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Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI
New updates to Search Generative Experience (SGE) help people easily learn new things and understand key concepts while searching online.
Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 8,469 posts.
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Why are websites requesting access to motion sensors on my desktop? (2019)
I was checking the status of a FedEx order when Brave warned me that “this site has been blocked from accessing your motion sensors”. I’m struggling to understand why a website would need that access. Do I get a different experience if I drop my device? Tip my monitor over? Spin the mouse around?
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Elevating original reporting in Search
Google makes ranking changes to highlight original reporting.
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Is OOXML Artifically Complex?
OOXML is less an act of sabotage than the continuation of a flawed, inelegant lineage.
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Firefox 95 Released
RLBox — a new technology that hardens Firefox against potential security vulnerabilities in third-party libraries — is now enabled on all platforms.
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WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations
Meet our 100-Year Domains and 100-Year Plan, here to help you secure your digital legacy long-term.
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Online shopping in Africa doesn’t work because of shipping and billing forms
I have attended several Tech events where they invite so-called gurus and experts to explain the digital landscape in Africa, but I have…
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Firefox 12 released
Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux makes updating the browser easier and includes more than 85 improvements to built-in developer tools. We put a lot of wo
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WebAssembly for the Java Geek
When many Java developers hear the word WebAssembly, the first thing they think is “browser technology”. The second thing: “it’s the JVM all over again”. After all, for a Java developer, in-browser apps are prehistory.
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MobX 6
Homepage of Michel Weststrate
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Fix your robots.txt or your site disappears from Google
a post from alan w. smith
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Supabase-JS v2
A look at supabase-js v2, which brings type support and focuses on quality-of-life improvements for developers.
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Why does Ember.js rock?
In response to this blog post about why Angular.js rocks, I thought I’d write something similar about Ember.js.
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Forced migration to Google Sheets API v4
When I read that Google is forcing developers to migrate from Google Sheets API v3 to v4, I was mad. Here's why.
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RFC8482 – Saying Goodbye to ANY
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like you to welcome the new shiny RFC8482, which effectively deprecates DNS ANY query type. DNS ANY was a "meta-query" - think about it as a similar thing to the common A, AAAA, MX or SRV query types, but unlike these it wasn't a real query type - it was special.
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Rocket v0.5: Stable, Async
Rocket is a web framework for the Rust programming language that makes it simple to write fast web applications without sacrificing flexibility or type safety.
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An Interactive Guide to Rate Limiting
Learn about rate limiting algorithms with interactive apps, including Token Bucket, Leaky Bucket, Fixed Window, and Sliding Window methods
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Meteor and Qt
Meteor, say hello to cross-platform native app-development. Qt, say hello to a modern, reactive web back-end. TL;DR You can write a nativ...
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Float Label Pattern
Compare Wix vs WordPress for ease, design, ownership, SEO, apps, ecommerce, and cost. See which platform fits the website you want to build.
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A Forth-inspired language for writing websites
I don't remember where the idea came from, but I decided that it would be cool if I could write websites using a stack-based language. Something like this: : h1 ( s -- ) "<h1>" emit . "</h1>" em…
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How D3 Selections Work
In the past I have presented simplified descriptions of D3 ’s selections, providing only enough detail to get started. This article takes a more comprehensive approach; rather than saying how to use selections , I will explain how selections are implemented . This may take longer to read, but it should dispel any…