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New
The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 6,299 posts.
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Visualizing every job in the world
A visualization of every single job in the world (or at least in the EU)
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Memory Copy Hunting
I have a super power. I want to share it in this blog post so that you, my dear reader, also have it!
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Unpacking Google’s Web Environment Integrity specification
Why Vivaldi browser thinks Google’s new proposal, the Web-Environment-Integrity spec, is a major threat to the open web and should be pushed back.
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How MOS 6502 illegal opcodes work
The original NMOS version of the MOS 6502, used in computers like the Commodore 64, the Apple II and the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), is well-known for its illegal opcodes: Out of 256 possible opcodes, 151 are defined by the architecture, but many of the remaining 105 undefined opcodes do…
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An introduction to metaprogramming in Ruby
Learn Ruby metaprogramming: call methods dynamically with send, define them at runtime with define_method, and handle missing calls with method_missing.
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Google vs. the Open Web
A few days ago, I made a social media post about Google vs. the Open Web. It received some responses, so I’ll reproduce it below with some...
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TeamTopologies
A model that helps people design effective teams for software development.
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Which GPU(s) to Get for Deep Learning
Here, I provide an in-depth analysis of GPUs for deep learning/machine learning and explain what is the best GPU for your use-case and budget.
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“We’ve Changed the Game”: Teamsters Win Historic UPS Contract
(WASHINGTON) – Today, the Teamsters reached the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS, protecting and rewarding more than 340,00
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Treemaps are awesome
An alternative to pprint for generically visualizing heterogeneous, hierarchical data
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Hyperlink maximalism (2022)
I’m a hyperlink maximalist: everything should be a hyperlink , including everything that is hyperlinked by the author, everything that isn’t hyperlinked by the author, and perhaps even the hyperlinks themselves. Words should be hyperlinked, but so should be every interesting phrase, quote, name, proper noun…
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Guide to running Llama 2 locally
How to run Llama 2 on Mac, Linux, Windows, and your phone.
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Unicode is harder than you think
Rants, experiments and experiences collected while delving into the magical world of computers.
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Autoenshittification. How the computer killed capitalism. – by Cory Doctorow
How the computer killed capitalism.
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At this company, we are family
As I shared at our last family meeting, current economic conditions have forced family leadership to make many difficult decisions. I myself have reduced my golf outings to every other week, and you, undoubtedly, noticed that your mother’s car is no longer the current model year. Unfortunately, even these deep cuts…
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Is technical analysis just stock market astrology?
Technical analysis is a part of finance that studies price moves to guide investment decisions.A lot of investors seem skeptical of the use of past price dat...
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We're not Platonists, we've just learned the bitter lesson
Machine Alignment Monday, 7/24/23
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Remote work on HN: Who is hiring? – 69% jobs in 2023 are remote
Virtual space platform to help remote teams collaborate.
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Before you try to do something, make sure you can do nothing
If you can't do nothing, then don't expect to be able to do something.
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Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed
There's been a lot of concern recently about the Web Environment Integrity proposal, developed by a selection of authors from Google, and apparently being...
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What we know about LLMs
~Will Thompson's personal website~
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The Internet Free Zone (1997)
The Internet Free Zone Home Page.
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From Python to Elixir Machine Learning
Moving on from Python Machine Learning might seem impossible. Let me break down why and how you can do it.
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Practical comparison of ARM compilers
My inspiration for this article was this thread in r/embedded . There are still many myths and misconception when it comes to the simple questions "Which compiler should I use?" or "Which compiler is the best?". I will try to share my practical experience with GCC, Clang and IAR on Cortex-M ( and Cortex-M only ). This…
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20 Years of Programming (2020)
I’m not sure of the exact date, but 20 years ago, around now, I started my first professional programming job. It’s weird to think about having done anything for 20 years. That’s as long as all my schooling put together.