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▲ An intuitive guide to Maxwell's equations (2020) (photonlines.substack.com)
On photonlines.subtrack.com, yet another brave keyboard physicist embarks on the Herculean quest to demystify Maxwell's equations for the teeming masses—because clearly, what the world lacks is more simplified STEM content written by possibly self-aware AI algorithms. The comments section becomes a battleground where electrical engineers and first-year physics students clash with the zest of medieval warriors, each determined to prove their superior grasp of electromagnetic fields using the most obscure references possible. Who knew that the real purpose of Maxwell's equations was to inflate egos and ignite comment wars? Meanwhile, genuine understanding of the actual physics remains as elusive as a straightforward Internet explanation. 🙄
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104 points by gballan
2024-06-02T20:54:43 |
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▲ Lowering resource usage with foot and systemd (rgoswami.me)
In a stunning display of *technological necromancy*, an intrepid blogger unearths "groundbreaking" methods to optimize resource usage by coupling *foot* and *systemd*—because clearly, what the world lacks is more systemd integrations. Sweating over server load like it's the impending climate apocalypse, the author embarks on a quest paralleled only by those of Don Quixote, armed with config files and daemon scripts. The comments section, a veritable echo chamber of config tweaks and one-upmanship, quickly devolves into smug diatribes about who can shave off more microseconds from boot times. Here's to hoping their machines are as performant as their pedantry! 💻⚡😒
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23 points by HaoZeke
2024-06-02T22:55:29 |
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▲ Eight years of organizing tech meetups (2023) (eatonphil.com)
Eight Years of Torture: An intrepid soul chronicles nearly a decade lost organizing tech meetups, crafting a cautionary tale out of what we assume are the very pinnacle of social and technological interactions (spoiler: they're not). In a stunning act of bravery, the author invites readers to skip directly to the end, presumably to avoid the middle section where the hope of productive networking dies amidst free pizza and awkward silences. Commenters, in a surprising display of self-awareness, argue about whether Python or JavaScript is more to blame for their chronic attendance at such soul-sucking events. 👽🍕💔
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55 points by luu
2024-06-02T23:31:00 |
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▲ Upgrading my Chumby 8 kernel part 10: RTC (downtowndougbrown.com)
In the latest riveting installment of "Adventures in Obsolescence," downtowndougbrown takes a deep dive into the thrilling world of RTC on his Chumby 8. Breaking away from the cutting-edge tech of 2010, our intrepid blogger proudly marches backwards through time to reinvent the wheel. Impressively, it only took ten posts to reach a topic that nobody but the author cares about. Fans in the comments cheer him on, one-upping each other with similarly irrelevant technical feats, proving once again that the internet never forgets — it just stops caring. 🕰🛠
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77 points by todsacerdoti
2024-06-02T17:44:06 |
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▲ Everything I know about the fast inverse square root algorithm (github.com/francisrstokes)
In an earth-shattering blog post that will redefine your understanding of both "everything" and "algorithm," a brave soul tackles the deft complexities of the fast inverse square algorithm, be still our beating hearts. The author graciously claims to read every scrap of feedback—surely a Herculean task given the enlightened discourse you invariably find in online comments. Speaking of, the comment section turns into a dazzling showcase of barely-contained egos and one-upmanship—because nothing says "I read the docs" like arguing over trivial semantics at 3 AM. Come for the algorithm, stay for the slapfight over who can recall more digits of pi from memory. 🥧
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111 points by atan2
2024-06-01T11:16:18 |
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▲ Protecting sensitive data in Elixir GenServers (2023) (gabrielpereira.dev)
In a thrilling expedition deep into the heart of the unknown, a brave blogger at gabrielpereira.dev heroically attempts to teach the internet how to protect sensitive data in Elixir GenServers. Because apparently, the biggest threat to server security is now neophyte Elixir programmers who can't distinguish between GenServer and a coffee server. 💻🙈 Dive into the comments where the enlightened elite toggle between congratulating themselves for mastering basic Elixir tutorials and mistakenly exposing their API keys while arguing about immutability. Rest easy knowing that your sensitive data is as secure as a screencap on Twitter.
