Hacker News on Sunday, 27 August 2023

Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf(ericdraken.com)

1080 points by rolph 3 years ago | 581 comments

A blog post describing how to block YouTube ads on Apple TV by using a man-in-the-middle proxy on pfSense to decrypt traffic and strip ads from Protobuf responses.

A new method to reprogram human cells to better mimic embryonic stem cells(uwa.edu.au)

385 points by rbanffy 3 years ago | 97 comments

University of Western Australia news article on a method to erase a cell's epigenetic memory so reprogrammed human cells better mimic embryonic stem cells.

Prisoners of Google Android development(solutional.ee)

327 points by jarm0 3 years ago | 234 comments

Blog post by Jarmo Pertman at Solutional presenting a case study of how Android (or iOS) app development can go badly wrong due to platform dependence on Google.

Where do fonts come from? Monotype, mostly(thehustle.co)

300 points by kansaswriter 3 years ago | 149 comments

Federal study links testicular cancer to ‘forever chemicals’(undark.org)

292 points by EA-3167 3 years ago | 162 comments

111,111.1 meters is reliably 1 degree of latitude(gis.stackexchange.com)

285 points by mholt 3 years ago | 188 comments

Overthewire.org(overthewire.org)

276 points by ghostfoxgod 3 years ago | 41 comments

Some of the error messages produced by Apple's MPW C compiler (2006)(cs.cmu.edu)

256 points by Asdrubalini 3 years ago | 131 comments

Study: Carbon offsets aren’t doing their job, overstate impact(arstechnica.com)

226 points by donutshop 3 years ago | 136 comments

WTFPython: Exploring and understanding Python through surprising snippets(github.com)

225 points by Tomte 3 years ago | 61 comments

Python Type Hints – *args and **kwargs (2021)(adamj.eu)

218 points by ekiauhce 3 years ago | 112 comments

Lie still in bed(ognjen.io)

218 points by rognjen 3 years ago | 186 comments

I Can Eat Glass(en.wikipedia.org)

216 points by vector_spaces 3 years ago | 74 comments

Can a worker-owned restaurant work?(southseattleemerald.com)

212 points by georgeoliver 3 years ago | 369 comments

Reaching the Unix philosophy's logical extreme with WebAssembly(xeiaso.net)

210 points by xena 3 years ago | 106 comments

On being ready to die, and yet also now being able to swallow ice cream(jakeseliger.com)

209 points by theoldlove 3 years ago | 104 comments

That Old NetBSD Server, Running Since 2010(it-notes.dragas.net)

208 points by michelangelo 3 years ago | 71 comments

Mother is arrested in Bangladesh after son in US criticizes government online(nbcnews.com)

181 points by belltaco 3 years ago | 66 comments

A study on robustness and reliability of large language model code generation(arxiv.org)

166 points by floridsleeves 3 years ago | 200 comments

Happy 25th Birthday to Bugzilla(bugzilla.org)

158 points by buovjaga 3 years ago | 63 comments

Netbirdio/netbird: Connect devices into a single private WireGuard mesh network(github.com)

154 points by rcarmo 3 years ago | 25 comments

Anti-AI Hype LLM Reading List(gist.github.com)

152 points by atg_abhishek 3 years ago | 38 comments

Running WASI binaries from your HTML using Web Components(runno.dev)

145 points by benno128 3 years ago | 62 comments

A forum engine written in Assembly(asm32.info)

135 points by utf_8x 3 years ago | 88 comments

WordPress introduces 100 year domain registrations(wordpress.com)

132 points by anderspitman 3 years ago | 125 comments

i386 in Ubuntu won't die(popey.com)

132 points by jandeboevrie 3 years ago | 105 comments

Ham radio enthusiasts vs. High-frequency traders: A battle for the airwaves(wsj.com)

130 points by hhs 3 years ago | 167 comments

High-Dimensional Probability and Applications in Data Science(math.uci.edu)

124 points by gone35 3 years ago | 13 comments

The code for Anna's Archive(annas-software.org)

