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▲ How CD Pregaps Gained Their Hidden Track Superpowers (tedium.co)
In a searing exposé, tedium.co drags us into the obscure world of CD pregaps, revealing that these mystical artifacts are not merely relics of the technologically inept '90s but are, in fact, the lost playground of misunderstood musical geniuses. 🎸📀 Who knew that that annoying bit of silence could carry such *earth-shattering* import? Certainly not the commenters, who seem to believe rediscovering CD technology is akin to unearthing the Dead Sea Scrolls, rather than just admitting they lost their Spotify passwords. 🧐 Major revelations include: CDs still exist, some people touch them on purpose, and there might just be a secret message if you play the silence backward and believe hard enough.
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57 points by shortformblog
2024-07-09T19:38:36 |
28 comments
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▲ Own $20 MicroPython Smartwatch (tolidano.com)
In a thrilling twist that no one asked for, a blogger at tolidano.com expounds upon the Herculean effort of jamming MicroPython onto a smartwatch that costs less than a hipster coffee. Hacker News enthusiasts, ever hungry for ways to feel like they're living in a dystopian cyberpunk novel, are salivating at the chance to turn their $3 wrist trash into a disappointing tech project. Commenters vie to one-up each other with increasingly obscure use cases, like programming their watch to remind them every five minutes that they still haven't finished their personal side projects. Just another day in paradise for hobbyists with too much time and not enough social engagements. 🙄
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14 points by tolidano
2024-07-08T04:12:55 |
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▲ How to validate a market with development boards and SD cards (flyingcarcomputer.com)
Title: "Validating Markets: Wizards with Breadboards"
Once again, the internet gifts us with a groundbreaking revelation from flyingcarputer.com, decreeing that anyone who dares solder a resistor onto a development board is poised to become a titan of industry—assuming they can find the on-switch. The author stumbles upon *ancient wisdom* from Cooley Go about validating U.S. markets—wisdom so profound, it apparently eluded them until now. Commenters reciprocate with a vibrant tape-deck of echoes, each professing newfound enlightenment as if the concept of using development tools for validation transcends mere mortality. Buckle up, future unicorns, for an electrifying ride directed by board and byte! 🚀💡
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32 points by zkirill
2024-07-09T19:47:32 |
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▲ Compile-time JSON deserialization in C++ (medium.com/abdulgh)
In an epoch-defining moment of clarity, a brave Medium.com keyboard warrior tackles the Herculean task of compile-time JSON deserialization in C++, because apparently, runtime was just too mainstream. Watch in awe as C++ is bent into unrecognizable forms to parse text before the program even runs. Commenters, in a dazzling display of missing the point, argue vehemently over the best micro-optimizations, while one lone voice asks, "Why not just use Python?" This only fuels the flame war as allegations of blasphemy and poor type safety are thrown about, because clearly, this is the hill to die on. 🙄😂
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25 points by dctwin
2024-07-06T09:35:33 |
7 comments
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▲ Ask QN: Should I consolidate my blogs into one?
This week on Hacker News, a crucial existential question emerges from the depths of personal branding struggle: should a budding thought leader consolidate their multiple meandering blogs into a single repository of enlightenment or continue to fragment their vast wisdom across the interwebs? Commenters, ever eager to dispense advice they seldom follow, engage in a masterclass of overthinking, skillfully dodging the real issue: nobody reads your blog(s). Opinions range from in-depth technical treatises on SEO to nostalgic ramblings about the golden age of RSS feeds. It's a riveting display of missing the point, but hey, *at least everyone gets to feel smart*.
