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▲ Egoless Engineering (egoless.engineering)
In an exhilarating display of originality, Egoless Engineering swoops in to revolutionize the tech world by recycling a concept older than the floppy disk. In what could easily be a lost Monty Python sketch, the author reminisces about the life-altering impact of discovering that colleagues can, in fact, be friends. Commenters leap into action, armed with their personal anecdotes, hinting that maybe, just maybe, treating software as a personal art project isn’t conducive to team harmony. Brace yourself for the profound insight that humans have egos and classic literature exists. Who knew? 🤯
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244 points by mcfunley
2024-12-03T20:38:23 1733258303 |
101 comments
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▲ Intel announces Arc B-series "Battlemage" discrete graphics with Linux support (phoronix.com)
**Intel Tries Its Hand with "Battlemage" and Linux: A Clown Show in Slow Motion**
In a desperate bid to capture the hearts of three Linux users and a stray cat, Intel announces its new Arc B-series "Battlemage" GPUs, hoping someone will notice. Meanwhile, armchair engineers in the comments concoct fantasies about toppling NVIDIA's empire by simply adding a swimming pool's worth of RAM to a basic GPU. Enthusiasts with more GPU documentation than social skills argue the finer points of CUDA emulation, PCIe magic, and why this all matters for running their high-end calculator simulations. The connoisseur of common sense suggests that just making hardware and hoping software and market share magically appears is like hosting a rain dance—fun to do but unlikely to fill any buckets. 🎭💾
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288 points by rbanffy
2024-12-03T17:19:37 1733246377 |
467 comments
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▲ Glojure: Clojure interpreter hosted on Go, with extensible interop support (github.com/glojurelang)
**Hackernews Crossover Episode: Glojure vs. The World**
In an exhilarating display of programming eclecticism, bored developers have birthed *Glojure*, the latest Frankenstein's monster of tech, melding Clojure's syntax nirvana with Go's cuddly gopher efficiency. Promising the *'easy access'* to Go libraries that nobody asked for, this abomination is perfect for the three hobbyists desperate for just one more way to write a to-do app. Meanwhile, the comment section morphs into a linguistic battlefield, where devotees toss around name suggestions like "clogure" and "Jo", each more cringe-worthy than the last. Somewhere, a "panic:" at the REPL waits to welcome true enthusiasts into the fold of eternal beta testing. ⚡️🤓💥
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58 points by networked
2024-11-29T09:29:56 1732872596 |
7 comments
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▲ The Tube Computer (thetubecomputer.com)
In an era where technology strives to be unseen, one brave soul throws efficiency to the wind and resurrects the ghost of computers past with "The Tube Computer." Revel in the nostalgic glow of vacuum tubes, proving once again that modern problems require outdated solutions. Enthusiasts exclaim the dual benefits of data processing and room heating, as both logic and practicality dangle on the edge of obsolescence. Watch as rapt commenters merge tales of tragedy and triumph, seemingly unaware that their digital memories are one unpaid hosting bill away from the abyss. 🌟🔥
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122 points by elvis70
2024-12-03T18:54:00 1733252040 |
38 comments
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▲ Skia Canvas: Browserless implementation of the HTML Canvas drawing API for node (skia-canvas.org)
Title: Hipsters Recycle Browser Features Out Of Boredom
Another day, another solo dev reincarnates browser tech for kicks, wrapping up Node.js in Google’s discarded Skia chintz to cheat on Chrome without using a browser. Meet Skia Canvas: because why make friends with native APIs when you can awkwardly stumble around in JavaScript? Commenters reanimate the tired corpse of the "but can it do PDFs?" argument, only to be dazzled by the shocking revelation that yes, it does handle PDFs—and vectors, no less! Meanwhile, a remote conflict brews in the land of the nerds as "Skia versus Cairo" becomes the nerdy slap fight of the week. 🥊✨
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174 points by DaniAkash
2024-12-03T16:34:18 1733243658 |
59 comments
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▲ Making a parallel Rust workload 10x faster with (or without) Rayon (gendignoux.com)
Yet Another Day in Paradise for Rustaceans
In the latest revelation that's causing zero ripples across the boundless sea of programming, Guillaume Endignoux heroically discovers that his Rust code is merely twice as sluggish as Python - a fact that surely boggles the mind, given Rust's legendary speed. This astounding disclosure sets him on a quixotic quest to supercharge his Rust code by ditching Rayon, the go-to tool that apparently couldn't even outpace a leisurely stroll through Python's syntax forest. Comments boil down to a thrilling agreement on "bigger grains" thinking, saving us from the horror of frequent task switching. Who could have guessed that reducing overhead could increase efficiency? Truly groundbreaking.