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24 points by gabrielpedepera
2024-06-02T21:53:46 |
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▲ QN-text: an easy-to-use, text-first Hacker News terminal client (github.com/piqoni)
In an awe-inspiring leap back to the 1980s, a brave coder heralds the revolutionary "HN-text," a Hacker News interface for anyone nostalgic for the days of dial-up and green text on black screens. Naturally, the Hacker News crowd spends several hours debating the ethical implications of using emojis in terminal applications rather than commenting on the actual utility of the software. One visionary even suggests dockerizing it for added overhead, because apparently, the point of a lightweight terminal client was just too mainstream. Here we witness peak startup culture: reinventing the obsolete to feel productive. 🚀💾
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49 points by todsacerdoti
2024-06-02T20:26:59 |
24 comments
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▲ SPI Flash (trmm.net)
Welcome to Another Day in Hobbyist Paradise, where a blogger runs out of weekend projects and decides building a faster SPI flash tool is the peak of technological innovation. Equipped with everything from a Teensy board to a chip-clip that probably cost more than your lunch, behold the creation that reads and writes bits slightly quicker than its antediluvian predecessor—truly, an epiphany in USB stick format. Commenters, awe-struck by the sheer audacity of digital overachievement, are already drowning their Raspberry Pis in ceremonial respect. Meanwhile, links to Bitbucket serve as breadcrumbs, leading the bravest solder slingers to replicate this monolith of microchip mastery. 😱🔥👩💻📦
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147 points by todsacerdoti
2024-06-02T14:21:21 |
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▲ L(O*62).ONG: Make your URL longer (looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...)
In the latest web-based absurdity, a revolutionary disruptor in the tech scene aims to transform the ancient, esoteric art of sharing URLs by making them as inconveniently long as humanly possible. History will remember where they were when L(O*62).ONG taught the world to sing, one painfully drawn-out hyperlink at a time. Commenters, emerging like pixelated prophets from under their digital rocks, herald this innovation as either the zenith of human intellect or the trigger for an entirely new kind of online existential crisis. Who knew that stretching one's URL could effortlessly stretch credulity as well? 🙄🔗
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138 points by lnyan
2024-06-01T05:43:16 |
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▲ Ask QN: What was your most humbling learning moment?
In a riveting display of unbridled narcissism, Hacker News delves deep into the profound topic of "What was your most humbling learning moment?" 🤔. Watch in awe as tech bros momentarily step off their self-built pedestals to share anecdotes that subtly imply they’re usually infallible geniuses—with oodles of humility just oozing from their keyboard warrior fingertips. Comments fluctuate between self-aggrandizing tales thinly veiled as humility and not-so-subtle plugs for their barely relevant startups. True humility has never been so loudly proclaimed. 🙄
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123 points by spcebar
2024-06-02T16:43:01 |
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▲ Why is Snapshot Isolation not enough? (concurrencyfreaks.blogspot.com)
Today on Concurrency Freaks, we learn that Snapshot Isolation isn’t the godsend fix to all database woes that four sleep-deprived developers hoped it was. Cue shocked gasps. Apparently, diving deep into the complexities of concurrent systems just to point out that snapshot isolation, like your homemade hovercraft, isn't flawless, is peak computer science. Meanwhile, in the comments, armchair experts debate over esoteric database problems, each trying to 🏆 out-nerd the others with increasingly obscure references. None of them have actually written to a database not hosted by Firebase.
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63 points by todsacerdoti
2024-06-01T11:43:07 |
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▲ cuDF – GPU DataFrame Library (github.com/rapidsai)
In a groundbreaking effort to revolutionize how quickly we can ignore data, cuDF announces its GPU DataFrame Library, ensuring that your feedback goes unread faster than ever before. Commenters, in a display of rare genius, simultaneously fail to grasp the concept while offering expert opinions on how to improve it. Expect to see a lot of "Have you considered using Blockchain?" as the top-tier tech advice. Marvel as everyone takes the claim of "taking your input very seriously" very seriously.
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18 points by tosh
2024-06-02T19:37:01 |
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▲ Inequality Without Class (dissentmagazine.org)
The good people at Dissent Magazine have bravely belched out another mental smoothie titled "Inequality Without Class," fearlessly discovering that inequality involves more than just money - a concept so revolutionary, it might just trigger the proletariat's ascension to bourgeois enlightenment. As they somersault through Marxist confetti, they beseech us to gaze *beyond the economic*, because who needs stale wage data when you can have spicy ideological discourse? Meanwhile, the comment section morphs into a back-alley brawl of intellectual one-upmanship, as readers, fueled by unpaid internships and expensive espresso shots, spar over who can name-drop Adorno with the most contempt. 🎩💰📚
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14 points by pelt
2024-06-02T19:18:53 |
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▲ Mesh Spreadsheet: A data and code editor that feels like a spreadsheet (github.com/chrispsn)
In an inspiring burst of *originality*, yet another code enthusiast has blessed the world with "Mesh Spreadsheet" – a data and code editor that masquerades as a spreadsheet because apparently rectangles are pivotal to human survival. The developers assure us they "read every piece of feedback," which means they're definitely not holed up in a silo, but are actually deep in the trenches of GitHub comments, deciphering the profound demands of anonymous users demanding more color themes. Commenters engage in high-octane debates over whether this will finally kill Excel, or just maim it slightly, and share war stories from the epic field of data entry. 📊💻🚑
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62 points by tosh
2024-05-30T12:14:41 |
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▲ Horseshoe crab counting with New York’s citizen scientists (thecity.nyc)
In an exhilarating display of avoiding meaningful employment, New Yorkers have taken to counting horseshoe crabs, because tallying these living fossils is obviously the pinnacle of citizen science. These avant-garde earth saviors, equipped with nothing but their smartphones and a profound sense of self-importance, gather data that will almost certainly end up in a forgotten Google Drive folder. Meanwhile, the comment section bubbles with hot takes on the existential significance of horseshoe crabs, interspersed with heated debates over the best vegan crab cake recipe. Who knew conservation could be so crabtivating?
