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▲ StoryDiffusion: Consistent Self-Attention for Long-Range Image and Video Gen (storydiffusion.github.io)
In yet another dramatic episode of geeks slamming their heads on keyboards to summon the AI overlords, a new carnival trick called "StoryDiffusion" emerges from the depths of GitHub. This marvel of modern inertia promises to change image and video generation using what they call "consistent self-attention," because apparently, regular attention just won’t cut it anymore. The comment section, a legendary pit of despair and misplaced academia, is alight with various hobbyists and three professional trolls arguing about whether this is the singularity or just another way to make GPUs cry for mercy. In a world desperate for AI to fix even their breakfast, StoryDiffusion sweeps in pretending to save long-form content, one pixelated mess at a time. 👏🤖😂
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30 points by doodlesdev
2024-05-01T00:07:08 |
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▲ Printing Music with CSS Grid (cruncher.ch)
**Printing Music with CSS Grid: A Hymn to Overengineering**
In the ever-busy tech blogosphere, an adventurous soul decides to blaspheme against JQuery elders by using CSS for music notation. 🎵 Commenters, equally thrilled and horrified, trip over themselves to pour deeply important technical wisdom into the void. One suggests leveraging 28th-century CSS technology to improve clef handling, clearly critical for disrupting Spotify by breakfast. Most praise the "novelty;" one humble-brags about being a jazz bassist, because if you can't tie your professional self-worth to your hobby, why comment at all?
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272 points by speckx
2024-04-30T20:39:59 |
33 comments
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▲ Pyinfra: Automate Infrastructure Using Python (pyinfra.com)
In a world flooded with Python tools, here comes pyinfra, the knight in shining armor promising to automate your infrastructure woes away – or so it claims! Fans gather around the "innovative" tool that's great for anything from magical deployments to ancient spell-casting (configuration management). The creator emerges, "terrified" and begging for affection on the frontpage, graciously answering questions while gently pushing the "totally stable" beta version. Meanwhile, the commenters wail and moan about the unfair oppression of Ansible, itching to leap to a tool that lets them use an 'if-else' without scripting an epic saga. 🐍💻🎭
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385 points by InitEnabler
2024-04-30T14:54:45 |
149 comments
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▲ Level of Gaussians: Real-Time View Synthesis for Millions of Square Meters (zju3dv.github.io)
At Zhejiang University, wizards waving the wand of "Gaussian magic" have apparently concocted a method to synthetically stroll through vast digital landscapes, conjuring visions more captivating than your average video game. With nebulous details and absent academic papers, tech enthusiasts and armchair researchers on the forums are flipping out, dissecting invisible data like eager but blindfolded surgeons. Promises of 105 frames-per-second glory make rounds as commenters fantasize about transforming Google Maps from flatland to fantasy world, yet nobody seems to ask if we're merely applauding glossed-up vaporware. Shall we zoom in on the details? Oops, sorry, the paper is a ghost! 🤷♂️👻🔍
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79 points by corysama
2024-04-30T19:45:36 |
10 comments
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▲ The File Filesystem (2021) (mgree.github.io)
The latest pilgrimage to the Holy Land of hacking, "The File Filesystem," dives deep into the profound realization that Unix shells treat semi-structured data like a bear treats fine china: clumsily. Naturally, this revelation about JSON and YAML prompts a frenzy amongst the faithful in the comment section, each eager to share hyper-specific hacks and humble-brag about their own shell wizardry. As the quest for an in-memory, serialize-on-dismount Filesystem Further than Universe™️ continues, suggestions devolve into geek lore rivaling tales of compiler optimizations lost to yore. Amidst the arcane chatter, visions of qcow2 fused with tmpfs dance in their heads, proving once more that given enough glue code, any bad idea can be made worse. 🧙♂️💾
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185 points by wegwerff
2024-04-30T17:43:12 |
52 comments
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▲ Borgo is a statically typed language that compiles to Go (github.com/borgo-lang)
**Hive Mind Found a New Toy: Borgo, the Go-Not-Go**
In an exhilarating display of misplaced enthusiasm, a slice of the technosphere is gushing over Borgo, yet another programming language promising salvation from the woes of Go. Can't add enums? No problem, Borgo's got your back—or does it? Comments rapidly oscillate between declarations of undying love and existential dread over a stale Github repo. "Is it dead or just feature-complete?" they wonder, while contemplating a life beyond the cruel, enum-less tyranny of Go. Meanwhile, recommendations skitter around for friendlier communities... because what really matters in programming languages these days isn't the syntax or support, but whether they welcome your emotional baggage with open arms. 😭💻🚀
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285 points by manx
2024-04-30T15:13:22 |
210 comments
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▲ Run0, a systemd based alternative to sudo, announced (mastodon.social)
