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OpenAI departures: Why can’t former employees talk? (www.vox.com)

Former employees face restrictions in criticizing company; safety concerns raised over technology.

1243 points by fnbr on 2024-05-17 | 951 comments | Direct link
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Bend: a high-level language that runs on GPUs (via HVM2) (github.com)

Learn how to install and use Bend, a high-level language running on GPUs with implicit parallelism.

1020 points by LightMachine on 2024-05-17 | 249 comments | Direct link
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Llama3 implemented from scratch (github.com)

Code and attention calculations are included, with focus on RoPE and first transformer layer.

981 points by Hadi7546 yesterday | 245 comments | Direct link
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A forged Apple employee badge (cabel.com)

EBay auction sold for $946, seller provided forged proof, traced to suspicious purchase

946 points by ecliptik on 2024-05-16 | 344 comments | Direct link
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Coding My Handwriting (www.amygoodchild.com)

Details challenges faced when joining letters and final product's file size.

774 points by tobr yesterday | 64 comments | Direct link
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Slack AI Training with Customer Data (slack.com)

Details mechanisms to prevent data leaks and opt-out option for data usage in AI training.

774 points by mlhpdx on 2024-05-16 | 396 comments | Direct link
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Exercises to Learn Rust (rust-exercises.com)

Course covers systems programming and memory management, and has solutions available on GitHub.

739 points by sebg on 2024-05-17 | 122 comments | Direct link
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The Lunacy of Artemis (idlewords.com)

Program's high cost, complexity, and questionable engineering cited, with uncertain scientific return

663 points by feross yesterday | 461 comments | Direct link
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Non-Euclidean Doom: what happens to a game when pi is not 3.14159 (2022) [video] (media.ccc.de)

Speaker erroneously claims incorrect pi value; discusses optimization tricks.

604 points by robin_reala on 2024-05-17 | 169 comments | Direct link
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Cyber Security: A pre-war reality check (berthub.eu)

Discusses need for shift in cyber security perspective, vulnerabilities, and examples of older vs. newer tech.

571 points by edent on 2024-05-18 | 266 comments | Direct link
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Riven (www.filfre.net)

Development details, target audience, and commercial success.

555 points by doppp on 2024-05-19 | 176 comments | Direct link
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Floor796 (floor796.com)
520 points by gtirloni on 2024-05-18 | 73 comments | Direct link
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Ex-OpenAI staff must sign lifetime no-criticism contract or forfeit all equity (x.com)

Policy revealed upon acquisition of startup, criticized for discouraging open communication

446 points by apsec112 on 2024-05-17 | 5 comments | Direct link
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I organized a 20-acre game of Capture the Flag (www.ntnbr.com)

Inspiration from a family friend and YouTube video, unique game rules and elements.

430 points by ntnbr on 2024-05-18 | 143 comments | Direct link
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Toon3D: Seeing cartoons from a new perspective (toon3d.studio)

Pipeline includes user-friendly annotation tool and tested on various hand-drawn images.

411 points by lnyan on 2024-05-17 | 108 comments | Direct link
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3M executives convinced a scientist forever chemicals in human blood were safe (www.propublica.org)

Whistleblower faced pushback; company hid toxic studies.

411 points by whereistimbo 20 hours ago | 269 comments | Direct link
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Thinking out loud about 2nd-gen email (gabrielsieben.tech)

Proposed MX2 system would use new DNS record, public keys, and domain verification for authentication

391 points by gjsman-1000 on 2024-05-17 | 299 comments | Direct link
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Visualizing algorithms for rate limiting (smudge.ai)

Three common algorithms for rate-limiting and their pros and cons are discussed.

384 points by seabass on 2024-05-16 | 46 comments | Direct link
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Calculus with Julia (jverzani.github.io)

Notes use Julia package and presented as Quarto book, open to contributions

376 points by barrenko on 2024-05-18 | 156 comments | Direct link
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Introducing Copilot+ PCs (blogs.microsoft.com)

Includes neural processor for AI features, 58% faster than MacBook Air with M3, all-day battery life

348 points by skilled 14 hours ago | 505 comments | Direct link
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Winamp has announced that it is "opening up" its source code (about.winamp.com)

Opening source code aims for collaborative development and evolving the software's digital culture.

342 points by captbaritone on 2024-05-16 | 162 comments | Direct link
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Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow" (www.railtarget.eu)

Incorporates meta technology, offers 34 to 37 dB noise insulation, maintains 72% transparency, and expedites project completion.

332 points by metters on 2024-05-16 | 442 comments | Direct link
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Migrating Uber's ledger data from DynamoDB to LedgerStore (www.uber.com)

Uber built Gulfstream platform on DynamoDB in 2017, stored older data in TerraBlob, and faced challenges during migration.

311 points by gronky_ 21 hours ago | 306 comments | Direct link
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Enlightenmentware (mmapped.blog)
299 points by zaik 11 hours ago | 129 comments | Direct link
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Gio UI – Cross-platform GUI for Go (gioui.org)

Includes an efficient vector renderer and funded by sponsorships; used by several projects such as godcr and Tailscale.

298 points by gjvc on 2024-05-18 | 210 comments | Direct link
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Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" (www.eff.org)

Big Tech's resistance tactics against DMA implementation

295 points by doener on 2024-05-19 | 329 comments | Direct link
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Show HN: I built a website to create financial models for any stock online (www.useequityval.com)

Website democratizes financial analysis tools for stock valuation

281 points by trevzercap on 2024-05-17 | 148 comments | Direct link
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A Trial HIV Vaccine Triggered Elusive and Essential Antibodies in Humans (corporate.dukehealth.org)

Vaccine targets stable region on HIV-1 envelope, shows strong immune activation after two doses.

