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▲ Testing Generative AI for Circuit Board Design (jitx.com)
In an utterly unforeseen move, a tech blog has once again used a TLDR to promise groundbreaking insights into using LLMs for something as riveting as circuit board design. This ground *definitely* hasn't been covered before, by the same types of “pioneers” swapping between GPT4o, Claude 3 Opus, and Gemini 1.5, hoping one of these digital Frankensteins will finally replace even the lowliest intern. Optimistic hobbyists and armchair engineers are tripping over themselves in the comments to either hail these tools as the second coming of Edison, or decry them as elaborate random number generators. Place your bets on how many iterations we'll endure before someone just goes back to using good old-fashioned human ingenuity.
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239 points by DHaldane
2024-06-21T16:16:31 |
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▲ Aster shootdown over Sydney in 1955 (navyhistory.au)
In a stunning display of historical illiteracy, navyhistory.au revisits the "Aster shootdown over Sydney" in 1955, an event that shockingly did not change the course of history, because *it never happened*. However, this doesn't stop legions of armchair admirals from flooding the comments section, armed with Wikipedia snippets and misplaced confidence, debating the strategic implications of this fictional event as if they're one flush away from rewriting maritime law. 🚢💥 Faced with the choice between reality and fantasy, the enthusiasts chirp with excitement over non-existent missile tech, blissfully unmoored from the tedious anchors of facts or historical accuracy. It's like watching the Flat Earth Society hold a geography quiz – both painful and hilarious.
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138 points by tapper
2024-06-21T17:33:28 |
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▲ Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publishers' court win (arstechnica.com)
On arstechnica.com, the champions of digital hoarding are mourning as the Internet Archive is *forced* to delete half a million books, because, apparently, copyright law still exists. Who knew? 📚💔 Commenters are in full revolt, crafting their tinfoil hats into origami bookmarks as they decry the fall of "free" information. Some are even threatening to go outside and—gasp—visit a real library. Meanwhile, somewhere in a dark room, a group of publishers toast with champagne worth more than your car. 🥂🚗
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146 points by cratermoon
2024-06-21T21:53:54 |
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▲ CRIU, a project to implement checkpoint/restore functionality for Linux (criu.org)
Welcome to CRIU, where the noble quest to turn your Linux session into a glorified save game continues against all odds. Hobbyists and professionals thrilled by the possibility of pausing and resuming processes now band together to ask the vital question: "Can it save my system before I accidentally destroy it with a bad script?" Fortunately, generous commenters are always on standby, providing invaluable advice like "Have you tried turning it off and on again?", thus elevating the discourse to heights previously assumed unreachable by human endeavor. Through their combined efforts, perhaps Linux can finally catch up to the technological wizardry of a 1990s Nintendo. 🎮💾
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120 points by JeremyNT
2024-06-21T16:59:52 |
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▲ Connection Machine Lisp (1986) (acm.org)
In an exhilarating blast from the past, the wizards of yore at ACM have unearthed a relic from 1986 discussing Connection Machine Lisp, a piece so riveting it could only be fully appreciated by those who have spent more meaningful relationships with their keyboards than with actual humans. As expected, the comment section is bustling with nostalgic tech elitists tripping over each other to boast about the "good old days" of programming, when code was cryptic, and user interfaces were a luxury of the weak. If you ever longed to witness a bunch of middle-aged neckbeards wax poetic about how much better technology was before you were born, here’s your chance. Come for the Lisp, stay for the smug sense of superiority! 🧙♂️💾
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31 points by twoodfin
2024-06-20T14:17:02 |
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▲ From Infocom to 80 Days: An oral history of text games and interactive fiction (arstechnica.com)
On Ars Technica, the digital hipsters have taken a break from their cryptocurrency meltdowns to nostalgically froth over the golden era of text-based games - that pinnacle of entertainment before graphics ruined the purity of their ASCII dreams. Dive into the "oral history" of interactive fiction, which, spoiler alert, involves a lot of people – who arguably should be out in the sun – reminiscing about typing "GO NORTH" into a command line. The comments are a spiraling vortex of thirty-somethings waxing lyrical about Zork, as if rerouting a troll in a game is akin to solving world hunger. Get ready to embark on an adventure, but don't forget your text parser! 📜💾
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155 points by pseudolus
2024-06-21T13:30:21 |
56 comments
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▲ NTS (TeX reimplementation in Java from 2001) still compiles under Java 16 (github.com/jamespfennell)
In a thrilling display of technological necromancy, a band of heroic keyboard warriors has resurrected NTS, a reimplementation of TeX in the esoteric art form known as Java, because clearly what the world lacks is more Java versions of things that already work. We're assured with much gravitas that it "still compiles" under Java 16, eliciting cheers from dozens. As relics go, this one's up there with a floppy disk containing Windows 95. Comments range from misty-eyed nostalgia trips to passive-aggressive debates on the merits of Java garbage collection, proving once again that no amount of modern technology can prevent nerds from arguing about obsolete tech. 📜👴💻
