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CodeCrafters (YC S22) is hiring a full-stack engineer

ycombinator.com
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Faster CPython Plan for 3.14

github.com
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Get any AI to generate an image of a glass of wine that is full to the brim

reddit.com

chatgpt
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How one engineer beat the ban on home computers in socialist Yugoslavia

theguardian.com

Very few Yugoslavians had access to computers in the early 1980s: they were mostly the preserve...
Very few Yugoslavians had access to computers in the early 1980s: they were mostly the preserve of large institutions or companies. Importing home computers like the Commodore 64 was not only expensive, but also legally impossible, thanks to a law that restricted regular citizens from importing individual goods that...
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Building Document-Centric, CRDT-Native Editors

blocksuite.io

For years, web frameworks such as React and Vue have popularized the mental model of component...
For years, web frameworks such as React and Vue have popularized the mental model of component based development. This approach allows us to break down complex front-end applications into components for better composition and maintenance.Hence, when discussing front-end collaborative editing (or rich text editing), ...
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Sinusoidal Sunlight

leancrew.com

October 23, 2024 at 4:24 PM by Dr. Drang I started my morning walk earlier than...
October 23, 2024 at 4:24 PM by Dr. Drang I started my morning walk earlier than usual today, and it was still fairly dark out. I thought about this post from last year and the Daylight line in the graph: I wondered how hard it would be to alter the code to plot the slope of the Daylight line. That would give perhaps...
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How to Grip Bronze Age Swords

bookandsword.com

ancient bronze age experimental archaeology swords
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Goodbye from a Linux Community Volunteer

kernel.org
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What Color is Your Function? (2015)

stuffwithstuff.com
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Show HN: Satoshi9000 analog BTC key generator (mechanical)

ycombinator.com

I built this machine so I could generate Bitcoin keys that I could trust. Air-gapped and...
I built this machine so I could generate Bitcoin keys that I could trust. Air-gapped and simple to use and understand (mechanical).The Satoshi 9000 demo: https://youtu.be/bJiOia5PoGEThe key value proposition of the machine is that it generates analog randomness in the physical world and converts it into digital (1’s...
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Zero or Sign Extend

wordpress.com

A while back I had to deal with a bit-packed format that contained a list of...
A while back I had to deal with a bit-packed format that contained a list of integer values encoded in one of a pre-defined sets of bit widths, where both the allowed bit widths and the signed-ness were denoted in a header elsewhere. These values never got particularly long (the largest bit width I needed to support...
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Rocket Lab Begins Installation of Large Carbon Composite Rocket-Building Machine

rocketlabusa.com

The 90-tonne Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) machine has been custom-designed and built for Rocket Lab and...
The 90-tonne Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) machine has been custom-designed and built for Rocket Lab and is expected to save around 150,000 manufacturing hours in the Neutron rocket’s production process.Long Beach, California. August 8, 2024. – Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a...
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A field guide to the central, creeping section of the San Andreas Fault (2006)

researchgate.net
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Netflix Shuts Down Its AAA Game Studio

gamefile.news

One of Netflix’s most intriguing video game studios is no more. The company’s Southern California game...
One of Netflix’s most intriguing video game studios is no more. The company’s Southern California game studio, one of a handful of internal studios assembled by Netflix in recent years as part of its expansion into video games, has been shut down, Game File has learned.The studio, also known as team “Blue,” seemed p...
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GPT-based translator for large pptx files

ycombinator.com
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Show HN: Microsoft Teams Ticketing System – Ticketing as a Service

teamswork.app
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How I Got a Digital Nomad Visa for Japan

tokyodev.com
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Implementing attributes for plain text using subranges like Emacs

akkartik.name

Oct 21, 2024 Emacs-style ranges on a text buffer that I can now hang attributes like...
Oct 21, 2024 Emacs-style ranges on a text buffer that I can now hang attributes like color, decorations and click handlers on to. A plain text editor where I can move the cursor around with mouse or keyboard and type and delete text. I select some text, then press a shortcut to turn it into a more permanent border. ...
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We're in the Golden Age of Garbage Clothing

thewalrus.ca

The closest thing I have to a family heirloom is a black miniskirt. It’s perfect—above the...
The closest thing I have to a family heirloom is a black miniskirt. It’s perfect—above the knee but not too short. The pleating and A-line shape give it a modish look without being too era specific. My mother bought it for herself sometime in the 1970s. She passed it along to a younger cousin. My older sister had it...
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Ask HN: Is it wrong to use my personal laptop for work?

ycombinator.com
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Goodbye from a Linux Community Volunteer

kernel.org
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Why I'm leaving OpenAI and what I'm doing next

substack.com

I’ve been excited about OpenAI as an organization since it was first announced in December 2015....
I’ve been excited about OpenAI as an organization since it was first announced in December 2015. After the announcement, I stayed up all night writing down thoughts on the significance of it. Even before that, around 12 years ago, I decided to devote my life to something in the rough vicinity of OpenAI’s mission (en...
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The US is the world’s science superpower — but for how long?

nature.com

US election debate: what Harris and Trump said about science

funding policy politics
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Data Centers Will Have to Make Minimum Power Payments in Ohio

bloomberg.com
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