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  1. Air Force, FBI raid homes in probe of Area 51 website

    posted on Thu Nov 17 15:07:08 UTC 2022 by SirLJ | view on HN

    The article is about a man who operates a website about the top-secret military base known as Area 51, and how agents from the U.S. Air Force and FBI recently raided his homes in Clark and Lincoln counties in an investigation.

  2. Apple Rankings

    posted on Thu Nov 17 14:20:16 UTC 2022 by bookofjoe | view on HN

  3. Aerobic Activity Can Reduce Risk of Metastatic Cancer by 72%

    posted on Thu Nov 17 15:30:40 UTC 2022 by gmays | view on HN

    The article is about a study that found that aerobic exercise can reduce the risk of metastatic cancer by 72%.

  4. Awesome Node-Based UIs

    posted on Thu Nov 17 14:51:01 UTC 2022 by moklick | view on HN

    The article contains a list of resources about node-based UIs, how to add new links to the list, and the curators of the list.

  5. Launch HN: Dots (YC S21) – Bot Builder for Discord

    posted on Thu Nov 17 16:49:41 UTC 2022 by sanketc | view on HN

  6. What not to say to someone who has just been laid off

    posted on Thu Nov 17 16:14:27 UTC 2022 by lylefong | view on HN

    The article is about how to best take care of the people around us who are grieving, with the main point being to not make it about ourselves.

  7. Is This the End of Crypto?

    posted on Thu Nov 17 16:31:03 UTC 2022 by edward | view on HN

    The article discusses how the recent implosion of the cryptocurrency exchange Tether has dealt a catastrophic blow to an industry with a history of failure and scandals, and how this event has called into question the usefulness of cryptocurrency.

  8. APL deserves its Renaissance too

    posted on Thu Nov 17 12:40:32 UTC 2022 by memorable | view on HN

  9. Show HN: Tweek perfect tool for daily task management

    posted on Thu Nov 17 16:15:29 UTC 2022 by nikkey80 | view on HN

  10. The Undersea Art Gallery That Ensnares Illegal Trawlers

    posted on Wed Nov 16 08:37:22 UTC 2022 by unripe_syntax | view on HN

    The article discusses the efforts of Paolo Fanciulli to preserve Posidonia meadows off the coast of Talamone, Italy by sinking sculptures to create anti-trawling reefs, as well as the difficulties he has faced in funding the project.

  11. Resources for Microtonal Music

    posted on Thu Nov 17 14:15:11 UTC 2022 by drumttocs8 | view on HN

    The article offers resources for those interested in exploring alternative tunings in their music, including a web app, tuning presets, and Max 4 Live instruments.

  12. Crypto dominoes fall in the wake of FTX's collapse

    posted on Thu Nov 17 14:35:35 UTC 2022 by rurp | view on HN

    The article discusses how the collapse of FTX and Alameda Research is causing a domino effect throughout the crypto world, with many high-profile companies being forced to halt withdrawals or even file for bankruptcy.

  13. Cybernetics A to Z (1974)

    posted on Thu Nov 17 14:24:59 UTC 2022 by the-mitr | view on HN

    The author of the book on cybernetics feels additional responsibility because of the English translation of the book, as there is already a lot of literature on cybernetics written in this language.

  14. Autonomous robots to help modernize grape, wine industry

    posted on Thu Nov 17 14:31:03 UTC 2022 by PaulHoule | view on HN

    The PhytoPatholoBots (PPB) are autonomous robots that will roll through vineyards, using computer vision to gather data on the physiological state of each grapevine in order to help with grape breeding breakthroughs.

  15. More Evidence for Problems in VM Warmup

    posted on Wed Nov 16 08:06:11 UTC 2022 by ltratt | view on HN

    The article discusses how VMs start programs running in an interpreter where they observe which portions run frequently. Those portions are then compiled into machine code which can then be used in place of the interpreter.

  16. Show HN: I built a goal-oriented task manager

    posted on Thu Nov 17 14:22:23 UTC 2022 by cstaudenmeyer | view on HN

    The article discusses the difference between a task's due date and its scheduled date in the productivity app Plocs.

  17. The Seven Levels of Busy

    posted on Wed Nov 16 06:27:06 UTC 2022 by kiyanwang | view on HN

    The article discusses the different levels of busyness, from not busy to unsustainable, and the different effects each level has on a person's life.

  18. Demystifying Fourier Analysis

    posted on Thu Nov 17 09:20:53 UTC 2022 by dsego | view on HN

    The article discusses how to analyze frequencies in a waveform by multiplying it with other periodic waves.

  19. A secret Apple Silicon extension to accommodate an Intel 8080 artifact

    posted on Thu Nov 17 06:38:12 UTC 2022 by ecliptik | view on HN

    The article is discussing how Rosetta 2 is able to translate x64 Intel binaries to 64-bit ARM code so that they can be run on Apple Silicon processors, and how this process is much faster than one might expect.

  20. TikTok and the First Amendment

    posted on Thu Nov 17 16:49:58 UTC 2022 by Leary | view on HN

    The article discusses the various ways in which the United States government could ban TikTok, but notes that all of these methods would be met with legal challenges from TikTok.

  21. FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

    posted on Thu Nov 17 14:12:40 UTC 2022 by koolba | view on HN

    The article is about how FTX, a company that recently filed for bankruptcy, used corporate funds to purchase homes in the Bahamas and personal items for employees and advisors, and how the new CEO is trying to clean up the company's financial mess.

  22. Is Rust stack-efficient yet?

    posted on Thu Nov 17 10:31:41 UTC 2022 by goranmoomin | view on HN

    This article is a set of graphs that shows the fraction of stack memory move CPU instructions in a sample of Rust code and C++ code.

  23. Requirements for Japanese Text Layout

    posted on Wed Nov 16 08:24:08 UTC 2022 by PaulHoule | view on HN

    The article discusses how to position group-ruby with respect to base characters.

  24. The Kalevala (Crawford Translation, 1888)

    posted on Tue Nov 15 10:17:28 UTC 2022 by LAC-Tech | view on HN

  25. Show HN: Semantic Video Search

    posted on Tue Nov 15 10:19:17 UTC 2022 by warangal | view on HN

    The article is about an application called Quicker that has no telemetry or analytics crap, and the developers are actively looking for feedback.

  26. Cisco Reportedly Lays Off over 4k

    posted on Thu Nov 17 15:03:56 UTC 2022 by jrwan | view on HN

    The article discusses how current economic conditions have prompted officials at Roku to eliminate roughly 7% of its U.S. workforce.

  27. Automating the detection of geographic and temporal features

    posted on Thu Nov 17 15:52:53 UTC 2022 by brandonmrose | view on HN

    Cartwright is a data profiler that can identify and categorize spatial and temporal features using deep learning, natural language processing, and a variety of heuristics.

  28. Someone bought a similar domain and copied all of the content – wdyd?

    posted on Thu Nov 17 16:01:04 UTC 2022 by matijash | view on HN

  29. Banks and hospitals are cashing in when patients can't pay for health care

    posted on Thu Nov 17 14:26:30 UTC 2022 by rntn | view on HN

    The article discusses how hospitals are luring patients in with the promise of easy monthly payments, when in reality, the patients end up paying a lot of interest on their loans.

  30. Binance Says Deposits of USDC (Sol)+USDT (Sol) Have Been Temporarily Suspended

    posted on Thu Nov 17 12:51:05 UTC 2022 by doener | view on HN

    The article is about how to enable JavaScript in order to use twitter.com.