammers and may install new electronic countermeasures to help Ukraine counter Russian missile threats.

It is as if you were on your phone

826 bookofjoe 2025-03-09 13:40:35 UTC 129 pippinbarr.com Llama Share

The game "It is as if you were on your phone" is a commentary on our phone addiction and exhaustion. It lets players pretend to be on their phone while doing nothing.

My 16-month theanine self-experiment

801 dynm 2025-03-09 03:08:12 UTC 427 dynomight.net Llama Share

The author conducted a blinded self-experiment to test the effectiveness of theanine for reducing stress and anxiety, but found no significant difference between theanine and a placebo. The results suggest that the placebo effect may be responsible for the perceived benefits of theanine.

Tesla created secret team to suppress driving range complaints (2023)

551 mathgenius 2025-03-09 22:53:19 UTC 262 reuters.com Llama Share

Tesla allegedly rigged its electric cars to show "rosy" driving range projections, leading to complaints and a diversion team to cancel service appointments. The team, created to ease pressure on service centers, was instructed to cancel appointments and tell customers their batteries were fine.

Ecosia is teaming up with Qwant to build a European search index

530 amarcheschi 2025-03-09 17:40:38 UTC 175 blog.ecosia.org Llama Share

Ecosia is building its own search index with Qwant to provide a European alternative to Google and Bing. This move aims to increase digital sovereignty and provide a transparent, secure data pool for emerging AI technologies.

Apple Exclaves

466 todsacerdoti 2025-03-09 22:38:57 UTC 205 randomaugustine.medium.com Full Share

I've been using Claude Code for a couple of days

452 tosh 2025-03-09 10:20:50 UTC 487 twitter.com/steve_yegge Full Share

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Layoffs Don't Work

393 indigoabstract 2025-03-09 10:07:01 UTC 729 thehustle.co Llama Share

Layoffs have become a common practice in the US, but research shows they're damaging to companies, employees, and the economy, often leading to negative financial results and increased bankruptcy rates. Companies can reduce expenses without layoffs by delaying purchases, cutting non-essential costs, or implementing furloughs, and experts recommend these alternatives to minimize job losses and ...

Show HN: I built an app to get daily wisdom from Mr. Worldwide

300 garyreckon 2025-03-09 00:04:47 UTC 80 daale.club Full Share

Daily wisdom from Mr. Worldwide

Sidekick: Local-first native macOS LLM app

299 volemo 2025-03-09 08:08:02 UTC 88 github.com/johnbean393 Llama Share

Sidekick is a local AI assistant for macOS that accesses files, folders, and websites to provide relevant information. It uses RAG and runs completely locally, allowing users to audit its performance and maintain data privacy.

With AI you need to think bigger

297 boznz 2025-03-09 19:18:41 UTC 163 rodyne.com Llama Share

You've noticed a change in your approach to complex projects, no longer intimidated by unknown technologies or large research requirements. With the help of AI and better tools, you're now more confident in taking on new challenges.

Open-UI: Maintain an open standard for UI and promote its adherence and adoption

272 ksec 2025-03-09 11:53:58 UTC 85 github.com/openui Llama Share

Web browsers have provided form controls and UI elements since the early days of HTML, but modern web projects require more complex interfaces. The Open UI Community Group aims to modernize HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create a more powerful underlying architecture for custom user interfaces.

Gleam v1.9

237 lpil 2025-03-09 11:06:38 UTC 69 gleam.run Llama Share

Gleam v1.9.0 has been published with several improvements, including the echo keyword for better debugging and a build tool that supports depending on packages within git repositories.

Tesla Sales Fall Off a Cliff Globally, Including Germany, Australia, and China

224 doener 2025-03-09 20:00:49 UTC 286 carscoops.com Llama Share

Tesla's sales have declined in several major markets including Germany, Australia, and China, with a 70.6% drop in Germany and 65.5% in Australia. The company's global growth trajectory has hit roadblocks due to product fatigue, market saturation, and other factors.

Stem cell therapy trial reverses "irreversible" damage to cornea

223 01-_- 2025-03-09 06:23:02 UTC 48 newatlas.com Llama Share

Scientists at Massachusetts Eye and Ear conducted a clinical trial using cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cells (CALEC) to repair damaged corneas, achieving a 92% success rate in 14 patients. The treatment involved transplanting stem cells from a healthy eye into the injured eye, restoring the cornea's surface and improving visual acuity in most patients.

Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing

217 muxamilian 2025-03-09 17:04:28 UTC 219 theregister.com Llama Share

A 38-strong group founded DARE, a project to develop RISC-V processor units for Europe's supercomputers, backed by €240 million in funding. DARE aims to create three chiplets and has partnered with companies like Axelera AI and Codasip to achieve this goal.

Posthog/.cursorrules

192 simonpure 2025-03-09 03:30:52 UTC 93 github.com/posthog Llama Share

I'll provide detailed explanations and actual code to address your queries. I'll also restate your query in my own words for clarity. If I use high levels of speculation or prediction, I'll flag it for you. I'll respect code comments and only remove them if they're completely irrelevant after a code change. If unsure, I won't remove the comment. I'll keep adjustments to your code brief, ...

A Post Mortem on the Gino Case

191 MrBuddyCasino 2025-03-09 05:04:05 UTC 116 statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Prefix Share

Zoe Ziani, a psychology researcher who had the misfortune several years ago as a Ph.D. student be tasked with following up on some unrelicable published psychology research, tells the story of how her department pulled the chair out from under her: I [Ziani] started having doubts about . . . (Casciaro, Gino, and Kouchaki, “The Contaminating Effect of Building Instrumental Ties: How Networking ...

An investigation into egg prices

187 Armic 2025-03-09 17:49:17 UTC 172 thebignewsletter.com Llama Share

The US egg industry is experiencing high prices and shortages due to an avian flu epidemic, but the real reason is a monopolized market controlled by a few large corporations that restrict egg production to maintain high prices. The industry's structure, which has been hijacked by financier-backed corporations, has led to a cartel-like behavior where producers prioritize profits over ...

Magnesium Self-Experiments

185 yamrzou 2025-03-09 05:44:24 UTC 131 gwern.net Prefix Share

The elemental metal magnesium (Examine.com), like lithium or potassium (which didn’t help me & damaged my sleep), plays many biological roles and has an RDA for me of 400mg which is higher than I likely get (most people apparently get less, with 68% of American adults <RDA; and while I frequently eat oats, milk, peanut butter, and whole-wheat bread, I don’t eat many leafy greens and my ...

Goravel: A Go framework inspired by Laravel

176 cgg1 2025-03-09 06:35:06 UTC 160 goravel.dev Llama Share

Goravel is a web framework for Gophers with Laravel-like design for easy learning. It's open-source and accepts contributions through its Contribution Guide.

Building an open-source Wi-Fi Mac layer for the ESP32

160 pabs3 2025-03-09 00:32:56 UTC 25 esp32-open-mac.be Llama Share

The ESP32 project aims to create an open-source Wi-Fi MAC layer by reverse engineering the hardware and software. This will improve security, add features, and make research more affordable.

Scientists discover an RNA that repairs DNA damage

154 Jerry2 2025-03-09 21:02:47 UTC 26 scitechdaily.com Llama Share

Cells have built-in repair systems to counteract DNA damage caused by cell division errors and external factors. Scientists discovered that highly methylated long non-coding RNA NEAT1 helps cells recognize and repair broken DNA strands more efficiently.

El Salvador's crypto experiment ends in failure

150 jcartw 2025-03-09 21:58:27 UTC 119 economist.com Llama Share

El Salvador teetered on default under President Nayib Bukele due to high debt, low reserves, and fiscal deficit. Bukele's attacks on judiciary and media hindered negotiations for a bailout.

Wine Releases Framework Mono 6.14 in Taking over the Mono Project

149 rbanffy 2025-03-09 20:55:48 UTC 45 phoronix.com Llama Share

Microsoft donated Mono Project to WineHQ, and WineHQ released Framework Mono 6.14 with native ARM64 support and improved Windows Forms for X11. Framework Mono is a cross-platform .NET runtime with 5 years of accumulated improvements.

Online Embedded Rust Simulator

148 kaycebasques 2025-03-09 03:40:51 UTC 22 wokwi.com Full Share

IoT and Embedded System Simulator: ESP32, STM32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi Pico, displays, sensors, motors and WiFi simulation.

Global coffee trade grinding to a halt, hit hard by brutal price hikes

143 speckx 2025-03-09 18:19:56 UTC 138 reuters.com Full Share

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ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says

140 n1b0m 2025-03-09 22:43:30 UTC 171 theguardian.com Llama Share

Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist, was arrested by ICE agents on Saturday night for allegedly violating his student visa and green card. His arrest comes amid the Trump administration's scrutiny of Columbia University and its pro-Palestinian movement.

