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▲ Japan's Cat Island Won't Survive Much Longer (tokyoweekender.com)
On the pressing global agenda today, tokyoweekender.com brings us an earth-shattering scoop about Japan's Cat Island facing extinction (shocking, right?). The article juggles expertly between an ecological distraught and a feline photoshoot, managing to inform us how both cats and humans can't resist a good sea breeze. Meanwhile, the comments section transforms into a battlefield where readers meander from climate change experts to cat behavior specialists, pondering crucial issues like whether the cats prefer sushi or canned tuna. Truly, if journalism ever fails, a soap opera in making stands ready.
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12 points by PaulHoule
2024-10-08T00:42:00.000000Z |
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▲ Jazz – Apps with Distributed State (jazz.tools)
**Jazz – Revolutionizing Development or Just Playing the Same Old Tune?**
In a spectacular feat of reinvention, Jazz promises to transform the app-building landscape by fusing APIs, databases, and message queues into one merry band of "Collaborative Values." 🎷 Imagine building a chat app in fewer lines of code than it takes to complain about JS framework bloat! Meanwhile, the comment section becomes a tragicomic opera where seasoned developers speculate if "Collaborative Values" is just a fancy term for "Shared Mistakes." Amidst cries for upcoming features like synced cursors and video calls—both crucial and conspicuously absent—Jazz insists it's got the basics tuned perfectly. How soothing! Users cling onto hope while Jazz plays the same suspenseful tune of "coming soon." 🎶
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239 points by gjvc
2024-10-05T10:34:39.000000Z |
56 comments
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▲ Virtualizing iOS on Apple Silicon (nickb.website)
**Virtualizing iOS on Apple Silicon: A Forbidden Love Story**
Oh, joy! Nick Botticelli blesses the tech community by slapping iOS onto Apple silicon Macs like peanut butter on a motorcycle—fascinating, yet questionably useful. The armchair engineers on Hacker News are tripping over their keyboards to celebrate this "unprecedented" achievement, pondering if this tech wizardry could finally spell doom for extortion-priced VM services. Meanwhile, one plucky commenter dreams of cramming macOS into an iPad, because why not turn all Apple devices into a techno-Swiss Army knife? Yet another insists without JIT the whole project is merely a nerdy curiosity. Let's all hold our breath for that invisible, overpriced VM store Apple might magically spring on us! 🎩💸
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186 points by walterbell
2024-10-06T10:44:34.000000Z |
43 comments
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▲ Is the attack helicopter dead? (hushkit.net)
In an epoch-defining expose, "Is the attack helicopter dead?" bravely challenges the three helicopter enthusiasts who haven’t switched to drones yet. As the aerial carnage from Ukraine dances across our screens, sounding the death knell for our once-beloved whirlybirds, this article dares to ponder: are expensive, easily-targeted helicopters now as obsolete as privacy in the modern world? Meanwhile, armchair generals in the comments re-live their pixelated glory days, mourning the cancellation of the Comanche helicopter and reminiscing about 1980s video games, blissfully unaware that warfare has moved on to cheaper, disposable UAVs. Oh, and there's a comparison to the WWII Japanese battleship Yamato—because if there's one thing comment sections need, it's more irrelevant historical analogies. 🚁🎮⚓💥
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91 points by speckx
2024-10-07T19:28:10.000000Z |
199 comments
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▲ Can you get root with only a cigarette lighter? (da.vidbuchanan.co.uk)
**Can you get root with only a cigarette lighter?**
In a stunning display of "hacking on a budget," David Buchanan reveals that a cigarette lighter might be your next go-to for jailbreaking anything from your aging PC to the latest gaming console. Watch out, cybersec vendors, because we're about to replace thousand-dollar equipment with something found in the checkout aisle *next to the gum*. Online armchair hackers unite in the comment section, confirming that yes, if you're physically next to a device, it's basically already hacked—except when it's not, unless you remembered to wear your tin-foil hat today. 🕵️♂️💥🔓
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436 points by 1317
2024-10-07T13:20:19.000000Z |
115 comments
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▲ Wigle.net: All the networks, found by everyone (wigle.net)
**WiGLE.net: Because Privacy is Just a Checkbox Away**
Welcome to WiGLE.net, where the valiant protectors of your wireless privacy are just an email away—assuming you can find your BSSID in the plethora of data they've already mapped, probably including what's in your grandma's living room. Dive into the thrilling world of wardriving hobbyists who've discovered that beneath the mundane cloak of suburbia lies the irresistible allure of unprotected network drama and Bluetooth-enabled kitchen appliances. Comment sections overflow with urban explorers of the WiFi frontier exchanging tales of pioneering *insecure* networks, from the exciting revelation that a neighbor's CPAP machine is a beacon of broadcast inefficiency to the frightening capabilities of power stations with always-on Bluetooth. "Imagine the scandal if your Lovense went off during a neighborhood sweep," muses a commenter, encapsulating WiGLE’s blend of high-tech vigilance and voyeurism with a touch of paranoia. Simply put, privacy might be a joke, but at least the puns are free!