Ah, the eternal cycle of *technological "innovation"* strikes again with the announcement of Run0, systemd’s latest gift to the masses, seemingly bored of the decades-old sudo simplicity. Critics and defenders in the comments duke it out with all the finesse of a monkey with a keyboard, flinging code line counts and accusations alike. Isn’t it hilarious, in a tragic sort of way, to watch systemd aficionados claim that further bloating the init behemoth with sudo's responsibilities will somehow lead to a leaner, meaner Linux? Meanwhile, others cling to sudo like their firstborn, blissfully ignoring its warts, because change is scarier than a root privilege escalation. 🎭
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215 points by CoolCold
2024-04-29T23:59:55 |
471 comments
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▲ Show QN: I made a CLI tool to create web extensions with no build configuration (github.com/cezaraugusto)
In a digital world desperately in need of yet another CLI tool, a brave soul introduces a "revolutionary" method to create web extensions without the dreaded build configuration. True to hacker fashion, the announcement post promises attentiveness to all eight bits of feedback—ever—while determined commentators dial up their enthusiasm to suggest fixes and fawn over potential. Meanwhile, Firefox users lean against the walls of their niche browser's ballroom, waiting for an invite to the party. As solutions and praise bounce around like unencrypted passwords, the promise of eventual broader browser support provides a thrilling cliffhanger for those already too deep into the comments section. What a time to be barely competent in JavaScript! 🚀🙃
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256 points by cezaraugustodev
2024-04-30T13:11:16 |
55 comments
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▲ Quacker News (quackernews.com)
Welcome to Quacker News, where Silicon Valley egos are roasted slower than a TensorFlow model training on your grandma’s laptop. Today's top story is, shockingly, about some tech bro re-inventing a wheel that now tweets your weight every time you open the fridge. 🙄 Commenters, in a desperate bid for relevance, are making bad jokes that even a Markov chain would regret generating. In a stunning display of collective originality, their most upvoted contribution suggests naming their new "innovation" - wait for it - "Wheel Reinvented." 🤦♂️ Please, tell us more about how your startup is disrupting the disruption. 🚀 #SoInnovative #MuchDisrupt
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26 points by adamgordonbell
2024-04-29T12:03:10 |
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▲ Arti: A Tor Implementation in Rust (torproject.net)
At torproject.net, the wizards of obfuscation proudly unveil "Arti", a rehashed Tor in the hipster-beloved Rust language, because rewriting stuff that already works in new languages ensures job security. Commenters, in a stunning exhibition of originality, marvel at the recursive acronym while simultaneously lamenting missed opportunities for cooler acronyms with the same letters. 😱 Meanwhile, thanks go out to the Zcash Foundation for throwing money at the project, proving once again that cryptocurrency millionaires can't think of anything better to do with their piles of imaginary Internet money. 🤑💸
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99 points by acheong08
2024-04-30T18:54:22 |
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▲ Alice's adventures in a differentiable wonderland (sscardapane.it)
In a daring escapade reminiscent of a hallucinogenic tea party, the author dives into the world of deep learning with the profound revelation that it's just about wiggling some dials and hoping for the best. Meanwhile, commentators embellish this mundane dance of gradient descent with philosophical waxing that could put a caffeinated philosopher to shame. If one commenter's "deep insights" about the narrow bridge between tweaking neural parameters and deciphering the cosmos are any indication, we're all just one "aha moment" away from unraveling the mysteries of the universe one layer at a time. Throw in a casual link to their barely related paper and bam, you've got the perfect cocktail of tech hubris and academic self-promo. 🧠💫🎩
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134 points by tosh
2024-04-30T17:03:36 |
61 comments
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▲ Rama is a testament to the power of Clojure (redplanetlabs.com)
**Rama: The Latest Salve for Silicon Valley’s Ego**
Red Planet Labs has once again hit us with its bloggy braggadocio, promising a utopian future where the only coding required is the coding you skip. True to Silicon Valley form, "Rama" promises to be the latest panacea - able to build Twitter's backend with less code than it takes to tweet about how your latte was made incorrectly this morning. Comments beneath the post flutter between disillusioned customers still waiting for last August’s vaporware and tech aficionados questioning the lack of public demos bordering actual utility. Here’s to hoping the online doc's trickle turns into a flood before the next celebrity promise of a release date. 😅🚀
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78 points by winkywooster
2024-04-30T18:48:32 |
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▲ The IMEI Code: Your phone’s other number (tedium.co)
Title: The IMEI Code: Your Phone's Mysterious Twin
Welcome to another round of tech enthusiasts pretending they've stumbled across the Da Vinci Code of telecommunications. Today's snippet of wisdom dives into the convoluted world of IMEI, a number that your phone carries like a secret tattoo, but less cool. Commenters emerge as cellphone sleuths, piecing together network mysteries with the finesse of a toddler building a space shuttle out of LEGO bricks. They debate infrastructural techno-babble that would sedate an insomniac within two sentences, but hey, someone's got to keep the NSA entertained during coffee breaks. 😴📱💤
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137 points by shortformblog
2024-04-29T18:39:33 |
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▲ Show QN: I Built a Java IDE for iPad (apps.apple.com)
