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Google rewrites many page titles
Because titles are typically the first things users see in Google results, titles can have a large impact on click-through rates and the number of vis
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 2,332 posts.
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SQLite in the browser with WASM/JS
WebAssembly , a.k.a. WASM, is a standard defining a low-level programming language suitable (A) as a target for cross-compilation from many other languages and (B) for running via a virtual machine in a browser. Designed with scriptability via JavaScript in mind, it provides a way to compile C code (among others) to…
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SOC2: The screenshots will continue until security improves
We got SOC2 certified so now you have to pay us more.
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Bunny fonts – privacy respecting drop-in replacement for Google Fonts
Strengthen your privacy, improve your performance and give your website a personality by using Bunny Fonts. The only fully GDPR fonts powered by a CDN!
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We purchased a machine from China and it came with malware preinstalled
Zhengbang ZB3245 review. We bought a Zhengbang Pick & Place machine and this page tells you all about our experience of setting up and using.
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Brave browser now blocks cookie banners
New versions of Brave will hide—and, where possible, completely block—cookie consent notifications. Brave's approach is distinct and more privacy-preserving than similar systems used in other browsers.
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Keep the web free, say no to Web3 (2021)
A look at what is wrong with Web3.
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The cats sitting on a fence in early builds of Windows 8
Something to look at when all is lost.
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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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Why I built a dictionary app
This story begins the same way as with every other app, with a problem. None of the available apps satisfied what I expected from a dictionary
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Volvo is using Rust for its in-vehicle software
An interview where we talk about how we use embedded Rust in our coming car projects.
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Goodbye to the C++ Implementation of Zig
It’s funny - I have shared this story a handful of times with friends of mine who are qualified, competent software engineers, and each time the response was confusion about why any of this would be necessary or even remotely helpful. WebAssembly ?!
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Three areas where Google Search lags behind competitors: code, cooking, travel
Google Search is falling behind. We analyzed three areas – programming queries, sports queries, and cooking queries – to understand where Google Search lags behind its competitors.
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Blender 3.1
Blender Foundation and the online developers community are proud to present Blender 3.1, a solid update to an already outstanding release.
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Job interview questions engineers should ask, but don't
Since we started PostHog, our team has interviewed 725 people. What's one thing I've taken from this? It's normal for candidates not to ask harder…
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Render mathematical expressions in Markdown On GitHub
You can now use LaTeX style syntax to render math expressions within Markdown inline (using $ delimiters) or in blocks (using $$ delimiters). Writing expressions as blocks To add math…
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Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-compliance with French legislation
This page is no longer available. Order to comply or sanctions issued by the CNIL may be made public. In this case, a time limit shall be specified in the decision. Once this time period has expired, the organisations that have been given formal notice or sanctioned are no longer identified in the public decision. For…
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How We built a $1M ARR open source SaaS
We’ve reached a significant milestone of $1 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) with Plausible Analytics. This post is a recap of how we got to this point.
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A routine gem update ended up creating $73k worth of subscriptions
On November 5, 2021 (a Friday of course), we've deployed innocent-looking gem updates. Minor versions of Ruby on Rails, Ruby Sentry client, Ruby Slack client, http libraries, Puma, Devise, OmniAuth Ruby client, Mongoid, and a few test gems. However, something went very wrong. We saw odd Stripe errors
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It’s raining PFAS: rainwater is unsafe to drink even in Antarctica and Tibet
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are man-made hazardous chemicals that are spread globally in the atmosphere and as a result they can be found in the rainwater and snow in even the most remote locations on Earth. During the last 20 years, guideline values for PFAS in drinking water, surface waters and soils…
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Over 16k people still use a Pebble smartwatch
Time flies when you’re having fun. It’s been a year since our last blog post announcing the launch of the Rebble developer portal and in that time we’ve seen...
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CICERO: An AI agent that negotiates, persuades, and cooperates with people
Meta AI has built CICERO, the first AI to achieve human-level performance in the popular strategy game Diplomacy. It's a breakthrough toward building AI that can use language to work with people to achieve strategic goals.
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Nearly 20% of active Twitter accounts likely to be fake or spam
TL;DR - From May 13-15, 2022, SparkToro and Followerwonk conducted a rigorous, joint analysis of five datasets including a variety of active (i.e.
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Firefox 96
We’ve made significant improvements in noise-suppression and auto-gain-control as well as slight improvements in echo-cancellation to provide you with a better overall experience.