Tech one: November 2024

Friday, November 29, 2024

Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter
680 by adnanaga | 122 comments on Hacker News.
Every day, thousands of Cease and Desist letters are issued, telling people to stop what they’re doing (Looking at you, David Chang). What a bummer! That’s why we created: The Continue and Persist Letter. A official-looking legal letter that encourages and uplifts people, one that tells people to keep doing what they’re doing! Surprise someone you appreciate by sending them a Continue and Persist Letter.

Thursday, November 28, 2024

Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230

Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230
660 by xairy | 385 comments on Hacker News.

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Show HN: App that asks ‘why?’ every time you unlock your phone

Show HN: App that asks ‘why?’ every time you unlock your phone
640 by jarko27 | 324 comments on Hacker News.

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Denmark will plant 1B trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest

Denmark will plant 1B trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest
623 by geox | 451 comments on Hacker News.

Model Context Protocol

Model Context Protocol
623 by benocodes | 208 comments on Hacker News.

Monday, November 25, 2024

This website is hosted on Bluesky

This website is hosted on Bluesky
658 by hasheddan | 153 comments on Hacker News.

Starlink Direct to Cell

Starlink Direct to Cell
619 by tosh | 678 comments on Hacker News.

RFC 35140: HTTP Do-Not-Stab (2023)

RFC 35140: HTTP Do-Not-Stab (2023)
603 by zkldi | 144 comments on Hacker News.

Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify

Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify
601 by franck | 224 comments on Hacker News.
Hello HN! We’re a small creative studio specializing in real-time 3D experiences. Netlify approached us to design and build an interactive experience to celebrate reaching 5 million developers. Inspired by the classic game Marble Madness, we created a gamified experience where users control a ball through playful, interactive levels. The goal was to blend marketing content with the look and feel of a game to engage users. The app is built with Three.js [1], using our custom render pipeline and shaders, and uses Rapier for physics simulation [2]. The 2D content is overlaid on the WebGL view using CSS 3D transforms for a seamless integration with the 3D view. We’d love for you to try it out and share your thoughts! [1] https://threejs.org [2] https://rapier.rs EDIT: More info on this project here: https://ift.tt/sb2coy4

Sunday, November 24, 2024

Frosted Glass from Games to the Web: HTML glass UI inspired by AAA game dev

Frosted Glass from Games to the Web: HTML glass UI inspired by AAA game dev
608 by tyleo | 141 comments on Hacker News.

Saturday, November 23, 2024

The Bluesky firehose viewed in the style of a Windows XP screensaver

The Bluesky firehose viewed in the style of a Windows XP screensaver
596 by consumer451 | 149 comments on Hacker News.

Thursday, November 21, 2024

ICC issues warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas officials

ICC issues warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas officials
645 by runarberg | 690 comments on Hacker News.

Undergraduates with family income below $200k will be tuition-free at MIT

Undergraduates with family income below $200k will be tuition-free at MIT
631 by gnabgib | 393 comments on Hacker News.

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

OpenAI, Google and Anthropic are struggling to build more advanced AI

OpenAI, Google and Anthropic are struggling to build more advanced AI
615 by lukebennett | 602 comments on Hacker News.

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome

DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome
723 by redm | 849 comments on Hacker News.

Sunday, November 17, 2024

CSS gets a new logo and it uses the color `rebeccapurple`

CSS gets a new logo and it uses the color `rebeccapurple`
672 by thunderbong | 139 comments on Hacker News.

Show HN: I built a(nother) house optimized for LAN parties

Show HN: I built a(nother) house optimized for LAN parties
640 by kentonv | 233 comments on Hacker News.
I wasn't quite sure if this qualified as "Show HN" given you can't really download it and try it out. However, dang said[0]: > If it's hardware or something that's not so easy to try out over the internet, find a different way to show how it actually works—a video, for example, or a detailed post with photos. Hopefully I did that? Additionally, I've put code and a detailed guide for the netboot computer management setup on GitHub: https://ift.tt/T1Ke3fM Anyway, if this shouldn't have been Show HN, I apologize! [0] https://ift.tt/VdykMeH

Procrastination and the fear of not being good enough

Procrastination and the fear of not being good enough
635 by swapxstar | 273 comments on Hacker News.

Friday, November 15, 2024

The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development

The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development
668 by atan2 | 316 comments on Hacker News.

Thursday, November 14, 2024

MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia

MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia
762 by pabs3 | 85 comments on Hacker News.

The Onion Buys Alex Jones's Infowars Out of Bankruptcy

The Onion Buys Alex Jones's Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
779 by coloneltcb | 369 comments on Hacker News.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

No GPS required: our app can now locate underground trains

No GPS required: our app can now locate underground trains
677 by dotcoma | 225 comments on Hacker News.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab

Scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab
658 by dataminer | 242 comments on Hacker News.

How I ship projects at big tech companies

How I ship projects at big tech companies
736 by gfysfm | 185 comments on Hacker News.

Sunday, November 10, 2024

IMG_0416

IMG_0416
719 by bewal416 | 106 comments on Hacker News.

IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine

IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine
647 by kaathewise | 200 comments on Hacker News.

Saturday, November 9, 2024

QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's an RPi image

QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's an RPi image
644 by JohnAtQNX | 339 comments on Hacker News.
Hiya folks! I'm John from the Developer Relations team at QNX. I'm a loooong time lurker of this forum and excited to make my first post. I just wanted to let you know that we've kicked off a new program to start opening the doors to QNX like things used to be. Many of you probably used or tinkered with (the very open) QNX back in the day. You can now easily get a free non-commercial license to use the newest QNX. We've also just released some sample apps and a ready-to-go QNX 8.0 quick start target image for Raspberry Pi. So you can get QNX and the development tools for free now to learn, experiment, and build. It's been a long time in the making, so I'm really excited to get to post about this first phase of the QNX Everywhere initiative. My team and management have open ears, so please share feedback about what more we can do to open things up, be more transparent, and get you what you need to create an awesome embedded QNX project. Cheers!