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JPEG XL support has officially been removed from Chromium
posted on Sat Dec 10 15:05:51 UTC 2022 by jiripospisil | view on HN
Show HN: Pg_CRDT – an experimental CRDT extension for Postgres
posted on Sat Dec 10 12:20:24 UTC 2022 by kiwicopple | view on HN
The article discusses the experimental extension for CRDTs and how they are used to solve the problem of multiple users editing the same data.
posted on Sat Dec 10 07:22:41 UTC 2022 by robin_reala | view on HN
The article is about how to use the website thistothat.
Tesla calls self-driving technology 'failure,' not fraud
posted on Sat Dec 10 16:16:07 UTC 2022 by elorant | view on HN
Tesla is facing a class-action lawsuit from customers claiming they were ripped off by statements from co-founder and Chief Executive Elon Musk and marketing materials from Tesla over the last six years suggesting full-fledged autonomous driving was imminent.
Talking About Large Language Models
posted on Sat Dec 10 16:12:02 UTC 2022 by negativelambda | view on HN
Yan tan tethera pethera pimp – an old system for counting sheep (2013)
posted on Sat Dec 10 03:13:51 UTC 2022 by vector_spaces | view on HN
The article is about the yan tan tethera system, an old counting system used traditionally by shepherds in parts of the UK.
Ask HN: How to get back into AI?
posted on Sat Dec 10 13:51:32 UTC 2022 by quibono | view on HN
posted on Sat Dec 10 10:22:59 UTC 2022 by sbt567 | view on HN
The first alpha release of Tauri mobile has been published and can be updated with both NPM and Cargo dependencies.
posted on Sat Dec 10 03:42:31 UTC 2022 by jestarray | view on HN
The article is about a person's experience with a job scam.
The Plan-9 Effect or why you should not fix it if it ain't broken (2016)
posted on Sat Dec 10 13:05:43 UTC 2022 by Lwrless | view on HN
Plan-9 was a new version of Unix created by the team that also created Unix in the 70s. It was designed to address some of the issues with Unix, such as the fact that not everything in Unix is a file. Plan-9 introduced a new virtual filesystem protocol that made everything a file, as well as other improvements. However, the Plan-9 operating system did not succeed because it was ahead of its time and fixed things that no one in the Unix world was complaining
Practically-Exploitable Cryptographic Vulnerabilities in Matrix
posted on Sat Dec 10 07:39:19 UTC 2022 by samwillis | view on HN
The article discusses various vulnerabilities in the end-to-end encryption in Matrix and describes proof-of-concept attacks exploiting these vulnerabilities.
End-to-end encrypted messages need more than libsignal
posted on Sat Dec 10 03:34:33 UTC 2022 by tpush | view on HN
The article discusses how CAPTCHA can be used to validate requests.
posted on Fri Dec 09 09:18:14 UTC 2022 by rcarmo | view on HN
The article discusses how Alexander Chappels Assortment System inspired Zack Freedman's initial designs of Gridfinity, which was then released to the public as a framework for the community to extend.
Elixir-style Pipelines in 9 Lines of Ruby
posted on Sat Dec 10 14:47:58 UTC 2022 by gregnavis | view on HN
This article discusses how to use Ruby refinements to make a pipeline argument come at the front, instead of the end.
HopToDesk – Free Remote Desktop Software for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS
posted on Sat Dec 10 11:18:40 UTC 2022 by chuchana | view on HN
The article discusses the features and benefits of HopToDesk, a remote control software that is high security, easy to use, and cross-platform.
Svix (YC W21) Is Hiring (Remote) – Enterprise-Ready Webhook Service
posted on Sat Dec 10 12:02:28 UTC 2022 by tasn | view on HN
The company is looking for individuals that are smart, high-energy, and fast learning that enjoy having developers as their users and share the company's values.
posted on Sat Dec 10 06:49:19 UTC 2022 by Shank | view on HN
The term "passkey" is a new name for WebAuthn/FIDO credentials that enable fully passwordless experiences.
posted on Sat Dec 10 05:15:41 UTC 2022 by signa11 | view on HN
The article discusses the addition of a new system call, , to OpenBSD that will render the mapping of the bytes of memory starting at immutable, meaning that the kernel will not allow any changes to either the memory protections or the mapping in that range.
Show HN: Interactive exercises for Linux CLI text processing commands
posted on Sat Dec 10 11:19:23 UTC 2022 by asicsp | view on HN
This TUI application includes 40 questions to test your CLI text processing skills.
Occupational Hazards of the Second-Hand Book Trade
posted on Thu Dec 08 20:53:34 UTC 2022 by pilfered | view on HN
This article is about a bookseller who was very generous to his customers and sold them books for much less than they were worth.
Keep Your Identity Small (2009)
posted on Sat Dec 10 09:57:08 UTC 2022 by memorable | view on HN
The article is discussing why people tend to get into arguments about religion and politics more than other topics, and argues that it is because these topics become part of people's identity.
Atari revives unreleased arcade game that was too hard for 1982 players
posted on Thu Dec 08 09:12:15 UTC 2022 by isaacfrond | view on HN
European parliament VP taken into custody
posted on Sat Dec 10 13:27:08 UTC 2022 by spapas82 | view on HN
Police in Belgium have arrested Greek socialist MEP Eva Kaili, one of 14 European Parliament vice-presidents, in connection with an investigation into criminal organization, corruption, and money laundering that involves an unidentified Gulf state.
The price of ‘sugar free’: are sweeteners as harmless as we thought?
posted on Sat Dec 10 01:59:49 UTC 2022 by lxm | view on HN
The article discusses how sugar-free drinks and treats, sweetened with low-calorie additives, have become more popular in recent years.
Taking a Walk Across the Internet
posted on Thu Dec 08 22:04:52 UTC 2022 by snailletters | view on HN
posted on Fri Dec 09 18:50:57 UTC 2022 by picture | view on HN
The article explains how to use position-based dynamics to simulate a variety of objects, and demonstrates the accuracy of PBD with a triple pendulum simulation.
In Search of True Color: Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky’s Flawed Images
posted on Thu Dec 08 20:31:12 UTC 2022 by benbreen | view on HN
Prokudin-Gorsky was a Russian photographer who took pictures of the breadth and beauty of the country in order to show Russian youth the power, significance, and greatness of Russia.
A 100MW solar farm in Texas will mount panels directly on the ground
posted on Fri Dec 09 21:33:46 UTC 2022 by orangebanana1 | view on HN
The 100-megawatt utility-scale solar project just announced by Erthos will be the only large solar farm with panels installed directly on the ground, without elevated steel racking or trackers.
Automated code reviews (well, almost)
posted on Sat Dec 10 14:06:15 UTC 2022 by tluyben2 | view on HN
This is an article about experimentation with the impressive ChatGPT which can be found here https://chat.openai.com/chat and an attempt at fully automated code reviews by priming the prompt enough to get useful answers.
Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation, 3rd Ed
posted on Fri Dec 09 22:08:36 UTC 2022 by spdegabrielle | view on HN
This is the Web site for Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation, often referred to by its initials as PLAI (pronounce it like “play”). The book is available free-of-cost under a CC BY-NC-SA license.