Show HN: Evolving Agents Framework

139 matiasmolinas 2025-03-09 16:51:59 UTC 24 github.com/matiasmolinas Llama Share

The Evolving Agents Framework is a production-grade framework for creating, managing, and evolving AI agents with intelligent communication. It enables building collaborative agent ecosystems that can understand requirements, evolve based on experiences, and communicate effectively to solve complex tasks.

OpenAPK – open-source Apps for Android, updated weekly

131 CHEF-KOCH 2025-03-09 09:13:44 UTC 71 openapk.net Llama Share

OpenAPK offers safe and secure downloads of the latest open source Android apps, providing enhanced privacy, security, and customization control. Open source apps prioritize user privacy, are ad-free, and allow for community-driven development and customization.

H3: For indexing geographies into a hexagonal grid, by Uber

129 wiradikusuma 2025-03-09 03:32:04 UTC 44 h3geo.org Full Share

H3 is a discrete global grid system for indexing geographies into a hexagonal grid, developed at Uber. Indexed data can be quickly joined across disparate datasets and aggregated at different levels of precision. H3 enables a range of algorithms and optimizations based on the grid, including nearest neighbors, shortest path, gradient smoothing, and more.

Poland says it may need alternative to Musk’s Starlink in Ukraine

125 perihelions 2025-03-09 19:07:56 UTC 71 reuters.com Full Share

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Nickel superconductor works above -233°C threshold at normal pressure

124 PaulHoule 2025-03-09 17:43:15 UTC 23 phys.org Llama Share

Chinese researchers at Southern University of Science and Technology created a nickel-based superconductor that works above -233°C at normal pressure. This breakthrough could revolutionize technologies like maglev trains and MRI machines by reducing energy loss due to heat conversion.

Internationalization-puzzles: Daily programming puzzles just like Advent of Code

119 birdculture 2025-03-09 19:08:45 UTC 6 i18n-puzzles.com Full Share

This is a series of programming puzzles, designed to teach you about internationalization... Read on... 1 -- Puzzle Available -- - 2 -- Puzzle Available -- - 3 -- Puzzle Available -- - 4 -- Puzzle Available -- - 5 -- Puzzle Available -- - 6 -- Puzzle Available -- - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 -

Apple rearranged its XNU kernel with exclaves

111 fork-bomber 2025-03-09 21:40:03 UTC 16 theregister.com Llama Share

Apple is working on a feature called exclaves to harden its XNU kernel, isolating key functions from the kernel even if it's compromised. Exclaves are separate domains that protect sensitive services, making Apple's operating systems more secure by compartmentalizing them.

Building websites with lots of little HTML pages

108 Kerrick 2025-03-09 13:25:35 UTC 41 blog.jim-nielsen.com Llama Share

The author is adopting a new approach to building simple websites by creating separate HTML pages for each interaction, using CSS transitions for navigation, and minimizing JavaScript use. This approach simplifies development and maintenance, allowing for a more traditional and easy-to-maintain website.

My stupid noise journey

104 ustad 2025-03-09 10:06:27 UTC 128 dynomight.net Llama Share

The author spent two years trying various solutions to block noise from neighbors, including earmuffs and custom earplugs, before finally using noise-canceling headphones. The author realized they overcomplicated the problem due to ignorance of sound physics and a desire for unusual solutions.

Compiling C++ with the Clang API

98 ingve 2025-03-09 11:51:36 UTC 20 maskray.me Llama Share

This post describes how to compile a single C++ source file to an object file with the Clang API, including a simplified clang executable that handles -c and -S. The code uses the LLVM and Clang installation to create a build directory with a CMake configuration and compile a source file to an object file using the Clang API.

Orange Pi RV2 is a single-board PC with an 8-core RISC-V processor

97 ndsipa_pomu 2025-03-09 14:39:28 UTC 41 liliputing.com Llama Share

Orange Pi RV2 is an updated single-board computer with an octa-core chip and a low starting price of $30. It features WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, and supports Ubuntu 24.04 software.

