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Sometimes CPU cores are odd
TL;DR: all the assumptions you have about processor design are wrong and if you are unlucky you will never run into problems that users do through sheer chance.
Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 6,220 posts.
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Epistemic Collapse at the WSJ
For a long time now fundamental theoretical physics has been suffering not just from a slowdown in progress, but from a sort of intellectual collapse (I wrote about this here a while back in the co…
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Writing into Uninitialized Buffers in Rust
A blog by sunfishcode
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Not OK Cupid – A story of poor email address validation
A story of poor email address validation.
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Is outbound going to die?
HN Discussion
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Dr John C. Clark, a scientist who disarmed atomic bombs twice
One scientist did it twice
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Reality Check
Like this newsletter? Why not listen to the podcast version on Better Offline? Part 1 is out now (here're other links), and Part 2 comes out Friday May 2nd! I'm sick and god-damn tired of this! I have written tens of thousands of words about this and
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A bit more on Twitter/X's new encrypted messaging
Update 6/10: Based on a short conversation with an engineering lead at X, some of the devices used at X are claimed to be using HSMs. See more further below. Matthew Garrett has a nice post about T…
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Google's new AI mode is good, actually
When I wrote about how good ChatGPT with GPT-5 is at search yesterday I nearly added a note about how comparatively disappointing Google's efforts around this are. I'm glad I …
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Fun with Telnet (2024)
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Observability 2.0 and the Database for It
What Observability 2.0 means in practice, how wide events replace siloed metrics/logs/traces, and why GreptimeDB is purpose-built as the database foundation.
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Installing and using HP-UX 9
A few weeks back I got a note on Bluesky, linking me to a website offering a free computer. The owner was in Cambridge, not far from me, and the computer was an HP 9000/300 Series - a Model 340, specifically.
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Parsing JSON in Forty Lines of Awk
A single-function JSON parser for the POSIX shell.
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OpenTelemetry for Go: Measuring overhead costs
We benchmarked OpenTelemetry overhead in a high-load Go app against eBPF-based instrumentation to see where tracing adds real cost.
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Testing “Exotic” P2P VPN
My standard "everyday" solution when it comes to connecting computers into a single network is Wireguard. Wireguard is good, supports p2p, and generally has no downsides.
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TLA+ Modeling Tips
Model minimalistically Start from a tiny core, and always keep a working model as you extend. Your default should be omission. Add a compone...
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Tips for installing Windows 98 in QEMU/UTM
Windows 98 runs surprisingly well in QEMU via UTM SE, but it requires some care in setting it up. It’s a great way to run old 90s Windows and DOS software on your iPad (and Mac too, though you have… Continue reading →
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Bill Gates's Personal Easter Eggs in 8 Bit BASIC (2008)
If you type “WAIT6502,1″ into a Commodore PET with BASIC V2 (1979), it will show the string “MICROSOFT!” at the top left corner of the screen. Legend has it Bill Gates himself inserted this easter egg “after he had had an argument with Commodore founder Jack Tramiel”, “just in case Commodore ever…
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LookingGlass: Generative Anamorphoses via Laplacian Pyramid Warping
Anamorphosis refers to a category of images that are intentionally distorted, making them unrecognizable when viewed directly. Their true form only reveals itself when seen from a specific viewpoint, which can be through some catadioptric device like a mirror or a lens. While the construction of these mathematical…
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Agentic AI Foundation
Block, Anthropic, and OpenAI have launched the Agentic AI Foundation (AAF). Learn about this new non-profit organization dedicated to making agentic AI safe, accessible, and beneficial for everyone.
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GOP Cries Censorship Over Spam Filters That Work
The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week sent a letter to Google’s CEO demanding to know why Gmail was blocking messages from Republican senders while allegedly failing to block similar missives supporting Democrats. The letter followed media reports accusing Gmail of disproportionately flagging…
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Hitting Peak File IO Performance with Zig
This post goes through how to maximize file IO performance on linux using zig with io_uring.
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Hypervisor in 1k Lines
Write your first hypervisor from scratch, in 1K LoC.
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Your Brain on ChatGPT
Check project's website: https://www.brainonllm.comWith today's wide adoption of LLM products like ChatGPT from OpenAI, humans and businesses engage and u…
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Big Tech Killed the Golden Age of Programming
This post was part of an experiment. It was largely generated by AI, and does not reflect my views. Please see the post How I Tricked Hacker News and Made The Front Page with AI Slop for details! The
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Ghost kitchens are dying
Ghost Kitchens Are Dying.
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Sunsetting Create React App
The library for web and native user interfaces