Hacker News on Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Commercially available chairs in Star Trek(ex-astris-scientia.org)

601 points by zichy 3 years ago | 177 comments

Ex Astris Scientia database page cataloging 163 off-the-shelf chairs, stools, and vehicle seats identified in Star Trek productions.

What is the Demoscene? An interview(onthearts.com)

513 points by keiferski 3 years ago | 209 comments

An On the Arts newsletter interview with Filipe Cruz explaining the demoscene, the obscure but influential computer art form.

Psytrance Guide(psytranceguide.com)

457 points by turrini 3 years ago | 229 comments

A guide to psytrance subgenres with descriptions and Spotify playlists, meant for discovering styles and tagging DJ collections.

Hacker leaks millions more 23andMe user records on cybercrime forum(techcrunch.com)

432 points by coloneltcb 3 years ago | 334 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that a hacker leaked millions more 23andMe user records on a cybercrime forum.

Reflect – Multiplayer web app framework with game-style synchronization(rocicorp.dev)

397 points by aboodman 3 years ago | 137 comments

Rocicorp blog post announcing Reflect, a framework for building multiplayer web apps using game-style state synchronization.

4K4D: Real-Time 4D View Synthesis at 4K Resolution(zju3dv.github.io)

387 points by georgehill 3 years ago | 128 comments

Project page for 4K4D, a Zhejiang University research paper on real-time 4D dynamic view synthesis at 4K resolution, with paper, arXiv, code links and demos.

USB-C head-to-head comparison(lumafield.com)

311 points by eucalyptuseye 3 years ago | 173 comments

A 1990 experiment to test whether we could discern life on Earth remotely(nature.com)

243 points by sohkamyung 3 years ago | 133 comments

Scientists discover links between Alzheimer's disease and gut microbiota(kcl.ac.uk)

241 points by CharlesW 3 years ago | 85 comments

The fake browser update scam gets a makeover(krebsonsecurity.com)

230 points by feross 3 years ago | 164 comments

New pill helps Covid smell and taste loss fade quickly(nature.com)

208 points by EA-3167 3 years ago | 110 comments

GPT-4 vision prompt injection(blog.roboflow.com)

203 points by Lealen 3 years ago | 81 comments

Sweden reports damage to Baltic Sea cable with Estonia(dw.com)

201 points by perihelions 3 years ago | 154 comments

Zero ASIC is out of stealth(zeroasic.com)

201 points by jasondavies 3 years ago | 73 comments

Amazon reaches 10k Rivian electric delivery vans in US(techcrunch.com)

186 points by geox 3 years ago | 239 comments

Why is text of sumissions in low-contrast grey on HN?

182 points by fodkodrasz 3 years ago | 96 comments

Fuyu-8B: A multimodal architecture for AI agents(adept.ai)

173 points by averylamp 3 years ago | 51 comments

Launch HN: Pier (YC W23) – Stripe for Credit

172 points by jess-zhang 3 years ago | 71 comments

Ask HN: Is anyone using cloud dev environments (e.g. Codespaces/Replit) at work?

168 points by nbrad 3 years ago | 176 comments

Microfrontends should be a last resort(breck-mckye.com)

163 points by keepamovin 3 years ago | 111 comments

The Ur-Quan Masters: Open-source remake of Star Control II(theurquanmasters.com)

160 points by reidrac 3 years ago | 53 comments

An ultra-quiet electric leaf blower(techcrunch.com)

154 points by rnjailamba 3 years ago | 146 comments

Localization Failure: Temperature Is Hard(randomascii.wordpress.com)

151 points by The_suffocated 3 years ago | 112 comments

What's New in Python 3.12(docs.python.org)

139 points by alexfromapex 3 years ago | 84 comments

Autogen: Enable next-gen large language model applications(github.com)

137 points by infruset 3 years ago | 47 comments

Binance US No Longer Allows USD Withdrawal for Users(thenewscrypto.com)

125 points by kaycebasques 3 years ago | 240 comments

C++ Modules: Packaging Story(blog.conan.io)