Rewriting essential Linux packages in Rust

95 worble 2025-03-09 17:09:30 UTC 161 lwn.net Prefix Share

Please consider subscribing to LWN Subscriptions are the lifeblood of LWN.net. If you appreciate this content and would like to see more of it, your subscription will help to ensure that LWN continues to thrive. Please visit this page to join up and keep LWN on the net. Most Linux systems depend on a suite of core utilities that the GNU Project started development on decades ago and are, of ...

Switching from Pyenv to Uv

92 harryvederci 2025-03-09 09:23:39 UTC 61 bluesock.org Llama Share

User is switching from pyenv and pipx to uv for Python version management. They've successfully installed uv and set it up to manage Python versions on Ubuntu Linux.

ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests

88 zzzeek 2025-03-09 23:23:17 UTC 29 apnews.com Llama Share

A Palestinian graduate student Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by ICE agents at his Columbia University residence for allegedly supporting Hamas. His detention appears to be a retaliatory action against his pro-Palestinian activism.

How to Implement a Cosine Similarity Function in TypeScript

86 alexop 2025-03-09 09:20:20 UTC 40 alexop.dev Llama Share

Cosine similarity measures the angle between two vectors to find their similarity, ignoring magnitude and handling high dimensions efficiently. It's used in AI applications like text embeddings, semantic search, and content-matching features to calculate similarity between vectors.

Despite the hype, DOGE hasn't found a shred of fraud

85 belter 2025-03-09 20:18:42 UTC 22 publicnotice.co Llama Share

DOGE has dismantled federal agencies and halted programs Trump and Republicans disagree with, not actual fraud or waste. This is a likely violation of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and a way for Trump to arbitrarily cancel programs without Congress.

DOGE's government cuts may hurt business, companies warn investors

82 howard941 2025-03-09 21:03:29 UTC 46 washingtonpost.com Full Share

We built a modern data stack from scratch and reduced our bill by 70%

82 jchandra 2025-03-09 18:35:37 UTC 59 jchandra.com Llama Share

A fintech startup built a scalable and cost-effective data platform using an ELT stack, leveraging tools like Airflow, Kafka, and dbt to handle diverse data sources and provide efficient analysis. The platform's development reduced infrastructure costs by 70% and enabled the company to make data-driven decisions, with features like data discovery, querying, and visualization.

Vilhelm Hammershøi: the eminence in greys

77 highway-trees 2025-03-09 23:00:25 UTC 5 richardmorris.org Llama Share

Vilhelm Hammershøi was a Danish painter who was bypassed and undervalued for decades but is now highly valued with auction prices exceeding £4 million. His work is characterized by its subtlety and modernity, influenced by photography and the Dutch Golden Age.

Neonatal fungi: lifelong metabolic health via macrophage β cell development

76 gnabgib 2025-03-09 03:23:26 UTC 10 science.org Full Share

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Idiomatic Go (2016)

71 jcbhmr 2025-03-09 20:40:04 UTC 67 dmitri.shuralyov.com Llama Share

The Go project has specific guidelines for spelling, naming, and exporting variables for consistency. It recommends using singular form for package names and lowercase letters for unexported variables, and avoiding unnecessary os.Exit calls.

State Department Will Use AI to Search for 'Pro-Hamas' Students to Deport

71 wahnfrieden 2025-03-09 04:19:30 UTC 64 gizmodo.com Llama Share

The US State Department plans to use AI to scan social media and news reports to identify pro-Palestinian students on visas for potential deportation. Critics argue this and a proposed bill will silence critics and infringe on free speech.

In contrast to Earth, Mars's middle atmosphere appears driven by gravity waves

71 wglb 2025-03-09 03:15:51 UTC 29 phys.org Llama Share

Researchers at the University of Tokyo found that gravity waves drive latitudinal air currents on Mars, particularly at high altitudes. This discovery highlights fundamental differences between Mars' and Earth's middle atmospheres and may improve climate and weather simulations.

Where are all the self-directed learners?

70 ChaitanyaSai 2025-03-09 09:25:28 UTC 107 saigaddam.medium.com Llama Share

India's education system is failing to produce independent thinkers despite near unlimited access to information and resources. It's actively domesticating students into helplessness, training them for a life of being spoon-fed, and needs a transformation to problem-solving hubs.

Show HN: Searchable Vim Cheat Sheet with Favorites (Open-Source)

62 lil_csom 2025-03-09 10:05:52 UTC 29 nvim-cheatsheet.vercel.app Full Share

Explore essential Neovim and Vim commands, remaps, plugin commands, and create a personalized cheatsheet to boost text editing efficiency.