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34 points by pausing
2024-06-01T19:23:03 |
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▲ Copy-and-Patch: Fast compilation for high-level languages and bytecode (2020) (arxiv.org)
In a valiant attempt to solve the perennial problems of "my code is slow" and "I can't believe it's still compiling," a daring academic paper emerges on arXiv. The solution proposed is *Copy-and-Patch*, a method that promises to fast-track the compilation of high-level languages and bytecode into something resembling efficiency. Armed with charts and graphs that could double as modern art, the paper aims to dazzle its three readers. Meanwhile, in the comments section, GitHub warriors and Stack Overflow sages engage in holy wars, passionately debating the best text editor for reading PDFs, blissfully unaware of the article's content. 🤓🚀
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137 points by tosh
2024-06-02T12:07:07 |
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▲ Lord Kelvin and his analog computer (ieee.org)
In an absolutely game-changing historical throwback, the lords of tech over at IEEE Spectrum have graced us with the riveting tale of Lord Kelvin and his fanciful analog computer. 🎩🖥️ A device so old it’s practically steampunk, Kelvin's contraption foreshadowed our modern nightmares of Excel spreadsheets. As the comment section devolves, watch an army of tech-obsessed enthusiasts argue whether a Victorian-era calculator would have boosted their crypto mining rigs, while others lament the days when "computer" made people think of brass gears rather than blue screens of death. Surely, a riveting peek into technology that most readers will politely pretend to understand at dinner parties. 🍷💾
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91 points by sohkamyung
2024-06-02T13:17:18 |
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▲ Call Your Local Wizard (slate.com)
**Title: Call Your Local Wizard**
In a riveting exposé on historical "Find My iPhone" alternatives, Slate tells the enthralling tale of Mabel Gray, whose spoon-detective saga cost her a skilled tradesman’s weekly wage. Today’s readers, steadfast in refusing to pay for journalism, find themselves oddly enchanted by the idea of parting with cash for ferry rides and wizard consultations. Comments sections flourish with individuals planning their next career move into the lucrative field of "urban wizardry," convinced they'll make a killing in cities where people can't stop losing their AirPods. Through nostalgic magic and economic anachronism, 17th-century problems collide head-on with 21st-century commentary, each equally confused about how economics or magic spells actually work.
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54 points by drdee
2024-06-01T06:10:30 |
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▲ Here comes the Muybridge camera moment but for text (interconnected.org)
In yet another flailing attempt to marry science with the literary, a recent interconnected.org bloviation proposes measuring the "velocity of concepts over a piece of text"—because, clearly, what Joyce really needed was a speedometer. The blog's readers, in a feat of intellectual gymnastics, manage to debate this with straight faces, offering up gems like "speed-reading through Proust" and earnestly calculating the escape velocity for metaphors from dense literary black holes. Who knew that literature was just a drag race between concepts per word? Oh, to be a fly on the wall at the next bohemian book club equipped with radar guns for Faulkner. 💨📚
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61 points by RA2lover
2024-06-02T15:57:41 |
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▲ An accident of lighting uncovers origins of the astrolabe (nautil.us)
In a groundbreaking marriage of Art + Science, Nautilus reveals that flipping the light switch can indeed lead to monumental discoveries, like figuring out where astrolabes come from. Who knew illumination could be so illuminating? Enlightened hobbyists in the comments eagerly one-up each other with obscure historical *tidbits*, while mistakenly believing they’re contributing to science rather than just flexing their Google skills. Truly, a beacon of accidental genius. 🤓💡
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28 points by jnord
2024-05-31T22:54:40 |
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