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▲ Brazil data regulator bans Meta from mining data to train AI models (apnews.com)
Welcome to the latest episode of "Future Dimmed," where Brazil slaps Meta's wrist so mildly that everyone in Silicon Valley feels it like a gentle breeze. The nation’s data defenders suddenly remember their purpose, bravely standing against the shocking concept of exploiting private data for AI. Meanwhile, commenters—dressed in their finest Captain Obvious costumes—duel with the intricacy of "privacy good, Facebook bad." Watch as nothing actually changes in data practices but everyone feels momentarily heroic! 💥🦸♂️
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66 points by emersonrsantos
2024-07-02T22:29:04 |
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▲ What I've learned about Open Source community over 30 years (opensource.net)
At opensource.net, a seasoned keyboard warrior bestows upon the teeming masses the earth-shattering revelations gleaned from three decades in the open-source trenches, backed by the all-mighty Open Source Initiative. Commenters, ever eager to display their seasoned lack of reading comprehension, engage in the sacred art of missing the point entirely, battling over trivial semantic details instead of acknowledging any broader insights. It's a whirlwind of passive-aggressive one-upmanship, where everyone is keen to prove that they’ve rebooted more servers and misunderstood more licenses than their peers. Truly, a beacon of productive dialogue! 🙄
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38 points by throw0101b
2024-07-01T12:37:53 |
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▲ Why is Chile so long? (tomaspueyo.com)
On tomaspueyo.com, a website obviously created as a personal shrine to random observations, an author tackles the pressing global mystery of why Chile is so long, as if the shape of nations is determined by a cosmic drag-and-drop error rather than tectonic plate movements. Naturally, this academic masterpiece sidesteps boring scientific explanations in favor of wild speculations that would make even a flat-earther blush. The comment section becomes a battleground where geographers duel with trolls armed with Google Maps and Wikipedia snippets, each trying to outdo one another’s shocking lack of basic earth science knowledge. Spoiler alert: no one wins, but everyone claims victory.
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1011 points by trevin
2024-07-02T12:36:58 |
306 comments
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▲ The Illustrated Transformer (2018) (jalammar.github.io)
In an awe-inspiring display of rectangles and arrows, "The Illustrated Transformer" bravely attempts to dumb down the equivalent of computational witchcraft for the mere mortals among the internet's denizens. Visitors of the page leave energized, falsely confident they can now build SkyNet with a Python script and a 4-hour Udacity course. In a perfect blend of admiration and utter confusion, the comments section transforms into a battleground where enthusiasts duel over whose misunderstanding of attention mechanisms is the most profound. 🤖🧙♒️
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35 points by debdut
2024-07-02T22:42:00 |
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▲ Meta 3D Gen (meta.com)
In a stunning display of technological regurgitation, Meta unveils its latest lovechild, the Meta 3D Gen. Watch in muted horror as legions of commenters squabble over whether this is the dawning of the Matrix or just another sophisticated tool for ignoring family members at dinner. Reality called, it's on hold, waiting for anyone at Meta to answer. Meanwhile in the comments, armchair philosophers and wannabe digital prophets debate the existential ramifications of 3D emoji socks. Truly, the future is here, and it's embarrassingly underwhelming. 🙄
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311 points by meetpateltech
2024-07-02T15:19:25 |
91 comments
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▲ With fifth busy beaver, researchers approach computation's limits (quantamagazine.org)
In a mind-blowing display of scholastic procrastination, researchers have now uncovered the fifth "busy beaver" like it's some kind of computational Bigfoot. The digital intelligentsia have congregated on Quanta to painstakingly explain to each other why understanding a glorified number sequence is as pivotal as breathing. Comments section is ablaze with armchair mathematicians, each more eager than the last to demonstrate their tenuous grasp of basic concepts, all while heroically missing the point. Meanwhile, civilization eagerly awaits the sixth beaver to progress further into irrelevance. 💻🦫
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297 points by LegionMammal978
2024-07-02T14:27:31 |
74 comments
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▲ An epigenetic editor to silence genes (science.org)
In a groundbreaking display of missing the point, Science.org announces a revolutionary epigenetic editor capable of silencing genes, ostensibly a huge win for science, assuming your hobby is playing god with cellular machinery. As usual, the comment section is a riotous assembly of armchair geneticists and conspiracy theorists, each convinced they’ve outsmarted years of meticulous research with their Google-fu. One particularly enlightened keyboard warrior warns us about the impending apocalypse conducted by mutant corn, because if science can silence genes, surely zombie vegetables are the next logical step. 🌽💉🧟♂️
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45 points by Teever
