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A Tutorial on Portable Makefiles (2017)
40 points by hardwaresofton | view on HN
The article describes how to write portable Makefiles.
Why I built a dictionary app even with more than +300 apps available at AppStore
26 points by zehfernandes | view on HN
The article is about the author's journey to create the perfect dictionary app, and how he realized that it was harder than he thought.
Karmem: A fast binary serialization format faster than Google Flatbuffers
14 points by siddontang | view on HN
Karmem is a fast binary serialization format that is easy to use while being as fast as possible. It is optimized to take Golang and TinyGo's maximum performance and is efficient for repeatable reads, reading different content of the same type. Karmem has proven to be ten times faster than Google Flatbuffers, with the additional overhead of bounds-checking included. Karmem is still under development, and the API is not stable. However, the serialization-format itself
Raw footage inside Sears with Atari 800 and 2600 (1982) [video]
4 points by kloch | view on HN
Show HN: International Legal Dictionary
16 points by dogweather | view on HN
Differentiable Programming from Scratch
7 points by TheNumbat | view on HN
Differentiable programming is a useful tool for solving many kinds of optimization problems.
A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fix it
91 points by simonebrunozzi | view on HN
The article discusses how the electrification of transportation could begin stalling as early as mid-decade due to a lack of key battery metals.
RISC-V based Single Board Computers are getting there
133 points by bmlw | view on HN
The MangoPi MQ Pro is a compute-focused board that outperforms the Raspberry Pi Zero W in most tests, with the exception of USB SSD and microSD card speed.
Linus releases the 5.19 kernel from an M1 MacBook
40 points by anpep | view on HN
The article discusses the Linux Kernel Mailing List, which is a mailing list for Linux kernel developers.
Lyra: Fast, in-memory, typo-tolerant, full-text search engine in TypeScript
5 points by bpierre | view on HN
' , author : 'Jim Rohn' } ] } The article is about how to use Lyra to query a database.
Gitea 1.17.0 is released – includes package registry support
63 points by belfalas | view on HN
The article discusses the release of Gitea version 1.17.0, which includes a lot of new and exciting features and plenty of breaking changes.
21 points by thcipriani | view on HN
The article discusses how Meshtastic attempts to solve the problem of communication infrastructure failures and how AT&T established room 641A to funnel communication to the NSA.
Pagefind: Static Low-Bandwidth Search at Scale
17 points by chmaynard | view on HN
The article discusses the two main options for search on a documentation website - frontend search and third-party platform - and argues in favor of frontend search.
11 points by peter_d_sherman | view on HN
The Fresnel integrals S(x) and C(x) are two transcendental functions used in optics that are closely related to the error function.
If Only Borland Had Stuck with Turbo Modula-2 for CP/M (2013)
83 points by nope96 | view on HN
The article is about the Turbo Modula-2 programming language for CP/M, which was released in 1986 and then quickly withdrawn.
10 points by donmcc | view on HN
The article discusses the problem with make being that it is a tool for developers and how there are many different versions of make around.
Show HN: Outserv – GraphQL Search Engine
12 points by mrjn | view on HN
The article discusses the Outserv, a GraphQL-powered Blockchain Search Engine that is a unique mix of GraphQL, Search, and Cache systems that enables production-grade GraphQL Search APIs over any blockchain data 10x faster than existing mechanisms.
Apple Rhapsody revisited, to go (2014)
23 points by classichasclass | view on HN
The article discusses the author's favorite Mac laptop of all time, the PowerBook 1400, and how it is the best Mac laptop ever made in terms of keyboard, modularity, and upgradability.
End of the Machinery Game Engine
7 points by eigenbom | view on HN
239 points by tosh | view on HN
The Easy RPG Player is a program that allows you to play RPG Maker 2000 and 2003 games on a variety of platforms, including GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, mobile devices, and even in your web browser.
Announcing Docusaurus 2.0 – Meta's static site generator to build docs sites
12 points by slorber | view on HN
The article is about the release of Docusaurus 2.0, a static site generator that helps you ship beautiful documentation websites in no time.
What ever happened to xmms.org? (2010)
10 points by ecliptik | view on HN
The xmms.org domain was sold to a cyber-squatter by 4Front, the company that originally sponsored development of XMMS.
Greg can't use encrypted apps and must open his phone for police at any time
77 points by adrian_mrd | view on HN
The article discusses the bail conditions imposed on some Blockade Australia climate protesters, which include not being allowed to use any encrypted messaging apps, having to produce their computer and mobile phone for police inspection on demand, only being allowed to have one mobile phone, and not being allowed to associate with a list of 38 people.
18 points by ciprian_craciun | view on HN
The article discusses a procedure for hiding small internal identifiers when exporting them as part of an API. A use-case for such a procedure would be hiding patient primary keys in an API that lists patients given some query.
Time for Army Corps of Engineers to investigate moving water West?
30 points by danboarder | view on HN
It is time for the Army Corps of Engineers to investigate the feasibility of moving water from the Mississippi River to the Colorado River at Lake Powell and then downstream to Lake Mead in order to solve the water problems of the Southwest.
A Mormon Housewife Turned a Fake Diary into an Enormous Best-Seller
3 points by aesthesia | view on HN
The article tells the story of how the book "Go Ask Alice" became a best-seller.
Patterns (YC S21) is hiring devs to build the Figma for data
1 points by cstanley | view on HN
The article is discussing how to use pre-built applications and components to speed up problem solving.
Kubernetes Reinvented Virtual Machines (in a good sense)
81 points by paulgb | view on HN
The article discusses how, in 2010, it was common to deploy applications using virtual machines and how, depending on the scale of the business, this would define the ways provisioning, scaling, service discovery, and deployment were done.
Tang Nano 9K – FPGA SBC with HDMI
7 points by peter_d_sherman | view on HN
The Tang Nano 9K is a development board based on the Gowin GW1NR-9 FPGA chip that is equipped with an HDMI connector, RGB screen interface connector, SPI screen connector, 32Mbit SPI flash, and 6 LEDs.
Put down devices, let your mind wander, study suggests
96 points by chazeon | view on HN