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9 points by mxtihvb | view on HN
The article discusses how Jane Street, a quantitative prop-trading firm, uses a poker chip challenge to test out applicants' probability chops and measure their risk awareness, which is important for traders.
Show HN: OneDev – A Lightweight Gitlab Alternative
71 points by steveluo9 | view on HN
The article discusses the features of the OneDev code development application, which include fast and space-efficient code indexing, regular expression-based search, and integration with static analysis tools.
Building a Panel out of e-ink Electronic Shelf Labels
48 points by frxx | view on HN
This is the story of how the author daisy-chained a bunch of electronic shelf labels (ESL) to decorate his office wall.
Crimes with Python's pattern matching
95 points by signa11 | view on HN
The article discusses how one can use Python's Abstract Base Classes to do weird things with pattern matching, like creating non-monotonic types or hijacking a pattern match.
What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes?
18 points by leeny | view on HN
The article discusses a survey of 1003 engineers regarding hiring freezes at Google and Facebook. The survey found that 48% of respondents were actively interviewing, and that Amazon was the most popular company among those respondents.
Capy – Cross-platform library for making native GUIs in Zig
33 points by Sparkenstein | view on HN
Capy is a graphical user interface library for Zig that is easy to write for and versatile.
A Love Letter to Geocities Sites
49 points by martialg | view on HN
This person never planned on making a website, but they did it anyway and they are always changing it.
Spinning Levers – How a Transmission Works (1936) [video]
11 points by userbinator | view on HN
Show HN: Personal productivity workspace for busy people
8 points by chernobai | view on HN
20 points by pxeger1 | view on HN
The "cat gap" is a period in the fossil record of approximately 2. 5 million to 18.5 million years ago in which there are few fossils of cats or cat-like species found in North America.
Xv6, a simple Unix-like teaching operating system
42 points by memorable | view on HN
The article discusses the development of the xv6 operating system and how it was ported to RISC-V for a new undergraduate class.
Show HN: PiBox: a tiny personal server for self-hosting
50 points by erulabs | view on HN
The PiBox is a server that is designed for hackers, tinkerers, and self-hosters, and does not require the use of KubeSail software to operate.
AlphaFold's Database Grows over 200x to Cover Nearly All Known Proteins
12 points by OnlineInference | view on HN
5 points by optimalsolver | view on HN
The article discusses the idea that the cloud is not an intangible monolith, but a physical infrastructure made up of data centers, cables, towers, and devices spanning the globe. It argues that the people who work to maintain this infrastructure are integral to the functioning of our increasingly digitized society, and that the cloud is a way of life for them, with its own norms, rituals, and language.
Launch HN: Polymath Robotics (YC S22) – General autonomy for industrial vehicles
16 points by stefan8r | view on HN
Parallel Programming for FPGAs
24 points by bjourne | view on HN
The article is about a book called Parallel Programming for FPGAs that is aimed at teaching hardware and software developers how to efficiently program FPGAs using high-level synthesis (HLS).
When the Surgeon Was an Uneducated Barber
9 points by samizdis | view on HN
The article discusses how the profession of surgery has progressed and how, in large part, it is at the expense of the vulnerable.
The biggest new idea in computing for half a century was just scrapped
11 points by RachelF | view on HN
Homebrew USB DMX Interface with Sparkfun FT232RL
4 points by zdw | view on HN
This wiring diagram is for connecting the Sparkfun FT232RL Breakout Board to an SN75176 RS-488 bus transceiver in order to create a USB DMX interface.
eXpOS – An Educational Operating System
12 points by anandubajith | view on HN
The eXpOS educational tool is designed with three central principles in mind: separation of concerns, things shall be made as simple as possible, and "build to learn" rather than "learn to build."
4 points by Hooke | view on HN
27 points by behnamoh | view on HN
The article discusses the Hacker Typer website, which allows users to type like a stereotypical hacker from movies and pop culture.
Ask HN: Is there a tool / product that enables commenting on HTML elements?
12 points by bshoemaker | view on HN
People Spend Too Much Time on Decisions with Equally Satisfying Outcomes
11 points by Bostonian | view on HN
The article discusses a study that found people spend too much time choosing between options with roughly equal utility, which is irrational.
12 points by 35mm | view on HN
Rights Amplification in Master-Keyed Mechanical Locks (2003) [pdf]
7 points by wglb | view on HN
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2022)
125 points by whoishiring | view on HN
Equivalence of Unicode strings is strange
4 points by greghn | view on HN
The article discusses how the author initially thought that adding support for collations would be simple, but life is unfortunately much more complex.
Dolphin Intelligence: 3 Early Dolphin Experiments Funded by the U.S. Navy (2006)
16 points by Thevet | view on HN
Three early dolphin experiments from the sixties, funded by the U.S. Navy, showed minimal indicators of dolphin mental abilities, as a product of the times.
How I Regained Concentration and Focus
49 points by aiobe | view on HN
The article is about a person's struggles with concentration and how they plan to improve their productivity and creativity.