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21 points by skwee357
2024-07-08T14:45:49 |
20 comments
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▲ Scoped Propagators (orionreed.com)
In an exhilarating display of intellectual fireworks, orionreed.com blesses the huddled masses with "Scoped Propagators," expounding a thesis so blatantly obvious, you'd think it was inscribed on the Rosetta Stone. Readers, in a desperate bid to showcase their own similarly breathtaking intellects, engage in a comment section battleground, tossing around jargon like confetti at a parade that nobody wanted to attend. Watch as egos inflate and facts deflate, in this gripping saga of armchair engineers attempting to out-engineer each other. It's like watching a dog chase its own tail but with more theoretical computer science and less joy. 🎓💥
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100 points by cdata
2024-07-09T13:54:59 |
27 comments
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▲ Turbopuffer: Fast search on object storage (turbopuffer.com)
In a courageous venture into the unsolved, some really big brains from desolate basements and fluorescent-lit office cubicles are thrilled to introduce *Turbopufffer*, a revolutionary approach to searching through cybernetic catacombs faster than you can say "deadline missed." Commenters, highlighting their decades of neglecting personal development in favor of debugging code, either hail this as the messiah of indexing or decry it as "just another buzzword bonanza set to plunder our yearly budgets." Each opinion is dumped with the conviction that only anonymity and a shaky grasp on social cues can provide. 🤓👨💻
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158 points by Sirupsen
2024-07-09T14:48:59 |
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▲ Circos – Circular Visualization (circos.ca)
In a valiant attempt to make the enigmatic art of circular visualization accessible to the mere mortals of data science, Circos launches its kaleidoscope into the browser tabs of the desperate and the dateless. Armed with gradients and an inexplicable affinity for color schemes last spotted in a 1970s wallpaper catalog, Circos enthusiasts make grandiose claims about readability and aesthetics. Meanwhile, the commenters, embracing the mighty call of DNA sequencing and headache-inducing charts, wage war over who can configure the most illegibly intricate graphic. Spoiler alert: no one wins, but everyone pretends they did. It's a vibrant swirl of confusion, but at least it's **pretty**.
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82 points by smartmic
2024-07-09T11:44:40 |
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▲ International Reply Coupon (wikipedia.org)
In a thrilling display of bureaucratic enthusiasm, Wikipedia unpacks the fascinating world of the International Reply Coupon, a glorified postage stamp which everyone definitely remembers and absolutely cares about. Online hobbyists, determined to avoid any actual human contact, rally passionately about the slight differences in stamp perforations like medieval scholars debating the number of angels on the head of a pin. The comments section transforms into a battleground where seasoned philatelists and bewildered newbies clash over the nuances of postal history, each armed with the devastating weapon of pedantic knowledge. Surely, no sharper sword was ever forged. 📮🔍
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41 points by chaoskanzlerin
2024-07-07T14:52:57 |
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▲ Framework Laptop 13 Deep Dive: A laptop webcam with smartphone technology (frame.work)
In a groundbreaking revelation sure to upset the foundation of technology as we know it, a blog post delves deep into the cavernous enigma of the Framework Laptop 13's webcam, which—hold onto your ergonomic gaming chairs—uses smartphone technology. 🤯 This epic saga thoroughly dissects how the miraculous integration of a teeny-weeny smartphone camera into a laptop might just catapult humanity into a new era of slightly clearer Zoom meetings. Commenters, in a display of unmatched originality and technical prowess, engage in a virtual brawl over pixel sizes and lens flares, each valiantly defending the honor of their favored megapixel count. It's a fierce showdown in techno-geek paradise, proving once and for all that nothing ignites fiery digital discourse quite like a camera small enough to fit in your nostril.
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67 points by thenobsta
2024-07-09T21:24:42 |
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▲ Judge dismisses DMCA copyright claim in GitHub Copilot suit (theregister.com)
In a stunning blow to armchair legal experts everywhere, a judge has dismissed the DMCA copyright claim against GitHub's Copilot, apparently unaware of the countless hours these self-proclaimed guardians of justice spent formulating *perfect* arguments in the comments section of every tech blog. The law, in an unexpected twist, did not consult Reddit before making a decision. Comment sections are now aflame with strategy sessions about how this miscarriage of justice can be appealed, because if there's one thing more reliable than the DMCA, it's the legal expertise of someone who calls themselves "CodeLord_69". 😱💻🔨
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131 points by samspenc
2024-07-09T18:25:03 |
181 comments
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▲ Tim Doucette, a blind astronomer who built the Deep Sky Eye Observatory (amiplus.ca)
Tim Doucette, a "blind" astronomer — because vision is just so mainstream — mystically transforms his personal observatory, Deep Sky Eye, into the ultimate stargazing hotspot. Commenters, in a thrilling display of missing the point, compete for gold in the 'inspirational cliché Olympics,' with contributions ranging from "he sees the stars with his heart" to "truly, in space, no one can hear you squint." Clearly, the universe isn't the only thing expanding; so are our collective clichés about disability.
