Hacker News on Sunday, 31 December 2023

Happy New Year HN!

1218 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 232 comments

A Hacker News discussion thread where a user wishes the community a happy 2024 and commenters share why they value HN.

Compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT(danluu.com)

856 points by 882542F3884314B 2 years ago | 433 comments

Dan Luu blog post comparing search result quality across Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT using sample queries.

I forked SteamOS for my living room PC(iliana.fyi)

421 points by muterad_murilax 2 years ago | 206 comments

Blog post by iliana etaoin describing how she forked SteamOS 3 and built custom atomic A/B update images for a living room PC.

Bazzite – a SteamOS-like OCI image for desktop, living room, and handheld PCs(github.com)

346 points by goncalossilva 2 years ago | 94 comments

GitHub repository for Bazzite, an OCI-based Fedora image offering a SteamOS-like gaming OS for Steam Deck, desktops, HTPCs, and other handheld PCs.

Emacs-copilot: Large language model code completion for Emacs(github.com)

326 points by yla92 2 years ago | 136 comments

GitHub repository for emacs-copilot by jart, an Emacs Lisp package providing large language model code completion inside Emacs.

7 watts idle – building a low powered server/NAS on Intel 12th/13th gen(mattgadient.com)

283 points by ryangibb 2 years ago | 143 comments

Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for accounts(utcc.utoronto.ca)

269 points by throw0101b 2 years ago | 383 comments

Getting things done in small increments (2022)(dubroy.com)

204 points by begueradj 2 years ago | 42 comments

Sony software updates breaks movie theater projectors(bsky.app)

203 points by donohoe 2 years ago | 102 comments

Show HN: Cassette, a Personal Programming Language(cassette-lang.com)

200 points by news_to_me 2 years ago | 54 comments

Bun, JavaScript, and TCO(onsclom.net)

157 points by tosh 2 years ago | 129 comments

A 1690s Peanut is Reborn(nationalpeanutboard.org)

155 points by mooreds 2 years ago | 67 comments

Maersk ship hit by missile in the Red Sea(gcaptain.com)

145 points by bison3 2 years ago | 149 comments

Sweden Solar System(en.wikipedia.org)

141 points by titaniumtown 2 years ago | 40 comments

Ottopot, a sophisticated DIY MIDI controller(gerotakke.de)

140 points by rcarmo 2 years ago | 27 comments

Interesting double-poly latches inside AMD's vintage LANCE Ethernet chip(righto.com)

138 points by elpocko 2 years ago | 13 comments

Ask HN: What has quantum computing achieved so far?

134 points by jack_riminton 2 years ago | 102 comments

High Precision Mapping from Scratch(bendauphinee.com)

111 points by bendauphinee 2 years ago | 30 comments

Counterfactual Regret Minimisation or How I won any money in Poker?(rnikhil.com)

104 points by whoami_nr 2 years ago | 26 comments

How to run a small social network (2019)(runyourown.social)

102 points by GoRudy 2 years ago | 97 comments

An Easy Fix(chhopsky.itch.io)

100 points by Sebguer 2 years ago | 20 comments

Ambient Co-Presence(maggieappleton.com)

95 points by Tomte 2 years ago | 30 comments

WWII heroics of 'Bazooka Charlie' doubted until daughter sets record straight(dispatch.com)

87 points by alehlopeh 2 years ago | 21 comments

Cuis-Smalltalk(cuis.st)

85 points by haolez 2 years ago | 21 comments

Pascal in Forth (1983)(tangentstorm.github.io)

85 points by sph 2 years ago | 19 comments

The forecasting fallacy (2020)(alexmurrell.co.uk)

83 points by rognjen 2 years ago | 65 comments

Building ColdFusion for the Web(thehistoryoftheweb.com)

78 points by paulgb 2 years ago | 54 comments

Threads.net is the new app.net but with ads and interoperable(fromjason.xyz)

77 points by jayveeone 2 years ago | 46 comments

Logistic Regression for Image Classification Using OpenCV(machinelearningmastery.com)

