Reading QR codes without a computer(qr.blinry.org)
593 points by input_sh | 82 comments
An interactive explainer, written for a 37C3 workshop, teaching the anatomy of QR codes and how to decode them by hand using a cheat sheet.
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Modder re-creates Game Boy Advance games using the audio from crash sounds(arstechnica.com)
543 points by dagenix | 75 comments
Ars Technica article about a modder who reconstructed bootable Game Boy Advance games, including Pokémon, by recording the audio produced when the games crash.
My toddler still loves planes, so I upgraded her radar(jacobbartlett.substack.com)
497 points by jakey_bakey | 110 comments
Substack post by Jacob Bartlett detailing the upgrade of his iOS app Aviator, a phone-based plane radar built for his toddler, as indie dev story and release notes.
Kayak's new flight filter allows you to exclude aircraft models(reddit.com)
491 points by Eisenstein | 342 comments
Reddit r/aviation post about Kayak's flight filter for excluding aircraft models; the page shows Reddit's network-policy block notice instead.
Meta now lets EU users unlink their Facebook, Messenger and Instagram accounts(neowin.net)
433 points by pg_1234 | 219 comments
Neowin news article reporting that Meta now allows EU users to unlink their Facebook, Messenger and Instagram accounts.
GPT-3.5 crashes when it thinks about useRalativeImagePath too much(iter.ca)
421 points by goranmoomin | 129 comments
Blog post showing that asking ChatGPT 3.5 to repeat a string containing "useRal" tokens consistently triggers an error in the message stream.
U.S. National Park Service API(nps.gov)
350 points by jeffennell | 166 comments
National Park Service page introducing the NPS Data API, an open API giving developers access to park data for their projects.
Czech republic sets IPv4 end date(konecipv4.cz)
328 points by deadbunny | 303 comments
CZ.NIC page announcing the Czech government's decision to stop providing state administration services over IPv4 on 6 June 2032.
Winlator: Android app that lets you to run Windows apps with Wine(winlator.org)
327 points by davikr | 111 comments
Official website for Winlator, an Android app that runs Windows x86_64 applications using Wine and Box86/Box64, with a download link.
Forging signed commits on GitHub(iter.ca)
270 points by rokkitmensch | 104 comments
An RNG that runs in your brain(hillelwayne.com)
212 points by nalgeon | 52 comments
Too much serendipity(lesswrong.com)
178 points by HR01 | 81 comments
Right to Repair: The Price Is Not Right(repair.eu)
144 points by acqbu | 134 comments
CSS3D Clouds(spite.github.io)
138 points by thunderbong | 14 comments
When America first dropped acid(newyorker.com)
138 points by jseliger | 166 comments
Riot Games laying off 11%(riotgames.com)
89 points by ortusdux | 85 comments
Caches: LRU vs. Random (2014)(danluu.com)
82 points by eatonphil | 16 comments
Two File Descriptors for Sockets(cr.yp.to)
82 points by goranmoomin | 46 comments
Ask HN: Is Apple's R1 a Discrete GPU?
69 points by toasterlovin | 39 comments
Fair Cake-Cutting(en.wikipedia.org)
60 points by RetroTechie | 20 comments
Feral Minds(noemamag.com)
56 points by PaulHoule | 39 comments
