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/
USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021) https://overengineer.dev/blog/2021/04/25/usb-c-hub-madness.html
overengineer.dev
USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness - Dennis Schubert
A short story of me trying out different USB-C hubs, taking them apart, and slowly descending into madness.
Switching from pyenv, rbenv, goenv and nvm to asdf https://jinyuz.dev/posts/tips-and-tricks/switching-from-pyenv,-rbenv,-goenv-and-nvm-to-asdf/
jinyuz.dev
Switching from pyenv, rbenv, goenv and nvm to asdf
So, there was a time when I was only developing applications using Python. And so I found out about virtual environments.
I thought I’d have accomplished a lot more today and also before I was 35 (2020) https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/i-thought-i-would-have-accomplished-a-lot-more-today-and-also-by-the-time-i-was-thirty-five
The New Yorker
I Thought I Would Have Accomplished a Lot More Today and Also by the Time I Was Thirty-Five
When I think about all the time I frittered away today, it agitates me, and I jump on Wikipedia to look up famous nineteenth-century circuses.