Constant-Time Code: The Pessimist Case [pdf]

62 yuedongze 2025-03-09 05:21:41 UTC 57 eprint.iacr.org Full Share

Aspartame aggravates atherosclerosis through insulin-triggered inflammation

61 teslabox 2025-03-09 20:44:08 UTC 99 sciencedirect.com Full Share

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How to know when it's time to go

60 chautumn 2025-03-09 10:57:29 UTC 61 bitfieldconsulting.com Llama Share

People may quit their jobs due to feeling miserable, getting too comfortable, or having work that's too easy. Quitting can be a drastic step, but sometimes it's necessary for a rewarding career.

Binocular Shot

58 bookofjoe 2025-03-09 15:55:08 UTC 31 binocularshot.com Llama Share

The website collects movie clips with inaccurate binocular shots and currently features 36 films including White Noise. It can be subscribed to via RSS feed and the full list is also available on Letterboxd.

Tesla Used Car Price Crashes – Model Y, Model 3 Deals Explode

57 bentocorp 2025-03-09 23:30:34 UTC 38 forbes.com Llama Share

Consumer Reports released a used car brand ranking due to high new car prices, prompting consumers to seek pre-owned options. The average used price of the popular Model Y has dropped significantly, making it a buying opportunity for first-time EV buyers.

Show HN: I built a free SVG Web site

57 emson 2025-03-09 20:20:13 UTC 46 websvg.com Llama Share

The user provided a list of various illustrations and designs featuring flowers, hearts, ice lollies, and other whimsical elements, suitable for crafters and digital content creators. These designs aim to evoke emotions and add charm to creative projects, ranging from seasonal crafts to digital artwork, with a focus on elegance, simplicity, and playfulness.

This blog post passed unit tests

57 gioazzi 2025-03-09 10:55:39 UTC 17 sealambda.com Llama Share

The author discusses the importance of writing original content and using AI tools wisely to get feedback on blog posts. They introduce a tool called unit-text to help writers get started, keep track, and get continuous feedback on their writing.

TeX Live 2025 Released

55 elashri 2025-03-09 17:25:17 UTC 45 texastim.dev Llama Share

TeX Live 2025 ISO is available for download from tug.org or CTAN mirrors, with some mirrors having it as of 2025-03-08. The ISO is a result of a long-standing effort to provide TeX and LaTeX users with a reliable typesetting solution.

Tesla offering insane perks as sales dry up

55 hjjkjhkj 2025-03-09 00:53:01 UTC 101 autoblog.com Full Share

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Show HN: Daylight – track sunrise / sunset times in your terminal

54 jbreckmckye 2025-03-09 12:21:57 UTC 15 github.com/jbreckmckye Llama Share

The daylight app shows sunrise, sunset, and solar noon times for your location, and projects these changes over the next 10 days. It uses your IP location and timezone, and can be overridden if needed.

US 'to cease all future military exercises in Europe'

54 geox 2025-03-09 01:45:07 UTC 29 telegraph.co.uk Llama Share

US plans to withdraw from future European military exercises, citing Nato countries' low defence spending. President Trump criticises Nato allies for not meeting 2% GDP defence spending goal.

Doge Is Replacing Fired Workers with a Chatbot

51 rbanffy 2025-03-09 20:39:56 UTC 44 gizmodo.com Llama Share

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is using a chatbot called GSAi to replace thousands of domain experts and civil servants after massive job cuts. However, employees describe GSAi as "about as good as an intern" with generic and guessable answers.

Definite clause grammars and symbolic differentiation

51 Knaapje 2025-03-09 15:10:38 UTC 6 bitsandtheorems.com Llama Share

Calculus is a mathematical field concerned with studying changes in continuous quantities, and it has numerous applications in various branches of science and engineering. A Prolog program can be used to differentiate mathematical expressions by parsing them into abstract syntax trees and applying the rules of calculus to find the derivative.

Facebook Marketplace is keeping young people on the platform

51 owendarko 2025-03-09 11:56:13 UTC 60 cnbc.com Llama Share

Facebook's Marketplace has 1.1 billion users globally, competing with eBay and Craigslist, and is a key reason young people log in to Facebook. The platform's no-fee policy and trust factor make it appealing to younger buyers, driving sales and engagement for Facebook.

