Apple Vision Pro review(wsj.com)
646 points by fortran77 | 997 comments
A Wall Street Journal review of Apple's Vision Pro headset; the captured page shows only a device-verification bot check screen.
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Intel's Humbling(stratechery.com)
501 points by jseliger | 354 comments
Stratechery essay by Ben Thompson analyzing Intel's struggles, its leadership history, and its foundry strategy.
I just wanted Emacs to look nice – Using 24-bit color in terminals(chadaustin.me)
475 points by signa11 | 152 comments
Blog post by Chad Austin on configuring terminals and Emacs to use 24-bit true color so themes like Solarized render properly.
How to deal with receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Big Tech(12challenges.substack.com)
460 points by louisbarclay | 183 comments
Louis Barclay's Substack post on handling a cease-and-desist letter from Big Tech, drawing on Facebook's 2021 letter over his Unfollow Everything extension.
Show HN: Open-source x64 and Arm GitHub runners(ubicloud.com)
453 points by umur | 117 comments
Ubicloud product page for managed, open-source x64 and Arm GitHub Actions runners claiming 10x lower cost with a one-line workflow change.
Researchers have found a faster way to do integer linear programming(quantamagazine.org)
443 points by pseudolus | 176 comments
Quanta Magazine article on researchers finding a much faster algorithm for integer linear programming, approaching a theoretical speed limit.
Why flying insects gather at artificial light(nature.com)
423 points by pseudolus | 158 comments
Open-access Nature Communications research article (2024) investigating why flying insects gather around artificial light sources.
Quickemu: Quickly run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines(github.com)
411 points by overbytecode | 128 comments
GitHub repository for Quickemu, a tool that quickly creates and runs optimised Windows, macOS and Linux desktop virtual machines using QEMU.
Senator Wyden Letter Confirms NSA Is Buying US Persons' Data from Data Brokers(techdirt.com)
366 points by rntn | 167 comments
Techdirt article on Senator Ron Wyden's letter revealing that the NSA buys Americans' data, including location data, from commercial data brokers.
The business of check cashing(bitsaboutmoney.com)
181 points by admp | 259 comments
A Plea for More Mikado(dmathieu.com)
137 points by ingve | 62 comments
Finding the Air Cannon(twobraids.com)
105 points by mikecarlton | 31 comments
Safetyism killed playtime(unherd.com)
81 points by jseliger | 108 comments
![Screenshot of youtube.com: Tractor cab looks like a space ship (2021) [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2024/1/30/9192b9e5-e70f-4eba-8253-cb9402f03056.jpg)
Profiling your Numba code(pythonspeed.com)
60 points by itamarst | 20 comments
