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  1. The layoffs at Klarna

    posted on Sun Aug 14 16:04:41 UTC 2022 by lauluz | view on HN

    Klarna is laying off 10% of its staff, about 700 people.

  2. Oasis: Small statically-linked Linux system

    posted on Sun Aug 14 12:35:14 UTC 2022 by ingve | view on HN

    Oasis is a Linux-based operating system that is distinguished from others by its use of static linking, build manifests generated by Lua scripts, and BearSSL.

  3. Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough California Team Achieved Ignition

    posted on Sun Aug 14 13:45:18 UTC 2022 by signa11 | view on HN

    The article discusses the results of an experiment conducted by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in August 2021, which showed that fusion ignition in the lab is possible.

  4. Mexican Loan Apps, Extortion, and the Google Play Store

    posted on Sun Aug 14 13:49:06 UTC 2022 by blopeur | view on HN

    The article discusses how multiple people in different countries have been victims of extortion and fraud schemes that are enabled by apps that are downloaded from Google's Play Store.

  5. Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming (1992)

    posted on Sun Aug 14 10:16:34 UTC 2022 by RafelMri | view on HN

    The article is a description of the open-source repository for the book Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp by Peter Norvig (1992), and the code contained therein.

  6. Will Bun JavaScript Take Node's Crown

    posted on Sun Aug 14 08:40:31 UTC 2022 by kiyanwang | view on HN

    This article is a review of the new JavaScript toolset Bun.

  7. Cloud.gov

    posted on Sun Aug 14 15:05:49 UTC 2022 by gmays | view on HN

    The FEC has saved 85% in hosting costs by moving to the cloud.

  8. Elements of Programming (2019)

    posted on Sun Aug 14 14:18:58 UTC 2022 by jabajabadu | view on HN

    The article discusses the process of decomposing programs into a system of algorithmic components and the different forms that the Elements of Programming book is now available in.

  9. The four pillars of data observability: metrics, metadata, lineage, and logs

    posted on Thu Aug 11 12:38:33 UTC 2022 by kzh_ | view on HN

    The article discusses the three pillars of software observability and how they can be used to increase visibility into a system. It also introduces the concept of data observability and how it differs from software observability.

  10. I've been designing a language since '09. Friends and I implemented a beta

    posted on Sun Aug 14 13:44:37 UTC 2022 by levodelellis | view on HN

    The article discusses the design of the new programming language Haxe, which is designed to be readable and have features not found in any other language, while also matching C execution speed and having automatic memory management.

  11. Show HN: Hacker News Predictions

    posted on Sun Aug 14 16:50:42 UTC 2022 by mercurybee | view on HN

  12. The Decommoditization of Protocols (1998)

    posted on Sun Aug 14 15:26:50 UTC 2022 by marttt | view on HN

    The most effective way of creating barriers is to exploit network effects.

  13. Outage Stories: The copy and paste outage

    posted on Sat Aug 13 22:25:43 UTC 2022 by kevin_nisbet | view on HN

    The article discusses how a mistake by one person took out LTE access for a good chunk of Canada, and how high availability networks are designed to be redundant in order to avoid this type of issue.

  14. Efficient simulation through linear algebra

    posted on Sat Aug 13 16:28:04 UTC 2022 by martinhath | view on HN

    The article discusses how pressure forces are computed and how the density problem arises.

  15. Show HN: A web text-editor where you can write, compute and draw

    posted on Sat Aug 13 12:05:40 UTC 2022 by martyalain | view on HN

  16. Ask HN: How do you decide which language/tech stack to learn?

    posted on Sun Aug 14 16:00:25 UTC 2022 by thisiswrongggg | view on HN

  17. Are We Blub Programmers?

    posted on Sun Aug 14 14:26:38 UTC 2022 by andsoitis | view on HN

    The article discusses the idea that there is no such thing as a Blub language, only Blub programmers. The author suggests that the popular programming language at any given time is likely to be the Blub language, as it attracts those who are not interested in learning more powerful languages. The article also suggests that most programmers are not aware of whether they are using a Blub language or not.

  18. Muxfs – a mirroring, checksumming, and self-healing filesystem layer for OpenBSD

    posted on Sun Aug 14 06:24:19 UTC 2022 by ciprian_craciun | view on HN

    The article discusses the author's process of creating a filesystem driver that uses directories as storage media, with the goal of providing data redundancy.

  19. What to know to begin fixing amplifiers [video]

    posted on Sun Aug 14 16:34:12 UTC 2022 by brudgers | view on HN

  20. Photos of trains in the American West (2017)

    posted on Thu Aug 11 14:27:18 UTC 2022 by Tomte | view on HN

  21. Activities for Boring Meetings (2012)

    posted on Sun Aug 14 14:07:01 UTC 2022 by Warchi3f | view on HN

    The website cannot be viewed properly on older browsers.

  22. The Power of Hugs in Anime, from ‘Sailor Moon’ to ‘Spirited Away'

    posted on Thu Aug 11 14:20:02 UTC 2022 by mooreds | view on HN

    This article is about the building blocks of culture.

  23. Ask HN: What is something you built but never marketed?

    posted on Sun Aug 14 13:02:06 UTC 2022 by leobg | view on HN

  24. Lisp-Stat: An Environment for Statistical Computing

    posted on Sun Aug 14 11:03:38 UTC 2022 by dunefox | view on HN

    The article discusses the Lisp-Stat software, which is designed for statistical computing.

  25. Auto Traffic Control – A gRPC Programming Air Traffic Control Game

    posted on Sun Aug 14 10:45:50 UTC 2022 by nivenkos | view on HN

    Auto Traffic Control is a video game in which players program in order to safely manage the airspace above two airports.

  26. Stacker (YC S20) Is Hiring a Product Engineer

    posted on Sun Aug 14 07:04:06 UTC 2022 by skellystudios | view on HN

  27. What Is Quantum Field Theory and Why Is It Incomplete?

    posted on Thu Aug 11 14:16:04 UTC 2022 by digital55 | view on HN

    The article discusses the Standard Model of particle physics, which is a theory that explains the behavior of particles that make up matter. The Standard Model contains 12 particles that interact with three forces. The Higgs boson is a particle that gives mass to other particles. Without the Higgs boson, particles would move at the speed of light.

  28. Swedish tech startups and scaleups

    posted on Sun Aug 14 11:09:12 UTC 2022 by imartin2k | view on HN

    The article lists 500+ Swedish tech startups and scaleups.

  29. Ideas for DataScript 2

    posted on Sat Aug 13 07:19:07 UTC 2022 by alex_hirner | view on HN

    This is a list of ideas for improving DataScript, a programming language, based on 8 years of developing it and 3 years of using it to build web applications.

  30. ID This SciFi Short Story

    posted on Sun Aug 14 12:34:26 UTC 2022 by Normille | view on HN