Mako: Fast, production-grade web bundler

50 kenfai 2025-03-09 15:39:16 UTC 35 makojs.dev Llama Share

Mako is a bundler that supports various features out of the box, including TypeScript, CSS, and React, with no need for configuration. It's reliable, fast, and has features like automatic code updates, code splitting, and module concatenation.

Sigint in Fiction

50 _tk_ 2025-03-09 10:29:27 UTC 22 siginthistorian.blogspot.com Llama Share

You published an article about John Buchan's use of cryptanalysis in his works, and how it's challenging to describe the process in fiction.

Kubernetes Home – what do you do if your ISP changes your IP addresses?

47 jandeboevrie 2025-03-09 11:29:46 UTC 83 vegard.blog.engen.priv.no Prefix Share

In my last blog post I described external-DNS, which is a way to have Kubernetes create and update DNS entries for its services. But as I mentioned, it got me thinking a bit on ways to extend this concept to handle other external aspects of my Kubernetes environment. My ISP is in total control over my external IP addresses. I don’t pay for permanent IP addresses, and while they haven’t so far ...

Sovereign Lumber

46 manuhabitela 2025-03-09 10:38:28 UTC 23 mill.plainopen.com Llama Share

The user discusses the need for open-source software to make money to stay healthy, citing the "lumber and chairs" analogy where software is like lumber that needs investment and revenue. They propose a compromise between open-source values and paid development to create a quality end-user software ecosystem.

Compared to index funds, actively managed mutual funds still stink

45 MilnerRoute 2025-03-09 01:49:23 UTC 49 latimes.com Llama Share

Index funds outperform actively managed funds, offering lower costs, simplicity, and reduced emotional investing. Most retail investors prefer index funds, with assets under management surpassing actively managed funds.

Formal Verification of Zero-Downtime Database Migration in PlusCal

44 code_monk666 2025-03-09 06:31:11 UTC 6 biradarganesh25.github.io Llama Share

Formal verification is used to ensure correctness in complex systems by checking properties across all possible states. TLA+ is a formal specification language used to model systems and verify properties, allowing for early discovery of design flaws.

The Early History of Deferred Shading and Lighting

41 davikr 2025-03-09 12:44:44 UTC 2 sites.google.com Llama Share

The author and Atman Binstock pioneered real-time deferred rendering techniques, shipping the first deferred shaded game, Shrek, in 2001. They later gave a groundbreaking presentation on the topic at the 2004 Game Developer Conference, showcasing their work and influencing the industry.

Understanding Memory Management, Part 2: C++ and RAII

40 ibobev 2025-03-09 09:47:28 UTC 18 educatedguesswork.org Prefix Share

This is the second post in my planned multipart[1] series on memory management. In part I we covered the basics of memory allocation and how it works in C, where the programmer is responsible for manually allocating and freeing memory. In this post, we'll start looking at memory management in C++, which provides a number of much fancier affordances. As the name suggests, C++ is a ...

Aspirin prevents metastasis by limiting platelet TXA2 suppression of immunity

38 hsuduebc2 2025-03-09 21:51:35 UTC 1 nature.com Prefix Share

Metastasis is the spread of cancer cells from primary tumours to distant organs and is the cause of 90% of cancer deaths globally1,2. Metastasizing cancer cells are uniquely vulnerable to immune attack, as they are initially deprived of the immunosuppressive microenvironment found within established tumours3. There is interest in therapeutically exploiting this immune vulnerability to prevent ...

YouTube, when the walls fell [video]

31 zdw 2025-03-09 02:44:47 UTC 26 youtube.com Embed Share

Top links on Bluesky, Updated Hourly

30 mooreds 2025-03-09 20:21:54 UTC 22 theblue.report Llama Share

Minnesota Senator Smith is standing up to Trump and Musk, saying she answers to the people of Minnesota, not the billionaires. The US is facing corruption, cuts to research funding, and devastating HIV treatment cuts, with experts calling it a "whole new level of cruelty" and a "total disaster".

Show HN: Translate Japanese manga and Korean manhwa with Chrome extension

28 adibzaini 2025-03-09 14:25:40 UTC 27 pawakalabs.com Llama Share

Fakey is a powerful AI-powered browser extension that translates manga, summarizes pages and videos, and answers Google Forms questions. It has a fair usage policy of 20,000 credits, with 1 credit deducted per image, page, question, or snip.

Ask HN: Should there be new RPN calculators to replace the TI-84?

