Hacker News on Wednesday, 29 November 2023

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

Screenshot of github.com: Llamafile lets you distribute and run LLMs with a single file

Llamafile lets you distribute and run LLMs with a single file (github.com)

972 points by tfinch 2 years ago | 253 comments

GitHub repository for Mozilla-Ocho's llamafile, a tool to distribute and run large language models as a single executable file.

llamafile llama-cpp llm mozilla

Screenshot of octodon.social: The 1988 shooting down of Flight 655 as a user interface disaster

The 1988 shooting down of Flight 655 as a user interface disaster (octodon.social)

717 points by srijan4 2 years ago | 562 comments

A Mastodon thread by Jason Lefkowitz arguing that the 1988 USS Vincennes shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 was partly caused by Aegis user interface design failures.

user-interface iran-air-flight-655 aegis-combat-system uss-vincennes

Screenshot of xuanwo.io: Rust std fs slower than Python? No, it's hardware

Rust std fs slower than Python? No, it's hardware (xuanwo.io)

640 points by Pop_- 2 years ago | 209 comments

Blog post investigating why Rust's std::fs file reads appeared slower than Python's, tracing the cause to a hardware/CPU-level issue rather than the language.

rust python performance file-io

Screenshot of consumerreports.org: Who makes the most reliable new cars?

Who makes the most reliable new cars?(consumerreports.org)

447 points by deletionist 2 years ago | 933 comments

Consumer Reports article ranking car brands by predicted reliability of their new models.

consumer-reports car-reliability automotive car-brands

Screenshot of github.com: Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simplicity

Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simplicity (github.com)

393 points by tmcneal 2 years ago | 211 comments

GitHub repository for jaq, a Rust clone of the jq JSON processor focused on correctness, speed, and simplicity.

jq rust json command-line-tools

Screenshot of github.com: Freetar – an alternative front end for ultimate-guitar.com

Freetar – an alternative front end for ultimate-guitar.com (github.com)

374 points by kmille 2 years ago | 115 comments

GitHub repository for freetar, a GPL-licensed open-source alternative frontend for ultimate-guitar.com guitar tabs and chords.

ultimate-guitar alternative-frontend guitar-tabs python

Screenshot of whenistheweekend.com: Write shaders for the (sim) Vegas sphere

Write shaders for the (sim) Vegas sphere (whenistheweekend.com)

338 points by jjwiseman 2 years ago | 67 comments

An interactive web toy that lets users write GLSL fragment shaders rendered onto a simulated Las Vegas Sphere over aerial footage of the Strip.

glsl shaders webgl las-vegas-sphere

Screenshot of phoronix.com: Roundcube open-source webmail software merges with Nextcloud

Roundcube open-source webmail software merges with Nextcloud (phoronix.com)

324 points by mikece 2 years ago | 232 comments

Phoronix news article reporting that the open-source Roundcube webmail project is merging with Nextcloud, which will invest in its development starting 2024.

roundcube nextcloud webmail email

Screenshot of imois.in: Travle: A daily game – get between countries in as few guesses as possible