Hacker News on Friday, 24 November 2023

Generative AI for Beginners(microsoft.github.io)

575 points by Anon84 2 years ago | 86 comments

Microsoft's free 12-lesson course site teaching beginners how to build generative AI applications, covering LLMs, prompt engineering, and app design.

Unciv(github.com)

510 points by jcalve 2 years ago | 116 comments

GitHub repository for Unciv, an open-source Android/desktop remake of Civilization V built with libGDX under the MPL-2.0 license.

Autonomous excavator constructs a six-metre-high dry-stone wall(ethz.ch)

499 points by belter 2 years ago | 163 comments

ETH Zurich news article about researchers teaching an autonomous excavator to build a six-metre-high dry-stone wall from boulders and demolition debris.

Stripe live dashboard(bfcm.stripe.dev)

419 points by georgehill 2 years ago | 182 comments

Stripe's live dashboard site showing real-time payment volume during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday period, captured while still displaying a booting screen.

Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017)(johnsalvatier.org)

358 points by tosh 2 years ago | 123 comments

John Salvatier's 2017 essay arguing that reality contains surprising detail, illustrated by building stairs, and how this explains why people get intellectually stuck.

Things you're allowed to do (2020)(milan.cvitkovic.net)

342 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 167 comments

A personal blog post listing things people are allowed to do but may not realize, such as hiring researchers or consultants, with practical advice.

Animotion – a visual CSS animation app(cssanimotion.pages.dev)

319 points by marban 2 years ago | 22 comments

Landing page for Animotion, a web app for creating CSS animations visually with a keyframes editor, ready-made animations, and built-in easings.

Shopify live dashboard(bfcm.shopify.com)

310 points by ludovicianul 2 years ago | 96 comments

Show HN: IP Guide – Info on IP addresses, Networks, and ASNs(ip.guide)

309 points by bswinnerton 2 years ago | 74 comments

Making games in Go for absolute beginners(threedots.tech)

300 points by ingve 2 years ago | 60 comments

Ask HN: How should I setup a phone for a newly blind relative?

287 points by tallowen 2 years ago | 62 comments

The Failed Commodification of Technical Work(ludic.mataroa.blog)

285 points by M2Ys4U 2 years ago | 156 comments

MonadGPT – What would have happened if ChatGPT was invented in the 17th century?(huggingface.co)

282 points by surprisetalk 2 years ago | 96 comments

Cicero: The first AI to play at a human level in Diplomacy (2022)(ai.meta.com)

246 points by tosh 2 years ago | 70 comments

The feds' vehicle 'kill switch' mandate is a gross violation of privacy(fee.org)

243 points by janandonly 2 years ago | 245 comments

AI system self-organises to develop features of brains of complex organisms(cam.ac.uk)

242 points by timthorn 2 years ago | 121 comments

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Decompilation(github.com)

224 points by skibz 2 years ago | 74 comments

Botlib: C Telegram bot framework(github.com)

204 points by rgbrgb 2 years ago | 77 comments

Demystifying Web Push Notifications(pqvst.com)

204 points by daco 2 years ago | 73 comments

The bash book to rule them all(fabiensanglard.net)

203 points by tosh 2 years ago | 105 comments

Apple's Pro Display XDR takes Thunderbolt 3 to its limit(fabiensanglard.net)

202 points by WithinReason 2 years ago | 130 comments

Show HN: Perfect Pitch Puzzle – a musical Wordle daily ear training game(perfectpitchpuzzle.com)

189 points by lpnotes 2 years ago | 90 comments

Minosoft: Open-source Minecraft client, written from scratch(gitlab.bixilon.de)

180 points by manwithkind 2 years ago | 75 comments

Mail-in-a-Box: a mail server in a box(github.com)

169 points by tambourine_man 2 years ago | 108 comments

Cash Cows(ageofinvention.xyz)

168 points by abscond 2 years ago | 52 comments

Training for one trillion parameter model backed by Intel and US govt has begun(techradar.com)

164 points by goplayoutside 2 years ago | 179 comments

Please ignore the deluge of complete nonsense about Q*(twitter.com)

