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  1. Accidental Google Pixel Lock Screen Bypass

    posted on Thu Nov 10 11:11:26 UTC 2022 by BXWPU | view on HN

    The article discusses a vulnerability that allows an attacker with physical access to bypass the lock screen protections (fingerprint, PIN, etc.) and gain complete access to the user’s device. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-20465 and it might affect other Android vendors as well.

  2. Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other

    posted on Thu Nov 10 15:48:22 UTC 2022 by hhs | view on HN

    Octopuses in Jervis Bay, Australia, have been spotted throwing things at each other, which is a new behavior for the solitary creatures.

  3. Python Asyncio: The Complete Guide

    posted on Thu Nov 10 14:54:23 UTC 2022 by simonpure | view on HN

    The article is a comprehensive guide on asyncio in Python, including how to define, create and run coroutines, what is asynchronous programming, what is non-blocking-io, concurrency primitives used with coroutines, common questions, and best practices.

  4. How the Apple Archive Ended Up at Stanford

    posted on Thu Nov 10 15:46:13 UTC 2022 by pupilus | view on HN

    Anna Mancini is a retired corporate librarian and archivist who managed the donation of the Apple Archive to Stanford University in 1997.

  5. US annual inflation declines to 7.7% in October vs. 7.9% expected

    posted on Thu Nov 10 13:33:35 UTC 2022 by ericliuche | view on HN

  6. We Should Have Markdown Rendered Websites

    posted on Thu Nov 10 15:46:16 UTC 2022 by timdaub | view on HN

    The article discusses the author's experience creating a website that is simple and broadly readable on all device ratios.

  7. Oxford University Press’s new logo is unfathomably bad

    posted on Thu Nov 10 14:23:48 UTC 2022 by vitabenes | view on HN

    This article is about how Oxford University Press has replaced their old logo with a new, worse one, and how this is a bad move.

  8. Vocaloid 6

    posted on Thu Nov 10 15:46:16 UTC 2022 by brudgers | view on HN

    Yamaha is a company that produces musical instruments and software to support music production.

  9. Why Is Tipping Everywhere You Checkout?

    posted on Thu Nov 10 16:29:10 UTC 2022 by isthispermanent | view on HN

    The article discusses why coffee shops ask customers to tip and how it benefits both the customer and the employee.

  10. How did NPR’s pre-election poll get things so so so wrong?

    posted on Thu Nov 10 16:06:55 UTC 2022 by Tomte | view on HN

    The article discusses how the polls performed well in the recent midterm elections and how pollsters need to do lots of adjustments to aim to approximate attitudes in the population.

  11. Why are clinical trials so expensive? Tales from the beast’s belly

    posted on Thu Nov 10 12:00:03 UTC 2022 by wawayanda | view on HN

    The clinical trial process is expensive and time-consuming, often taking years to complete.

  12. A next-gen crawling and spidering framework

    posted on Tue Nov 08 20:03:13 UTC 2022 by feross | view on HN

    The article discusses the features and usage of the katana web crawling and spidering framework.

  13. Flu and colds are back with a vengeance

    posted on Thu Nov 10 15:18:31 UTC 2022 by Brajeshwar | view on HN

    The article discusses the possible reasons for the resurgence of respiratory illnesses after a year of low numbers due to Covid-19 restrictions.

  14. CVE-2022-45063: xterm code execution via font ops

    posted on Thu Nov 10 13:55:20 UTC 2022 by jwilk | view on HN

  15. The Sam Bankman-Fried empire crumbled. What happened? (part one)

    posted on Thu Nov 10 14:40:27 UTC 2022 by williamstein | view on HN

    The article discusses the collapse of FTX, the sudden offer by Binance to acquire them, and then the rescindment of that offer.

  16. Kamion (YC S22) Is Hiring

    posted on Thu Nov 10 12:00:35 UTC 2022 by berkay104 | view on HN

    Kamion is building Uber for Trucks for Turkey and surrounding countries in order to transform how goods are transported through better process design, automation, and powerful analytics.

