Llasa: Llama-Based Speech Synthesis (Score: 150+ in 18 hours)
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Irish privacy watchdog hits TikTok with Є530M fine over data transfers to China (🔥 Score: 155+ in 2 hours)
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AP News
TikTok fined $600 million for China data transfers that broke EU privacy rules
European Union privacy watchdogs have fined TikTok 530 million euros ($600 million). They say a four-year investigation found that the video sharing app’s data transfers to China breached strict data privacy rules.
Apple App Store guidelines remove ban on encouraging external payments in US (Score: 157+ in 4 hours)
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Apple Developer
App Review Guidelines - Apple Developer
The App Review Guidelines provide guidance and examples across a range of development topics, including user interface design, functionality, content, and the use of specific technologies. These guidelines are designed to help you prepare your apps for the…
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Statement Regarding Executive Order (🔥 Score: 175+ in 45 minutes)
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cpb.org
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Statement Regarding Executive
WASHINGTON, D.C, (May 2, 2025) — Patricia Harrison, President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), issued the following statement today regarding the President’s Executive Order
How to live an intellectually rich life (Score: 158+ in 4 hours)
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Substack
How to live an intellectually rich life
.. and how living one is easier than you think
Just redesigned my personal site with a TTY-style interface (Score: 154+ in 8 hours)
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www.abdisa.me
Abdisa Dev
Welcome to my digital space! Explore two unique experiences: dive into a sleek terminal-inspired interface or browse a classic, intuitive design. Discover my projects, learn about my journey, and connect—all in your preferred style.!
Bloom Filters (Score: 152+ in 12 hours)
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The language brain matters more for learning programming than the math brain (🔥 Score: 151+ in 2 hours)
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Massive Science
Your language brain matters more for learning programming than your math brain
New research contradicts long held assumptions about coding
Google is hurting new apps that have less users than competitors (🔥 Score: 154+ in 3 hours)
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Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits (Score: 158+ in 12 hours)
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Ars Technica
Don’t watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits
There’s a time and there’s a place. Federal court is neither.
Show HN: I built a synthesizer based on 3D physics (🔥 Score: 155+ in 2 hours)
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I've been working on the Anukari 3D Physics Synthesizer for a little over two years now. It's one of the earliest virtual instruments to rely on the GPU for audio processing, which has been incredibly challenging and fun. In the end, predictably, the GUI for manipulating the 3D system actually ended up being a lot more work than the physics simulation.
So far I am only selling it direct on my website, which seems to be working well. I hope to turn it into a sustainable business, and ideally I'd have enough revenue to hire folks to help with it. So far it's been 99% a solo project, with (awesome) contractors brought in for some of the stuff that I'm bad at, like the 3D models and making instrument presets/videos.
The official launch announcement video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYX_eeNVIEU
But if you REALLY want to see what it can do, check out what Mick Cormick did with in on the first day: https://x.com/Mick_Gordon/status/1918146487948919222
I've kept a fairly detailed developer log about my progress on the project since October 2023, which might be of interest to the hardcore technical folks here:
https://anukari.com/blog/devlog
I also gave a talk at Audio Developer Conference 2023 (ADC23) that goes deep into a couple of the problems I solved for Anukari: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8b1SYy73Q
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I've been working on the Anukari 3D Physics Synthesizer for a little over two years now. It's one of the earliest virtual instruments to rely on the GPU for audio processing, which has been incredibly challenging and fun. In the end, predictably, the GUI for manipulating the 3D system actually ended up being a lot more work than the physics simulation.
So far I am only selling it direct on my website, which seems to be working well. I hope to turn it into a sustainable business, and ideally I'd have enough revenue to hire folks to help with it. So far it's been 99% a solo project, with (awesome) contractors brought in for some of the stuff that I'm bad at, like the 3D models and making instrument presets/videos.
The official launch announcement video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYX_eeNVIEU
But if you REALLY want to see what it can do, check out what Mick Cormick did with in on the first day: https://x.com/Mick_Gordon/status/1918146487948919222
I've kept a fairly detailed developer log about my progress on the project since October 2023, which might be of interest to the hardcore technical folks here:
https://anukari.com/blog/devlog
I also gave a talk at Audio Developer Conference 2023 (ADC23) that goes deep into a couple of the problems I solved for Anukari: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8b1SYy73Q
Anukari
Anukari 3D Physics Synthesizer
The official website for the Anukari 3D Physics Synthesizer
Images of Soviet Venus lander falling to Earth suggest its parachute may be out (🔥 Score: 151+ in 2 hours)
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Suno v4.5 (Score: 150+ in 8 hours)
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Suno
Suno Explore
Explore new styles of music with Suno v4.5
Expanding on what we missed with sycophancy (Score: 150+ in 7 hours)
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Openai
Expanding on what we missed with sycophancy
A deeper dive on our findings, what went wrong, and future changes we’re making.
Show HN: GPT-2 implemented using graphics shaders (Score: 150+ in 7 hours)
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Back in the old days, people used to do general-purpose GPU programming by using shaders like GLSL. This is what inspired NVIDIA (and other companies) to eventually create CUDA (and friends).
This is an implementation of GPT-2 using WebGL and shaders. Enjoy!
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Back in the old days, people used to do general-purpose GPU programming by using shaders like GLSL. This is what inspired NVIDIA (and other companies) to eventually create CUDA (and friends).
This is an implementation of GPT-2 using WebGL and shaders. Enjoy!
GitHub
GitHub - nathan-barry/gpt2-webgl: A browser-based, WebGL2 implementation of GPT-2 with transform block and attention matrix visualization
A browser-based, WebGL2 implementation of GPT-2 with transform block and attention matrix visualization - nathan-barry/gpt2-webgl
Strings Just Got Faster (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
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inside.java
Strings Just Got Faster
In JDK 25, Strings used as keys in immutable Maps can be much faster.
The group chats that changed America (❄️ Score: 150+ in 5 days)
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Semafor
The group chats that changed America
A loose private network on Signal and WhatsApp helped usher in the new alliance between Silicon Valley and Donald Trump’s new right.
Driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes (Score: 150+ in 12 hours)
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CNN
The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes
Driverless trucks are officially running their first regular long-haul routes, making roundtrips between Dallas and Houston.
What I've learned from jj (Score: 151+ in 1 day)
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Zerowidth
What I've learned from jj
How Jujutsu's flexibility and safety changed my approach to version control
The Cannae Problem (Score: 150+ in 20 hours)
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Westenberg.
The Cannae Problem
It's August 2, 216 BCE. The Roman army stands in formation under the blistering Italian sun. Eight legions strong—the largest force Rome has ever fielded—nearly 80,000 men await the order to advance. Across the plain at Cannae stands Hannibal's army, outnumbered…