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Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into print
posted on Tue Oct 04 15:49:18 UTC 2022 by inetsee | view on HN
Luschny's webpage argues that recent treatments of the subject by leading mathematicians such as Terence Tao are incorrect, and provides evidence to support this claim.
ClickHouse Cloud is now in Public Beta
posted on Tue Oct 04 14:10:17 UTC 2022 by taubek | view on HN
The article discusses the beta release of ClickHouse Cloud, which is a serverless product that simplifies the use of ClickHouse for developers, data engineers and analysts.
posted on Tue Oct 04 15:06:57 UTC 2022 by drikerf | view on HN
The article is about a person's experience building their business on Clojure, and how they found the experience to be enjoyable and easy to upgrade with high quality libraries.
posted on Tue Oct 04 07:29:39 UTC 2022 by parabyl | view on HN
The article discusses the accuracy measures related to GPS coordinates and how they define the margin of error in the distance for any conclusions drawn from the data.
posted on Tue Oct 04 14:47:23 UTC 2022 by eatonphil | view on HN
The article is about the author's experience with QEMU and how it has changed over time to accommodate new industry trends.
The deception of “buying” digital movies
posted on Tue Oct 04 11:05:52 UTC 2022 by worldofmatthew | view on HN
The article discusses how some internet movie services do not actually sell the movies that customers think they are buying, but are instead only renting them.
posted on Tue Oct 04 16:39:08 UTC 2022 by Wildgoose | view on HN
Ignore 98% of dependency alerts: introducing Semgrep Supply Chain
posted on Tue Oct 04 15:45:52 UTC 2022 by ievans | view on HN
The article discusses how most SCA tools produce a lot of false positives, to the point where they are unusable, and introduces Semgrep Supply Chain as a tool that aims to cut through the noise of false positives.
Pg_squeeze: An extension to fix table bloat
posted on Tue Oct 04 15:25:59 UTC 2022 by soheilpro | view on HN
posted on Fri Sep 30 21:59:49 UTC 2022 by ZacnyLos | view on HN
The article is about how the author is a web designer and how they feel about being seen as part of the "other" internet.
“The Onion” Files a Supreme Court Brief
posted on Tue Oct 04 13:29:29 UTC 2022 by fortran77 | view on HN
The Onion is a satirical news source that uses ridiculous headlines to point out the absurdities of the world we live in.
posted on Tue Oct 04 07:41:16 UTC 2022 by ltratt | view on HN
In the last year or two there has been a trickle of articles accounting for UML's lack of long-term success.
EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
posted on Tue Oct 04 10:46:57 UTC 2022 by popol12 | view on HN
The European Parliament voted in favor of enforcing USB-C as a common charging port across a wide range of consumer electronic devices, including the iPhone and AirPods, by the end of 2024.
Potential Issues of Using a USB Powerbank as a UPS (2021)
posted on Tue Oct 04 07:15:21 UTC 2022 by walterbell | view on HN
The Blitzwolf BW-P12 10000mAh Power Bank can not be used as a makeshift uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for USB-powered devices.
The Gibson Rev 001 Dual LCD/E-Ink Cyberdeck
posted on Sat Oct 01 16:28:53 UTC 2022 by rcarmo | view on HN
This article is about a man who built his own cyberdeck, which is a machine that is designed to look like it is from a science fiction novel, with a bunch of I/O and sensors for on the fly environmental monitoring all whist looking dope in a tight package.
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger
posted on Tue Oct 04 09:50:36 UTC 2022 by solarist | view on HN
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 was awarded jointly to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger "for their experimental discovery of the quantum Hall effect."
posted on Tue Oct 04 16:24:32 UTC 2022 by phire | view on HN
The article discusses the author's work on a new Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in Mesa, and why NVIDIA support in open-source drivers has been lacking in the past.
Codebase as Database: Turning the IDE Inside Out with Datalog (2020)
posted on Tue Oct 04 02:17:01 UTC 2022 by rohitpaulk | view on HN
Why is it so hard to write a scaffolding tool? (2019)
posted on Tue Oct 04 12:49:11 UTC 2022 by noworriesnate | view on HN
The article discusses the idea that Yeoman, a scaffolding tool, has missed the mark when it comes to offering composition of different feature generators.
Spark email client goes subscription path
posted on Tue Oct 04 15:20:22 UTC 2022 by boogdan | view on HN
The article tells you how to access your team's billing page on Spark.
Testing a Cheap ExpressCard to NVMe SSD Adapter on My ThinkPad T430
posted on Tue Oct 04 02:33:41 UTC 2022 by hddherman | view on HN
The article is a review of an ExpressCard to M.2 NGFF adapter that the author purchased from AliExpress, and it showcases the adapter's ability to fit longer NVMe SSDs.
US Job Outlook for Software Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Testers
posted on Tue Oct 04 13:44:09 UTC 2022 by mooreds | view on HN
The article discusses the roles and responsibilities of software developers, quality assurance analysts, and testers.
Ask HN: So you moved off Heroku, where did you go?
posted on Tue Oct 04 06:12:39 UTC 2022 by nomilk | view on HN
‘Inventor of the Future’ Review: Buckminster Fuller’s Big Designs
posted on Sun Oct 02 03:40:26 UTC 2022 by Caiero | view on HN
Buckminster Fuller was an inventor and futurist who believed that all the problems facing the world could be solved by design.
Hollywood: Unmasking informant T-10 (1985)
posted on Sat Oct 01 20:33:41 UTC 2022 by hhs | view on HN
In the late 1940s, Ronald Reagan's acting career hit a lull and he became increasingly preoccupied with his role as head of the Screen Actors Guild during Hollywood's "Red Scare."
Working on the “Web” Browser for the MEGA65
posted on Tue Oct 04 10:51:51 UTC 2022 by ingve | view on HN
The article discusses the author's work on a web-like browser for the MEGA65, which uses a special page format that is easier for the computer to parse. The author is using the MEGA65's Ethernet controller to test and improve its performance. The TCP/IP stack also needs some work, and the author is trying to debug the interactions of the three components.
Bai Juyi: The Tang dynasty’s baldest poet
posted on Sun Oct 02 05:03:34 UTC 2022 by apollinaire | view on HN
The article discusses the Tang dynasty poet Bai Juyi's preoccupation with his hair, which was symbolic of the swift march of time.
Ask HN: How to find what I am really good at?
posted on Tue Oct 04 07:32:29 UTC 2022 by pr07ecH70r | view on HN
posted on Tue Oct 04 05:51:26 UTC 2022 by robin_reala | view on HN
The article discusses the history of the HTML5 shiv, which is a script that enables HTML5 element use in older versions of Internet Explorer.
Steve Yegge Joins as Head of Engineering of Sourcegraph
posted on Tue Oct 04 16:21:00 UTC 2022 by misternugget | view on HN
The article's author has joined Sourcegraph as Head of Engineering.