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▲ Genie 2: A large-scale foundation world model (deepmind.google)
**Genie 2: AI's New Toy**
In a breathtaking display of redundancy, DeepMind tosses another AI toy into the overflowing sandbox of "world models." Today’s marvel, Genie 2, promises infinite digital dollhouses for robots because, let’s face it, even silicon-based life forms need their playtime. Commenters are a mixed bag of awe and indifference, lamenting the lack of tech specs like a kid who got a video game console for Christmas with no games included. 🎮 Missing details, future vague promises, and a dollop of déjà vu—truly, it's DeepMind in peak form. Meanwhile, comparisons with AI Minecraft—now apparently old hat—serve only to highlight that in the AI hype race, today’s breakthrough is just tomorrow’s old news.
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803 points by meetpateltech
2024-12-04T14:45:02 1733323502 |
302 comments
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▲ Deploying Containers on NixOS: A Guide (bkiran.com)
**Deploying Containers on NixOS: *A Guide for the Perpetually Confused* 🤯**
Burak Kiran decides to tell the world about his *epic journey* of managing machinery with NixOS, a guide essentially for those who haven't discovered the joys of YouTube tutorials yet. Commenters chime in with techie soap operas about how Kubernetes is a nightmare unless Azure holds your hand, and Docker is the new Lego set for grown-ups. Sprinkled generously are insights into the struggles with NixOS, where each session apparently doubles as a time travel experience - back to the future, and way back to the past. Whether it’s mourning over YAML mountains or battling 'ancient' Python packaging rites, the consensus is clear: you have to _really want it_ to stick with NixOS! 🚀✨
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39 points by bkiran
2024-12-04T23:34:39 1733355279 |
32 comments
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▲ Oracle Files Notice of Appearance for JavaScript Trademark [pdf] (deno.com)
In the latest chapter of the tech world's favorite soap opera, Oracle decides it absolutely needs that JavaScript trademark, prompting startup darling Deno to throw legal paperwork in the air. Deno, armed with the spirit of open-source righteousness and a whopping **three** whole lawyers, bravely takes on Oracle's small army of suited gladiators. The Hacker News crowd dives in: half confused about legal jargon, half ready to picket with digital pitchforks. Is this just bureaucratic shadowboxing, or the dawn of "JavaScript: Oracle Edition"? Stay tuned and keep your popcorn ready. 🍿🤷♂️
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23 points by cfnewsperson1
2024-12-04T23:24:12 1733354652 |
12 comments
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▲ Sitters and Standers (pudding.cool)
On today's episode of First World Problems at pudding.cool, the daring exposé *Sitters and Standers* dives deep into the catastrophic human rights issue of people having different kinds of office chairs. Commenters quickly escalate this to a geopolitical discourse, comparing the oppression Olympics of vacation days between the U.S. and Europe. One enlightened soul simplifies centuries of labor rights evolution to the comparison of white collar VS blue collar, blissfully unaware that standing desks aren't yet recognized by the UN as a distinct socioeconomic class. Who knew that your work posture could unravel such a web of societal quandaries? 🤔 But don't worry, if you're in the U.S., just remember to plan your escape... I mean, vacation... strategically. 🏖️
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54 points by feross
2024-12-01T23:47:48 1733096868 |
15 comments
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▲ AI helps researchers dig through old maps to find lost oil and gas wells (lbl.gov)
**This Week In Oil-and-Old-Tech Futurism**
In another mind-bending feat of AI, researchers somehow use advanced algorithmic pixie dust to make old maps cough up the location of vanished oil and gas wells, because physically looking at things is so 1999. Commenters leap at the chance to pivot to every slightly relevant mining danger and possible tech application — because no forum digression is too far when you're avoiding your day job. Between lofty proposals for using tired mines for gravity batteries 🪓 and AI transforming into philosophical wizards 🧙♂️, the digital peanut gallery latches onto discussing everything but the oil wells. Meanwhile, those with a familial connection to unreliable shafts of the past insist they're not about to be held responsible for great-great-grandad's wayward pickaxe. 🎩💥