161 points by mfiguiere 2 years ago | 97 comments

"Useless Ruby sugar": Argument forwarding(zverok.space)

160 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 117 comments

Some observations on the final text of the European Digital Identity framework(blog.xot.nl)

156 points by raybb 2 years ago | 103 comments

Elixir at Ramp(engineering.ramp.com)

154 points by judicious 2 years ago | 50 comments

Mid-old cells are a potential target for anti-aging interventions in the elderly(nature.com)

140 points by dtawfik1 2 years ago | 109 comments

If somafm ever goes away I'll stop writing software(somafm.com)

137 points by cryptoz 2 years ago | 27 comments

Topo magazine uses comics to tell the news to French teens(niemanlab.org)

119 points by giuliomagnifico 2 years ago | 46 comments

Show HN: AI Generated SVG's(vectorart.ai)

110 points by tm11zz 2 years ago | 55 comments

Subtitle is now open-source(vedgupta.in)

107 points by yugtripathi 2 years ago | 29 comments

Street Fighter II, subtile accurate animation (2021)(fabiensanglard.net)

103 points by Amorymeltzer 2 years ago | 24 comments

Data Parallel Extensions for Python(intelpython.github.io)

103 points by nateb2022 2 years ago | 9 comments

I Am Sitting in a Room (1969)(en.wikipedia.org)

102 points by austinjp 2 years ago | 12 comments

Classnames – a site that provides thematically grouped lists of words(classnames.paulrobertlloyd.com)

101 points by surprisetalk 2 years ago | 30 comments

Disabling iOS Personalized Ads tells kernel to kill daemon every 3 seconds(twitter.com)

97 points by nethuml 2 years ago | 29 comments

Ubisoft blames 'technical error' for showing pop-up ads in Assassin's Creed(theverge.com)

97 points by bookofjoe 2 years ago | 69 comments

Yi-34B-Chat(huggingface.co)

96 points by tosh 2 years ago | 55 comments

DDG founder says Google's phone, manufacturing partnerships thwart competition(apnews.com)

95 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 52 comments

PHP 8.3(php.net)

92 points by daco 2 years ago | 50 comments

Mic Test(mictests.com)

90 points by nitinreddy88 2 years ago | 44 comments

Interesting features of John Harrison's sea clocks(incoherency.co.uk)

88 points by surprisetalk 2 years ago | 26 comments

Strategies for making reproducible research the norm(elifesciences.org)

87 points by Tomte 2 years ago | 76 comments

Q* Hypothesis: Enhancing Reasoning, Rewards, and Synthetic Data(interconnects.ai)

86 points by Jimmc414 2 years ago | 41 comments

A curated list of AI assistants(github.com)

80 points by putna 2 years ago | 36 comments

Texas officials warn of rolling blackouts to ease strain on power grid(dailymail.co.uk)

80 points by belltaco 2 years ago | 69 comments

PacketMill: Toward per-Core 100-Gbps networking (2021)(dl.acm.org)

77 points by teleforce 2 years ago | 24 comments

Rxinfer: Automatic Bayesian Inference Through Reactive Message Passing(biaslab.github.io)

74 points by anewhnaccount2 2 years ago | 8 comments

GIMP 3.0 finally has a release schedule(librearts.org)

70 points by pabs3 2 years ago | 73 comments

Revival of Medley/Interlisp(theregister.com)

70 points by rbc 2 years ago | 9 comments

Extremely large telescopes at risk(science.org)

70 points by geox 2 years ago | 50 comments

Almost half of Californians speak a non-English language at home(axios.com)

69 points by mooreds 2 years ago | 72 comments

State Dept prioritizes 'AI-ready workforce' in its first AI strategy(federalnewsnetwork.com)

68 points by toomuchtodo 2 years ago | 53 comments

Cats That Fetch Are an Evolutionary Mystery(theatlantic.com)

67 points by bookofjoe 2 years ago | 82 comments

Mice eating less isoleucine live longer, healthier(news.wisc.edu)

66 points by gardenfelder 2 years ago | 47 comments

Show HN: A game to memorize scale degrees on the guitar fretboard(fretboardfly.com)

65 points by udit99 2 years ago | 30 comments