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▲ An experiment in UI density created with Svelte (cybernetic.dev)
**An Experiment in Cramming Pixels (cybernetic.dev)**
In a world desperate for screen real estate, one brave soul embarks on an adventure to push UI density to its Sisyphean limits. Our hero introduces a series of arcane toggles—Decimals, Group Digits, you name it, which might or might not morph your screen into an impenetrable fog of data. Meanwhile, in the comments, a platoon of armchair engineers earnestly debates whether React's ugliness is an aesthetic or performance issue, as if their morning coffee depended on it. Faced with such perilous UI adventures, one wonders if users will need to be paid extra, not just the programmers. 🤓💾🔍
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427 points by 11001100
2024-07-27T17:23:55 |
108 comments
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▲ Intel N100 Radxa X4 First Thoughts (bret.dk)
Title: Intel N100 Radxa X4: A Beacon of Hope for Hobbyists or Just Another Gadget?
In an era where tech enthusiasts get hyped over anything with a microchip, the Intel N100 Radxa X4 review on bret.dk emerges as the corner of the internet provisionally spared from total irrelevance. Visitors flood the comments section with their one-of-a-kind discoveries that a computer, indeed, computes! Witness the breathtaking insight as one commenter praises the N100 for its ability to "perform fantastically" - groundbreaking news if you've been living under a rock since the 90s. Meanwhile, others debate the philosophical implications of owning a power-efficient "single Alder Lake E-core cluster" capable of transcoding videos and maybe, just maybe, revolutionizing their next basement Minecraft rave. **Riveting** stuff for those who consider “perf/watt” ratios more exciting than watching paint dry. 🎉🎉
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33 points by geerlingguy
2024-07-27T22:51:57 |
17 comments
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▲ Show QN: Semantic Grep – A Word2Vec-powered search tool (github.com/arunsupe)
At Hacker News, the techno-utopians wax poetic about "Semantic Grep" – a search tool so dazzling, it threatens the monopoly of dumpster-diving through 90s-style Ctrl+F functions. Marvel as comments swing from unexpected epiphanies ("OMG, why didn’t I figure this out during my three failed machine learning startups?") to tech one-upmanship ("Actually, CleverCorp implemented semantic word hunting in their smart toasters back in '17"). Watch the crowd juggle tech jargon like a circus act, hypothesizing about grafting entire LLM models onto their greppy toy, all the while fretting whether "grep for 'death'" could accidentally summon a digital grim reaper. In this theatre of the absurd, every enterprising keyboard warrior is just one regex away from achieving Silicon Valley immortality—or at least a cool GitHub repo to flaunt. 👓🚀
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146 points by arunsupe
2024-07-27T18:02:58 |
20 comments
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▲ Tritone Substitutions (johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com)
**Tritone Substitutions: Because Regular Music Theory is Too Mainstream**
In his latest post on johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com, a mathematician decides to teach us barbaric fools how tritone substitutions make music sound fancy, as if graphics and diacritic-heavy music lingo weren’t enough to give your brain an off-key workout. Commenters dive into a frenzy over the correct way to spell chords, because apparently, it's a cardinal sin to misname C# as Db, even in a sonic realm where no one cares. Meanwhile, a pedantic parade clashes over historical accuracy in music theory, because obviously Bach was all about that jazz, right? Stay tuned for next week when we use quantum physics to explain why your guitar is out of tune. 🎵🤯
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56 points by chmaynard
2024-07-27T19:52:34 |
29 comments
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▲ Managarm: Pragmatic microkernel-based OS with asynchronous I/O (github.com/managarm)
**Today in Hobby OS Fashion Week**: _Managarm_ struts its pragmatic microkernel down GitHub's runway, flaunting _asynchronous I/O_ like it's the new black. Commenters, meanwhile, transform a straightforward software development thread into a nostalgic '90s LAN party, reminiscing over their first GUI crushes and arguing over whose basement had the best C++ compiler. Whether it's a debate on the merits of C++ for kernel programming or an unrequested history lesson on Windows documentation failures, there's always a software historian ready to hijack the conversation for a trip down memory lane. Who knew kernel development could be both an engineering challenge *and* a bedtime story for aging techies? 😴💻📜
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80 points by ksp-atlas
2024-07-27T19:06:14 |
34 comments
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▲ Roguecraft Devs on Developing for Amiga in 2024 (timeextension.com)
Roguecraft Devs unleash yet another scintillating discussion on the bleeding edge of technology by pondering the timeless question: how to best resurrect the dinosaur-Amiga for modern coding antics in 2024. Hobbyists across the digital multiverse convene to revel in the masochistic joy of cross-compiling and floppy disk alchemy, showcasing links like sacred relics of a bygone era. Our brave commenters, armed with GCC incantations and an undying affection for all things obsolete, traverse this arcane quest, seeking the holy grail of "a slick and effective dev flow." As if development wasn't already an exercise in nostalgic futility, these enthusiasts sprinkle extra challenge by stubbornly clinging to their beloved, fossilized platforms. 🎉🏰 Rearguard action or the height of irony? Only time - or perhaps timeextension.com - will tell.
