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Taking over a Dead IoT Company
posted on Tue Jan 10 14:52:40 UTC 2023 by pulisse | view on HN
The article is about a man who buys a replica of a NYCTrainSign, which was a company that made replicas of the countdown timers that told you how long it would be until the next train came, in order to investigate why the company failed.
posted on Tue Jan 10 15:31:45 UTC 2023 by Tomte | view on HN
This is a draft-in-progress edition of Learn Lisp the Hard Way by "the Phoeron" Colin J.E. Lupton which is constantly being added to and revised.
Tech Companies Are Irrational Pop Cultures
posted on Tue Jan 10 15:02:31 UTC 2023 by pietroppeter | view on HN
The article discusses how layoffs are often not effective in achieving the goals that companies hope to achieve through them.
Fewer than 40% of New Yorkers earn a living wage
posted on Tue Jan 10 15:30:45 UTC 2023 by PaulHoule | view on HN
The article is about the Cornell ILR Wage Atlas, which shows that fewer than 40% of New Yorkers earn at or above a living wage, including less than one-third among people of color and younger workers.
AMD Alveo V70 AI inference accelerator card
posted on Tue Jan 10 14:04:28 UTC 2023 by therealchiggs | view on HN
The Alveo V70 accelerator card is the first AMD Alveo production card leveraging AMD XDNA architecture with AI Engines.
‘Films are vulnerable’: the battle to preserve Eastern Europe’s analogue movies
posted on Tue Jan 10 15:09:16 UTC 2023 by robtherobber | view on HN
When Douglas Adams wrote about Hypercard
posted on Tue Jan 10 13:01:44 UTC 2023 by arbesman | view on HN
The article discusses how HyperCard is similar to humans in that it is unspecialized but infinitely adaptable.
Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Programming seems harder.
posted on Tue Jan 10 13:32:07 UTC 2023 by Buttons840 | view on HN
Show HN: Python framework is faster than Golang Fiber
posted on Tue Jan 10 10:48:32 UTC 2023 by cirospaciari | view on HN
AUTO , 'open' : ws_open , 'message' : ws_message , }) app . listen ( 3000 , lambda config : print ( "Listening on port http://localhost:%d now \n " % config . port )) app . run () Socketify is a WebSocket server with pub/sub support, Http/Https support, and a really simple API.
Faster PostgresSQL to BigQuery Transfers
posted on Tue Jan 10 11:33:53 UTC 2023 by fhk | view on HN
The article discusses how to build and manage fiber-optic networks, specifically how to plan the deployment of a network across a city.
Demystifying Apache Arrow (2020)
posted on Mon Jan 09 15:36:50 UTC 2023 by dmlorenzetti | view on HN
The article discusses how Apache Arrow is a cross-language development platform for in-memory analytics which is quite abstract and how it is used to provide building blocks for higher level, user-facing, analytics tools like pandas or dplyr.
Redundancy vs. dependencies: which is worse? (2008)
posted on Mon Jan 09 23:17:06 UTC 2023 by luu | view on HN
The article is discussing how minimizing redundancy can conflict with minimizing dependencies when it comes to code reuse and how this decision can be difficult to make.
posted on Tue Jan 10 09:42:31 UTC 2023 by robin_reala | view on HN
The article is about finding a painting that is in the U.S. public domain.
Show HN: A different type of open-source alternative to Tableau
posted on Tue Jan 10 14:01:49 UTC 2023 by loa_observer | view on HN
FC = ( ) => { return ( < div > < GraphicWalker /> < / div > ) ; } ; Graphic Walker is an open-source alternative to Tableau that allows data scientists to analyze data and visualize patterns with simple drag-and-drop operations.
posted on Tue Jan 10 13:20:15 UTC 2023 by thisisseb | view on HN
This article is about the different qualities of chords and how they are constructed.
PolicyFly (YC W22) Is Hiring an EM to Lead Our Solutions Team
posted on Tue Jan 10 12:00:37 UTC 2023 by snupha | view on HN
The article discusses how to connect with the founders of the best YC-funded startups.
The Tyranny of “The Plan” or how The Empire State was built in 8 months
posted on Tue Jan 10 16:36:35 UTC 2023 by cangencer | view on HN
The article is about how plans, specifically MRP plans, never work because they are based off of a computer and not reality.
Names should be cute, not descriptive
posted on Tue Jan 10 04:30:58 UTC 2023 by dmarto | view on HN
The debate in the article is whether service names should be descriptive or not, with the author arguing that they should not be descriptive.
Show HN: Ecode – A minimalist and fast open-source code editor
posted on Tue Jan 10 05:21:10 UTC 2023 by SpartanJ | view on HN
The article discusses the features of the ecode code editor, which is designed for modern hardware with a focus on responsiveness and performance.
Microsoft in talks to acquire a 49% stake in ChatGPT owner OpenAI
posted on Tue Jan 10 14:22:37 UTC 2023 by d0ne | view on HN
Microsoft is discussing the possibility of acquiring OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, for upwards of $10 billion.
Galmon – Galileo/GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou open source monitoring
posted on Tue Jan 10 05:06:34 UTC 2023 by pabs3 | view on HN
The article discusses the issue of data and how satellites are periodically sent updates on their orbit and other details.
Ask HN: Where to get help with a hardware idea?
posted on Tue Jan 10 14:49:04 UTC 2023 by doitLP | view on HN
Ask HN: HN's login page and password manager autofill issue
posted on Tue Jan 10 16:46:27 UTC 2023 by twitexplore | view on HN
Rackspace founder says it’s ‘on trajectory of death.’
posted on Tue Jan 10 12:19:27 UTC 2023 by dctoedt | view on HN
The former CEO and employees of Rackspace say that the company is on a trajectory of death, with no culture left after hundreds of layoffs.
Why has no one published a computer version of Squad Leader?
posted on Tue Jan 10 08:08:59 UTC 2023 by luu | view on HN
The article discusses the history of the board game Squad Leader and the difficulties of creating a computer version of the game due to copyright law.
Animal Sedative Mixed with Fentanyl Brings Fresh Horror to US Drug Zones
posted on Tue Jan 10 16:27:57 UTC 2023 by gmays | view on HN
The article discusses how social welfare organizations, public health officials and clinics are struggling to deal with the increased use of xylazine, which is used to cut heroin and is more potent than fentanyl.
Mobian: A look back in the mirror and a glimpse of the future
posted on Mon Jan 09 02:04:43 UTC 2023 by pantalaimon | view on HN
The goal of Mobian is to slowly dissolve into Debian and they have been working hard towards that goal this past year.
Sequence8 – a music sequencing toy in PICO-8
posted on Mon Jan 09 08:46:21 UTC 2023 by tomduncalf | view on HN
The article discusses how the author believes that there should be a shift in the way society views intelligence and success.
Coinbase cuts staff by a further 20%
posted on Tue Jan 10 11:42:49 UTC 2023 by shawabawa3 | view on HN
Ask HN: Developers, how do you deal with socials, blogging, etc
posted on Tue Jan 10 10:04:00 UTC 2023 by throwtheheyaway | view on HN