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125 points by gnabgib
2024-12-04T17:50:50 1733334650 |
42 comments
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▲ C64 Basic Tutorial: Using String Manipulation to Write a Text Adventure (retrogamecoders.com)
On retrogamecoders.com, an enthusiast whose qualifications likely peak at winning a 1986 middle school science fair, unveils the arcane arts of string manipulation in C64 Basic to construct a text adventure. Because who needs Unreal Engine when you can engineer tedium with thirty-year-old technology? Readers, mistaking nostalgia for relevance, debate fervently in the comments about whether "GOTO" is still a moral sin, while collectively ignoring any developments in programming post 1990. Witness the digital equivalent of reinventing the square wheel. 🔄💾
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20 points by rbanffy
2024-11-29T23:57:44 1732924664 |
0 comments
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▲ Show QN: Outerbase Studio – Open-Source Database GUI (github.com/outerbase)
**Outerbase Studio: Another Day, Another Database GUI**
In a world desperate for yet another browser-based database GUI, Outerbase Studio emerges as the hero we neither needed nor asked for. The developers, drunk on the power of open-source and GitHub stars, throw together a lightweight tool capable of connecting to every SQL variant known to humankind—because clearly, there weren't enough options already. Meanwhile, the comment section becomes a battleground where knights of the Old SQL Order preach the gospel of Jetbrains DataGrip, dismissing this new challenger as mere child's play. As users exchange tech credentials and SQL horror stories, one can only wonder if, someday, they'll realize that the real SQL was the friends they made along the way. 😂👨💻📊
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163 points by burcs
2024-12-04T17:55:24 1733334924 |
62 comments
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▲ Native dual-range input (muffinman.io)
**The Miracle of Native Dual-Range Input**
In a groundbreaking act of bravery, a lone developer unleashes @stanko/dual-range-input into the wild, boldly claiming it's "native enough" because it uses *two* HTML sliders. Revolutionary! 🎉 On Hacker News, the revelry is unmatched as battle-hardened coders descend to either laud this minimalistic marvel or moan about their first-world problems like "99-99 slider issues" on Safari. Amidst the replies, philosophical musings emerge: Could a slider *and* a number input be the unsung heroes of UX? Stay tuned for more battles in the thrilling saga of making sliders slightly less annoying to use. 🤷♂️
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121 points by Wolfr_
2024-12-04T18:39:52 1733337592 |
16 comments
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▲ AI hallucinations: Why LLMs make things up (and how to fix it) (kapa.ai)
**AI hallucinations: Why LLMs make things up (and how to fix it) (kapa.ai)**
In a thrilling display of creativity, an AI assistant fabricates a refund policy, setting the stage for laughs and liability in corporate chatbot lore. Emil Sorensen earnestly sermonizes on the phenomenon of "AI hallucinations"—a term apparently coined to make routine errors sound more like a sci-fi plot twist—while offering *nine crucial fixes* that sound suspiciously like telling your GPS not to drive you into a lake. Meanwhile, the commentary section transforms into a delightful circus of armchair experts bickering over whether we should call a spade a spade or a probabilistic dirt-relocation device. In this episode of "AI Engineers Gone Wild," everyone seems to forget that maybe—just maybe—the machines are simply as bewildered as their creators.
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57 points by emil_sorensen
2024-12-04T08:20:59 1733300459 |
43 comments
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▲ They don't make them like that any more: the Yamaha DX7 keyboard (kevinboone.me)
In a touching tribute to digital nostalgia, kevinboone.me waxes poetic about the illustrious Yamaha DX7, a keyboard so iconic it apparently sneezed out half the tracks from the 1980s without anyone tweaking its 32 presets. Hilarity ensues in the comments where techno-sages proudly dissect the minutiae of FM synthesis like it's the genetic code of a unicorn, while everyone conveniently glorifies the auditory arms race of beeps and boops that the DX7 catalyzed. Some helpful soul even provides a DIY tutorial to recreate the glorified preset sounds, because who wouldn’t want their modern, cutting-edge digital audio workstations to mimic the sonic equivalent of a pixelated video game? Ah, the bittersweet symphony of progress.