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24 points by wolfi1
2024-06-21T20:23:14 |
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▲ Solving puzzles faster than humanly possible (biggieblog.com)
In the latest digital yawp from biggieblog.com, the self-proclaimed wizards of the web unveil their revolutionary method for solving puzzles with the speed and passion of a sloth on sedatives. As readers dive into convolutions about algorithms smarter than their creators, the comments section transforms into the intellectual equivalent of a food fight at a Mensa convention. Here, every armchair Einstein competes for the crown in the "I could do it better but choose not to" Olympics. Tech bros, dads with too much time, and three genuinely lost Internet explorers debate whether this is indeed the future of puzzles, or just another reason to not go outside. As usual, progress marches on, one misplaced ego at a time. 😂🤖💡
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24 points by panic
2024-06-21T21:10:28 |
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▲ Software design gets worse before it gets better (tidyfirst.substack.com)
In a stunning revelation that surprises absolutely no one, a blogger at tidyfirst.substack.com bravely declares that "Software design gets worse before it gets better." This groundbreaking insight sends shockwaves through the robust community of developers who previously thought their code magically improved while they slept. Commenters eagerly one-up each other with war stories about their own code disasters, each anecdote more traumatic (and less verified) than the last. It’s a race to the bottom in both code quality and comment quality, but everyone's a winner when it comes to self-congratulation on their epic journeys of mundane debugging. 🙄
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139 points by KentBeck
2024-06-19T14:36:30 |
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▲ How does a computer/calculator compute logarithms? (zachartrand.github.io)
In a stunning display of reinvention, zachartrand decides that explaining logarithms is now *the* way to save humanity, repackaging old mathematical content with the fresh twist of *updated version*. Readers from around the globe, lured by the thrill of understanding exactly how their calculators compute logs, dive into a realm where high school math is treated like the latest iPhone release. The comment section quickly transforms into a battleground where self-proclaimed geniuses argue over computational methodologies, each more eager than the last to demonstrate their intellectual supremacy by nitpicking irrelevant details. Truly, we stand on the shoulders of giants, watching them argue over who forgot to carry the two. 🧮🙄
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104 points by ykonstant
2024-06-21T13:54:24 |
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▲ Hope without optimism – transcription of a talk by Dave Snowden (2022) (gist.github.com)
In a daring escape from relevance, Dave Snowden gives a talk titled "Hope without Optimism,” which, despite the misleading grandeur, might just be about managing expectations in his basement. Tech bros and armchair philosophers on GitHub, mistakenly thinking they’ve stumbled into a TED Talk, furiously debate whether hope can indeed exist without a subscription to optimism. One commenter claims to have transcended hope, optimizing his lifestyle to include daily crying sessions. Meanwhile, the actual content of Snowden's talk remains as elusive as the concept of managing a coherent project on GitHub. 🤷♃️
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20 points by owulveryck
2024-06-21T21:02:19 |
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▲ Show QN: Lady Deirdre 2 – Rust Framework for Compilers and LSP Servers (github.com/eliah-lakhin)
The Hacker News crowd is all aflutter over "Lady Deirdre 2," another framework that promises to revolutionize compilers and LSP servers by, wait for it, using Rust. Because what the world clearly needs is *yet another* Rust framework to worship at the altar of memory safety and performance. The creators assure us they "read every piece of feedback and take your input very seriously," which is Silicon Valley speak for "Thanks for the free debugging, suckers!" Meanwhile, the comments section is a predictable soup of buzzwords and undying declarations of love for Rust, interspersed with the occasional soul brave enough to ask, "But do we really need this?" Yes, dear commenters, keep feeding the hype machine; it thrives on your blind devotion and existential despair. 😂
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89 points by Eliah_Lakhin
2024-06-21T09:40:40 |
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▲ The Eggcorn Database (lascribe.net)
On the latest web corner, The Eggcorn Database, language purists and casuals alike have united in giddy, obsessive compilers of "eggcorns" — those delightful linguistic missteps where words or phrases sound correct but hilariously aren't. Visitors of this treasure trove can be seen showcasing their superiority complex by correcting mere mortals with their eye-rolling expertise. 🙄 In the comments section, expect an endless loop of "actually"-fueled debates where everyone insists their misunderstood lyric from 2003 is the most quintessential eggcorn known to humankind. Grab some popcorn 🍿 and watch as the commenters passionately argue over nuances with the fervor of sport, yet remarkably manage to *not* solve any actual linguistic debates.
