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  1. Apple Expands Self Service Repair to Mac Notebooks

    posted on Mon Aug 22 13:00:32 UTC 2022 by todsacerdoti | view on HN

    Apple is expanding its Self Service Repair program to Mac notebooks with the M1 family of chips, providing repair manuals and genuine Apple parts and tools through the Apple Self Service Repair Store.

  2. Why is Snowflake so expensive

    posted on Mon Aug 22 13:41:04 UTC 2022 by eyeball | view on HN

    The article discusses the author's thoughts on Snowflake's quarterly financial statements and how the product is so well loved that they could stop adding new customers and still get double-digit revenue growth.

  3. What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain and Health

    posted on Mon Aug 22 16:26:20 UTC 2022 by philip1209 | view on HN

    The article discusses the physiological effects that drinking alcohol has on the brain and body at different levels of consumption and over time.

  4. Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor

    posted on Mon Aug 22 16:18:24 UTC 2022 by PaulHoule | view on HN

    The article discusses Abilene Christian University's application for a construction license for a molten salt research reactor, which would be used for on-campus nuclear research and training opportunities for faculty, staff and students in advanced nuclear technologies.

  5. Clip Control on the Apple GPU

    posted on Mon Aug 22 14:04:15 UTC 2022 by stefan_ | view on HN

    The article discusses how the game Neverball can be played on a Mac using Mesa's OpenGL driver and Apple's proprietary kernel driver, but notes that there are some catches.

  6. Maps.earth – free and open-source web maps

    posted on Mon Aug 22 13:45:53 UTC 2022 by ellenhp | view on HN

    The Headway Project is a web app that is easy to set up for yourself or your friends that does not need to send your location data to anyone you don't trust.

  7. “I survived the TCP transition” (2013)

    posted on Mon Aug 22 14:54:02 UTC 2022 by agomez314 | view on HN

    The article tells the story of Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of the Internet, and his contributions to shaping the Internet’s architecture.

  8. SurrealDB – Document-graph database, for the realtime web

    posted on Mon Aug 22 12:44:26 UTC 2022 by nerdyadventurer | view on HN

    SurrealDB is a database created specifically for serverless applications that offers in-built permissions, easy-to-write SQL statements, and support for SSL/TLS, Single-Sign-On, external 3rd party authentication, JWT token based authentication, and custom business authentication logic.

  9. 10BASE-T using Raspberry Pi Pico with 2 GPIO pins

    posted on Mon Aug 22 08:47:21 UTC 2022 by sleepy_keita | view on HN

    The article is about how to build a pulse transformer for safety when experimenting with Raspberry Pi Pico equipment.

  10. Show HN: Largest collection of pitch deck, videos and memos to fund my education

    posted on Mon Aug 22 16:32:27 UTC 2022 by mrayushsoni | view on HN

    The article is about a website that ranks the top successful companies of the world.

  11. Tell HN: Google Cloud suspended our production projects at 1am on Saturday

    posted on Mon Aug 22 06:08:54 UTC 2022 by 7tech | view on HN

  12. Audible feedback on just how much your browsing feeds into Google

    posted on Mon Aug 22 10:35:38 UTC 2022 by zimmerfrei | view on HN

    The article tells the reader where to find a list of Google services IP addresses.

  13. Ridiculous vulnerability disclosure process with CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor

    posted on Mon Aug 22 08:12:28 UTC 2022 by detaro | view on HN

    This article is about a vulnerability in the CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor that allows an attacker with administrative privileges to bypass the Falcon Agent Uninstall Protection feature, and the ridiculous disclosure process the researchers had to go through with CrowdStrike.

  14. Show HN: Digs.fm – For passionate music explorers (like Goodreads but for music)

    posted on Mon Aug 22 14:26:01 UTC 2022 by throwaway874839 | view on HN

    The article is about the "Want to Listen" feature on the website ListenBrainz, which allows users to track and organize releases they want to listen to.