  17. Bad Professor: The Rise and Fall of John Donovan

    posted on Thu Nov 10 15:07:14 UTC 2022 by indigodaddy | view on HN

    John Donovan was shot in a parking garage in 2005 and, while on the phone with 911, blamed his eldest son for hiring Russian assassins.

  18. Only Solve One Problem at a Time

    posted on Tue Nov 08 19:16:20 UTC 2022 by rmason | view on HN

    The article discusses the importance of solving one problem at a time and how this can lead to better outcomes.

  19. Silicon innovation and custom ASICs at Amazon [pdf]

    posted on Tue Nov 08 18:33:19 UTC 2022 by mad44 | view on HN

  20. Show HN: Hstream – quick Python web apps (Streamlit alternative using htmx)

    posted on Thu Nov 10 15:25:30 UTC 2022 by conradbez | view on HN

    The article discusses the H-(html)-Stream stream, which is a web app development framework that uses semantic HTML, FastApi, and htmx to provide a fast and simple way to develop web apps that follow traditional frontend/server architecture.

  21. I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Uncertainty

    posted on Thu Nov 10 12:56:30 UTC 2022 by nsoonhui | view on HN

    This article is about how quantum mechanics doesn't make any sense, and how the author's first reaction was heartbreak.

  22. Look out: Divergent representations are everywhere

    posted on Thu Nov 10 13:59:27 UTC 2022 by ingve | view on HN

    The article examines divergent representations of the same source code variable produced by compiler optimizations, which can result in inconsistent interpretations of the variable when it overflows.

  23. Try TeXmacs in your Browser via WebAssembly (Mogan Fork of TeXmacs)

    posted on Thu Nov 10 12:23:22 UTC 2022 by amichail | view on HN

  24. No, You Aren’t Going to Get Rich by Options Trading

    posted on Thu Nov 10 15:15:47 UTC 2022 by wahnfrieden | view on HN

    The article discusses how options contracts are a form of derivatives trading and how retail investors are buying these contracts more frequently. The article also discusses how options were introduced as a way to reduce risk and how, ironically, options trading has been shown to be a losing proposition for most retail investors.

  25. Capsicum-rs: Rust bindings for the FreeBSD Capsicum framework

    posted on Thu Nov 10 12:08:29 UTC 2022 by todsacerdoti | view on HN

    The article is discussing how creating a branch with a name that is already being used as a tag may cause unexpected behavior.

  26. Why Everything Looks the Same

    posted on Tue Nov 08 16:00:00 UTC 2022 by champagnepapi | view on HN

    The article discusses how economic globalization, generational transition, and technology have resulted in a flattening of the consumer experience, with less variety and originality.

  27. The Anatomy of SaaS Pricing Strategy (2017) [pdf]

    posted on Wed Nov 09 00:59:31 UTC 2022 by rfreytag | view on HN

  28. FTX Tapped into Customer Accounts to Fund Risky Bets, Setting Up Its Downfall

    posted on Thu Nov 10 15:29:41 UTC 2022 by mfiguiere | view on HN

    The article discusses how FTX lent billions of dollars worth of customer assets to fund risky bets by its affiliated trading firm, Alameda Research, which has now left FTX owing about $10 billion.

  29. Indian ISPs: We already give govt full access to web traffic

    posted on Thu Nov 10 09:40:32 UTC 2022 by instagraham | view on HN

    ISPAI said in a filing that all ILD and ISP licensees are mandated to connect their systems to the CMS facility, which provides law enforcement agencies access to on-line and real-time monitoring of traffic.

  30. Hey, GitHub – Use voice to write code

    posted on Thu Nov 10 09:00:44 UTC 2022 by rcshubhadeep | view on HN

    The article discusses how to use the Snip Insights tool to generate code snippets. The Snip Insights tool can generate code snippets in response to natural language requests.