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42 points by lukastyrychtr
2024-11-29T23:22:16 1732922536 |
3 comments
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▲ Creating a Proxmox or QEMU ChromeOS Flex VM (kevindavid.org)
**Creating a Proxmox or QEMU ChromeOS Flex VM: A Soap Opera for the Technically Bored**
March 20, 2024: In an epic tale of tech dilemmas, a brave soul ventures into the wild lands of virtual machines to avoid the terror of physical commitment to ChromeOS Flex. Spoiler alert: It involves mystifying the masses with "non-obvious" steps such as downloading stuff and ticking boxes - groundbreaking! In the comments, the circus unfolds as tech aficionados quarrel over ChromeOS's existential crises and share thrilling tales about GPU passthrough adventures. Meanwhile, others contemplate the profound depth of *running an OS on an OS* to escape the clutches of Windows. 💻🎪
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37 points by goodburb
2024-12-03T21:38:46 1733261926 |
12 comments
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▲ My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback (armaansahni.com)
**Child Prodigy in The Making or Just Another Parental Flex?**
In yet another riveting exposition of the modern parental saga, *armaansahni.com* thrusts upon the world yet another coding virtuoso — their **nine-year-old** son. Armed with JavaScript, HTML, and visions grander than the average third grader, this young savant supposedly crafted a game more exquisite than any fridge-worthy macaroni art. Poking around the community for validation turned lessons in parenting, code management, and the art of leveraging AI tools (because normal search engines are so *2008*), commenters lay siege to this valiant display of programming pageantry, each sharing their own tot’s meandering path through the coding jungles of Scratch, Tynker, and the daunting text-based trials of VSCode. It’s truly heartwarming (or heartburning) seeing parents toggle the line between encouraging genius and outright choreographing their child's LinkedIn updates. 🚀💻👶
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241 points by veesahni
2024-12-03T22:08:16 1733263696 |
153 comments
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▲ Phoenix LiveView 1.0.0 is here (phoenixframework.org)
Phoenix LiveView 1.0.0: Because Six Years Late is Punctual in Software Years
Finally, the tech messiah Chris McCord delivers Phoenix LiveView 1.0.0, fulfilling the prophecies of ending all JavaScript-driven headaches by literally replacing them with Elixir-induced ones. It took half a dozen years to morph what started as an "itch" into a supposed cure for bloated js bundles and existential crises over Webpack settings. Meanwhile, the commenters kneel in digital worship, some begging for RSS crumbs as if it’s still 2005, and others parade their success stories of running startups on a thread - no doubt a thrilling ride atop a stack of bleeding-edge, websocket-dependent tech. Who needs stable infrastructure when you can live on the edge? 😨💻🚀
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182 points by bcardarella
2024-12-03T22:28:47 1733264927 |
31 comments
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▲ FTC takes action against Gravy Analytics, Venntel for selling location data (ftc.gov)
In a groundbreaking display of "Well, duh!" the FTC finally addresses the sketchy dealings of Gravy Analytics and Venntel for turning your trips to Taco Bell into high-stakes intelligence fodder. Concerned hobbyists of digital privacy flocked to the comments, congratulating themselves on their superior knowledge of Orwell's "1984," while slyly referencing books nobody will actually read. One patriot confusingly toggles between metaphors about cars and freedom, mystifying at least one other commenter into silence, illustrating that the internet is truly no place for logical discourse. Meanwhile, debates about societal freedom roam wild, revealing that most people are less concerned with privacy violations and more about proving how deep and woke they are compared to everyone else.
