The lost language extensions of MetaWare's High C compiler (2023) https://duriansoftware.com/joe/the-lost-language-extensions-of-metaware%27s-high-c-compiler
Duriansoftware
The lost language extensions of MetaWare's High C Compiler
This book I got in a pile of FM TOWNS books turns out to be a lot more interesting that I was expecting an '80s C compiler manual to be. For as long as C and its relatives have been in mainstream use,β¦
Launch HN: Haystack (YC S24) β Visualize and edit code on an infinite canvas https://github.com/haystackeditor/haystack-editor
GitHub
GitHub - haystackeditor/haystack-editor
Contribute to haystackeditor/haystack-editor development by creating an account on GitHub.
Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses https://about.fb.com/news/2024/09/introducing-orion-our-first-true-augmented-reality-glasses/
Meta Newsroom
Introducing Orion, Our First True Augmented Reality Glasses
Today we unveiled Orion, which we believe is the most advanced pair of AR glasses ever made.
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Timeshare owner? The Mexican drug cartels want you https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/09/timeshare-owner-the-mexican-drug-cartels-want-you/
Krebs on Security
Timeshare Owner? The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You
The FBI is warning timeshare owners to be wary of a prevalent telemarketing scam involving a violent Mexican drug cartel that tries to trick elderly people into believing someone wants to buy their property. This is the story of aβ¦
WordPress.org bans WP Engine https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/wordpress-org-bans-wp-engine-blocks-it-from-accessing-its-resources/
TechCrunch
WordPress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing its resources | TechCrunch
WordPress drama went up another notch on Wednesday after WordPress.org banned hosting provider WP Engine from accessing its resources.
Hacking Kia: Remotely controlling cars with just a license plate https://samcurry.net/hacking-kia
samcurry.net
Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate
On June 11th, 2024, we discovered a set of vulnerabilities in Kia vehicles that allowed remote control over key functions using only a license plate. These attacks could be executed remotely on any hardware-equipped vehicle in about 30 seconds, regardlessβ¦
It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans https://erikbern.com/2024/09/27/its-hard-to-write-code-for-humans.html
Erik Bernhardsson
It's hard to write code for computers, but it's even harder to write code for humans
How to build developer tools for happiness and productivity.
Collaborative text editing with Eg-Walker: Better, faster, smaller https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.14252
arXiv.org
Collaborative Text Editing with Eg-walker: Better, Faster, Smaller
Collaborative text editing algorithms allow several users to concurrently modify a text file, and automatically merge concurrent edits into a consistent state. Existing algorithms fall in two...
Raft: Understandable Distributed Consensus (2014) https://thesecretlivesofdata.com/raft/
How AlphaChip transformed computer chip design https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/how-alphachip-transformed-computer-chip-design/
Google DeepMind
How AlphaChip transformed computer chip design
Our AI method has accelerated and optimized chip design, and its superhuman chip layouts are used in hardware around the world. AlphaChip was one of the first reinforcement learning approaches...
Fraud, so much fraud https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/fraud-so-much-fraud
Science
Fraud, So Much Fraud
Fraud, So Much Fraud
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Amusing Ourselves to Death (2014) https://web.archive.org/web/20100111052839/http://www.recombinantrecords.net/docs/2009-05-Amusing-Ourselves-to-Death.html
FFT-based ocean-wave rendering, implemented in Godot https://github.com/2Retr0/GodotOceanWaves
GitHub
GitHub - 2Retr0/GodotOceanWaves: FFT-based ocean-wave rendering, implemented in Godot
FFT-based ocean-wave rendering, implemented in Godot - 2Retr0/GodotOceanWaves
The perils of transition to 64-bit time_t https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2024/09/28/the-perils-of-transition-to-64-bit-time_t/
MichaΕ GΓ³rny
The perils of transition to 64-bit time_t
(please note that thereβs a correction at the bottom) In the Overview of cross-architecture portability problems, I have dedicated a section to the problems resulting from use of 32-bit time_β¦
Web components are okay https://nolanlawson.com/2024/09/28/web-components-are-okay/
Read the Tea Leaves
Web components are okay
Every so often, the web development community gets into a tizzy about something, usually web components. I find these fights tiresome, but I also see them as a good opportunity to reach across Rβ¦
Sitina1 Open-Source Camera https://gitlab.com/zephray/sitina1
GitLab
Wenting Zhang / Sitina1 Β· GitLab