28 idatum 2025-03-09 05:02:03 UTC 74 news.ycombinator.com Llama Share

The user took an exam where only TI calculators were available, feeling caught between older models with less intuitive interfaces. They discussed the niche market of calculators, especially RPN calculators, and recommended the HP Prime or SwissMicros calculators for those seeking RPN functionality.

Why Go's Error Handling Is Awesome

25 chautumn 2025-03-09 11:15:12 UTC 28 rauljordan.com Llama Share

Go's error handling is based on treating errors as first-class citizens, allowing developers to handle them explicitly. This approach provides full control and responsibility for error handling, making it easier to write readable and maintainable code.

Reasons veterans are especially hard-hit by federal cuts

24 rntn 2025-03-09 16:24:46 UTC 13 theconversation.com Llama Share

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to cut 83,000 jobs, affecting nearly 30% of federal workers who are veterans. This will impact health care for millions of veterans, including those with disabilities, and may lead to longer wait times and reduced services.

Parnassus plays

23 Caiero 2025-03-09 07:01:25 UTC 1 en.wikipedia.org Prefix Share

The Parnassus plays are three satiric comedies, or full-length academic dramas, each divided into five acts. They date from between 1598 and 1602. They were performed in London by students for an audience of students as part of the Christmas festivities of St John's College at Cambridge University. It is not known who wrote them.[1] The second and third plays are sometimes referred to as ...

The State of Coherence in the Land of Type Classes

20 mpweiher 2025-03-09 21:13:32 UTC 2 programming-journal.org Llama Share

Type classes in programming languages like Swift, Rust, and Scala help implement generic algorithms without efficiency loss, but their success hinges on compilers inferring implicit parameters. The languages use different approaches to address coherence issues, but Swift, Rust, and Haskell share similar strategies to work around type class instance uniqueness.

Apple Introduced Its Most Controversial MacBook 10 Years Ago Today

20 tosh 2025-03-09 10:37:01 UTC 16 macrumors.com Llama Share

Apple's 12-inch Retina MacBook was a revolutionary but underpowered device with a single USB-C port and butterfly keyboard. It was discontinued in 2019 but its design influenced the 2018 MacBook Air.

Traveling Through India on the Himsagar Express

19 Thevet 2025-03-09 03:35:58 UTC 1 newyorker.com Prefix Share

The train car was crammed with people sitting on the lower and upper berths, squatting in the aisles, and crowding the vestibule leading to the toilets, and this might have been the reason that Ganesh Rajwar was sitting in the open doorway, his feet on the metal stairs. The train was moving fast through the state of Maharashtra with a rocking motion, but Rajwar was sitting easily. A colorful ...

Ontology Is Overrated – Categories, Links, and Tags (2005)

18 Tomte 2025-03-09 19:46:39 UTC 3 web.archive.org Prefix Share

This piece is based on two talks I gave in the spring of 2005 -- one at the O'Reilly ETech conference in March, entitled "Ontology Is Overrated", and one at the IMCExpo in April entitled "Folksonomies & Tags: The rise of user-developed classification." The written version is a heavily edited concatenation of those two talks. Today I want to talk about categorization, ...

A Committed Year

18 ramijames 2025-03-09 10:32:54 UTC 7 ramijames.com Llama Share

The writer started a daily coding practice a year ago to improve their software development skills, committing to writing code every day and publishing to Github. They've learned to be consistent, ask for help, and view failure as a part of the learning process.

Rust vs. Go: Battle for the Back End

17 naveed125 2025-03-09 08:20:29 UTC 52 effective-programmer.com Llama Share

A developer compares Go and Rust for high-performance backend systems, citing a JSON-processing HTTP server benchmark showing performance differences between the two languages. The author weighs the pros and cons of each language for server-side projects.

Becoming a Good Engineer

16 madmax108 2025-03-09 06:45:23 UTC 8 0x0001.cc Llama Share

A good engineer has a deep understanding of fundamental principles and applies knowledge in practical ways, thinking critically and continuously improving their skills. They strive for excellence, challenge assumptions, and collaborate effectively with others, making engineering a lifelong journey of growth and learning.

Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes

13 gfortaine 2025-03-09 18:40:17 UTC 22 apnews.com Llama Share

A journalist witnessed the firing squad execution of Brad Sigmon in South Carolina, describing it as faster and more violent than lethal injection. He has now seen 11 executions in the state, including three different methods, and will likely witness two more in April.