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13 points by ingve
2024-12-04T12:46:00 1733316360 |
3 comments
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▲ The story of Rogue (spillhistorie.no)
Welcome back to the musty dungeons of online nostalgia where a stray comment can awaken *decades* of geekery. Today, the robes of the ancient UNIX sage are donned once again as we reminisce on Rogue, the progenitor of “you-died-again” simulators. Witness the awe as ancestral gamers emerge, glazed eyes wide, heralding the long-awaited release of Caves of Qud — because nothing says "cutting-edge entertainment" like a game coding odyssey lasting longer than the maturation of a fine whiskey. Meanwhile, the comment section battles fiercely: a snooty forum standoff, recommending obscure roguelikes in what might be the internet’s oldest ritual to prove who can push up their glasses the highest. 🤓
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147 points by gaws
2024-12-03T23:59:24 1733270364 |
62 comments
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▲ Show QN: LimeJourney – open-source Customer Engagement Platform (limejourney.com)
**HN Launches Yet Another Essential Tool: LimeJourney**
LimeJourney, an *open-source, absolutely revolutionary* customer nagging engine, introduces itself as the non-creepy stalker of the digital marketing world. Imagine the delight of getting notifications when you're just trying to forget that overpriced cart! Commenters tripped over broken links and silent demos, hilariously highlighting the very pitfalls of premature product showcases. One might argue that navigating LimeJourney's website is a customer journey of its own - full of twists, turns, and "404 Not Found" surprises. ⚙️🤦♂️
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19 points by flyingsky
2024-12-04T21:38:12 1733348292 |
6 comments
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▲ Show QN: I combined spaced repetition with emails so you can remember anything (ginkgonotes.com)
In a breakthrough that promises to revolutionize inbox clutter, one brave Hacker News user unveils "GinkgoNotes," an app that pesters you with your own notes via email until you can recite them in your sleep. Because, as we all know, the only thing better than forgetting information is having it haunt you repetitively through the medium you associate with work stress and spam. A splattering of enlightened comments ask for game-changing features like "the ability to actually remember things without looking at them," while helpfully questioning why anyone would choose email when existing tools do the job without cluttering your inbox any further. Meanwhile, other commenters are ready to throw money at any solution that pacifies their techno-FOMO, even if it means reinventing the wheel in Markdown. Inbox Zero enthusiasts, beware. 📧🔄
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106 points by iskrataa
2024-12-04T13:50:42 1733320242 |
33 comments
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▲ How to grow professional relationships (tej.as)
**How to grovel your way up the professional ladder with TJS (Total Jargon Salad) Collaboration Model**: In yet *another* groundbreaking blog post on tej.as, a visionary shares his mid-flight epiphany about forming professional cliques while flying first class. Commenters leap at the chance to share their warm, fuzzy tales of how passing smiles with high-powered bosses in exotic locales magically bestowed upon them career nirvana. Watch in awe as they explain the intricate art of "following up" like it's the Da Vinci code of networking, and learn why your career is stalling unless you too have random heartwarming encounters at train stations. Remember, folks: it’s not what you know, it’s who you accidentally bump into at corporate retreats! 🚂💼🌟
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321 points by Liriel
2024-12-04T09:42:02 1733305322 |
168 comments
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▲ Speeding up Ruby by rewriting C in Ruby (jpcamara.com)
🔥 In a staggering display of mental gymnastics, JP Camara magnificently concludes speeding up Ruby by rewriting C in Ruby. While the verbose blogosphere reverberates with Ruby's sluggish benchmarks, commenter intellects clash over whether compilers can optimize their weekend code, or if academic theories of liveness analysis can make it as nightly builds. Meanwhile, the seasoned armchair architects debate the nuanced merits of `Integer#succ` for humans who think like disassemblers, and someone gets way too excited about TruffleRuby, as if Oracle hasn't already disappointed us enough. 🤓 Oh, the hilarity of solving problems no one really has!
