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Supabase – Realtime: Multiplayer Edition
posted on Thu Aug 18 14:45:20 UTC 2022 by samwillis | view on HN
Supabase has added Broadcast and Presence to their Realtime server, which is now available to all active Supabase projects on the free tier.
posted on Thu Aug 18 14:58:43 UTC 2022 by hnburnsy | view on HN
Learn to sew your own outdoor gear
posted on Thu Aug 18 11:05:28 UTC 2022 by almog | view on HN
The article is a guide to becoming a gear making guru, and lists the essential tools needed to get started.
Dodge Reveals New Charger Daytona EV
posted on Thu Aug 18 15:30:39 UTC 2022 by superchroma | view on HN
The Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept is a battery-electric vehicle that is all-wheel drive and powered by a new 800V propulsion system.
TSMC to begin 3nm chip production next month
posted on Thu Aug 18 13:28:11 UTC 2022 by carlycue | view on HN
TSMC will begin mass producing chips using its leading-edge N3 (3nm-class) manufacturing process this September, according to a Commercial Times report.
The PlanetScale serverless driver for JavaScript
posted on Thu Aug 18 16:13:03 UTC 2022 by tbarn | view on HN
The PlanetScale serverless driver for JavaScript is a Fetch API-compatible database driver that enables the ability to store and query data in PlanetScale from environments such as Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, and Netlify Edge Functions.
PayPal phishing scam uses invoices sent via PayPal
posted on Thu Aug 18 15:35:06 UTC 2022 by shantanu_sharma | view on HN
Scammers are using invoices sent through PayPal.com to trick recipients into calling a number to dispute a pending charge, which leads to the recipient downloading software that lets the scammer assume remote control over their computer.
Metal Archives 20th Anniversary
posted on Thu Aug 18 14:36:48 UTC 2022 by mountainplus | view on HN
I have complicated feelings about TDD
posted on Thu Aug 18 13:28:16 UTC 2022 by jwdunne | view on HN
The article argues that there are two different types of TDD - weak and strong - and that strong TDD is not as valuable as its proponents believe.
What Beirut was like before the war (2019)
posted on Tue Aug 16 20:56:35 UTC 2022 by mmastrac | view on HN
The article discusses the golden era of Beirut before the civil war, when it was a hub of international trade and finance and a renowned destination for entertainment, art, and fashion.
I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanical keyboard
posted on Thu Aug 18 09:24:13 UTC 2022 by aemerson_ | view on HN
The article is about the Altar I keyboard, which is a low-profile, wireless mechanical keyboard made from premium, sustainable materials.
Launch HN: Cerrion (YC S22) – Computer vision to reduce production line problems
posted on Thu Aug 18 11:57:47 UTC 2022 by michaelgygli | view on HN
This article is about a company that uses AI to detect process deviations in real-time.
A sane SSH(1) key management example
posted on Thu Aug 18 14:51:15 UTC 2022 by moviuro | view on HN
It is not recommended to use the same ssh key for all purposes as it is easier for someone to access all of your accounts if they obtain your key.
Show HN: I built a vector map from scratch
posted on Thu Aug 18 15:10:28 UTC 2022 by kocheez75 | view on HN
The article explains how to add pan and zoom functionality to a map by creating a "camera" matrix that tracks the XY position and current zoom level, which is then passed into the vertex shader.
Philosophy can solve your midlife crisis
posted on Thu Aug 18 06:29:02 UTC 2022 by herbertl | view on HN
The article is about Kieran Setiya, a professor at MIT, who wrote a book called "Midlife: A Philosophical Guide" about how to deal with a midlife crisis.
An io_uring-based user-space block driver
posted on Thu Aug 18 12:29:23 UTC 2022 by veddan | view on HN
The ublk driver is a driver that facilitates the implementation of high-performance block drivers in user space; it uses io_uring for communication with the kernel.
Thunderbird Time Machine: Windows XP and Thunderbird 1.0
posted on Thu Aug 18 13:45:29 UTC 2022 by HieronymusBosch | view on HN
The article discusses the release of Thunderbird 1.0 in 2004 and some of its features.
Tempest LCD: Playing songs from your LCD monitor with a radio
posted on Thu Aug 18 11:06:17 UTC 2022 by signa11 | view on HN
The article discusses a program that allows users to manipulate the electromagnetic waves emitted by LCD monitors to play a song on a radio tuned to a certain frequency, as well as the history of the project.
The Zimbu programming language
posted on Thu Aug 18 12:44:12 UTC 2022 by osener | view on HN
The Zimbu programming language has been worked on for the last year, but the author has been too busy with other projects to continue working on it and is unsure of what direction to take it in.
posted on Thu Aug 18 11:42:39 UTC 2022 by shakow | view on HN
After Julia 1.8, the scheduler is used by default and the tasks are interleaved: The run-time is about 2 seconds. It means that the iteration can start running as soon as the iteration is complete. Julia 1.8 has finally been released after 3 betas and 4 release candidates.
The double-arm barn door tracker
posted on Tue Aug 16 08:26:27 UTC 2022 by Tomte | view on HN
The article discusses the four types of double-arm trackers, which are used to eliminate tangent error, and compares their accumulated error and construction parameters.
posted on Wed Aug 17 11:01:09 UTC 2022 by auggierose | view on HN
The article is discussing how semiotics has not progressed in the same way as linguistics and how Joseph Goguen is the guy to change that.
Edible insects role in transmission of parasitic diseases to humans (2019)
posted on Thu Aug 18 03:58:37 UTC 2022 by walterbell | view on HN
The article discusses how insects may be vectors of Cryptosporidium spp., Isospora spp., Balantidium spp., and Entamoeba spp., which are all parasites that can cause diseases in humans and animals.
Show HN: I made a writing tool that asks questions like Socrates
posted on Thu Aug 18 05:56:29 UTC 2022 by tylertaewook | view on HN
Show HN: I created a library to create product tours / walkthroughs
posted on Thu Aug 18 09:02:50 UTC 2022 by nbhusal | view on HN
The article discusses how to announce new features and offer helpful contextual clues using hotspots.
Generally Intelligent (YC S17) Is Hiring Machine Learning Engineers
posted on Thu Aug 18 07:01:20 UTC 2022 by kanjun | view on HN
FreeBSD – A Lesson in Poor Defaults
posted on Thu Aug 18 08:01:44 UTC 2022 by josephg | view on HN
The article discusses the fact that while it would be beneficial for data integrity checks to be done before more dangerous operations are carried out, this is not the case for the FreeBSD portsnap and freebsd-update tools, which could leave the system open to exploits.
Emergent Features in 6.7B+ Param Transformers
posted on Thu Aug 18 05:13:59 UTC 2022 by nl | view on HN
The article is about the process of quantization and how it works.
posted on Thu Aug 18 13:20:48 UTC 2022 by nixcraft | view on HN
Show HN: Allsearch – Making it easier to use different search engines seamlessly
posted on Wed Aug 17 06:47:28 UTC 2022 by WiggleGuy | view on HN