Monday, February 28, 2022

They Are Fans of ‘Euphoria,’ but Not of Its Creator, Sam Levinson


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Kandinsky Painting Returned to Jewish Heirs by Amsterdam Museum


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Initial talks between Russia and Ukraine yield no resolution.


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New top story on Hacker News: Tail Recursion, but Modulo Cons

Tail Recursion, but Modulo Cons
8 by todsacerdoti | 0 comments on Hacker News.


More People Are Microdosing for Mental Health. But Does It Work?


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New top story on Hacker News: Beware what sounds insightful

Beware what sounds insightful
5 by janandonly | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Sunday, February 27, 2022

FIFA Will Propose Neutral Site but No Ban, Yet, for Russia


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How Volodymyr Zelensky rallied Ukrainians, and the world, against Putin.


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New top story on Hacker News: Documenting Equipment Losses During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Documenting Equipment Losses During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine
20 by jacquesm | 4 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Why aren't you charging money for your side project?

Why aren't you charging money for your side project?
16 by curious-mind | 16 comments on Hacker News.
I see many side projects that don't charge their users and was wondering why that is.

New top story on Hacker News: Win32 is the stable Linux userland ABI (and the consequences)

Win32 is the stable Linux userland ABI (and the consequences)
51 by todsacerdoti | 25 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Why not hire part-time developers?

Why not hire part-time developers?
21 by prohobo | 12 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Arctic Inuit have an ancient genes adaption that allow them to burn more fat

Arctic Inuit have an ancient genes adaption that allow them to burn more fat
16 by giuliomagnifico | 7 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: John B. Cade’s project to document the stories of the formerly enslaved

John B. Cade’s project to document the stories of the formerly enslaved
7 by samclemens | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Saturday, February 26, 2022

New top story on Hacker News: Zulip Cloud security vulnerability with reusable invitation links

Zulip Cloud security vulnerability with reusable invitation links
62 by Brajeshwar | 22 comments on Hacker News.


Stranded Soccer Stars, Frantic Phone Calls and a Race to Flee Kyiv


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New top story on Hacker News: C2PA Releases Spec of First Industry Standard for Content Provenance

C2PA Releases Spec of First Industry Standard for Content Provenance
5 by wglb | 2 comments on Hacker News.


Combate en Kiev: la resistencia ucraniana retrasa la invasión rusa


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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Esolang Park, a visual debugger for esolangs

Show HN: Esolang Park, a visual debugger for esolangs
3 by nilaymaj | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN! Esolang Park is an online visual debugger interface for esoteric programming languages, that I've been working on for the past few months. For every supported language, Esolang Park provides the powerful Monaco code editor, syntax checking, debugging functionality and a visualisation of the runtime state. The core is language-agnostic - a "language provider" only needs to implement the esolang's parser, interpreter and visualisation UI (and some other little stuff). Apart from trying to boost DX for esolangs, the idea is for this to grow into a platform where people can discover and play around with a variety of esolangs without leaving the browser. That's quite far away though - the project is quite early in development and currently only has 5 languages (Befunge-93, Brainf*ck, Chef, Deadfish and Shakespeare). Some features like non-debugging execution mode (0ms interval) are missing too. Currently the entire source code[0] (core + language providers) is written in TypeScript and React. Esolang code execution happens in a web worker. I'm planning to add support for WASM-based language providers for better performance, particularly for non-debugging execution. There's also a wiki[1] containing a description of the core design and a guide for implementing and contributing new language providers. Looking to hear some feedback on the idea and current implementation - bug reports are welcome too! [0] https://ift.tt/RKPLgbA [1] https://ift.tt/Q0kvIuW

Friday, February 25, 2022

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Cloning a musical instrument from 16 seconds of audio

Show HN: Cloning a musical instrument from 16 seconds of audio
33 by abdljasser2 | 2 comments on Hacker News.
In 2020, Magenta released DDSP [1], a machine learning algorithm / python library which made it possible to generate good sounding instrument synthesizers from about 6-10 minutes of data. While working with DDSP for a project, we realised how it was actually quite hard to find 6-10 minute of clean recordings of monophonic instruments. In this project, we have combined the DDSP architecture with a domain adaptation technique from speech synthesis [2]. This domain adaptation technique works by pre-training our model on many different recordings from the Solos dataset [3] first and then fine-tuning parts of the model to the new recording. This allows us to produce decent sounding instrument synthesisers from as little as 16 seconds of target audio instead of 6-10 minutes. [1] https://ift.tt/cdPY8O9 [2] https://ift.tt/xUdJoz8 [3] https://ift.tt/aFO0Pvo We hope to publish a paper on the topic soon.

Though Clyburn’s favored candidate fell short, he claims partial credit for a historic Supreme Court choice.


