When memory was measured in kilobytes: The art of efficient vision (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
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Software Heritage
When memory was measured in kilobytes: The art of efficient vision
Back when RAM was precious, clever code reigned. Inria's "Efficient Chain-Linking Algorithm" from the late 80s, now archived at Software Heritage, gives a peek into early computer vision's elegant solutions.
Jepsen: TigerBeetle 0.16.11 (Score: 150+ in 4 hours)
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Czech Republic: Petition for open source in public administration (Score: 150+ in 5 hours)
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Dystopian tales of that time when I sold out to Google (🔥 Score: 159+ in 2 hours)
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elilla & friends’ very occasional blog thing
Deep in Mordor where the shadows lie: Dystopian tales of that time when I sold out to Google – elilla & friends’ very occasional…
I will do something I normally never do here, and make my first ever blog post on the topic of, long sigh: tech. I’ve already talked abou...
Meta: Shut Down Your Invasive AI Discover Feed. Now (🔥 Score: 152+ in 1 hour)
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Mozilla Foundation
Meta Is Turning Private AI Chats Into Public Content | Demand Privacy Protections
Meta’s new AI app is making private conversations public without clear consent. Join the Mozilla community in demanding Meta shut down its "Discover Feed" and ensure that all AI interactions are private by default. Protect user privacy now.
How we decreased GitLab repo backup times from 48 hours to 41 minutes (🔥 Score: 151+ in 3 hours)
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Gitlab
How we decreased GitLab repo backup times from 48 hours to 41 minutes
Learn how GitLab tracked a performance bottleneck to a 15-year-old Git function and fixed it, leading to enhanced efficiency that supports more robust backup strategies and can reduce risk.
The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs (❄️ Score: 157+ in 2 days)
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Quartz
The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs
A decades-old tax rule helped build America's tech economy. A quiet change under Trump helped dismantle it
4-7-8 Breathing (Score: 152+ in 5 hours)
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Odyc.js – A tiny JavaScript library for narrative games (Score: 150+ in 7 hours)
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odyc.dev
Odyc.js
Odyc.js is a simple JavaScript library to create interactive narrative games, even without coding experience.
Researchers find a way to make the HIV virus visible within white blood cells (Score: 151+ in 5 hours)
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the Guardian
Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’
Exclusive: Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body
A masochist's guide to web development (Score: 150+ in 8 hours)
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Sandia turns on brain-like storage-free supercomputer (Score: 150+ in 9 hours)
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Blocks and Files
Sandia turns on brain-like storage-free supercomputer – Blocks and Files
Sandia jumps into top five of brain-like supercompute with disk-free, DRAM-packed SpiNNaker 2
A year of funded FreeBSD development (Score: 150+ in 5 hours)
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SaaS is just vendor lock-in with better branding (Score: 150+ in 7 hours)
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Rwsdk
SaaS Is Just Vendor Lock-In with Better Branding | RedwoodSDK
The pitch of modern SaaS is "don't reinvent the wheel." But every wheel you bolt on comes with some friction.
Show HN: Claude Composer (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
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Central feature is a something like "yolo mode" but with fine grained controls over how yolo you're feeling. Also makes it easy to use "presets" of tools and permissions.
Let me know if you have any questions and feel free to contact me on X at https://x.com/possibilities
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Central feature is a something like "yolo mode" but with fine grained controls over how yolo you're feeling. Also makes it easy to use "presets" of tools and permissions.
Let me know if you have any questions and feel free to contact me on X at https://x.com/possibilities
GitHub
GitHub - possibilities/claude-composer: A tool for enhancing Claude Code
A tool for enhancing Claude Code. Contribute to possibilities/claude-composer development by creating an account on GitHub.
Researchers develop ‘transparent paper’ as alternative to plastics (Score: 155+ in 4 hours)
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Falsehoods programmers believe about aviation (Score: 160+ in 8 hours)
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Angle of Attack
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Aviation
There are a lot of assumptions one could make when designing data types and schemas for aviation data that turn out to be inaccurate. In the spirit of Patrick McKenzie’s classic piece on names, here are some false assumptions one might make about aviation.
The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Limitations of Reasoning LLMs [pdf] (Score: 151+ in 12 hours)
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Test Postgres in Python Like SQLite (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
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GitHub
GitHub - wey-gu/py-pglite: PGlite wrapper in Python for testing. Test your app with Postgres just as lite as SQLite.
PGlite wrapper in Python for testing. Test your app with Postgres just as lite as SQLite. - wey-gu/py-pglite
Wendelstein 7-X sets new fusion record (❄️ Score: 150+ in 4 days)
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heise online
Wendelstein 7-X sets new fusion record
A record has been set at the Wendelstein 7-X research facility. The researchers see this as progress towards the commercial use of nuclear fusion.