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201 points by todsacerdoti
2024-12-04T12:31:51 1733315511 |
72 comments
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▲ Certificate Authorities and the Fragility of Internet Safety (azeemba.com)
Welcome to another round of "Let's Pretend the Internet is Safe," where today's delusion is brought to you by Certificate Authorities—magical entities believed to shield us from the big, bad data thieves. Here, on the digital frontier, we're assured that if you can spell HTTPS, you're practically invincible! Buckle up, folks: the article cheerfully overlooks the charming fact that these guardians of our cyber-safety can be just as hackable as that smart toaster you bought on Black Friday. Meanwhile, the comments section transforms into a battleground where clairvoyant tech prophets and skeptics clash, each armed with an unshakable trust in—or paranoia about—the very system that might be selling their secrets. Trust us, they say, until they can't. 🤡
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10 points by LinuxBender
2024-12-04T22:58:38 1733353118 |
2 comments
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▲ Meta built large-scale cryptographic monitoring (fb.com)
**Meta Invents Big Brother's Toolkit, Comment Section Explodes into Nerdsplaining Fest**
Meta, previously known as Facebook, has apparently spent their copious free time developing a colossal monitoring system, FBCrypto, to verify that nobody is sneakily encrypting cute cat videos wrongly. The commendable system's insights are crucial because no developers can actually grasp what’s happening under their noses without constant robotic surveillance. Meanwhile, in the comment section, keyboard warriors are going full Middle-earth-lore-deep into cryptic cryptographic details, comparing nonces to catastrophic celestial events 🌌. Happy deciphering whether you're breaking the internet or just a minor regulation, folks!
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57 points by kiyanwang
2024-12-02T06:53:40 1733122420 |
17 comments
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▲ The Hoare Cube (johnwickerson.wordpress.com)
**Title**: The Delightful Confusion of The Hoare Cube
**Summary**: Brace yourselves, folks, for another dizzying dive into the world of computer logic with the "Hoare Cube," a puzzle so confounding it makes grown researchers cry into their keyboards. John Wickerson, having failed "Comprehending Cousot 101," attempts to simplify Patrik Cousot's infamous diagram, only to end up as lost as a comment on Hacker News. Meanwhile, in the comments section, enthusiasts share their personal trauma with logical theories, dodging the main discussion with tales of inebriated scholars and existential despair over ELI5 requests. Collectively, we're left to wonder: is the cube solvable, or is it just another way to torment souls in the academic purgatory? 🤯🍷🎲
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51 points by matt_d
2024-12-04T18:09:14 1733335754 |
11 comments
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▲ Launch QN: Parsagon (YC W21) – AI for public affairs and government relations
**AI to Power Bureaucracy: Parsagon Promises the Moon, Delivers a Nightlight**
In a dramatic demonstration of technological overkill, Parsagon (YC W21) bravely announces its AI tool aimed at making government interactions as convoluted as the red tape it promises to navigate. One enlightened Hacker News savant points out the groundbreaking achievement of adding glow effects to button borders, marveling at what three years and three rounds of funding can achieve in the arena of basic web design. Another sharp eye can't reconcile the cosmic dissonance between the company’s name, a play on "Pentagon," and its hexagonal logo—because, clearly, geometric accuracy is the cornerstone of public trust. Meanwhile, another intrepid commenter deploys their own groundbreaking AI that can actually pinpoint when something was said in a YouTube video, clearly outpacing whatever Parsagon pieced together last night with their lavish budget. 🙃
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42 points by sand1929
2024-12-04T16:50:06 1733331006 |
39 comments
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▲ My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback (armaansahni.com)
**Hacker News Edutainment Hour: A Child Prodigy or Just JavaScript?**
In a thrilling display of anthropomorphism, the Hacker News community descends upon a blog post where a *nine-year-old* has dared to program a game using only the raw, unfiltered power of JavaScript. Users, in between muttering about the good old days of BASIC and the superiority of SICP, funneled their existential tech crises into over-analyzing sprite animations and offering unsolicited roadmaps for a child’s weekend project. Meanwhile, the kid’s dad narrates a heartwarming tale of accidental learning via Piskel, inadvertently setting the scene for a future Hacker News debate on the ethical implications of child coding. Truly, we are all enlightened by the fire of a prepubescent game dev’s for-loop.
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907 points by veesahni
2024-12-03T22:08:16 1733263696 |
407 comments
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