  15. Visualizing Toxic Air

    posted on Mon Aug 22 10:43:53 UTC 2022 by danso | view on HN

    The article discusses how the Environmental Protection Agency has a model that reveals increased cancer risk in communities all over the country, but the agency does little to stop the toxic air emissions that are causing the increased risk.

  16. (A Few) Ops Lessons We All Learn the Hard Way (2020)

    posted on Mon Aug 22 12:55:44 UTC 2022 by Tomte | view on HN

    The article is a list of 25 things that the author has learned from experience in the operations field.

  17. TMTP a Internet protocol combining elements of email and the web

    posted on Mon Aug 22 12:21:35 UTC 2022 by modinfo | view on HN

    The mnm project is a new Internet protocol combining elements of email and the web that offers a simple, reliable, free, secure, decentralized method for messaging & correspondence & notification.

  18. Tell HN: Stop sending unsolicited emails to developers GitHub email

    posted on Mon Aug 22 14:41:19 UTC 2022 by msoad | view on HN

  19. Techniques and strategies for prototyping electronics circuits (2020)

    posted on Sat Aug 20 21:37:26 UTC 2022 by brudgers | view on HN

  20. The downfall of smart TVs: From promises of seamless viewing to ad tool

    posted on Mon Aug 22 12:05:48 UTC 2022 by PretzelFisch | view on HN

    This article is about how smart TVs are not as great as they seem because they are constantly collecting data about users in order to show them more personalized ads.

  21. QEMU Internals (2021)

    posted on Mon Aug 22 08:39:32 UTC 2022 by signa11 | view on HN

    This is a series of posts about QEMU internals which covers topics such as creating a new machine, controlling memory regions, creating a new device, interrupts controller, timers, PCI controller, PCI devices, options, execution loop, breakpoints handling, VM running states, TCG internals, snapshots, and the official code and documentation.

  22. Separation Logic

    posted on Mon Aug 22 13:10:48 UTC 2022 by haskellandchill | view on HN

  23. Why Does Everything on Netflix Look Like That?

    posted on Mon Aug 22 16:46:46 UTC 2022 by cpeterso | view on HN

    The article discusses how Netflix's in-house produced television shows and movies tend to all have the same look and feel, which can be distracting.

  24. Show HN: Turn spare cash into sustainable investments that directly change lives

    posted on Mon Aug 22 15:56:09 UTC 2022 by koya_nowala | view on HN

  25. Tauri vs. Electron – Real world application

    posted on Mon Aug 22 12:14:32 UTC 2022 by Levminer | view on HN

    The article compares the Electron and Tauri frameworks using the Authme app, discussing differences in bundle size, startup time, performance, app backend, and rendering.

  26. Applying a rule from Pixar with a camera from 1961

    posted on Mon Aug 22 02:44:53 UTC 2022 by jamestweed | view on HN

    The article is about the Olympus Pen ee3, a camera from 1973 that is all automatic and doesn't require batteries.

  27. The hitchhiker’s guide to iPhone Lightning and JTAG hacking [slides] [pdf]

    posted on Mon Aug 22 10:41:30 UTC 2022 by sjuut | view on HN

  28. (Not) Getting a New Computer

    posted on Mon Aug 22 15:40:08 UTC 2022 by Tomte | view on HN

    The article is about a man who decides to get a new computer, but then cancels the order and decides to make do with his old one after realizing he doesn't really need it.

  29. The Age of Distracti-Pression

    posted on Wed Aug 17 18:25:11 UTC 2022 by yamrzou | view on HN

    The article discusses the increase in use of antidepressants, especially among women, during the pandemic.

  30. The GPU Banana Stand

    posted on Mon Aug 22 04:10:52 UTC 2022 by robin_reala | view on HN

    The article discusses how 3D engines typically organize their objects using matrix transforms, but points out that this is insufficient as a general case and introduces the idea of using any shader function to operate on positions.