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98 points by gnabgib
2024-12-03T18:25:40 1733250340 |
92 comments
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▲ Show QN: My C compiler compiled itself (github.com/keyvank)
**Title: Show HN: My C compiler compiled itself**
Today in "I Made a Thing!": some brave soul has authored a C compiler that can recursively compile itself, like a snake endlessly munching on its own tail. Comment sections turn into a graveyard where dreams of pure efficiency go to die, as programmers debate the merits of Makefiles vs Python scripts, and someone inevitably suggests rewriting the whole thing in WASM — because, why not increase the entropy of the universe? Meanwhile, casual back-patters provide the obligatory "Well done, chap!" comments, ensuring that the circle of Hacker News self-congratulation remains unbroken. Godspeed, compiler warriors, godspeed!
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50 points by keyvank
2024-12-03T20:35:24 1733258124 |
15 comments
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▲ Dependency management fatigue, or why I ditched React for Go+HTMX+Templ (erodriguez.de)
**Another Dev Sprints Away Screaming from React: A Play in One Act**
In the *Shakespearean tragedy* entitled "Quitting React," our hero finds himself drowning in the React-NPM dependency sea, growing wearier with each breaking update. He decides it’s Go+HTMX+Templ to the rescue because the cool kids over on HMTX’s homepage said so! The commenters, holding torches of loyalty to their beloved JavaScript patchworks, join the chorus bemoaning the unsolvable Nexus of Doom—peer dependencies and breaking changes—and glorify Go's unmoving mountains of compatibility. Meanwhile, pragmatic voices cry in the wilderness about the heresy of not being on the daily dependency updating grind, because who doesn’t want to refactor on a Tuesday night just for the thrill of it? 🤪
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166 points by todsacerdoti
2024-12-03T12:16:33 1733228193 |
160 comments
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▲ My brand new digitizing workflow using a 25 year old film scanner (vladovince.com)
Hobbyists and self-proclaimed experts gather to marvel at the staggering revelation that someone has managed to use a 25-year-old film scanner without invoking ancient rituals. 📸 One brave soul explains his undying love for analog, settling for a digitizing workflow powered by the archeological relic known as the Nikon LS-2000, offering a jaw-dropping 10MP resolution that might just capture the essence of dust specks with historical accuracy. Meanwhile, the commenting elite compete in a virtual pissing contest over who owns the most obscure macro setup and whose DIY film-scanning rig can best resurrect the dark ages of photography. For a dose of true comedy, someone suggests deploying Linux drivers—because software from 1998 will surely solve all modern problems with a device manufactured when dial-up internet was hip.
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77 points by williamsmj
2024-12-03T16:49:32 1733244572 |
37 comments
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▲ Openlayer (YC S21) is looking for top-tier design engineers (ycombinator.com)
Openlayer (YC S21): because why not add another startup to the AI jamboree that promises to solve every industry problem without really explaining how. Today's novel idea? Airtight AI—because everything else AI claims to fix is just *too* mediocre. In the comments, watch the horde of basement-dwelling "tech enthusiasts" furiously debate ethics while confusing Python with the snake. Godspeed, talent-seekers, and may your equity slice not be diluted in the unstoppable sea of venture capitalism. 🚀🐍
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0 points by
2024-12-03T21:00:04 1733259604 |
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▲ Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz (krebsonsecurity.com)
**Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz**
The alarming rise of phishing could practically be sponsored by the hot mess that is new gTLDs like .shop, .top, and .xyz, which combine the allure of a sleazy back alley with the bargain prices of a garage sale. With scammers practically thrown the keys to the kingdom, enthusiasts in the comment sections are fervently defending these digital dumpster fires. One sage points out the equality of non-verification across all domains, shedding light on the universally low bar – how reassuring! Meanwhile, others debate the strategic nuances of URL aesthetics as if choosing between a fake Rolex from a street vendor or a thrift shop, because cyber criminals definitely care about our thoughtful discourse. 🎣💻🔍
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103 points by todsacerdoti
2024-12-03T13:30:40 1733232640 |
134 comments
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▲ Tweaking Stunt Island's 30-year-old 3D engine (annali.netlify.app)
Welcome back to 1995, when Stunt Island was the height of 3D innovation, now receiving a facelift from someone probably avoiding real work. Relive the nostalgia, as coders desperately tweak pixels to outdo the graphics of your grandfather’s wristwatch. Commenters bask in the glory of low-poly artistry, boasting about ancient hacking feats and "endless fun" moments as if they just discovered fire. Meanwhile, others hoard user-made film clips like post-apocalyptic junk collectors. Join the excitement! Because, honestly, what's more thrilling than watching green spheres pass for "tree leaves" and lines for text in 3D? 😂 Ah, the good old days.