280 points by geox on 2024-05-17 | 67 comments | Direct link
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HIV Life Cycle – animated and narrated [video] (vimeo.com)

Animated video, collaboration of HIV researchers, T cell infection, CHEETAH Center and NIGMS support, creators and musician named

279 points by jb1991 on 2024-05-17 | 21 comments | Direct link
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Make timelapses easily using FFmpeg
272 points by indiantinker yesterday | 74 comments
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ADSL works over wet string (2017) (www.revk.uk)

Experiment conducted with a 2-meter wet string shows ADSL function and 3½Mb/s down speed.

271 points by fanf2 on 2024-05-17 | 109 comments | Direct link
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Swarming Proxima Centauri: Picospacecraft Swarms over Interstellar Distances (astrobiology.com)

Swarm's autonomous mesh network enables strong signal and exploration of outer Solar system.

266 points by Brajeshwar yesterday | 136 comments | Direct link
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Classic Usenet posts on computer architecture, operating systems and languages (yarchive.net)

Posts discuss specific topics including 128-bit processors, fork race, and Java bytecode verification.

264 points by caned on 2024-05-19 | 57 comments | Direct link
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Operation CHARM: Car repair manuals for everyone (charm.li)

Program promotes DIY maintenance, community involvement, and a sustainable transportation ecosystem.

262 points by sergiotapia yesterday | 77 comments | Direct link
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Transforming a QLC SSD into an SLC SSD (theoverclockingpage.com)

Process involves specific adapter, clamp, and software for modification

249 points by userbinator yesterday | 150 comments | Direct link
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A trustworthy, free (libre), Linux capable, self-hosting 64bit RISC-V computer (www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu)

Article details process ensuring trustworthiness and open auditing of software and hardware components

244 points by caned on 2024-05-18 | 58 comments | Direct link
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38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later (www.pewresearch.org)

Study also found high broken link percentages on news sites, government pages, and Wikipedia; Twitter tweets from certain accounts and languages less likely to persist.

226 points by Kye on 2024-05-18 | 179 comments | Direct link
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Multi AI agent systems using OpenAI's assistants API (github.com)

Introduces Experts.js, a system that simplifies using OpenAI's Assistants API and GPT-4o model for creating Multi AI Agent Systems.

226 points by metaskills on 2024-05-17 | 80 comments | Direct link
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Beating Jeff's 3.14 Ghz Raspberry Pi 5 (jonatron.github.io)

Author pushed Pi to 3.3 GHz, modified boot code to remove voltage limit, experienced instability.

222 points by jonatron yesterday | 57 comments | Direct link
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Hertz Charging a Tesla Renter for Gas Was Not an Isolated Incident (www.thedrive.com)

Hertz faces limited demand, depreciating EV values, and customer service issues.

219 points by peutetre yesterday | 184 comments | Direct link
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Rethinking Text Resizing on Web (medium.com)

Article focuses on Airbnb's use of rem units for font scaling and resolve 80% of Resize Text issues.

215 points by GavCo 13 hours ago | 130 comments | Direct link
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C Style: My favorite C programming practices (2014) (github.com)

Advocates for writing to a standard, enabling warnings, and using include guards.

210 points by zerojames yesterday | 127 comments | Direct link
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AI doppelgänger experiment – Part 1: The training (julienposture.substack.com)

Interviews with computer scientists and focus on 'style transfer' not mentioned in title

209 points by julienposture yesterday | 122 comments | Direct link
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Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the human brain (arxiv.org)

arXivLabs framework and user contribution details

209 points by wonderlandcal on 2024-05-19 | 519 comments | Direct link
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Michelle's List: A free, anonymous landlord review site (www.michelleslist.com)

Tenant's six-year tenure, neighbor experiences, and strong recommendation.

208 points by mattstrick on 2024-05-19 | 143 comments | Direct link
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How a 64k intro is made (2017) (www.lofibucket.com)

Team size, development time, libraries used, and specific techniques like WinAPI usage, floating-point precision, and distance fields.

202 points by aragonite 19 hours ago | 38 comments | Direct link
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Improvements to data analysis in ChatGPT (openai.com)

Implying enhanced data analysis capabilities.

201 points by tosh on 2024-05-16 | 124 comments | Direct link
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Compilers for free with weval (bernsteinbear.com)

Weval transforms interpreter into compiler, optimizing bytecode and compiling locals.

198 points by todsacerdoti yesterday | 40 comments | Direct link
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A transport protocol's view of Starlink (www.potaroo.net)

Explores physics of satellite orbits, TCP impact, and Starlink's design choices

198 points by fanf2 on 2024-05-17 | 41 comments | Direct link
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CVE-2024-4367 – Arbitrary JavaScript execution in PDF.js (codeanlabs.com)

Arbitrary JavaScript execution vulnerability affects Firefox versions below 126 and various web- and Electron-based applications.

197 points by todsacerdoti 19 hours ago | 100 comments | Direct link
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Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund Now Supporting FFmpeg (www.phoronix.com)

Funds allocated for 2024 and 2025, part of wider open-source project support

197 points by vmbrasseur on 2024-05-16 | 46 comments | Direct link
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