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74 points by thunderbong
2024-10-07T18:59:25.000000Z |
19 comments
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▲ Gunter's Space Page (skyrocket.de)
### Gunter's Space Page: For Astro-Enthusiasts and Algorithmic Misery Seekers
Welcome to Gunter's Space Page, your *premier* destination if you've somehow convinced yourself that raw data on metal tubes hurtling through the cosmos can spice up your dinner conversations. Visitors praise the site's ability to turn a simple search into a dark abyss where time (and probably social lives) vanishes faster than light. Meanwhile, in the comment section, hobbyist astronomers mingle with the kind of tech enthusiasts who figure a good Saturday night involves cross-referencing satellite databases and debating Elon Musk's tweet history rather than human interaction. All this, shockingly, without the interruption of modern web design norms like excessive JavaScript or pesky pop-ups—how quaint! 🚀📡
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56 points by okl
2024-10-07T19:23:08.000000Z |
12 comments
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▲ The Rise of Worse Is Better (1991) (dreamsongs.com)
In a blistering critique masquerading as tech philosophy, an article resurrects the ancient war between the MIT-style of reaching the technological high heavens and New Jersey’s "good enough to not crash every other Thursday" standard. The author, a self-professed aristocrat of coding purity, tries persuading us that choosing expedience over excellence is akin to selling your soul for a used iPod Mini. Commenters, in their characteristic display of missing the point, devolve into a chaotic babble about everything from expedience in shopping to geoengineering climate solutions, fiercely debating hypothetical scenarios like keyboard warriors at a virtual model U.N., yet each equally assured of their own revolutionary insight. Meanwhile, practicality waves hello from the sidelines, largely ignored but still somehow winning the race. 🏃💨
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175 points by t14n
2024-10-07T14:22:45.000000Z |
206 comments
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▲ Witches around the world (aeon.co)
In an astonishing feat of irrelevance, Aeon gifts us "Witches around the world," where retired anthropologist Gregory Forth painstakingly repackages delightful bedtime stories of human-eating giants and broom-riding hags into a supposedly scholarly gumbo. Because clearly what modern discourse lacks is rigorous analysis of why your great aunt might not actually be able to turn into a crow. The comment section, a veritable cauldron of disbelief, eagerly laps up this groundbreaking reminder that witches, shockingly, *might not be real*. Brace yourself for unparalleled insights such as "My neighbor’s cat looked at me weird, do you think it's a witch’s familiar?" 🧙♀️🔮
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20 points by drdee
2024-10-07T21:28:06.000000Z |
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▲ An e-waste dumping ground (npr.org)
Welcome to yet another soul-crushing tale from Agbogbloshie, where the dreams of electronic utopia get smashed harder than an old CRT monitor. 👨💻🔨 At the now-demolished site in Ghana, young Emmanuel toils away his days for the grand reward of $60 a week, searching for treasure like a modern-day, less-fortunate Indiana Jones, in a techy landfill. Meanwhile, Internet Commenters rise up with their mighty keyboards to champion the "right to repair," heroically battling corporate overlords one over-zealous, under-informed comment at a time. Because, obviously, strategizing over comment sections is the pivotal activism that will overhaul global waste management and electronics manufacturing. 🌍✊💻 Keep on typing, warriors!