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45 points by ibobev
2024-07-27T20:35:40 |
2 comments
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▲ Göttingen was one of the most productive centers of mathematics (theconversation.com)
**Why Göttingen was a Big Deal: A Roast of Math History**
In today's installment of "old centers of smarty pants," we find out that Göttingen, now just a dot on your outdated European map, was once a math powerhouse—surprise! 🎉 The academic equivalent of a one-hit wonder, Göttingen gets its fifteen minutes of fame solely because some big names like Gauss and Riemann hung their hats there. Article readers, in a stunning display of missed points, wax poetic about recreating this ancient geek mecca, blissfully ignoring the article's lead about ‘National Socialism’ doing the nerdy utopia in. Meanwhile, commenters engage in delightful mental gymnastics, debating whether today’s tech makes physical proximity as obsolete as their understanding of the subject. Because who needs historical context or complete answers when you can focus on structuring the perfect virtual faculty lounge? 😉
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122 points by marvinborner
2024-07-27T16:08:26 |
106 comments
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▲ A User’s Guide to Statistical Inference and Regression (mattblackwell.github.io)
**A User’s Guide To Not Blaming Your Tools: A Love Story With Numbers**
Ah, statistics, the beloved sanctuary for those who cherish the illusion of precision in the murky waters of social science. Today, Matthew Blackwell embarks on a quixotic quest to teach the magic of numbers to first-year hopefuls who believe understanding p-values might actually make a difference in the grand cosmic game of academic "guess who." Commenters swoon with relief, applauding Blackwell for barricading them against the dire threat of becoming "moronic industry data scientists." Because clearly, any fool knows the real charm of number-crunching isn’t the decimal dust it leaves behind, but simply ensuring everyone knows you’ve played the game with your big, impressive, statistical words. 🎲💫
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31 points by sebg
2024-07-25T19:56:13 |
3 comments
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▲ Show QN: Preprocessor I've been working 4 years now (npmjs.com)
**Today on Hacker News: Another Day, Another Preprocessor** - A valiant Hacker News warrior unveils "Pretty Markup," the latest attempt to save the world from the horrific tyranny of HTML angle brackets. After slaving away for four Earth years and crafting what can only be described as Sass for HTML, our hero desperately pleads for GitHub stars and npm installs. The commenters, ravenous for anything that mimics the late 2010s Tycoon-era coding shortcuts, dance around the actual usability of the tool while reminiscing about Jade... sorry, Pug... or was it Haml? Meanwhile, the README, devoid of examples but rich in navigation gifs, leaves potential users as lost as a JavaScript coder in a typescript conference, marveling at the slow-motion autocomplete feature that’s as intuitive as a drunk UI/UX designer.
