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▲ This website is hosted on Bluesky (danielmangum.com)
**This website is hosted on Bluesky (danielmangum.com)**: In a thrilling escapade of techie showboating, Daniel Mangum unpacks the mysterious art of hosting a pseudo-website via Bluesky's Personal Data Server, leveraging something called the AT Protocol—which surely everyone knows and loves. Readers, fumbling with technical terms like "blobs" and "PDS instances," cheer from the sidelines, tossing about their conjectures on future abuses and iterations as if they were seasoned infosec analysts. One brainiac dives deep into header fields, suggesting rigorous restraint on JavaScript, and possibly discovering fire in the process. Meanwhile, another bright soul dreams of hosting DOOM WADs on Bluesky, because who wouldn't want to turn a data-sharing protocol into a retro game mod repository? 🙃
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315 points by hasheddan
2024-11-24T20:43:33 1732481013 |
59 comments
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▲ Starlink Direct to Cell (starlink.com)
Starlink Direct to Phone: Because Why Not?
In an almost magical feat that boldly defies the simplicity laws of tech integration, Starlink promises to beam texts, voice, and maybe even your grandma’s cookie recipes straight to your outdated LTE phone—if only you can find a patch of sky not obscured by the crumbling infrastructure of your quaint rural town. Meanwhile, the comment section morphs into a bizarre tech bazaar, with armchair CEOs pitching everything from overpriced deer cams to solar-powered surf monitors, apparently unaware that the products they're dreaming up either already exist or have a market size roughly equivalent to that of left-handed screwdrivers. One can only hope that their picturesque backwoods, miraculously free of internet access yet suspiciously well-populated with entrepreneurial spirit, might one day connect them with reality.🌲📡🦌
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282 points by tosh
2024-11-24T20:08:34 1732478914 |
255 comments
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▲ The Two Factions of C++ (herecomesthemoon.net)
In a stunning display of cluelessness masked as enlightenment, HereComesTheMoon presents *The Two Factions of C++*, turning the intricacies of programming languages into a spectator sport for code jockeys. Comment sections cheer, with each keyboard warrior wielding their personal experiences like holy scripture in a war to decree whether Google's codebase is a crumbling relic or a misunderstood masterpiece. Between cries for C++ to merely "become Rust" and calls to bury it next to COBOL, the article vaingloriously glosses over the real spectacle: a parade of the programming elite bickering like reality TV stars over which coding dialect is less of a dumpster fire. 🍿🎬
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49 points by cyclopeanutopia
2024-11-24T23:21:36 1732490496 |
33 comments
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▲ RFC 35140: HTTP Do-Not-Stab (2023) (5snb.club)
**RFC 35140: A Hilariously Pointy Endeavor**
In what is either a cutting-edge proposal or just a sharp joke, RFC 35140 introduces the "Do-Not-Stab" HTTP header, allowing surfers of the world's least secure internet to politely ask websites, "Please don't stab me." Of course, the real kicker isn't the deaths by a thousand cuts from rampant cyber-stabbing—it's the enthusiasts in the comments theorizing about the most "optimal stabbing angles for user compliance." Who knew that preventing unwanted piercings could be so bureaucratically amusing? Meanwhile, readers eagerly await the next big RFC, tentatively titled "HTTP Please-Do-Not-Drop-A-Piano-On-My-Head." 🚀😂
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10 points by zkldi
2024-11-25T00:43:03 1732495383 |
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▲ SQLite: Outlandish Recursive Query Examples (sqlite.org)
Title: SQLite: A Recursive Descent into Madness
The brave souls at sqlite.org unleash an exhilarating exposé on Recursive Common Table Expressions (CTEs), slyly nudging SQL aficionados towards the esoteric arts of querying trees and graphs as if they were straightforward tasks. Commenters, some teetering on the edge of an existential crisis, cry out for a mythical "SQL for hackers" class, as if deciphering the cryptic recursions of Sudoku solvers and Mandelbrot sets could be distilled into a breezy two-hour seminar. One enlightened soul clears the fog by demystifying CTEs as glorified SQL for-loops, while others seem resigned to perpetually refreshing their grasp of this seldom-used, arcane spell in SQL's grimoire. Ultimately, whether seeking to paint dragon curves or just untangle their own understanding, readers and writers alike spiral into the recursive abyss with a mix of dread and awe. 🌀📚💻
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70 points by Rendello
2024-11-24T20:42:42 1732480962 |
18 comments
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▲ WireGuard: Beyond the most basic configuration (sloonz.github.io)
Title: Hobbyist Network Engineer Plays With WireGuard
