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Shopify invests in research for Ruby at scale
Shopify is investing on Ruby on Rails at scale by funding high-profile academics to focus their work towards Ruby and the needs of the Ruby community.
Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 2,332 posts.
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No Language Left Behind
Our work aims to break down language barriers across the world for everyone to understand and communicate with anyone—no matter what language they speak.
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Can we protect land for nature and carbon by simply buying it up?
This blog post is by Guy Shrubsole. Image: hazel grove, Devon. Land ownership in Britain is highly concentrated and unequal: just 1% of the population own half the land in England, while in Scotlan…
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First Light (Oxford University spinout) achieves nuclear fusion
First Light Fusion (First Light), the University of Oxford fusion spin-out, today confirms it has achieved fusion. The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has independently validated the result.
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Google's Subsea Fiber Optics
Fiber optic networks are a foundation of the modern internet. In fact, subsea cables carry 99% of international network traffic , and yet we are barely aware that they exist. What you might not know is that the first subsea cable was deployed in 1858 for telegraph messages between Europe and North America. A message…
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New Covid nasal spray outperforms current antibody treatments in mice
A new protein-based antiviral nasal spray is being advanced to Phase I human clinical trials to treat COVID-19. It works by blocking the spike protein's ability to infect cells.
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Developer's Guide to SaaS Compliance
This article reviews what kinds of compliance certifications and regulations exist, what they mean for developers, and how to begin the certification process.
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Microsoft open sources Salus software bill of materials (SBOM) generation tool
Salus is a general purpose, enterprise-proven, build-time SBOM generator. It works across platforms including Windows, Linux, and Mac, and uses the standard Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) format.
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PostgreSQL views and materialized views and how they influenced TimescaleDB
Continuous aggregates are one of Timescale's most popular features, but you can’t fully understand them without some context on Postgres views and materialized.
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To stop building heat islands, stop overbuilding parking lots
Parking lots amplify high temperatures. Why are we still requiring them to be larger than they need to be?
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The Canon Cat
A software design framework for humans, distilled from Jef Raskin's Humane Interface.
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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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Qantas ferried an engine on the wing of a 747 (2016)
When Qantas 747 VH-OJU had engine trouble in Johannesburg, VH-OJS came to the rescue ferrying a spare Rolls Royce engine from Sydney to Johannesburg for the stricken plane. We wanted to find out more, so we talked with Qantas about how they go about carrying an extra engine across the ocean. After considering its…
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Wolvic, a new browser project picking up where Firefox Reality leaves off
Igalia is an open source consulting firm specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and client-side web technologies, graphics pipeline, compilers and virtual machines. We have the most WPE, WebKit…
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Mona Sans and Hubot Sans
Learn how to use and express yourself with GitHub’s open source variable fonts, Mona Sans and Hubot Sans.
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MikroTik authentication revealed
A deep-dive into MikroTik's hand-rolled Elliptic Curve Secure Remote Protocol (EC-SRP) cryptography used in client-server authentication
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I/O 2022
Check out this year’s Google I/O announcements.
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GitHub Copilot isn't worth the risk
Copilot may be a glimpse into the future of AI, but it comes with a lot of legal and security baggage.
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Godot 3.5
After 9 months of development, Godot 3.5 is out and it comes fully packed with features and quality of life improvements! This includes a new Navigation system, 3D physics interpolation, Label3D and TextMesh, an Android editor port, asynchronous shader compilation, and more!
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Vitamin D supplements lower risk of autoimmune disease, researchers say
A new study finds vitamin D supplements with or without omega-3s decreased the risk of autoimmune diseases by 22 percent compared to placebo.
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Blood pressure e-tattoo promises continuous, mobile monitoring
Blood pressure is one of the most important indicators of heart health, but it's tough to frequently and reliably measure outside of a clinical setting.
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Putting Tailscale on the Steam Deck
Unlock Seamless Networking on Steam Deck with Tailscale. Install Now for Instant Access.
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Dolphin Progress July and August 2022
The Summer tends to consistently be one of the busiest times for Dolphin's development. While sometimes the question is what do we put into the Progress Report, during the summer months it's usually how much can we fit into the Progress Report? This summer's congestion was then compounded by us blog staff having a few…