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170 points by alberto-m
2024-12-03T13:44:59 1733233499 |
38 comments
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▲ Homography Explained with Code (opencv.org)
In an audacious attempt to teach digital alchemists how to manipulate reality, opencv.org publishes "Homography Explained with Code," effectively transforming every reader into a potential deepfake wizard overnight. Watch in awe as complex mathematical concepts are reduced to Instagram-filter levels of simplicity, ensuring every tech bro can warp your grandma’s face with just a few lines of Python. The comments section becomes a mystical battleground where self-proclaimed coding gurus compete to see who can obscure the explanation even further, because nothing says "community" like gatekeeping basic knowledge through obfuscation. Will anyone use this power for good? Doubtful. 😂
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4 points by diginova
2024-11-27T17:51:09 1732729869 |
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▲ Launch QN: Vocera (YC F24) – Testing and Observability for Voice AI
Welcome to the latest Hacker News sideshow where everyone pretends to understand the subtle nuances of yelling at your computer! 🎉 Vocera presents a revolutionary tool for developers trapped in a reality where voice AI needs as much babysitting as a two-year-old with a Sharpie. Pioneering the "Why hasn’t this broken yet?" approach, Vocera offers observability and testing all-in-one, because who doesn’t love a good 2-for-1 deal? The comment section is aflutter with tech bros chomping at the bit to add another tool to their already bursting-at-the-seams tech stack, with occasional intermissions for job solicitations, because, of course, everyone’s dream job is debugging Skynet’s cousin for a living. Is it game-changing or just another buzzword buffet? Only time and endless circular tech debates will tell! 💬🔄
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52 points by Sid45
2024-12-03T15:46:57 1733240817 |
19 comments
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▲ Amazon Nova (amazon.com)
**Amazon Nova Descends: Ensuring You Never Have To Think or Feel Again**
Today, Amazon unveils "Amazon Nova," yet another way to confirm that as long as you can pay, there's no need for human intelligence. Fetching stellar "frontier intelligence" and "industry-leading price performance" from the bottomless pits of Bezos' labyrinth, Amazon assures you can crunch documents and spit out videos cheaper than ever, because who wants real creativity anymore? The tech bros in the comments are already feverishly calculating the cost-per-token, with errors that require communal intervention to correct 🙄. Meanwhile, a brave soul laments the tornado of jargon unleashed upon us mere mortals, attempting to understand what Amazon actually wants us to buy this time. It's a classic case where buying foundation models feels closer to deciphering the Rosetta Stone than making an online purchase. Oh, and remember, if the AI revolution leads to planetary doom, at least it was 💲cost-effective💲.
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247 points by scbenet
2024-12-03T18:04:45 1733249085 |
96 comments
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▲ EstyJS 2.0 (emulator for the Atari ST, written in 100% pure JavaScript) (kaiec.github.io)
Welcome to the *nostalgia-infused circus* that is EstyJS 2.0, where aging tech enthusiasts relive their *glory days* of the Atari ST, embarrassingly trying to claw back their youth one JavaScript-emulated MID file at a time. A charming graveyard of incompatibilities—where folks can’t figure out how to type "=" on a Mac, yet swap browsers with the ease of a Commodore versus Atari debate. As the complex art of MIDI backs up an underwhelming emulator performance, the naively hopeful still dream of browser-based *Cubase jungles*. Meanwhile, the comment section devolves into a hilarious mix of tech support, reminiscences over 🦙 Llamatron, and links to cult classic camels that surely validate the entire endeavor of hanging onto the past by a thread of poorly supported software. Stay tuned for the next update, which promises to fix everything, as it heroically fails to meet any modern expectations.
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28 points by nynyny7
2024-11-29T20:40:05 1732912805 |
7 comments
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