20011
Malignant melanoma deploys elegant molecular mechanism to evade immune responses
Research from Dr. Ben Izar suggests new strategies for attacking malignant melanoma and possibly other types of cancer.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 80,910 posts.
20012
I would rather see my books get pirated than this
Amazon and Goodreads must take steps to combat the flood of AI-generated content that will mislead readers and damage author reputations.
20013
Raku: A language for gremlins
By Gremlins, For Gremlins™
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A beginner's guide to Git version control
Learn the basics of using Git, the most popular tool for tracking and managing code changes for your application development.
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The combined power of F# and C#
Where C# is the most dominant language in the .NET world, other languages are built on top of the Framework that deserves their respective place. F# is strong when it comes down to functional programming! In this blog post, we will leverage the power of F# and C# to showcase where both excel!
20016
Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society”
David Zipper, who researches and writes about mobility and transportation, recently did a big thread on Mastodon (and Bluesky) about car bloat: the way in which
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Linux guide for power users (2022)
A guide to help you setup your Linux work machine and configure it for a power users workflow
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How Zoom’s terms of service and practices apply to AI features
As part of our commitment to transparency and user control, we're providing clarity on our approach to Zoom’s AI features and content sharing for product improvement purposes.
20019
Gnu/Hurd strikes back: How to use the legendary OS in a (somewhat) practical way
How to use the legendary OS in a (somewhat) practical way
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Math for kids outside of the Calculus Sequence
The Enrichment side of the "Accelerate vs Enrich" dichotomy in math education for kids who love math.
20021
Kafka is dead, long live Kafka
Chances are you probably had a strong reaction to the title of this post. In our experience, Kafka is one of the most polarizing technologies in the data space. Some people hate it, some people swear by it, but almost every technology company uses it.
20022
Simple Networking in Linux
Industrial production of readable insanity
20023
Snappy UIs with WebAssembly and Web Workers
Our web app allows users can change the length of a song or find loops present in it for infinite listening, remixing, or for their next next video edit or performance. After uploading a song, there is an initial server-side analysis step after which...
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Fantastic Learning Resources
People sometimes ask me: Alex, how do I learn X?. This article is a compilation of advice I usually give. This is things that worked for me rather than the most awesome things on earth. I do consider every item on the list to be fantastic though, and I am forever grateful to people putting these resources together.
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Not Using Zoom
Dear client, Setting aside the challenges of using Zoom under ChromeOS and Linux, I have mostly been declining invitations to Zoom calls...
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Nvidia's CUDA Monopoly
CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) is a closed-source low-level API that interfaces software with NVIDIA GPUs.
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Edsger Dijkstra’s One-Day Workweek
Within my particular subfield of theoretical computer science there’s perhaps no individual more celebrated than Edsger Dijkstra. His career spanned half-a-century, beginning with a young ... Read more
20030
Ravenchord – A Radical Redesign of the Piano
Dan Harden's Ravenchord redefines the piano by exposing strings and hammers in a striking spiral, blending aesthetic and acoustic beauty in one.
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Building Alex Taradov’s open-source USB sniffer
A couple of months ago I stumbled upon a post on Hackaday about an inexpensive open-source USB 2.0 sniffer created by Alex Taradov . This is a really cool project! Normally, USB sniffers like this can cost thousands of dollars, especially if you’re paying for fancy protocol decoding and also want high-speed 480 Mbps…
20033
Compiler Development: Rust or OCaml?
The question of which language suits best for compiler development is a frequent one amongst language enthusiasts (e.g., see discussions here , here , and here ). Sadly, most of the commenters either 1) just answer with their language of choice without any explanation, or 2) provide a vague explanation without any…
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Meta blocking news links in Canada
For months, supporters of Bill C-18, the Online News Act, assured the government that Meta and Google were bluffing when they warned that a bill based on mandated payments for links was unworkable and they would comply with it by removing links to news from their platforms. However, what has been readily apparent for…
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Why libvirt supports only 14 PCIe hotplugged devices on x86-64
You might have used libvirt , a Linux daemon that provides an abstraction and management layer for virtualization software. This daemon allows you to submit an XML file containing a description of a VM, disk image or network. libvirt is then able to configure, start it and keep it running.
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The antitrust trial against Google is starting in September
Google's monopoly is going on trial starting September 12. This is the big one. Or rather, it's the start of a series of big ones.
20038
This code smells of desperation
A few weeks ago I had the questionable pleasure of diving into the math exception handler of WIN87EM.DLL, the Windows 3.1 math emulator and FPU support library. Actually WIN87EM.DLL appears to have been first shipped with Windows 3.0, and the version in Windows 3.1 is more or less identical. The version shipped with…
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Replace peer review with “peer replication” (2021)
As I’ve posted before and many others have noted , there is a serious problem with lack of adequate replication in many fields of science. The current peer review process is a dreadful combination of being both very fallible and also a huge hurdle to communicating important science.
20040
Driving is more expensive than you think (2020)
Harvard study says Massachusetts car economy costs $64 billion, and more than half of that comes from public.