120 points by ibobev 3 years ago | 91 comments

You're not lacking creativity, you're overwhelmed(newsletter.thejorgemedina.com)

119 points by alexzeitler 3 years ago | 66 comments

OpenAI just replaced its core values with completely different ones(futurism.com)

119 points by clockworksoul 3 years ago | 79 comments

Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bales after ancient bylaw triggered(theguardian.com)

118 points by 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 3 years ago | 99 comments

When was the last time Marc Andreessen talked to a poor person?(techcrunch.com)

111 points by swyx 3 years ago | 67 comments

Intel Launches Intel Core 14th Gen Desktop Processors for Enthusiasts(intel.com)

107 points by type0 3 years ago | 133 comments

This is what the year actually looks like (2018)(nrkbeta.no)

106 points by nkurz 3 years ago | 92 comments

Higher quality random floats(corsix.org)

100 points by ingve 3 years ago | 40 comments

The iOS option to charge battery to "80% Limit" shouldn't just be for iPhone 15(keydiscussions.com)

95 points by spenvo 3 years ago | 122 comments

Bank of America's unrealized losses on securities rose to $131.6B(reuters.com)

94 points by evanjrowley 3 years ago | 91 comments

Standardizing next-generation narrow precision data formats for AI(opencompute.org)

93 points by opcode84 3 years ago | 41 comments

Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent(ghacks.net)

89 points by mindracer 3 years ago | 58 comments

Qualcomm to Bring RISC-V Based Wearable Platform to Wear OS by Google(qualcomm.com)

89 points by fork-bomber 3 years ago | 24 comments

Bricklaying robots can now build tennis-court-sized walls in 4 hours(newatlas.com)

89 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB 3 years ago | 73 comments

Fractional Factorial Experiment Design: There Are Too Many Experiments to Do(blog.demofox.org)

85 points by ingve 3 years ago | 30 comments

The most insane "robocall mitigation plans" that telcos filed with the FCC(arstechnica.com)

82 points by Brajeshwar 3 years ago | 58 comments

A Generation Lost in the Bazaar (2012)(queue.acm.org)

80 points by pjmlp 3 years ago | 36 comments

Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes(science.org)

79 points by rbanffy 3 years ago | 94 comments

Grayjay – Follow Creators Not Platforms(grayjay.app)

79 points by judiisis 3 years ago | 78 comments

Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Keyword Search Warrant(eff.org)

78 points by lamontcg 3 years ago | 30 comments

Webb detects quartz crystals in clouds of hot gas giant(phys.org)

77 points by wglb 3 years ago | 21 comments

GitHub stars won't pay your rent (2020)(kitze.io)

74 points by behnamoh 3 years ago | 40 comments

Barnes and Noble Sets Itself Free(nytimes.com)

72 points by prismatic 3 years ago | 51 comments

The Oracle Java Platform Extension for Visual Studio Code(inside.java)

69 points by pjmlp 3 years ago | 75 comments

Version Museum: A Visual History of Your Favorite Technology(versionmuseum.com)

68 points by laech 3 years ago | 6 comments

Yamaha TX81Z Homepage(mgregory22.me)

65 points by brudgers 3 years ago | 54 comments

Add Friction to Your Onboarding(wraptext.equals.com)

64 points by FragrantRiver 3 years ago | 25 comments

xVal: A continuous number encoding for large language models(arxiv.org)

64 points by og_kalu 3 years ago | 8 comments

Nushell 0.86(nushell.sh)

62 points by kytazo 3 years ago | 19 comments

gRPC request context which caries values across microservice boundaries(github.com)

60 points by reidbuzby 3 years ago | 39 comments

X begins charging new users $1 a year in New Zealand, Philippines(bbc.co.uk)

58 points by luag 3 years ago | 62 comments

Spacedrive: Unify files from all your devices and clouds into one explorer(spacedrive.com)

57 points by nateb2022 3 years ago | 33 comments

Tell HN: Wise froze $40k+ in funds for 10 days and counting

52 points by ritzaco 3 years ago | 29 comments

Even the FBI says you need to patch this Atlassian Confluence bug(techradar.com)

52 points by RadixDLT 3 years ago | 19 comments