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How do I draw a pair of buttocks? (2014)
posted on Thu Jan 05 09:55:18 UTC 2023 by _Microft | view on HN
The article discusses the process of creating a graph that looks like a human figure.
How to Get 1.5 TFlops of FP32 Performance on a Single M1 CPU Core
posted on Thu Jan 05 13:22:04 UTC 2023 by signa11 | view on HN
posted on Thu Jan 05 16:00:52 UTC 2023 by sandslash | view on HN
The YC Founder Directory is a companion to the YC Startup Directory that allows users to filter by different criteria to find YC founders with similar backgrounds to their own.
Automatic1111 is back on GitHub after removing Embedding Links
posted on Thu Jan 05 16:15:33 UTC 2023 by amrrs | view on HN
The article discusses how to use embeddings in the user interface to train on your own pictures and use results when generating new ones.
FTC Proposes Banning Noncompete Clauses for Workers
posted on Thu Jan 05 15:13:19 UTC 2023 by mfiguiere | view on HN
The FTC is proposing a rule that would broadly outlaw business conduct on competitive grounds by banning noncompete clauses.
Scott Aaronson weighs in on purported quantum factoring breakthrough
posted on Thu Jan 05 14:38:56 UTC 2023 by FartyMcFarter | view on HN
The article discusses a new paper that claims there is a quantum speedup for factoring integers, but the author is skeptical of the paper's claims.
U.S. Moves to Bar Noncompete Agreements in Labor Contracts
posted on Thu Jan 05 15:07:03 UTC 2023 by yoelo | view on HN
The article discusses the possible implications of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) decision to ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts.
‘Disruptive’ science has declined
posted on Thu Jan 05 15:39:37 UTC 2023 by Brajeshwar | view on HN
The average CD index declined by more than 90% between 1945 and 2010 for research manuscripts, and by more than 78% from 1980 to 2010 for patents, meaning that research done is much more likely to incrementally push science forward than to veer off in a new direction and render previous work obsolete.
C Posix complaint argument parsing in 42 loc, inspired by Duff's device
posted on Wed Jan 04 11:41:23 UTC 2023 by camel-cdr | view on HN
The article is discussing the possible consequences of creating a branch with a name that is already being used as a tag.
The genetic history of Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the present
posted on Thu Jan 05 16:37:36 UTC 2023 by rntn | view on HN
The article discusses how the genetic makeup of Scandinavians has changed over time, due to gene flow from other populations.
U.S. moves to seize $460M Robinhood stake linked to Sam Bankman-Fried
posted on Thu Jan 05 16:10:50 UTC 2023 by jb1991 | view on HN
The US government is moving to seize millions of shares of Robinhood, the popular stock-trading app, whose ownership is disputed by several parties, including Sam Bankman-Fried, his bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, and another bankrupt crypto company.
We’ve made the difficult decision to shut down Revue
posted on Thu Jan 05 13:58:37 UTC 2023 by 101008 | view on HN
The article discusses the shutting down of the Revue account and how data will be deleted.
Why SQLite succeeded as a database (2016)
posted on Thu Jan 05 12:37:02 UTC 2023 by Tomte | view on HN
The article discusses how the SQLite library is public domain and how this can be problematic for some companies.
The (Almost) Definitive 486DX/50 Article
posted on Thu Jan 05 11:12:02 UTC 2023 by ibobev | view on HN
This article is a history of the 486 CPU from Intel, which was released in 1987.
Lnav – An advanced log file viewer for the small-scale
posted on Wed Jan 04 09:01:43 UTC 2023 by thunderbong | view on HN
The Logfile Navigator is an advanced log file viewer for the small-scale.
Walter Cunningham, who helped pave the way to the moon, dies at 90
posted on Wed Jan 04 05:32:28 UTC 2023 by apollinaire | view on HN
The article is about the Apollo 7 mission, the first manned mission in the Apollo program. The mission was successful, but it was also remembered for Captain Schirra's disputes with NASA controllers.