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44 points by mopires
2024-07-23T17:14:12 |
11 comments
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▲ The secret of Minecraft (2014) (medium.com/message)
In an attempt to shake the very foundations of journalism, a recent piece on Medium.com confuses explaining Minecraft with unveiling the lost city of Atlantis. The writer delves deep into the "secret" of pixels and crafting, illuminating exactly zero readers with revelations such as "water is wet" and "the sky is often blue." The comment section, a wretched hive of misunderstood sarcasm and misplaced nostalgia, serves as a support group for those traumatized by the complexity of virtual landscaping. Surely, the future historians will point to this as the moment civilization peaked. 🙄
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86 points by prawn
2024-07-24T20:26:00 |
111 comments
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▲ Plan 9 Is a Uniquely Complete Operating System (posixcafe.org)
Title: The Curious Case of Plan 9: Revolution in Plastic Bubble Wrap
Imagine an article from posixcafe.org that enthusiastically claims Plan 9 could potentially be your main OS because, well, it throws in everything including the kitchen sink by default. That’s right: forget simple kernels or optional add-ons; we're in the land of über-completeness! Meanwhile, web historians and hobbyists in the comments wax poetic about UI aesthetics like it’s a fashion show, ignoring the OS’s actual tech prowess. One spirited soul, escaping nostalgia for a bygone GUI era, doggedly insists it was never about looking pretty but revolutionizing systems—a concept they assure us is still waiting in the wings to change the world, any day now. Isn't it adorable when tech enthusiasts miss the forest for the trees? Let's all stare earnestly at our mouse cursors in solidarity. 🖱️😌
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18 points by moody__
2024-07-27T23:52:32 |
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▲ An Interview with Robert Caro and Kurt Vonnegut (1999) (robertcaro.org)
In a forgotten corner of the internet, two literary giants play footsie in history's most riveting interview about absolutely nothing. Watch in *bafflement* as Robert Caro and Kurt Vonnegut, two experts in their own irrelevance, navigate the treacherous waters of a dialogue that leads to…the great shoeless revelation! 🦶 Meanwhile, the echo chamber of commenters vibrates with the profundity of discovering that books can be heavy and Vonnegut dislikes guns. Each comment orbits closer to a black hole of missed irony, celebrating their escape from the gravity of depth. 🌀
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46 points by cocacola1
2024-07-27T18:10:31 |
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▲ Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with store employees in Maryland (apnews.com)
In a stunning turn of events, a corporation worth trillions has finally agreed to throw a few extra crumbs at the serfs who sell its shiny overpriced rectangles. The historic "union contract" in Maryland is hailed as a victory for employees, who can now afford an additional half an Apple stand per month. Comment sections are ablaze with part-time corporate apologists and people who've just learned the word "unionize," debating whether this will ruin their chances of overpaying for a phone assembled by someone making considerably less. 🍎💸
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70 points by heavyset_go
2024-07-27T21:46:51 |
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▲ Oscar Zariski was one of the founders of modern algebraic geometry (boogiemath.org)
**Algebraic Geometry: Not As Sexy As Nuclear Physics?**
In an exciting twist of fate that could only happen on boogiemath.org, we encountered a biography of Oscar Zariski, one of the countless mathematicians who apparently changed the world while wearing name tags because nobody knows who they are. The commentary section blossoms with readers tripping over themselves to share equally sleep-inducing anecdotes about other mathematicians, each story desperately clutching at some shred of human relatability. From tearing pants at a garden party to missing your own wedding because math just can’t solve itself, it's clear our heroes of the abacus lead lives that are just on the edge of blockbuster material. Brace yourselves, dear readers, as your guide to algebraic geometry is also an unofficial pajama party historian. 👖✂️🎉
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154 points by boogiemath
2024-07-27T12:12:18 |
61 comments
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▲ Learning about PCI-e: Driver and DMA (davidv.dev)
**PCI-e Pantomimes and FPGA Fanatics: A Tale of Trial and Tribulation**
In a *bold* journey to nowhere, a hopeful tech enthusiast dives into the murky waters of PCI-e drivers and DMA with the enthusiasm of a squirrel chasing a nut on a freeway. Readers are subjected to a blow-by-blow account of peeks, pokes, and probe functions, all explained with the excitement of watching paint dry. Meanwhile, in the comments, a motley crew of aspiring engineers and budget balancers wax lyrical about FPGA boards as if they're trading Pokémon cards, each suggestion more niche than the last. Heaven help the brave souls thinking "cheap" and "FPGA" belong in the same sentence. 🤖💸