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222 points by andsoitis
2024-10-07T12:30:07.000000Z |
129 comments
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▲ US antitrust case against Amazon to move forward (reuters.com)
In an unprecedented display of judicial slapstick, a US antitrust case against Amazon is evidently moving forward, forcing scores of news outlets to briefly mention the actual source of their recycled courtroom melodrama, though linking to it directly remains tantamount to heresy. Commenters, in a flurry of performative surprise, lament the absence of links as if every news site isn't just a glorified ad machine dressed in the moth-eaten robe of public service. Some will theorize grand conspiracies about why articles aren’t just hyperlink-ridden text adventures. Others, in throes of delightful confusion, suggest that maybe, just maybe, paying for news might bless them with the mythical “outlink” or—hold your breath—make news articles bearable by scrubbing off the omnipresent ads. Spoiler: it doesn’t. 🙄
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302 points by christhecaribou
2024-10-07T17:40:22.000000Z |
128 comments
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▲ Google must open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge (theverge.com)
In a world where actual monopolies tremble in fear, a judge has decided that Google's slightly open monopoly is the *real* problem. Google must now host a sleepover for third-party app stores on its precious Google Play platform, because pretending to be open while secretly being a playground bully is apparently a no-go in 2024. Meanwhile, commenters perform mental gymnastics trying to figure out how Google, the less-monopolistic monopoly, caught more flak than Apple, the king of closed systems. It's like discovering your vegan friend secretly eats fish: disappointing, but hardly a shock. 🐟💔
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387 points by dblitt
2024-10-07T19:00:10.000000Z |
288 comments
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▲ The survival skills of Helena Valero (woodfromeden.substack.com)
Ah, the internet once again dabbles in anthropology with the delicate grace of a chainsaw. Helena Valero's narrative, told with such detail it makes Looney Tunes look like a documentary, sends modern-day couch ethnographers into a frenzy. Amid cries of disbelief, deep dives into anthropological methodology, and comparisons to cartoon violence, commenters seem ready to enlighten us on everything from the invention of zero to the intricate social dynamics of chimpanzees. 🐒 Who knew a web page could serve both as history class and a zoo exhibit?
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42 points by paulpauper
2024-10-06T18:04:58.000000Z |
6 comments
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▲ Programming and poetry (not Python's tool) (zverok.space)
**Programming and Poetry (aka Navel-Gazing in Code)**
In an earth-shattering revelation that'll make both poets and programmers squirm, a blogger celebrates their birthday by sculpting a ballad of bytes and metaphors. Unleashing a brainchild thought up between geopolitical crises, the post attempts to fuse the rhythmic elegance of poetry with the structured chaos of coding. Commenters, each more enlightened than the last, trip over themselves to debate whether a semicolon is more poignant than a period. Deep insights or just deep sleep? Judge yourself—but don't say we didn't warn you about the pretentious amalgam of PoesyPy.
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7 points by todsacerdoti
2024-10-06T10:21:13.000000Z |
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▲ After a Decade, Scientists Unveil Fly Brain in Detail (nytimes.com)
In a stunning twist, scientists have mapped the fly brain with "unprecedented detail," prompting readers of The New York Times to marvel at what a decade and undoubtedly obscene amounts of funding can achieve. The article unfolds with the kind of pomp you'd expect if these scientists had instead cured cancer or solved world hunger. Commenters, in a dazzling display of ignorance mixed with awe, are outdoing each other with mind-numbing comparisons between fly brains and the functionality of their smartphones. 🧠💸 The irony that they're discussing flies while many display a similar capacity for attention is, sadly, lost on them.
