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ReactOS 0.4.13
ReactOS is a free, opensource reimplementation of windows
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 5,567 posts.
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Leakage paths for the Apple / Google Bluetooth tracing system
Plus general overview
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Introduction to Hacking PostgreSQL (2007)
Gavin Sherry and I have presented several versions of a tutorial introduction on how to modify the PostgreSQL source code. The original version was given at the PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit in June of 2006. Gavin has since given a revised version of the talk (at LCA 2007), as have I (at PgCon 2007).
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Untangling microservices, or balancing complexity in distributed systems
The microservices honeymoon period is over. Uber is refactoring thousands of microservices into a more manageable solution [1]; Kelsey Hightower is predicting monoliths are the future [2]; and even Sam Newman is declaring that microservices should never be the default choice, but rather a last resort [3]. What’s going…
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Protecting Lives & Liberty: How Contact Tracing Can Foil COVID-19 & Big Brother
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Apple and Google partner on Covid-19 contact tracing technology
Apple and Google announce a joint effort to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the virus, with user privacy central to the design.
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Systems that defy detailed understanding
Last week, I wrote about the mindset that computer systems can be understood, and behaviors can be explained, if we’re willing to dig deep enough into the stack of abstractions our software is built atop. Some of the ensuing discussion on Twitter and elsewhere lead me to write this followup, in which I want to run…
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Ode to J
From a confusing page of old C code to APL/J praise.
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Firefox 75.0
We'd like to extend a special thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to this release of Firefox.
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What's Next for Scala
A recent tweet by a friend of mine noted how the public interest in the Scala programming language seems to have plateaued or waned, which matches my feeling of the latest trends and zeitgeist. This blog post will go into why I think that has happened, where Scala stands now, and what the future holds for the Scala…
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A (possible) solution to Covid-19
Notice. Since this seems to be such a common question I think I should describe my background. I have a PhD in molecular microbiology and I was once a tenured academic (professor). I now work in the biotech sector. I have published a number of peer reviewed papers in virology. If you really want to know more about me…
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Ride down into JavaScript dependency hell
Find out how a single JS package can come with 19k dependencies.
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CuPy Accelerates NumPy on the GPU? Hold My Cider, Here's Clojure
Everyone knows that Java is slow and Clojure is not a great choice for number crunching, but as soon as I dig anywhere with my software, I discover that the ...
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The Global Dollar Short Squeeze
Published February 2020 There is currently a short squeeze affecting most of the global economy, slowing its growth. This has been the case well before the impacts from the trade war and the coronavirus. A short squeeze occurs when something that is heavily shorted goes on to rise sharply in price for one reason or […]
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First trans-Atlantic contact made on 432 MHz
On Tuesday the 7th of April 2020 , a remarkable contact was made with the FT8 digital mode on 432 MHz between D4VHF on the Cape Verde Is...
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PC-XT Emulator on a ESP8266 (2018)
Can you run a 8086 PC-XT emulation with 640K RAM, 80×25 CGA composite video and a 1.44MB MS-DOS disk on a ESP12E without additional components? Yes, you can and I did. The CPU emulator is a po…
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Attack Matrix for Kubernetes
While Kubernetes has many advantages, it also brings new security challenges.
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You probably don't need PostGIS
PostGIS is a fantastic, battle-tested suite of GIS extensions for Postgres. It handles most aspects of it, and is widely used, for example in OpenStreetMap’s Mapnik. But for your project, it’s most likely overkill. In a Q and A fashion, let’s discuss reasons for (not) using it.
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Quantifying the Adpocalypse
Someone is off sides - advertising revenue in the time of COVID
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Life Is Made of Unfair Coin Flips
It’s time we did a non-pandemic related newsletter issue. So this week we’ll do something more fun. Today we’re going to talk about an interesting journal article that came out two weeks ago,…
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Open-Source Virtual Background
With many of us around the globe under shelter in place due to COVID-19 video calls have become a lot more common. In particular, ZOOM has controversially become very popular. Arguably Zoom’s most interesting feature is the “ Virtual Background ” support which allows users to replace the background behind them in…
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Analyzing HN readers' personal blogs
Analyzing the little guys
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Why I’m Leaving Elm
Why I can't use Elm, and can't recommend it to others.
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Qt and Open Source
There have been discussions on various internet forums about the future of Qt open source in the last two days. The contents do not reflect the views or plans of The Qt Company. The Qt Company is proud to be committed to its customers, open source, and the Qt governance model
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Writer: An Open Digital Typewriter (2018)
TL;DR: A digital typewriter based on a Raspberry Pi and an E-Ink screen. The code/build instructions are available on GitHub .
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Swift: Google’s Bet on Differentiable Programming
Google's plans on making Swift the first mainstream language with first-class language-integrated differentiable programming capabilities. What's so cool about Swift?