Where does my computer get the time from?(dotat.at)
776 points by fanf2 | 231 comments
Tony Finch's blog post adapting his RIPE meeting lightning talk explaining how computers obtain the time, from NTP servers back to atomic clocks.
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Pythagorean Theorem found on clay tablet 1k years older than Pythagoras (2009)(link.springer.com)
727 points by samaysharma | 199 comments
Article reporting that a Babylonian clay tablet shows knowledge of the Pythagorean theorem roughly 1,000 years before Pythagoras.
HTTP/3 adoption is growing rapidly(blog.apnic.net)
535 points by skilled | 398 comments
APNIC blog guest post by Robin Marx explaining why HTTP/3 and QUIC adoption is growing and how the protocol differs from earlier HTTP versions.
How fast are Linux pipes anyway? (2022)(mazzo.li)
462 points by SEJeff | 87 comments
Blog post exploring how Linux pipes are implemented by iteratively optimizing a pipe-based test program from 3.5GiB/s to about 65GiB/s using perf profiling.
What we learned making a plastic injection mold with a Chinese mold maker(airgradient.com)
439 points by ahaucnx | 171 comments
AirGradient blog post by Achim Haug sharing lessons and tips from making plastic injection molds for its air quality monitors with Chinese mold makers.
Bitmagnet: A self-hosted BitTorrent indexer, DHT crawler, and torrent search(bitmagnet.io)
439 points by KoftaBob | 99 comments
Documentation homepage for bitmagnet, a self-hosted BitTorrent indexer, DHT crawler, content classifier and torrent search engine with web UI and GraphQL API.
Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps(store.app)
422 points by presson | 199 comments
Store.app is a directory and app store for progressive web apps, with featured listings, categories like AI, crypto and games, and a filter for installable apps.
NIST Elliptic Curves Seeds Bounty(words.filippo.io)
397 points by mfrw | 83 comments
Filippo Valsorda's blog post announcing an $8,192 bounty for recovering the original seeds used to generate the NIST elliptic curves.
Krita fund has no corporate support(fund.krita.org)
252 points by moelf | 185 comments
Gboard Hat Version(landing.google.co.jp)
180 points by xnx | 31 comments
LLMs confabulate not hallucinate(beren.io)
179 points by pella | 177 comments
![Screenshot of uspto.gov: OpenAI's justification for why training data is fair use, not infringement [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2023/10/5/74902bbb-db69-40cf-b895-55e343208738.jpg)
Fluid Simulation(kyndinfo.notion.site)
147 points by nbaksalyar | 10 comments
How Transformers Work(ig.ft.com)
145 points by sblank | 61 comments
Vivaldi on iOS(vivaldi.com)
141 points by aeadio | 96 comments
Test Anything Protocol(testanything.org)
141 points by brianzelip | 32 comments
![Screenshot of youtube.com: Every Type of Railcar Explained in 15 Minutes [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2023/10/5/8e5cbef1-7068-43f8-b974-95d1f8a882bf.jpg)
The Workflow Pattern(blog.bittacklr.be)
115 points by kiyanwang | 30 comments
How will AI learn next?(newyorker.com)
112 points by jyli7 | 111 comments
Supernova in 1006(en.wikipedia.org)
109 points by 1970-01-01 | 54 comments
An alternative front end for Haskell?(gilmi.me)
107 points by amalinovic | 48 comments
![Screenshot of par.nsf.gov: President Speaking: Spoofing Alerts in 4G LTE Networks (2019) [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2023/10/5/993c95f4-5baa-4874-bf82-1cc1fe39087d.jpg)
Dot Dotat.at(dotat.at)
74 points by saclark11 | 36 comments
