Hacker News on Wednesday, 9 August 2023

Stories posted this day, by points. Rank history starts with the October 2026 rebuild.

Screenshot of github.com: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs

I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs (github.com)

1098 points by archmaster 3 years ago | 275 comments

GitHub repository for "Putting the You in CPU," a technical explainer by @kognise on how computers run programs from start to finish, published at cpu.land.

cpu linux-kernel elf operating-systems

Screenshot of github.com: Temptations of an open-source Chrome extension developer (2021)

Temptations of an open-source Chrome extension developer (2021)(github.com)

1032 points by hk__2 3 years ago | 337 comments

GitHub discussion where the Hover Zoom+ maintainer posts monetization offers he has received from companies wanting to buy or inject code into the Chrome extension.

browser-extensions chrome hoverzoom monetization

Screenshot of theverge.com: CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Google Search ranking

CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Google Search ranking (theverge.com)

715 points by mikece 3 years ago | 509 comments

The Verge reports that CNET has been deleting thousands of old articles, a practice it calls 'pruning', to try to improve its Google Search rankings.

cnet seo google-search content-pruning

Screenshot of washingtonpost.com: Want employees to return to the office? Then give each one an office

Want employees to return to the office? Then give each one an office (washingtonpost.com)

597 points by fortran77 3 years ago | 644 comments

Washington Post opinion column by Megan McArdle arguing that employers wanting staff back in the office should give each employee a private office.

return-to-office remote-work open-office workplace-design

Screenshot of mullvad.net: Infrastructure audit completed by Radically Open Security

Infrastructure audit completed by Radically Open Security (mullvad.net)

550 points by coldblues 3 years ago | 264 comments

Mullvad VPN blog post announcing a third infrastructure security audit by Radically Open Security of its RAM-based OpenVPN and WireGuard servers.

mullvad vpn security-audit radically-open-security

Screenshot of omrelli.ug: G9.js: Automatically Interactive Graphics

G9.js: Automatically Interactive Graphics (omrelli.ug)

541 points by nnx 3 years ago | 41 comments

Gallery page for g9.js, a JavaScript library for creating automatically interactive, draggable graphics, with an explanation of how it works and examples.

javascript interactive-graphics data-visualization svg

Screenshot of blog.briankitano.com: Llama from scratch, or how to implement a paper without crying

Llama from scratch, or how to implement a paper without crying (blog.briankitano.com)

444 points by bkitano19 3 years ago | 39 comments

A blog tutorial by Brian Kitano on implementing a scaled-down Llama language model from scratch trained on TinyShakespeare, with tips for implementing research papers.

llama pytorch transformers language-models