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Atari 800 Winter Solstice Celebration Demo 2022
posted on Sun Dec 25 15:42:05 UTC 2022 by jen_h | view on HN
The article describes how the author made a demo that simulates falling snow using the Atari 800 and the new native TypeScript emulator in 8bitworkshop.
Reverse engineering yet another eBook format
posted on Sun Dec 25 10:32:00 UTC 2022 by Metalnem | view on HN
The article is about a man's experience trying to remove DRM from a book he purchased, and eventually giving up and just printing it as a PDF.
posted on Sun Dec 25 16:27:31 UTC 2022 by nabla9 | view on HN
In one sentence: The article discusses how oligopolies are on the rise and how this affects popular culture and other aspects of life.
posted on Sun Dec 25 05:51:29 UTC 2022 by NotYourLawyer | view on HN
The article argues that life is short, and it's important to try to eliminate the things that take up time and are pointless.
Brain circuit that converts spatial goals to escape actions discovered
posted on Sun Dec 25 05:11:55 UTC 2022 by gmays | view on HN
The article discusses how a rapid instinctive behavior, such as anti-predatory escape, can be endowed with flexibility by a cortical spatial memory signal that arrives in the SC to inform where the goal location lies, mapping the shelter location in egocentric space.
China stages 'strike drills' around Taiwan, citing provocation
posted on Sun Dec 25 16:22:24 UTC 2022 by totalZero | view on HN
The Chinese military conducted "strike drills" in the sea and airspace around Taiwan on Sunday in response to what it said was provocation from the democratically governed island and the United States.
Building a website like it's 1999
posted on Sat Dec 24 04:26:55 UTC 2022 by boffbowsh | view on HN
The author is discussing how the internet has changed over the years and how websites used to be more creative and personal.
Ask HN: How to Get Better at Writing?
posted on Sun Dec 25 14:57:56 UTC 2022 by matthewfcarlson | view on HN
DuckDuckGo now blocks Google sign-in pop-ups on all sites
posted on Sun Dec 25 14:50:00 UTC 2022 by elorant | view on HN
DuckDuckGo is blocking Google Sign-in pop-ups on all its apps and browser extensions.
posted on Fri Dec 23 04:34:35 UTC 2022 by yasyfm | view on HN
This article is about a person who was inspired by another person's post about using ChatGPT to make Bash palatable. The person who was inspired by the post figured out that GPT-3 should be able to handle one-offs no problem and added the ability to query a different model.
Kickstarter shuts down campaign for Unstable Diffusion amid changing guidelines
posted on Sun Dec 25 14:51:03 UTC 2022 by nonbirithm | view on HN
The article discusses how Kickstarter has shut down a campaign by a group called Unstable Diffusion that was trying to monetize AI porn generation. The reason given is that Kickstarter is on the side of creative work and the humans behind that work, and that they want to protect artists from having their work stolen by AI.
posted on Sat Dec 24 09:32:13 UTC 2022 by Reventlov | view on HN
The article discusses the various "pain points" of using Nix and NixOS, including poor documentation and lack of reproducibility.
I worked at LastPass as an engineer
posted on Sun Dec 25 09:57:06 UTC 2022 by luu | view on HN
The article is about how to enable JavaScript in order to use twitter.com.
The Overlords Finally Showed Up
posted on Sun Dec 25 11:56:18 UTC 2022 by DanielBMarkham | view on HN
The article discusses how new technology has the ability to argue any side of an issue, which means that people no longer have to worry about encountering new ideas that could change their understanding of the world.
Ask HN: What are you predictions for 2023?
posted on Sun Dec 25 09:25:01 UTC 2022 by csomar | view on HN
Introduction to Homotopy Type Theory
posted on Sun Dec 25 04:20:46 UTC 2022 by euler1729 | view on HN
Eight studies reveal a (possibly universal) bias in human imagination
posted on Sun Dec 25 07:23:48 UTC 2022 by saikatsg | view on HN
The article is about a study that found that people almost always imagine how things could be better, regardless of what the thing is.
The Dawn and Dusk of Sun Microsystems [video]
posted on Fri Dec 23 21:24:24 UTC 2022 by zdw | view on HN
The Creative Space of Play: D.W. Winnicott (2010)
posted on Sun Dec 25 12:38:59 UTC 2022 by yamrzou | view on HN
The article discusses how playing is important for creativity and the discovery of the self, and how it offers the experience of a "non-purposive state" in which the need to make sense is absent and free association can happen.
Tech Journalism Doesn’t Know What to Do with Mastodon
posted on Sun Dec 25 13:23:42 UTC 2022 by doener | view on HN
Jordan Harbinger's podcast has seen unprecedented growth due to community support.
The UKHO intends to withdraw from paper chart production by 2026
posted on Sun Dec 25 08:16:46 UTC 2022 by airbreather | view on HN
The UKHO will be phasing out paper charts in a process that will begin this year and is expected to be completed by late 2026.
posted on Sun Dec 25 06:41:33 UTC 2022 by todsacerdoti | view on HN
The article discusses how code hosting services and search engines have made it easier to find and use applications.
Cracking encrypted LastPass vaults
posted on Sun Dec 25 09:14:12 UTC 2022 by markuta | view on HN
The Lastpass data breach in August 2022 resulted in the theft of customer data, source code, and other intellectual property.
posted on Sun Dec 25 12:52:32 UTC 2022 by stanrivers | view on HN
The article discusses how old age is only burdensome to those who have not led a virtuous and happy life and how old age can be praiseworthy if the life preceding it was well spent.
Make It with Punched Cards (1971)
posted on Sat Dec 24 20:35:51 UTC 2022 by Turing_Machine | view on HN
The article is asking for donations to the Internet Archive, and promises that every donation will be matched 2-to-1.
Non-ECC memory corrupted my hard drive image [video]
posted on Sun Dec 25 11:17:17 UTC 2022 by zeristor | view on HN
Blank page with an embedded tweet. How bad can it be?
posted on Sun Dec 25 14:50:24 UTC 2022 by pdahal | view on HN
The article is informing the reader that JavaScript is disabled in their browser and that they should enable it to continue using twitter.com.
posted on Sun Dec 25 16:20:32 UTC 2022 by shivajikobardan | view on HN
‘The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book’ Review: Our Back Pages
posted on Sat Dec 24 22:14:56 UTC 2022 by pepys | view on HN
The article is about how the definition of a book is changing and how scholars are trying to keep up with the change.
Donald Knuth’s Christmas Lecture (2022)
posted on Sun Dec 25 15:42:54 UTC 2022 by yllan | view on HN