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OpenAI's Woke Catechism
How a Few Activists Made ChatGPT Deny Basic Science
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 6,153 posts.
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Meson Build System 1.0
The prefix kwarg that most compiler check functions support now accepts an array in addition to a string. The elements of the array will be concatenated separated by a newline.
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How Asus and a Microsoft Bug Almost Broke Remote Work
A couple of years after it happened I'm sharing this story about the intersection of an OS bug, a network hardware quirk, and a global pandemic. A chain…
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User Interface Design: Rules of Thumb
UI design patterns for web apps: 1) Use defaults; 2) Obvious settings; 3) Show progress; 4) Don’t interrupt; 5) Flat hierarchy
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Things CSS could still use heading into 2023
Just a couple of ideas! They came to me while I was poking around thinking of something to say for Alex Trost’s Holiday Mega-Stream (my segment starts here). Styleable Resizers Ya know how a …
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State of the Sanderson 2022
State of the Sanderson 2022 Introduction Wow. What a year. I can remember writing this essay last year, and being all giddy about the fact that I was hiding four secret novels from you all. I said, “Maybe next year, I’ll be able to explain to you all why my year was so strange.” One big part of it was those novels. The
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Reliability, constant work, and a good cup of coffee
Why constant-work patterns make systems more reliable, doing the same predictable work regardless of load to avoid surprising failure modes.
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WebAssembly for the Java Geek
When many Java developers hear the word WebAssembly, the first thing they think is “browser technology”. The second thing: “it’s the JVM all over again”. After all, for a Java developer, in-browser apps are prehistory.
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Money, money, money (and investing) (2015)
A comprehensive introduction to investing in stocks, mutual funds (managed and index), short-selling, and stock options.
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Python malware starting to employ anti-debug techniques
First time anti-debug techniques are discovered in PyPI malware. Read how these techniques are implemented, including analysis and tips from JFrog Security Research.
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Nix on the Steam Deck
When I first started using Linux in 2006, I remember dreaming of a Linux Console. It wasn't so far fetched, the PlayStation 3 had just been released with OtherOS support which allowed users to install Linux (or BSD). Still, it seemed that a Linux-first console seemed like it would only ever be a dream.
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Can Doom Run It? An Adding Machine in Doom
For decades, we've asked ourselves "Can it run Doom?". Now we can finally make the ultimate punchline: "Can Doom run it?"
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The simplest app that makes money
Start your indie sotware journey by creating the simplest app you can monetize
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Linux Kernel Ksmbd Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Linux Kernel. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability, but only systems with ksmbd enabled are vulnerable.
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Password Requirements: Myths and Madness
Password requirements are weird. It seems impossible to set a new password in many websites. Why?
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Docker on MacOS is slow and how to fix it
Note 05/01/2025: Hello there, you can find an update version of this article here, with the latest findings, improvements and new tools. This is how a Docker container feels inside a macOS environment: lost at sea, far from the coast. With this article I will try to bring this poor container safely to the coast. TL;DR…
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Don't force users to register before they can buy (2015)
Guest checkout with optional registration on e-commerce sites simplifies the purchase process and invites users to register when they feel comfortable, rather than forcing unwanted registration.
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Common Lisp – Myths and Legends (2002)
Lisp has been supporting the world's most complex applications since 1958. And Lisp has grown a lot since then. So if you or someone you know harbors fears or concerns about Lisp because of something learned in a class or muttered by a friend 20 or 30 years ago, it's time to take a fresh look. In this paper we're…
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Bunny AI
Bunny.net introduces Bunny AI, a multi-model image engine creating images via simple URLs. Powered by OpenAI and StabilityAI, Bunny AI generates dynamic profile avatars and more. Try it free in our experimental release and help us shape the future of internet performance!
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LastPass user vaults stolen in recent hack
Please refer to the latest article for updated information.nbs[..]
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Do simpler machine learning models exist and how can we find them?
The above is the title of a talk by computer scientist Cynthia Rudin. here’s the abstract:
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How Pitfall builds its world (2021)
Games for the Atari 2600 were quite constrained. When Warren Robinett first pitched the idea that would become Adventure , a game where you would explore a world with many rooms and pick up items to help you along the way, he was denied because it wasn't thought feasible. And it made sense to do so. This was the late…
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Emulating an iPod Touch 1G and iPhoneOS 1.0 using QEMU (Part I)
My personal website.
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Staring into the abyss as a core life skill
thinking about scary things • examples from Wave • examples from elsewhere • finding a buddy • getting the timing right • a list of abyss questions
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UnifiedPush: A decentralized, open-source push notification protocol
A modern Android smartphone relies on a lot of services, from app stores and calendars to messaging and push notifications. Most of them have open alternativ...
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A year of building for the terminal
Textual is a TUI framework for Python, inspired by modern web development.
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Startup childhood – Tiny startups are not Google-in-miniature-form
Tiny startups are not Google-in-miniature-form
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For Want of a JOIN
Once upon a time, I was on a small team tasked with building a data pipeline. On this team was someone we’ll call Bob, who was fresh out of grad school and hadn’t had much experience with software engineering, and no experience with SQL. As part of this data pipeline, Bob had to combine the data from two tables. JOIN…