In a stunning display of an average tech bro reinventing the wheel, a blog post details the transition from OpenVPN to WireGuard because apparently, complexity in VPN setups is directly proportional to street cred in nerd circles. The writer, after skirting through "basic configurations" referenced with a slew of hyperlinks that likely see more traffic than his actual server, dives into a supposedly treacherous journey of slightly more advanced setups—because configuring more than one client is an adventure, right? Comment sections turn into a predictable circus of DNS dilettantes throwing around terms like "dynamic DNS" and "subnet routers" while collectively missing the point about simplicity. One brave soul even attempts to revolutionize their home network with the latest from Tailscale, only to realize their AppleTV isn't the networking hub they imagined. Who needs technical support when we have each other, stumbling around in the dark? 🤓💾
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172 points by yamrzou
2024-11-24T18:08:04 1732471684 |
54 comments
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▲ Pushing AMD's Infinity Fabric to Its Limit (chipsandcheese.com)
At ChipsAndCheese.com, a daring soul decides to test the limits of AMD's Infinity Fabric, bravely pushing boundary after boundary until benchmarks or boredom prevail. Fanboys leap into the comment section with the glee of schoolchildren at recess, each one convinced they alone hold the PhD in silicon wizardry capable of unlocking the true potential of computational threads. Between baseless conjecture and anecdotal evidence masquerading as technical prowess, any jewel of genuine insight quickly drowns in a sea of pseudo-scientific chest thumping. Forget about the actual advances in technology, because here, the real sport is proving who can overclock their ego the most. 😂
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66 points by klelatti
2024-11-24T20:39:01 1732480741 |
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▲ Build network societies, not network states (combinationsmag.com)
**Survival of the Nerdiest: Why Balaji S. Wants to Create Startup Countries with Blockchain and Chill**
Another day, another so-called visionary tech bro convinced he can reinvent society with blockchains, mixed with the earnest zest of a Silicon Valley pitch deck. Balaji Srinivasan has drop-kicked a new book titled The Network State, wherein he dubs his tech-utopia dream as "startup countries", curiously combining the instability of startups with the reliability of Internet connections. Luckily, his thoughts are wrapped in a bestseller, snuggled up to the bosom of The Wall Street Journal's sales list, and vetted by the echoing applause of other tech giants—because what could possibly scream “success” louder than blockchain and buzzwords? Meanwhile, in comment land, sceptics fling words like "vague" and "abstract", yearning for substance in the blockchain fog, while a lone beacon of Google links dares to whisper: Hasn't this been tried before? 🤔💻📚
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23 points by laurex
2024-11-24T21:54:19 1732485259 |
4 comments
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▲ Full LLM training and evaluation toolkit (github.com/huggingface)
In a valiant attempt at tech relevance, HuggingFace unleashes its “SmolLM2” collection, touted as state-of-the-art by its creators and their parents. Users and potential modders dig through endless GitHub repos as if there's gold in them, only to discover pedagogical scoring models that make high school essays look like Pulitzer work. The comment section becomes a tech bro echo chamber, buzzing with debates over model sizes that sound suspiciously like Silicon Valley locker room talk. Oh, and Pythia’s three-step usability is hailed as if running a lemonade stand, because clearly, push-button AI is what humanity’s been missing. 😱🚀🤖
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151 points by testerui
2024-11-24T15:44:30 1732463070 |
4 comments
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▲ NASA: Mystery of Life's Handedness Deepens (nasa.gov)
🚀🔬 **NASA Discovers Even More Ways to Confuse Us About Origins of Life** – Just when we thought RNA was basic, NASA throws a curveball, unveiling that RNA could be ambidextrous when crafting protein building blocks. Now, armchair theorists and YouTube professors are tripping over themselves to illustrate "simple" biological concepts through complex videos that need a PhD in Pause-and-Rethink to understand. Most commenters, confusing their Google degree with a real one, indulge in speculative biophysics, making bold leaps from basic science to grandiose claims about life’s cosmic ubiquity. Meanwhile, someone inevitably missed the memo that proteins were found on an asteroid, sparking another round of existential crises and conspiracy theories. 🌌🤦♂️
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71 points by bookofjoe
2024-11-22T14:35:38 1732286138 |
25 comments
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▲ Mark–Scavenge: Waiting for Trash to Take Itself Out (inside.java)
Title: Mark–Scavenge: Waiting for Trash to Take Itself Out (inside.java)
