Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 80,866 posts.
This image has three components: On the left is an OCR’ed PDF from my ScanSnap iX500. I have selected most of the text, and on the right side you can see two copy&paste results. In the upper half is the result directly after scanning, right after the bundled ABBYY FineReader that comes with the iX500 did its magic. In…
macOS 15.2 was released a few days ago, with a surprise. A terrible, awful surprise.
OpenAI confirms a confidential S-1 submission to the SEC and has not yet determined timing for further action.
A short history of the data structure that powered the classic first-person shooter.
Contrary to his original intentions, cryptocurrencies and DeFi platforms are now more vulnerable to privacy breaches and hacking than…
Most improvements to cities are hard — they take millions of dollars and years of planning.
During me being at my parents over the holidays (Christmas 2017) I had the usual IT-support stuff to do, that always happens to tech sa...
Navigate real life like a strategy game with tips on priorities, willpower, and skill synergy to win at everyday choices.
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Findings suggest alphabetic writing may be some 500 years older than other discoveries
Musings on navigating the tech bubble with philosophy and self-improvement.
An update on our findings, the actions we’ve taken, and technical details of the bug.
On Dec. 20, 1996, Apple announced that it had purchased NeXT: Apple Computer, Inc. today announced its intention to purchase NeXT Software Inc., in a friendly acquisition for $400 million. Pending regulatory approvals, all NeXT products, services, and technology research will become part of Apple Computer, Inc. As…
Title is literally true. This may not be the best place to learn about these concepts for the first time, because I'm going to focus on knocking down the misconceptions about them.
ART OF MONEY GETTING
Element is one of 14 messaging apps blocked by the Central Indian Government which - we believe from media reports - relates to Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Typographic ligatures are when multiple characters appear to combine into a ...
A look at the messy reality of iOS vulnerabilities: which bugs get patched, which quietly linger, and the challenges of tracking real device risk over time.
The perils of remaining neutral on a global scale: fanning the flames and selling the extinguisher.
Starting from a wiped family photo drive, a walk through everything a real backup needs: snapshots, rotation, deduplication, offsite copies and tested restores.
Research published yesterday by several European media outlets has revealed that an international campaign in support of the EU's proposed child sexual abuse regulation has been largely orchestrated and financed by a network of organisations with links to the tech industry and security services. The
I quit my my last job after a little more than 2 months. Why? Did I jump into a position I was not excited about? ...
Does your day get derailed frequently because of unexpected circumstances?
With this release, we’re building on the great foundation provided by our all-new Firefox Quantum browser . We're optimizing the performance gains we released in 57 by improving the way we render graphics and cache JavaScript. We also made functional and privacy improvements to Firefox Screenshots. On Firefox for…
If you're anything like me, you love emojis! Emojis appear like an image on the screen, but they aren't an image like a PNG or JPEG. What do emojis look like to computers? 

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