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4 points by Hooke
2024-10-03T04:35:19.000000Z |
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▲ Show QN: Compiling C in the browser using WebAssembly (wasmer.io)
Title: Hacker News Atomic Brain Surgeons on Compiling C in the Browser
It seems the galaxy-brained engineers have outdone themselves by allowing everyone to compile C directly in their favorite browser! Now we can all stare at a 100MB download before experiencing the bliss of Chrome chugging on our beautiful C spaghetti. Comment section morphs into a hipster tech brawl, with debates over *self-hosting browser OS dreams* and nostalgia trips powered by links older than some of the comments' authors' coding experience. Who needs a simple compiler when you can weaponize your entire browser into an OS, replete with live emojis and social media plugins to tweet your code as it crashes? 💻🔥
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110 points by syrusakbary
2024-10-07T16:24:32.000000Z |
45 comments
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▲ The magic (image resampling) kernel (johncostella.com)
In a groundbreaking exposé that surely shifts the very foundations of image processing, johncostella.com delivers a staggering 62-page odyssey into the "Magic Kernel." Oh, a revolutionary algorithm that supposedly leaves Lanczos kernels in the digital dust, powering the hallowed image realms of Facebook and Instagram. Meanwhile, the armchair experts of Hacker News dissect, with their usual blend of dismissive expertise and overconfident semi-knowledge, whether a kernel that essentially rehashes bicubic interpolation can truly be termed "magic." Spoiler: it can't, but don't say that too loud in the comments section! Watch as they argue semantics over Sharp and Magic, all while gleefully ignoring any real-world applications that aren't displayed in perfectly resized profile pictures. 🎩✨🔮
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75 points by BoingBoomTschak
2024-10-06T10:40:07.000000Z |
19 comments
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▲ Longwriter – Increase llama3.1 output to 10k words (github.com/thudm)
**LongWriter: The Magic Typewriter None of Us Asked For**
In an era where attention spans are shorter than the average TikTok video, the software wizards at LongWriter have bravely declared a war on brevity. Sporting their shiny new tool that can allegedly churn out over 10,000 words faster than a caffeinated college student during finals week, they have effectively given digital life to the term 'tl;dr.' Dive into the comment section to witness a delightful mix of skeptics and AI apostles disputing everything from the soulless narratives spun by their code-powered Shakespeare to nostalgic rants about the good ol’ days of GPT-3. Surprisingly, no one has yet questioned whether we needed a robot that pens longer epics than "War and Peace" on a loop. I guess dystopian novels weren't enough; we wanted to live one.
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92 points by taikon
2024-10-07T14:05:05.000000Z |
17 comments
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▲ Homemade AI Drone Software Finds People When Search and Rescue Teams Can't (wired.com)
Wired once again surprises none as it gushes over a homemade AI drone designed to find your hopelessly lost weekend warrior relatives, just in case their flashy new satellite-enabled smartphones decide to play dead. A riveting tale unfolds as Charlie, an ambitious Munro-collector, risks marital disappointment and poor cell reception in Scotland's vast wilderness, all written with the urgency of a late-night infomercial desperate to make you care. Meanwhile, the online paladins of the comment section dive headfirst into the legal conundrum of drone deer chasing and the oh-so-original observation that "xkcd did it first" – a heartfelt ode to the internet's incapacity to let any joke go untold or any mildly useful technology uncriticized. Groundbreaking 💡!
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146 points by sohkamyung
2024-10-07T10:12:42.000000Z |
91 comments
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▲ EuroBSDcon 2024: Some notes after the conference (netbsd.org)
**EuroBSDcon 2024: A Beer-Splashed Notebook**
At EuroBSDcon 2024, a blogger who hasn't shown up since 2017 dusts off their conference lanyard and dives headfirst into the "hall track", apparently a euphemism for swapping old war stories with people as out-of-touch as themselves. With a nostalgic tear, they recount getting lost both figuratively in tech nostalgia and literally in Dublin, seasoning their travelogue with crucial beer and garlic bread updates—because what's a techie gathering without gastronomic footnotes? Meanwhile, the comment section blossoms into a rollicking debate on whether craft beer is truly the unsung hero of network security, interspersed with blurry-eyed claims of spotting the Loch Ness Monster near the snack table. 🍻👽
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47 points by jaypatelani
2024-10-07T18:34:17.000000Z |
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