Iranian attack drone found to contain parts from more than a dozen US companies
posted on Thu Jan 05 13:42:02 UTC 2023 by ironyman | view on HN
The article discusses how US and Western-made technology has ended up in Iranian drones, and the US government's response to this.
AMD’s Zen 4, Part 3: System Level Stuff, and iGPU
posted on Thu Jan 05 05:56:58 UTC 2023 by zdw | view on HN
This article covers the different between the cores on the first and second CCD on the Ryzen 7950X, and how that affects performance.
Does the world have enough lithium to move to electric vehicles?
posted on Thu Jan 05 13:25:50 UTC 2023 by bpierre | view on HN
The article discusses the concern that the world will eventually run out of lithium, a key component of electric vehicle batteries, and argues that there is no need to worry as the world has enough lithium for our electric vehicles, decades into the future.
Works entering the public domain this year
posted on Thu Jan 05 15:43:28 UTC 2023 by Brajeshwar | view on HN
The article discusses the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle suing Netflix over their adaptation of Enola Holmes, which violates copyright laws.
posted on Thu Jan 05 05:56:37 UTC 2023 by alienreborn | view on HN
Apple's preferred partners make the digitally narrated audiobook production and distribution process simple.
AMD Announces 7950X3D, 7900X3D Upto 128MB L3 Cache
posted on Thu Jan 05 14:46:31 UTC 2023 by nitinreddy88 | view on HN
The article discusses AMD's updated CPU roadmap and new 3D V-Cache SKU based on Zen 4 cores.
Researchers develop a light source that produces two entangled light beams
posted on Wed Jan 04 13:40:53 UTC 2023 by bookofjoe | view on HN
In the latest study by the Laboratory for Coherent Manipulation of Atoms and Light (LMCAL) at the University of São Paulo's Physics Institute (IF-USP) in Brazil, the researchers succeeded in developing a light source that produced two entangled light beams.
Investors conclude that Tesla is a carmaker, not a tech firm
posted on Thu Jan 05 14:48:33 UTC 2023 by evo_9 | view on HN
Tesla's share price has suffered a sharper correction than big tech in the past few months, which has coincided with its more mundane tribulations as a car business.
Murder Most Foul: On Agatha Christie
posted on Wed Jan 04 22:03:08 UTC 2023 by Caiero | view on HN
Lucy Worsley's book "Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman" is a biography of the famed mystery writer which delves into the story of her mysterious disappearance in 1926.
U.S. trade deficit shrinks 21% to 26-month low as imports tumble
posted on Thu Jan 05 15:19:01 UTC 2023 by Octokiddie | view on HN
The deficit narrowed from $77.8 billion in October, the government said Thursday, due to lower trade deficits adding to gross domestic product.
Some thoughts on Prometheus Alertmanager's alert reminders
posted on Wed Jan 04 04:32:29 UTC 2023 by zdw | view on HN
The article discusses the usefulness of setting a 'repeat interval' for alert reminders and how it can be helpful to have a flexible 'repeat interval'.
Excerpts from the User Guide for the SynaTech-3411 3D Bio-Printer
posted on Wed Jan 04 15:57:10 UTC 2023 by WaitWaitWha | view on HN
The article is about the safety features of a 3D Bio-Printer, and how to use it properly.
Slack's private GitHub code repositories stolen over holidays
posted on Thu Jan 05 09:13:49 UTC 2023 by mindracer | view on HN
Slack has suffered a security incident in which some of its private GitHub code repositories were breached by threat actors who gained access to Slack's externally hosted GitHub repositories via a "limited" number of Slack employee tokens that were stolen.
How to Optimize a CUDA Matmul Kernel for CuBLAS-Like Performance: A Worklog
posted on Thu Jan 05 05:29:36 UTC 2023 by todsacerdoti | view on HN
The article discusses how to write a performant CUDA matrix multiplication kernel, with the goal of achieving performance within 80% of NVIDIA's cuBLAS library.