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posted on Fri Sep 30 13:08:10 UTC 2022 by kiyanwang | view on HN
Microsoft bakes a VPN into Edge and turns it on
posted on Fri Sep 30 16:44:16 UTC 2022 by elashri | view on HN
The article discusses Microsoft's new VPN feature in its Edge browser, which is powered by Cloudflare. The VPN is designed to hide your IP address, encrypt your data, and send it through a secure network, but it lacks the ability to bypass geo-block.
posted on Fri Sep 30 13:34:13 UTC 2022 by curiousfab | view on HN
FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule
posted on Fri Sep 30 15:41:27 UTC 2022 by sebg | view on HN
The FCC has approved a new orbital debris rule that shortens the time required for satellite operators to deorbit LEO satellites to no more than 5 years after completing their mission, from 25 years.
Querying Postgres Tables Directly from DuckDB
posted on Fri Sep 30 14:59:55 UTC 2022 by hfmuehleisen | view on HN
The article discusses how DuckDB can now directly query queries stored in PostgreSQL and speed up complex analytical queries without duplicating data.
Patterns (YC S21) is hiring devs to help us build the Figma for data
posted on Fri Sep 30 17:00:16 UTC 2022 by cstanley | view on HN
The article discusses the design principles of Patterns, a tool designed to help data teams build streaming and batch pipelines.
A call to reconsider memory address-space isolation in Linux
posted on Fri Sep 30 11:03:47 UTC 2022 by chmaynard | view on HN
The article discusses a proposal to change the way the kernel deals with memory in order to reduce the vulnerability to speculative attacks.
Ask HN: Microsoft SmartScreen is destroying our business
posted on Fri Sep 30 16:07:45 UTC 2022 by captain_dfx | view on HN
Go Micro: a standard library for distributed systems development
posted on Fri Sep 30 03:38:13 UTC 2022 by Kinrany | view on HN
Go Micro is a framework for distributed systems development that provides the core requirements for distributed systems development including RPC and Event driven communication.
Reducing logging cost by two orders of magnitude using CLP
posted on Fri Sep 30 10:08:53 UTC 2022 by ath0 | view on HN
A step-by-step guide to our solar system’s demise
posted on Fri Sep 30 09:43:56 UTC 2022 by nsoonhui | view on HN
The article discusses the five steps that our solar system will go through before it is gone, which span from the not-so-great to the truly tragic.
Ask HN: Just received spam to an address only used at Amazon?
posted on Fri Sep 30 16:10:53 UTC 2022 by OJFord | view on HN
Introduction to the Theory of Programming Languages (1991)
posted on Fri Sep 30 06:42:13 UTC 2022 by ingve | view on HN
The full text of the book "Introduction to the Theory of Programming Languages" is available online.
posted on Thu Sep 29 12:23:30 UTC 2022 by Ali_Zaferani | view on HN
The article is about the Command key on Apple keyboards.
New integer types I’d like to see
posted on Fri Sep 30 09:30:05 UTC 2022 by ibobev | view on HN
The article discusses three possible new families of integer types that the author would like to see.
Facebook Freeloads Off Newspapers. This Plan Might Stop It
posted on Fri Sep 30 16:05:54 UTC 2022 by samizdis | view on HN
The article discusses how the passing of a measure in Australia, which makes Google and Facebook pay news companies for their content, has spurred legislatures worldwide to adopt a similar version.
Ask HN: HN people who write meaningful software, how did you learn to program?
posted on Fri Sep 30 14:44:09 UTC 2022 by curious16 | view on HN
Data salaries at FAANG companies in 2022
posted on Fri Sep 30 16:12:45 UTC 2022 by whispersnow | view on HN
The median data total compensation in the US is $187,000, which varies a lot across companies and seniority.
posted on Fri Sep 30 14:31:29 UTC 2022 by mzs | view on HN
The article discusses a GitHub repository that can be used to transcribe videos.
Intel announces new FPGA families
posted on Thu Sep 29 06:29:59 UTC 2022 by chclau | view on HN
Intel has announced new FPGA families for midrange applications like studio cameras, 8K video transport, and wireless infrastructure, which incorporate an upgraded hard processor system, enhanced DSP with AI Tensor Block, MIPI I/O support, and a hardened time-sensitive network controller.
Show HN: Red Goose – Convert your website to mobile app
posted on Fri Sep 30 10:28:42 UTC 2022 by satie | view on HN
posted on Thu Sep 29 06:58:54 UTC 2022 by vincent_s | view on HN
The article discusses Peep, a tool for monitoring network services, and provides links to the Peep proposal and a paper presented at LISA 2000.
Chernobyl black frogs reveal evolution in action
posted on Fri Sep 30 15:15:32 UTC 2022 by gwbas1c | view on HN
The article discusses how the Chernobyl accident has impacted the environment and the human population, as well as how some species are adapting to live with radiation.
DreamFusion: Text-to-3D using 2D Diffusion
posted on Thu Sep 29 18:57:24 UTC 2022 by going_ham | view on HN
This work demonstrates the effectiveness of pretrained image diffusion models as priors for text-to-3D synthesis, which requires no 3D training data and no modifications to the image diffusion model.
We worked for 4 months to build a port for Stadia and today we finished it
posted on Fri Sep 30 11:13:47 UTC 2022 by babuskov | view on HN
Some games are never released because they cost too much money to maintain or the studio expects to make a loss.
US expected to publish Privacy Shield executive order next week
posted on Fri Sep 30 16:07:33 UTC 2022 by elashri | view on HN
The White House is expected to publish an executive order on transatlantic data transfers next week which will address European concerns over surveillance practices in the United States.
Obscure election will decide the fate of the open internet
posted on Thu Sep 29 12:37:24 UTC 2022 by pseudolus | view on HN
The article is about the two candidates for the top job at the UN's International Telecommunication Union, and how their different views could shape the future of the internet.
NYC Proposal Offers Cash for Spotting Parking Violations in Bike Lanes
posted on Fri Sep 30 15:20:59 UTC 2022 by awb | view on HN
The article discusses how unusual activity from a computer network can be detected and monitored.
USB Charger (USB Power Delivery)
posted on Fri Sep 30 13:38:53 UTC 2022 by godelmachine | view on HN
The USB Power Delivery Specification enables the maximum functionality of USB by providing more flexible power delivery along with data over a single cable, with the aim of operating with and building on the existing USB ecosystem.
Jack Dorsey texts Elon Musk, March 26, 2022
posted on Fri Sep 30 09:39:31 UTC 2022 by boulos | view on HN
The article is about how to enable JavaScript in order to continue using twitter.com.