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New top story on Hacker News: Autonomous Computing (short version)

Autonomous Computing (short version)
9 by luu | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Love Letter: Separating Dating From Mating


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New top story on Hacker News: A practical guide to securing Google Workspace for a startup

A practical guide to securing Google Workspace for a startup
30 by gepeto42 | 11 comments on Hacker News.


Thursday, February 24, 2022

Hopeful business executives are again planning for workers to return in person (fingers crossed).


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New top story on Hacker News: Enthusiastically Rehiring

Enthusiastically Rehiring
8 by enigmatic02 | 0 comments on Hacker News.


‘I fear for my kids.’ Ukrainians in Kyiv flee the capital.


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New top story on Hacker News: Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for lasers used in chipmaking

Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for lasers used in chipmaking
164 by swores | 38 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Idol temptations on the Adriatic: On two great twentieth-century poets

Idol temptations on the Adriatic: On two great twentieth-century poets
7 by samclemens | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Monday, February 21, 2022

Goodbye, Hades. Hello, Scotland. Amber Gray Parts With Persephone.


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Sado


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Medina Spirit Stripped of 2021 Kentucky Derby Win


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New top story on Hacker News: Feynman’s advice to W&M student resonates 45 years later (2020)

Feynman’s advice to W&M student resonates 45 years later (2020)
21 by andrewl | 3 comments on Hacker News.


Gregory McMichael’s lawyer notes that he had not used racist slurs.


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New top story on Hacker News: Find You: Building a stealth AirTag clone

Find You: Building a stealth AirTag clone
29 by kerm1t | 2 comments on Hacker News.


Sunday, February 20, 2022

Saturday, February 19, 2022

U.S. Lifts Temporary Ban on Avocados From Mexico


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Russia has been laying groundwork online for a ‘false flag’ operation, misinformation researchers say.


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Ukraine


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New top story on Hacker News: Jujutsu – A Git-compatible DVCS that is both simple and powerful

Jujutsu – A Git-compatible DVCS that is both simple and powerful
89 by rolisz | 36 comments on Hacker News.


See some of the best photos from the Olympics.


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New top story on Hacker News: Awesome Critique of Crypto/Web3

Awesome Critique of Crypto/Web3
12 by labrador | 3 comments on Hacker News.


Friday, February 18, 2022

A man charged in the Jan. 6 riot sold forged vaccination cards, prosecutors say.


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20-Minute Olive Pasta


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Call for mass evacuation by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine is an ominous development.


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Chasing the Yosemite National Park ‘Firefall’


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‘They’re going to corral us.’ Truckers dig in as the police close on the encampment.


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New top story on Hacker News: Plausibly Deniable Encryption

Plausibly Deniable Encryption
17 by yamrzou | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: “Outlook just asked me if I want to upgrade to bigger ads”

“Outlook just asked me if I want to upgrade to bigger ads”
58 by tech234a | 13 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account

Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account
19 by SoapSeller | 9 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Critical vulnerabilities in Zabbix Web Front end allow authentication bypass

Critical vulnerabilities in Zabbix Web Front end allow authentication bypass
11 by feross | 1 comments on Hacker News.


Thursday, February 17, 2022

New top story on Hacker News: Static B-Trees: A data structure for faster binary search

Static B-Trees: A data structure for faster binary search
94 by sereja | 11 comments on Hacker News.


China’s Fastest Olympics Entrant? Climb Aboard.


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New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Why should I trust password managers?

Ask HN: Why should I trust password managers?
46 by acadapter | 79 comments on Hacker News.
This is a piece of tech that has slipped under my radar for a long time. I've been having my own methods for safe handling of passwords on the web. Why do people trust password managers?

Dreamy Breakfasts for a Long Weekend


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New top story on Hacker News: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other

Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other
9 by gleb_the_human | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Britain will extend Covid vaccine eligibility to all children 5 to 11.


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New top story on Hacker News: What's the Difference: JSON diff and patch

What's the Difference: JSON diff and patch
25 by ggleason | 6 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Apache Arrow Flight SQL: Accelerating Database Access

Apache Arrow Flight SQL: Accelerating Database Access
17 by ionychal | 3 comments on Hacker News.


The Myth of the Magic Sports Beard


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New top story on Hacker News: Passwordle

Passwordle
90 by snthueoa | 14 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: The Three Types of Fun

The Three Types of Fun
8 by brudgers | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Senate Republicans Move to Stall Critical Vote on Fed Nominees


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New top story on Hacker News: CUPID – For Joyful Coding

CUPID – For Joyful Coding
8 by dustinmoris | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Against an increasingly user-hostile web (2017)

Against an increasingly user-hostile web (2017)
68 by legrande | 11 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Woman appears cured of HIV after umbilical-cord blood transplant

Woman appears cured of HIV after umbilical-cord blood transplant
27 by nabaraz | 6 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Shortwave: Enjoy Your Inbox

Show HN: Shortwave: Enjoy Your Inbox
25 by mayop100 | 8 comments on Hacker News.
I’m thrilled to finally be able to show everyone what we’ve been working on for the last 2 years. We’re re-inventing the email experience to help you email smarter and faster, so you can get more done, and maybe even actually enjoy your inbox. When we launched Firebase here 10 years ago, HN was tough but fair, and I expect no less this time around! I hope you’ll check out what we’ve built and share your feedback. I’ll be around here all day and am happy to answer any questions. Let us know what you think!