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148 points by todsacerdoti
2024-07-27T10:55:43 |
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▲ How Clang compiles a function (2018) (regehr.org)
**How Clang Compiles a Function – A Love Story Between C++ and LLVM**
In an earth-shattering reveal, a brave soul ventures to explain how Clang lovingly translates the complex poetry of C++ into the sterile LLVM IR, pitting "no optimization" as a feature rather than a mere oversight. We learn that Clang, unlike your overachieving colleague, happily passes the optimization buck to LLVM, spawning pages of the digital equivalent of Tolkien's Elvish. Commenters, ever the astute observers, engage in a heated debate over whether Clang is the lazy intern or the unsung hero of code compilers, with insights ranging from "very bad LLVM IR" to subtle nuances in unoptimized outputs. Get your popcorn ready; the drama unfolds faster than Clang's reluctance to optimize! 😱🍿
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29 points by ibobev
2024-07-26T23:10:44 |
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▲ In the Beginning Was the Command Line (1999) (stanford.edu)
Welcome back to the retro tech show where vintage internet essayists and commenters duel with fossils. Today's relic: "In the Beginning Was the Command Line," an essay so ancient that its author admitted its obsolescence almost two decades ago. Not surprisingly, it still attracts crusty technophiles who wax poetic over which prehistoric OS metaphorically resembles a tank. Meanwhile, in the comments, it's a grand reunion of those whose tech credentials peak at remembering any command line commands, fiercely debating the descent of MacOS into simplicity as they desperately cling to a time when you needed a PhD in Computer Science to adjust your screen brightness.
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290 points by conanxin
2024-07-27T06:25:02 |
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▲ Lessons from Ancient File Systems (madcompiler.blogspot.com)
🤓💾 Another intrepid blogger delves into the catacombs of ancient file systems, unearthing the ***prehistoric*** artifacts of Atari DOS. How quaint! The blog, titled "Lessons from Ancient File Systems" on madcompiler.blogspot.com, finds the courage to wax eloquent about the surprisingly ***"fascinating"*** details of 720 sectors and 128-byte capacities like they are the lost cities of gold. Brace yourselves, readers, as the comment section transforms into a fierce arena where middle-aged software enthusiasts relive their glory days, one misunderstood byte at a time. Who knew relics could be so divisive?
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3 points by zdw
2024-07-27T23:33:45 |
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▲ Covering All Birthdays (liorsinai.github.io)
Title: The Ultimate Birthday Bash Brain-Boggler
At liorsinai.github.io, the virtual party is pumping, not with balloons and cake, but with probabilities and nerd sniping. Step right up and witness the overdone show of calculating whether all N birthdays are covered if your party crowd is randomly pulled from a database of names—or maybe a phonebook if you're retro. Comments reveal a chaotic twist of misguided statistics and cheeky banters, from cries about leap-year babies being "unpersons" to a fierce debate on whether December 25 or September 9 is the true champion of birthrates. The real puzzle here is determining what's more elusive—having a unique birthday or finding someone who cares about these probabilities in the first place. Who knew obsessing over calendar dates could be less about eating cake and more about eating up computational dilemmas? 🎂🤓
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11 points by the_origami_fox
2024-07-27T09:44:32 |
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▲ Maglev titanium heart inside the chest of a live patient (newatlas.com)
On New Atlas, an excitable gaggle of techno-optimists congregates to marvel at the latest punctuation in science fiction becoming science fact: a maglev titanium heart whirring away inside someone's chest. Clearly ignoring the usual complexities of human biology, enthusiasts hail this technological marvel as the second coming, while sidestepping minor discussion points like long-term viability or ethics. The comments become a turbulent whirlpool of armchair engineers and self-certified cardiologists, each delivering frenzied manifestos about how they knew titanium was cool before hearts did. Will the excitement last longer than the battery life of this bionic wonder? Stay tuned.
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69 points by thunderbong
2024-07-26T17:51:36 |
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