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posted on Wed Dec 14 14:26:15 UTC 2022 by ffsoftboiled | view on HN
The article is about how to enable JavaScript in order to use twitter.com.
Jumpstarting new careers in open source
posted on Wed Dec 14 14:17:26 UTC 2022 by mooreds | view on HN
The GitHub Accelerator is a program designed to help developers transition to working in open source full-time.
Tesla Full Self-Driving data looks awful
posted on Wed Dec 14 15:36:27 UTC 2022 by mfiguiere | view on HN
The little data that is coming out of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta looks awful, and that’s putting it mildly.
The secret lives of MI6’s top female spies
posted on Wed Dec 14 13:06:25 UTC 2022 by bookofjoe | view on HN
The article is about the three female directors-general at SIS, also known as MI6, the overseas espionage agency, and how they reached the top in a traditionally male career.
The History and rationale of the Python 3 Unicode model for the operating system
posted on Wed Dec 14 15:01:17 UTC 2022 by goranmoomin | view on HN
The article discusses a proposed "Filename" type to store the original filename, as well as a Unicode view of the filename, in a single object. The author notes that while this is the most logical solution, it is also the most invasive, and may cause existing code to break more than it currently does.
posted on Wed Dec 14 01:44:00 UTC 2022 by alden5 | view on HN
Min: A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy
posted on Wed Dec 14 13:58:40 UTC 2022 by aaossa | view on HN
The article discusses the search engine DuckDuckGo and its features.
A trip through the Graphics Pipeline
posted on Tue Dec 13 13:58:57 UTC 2022 by shkhuz | view on HN
This article is a series of blog posts about the D3D/OpenGL graphics pipelines as actually implemented by GPUs, written for graphics programmers that know a modern 3D API.
Building Go Programs with Nix Flakes
posted on Wed Dec 14 14:42:04 UTC 2022 by ingve | view on HN
The article discusses the difficulties of using Go in a NixOS configuration, and how to overcome these difficulties.
Supabase introduces MFA support
posted on Wed Dec 14 14:44:58 UTC 2022 by samuba | view on HN
The article discusses Supabase's release of Multi Factor Authentication for enhanced security, which consists of something the user knows, like a password, and something the user has, like an authenticator application.
Rewriting TypeScript in Rust? You'D have to be
posted on Wed Dec 14 11:56:42 UTC 2022 by mariuz | view on HN
The article discusses Donny's journey rewriting TypeScript in Rust, the challenges he's faced, and the state of open source.
SEC Charges Eight Social Media Influencers in $100M Stock Manipulation Scheme
posted on Wed Dec 14 14:13:51 UTC 2022 by marban | view on HN
The SEC has charged eight individuals with securities fraud for manipulating stocks using social media platforms and then dumping the securities when the prices and/or trading volumes rose.
Are we in the Anthropocene? Geologists could define new epoch for Earth
posted on Wed Dec 14 15:51:27 UTC 2022 by Brajeshwar | view on HN
The article discusses the potential of the Anthropocene epoch being formalized and the nine candidate sites that have been chosen as possible evidence of this new epoch.
US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved
posted on Tue Dec 13 16:44:40 UTC 2022 by novateg | view on HN
The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration announced that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has achieved fusion ignition, meaning it produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it.
What I Do When I Feel Like Giving Up
posted on Wed Dec 14 14:47:23 UTC 2022 by sherilm | view on HN
The article is about the author's struggles with writing, and how he tries to remind himself that every thought is just a suggestion.
Flightcontrol (YC W22) is hiring first Developer Advocate
posted on Wed Dec 14 12:01:09 UTC 2022 by flybayer | view on HN
The article is about the devtool startup Flightcontrol, which is transforming the app deployment landscape.
Mmtk: Memory Management Toolkit
posted on Wed Dec 14 10:16:33 UTC 2022 by signa11 | view on HN
The article is about the MMTk memory management toolkit, which provides language implementers with a powerful memory management framework and researchers with a multi-runtime platform for memory management research.
All the ways to get around ChatGPT's safeguards
posted on Wed Dec 14 12:40:24 UTC 2022 by martyvis | view on HN
The article is about how to enable JavaScript in order to continue using twitter.com.
SBF Written Testimony Notes 12/12/2022
posted on Wed Dec 14 07:28:02 UTC 2022 by 1vuio0pswjnm7 | view on HN
posted on Wed Dec 14 02:42:09 UTC 2022 by rc00 | view on HN
trieFromCompiledData ( data ) ; The article discusses the uBlock Origin extension's filtering engines.
Noulith: A new programming language by the current Advent of Code leader
posted on Tue Dec 13 20:49:46 UTC 2022 by janvdberg | view on HN
The article discusses a new programming language that is Immutable data structures (but not variables) means you can write and not worry about it, instead of the you always have to do in Python.
Rust: State of GUI, December 2022
posted on Wed Dec 14 03:21:38 UTC 2022 by millyleaves | view on HN
The article discusses the many sub-problems that come with type-setting text.
The maddening mess of airport codes [video]
posted on Sun Dec 11 23:42:07 UTC 2022 by CharlesW | view on HN
God rest ye merry fighting men (2006)
posted on Wed Dec 14 07:19:40 UTC 2022 by walterbell | view on HN
The article is about the film, "Joyeux Noel," which is based on the true story of the Christmas Eve truce during World War I.
Ask HN: What's You Life's Work?
posted on Wed Dec 14 14:23:12 UTC 2022 by examplary_cable | view on HN
Facebook owner Meta sued for inciting hatred in Ethiopia
posted on Wed Dec 14 14:53:02 UTC 2022 by rntn | view on HN
Two Ethiopian researchers, a Kenyan rights group, and the son of a murder victim have filed a suit against Facebook parent company Meta, claiming that the platform enabled the incitement of hatred in Etihiopia's civil war.
The Sega ST-V's MIDI Out: A Quick Examination and Failed Experiments
posted on Sun Dec 11 16:13:10 UTC 2022 by zdw | view on HN
The article discusses the MIDI OUT port on the Sega ST-V and how it is used to send MIDI messages.
posted on Wed Dec 14 13:56:27 UTC 2022 by doraby | view on HN
Fputc semantics for conforming C implementations
posted on Wed Dec 14 07:07:49 UTC 2022 by goranmoomin | view on HN
The article discusses how the code snippet above is not actually as harmless as it seems, and how it could lead to non-portable code.
8″ Fairlight Floppy Disk Imaging
posted on Wed Dec 14 01:11:28 UTC 2022 by nickt | view on HN
The article is about a person's setup for making disk images from Fairlight floppies, which uses a Mitsubishi M2894-63 8 inch floppy drive with a Meanwell RD-50B PSU, and a custom-made cable to adapt the 50 pin edge connector on the 8" drive to 34 pins used in modern PCs.