Facebook loses users for the first time https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/02/facebook-earnings-meta/
High-order Virtual Machine (HVM): Massively parallel, optimal functional runtime https://github.com/Kindelia/HVM
GitHub
GitHub - HigherOrderCO/HVM: A massively parallel, optimal functional runtime in Rust
A massively parallel, optimal functional runtime in Rust - HigherOrderCO/HVM
The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2022/02/earn-it-act-back-and-it%E2%80%99s-more-dangerous-ever
Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a single FM radio station https://www.kuow.org/stories/we-didn-t-mean-to-ruin-your-mazda-s-stereo
KUOW
Stuck in KUOW purgatory: Seattle Mazda drivers can't change the radio dial
Over the past couple of weeks some people who listen to KUOW in their Mazdas say their car radio is permanently stuck on 94.9. It’s only affecting KUOW, Mazdas from 2016, and we have no idea why.
White hat hacker awarded $2M for fixing ETH-creation bug https://cryptoadventure.com/white-hat-hacker-awarded-2-million-for-fixing-eth-creation-bug/
Crypto Adventure
White Hat Hacker Awarded $2 Million for Fixing ETH-Creation Bug
Ethereum layer-2 solution, Optimism, fixed a major flaw that would have permitted an illegal and continuous creation of ETH tokens. According to sources,
A functioning Turing Machine using Notepad++ and its find/replace regex engine https://github.com/0xdanelia/regex_turing_machine
GitHub
GitHub - 0xdanelia/regex_turing_machine: The find/replace box in Notepad++ is Turing Complete
The find/replace box in Notepad++ is Turing Complete - 0xdanelia/regex_turing_machine
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How I learned French in 12 months (2020) https://runwes.com/2020/02/11/howilearnedfrench.html
Lambda Calculus in 400 Bytes https://justine.lol/lambda/
justine.lol
Lambda Calculus in 383 Bytes
Programming language with a single keyword.
Freshmeat.net, 1997-2014 (2014) https://jeffcovey.net/2014/06/19/freshmeat-net-1997-2014/
jeffcovey.net
freshmeat.net, 1997-2014
A former coworker pointed me to the news today that freshmeat has suddenly ceased operations. I spent the rest of the day flooded with memories and the urge to jot a few of them down before they’re…
Some tiny personal programs I've written https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/03/08/tiny-programs/
Julia Evans
Some tiny personal programs I've written
Pockit: A tiny, powerful, modular computer [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3F9OtH2Xx4
YouTube
Pockit: A tiny, powerful, modular computer (2022 demo)
• Project details + signup at http://pockit.ai
• This video is a demo of modular electronics with Pockit as of March 2022, after several upgrades in the recent months based on the community's feedback.
• Discussion group: http://reddit.com/r/pockit
• This video is a demo of modular electronics with Pockit as of March 2022, after several upgrades in the recent months based on the community's feedback.
• Discussion group: http://reddit.com/r/pockit
Christopher Alexander has died https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2022/03/18/christopher-alexander-1936-2022
CNU
Christopher Alexander, 1936-2022
Christopher Alexander, a towering figure in architecture and urbanism—one of the biggest influences on the New Urbanism movement—died on Thursday, March 17, after a long illness, it was reported by Michael Mehaffy, a long-time collaborator and protege. Alexander…
First images from James Webb telescope exceed expectations https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/exploration/first-photos-james-webb-telescope/
Cosmos
James Webb telescope: first images better than expected
The James Webb telescope has sent back its first focused images, and they have exceeded all hopes and expectations. Read on for details.
Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area https://backofyourhand.com/51.89863,-8.47039
Back of Your Hand
How well do you know your area? Test your knowledge by locating streets on a map.
Mourning loss as a remote team https://www.sofuckingagile.com/blog/mourning-loss-as-a-remote-team
Sofuckingagile
Mourning loss as a remote team
This is a hard one to write about. Last year our team lost Pete, a long time engineer. Pete took his own life. He had battled mental health issues for some time.
The wild world of non-C operating systems https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/29/non_c_operating_systems/
The Register
The wild world of non-C operating systems
You can't fool me, young man. It's C all the way down!
A few things to know before stealing my 914 https://www.hagerty.com/media/advice/a-few-things-to-know-before-you-steal-my-914/