122 points by hggh 3 years ago | 6 comments

Seven Sins of Writing(hamilton.edu)

110 points by paint 3 years ago | 99 comments

PMET: Precise Model Editing in a Transformer(arxiv.org)

109 points by PaulHoule 3 years ago | 12 comments

In the '90s I survived summers in Egypt with no AC. How would it feel now?(npr.org)

109 points by makaimc 3 years ago | 108 comments

Ubus (OpenWrt micro bus architecture)(openwrt.org)

103 points by todsacerdoti 3 years ago | 43 comments

Ukraine uses Australian drones made of cardboard(aircosmosinternational.com)

102 points by rmason 3 years ago | 68 comments

Firefox 1.0 New York Times ad (2004)(scribd.com)

95 points by tones411 3 years ago | 49 comments

Waku: The Minimalist React Framework with Server Components(waku.gg)

85 points by bpierre 3 years ago | 61 comments

Grades of quality of Panama hats(brentblack.com)

85 points by Tomte 3 years ago | 41 comments

Scientists are working to bring the woolly mammoth back(popularmechanics.com)

83 points by marcodiego 3 years ago | 51 comments

Silicon Valley elites revealed as investors behind $800M Bay Area land grab(sfchronicle.com)

77 points by jonah 3 years ago | 56 comments

Interactive Hiragana chart with audio(japanesecomplete.com)

74 points by sova 3 years ago | 46 comments

Sal Khan: How AI could save (not destroy) education [video](youtube.com)

66 points by vanilla-almond 3 years ago | 50 comments

Demodulation of the 5G NR Downlink(destevez.net)

65 points by picture 3 years ago | 5 comments

Show HN: Graphweaver – Instant GraphQL API on Postgres, MySQL, SQLite and More(github.com)

61 points by graphweaver 3 years ago | 34 comments

Classical music is for everyone(firstthings.com)

60 points by Bostonian 3 years ago | 39 comments

IBM analog AI chip could give the Nvidia H100 a run for its money(techradar.com)

59 points by mikece 3 years ago | 44 comments

Practical parsing with Flex and Bison (2021)(begriffs.com)

58 points by gnubison 3 years ago | 12 comments

Homer and His Iliad(historytoday.com)

58 points by diodorus 3 years ago | 18 comments

Labor unions are pushing hard for better pay and hours – and winning(cnbc.com)

55 points by pg_1234 3 years ago | 44 comments

Remote Work Is Here to Stay, and Employers Aren’t Happy About It(investopedia.com)

54 points by pg_1234 3 years ago | 40 comments

Our Products(kinkisharyo.co.jp)

54 points by gregsadetsky 3 years ago | 17 comments

OnlyFans: Who is Leonid Radvinsky, the elusive owner of a porn empire?(bbc.com)

52 points by rntn 3 years ago | 58 comments

Consumers complaining on X targeted by scammers after verification changes(theguardian.com)

49 points by nickcotter 3 years ago | 38 comments

The Decreationist: Simone Weil’s thoughts on the unmaking of the self(theamericanscholar.org)

49 points by Caiero 3 years ago | 10 comments

Moderation Strike: Results of Negotiations(meta.stackexchange.com)

49 points by thyrsus 3 years ago | 18 comments

Open-Source Washing(github.com)

49 points by lucasfcosta 3 years ago | 37 comments

That Old NetBSD Server, Running Since 2010(it-notes.dragas.net)

48 points by zdw 3 years ago | 11 comments

Phrack Magazine(phrack.org)

43 points by beardedwizard 3 years ago | 4 comments

Python proposal (inspired by Lua)(hachyderm.io)

40 points by _ZeD_ 3 years ago | 36 comments

Apple to Limit iPhone 15 USB-C Cables to USB 2.0 Speeds: Report(extremetech.com)

39 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 38 comments

Silicon Valley “Pronatalists” Oppose Remote Work Despite Boosted Fertility Rates(stoppopulationdecline.org)

37 points by mikestew 3 years ago | 36 comments