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52 points by noyesno
2024-07-07T16:04:41 |
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▲ Dynamic translation of Smalltalk to WebAssembly (thiscontext.com)
On thiscontext.com, tech enthusiasts witness a grand attempt to shove the ancient whispers of Smalltalk into the spanking new suitcase of WebAssembly. 🧳 The editorial marvel finds a way to bring together three languages in a loveless polygamous marriage designed to confuse freshman CS students and reignite wars in old programming forums. Comment section warriors, anointed with the holy oil of past glories, pretzel their brains to decide if Smalltalk murmuring sweet nothings to JavaScript before honeymooning with WASM is either a crime against humanity or just against software development. Meanwhile, practical readers become mired in nostalgic debates about whether Smalltalk was ever *really* cool, or just a fever dream induced by too much late-night coding. 🛌💤
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115 points by lioeters
2024-07-09T10:34:20 |
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▲ Show QN: Crawlee for Python – a web scraping and browser automation library (crawlee.dev)
Title: HackerNews Discovers Crawlee, Immediately Plans to Scrape the Entire Internet
An entrepreneur, tireless in their quest to reinvent the wheel, graces HackerNews with "Crawlee," a tool promising to make web scraping as easy as breathing in the heavy aroma of your overheated laptop. While it doesn't solve all your problems (yet), HackerNews users are already busy planning how to scrape websites they never visit, delving into legal grey areas with the subtlety of a bull in a China shop. Commenters compete in a dazzling display of one-upmanship, boasting about their non-existent fully distributed scraping systems, while simultaneously asking questions that reveal they may not actually understand what HTTP stands for. 🙄 Surely, the internet is now better for it!
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197 points by jancurn
2024-07-09T08:30:38 |
50 comments
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▲ PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights (robertheaton.com)
In an act of unfathomable charity, a brave tech blogger has ventured into the perilous unknown of "free wifi on airplanes." Riveting content that daringly poses the question: what if the internet but slower and in the sky? This groundbreaking analysis sparks an intellectual melee in the comments section, where various experts (who definitely understand how satellites work) debate the ethics of using free WiFi to stream their entire Netflix backlog. Meanwhile, real tech aficionados share tips on the best ways to maximize bandwidth by only occasionally glancing up from their screens to ensure the plane is not on fire.
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582 points by oumua_don17
2024-07-09T12:01:37 |
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▲ MobileLLM: Optimizing Sub-Billion Parameter Language Models for On-Device Use (github.com/facebookresearch)
In a thrilling display of obfuscation, Facebook's research army unveils MobileLLM, a language model so lightweight it almost compensates for the intellectual heft of its creators. Proclaiming a democratic breakthrough in AI, they assure us they "read every piece of feedback" – a comforting thought processed in sub-billion parameter intellects, undoubtedly. The comment section, a buzzing hive of misunderstandings, is aflame with hobbyist programmers and data-illiterate marketeers outdoing each other in missing the point. Never has the gap between creating and comprehending been rendered so vividly in emoji and misplaced technical jargon. 😂🔥
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185 points by tosh
2024-07-09T11:48:42 |
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▲ Tokyo's oldest train line – in pictures (theguardian.com)
Tokyo's oldest train line – in pictures
The Guardian delivers yet another heart-stopping exposé, this time a photographic odyssey around Tokyo's Yamanote line, because nothing screams "journalistic innovation" like a slideshow of a train. Introduced in 1885 and evidently not photographed until now, this "hustling, bustling" relic delights millions with its cramped, green-car charm. In the comments, armchair urbanists and weekend photographers rally to outdo each other with nostalgic anecdotes and riveting tales of their own daily commutes, because if there's anything more exhilarating than riding a crowded train, it's certainly reading about it on the internet. 🚆📸
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83 points by bookofjoe
2024-07-09T18:51:28 |
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▲ Show QN: Tegon: Open-source alternative to Jira, Linear (github.com/tegonhq)
The hacker community is thrilled to meet Tegon, yet another solution to a problem solved more times than an introductory algebra quiz. "We take feedback seriously," proclaim the creators, ensuring every user that their screams into the void are indeed heard. As usual, the comment section turns into a gladiatorial arena where JavaScript frameworks are both weapons and shields, and no one can agree whether this Jira look-alike is the messiah or just a very naughty boy. Future billionaires, or so their GitHub profiles suggest, argue vividly using terms like "scalable," "intuitive," and "why isn't this built in Rust?" 🚀🙄
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131 points by harshithmul
2024-07-09T06:01:47 |
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▲ End-to-end congestion control cannot avoid latency spikes (2022) (apnic.net)
In an exhilarating breakthrough, a blogger at apnic.net has finally declared that "End-to-end congestion control cannot avoid latency spikes," stunning the three people on the planet who thought it could. The article dives deep into technical esoterica, presumably to ensure that even the most masochistic network engineers get their dose of induced insomnia. In the comments section, various Internet heroes battle each.Suppose you need proof that everyone online has a PhD in hindsight engineering, plus a minor in missing the point.
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104 points by fanf2
2024-07-09T08:42:03 |
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