β€œCEO said a thing!” journalism

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US corporate media generally serves business interests, often parroting CEOs' claims without context or challenge. This "CEO said a thing!" journalism has become normalized, prioritizing ad traffic over truth and public interest.

How to turn anything into a router

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User wants to create a homebrew router using a Linux-powered device, such as a mini-PC, to bypass a US policy banning new consumer router imports.

Take better notes, by hand

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The author uses a four-part note-taking system, with the most useful method being writing by hand in paper notebooks. They date every page and use an index to organize their notes, allowing them to easily find information later.

Bird brains (2023)

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A flock of New Zealand kea parrots was found to be cleverly moving traffic cones to stop cars and get food from humans. Researchers have developed various tests to measure bird intelligence, including the mirror test, Aesop's Fable, and delayed gratification test.

Cherri – programming language that compiles to an Apple Shortuct

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Cherri is a programming language for Shortcuts that allows large projects and maintenance. It has a package manager, type checking, and a GUI IDE for macOS.

Kyber (YC W23) Is Hiring a Staff Engineer/Tech Lead

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Kyber is hiring Enterprise Account Executives to drive revenue growth and scale its impact across the insurance industry. The ideal candidate has an Olympic work ethic, outstanding communication skills, and a proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales quotas.

New Washington state law bans noncompete agreements

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Washington state law signed by Rep Liz Berry outlaws noncompete agreements, effective June 30, 2027. Employers must notify workers about voided agreements by October 1, 2027.

OCR for construction documents does not work, we fixed it

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Anchorgrid.ai's door detection service processes PDFs in 2-4 minutes per job, scaling with page count and complexity. Upgrading to Pro or Enterprise plans uses dedicated GPU infrastructure for faster detection.

CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font

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Build123d: A Python CAD programming library

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build123d is a Python-based CAD framework for 2D and 3D modeling, built on Open Cascade. It offers algebraic modeling and a clean, Pythonic interface for precise models.

A sea of sparks: Seeing radioactivity

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β€” (Ionizing Radiation) (Physics) Atoms are very small[citation needed]. Seeing individual atoms is completly impossible: They are thousands of times smaller smaller then the wavelength of light. Lots of chemical reactions glow, but none of them are bright enough to see single atoms... but what about nuclear reactions... Heavy elements like uranium often decay by the emission of a helium ...

FTC action against Match and OkCupid for deceiving users, sharing personal data

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The FTC took action against OkCupid and Match Group for sharing users' personal info with an unrelated third party despite promises to protect it. OkCupid and Match are now prohibited from misrepresenting their privacy policies.

Don't let AI write for you

When you write a document or essay, you are posing a question and then answering it. For example, a PRD answers the question, β€œWhat should we build?” A technical spec answers, β€œHow should we build it?” Sometimes the question is more difficult to answerβ€”β€œWhat are we even trying to accomplish?” And with every attempt at answering, you reflect on whether you’re asking the right question. But ...

Mathematical methods and human thought in the age of AI

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AI is a natural evolution of human tools, facilitating idea creation and dissemination. Its development should remain human-centered to enhance quality of life and expand human thought.
The author built an NSFW filter for a search engine using a single hidden layer neural network, trained on a dataset of labeled search results. The filter was implemented from scratch and performed well, with a 20-30% agreement with a classifier using open-source models.

You are falling behind because you haven't fed the insincerity machine

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The author is concerned about social media's decline into a platform for automation and fake human interaction, where people use AI tools to post and comment on behalf of others. They advocate for authenticity and honesty, urging creators to be present and human on social media, rather than relying on virtual doubles.

ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state

Cloudflare's Turnstile program collects 55 properties from a user's browser, including font measurements, storage, and React application data, to verify the user is running a real browser with a fully rendered ChatGPT application. The program uses a custom VM with a server-generated XOR key to collect and encrypt the fingerprint data, which is then sent as the OpenAI-Sentinel-Turnstile-Token ...

From Proxmox to FreeBSD and Sylve in Our Office Lab

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The team switched from Proxmox to FreeBSD and Sylve due to a desire for a lightweight infrastructure stack that fit their workflow. They wanted a setup that stayed simple and direct under repetition, allowing them to focus on their work rather than managing infrastructure.

The curious case of retro demo scene graphics

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The demo scene initially tolerated copying due to technical limitations, but as it evolved, artists began to value originality and craft over plagiarism. Today, many sceners reject AI-generated art and plagiarism, valuing the creative process and technical limitations that define the scene.

I am definitely missing the pre-AI writing era

The user's writing skills have deteriorated due to over-reliance on AI tools for grammar and vocabulary checks, causing them to lose their unique voice and creative expression. They are seeking advice on how to regain their writing skills and focus on their own voice, rather than relying on AI assistance.

I use Excalidraw to manage my diagrams for my blog

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User created an Excalidraw extension to generate SVGs for light and dark mode, but it caused frustration due to dependency on text changes. They then created a new extension that automatically exports frames as SVGs in both modes, allowing for local review and reference.

Proactively Parasocial

Posting on a blog can build parasocial relationships by giving readers an illusion of face-to-face connection with the writer. This can be a positive way to form connections with others, such as authors or inspiring heroes, but can also be negative if it replaces real social relationships.

Show HN: Coasts – Containerized Hosts for Agents

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Coasts is a CLI tool for running isolated dev environments on a single machine with a local UI. It works with existing Docker setups and is offline-first with no vendor lock-in risk.

Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equation: Reinforcement Learning and Diffusion Models

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A seminal 1952 paper lays the foundation for optimal control and reinforcement learning. bellman extended his work to continuous-time systems, turning the optimal condition into the pde. he estimates $v_kapprox valpha_j$ by monte carlo rollouts of the closed-loop sde and fits $v_theta$ via regression. $$ learned value function matches the exact power-law $

Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder

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Voyager 1, a 48-year-old spacecraft, is still functioning and transmitting data from interstellar space despite having only 69 kilobytes of memory and an 8-track tape recorder. It has made numerous discoveries and is now the most distant human-made object in the universe, carrying a golden record with sounds of Earth for potential extraterrestrial life.

The ladder is missing rungs – Engineering Progression When AI Ate the Middle

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AI tools are changing the landscape of software engineering, but the conversation is focused on code generation rather than the skills and judgment required to supervise AI. The structural problem is that AI handles tasks that used to train engineers, leaving a gap in the career ladder and raising questions about where the next generation of engineers will come from.

Comprehensive C++ Hashmap Benchmarks (2022)

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A comprehensive benchmark of 29 C++ hashmaps was conducted, evaluating 174 combinations of hashmaps with different allocators and hashes, resulting in 1914 benchmark evaluations. The benchmark results show that Google's Abseil's absl::flat_hash_map and ankerl::unordered_dense::map are among the fastest hashmaps, with excellent performance in various scenarios, including search, insertion, and ...

DigitalOcean Seeks $800M in Funding

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DigitalOcean increased its offering to over 10.38 million shares, expecting to close on March 26. The funding will be used for capacity expansion, paying down debt, and general corporate purposes.

Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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A team member used Copilot to edit a PR description, adding ads for itself and Raycast. This is seen as an abuse of the platform's features for self-promotion.

VHDL's Crown Jewel

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VHDL's delta cycle algorithm preserves determinism in a concurrent language by separating signal value updates and process evaluations into distinct phases. In contrast, Verilog's nonblocking assignments do not solve the problem of non-determinism in general, although they can provide determinism in synchronous designs.