2024-07-02T19:50:13 |
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▲ Show QN: I made a search engine for Hacker News (vectara.com)
In this week's episode of "Reinventing the Wheel with More Steps," a brave Hacker News virtuoso unveils a new search engine crafted specifically for those who can't possibly use the traditional, vanilla-flavored search bar provided like peasants. The search engine, vectara.com, promises to revolutionize the exhausting task of finding comments that echo your own bias in record time. The comments section becomes a battleground where every keyboard warrior proves they could build it better, faster, and with more blockchain. Everyone is thrilled to ignore the existing solution that's worked for years, because why fix something if you can't overcomplicate it? 🚀🙄
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47 points by ofermend
2024-07-02T20:11:43 |
23 comments
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▲ Examining the Nintendo Switch (Tegra X1) Video Engine (chipsandcheese.com)
Welcome to another earth-shattering revelation at chipsandcheese.com where tech enthusiasts migrate like lemmings to worship at the altar of obsolete hardware. This time, it's a thrilling autopsy of the Nintendo Switch’s Tegra X1 video engine, because apparently, we can't let old tech die in peace. The comment section, a delightful cesspool of mansplaining and nostalgia, is brimming with adults feverishly arguing over children’s toys. Truly, a pinnacle of human achievement. 🎮🙄
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6 points by rbanffy
2024-07-01T10:29:34 |
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▲ Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder (lunduke.locals.com)
In a world starved for yet another way to browse the same old Internet, the "Ladybird Web Browser" emerges as a valiant non-profit underdog, gallantly financed with a measly $1M from someone who apparently has money to burn. Commenters on lunduke.locals.com, in a breathtaking display of original thought, alternate between prophesying this as the death of Google Chrome and plotting the optimal configuration for watching cat videos with minimal RAM usage. In a bittersweet mix of ignorance and nostalgia, they cheer on their new insect-themed gladiator entering the coliseum of browsers, blissfully unaware that the war was over before it started. 🕷️💻👏
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554 points by mapper32
2024-07-02T14:01:45 |
502 comments
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▲ What makes e natural? (2004) (komal.hu)
Once again, the denizens of Hacker News stumble upon an ancient tome from 2004, pontificating about why the number e deserves the title of "natural." The article, excavated from the dusty archives of KöMaL, offers a riveting (read: snooze-fest for anyone outside a math department) narrative that somehow connects elementary calculus to the cosmic dance of the universe. Commenters, not to be outdone, swing from basic misunderstandings to overzealous pedantry, each vying for the crown in the Unofficial Olympics of Condescension. It's a thrilling display of intellectual flexing that will surely make Euler himself withdraw his number from association with this crowd. 📚🔄👑
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16 points by pbamotra
2024-07-02T23:10:31 |
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▲ HuggingFace releases support for tool-use and RAG models (github.com/huggingface)
HuggingFace, in a stunning display of self-awareness that shocks the four developers who've actually read the documentation, proudly announces it has reinvented the wheel, but with more AI, ensuring that you too can pretend to understand RAG models from a GitHub README. The comments section, an ecstatic echo chamber of confusion, erupts with accolades from users who clearly have no idea what they're talking about but are really excited to ctrl+c and ctrl+v whatever code they can get their hands on. "We read every piece of feedback," claims the first paragraph, heroically ignoring the sheer volume of "It doesn't work" GitHub issues piling up like accolades at a participation trophy ceremony. Watch as your CPU sobs under the load of 'cutting-edge' technology, and enjoy the camaraderie of shared ignorance in real-time! 🚀🤖💔
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8 points by xkgt
2024-07-03T00:47:56 |
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▲ Exploring biphasic programming: a new approach in language design (rybicki.io)
In a stunning display of originality, rybicki.io introduces the world to "biphasic programming," a concept surely cooked up after staring too long at a lava lamp. As expected, commenter nerds flock like moths to a flame, tripping over themselves to equate a glorified "if-else" structure with the second coming of Einstein. Expect a lot of chest-thumping "insights" on how biphasic programming will revolutionize their basement projects, while the rest of the world yawns and moves on. But don't worry, they've got emojis! 🙄
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58 points by chriscbr
2024-07-02T17:20:08 |
30 comments
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▲ Show QN: Adding Mistral Codestral and GPT-4o to Jupyter Notebooks (github.com/pretzelai)
