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Why no Roman industrial revolution?
posted on Fri Aug 26 13:25:09 UTC 2022 by Tomte | view on HN
The article discusses the idea that the Roman Empire was never close to an industrial revolution and why that is.
Things I Won't Work With: Azidoazide Azides, More or Less
posted on Fri Aug 26 15:24:40 UTC 2022 by ColinWright | view on HN
The article is about the Klapötke lab's accomplishments in the field of nitrotetrazole oxides, specifically their work with N-amino azidotetrazole.
Engineer distributes resume via IPv6 traceroute
posted on Fri Aug 26 16:33:44 UTC 2022 by fjarlq | view on HN
The article discusses how to change a file's permissions using the chmod command The chmod command is used to change a file's permissions.
Amid chip shortages, companies bet on RISC-V
posted on Fri Aug 26 12:55:26 UTC 2022 by tomclancy | view on HN
posted on Fri Aug 26 09:55:44 UTC 2022 by lproven | view on HN
The article is about Oberon, a computer system with a unique text-based graphical user interface that evolved entirely outside of the normal genealogy of user interfaces.
The culture of rejection in computer science publications
posted on Fri Aug 26 10:24:01 UTC 2022 by headalgorithm | view on HN
This blog is a call for change in the culture of program committees, which has become focused on shooting down submissions rather than developing the community.
The slow death of the traditional business card
posted on Fri Aug 26 05:40:21 UTC 2022 by helsinkiandrew | view on HN
The article is discussing how people are using technology to store their business information instead of using traditional business cards.
Historian discovers a prized Galileo manuscript was forged
posted on Tue Aug 23 04:39:50 UTC 2022 by Hooke | view on HN
The article discusses how the University of Michigan discovered that a manuscript they believed to be written by Galileo in 1609 was actually a 20th century forgery.
Hooking Go from Rust – Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Go-Laxy
posted on Fri Aug 26 14:52:17 UTC 2022 by carride | view on HN
The article discusses how to hook Go from Rust, by first demonstrating how Go's isolationist design can be overcome to allow for integration with other languages. Next, it explains how to hook Golang functions using Frida, and finally details how to write a trampoline in Assembly to translate a Go function call into a Rust function call.
MIT scientists discover neurons that light up whenever we see images of food
posted on Fri Aug 26 13:13:05 UTC 2022 by rntn | view on HN
The article is about a study done by MIT neuroscientists that found a specialized part of your visual cortex lights up when you look at food.
Americans will soon be able to renew passports online
posted on Fri Aug 26 15:22:42 UTC 2022 by avonmach | view on HN
The State Department is piloting a new online system for renewing U.S. passports that does not require any physical documents to be mailed, with the hope of making the process easier than ever.
The Signal State – Modular Synth Logic Puzzle Game
posted on Fri Aug 26 16:26:09 UTC 2022 by evo_9 | view on HN
The article is about the game "Cableguys", which is a game about connecting different modules together to complete puzzles.
Why Aren't There C Conferences? (2018)
posted on Fri Aug 26 12:31:07 UTC 2022 by optimalsolver | view on HN
The article discusses the lack of regular conferences for the C programming language, despite its ubiquity, and offers two theories for why this is the case.
Why Xen Wasn't Hit by RETBleed on Intel CPUs
posted on Fri Aug 26 10:06:00 UTC 2022 by plam503711 | view on HN
The article discusses the RETBleed security issue and why Xen decided to release a fix only for AMD CPUs while Intel seems to be also hit.
Next wooden chair could arrive flat, then dry into a 3D shape
posted on Tue Aug 23 12:16:14 UTC 2022 by rbanffy | view on HN
The article discusses how scientists have found a way to 3D print flat wooden shapes that can be programmed to self-morph into complex 3D shapes.
posted on Fri Aug 26 16:13:55 UTC 2022 by Tomte | view on HN
The article discusses a problem with dependencies between classes and how to solve it using the Metaobject Protocol.
posted on Fri Aug 26 10:40:15 UTC 2022 by todsacerdoti | view on HN
posted on Fri Aug 26 12:53:16 UTC 2022 by rahulpandita | view on HN
The article discusses GitHub's investigation into the future of software development and explores things beyond the adjacent possible.
How discord stores billions of messages (2017)
posted on Fri Aug 26 12:33:23 UTC 2022 by greymalik | view on HN
The article discusses how the messaging service Discord has grown rapidly and how they store their data using Cassandra.
The Next Mainstream Programming Language: A Game Developer’s Perspective (2005) [pdf]
posted on Fri Aug 26 10:42:04 UTC 2022 by Tomte | view on HN
USPTO to add surcharge on non-DOCX patent applications in 2023
posted on Fri Aug 26 13:50:30 UTC 2022 by zinekeller | view on HN
The article is about how to request access to the FederalRegister.gov & eCFR.gov sites.
posted on Fri Aug 26 04:30:56 UTC 2022 by taviso | view on HN
The article discusses how DWARF, the debugging format used in Linux, is capable of expressing complex locations and types, and how this is an improvement over the previous STABS format.
Search over 5M+ Stable Diffusion images and prompts
posted on Fri Aug 26 06:39:03 UTC 2022 by headalgorithm | view on HN
posted on Fri Aug 26 15:25:18 UTC 2022 by ezekg | view on HN
The Jupyter+Git problem is now solved
posted on Fri Aug 26 00:09:04 UTC 2022 by jph00 | view on HN
The article discusses how Jupyter notebooks are incompatible with git by default, and how nbdev2 provides a set of hooks which solve most git conflicts automatically.
Ashby (YC W19, B) Hiring Engineers Who Want to Own Product/Design
posted on Fri Aug 26 07:00:04 UTC 2022 by abhikp | view on HN
Espanso Cross-Platform Text Expander
posted on Fri Aug 26 09:31:00 UTC 2022 by enbugger | view on HN
Reducing methane is the fastest strategy available to reduce warming
posted on Fri Aug 26 14:42:45 UTC 2022 by nipponese | view on HN
The United States reaffirmed their commitment to lead global efforts to tackle the climate crisis at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference and announced a decade-long plan to halt deforestation and restore forests.
Designing for Improvisation (2010)
posted on Thu Aug 25 15:20:04 UTC 2022 by brm | view on HN
This article discusses how improvisation is becoming more prevalent and how the role of the designer is shifting from creator to consumer.
What are Magnus Carlsen's chances of reaching 2900?
posted on Fri Aug 26 07:12:08 UTC 2022 by mellosouls | view on HN