74 points by andyjohnson0 2 years ago | 20 comments

You're Supposed to Be Glad Your Tesla Is a Brittle Heap of Junk(defector.com)

73 points by ColinWright 2 years ago | 38 comments

Live proxy and VPN detection(proxy.incolumitas.com)

72 points by cacher 2 years ago | 52 comments

Decision Table Based Methodology for Software Development (2004)(methodsandtools.com)

65 points by rramadass 2 years ago | 20 comments

A future for SQL on the web (2021)(jlongster.com)

65 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 22 comments

Simulating Non-CRT Monitors with FFmpeg: Flat Panel Displays (2021)(int10h.org)

64 points by susam 2 years ago | 1 comments

iOS Wi-Fi Profile Generator(daduckmsft.github.io)

64 points by transpute 2 years ago | 53 comments

Instant messaging: Protocols are "commons", let's take them seriously(process-one.net)

64 points by mooreds 2 years ago | 61 comments

Show HN: Spindle, a cross between Wordle and a Rubik's Cube made in PHP(playspindle.com)

61 points by abbm 2 years ago | 38 comments

Design Principles Behind Smalltalk (1981)(cs.virginia.edu)

60 points by rodrigosetti 2 years ago | 7 comments

Molecular jackhammers eradicate cancer cells by vibronic-driven action(nature.com)

60 points by talboren 2 years ago | 3 comments

My SBC Collection(multimedia.cx)

59 points by chmaynard 2 years ago | 40 comments

Decision Table Patterns (2020)(hillelwayne.com)

58 points by rramadass 2 years ago | 8 comments

Pushing It Back(antipope.org)

55 points by mpweiher 2 years ago | 30 comments

Synctify – Sync a music drop with a time in the real world(synctify.app)

54 points by lukew3 2 years ago | 26 comments

Slow Electricity: The Return of DC Power? (2016)(solar.lowtechmagazine.com)

51 points by nf3 2 years ago | 109 comments

White Elephant is surprisingly effective(bobbiec.github.io)

51 points by bobbiechen 2 years ago | 13 comments

AzuraCast: A Simple, Self-Hosted Web Radio Management Suite(github.com)

49 points by kylegalbraith 2 years ago | 10 comments

O(1) Build File(matklad.github.io)

49 points by sam_bristow 2 years ago | 11 comments

Tracking and technology in cars is being weaponized by abusive partners(nytimes.com)

47 points by edward 2 years ago | 81 comments

Genuary 2024: Generative Art / Creative Coding Month(genuary.art)

47 points by tripzilch 2 years ago | 6 comments

Warchalking(en.wikipedia.org)

46 points by mjsir911 2 years ago | 24 comments

January 1, 2024 is Public Domain Day(web.law.duke.edu)

46 points by the-mitr 2 years ago | 8 comments

Model suggests asteroids that come close to Earth are torn apart by its gravity(phys.org)

41 points by wglb 2 years ago | 19 comments

A Cypherpunk's Manifesto (1993)(activism.net)

39 points by rasengan 2 years ago | 10 comments

There is an oom kill count in Linux(medium.com)

37 points by kiyanwang 2 years ago | 39 comments

Mazzle – A pipelines as code tool(devops-pipeline.com)

35 points by g0xA52A2A 2 years ago | 3 comments

Farewell, Java stingaree: Scientist declare the first marine fish extinction(news.mongabay.com)

35 points by rwmj 2 years ago | 15 comments

Jaw-Dropping News: Boeing and Lockheed Just Matched SpaceX's Prices(fool.com)

34 points by grecy 2 years ago | 22 comments

2023: Year in Review(jvns.ca)

34 points by matricaria 2 years ago | 2 comments

Half of High School Seniors Won't Apply to Colleges Costing More Than $40k(forbes.com)

32 points by belter 2 years ago | 42 comments

Test Smarter, Not Harder: Focus on Outcomes, Not Outputs(markus.oberlehner.net)

31 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 27 comments