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Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 80,835 posts.
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Open Source (Almost) Everything
When Chris and I first started working on GitHub in late 2007, we split the work into two parts. Chris worked on the Rails app and I worked on Grit, the first ever Git bindings for Ruby. After six months of development, Grit had become complete enough to power GitHub during our public launch of the site and we were…
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Introducing Keras 2
Keras was released two years ago, in March 2015. It then proceeded to grow from one user to one hundred thousand.
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Decomposing language models into understandable components
Interpretability research decomposing a transformer layer into thousands of interpretable features that can steer model behavior.
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Bitcoin Is Time
Keeping track of things in the informational realm requires keeping track of time.
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95th percentile isn't that hard to reach
Reaching 95%-ile isn't very impressive because it's not that hard to do. I think this is one of my most ridiculable ideas. It doesn't help that, when stated nakedly, that sounds elitist. But I think it's just the opposite: most people can become (relatively) good at most things.
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Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering
As AI shifts software engineering from writing to reviewing, discover how Go's strict compiler and unified toolchain ensure reliable AI-generated code.
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School vs. Wikipedia
Edit: Oh! Hello, there, HN . For context, we're talking about elementary school here. More importantly, I'm not arguing that students should get quick answers from encyclopedias instead of reading books and other primary sources. I'm arguing that Wikipedia is better than "a Google search," which is a position I will…
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Most of my skills are now worth nothing, but 10% are worth 1000x
...but the other 10% are worth 1000x
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Gov.uk drops jQuery from their front end
GOV.UK dropped their jQuery dependency from their front end. You'll never guess what happened. (Yes, you will.)
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Why human societies developed so little during 300k years
Why human societies developed so little during 300 000 years
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Cinematography of “Andor”
Continuing the ongoing series of interviews with creative artists working on various aspects of movie and TV productions, it is my pleasure to welcome Christophe Nuyens . In this interview, he talks about the transition of this creative field from film to digital, bridging the gap between feature films and episodic…
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DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash iron is hot
There’s a story in today’s Washington Post “Cybersecurity 202” newsletter that confirms that the Department of Justice is capitalizing on the techlash in order to build up congressional support for the DOJ’s long-desired goal of legislation that will restrict your freedom to encrypt your data and
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That wild Ask a Manager story
Ask A Manager had a wild story a week ago. A company interviewed someone, hired him, but when he showed up for work … it was a totally different person. A friend asked, “if this was your hire, and you manager asked you to change your hiring practices to prevent this, what would you do?” Nothing. I would do nothing…
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MS Paint is here to stay
MS Paint fans rejoice: The original art app isn’t going anywhere – except to the Windows Store for free!
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Mozilla.ai: Investing in Trustworthy AI
We’re committing $30M to build Mozilla.ai: A startup — and a community — building a trustworthy, independent, and open-source AI ecosystem. We’re o
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The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube
YouTube is introducing new products that will allow learners to go deeper on subjects they are passionate about and creators to provide structured learning content.
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GitHub Actions has a package manager, and it might be the worst
GitHub Actions has a package manager that ignores decades of supply chain security best practices: no lockfile, no integrity verification, no transitive pinning
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70% of surveyed Americans say they can't do their job without internet
Over 65% of the world's population is regularly on the internet, with China and India having the most internet users.
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Why is Git Autocorrect too fast for Formula One drivers?
Why does Git's autocorrect wait 0.1s before executing a mistyped command? Let's dig in.
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Enlightenmentware
Software that makes you a better programmer.
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Coming soon: Fedora on Lenovo laptops
Today, I’m excited to share some big news with you—Fedora Workstation will be available on Lenovo ThinkPad laptops! Yes, I know, many of us already run a Fedora operating system on a Lenovo system, but this is different. You’ll soon be able to get Fedora pre-installed by selecting it as you customize your purchase…
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What’s New in Thunderbird 78
Thunderbird 78 is our newest ESR (extended-support release), which comes out yearly and is considered the latest stable release. Right now you can download the newest version from our website, and existing users will be automatically updated in the near future. We encourage those who rely on the popular add-on…
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The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing
Appreciating typography is a study in paradox. The primary goal of well-designed typography is to help you read the words, not appreciate how the words are comp
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Why it's so hard to build a jet engine
Civilization's toughest technical challenges are those that require extraordinary (and constantly improving) performance to be delivered at a low cost.
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An ad-free Android TV
Android TV is full of ads, even in apps-only mode. Here's how I replaced the launcher, YouTube, and the remote's buttons to get rid of them.