In an exhilarating revelation from the depths of Oracle and Uppsala University's least-understood basements, the Java team enlightens the plebeian masses with their groundbreaking "Mark-Scavenge" garbage collection algorithm. Apparently, existing garbage collectors are as wasteful as a tech bro's home espresso setup, needlessly shuffling around heaps of digital detritus. Commenters, armed with buzzwords and a shaky grasp of the subject, dive headlong into debating generational hypotheses and stack allocations, as if their hot takes could somehow influence garbage collection strategies coded deep within their runtime environments. Clearly, the world was in dire need of more armchair garbage collection strategists. 🗑️💨
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81 points by vips7L
2024-11-24T17:40:12 1732470012 |
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▲ Hynix launches 321-layer NAND (electronicsweekly.com)
Hynix has *heroically* managed to stack 321 layers of NAND, breaking new lows in technological limbo dancing, amusingly misunderstood by commentators everywhere as something akin to magic. While a brave commenter reminisces about his college days when four layers were nearly quantum apocalyptic, another bravely tackles the Herculean task of deciphering what "layers" actually means, probably while looking up from his 2001 encyclopedia. Meanwhile, the rest bemoan the staleness in flash storage innovation and the size of their chips, probably wishing they could shrink other parts of their tech setups with equal efficacy. Truly, a monumental day in the annals of having too many layers and too few clues. 🙃
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56 points by WaitWaitWha
2024-11-24T19:30:10 1732476610 |
27 comments
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▲ The size of BYD's factory (twitter.com/taylorogan)
Title: Another Blurry Look at BYD’s Big Boy Toy Factory
As the internet squabbles over pixel quality of BYD factory shots, a lone Twitter post manages to whip amateur cartographers and Google Maps rejects into a frenzy. A conspiracy of elusive high-res images sends everyone into detective mode - because deep analyses of satellite imagery are exactly what we've been missing in life. Commenters, amazed by the organized chaos of Chinese construction sites and the insatiable appetite for heavy machinery, wax philosophical about rental costs and economic strategies, as if their hot takes from Mom's basement could steer global market forces. Meanwhile, the real question goes unanswered: Can anyone just enjoy a nice blurry photo without pretending it's the Zapruder film? 🚜🔍
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137 points by elsewhen
2024-11-24T14:37:31 1732459051 |
232 comments
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▲ Charset="WTF-8" (xn--stpie-k0a81a.com)
Welcome to Charset="WTF-8", where the latest frontier in technological bewilderment meets a devout congregation of coders preaching the gospel of "strings as mystical blobs." As commenters engage in ritualistic dances around the bonfire of validation ideologies, they venture deep into the esoteric world of handling user inputs, desperately avoiding evil spirits like XSS and SQL injections with their sacred talismans of whitelists and escaped strings. Meanwhile, one brings up the archaic curse of systems not recognizing his grandma’s multi-script name, unleashing further chaos into an already confused thread. The digital crowd fervently debates the philosophical quandaries of name transliteration—because what could go wrong when you let a computer decide how you’ll be officially recognized by your government, right? 😱😂
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155 points by edent
2024-11-24T09:38:06 1732441086 |
231 comments
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▲ Continue (YC S23) Is Hiring a Software Engineer in San Francisco (ycombinator.com)
In a thrilling display of Silicon Valley clichéd banter, Continue (YC S23)—yet another startup offspring that crawled out of Y Combinator's startup stew—proclaims the search for a "software engineer" who thrives in turning caffeine into code. The ad lovingly whispers sweet nothings of "rigorous thinking" and "empathy for users," yet ominously hints at “doing whatever is required,” setting the stage for a romantic escapade of unpaid overtime and existential dread. The comment section, predictably, oscillates between cynical veterans diagnosing every buzzword with terminal precision and naive job-seekers who believe their love for pedantic details will be the bedrock of their next career leap. Sail forth, brave applicants, into the meat grinder of innovation and "disruption!" 💔🔧
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2024-11-24T21:01:01 1732482061 |
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▲ Denmark will plant 1B trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest (apnews.com)
**Hackernews: Now With More Trees!**
In a thrilling attempt to combat the textbook definition of an ecological oopsie, Denmark bravely declares its intention to ***plant a whopping 1B trees*** and somehow shove 10% of their farmland into a giant, mythical forest. The comment section devolves into a bickering fest with armchair environmentalists and carbon-tax truthers going at odds whether this will save their 🐟 fish or just spawn more weekend hiking spots. One particularly confused soul tries to equate complex climate strategies to the fantasy plotline of a dull sci-fi novel, while another just needs a moment to soak in why planting on farmland might be smarter than, say, the ocean. 🌳💰📚 Everyone's an expert; no one's a farmer.
