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Using Bun.js as a Bundler
Bun.js is a new (as of 2023) JavaScript runtime that is still very much in development, with it’s primary focus being on extreme speed. I’ve been following it for a while but until toda…
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 6,299 posts.
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Why Write?
In a world of AI-powered writing tools, it's tempting to think human writing skills are losing their value. But this article reveals the surprising reasons why writing remains essential for clarifying your thinking, deepening your understanding, and standing out in an increasingly automated future. Discover the…
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Pydantic V2 rewritten in Rust is 5-50x faster than Pydantic V1
What’s new in Pydantic v2: 5-50x faster than Pydantic v1 and with substantial architecture improvements for enhanced safety & maintainability
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Hacking GTA V RP Servers Using Web Exploitation Techniques
FiveM provides a powerful framework to create game experiences not otherwise possible in Grand Theft Auto. However, this power can be abused by attackers through the use of XSS in vulnerable NUI resources.
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Zink brings conformant OpenGL on Imagination GPUs
Today, Imagination Technologies announced some very exciting news: they are now using Zink for full OpenGL 4.6 support!
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PyPI has completed its first security audit
We are proud to announce PyPI's first external security audit.
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Rich Hickey is retiring from Nubank
Tech team thanks Rich Hickey for leadership as he retires from his position at Nu.
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Dolphin Emulator Progress Report: August, September, and October 2023
This past October, Dolphin turned 20 years old since its initial release to the public as an experimental GameCube emulator. It's been a long ride, with twists and turns. I don't know if anyone back in 2003 expected Dolphin not only to still be under active development 20 years later, but to also support the…
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The .ing top-level domain
Google Registry launches the .ing top-level domain.
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Growing from engineer to manager
Your success is now determined more by the success of your team than by your individual contributions.
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It Took Me a Decade to Find the Perfect Personal Website Stack – Ghost+Fathom
The first post on this personal blog dates back to December 2012. It’s been more than a decade! As with many others, I’ve always struggled with how to setup my personal website. It is just too enticing to build it “from scratch”, which usually means using a static
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Men should abstain from drinking at least three months prior to conceiving
In examining the effects of paternal alcohol consumption on fetal alcohol syndrome, a groundbreaking new study reveals that it can take over a month for negative alcohol effects to wear off.
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I think I kind of hate lazy loading
Yesterday I was on a train. I clicked on a link and my browser loaded a long article for me to read. Halfway through reading it, the train went into a tunnel and I lost signal. That meant I couldn't see the images on the other half of the page for the rest of the journey. I had a sea of broken images. Even though the…
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AI Joins Hunt for ET: Study Finds 8 Potential Alien Signals
A University of Toronto undergrad among an international team of researchers unleashing deep learning in the search for extraterrestrial civilizations.
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ChatGPT has no inner monologue or meta-cognition
Update 2025: The post below describes ChatGPT and similar LLMs as they functioned at the time of writing in 2023. More recent systems do have a behind-the-scenes “inner monologue” which enables them t
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The Sudan crisis and the Sahel gold rush
Sudan is a pivotal link in the increasingly fragile and violent geopolitics of both the Sahel and the Red Sea/Horn of Africa regions.
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Extism makes WebAssembly easy
An exploration of how Extism makes it easy to use WebAssembly
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ThinkPad as a Server: The Follow-Up
The ThinkPad as a server is back, this time with a couple of adjustments.
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On not noticing rather too many things
Last year I was on a date, and, being somewhat new to San Francisco, proposed a walk directly through the Tenderloin. After we arrived, my date was somewhat disturbed: “What happened?” I said. “Di…
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Book list for streetfighting computer scientists (2022)
2025 edition. this is very different from most "best books for programmers" lists you'll see, with Code Complete and Clean Code and Wistful Wanking for Practical Wankers and Design Slatterns and titles like that. you'll figure all that out as you go along. these are books to read so that you can cut motherfuckers with…
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HubSpot Acquires Clearbit
HubSpot has signed an agreement to acquire Clearbit.
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Lessons from a Pessimist: Make Your Pessimism Productive
On the topic of life lessons from a born pessimist.