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Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 3,497 posts.
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The Ruin of War
Bret Devereaux (A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry)2021122 points31 commentsHistory & Retro Computing details
This is the second part of a three part series (I) examining the historical assumptions of Paradox Interactive’s 19th and early 20th century grand strategy game, Victoria II. Last week, we lo…
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A Simple and Dynamic Method for Consistent Productivity
Throughout my career, though I’ve managed to be productive in aggregate, I’ve always sought to be more consistent in my productivity. How productive I am at a given moment seems driven …
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How not to migrate an email domain
I did the thing! I moved IntroCave.com over to IntroMaker.com. It's still a bit of a work in progress ( some thoughts here ), but I decided to break this out as a separate post.
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How many engineers does it take to make subscripting work?
The select part is actually fine. But for updates, especially for complex updates, it could be pretty verbose and far from being ergonomic. What would you say to this syntax instead?
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(All) DNS Resource Records
Just how many weird Resource Records can you stuff into a zone file? And what do these weird RRs actually return?
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Tips for reliable web automation and scraping selectors
Tips anyone can use to level up their web automation and web scraping game
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A day in the life of a professional software engineer
Just a normal day reversing linked lists on the whiteboard.
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RISC-V isn’t as interesting as you think
I had wrote this before the Unleashed was revealed, so some of the bits on economics have changed. As of writing this, I still stand by my other beliefs. One of the most hyped things in hardware design is RISC-V,… Continue reading →
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Creating my awesome Windows 10 dev setup
Blake Mealey's digital garden.
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Modern JavaScript has made the web worse (2020)
In a world with tools like NPM that are supposed to make websites fast why have they gotten so slow?
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An ode to the 10,000 RPM Western Digital (Veloci)Raptor
Back in 2004, I visited a now bankrupt Dutch computer store called MyCom 1 , located at the Kinkerstraat in Amsterdam. I was there to buy a Western Digital Raptor model WD740, with 74 GB of capacity, running at 10,000 RPM.
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Automatically detecting and replying to recruiter spam
The code for this post is at my Github repository: github.com/arxanas/detect-recruiter-spam. However, I have not included my pre-trained model, since it cont...
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The Newton hypothesis: Is science done by a small elite?
In previous posts I said that the extent to which "Fund people" works will depend on the distribution of scientific talent. Think about the following …
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Faster Linux 2.5G Networking with Realtek RTL8125B
Since the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 was introduced last year, I've been testing a variety of PCI Express NICs with it. One of the main types of NIC I'm interested in is cheap 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet adapters. 2.5 Gigabits is about the highest reasonable bandwidth you can get through the PCI Express Gen 2.0 x1 lane on…
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Heuristics for Effective Software Development: A continuously evolving list
Without psychological safety, respect, and trust, none of the following is possible. The way we work, the work we do, and the organizations within which we work are all part of a connected system. You cannot change anything without changing everything. You cannot improve a system by tinkering with the parts. Process…
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Procedurally generating a rounded box mesh
If you haven't heard the story about Steve Jobs, Bill Atkinson, and rounded corners, it's a fun read . A big takeaway is that rounded corners are everywhere . Let's take a look at procedurally generating a rounded box mesh.
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Why updating DNS is slow
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A partially-automated medium-throughput homemade cider press with lasers
Most people who know me well know I really like apples. I'm a big fan for a lot of reasons- taste, texture, the fact that they're a symbol of my favorite season, the sheer quantity of accessible food that can grow on a single tree, et cetera. Last year, I decided I wanted to make some homemade apple cider. I bought a…
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