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I Fell 15,000 Feet and Lived (2009)
posted on Wed Oct 26 14:41:06 UTC 2022 by metadat | view on HN
Disabling the Intel Management Engine
posted on Wed Oct 26 15:19:17 UTC 2022 by metadat | view on HN
The article is about how to disable the Intel Management Engine on your target PC using Nicola Corna's me_cleaner software.
Python 3.11 is faster than 3.8
posted on Wed Oct 26 15:43:13 UTC 2022 by brrrrrm | view on HN
Show HN: SadServers – Test your Linux troubleshooting skills
posted on Wed Oct 26 14:22:17 UTC 2022 by fduran | view on HN
The article is about a Capture The Flag event where participants are given a remote Linux server with a problem and have to fix it.
The currency of the new economy won't be money, but attention (1997)
posted on Wed Oct 26 16:20:46 UTC 2022 by skaldic | view on HN
The article is discussing how attention is a form of currency, and how the internet has given everyone a chance to be a star by providing a platform to share their content and ideas with a global audience.
IOx: InfluxData’s New Storage Engine
posted on Wed Oct 26 14:51:58 UTC 2022 by resizeitplz | view on HN
The article discusses InfluxData's new storage engine, InfluxDB IOx, which is a cloud-native, real-time, columnar database optimized for time series data built in Rust on top of Apache Arrow and DataFusion.
Rooftop wind energy innovation claims 50% more energy than solar at same cost
posted on Wed Oct 26 14:36:28 UTC 2022 by fairytalemtg | view on HN
The article discusses how a new bladeless wind energy unit, patented by Aeromine Technologies, is tackling the challenge of competing with rooftop solar as a local source of clean energy that can be integrated with the built environment.
posted on Wed Oct 26 14:44:49 UTC 2022 by metadat | view on HN
The article explains how to create a "metaball" effect using various techniques, including CSS & SVG filters and Paper.js.
Most people don’t finish online job applications
posted on Wed Oct 26 08:49:59 UTC 2022 by Oras | view on HN
The article discusses the problem of employers, like Home Depot, requiring applicants to set up an account and password with an applicant tracking system (ATS) before they can proceed with the application, which often leads to candidates abandoning the process.
Writing systemd units that stop gracefully before shutdown
posted on Wed Oct 26 16:14:21 UTC 2022 by dghubble | view on HN
The article discusses strategies for writing systemd units that perform custom cleanup actions before shutdown.
Oracle Contributing GraalVM Community Edition Java Code to OpenJDK
posted on Wed Oct 26 14:28:47 UTC 2022 by ludovicianul | view on HN
Oracle plans to contribute the most applicable portions of the GraalVM just-in-time (JIT) compiler and Native Image from the GraalVM Community Edition into one or more OpenJDK projects, in accordance with the OpenJDK Community processes.
Time is an illusion, Unix time doubly so
posted on Wed Oct 26 10:00:07 UTC 2022 by nickweb | view on HN
The article discusses how Unix time is measured as the number of seconds since "the epoch": 00:00:00 UTC on January 1st, 1970 and how this has caused a lot of people to be angry because it is not based on something sensical.
posted on Wed Oct 26 13:30:13 UTC 2022 by tosh | view on HN
The article discusses a service offered by Dyalog Ltd where, in the event that they are unable to continue servicing their customers, their source code will be made available to subscribing customers.
Pixar almost deleted Toy Story 2 (2012)
posted on Wed Oct 26 14:47:37 UTC 2022 by feross | view on HN
In 1998, the Toy Story 2 crew at Pixar was hard at work on the movie when they discovered that a huge chunk of the movie was deleted by an erroneous command, but they were able to recover it by a stroke of luck.
Enso (YC S21) Is Hiring a Libraries Developer
posted on Wed Oct 26 12:21:55 UTC 2022 by sbrodacka | view on HN
The article is looking for a library developer experienced in functional languages, algorithms, and data structures to help design and implement high-performance data processing libraries for Enso.
Ring0VBA – Getting Ring0 Using a Word Document
posted on Wed Oct 26 08:21:40 UTC 2022 by walterbell | view on HN
The article discusses how a VBA macro can be used to exploit a driver to reach ring0 on Windows 10 64-bit.
posted on Wed Oct 26 10:29:02 UTC 2022 by tosh | view on HN
The article discusses the features of the µWebSockets web server, including its speed, security, and ability to handle large files. It also describes the company that provides support for the server.
The only way of being anonymous in Sweden is illegal?
posted on Wed Oct 26 13:50:50 UTC 2022 by commitpizza | view on HN
In Sweden, there is a database of all citizens that is open and searchable on a lot of sites, and the data cannot be removed.
Thumb-sized microscope captures images deep inside the brains of active animals
posted on Wed Oct 26 01:27:36 UTC 2022 by gigama | view on HN
The article discusses how the development of a new type of microscope that is much smaller and more efficient than current models opens up new possibilities for scientific inquiry.
DIY gadgets that could keep your energy bill down
posted on Wed Oct 26 09:23:22 UTC 2022 by watchdogtimer | view on HN
The article discusses how lowering the hot water temperature on condensing gas combi boilers can allow for the growth of bacteria, including legionella.
Documented Unix facilities (across 93 major Unix releases)
posted on Wed Oct 26 15:15:25 UTC 2022 by adg001 | view on HN
This article discusses a timeline visualization, a curated data set, and a repository detailing the evolution of 15,596 unique documented facilities (commands, system calls, library functions, device drivers, etc.) across 93 major Unix releases tracked by the Unix history repository.
Show HN: Villagers – A group travel app
posted on Wed Oct 26 15:00:25 UTC 2022 by bjpless | view on HN
posted on Wed Oct 26 07:38:37 UTC 2022 by 2bluesc | view on HN
This document covers the current state of the boot process for Linux distributions, how it is envisioned to work in the future, and focuses on robustness and simplicity.
Show HN: The Typing of the RegEX
posted on Wed Oct 26 13:03:11 UTC 2022 by workeffortwaste | view on HN
posted on Fri Oct 21 13:38:14 UTC 2022 by voisin | view on HN
Jelle Seegers designed a production line that uses solar, wind, or muscle power as its energy source, drastically reducing the footprint.
Robot Framework: generic open source automation framework
posted on Wed Oct 26 07:25:11 UTC 2022 by wiradikusuma | view on HN
posted on Fri Oct 21 00:58:21 UTC 2022 by podiki | view on HN
The article discusses the differences between Scheme and Common Lisp, and the author's preference for Scheme.
Launch HN: Idemeum (YC S21) – Passwordless access to apps and infrastructure
posted on Wed Oct 26 16:39:01 UTC 2022 by npoturnak | view on HN
Show HN: Merge to earn, the reward system for open source development
posted on Wed Oct 26 15:20:26 UTC 2022 by jjranalli | view on HN
The Merge to earn Github app is installed on one or more repositories, and the app is initialized for each repo on mte.slice.so by following the setup process. The setup process is carried out on mte.slice.so by someone who is both owner of the repo and the safe related to the project, and consists in delegating MTE to propose transactions on the appointed safe, and creating a slicer to represent the project. A comment is automatically posted with instructions on
Inventing the Sustainable Batteries of the Future
posted on Wed Oct 26 10:30:12 UTC 2022 by doener | view on HN
The article discusses the BATTERY 2030+ roadmap, which suggests research actions to radically transform the way we discover, develop, and design ultra-high-performance, durable, safe, sustainable, and affordable batteries for use in real applications.