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34 points by RodgerTheGreat
2024-06-18T18:12:15 |
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▲ Hobbyists who collect barf bags (cnn.com)
In another mind-bending revelation, CNN demonstrates once again that the bottom of the news barrel has failed to hold. Hobbyists, driven by an insatiable desire to immortalize half-digested snacks and turbulence-induced nausea, are apparently collecting barf bags. The colorful commenters are thrilled, swapping tales of these puke pouches like they're discussing rare Van Gogh paintings. "Magnificent! Very on-brand for 2023," cheers one enthusiast, clearly mistaking motion sickness for artistic expression. 🎨🤮
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17 points by Amorymeltzer
2024-06-20T15:05:14 |
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▲ Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion beyond S.F (sfchronicle.com)
In an unsurprising turn of events for the three people still tracking the "progress" of autonomous vehicles, Waymo somehow convinced another batch of bureaucrats that their self-driving clown cars are ready to roam free beyond the utopian paradise of San Francisco. Enthusiastic tech bloggers and confusing interface designers across Silicon Valley are ceremoniously dumping their lattes in celebration while preparing LinkedIn posts about how they're "thrilled" and "humbled" to be part of the revolution that will solve all of our problems by creating entirely new ones. Meanwhile, the comment section is a delightful dumpster fire of armchair CEOs and weekend ethicists predicting societal collapse or utopia, depending on how many sci-fi books they’ve read this month. To the surprise of absolutely no one, no one discusses the actual article anymore. 🎉🚙💥
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148 points by rntn
2024-06-21T16:24:09 |
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▲ The Vienna Secession: A History (theviennasecession.com)
On the obscure digital corner of theviennasecession.com, an article dares to unfurl the thrilling tale of the Vienna Secession, presumably because the mainstream gossip about Beyoncé and Brexit just isn’t niche enough for some readers. In the comments, various wannabe Klimts and Schieles engage in the timeless art of one-upmanship, arguing over brushstrokes and typefaces with the kind of fervor usually reserved for Twitter spats about the best Star Wars movie. Never has the question “But what does it really *mean*?” been typed with more self-satisfied smugness. Strap in for a wild ride through excessively floral prose and painfully pretentious art critiques, only on theviennasecession.com! 🎨🖼️
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18 points by keiferski
2024-06-21T20:29:42 |
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▲ An ingestible device to record gastric electrophysiological activity (medicalxpress.com)
In a world plagued by actual problems, groundbreaking tech bros usher in the future with an ingestible device that spies on your stomach activity, because your gastric secrets were the final frontier in privacy invasion. The comment section erupts in a circus of uninformed paranoia and armchair expertise, as dozens declare this the end of humanity, and others pen treatises on how they knew about this technology in the '90s. No word yet on when we can expect Twitter integration, because what’s a medical breakthrough without real-time social media updates?
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10 points by wglb
2024-06-18T15:54:14 |
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▲ Twitter and the spread of academic knowledge (mattsclancy.substack.com)
In an era where scholarly thought battles for airspace between cat videos and political mud-slinging, a groundbreaking analysis from mattsclancy.substack.com delves into Twitter's role as a beacon of academic enlightenment. Spoiler alert: it's not reshaping the ivory towers, just letting professors tweet threads into the void at record rates. The comments section, a vibrant cesspit of misunderstanding, showcases armchair experts contesting the impact of 280 characters on the evolution of human knowledge. Here, every user is a self-appointed bearer of truth, armed only with hot takes and a shaky grasp of the retweet button.🎓📉💬
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62 points by nickwritesit
2024-06-21T14:44:59 |
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▲ SVG: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (2021) (eisfunke.com)
In an earth-shattering revelation tailor-made for the web's esteemed cadre of armchair developers, "SVG: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" dissects the absolutely riveting world of Scalable Vector Graphics. Eisfunke takes a daring plunge into the technological abyss to emerge with insights that will surely save humanity from bitmap-induced doom. Commenters, in a heroic display of missing the point, squabble over typographical errors and reminisce about the golden age of Adobe Flash, while bravely ignoring any substantive discussion about SVG itself. A true spectacle of digital enlightenment.👏👓
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48 points by fanf2
2024-06-21T20:42:03 |
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