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220 points by geox
2024-11-24T05:59:06 1732427946 |
180 comments
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▲ 2007 Boston Mooninite Panic (wikipedia.org)
In 2007, Boston transformed into an episode of *Scooby-Doo*, where the mystery gang (a.k.a. Boston PD) confused harmless LED Mooninites for deadly terror threats, effectively casting a spotlight on America's post-9/11 paranoia goggles. The entire city embarked on a real-life point-and-click adventure game, trying to "defuse" these high-tech Lite-Brites as national media outlets gawked and clucked disapprovingly. The online armchair experts and yesterday’s IRC veterans spent their productive hours swapping tales of LED glory and police incompetence, unknowingly crafting the perfect allegory for technological ignorance. Heroes in their own chatrooms, they serve as living proof that if their day jobs don't pan out, a future in fiction comedy writing certainly awaits. 🌝🚓💣
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117 points by black6
2024-11-24T02:54:02 1732416842 |
74 comments
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▲ Digital Show and Tell (2013): Xiph's Monty on Digital Audio (xiph.org)
In the latest episode of _"How to Overwhelm Your Audience With Technical Jargon,"_ Xiph.org proudly parades its utter devotion to making digital audio as confusing as possible. Delighted to drown viewers with buzzwords like "quantization" and "dither," our host Monty can't wait to demonstrate that vintage gear is clearly just as untrustable as your lying ears. Fear not, armchair audio engineers of the internet! There’s a Wiki page—a sacred ground for debate and profound comments like, "But can it make my pirated MP3s sound better?" Truly, another deep dive into digital audio that leaves us questioning if ignorance truly was bliss. 🎧🤯
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9 points by anotherhue
2024-11-19T13:27:40 1732022860 |
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▲ Petnames: A humane approach to secure, decentralized naming (spritely.institute)
In the *latest* tech gibberish parade, Petnames: A Humane Approach to Secure, Decentralized Naming, we're treated to a crypto-nerdy rehash of your grandma's address book but with more syllables and less practicality. Here in Candyland, where DIDs and Tor .onion addresses frolic in unreadability, the bright minds conjure up "petnames," because evidently what the internet was truly missing was a way to make it more like petting a dog in terms of naming conventions. Meanwhile, the comment section devolves into a trust-circle-jerk where everyone is desperately trying to justify why they'd trust Dave's friend's cousin before a random URL. Who knew cybersecurity could be this cozy and domestic, complete with debates over the transitive properties of human trust? 🙄
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78 points by todsacerdoti
2024-11-24T14:38:40 1732459120 |
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▲ The $5000 Compression Challenge (2001) (patrickcraig.co.uk)
In the thrilling spectacle of the **"$5000 Compression Challenge"**, a tale as old as the dot-com bubble itself, the indestructible Compressors fail to even enter the championship, thereby sparking a heated debate about the true nature of defeat among sports betting sophisticates on the Internet. Embracing the spirit rather than the letter of the law, Mike enlightens the masses on Hacker News with his profoundly technical dodge about unbeatability, guaranteeing that personal accountability remains as compressed as his understanding of contractual agreements. 🤯 Meanwhile, the comment section rapidly evolves into a pseudo-academic conference, with armchair philosophers musing deeply on the esoteric relationship between lossy and lossless intelligence, because as we all know, nothing screams "I understand the human condition" like comparing LZMA to the sapience of a sentient being. In the grand tradition of HN, the debacle successfully showcases the hallmark blend of overconfidence and underestimation, compressed into a cozy digest of infinite jest. 🍿
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119 points by ekiauhce
2024-11-23T21:10:03 1732396203 |
91 comments
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