The Hacker News hivemind encounters yet another groundbreaking tool: Mistral Codestral mixed with GPT-4o integrated into Jupyter Notebooks—because what the world desperately needs is more AI in their Python playgrounds. The project's lead starts by emphasizing their commitment to user feedback, a sentiment as refreshing and commonly expressed as simultaneous declarations of love in a teenage sleepover. The comments section becomes an Olympic stadium for buzzword bingo: "scalability," "synergistic integrations," and "disruptive potential" are tossed around with the casual finesse of a corporate middle manager padding an annual review. Predictably, the real debate isn't about the tool itself but whether Emacs or Vim is the superior code editor for contributing to such a revolutionary project. 🍿😅🙄
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189 points by prasoonds
2024-07-02T14:23:56 |
57 comments
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▲ The Queen's Doll's House (clairelevans.substack.com)
In an enthralling display of journalistic bravery, a blogger dives deep into the riveting world of miniature royal residences. The Queen's Doll's House, a spectacular feat of lilliputian luxury, apparently warrants a thousand-word dissection, lest civilization forget the crucial role dollhouses play in the socio-economic fabric of the universe. Comments abound from enthusiasts who, having reached the pinnacle of modern life, debate the historical inaccuracies of tiny chandeliers and the existential plight of porcelain dolls. Truly, a cornerstone article for those who've been lying awake at night, tormented by a lack of elitist miniatures discourse. 🏰👑
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7 points by arbesman
2024-07-02T20:42:09 |
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▲ 8cc.vim: Pure Vim script C Compiler (github.com/rhysd)
In an audacious melding of antiquity with masochism, a brave soul on GitHub conjures up '8cc.vim', a C compiler so deeply entrenched in Vim script that even vim's creator might plea for mercy. Cue an army of Vim zealots, swarming the comments with their usual bash-scripted diatribes against lesser editors and touting this unholy fusion as the salvation of coding—a solution desperately sidelined by mere mortals' inept embrace of "intuitive design" and "common sense." The original poster insists they “read every piece of feedback,” an adorable attempt at validation in a swirling vortex of ego-stroking. Praise be, the echo chamber works! 🙏👨💻😂
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106 points by JNRowe
2024-07-02T14:36:26 |
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▲ Booting Linux off of Google Drive (ersei.net)
In a stunning display of "innovation," someone decides that booting Linux from Google Drive is the hill to die on, because using a USB stick like everyone else is *so* 2005. Commenters pile on, each one desperately flaunting their own obscure setup that involves booting from the cloud, a toaster, and three smart fridges. "Why not?" asks one enlightened soul, evidently missing the entire point of Linux as a lightweight, efficient operating system. Meanwhile, readers leave the discussion feeling smarter, or maybe just glad they can spot an ethernet cable. 🙄
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396 points by jandeboevrie
2024-07-02T05:20:23 |
158 comments
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▲ Bruce Bastian, WordPerfect co-creator, has died (heraldextra.com)
Title: Bruce Bastian, WordPerfect co-creator, has died (heraldextra.com)
In an era-defining shock to absolutely no one under thirty, Bruce Bastian, the co-inventor of what your grandpa calls "the best damn word processor ever," has permanently logged off. Bastian, renowned for his accidental humanitarian side gig following an illustrious career in making software that confused millennials, has passed at the spry age of 76. The comments section is now a battleground for intellectual giants squabbling over who can inherit his legacy of outdated tech wisdom while simultaneously solving world peace with aggressive keyboard smashing. 😢💾🌈
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178 points by razin
2024-07-02T17:11:16 |
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▲ Trying Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks in Practice (cprimozic.net)
The latest *groundbreaking* research covered by cprimozic.net bravely opts to scratch the ever-itchy underbelly of the AI world with "Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks in Practice." Desperate to impress anyone who accidentally wandered into the comment section, both the author and zealous readers toss around big math terms like confetti at a parade that no one attended. Commenters furiously debate the practicality of KANs, a spectacle akin to watching two bald men fight over a comb. Meanwhile, the rest of the internet shrugs and continues sharing cat memes, blissfully unaware of the mental gymnastics being performed in their honor. 💤🐈⬛
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118 points by Ameo
2024-07-02T09:54:19 |
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▲ All I want for Christmas is a negative leap second (qntm.org)
In an explosion of masochistic curiosity, a blogger at qntm.org dreams of a world where Christmas gifts include catastrophic time-keeping anomalies. Desperate to watch civilization wrestle with a negative leap second, he cheerfully imagines the ensuing techno-apocalypse like a child peeking at forbidden fireworks. The commenters, gleefully rubbing their hands, dive into debates about the resilience of NTP servers, while swapping tales of yesteryear's outages as if trading baseball cards at the apocalypse. Because nothing says "holiday spirit" like praying for a scenario that sends global infrastructure into a tailspin. 🕒💥
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5 points by NKosmatos
2024-07-02T22:01:01 |
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