New top story on Hacker News: ML training compute has been growing by a factor of 10B since 2010

ML training compute has been growing by a factor of 10B since 2010
6 by innerfestival | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: The Orkney dig uncovering Britain’s stone age culture

The Orkney dig uncovering Britain’s stone age culture
11 by BerislavLopac | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Sunday, February 13, 2022

New top story on Hacker News: Kubernetes: The Documentary

Kubernetes: The Documentary
27 by wallflower | 6 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: The rise of railroads gave rise to the first org chart (2017)

The rise of railroads gave rise to the first org chart (2017)
10 by plimp | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Tools to visualize data in SQL databases?

Ask HN: Tools to visualize data in SQL databases?
16 by dyml | 11 comments on Hacker News.
I’d like to hear what tools you use to easily visualize the data in a sql table? Preferably I’d just like to click on a MariaDB table and receive some plots and statistics on the columns. Whats your experience on this? Edit: to clarify, I don’t want to visualize the database itself (Schema’s, keys etc). Just the data within it.

See some of the best photos from the competition.


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New top story on Hacker News: For Humanity’s Sake, Keep Red Crosses on Medevac Helicopters

For Humanity’s Sake, Keep Red Crosses on Medevac Helicopters
25 by 737min | 4 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Genesis from Another World: The Sega System C

Genesis from Another World: The Sega System C
16 by zdw | 2 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: The Dropout: A History

The Dropout: A History
7 by benbreen | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Saturday, February 12, 2022

U.S. intelligence agencies warn of another effort by Russia to create pretext for an invasion.


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New top story on Hacker News: Little Sound Dj

Little Sound Dj
13 by Tomte | 8 comments on Hacker News.


Super Bowl LVI by the Numbers


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New top story on Hacker News: Signal Reflections: Why federated protocols don't work (2016)

Signal Reflections: Why federated protocols don't work (2016)
20 by pcr910303 | 15 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: An unscientific benchmark of SQLite vs. the file system (btrfs)

An unscientific benchmark of SQLite vs. the file system (btrfs)
15 by leeoniya | 11 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Easily handle CLI operation via Python instead of regular Bash programs

Easily handle CLI operation via Python instead of regular Bash programs
19 by EntICOnc | 3 comments on Hacker News.


Friday, February 11, 2022

On the Scene: ‘Music Man,’ a Big Broadway Bet 🎺


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Watch Jennifer Lopez Perform in ‘Marry Me’


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‘Marry Me’ | Anatomy of a Scene


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A private school in Brooklyn is N.Y.C.’s first to make masks optional, despite the state’s mandate.


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Inspired by Canadian protests, thousands of French demonstrators converge on Paris.


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New top story on Hacker News: CVE-2022-0435: A Remote Stack Overflow in the Linux Kernel

CVE-2022-0435: A Remote Stack Overflow in the Linux Kernel
23 by caaqil | 9 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: LaserShark: Establish Fast, Bidirectional Communication into Air-Gapped Systems

LaserShark: Establish Fast, Bidirectional Communication into Air-Gapped Systems
33 by dloss | 9 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Twitter Problems?

Twitter Problems?
86 by stygiansonic | 48 comments on Hacker News.
Can’t seem to load threads on the official mobile client. Others report issues as well: https://ift.tt/2x0enj7 Would be ironic if it was cache related in light of this post yesterday: https://ift.tt/lRjIL6d

New top story on Hacker News: Analog: A simple productivity system

Analog: A simple productivity system
11 by kkoncevicius | 4 comments on Hacker News.


Thursday, February 10, 2022

The 10-year Treasury note hits 2% for the first time since July 2019.


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New top story on Hacker News: On Cat Pictures

On Cat Pictures
5 by samclemens | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Recipes That Know How to Party


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The Anti-C.R.T. Movement and a Vision For a New Right Wing


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New top story on Hacker News: A look inside the chips that powered the landmark Polaroid SX-70 instant camera

A look inside the chips that powered the landmark Polaroid SX-70 instant camera
21 by picture | 4 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Attacking an Ethereum L2 with Unbridled Optimism

Attacking an Ethereum L2 with Unbridled Optimism
32 by daegloe | 8 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Everything Has Fresnel (2010)

Everything Has Fresnel (2010)
12 by Tomte | 0 comments on Hacker News.