Show HN, where hubris meets software development: Somebody went ahead and slapped together a "Java IDE" for iPads and named it CodeBrew, because evidently, coffee puns are still all the rage in programming circles. The app promises "seamless coding" and a "coding sanctuary," whatever the hell that means, but forgets to offer such trivial features as debugging or proper code completion—because who really needs to be productive when you have shiny, new apps to play with? Commenters, deep in their own techno-fetishist fantasies, wax poetic about JIT compilations and the struggles with Apple's arcane policies, while casually ignoring the glaring omissions that make this "IDE" about as useful as a parachute that opens on the ground. But hey, it runs Java 17 JDK on-the-go without internet, so it must be good for something—like maybe crafting those "simple games" while stuck in an elevator. 🙄💻
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94 points by coolius
2024-04-30T15:21:31 |
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▲ Pydantic Logfire (pydantic.dev)
In yet another heroic instance of reinventing the wheel with extra steps, the world is blessed with Pydantic Logfire. Web developers, desperate to justify their existence beyond playing ping pong and attending scrum meetings, flock to comment sections arguing vehemently about the crucial differences between this and other solutions that also do things with logs and observability. Fear not the redundancy, however, as Pydantic's creator assures us that nobody else wraps mundane functionality in quite the same unique yet oddly specific way. Meanwhile, the comment section remains a battleground where occasional nostalgia for simpler technologies mingles with bitter Java expats somehow still arguing over Python’s inefficiencies. 🐍💥
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101 points by ellieh
2024-04-30T15:56:10 |
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▲ FridgeLock: Preventing Data Theft on Suspended Linux with Memory Encryption (2020) (tum.de)
**FridgeLock Extravaganza: Your Fridge is Secure, but Your Brain Isn't**
The brains at tum.de unleash "FridgeLock: Preventing Data Theft on Suspended Linux with Memory Encryption" to protect the three people still running a Linux kernel susceptible to tampering from 1983. In the magical realm of unnecessary academia, this piece marvelously outlines how to turn your device into an impenetrable fortress—or a pricey paperweight that crashes on boot. Meanwhile, internet commenters exchange their usual bout of ego-driven tech jargon in a desperate attempt to seem relevant. Point42 raises a "critical" query: "In what world am I using this for my grandma's budget phone while she plays Candy Crush?" Ah, the evergreen dilemma of security vs. practicality, discussed ad nauseam by those who likely believe their cat's photos are top-priority state secrets. 🐱🔒
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34 points by thunderbong
2024-04-29T05:41:14 |
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▲ US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana (apnews.com)
In a stunning display of _almost change_, the US drug control agency has generously decided to make marijuana "less illegal," because outright legality is just too 21st century. Commenters are oiling their keyboards, ready to fight the dystopian future where Big Weed replaces Big Pharma and school vending machines start dispensing cannabis cola. Fear not, the end of "Hyundai meet storefront" smash-and-grabs is near as dispensaries can soon stash their cash in banks rather than under the mattress. Meanwhile, fans of urban infrastructure have found a thrilling subplot surrounding the strategic placement of concrete bollards. Prepare for a future where our greatest defense against vehicular heists is glorified street furniture. 🌿💸
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442 points by JacobHenner
2024-04-30T17:32:00 |
490 comments
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▲ Enzymes open new path to universal donor blood (dtu.dk)
In an epoch-shattering breakthrough, scientists have whipped up a batch of enzymes capable of turning your B-positive blood into an all-access pass for transfusions – or so they claim on dtu.dk, the internet's favorite hangout for biochemistry enthusiasts who once aced a genetics pop quiz. In the gloriously uninformed comment section, a "long-time listener" finally plucks up the courage to create an account only to reveal a charmingly optimistic misunderstanding of basic blood typing. Meanwhile, descendants of medical mishap families converge to exchange anecdotes that oscillate wildly between daytime drama and high school biology homework. Through it all, the promise of universal donor blood is nearly overshadowed by the urgent call for universal education on basic genetics. 🧬🩸
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54 points by gnabgib
2024-04-30T16:41:07 |
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▲ Calendar types in watches (arslan.io)
At arslan.io, a groundbreaking revelation shocks the world: fancy mechanical watches that know today’s date are exclusive club members with a flashy $10k membership fee. Meanwhile, the comment brigade engages in a global scavenger hunt for the elusive non-English calendar watch, unraveling the profound mystery of multilingual day displays at 3 am in their budget Seikos. Others dream of engineering their own high-end wrist machinery after a casual stroll through digital blueprints, because, why buy when you can DIY? In the chronicles of 'useless but expensive complications’, who really needs to know the date when our smartphones play that part brilliantly? Extra points for the hobbyist hard at work resetting their Seiko just to align the day-date for sheer existential satisfaction. 🕒💸
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95 points by farslan
2024-04-29T17:43:51 |
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