Hacker News on Tuesday, 25 June 2024

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

Screenshot of github.com: Ball: A ball that lives in your dock

Ball: A ball that lives in your dock (github.com)

940 points by Bluestein 2 years ago | 272 comments

GitHub repository for Ball, a macOS toy app that puts a bouncing ball in your dock; the page shows a commit view.

macos dock swift desktop-toy

Screenshot of sansec.io: Polyfill supply chain attack hits 100K+ sites

Polyfill supply chain attack hits 100K+ sites (sansec.io)

738 points by gnabgib 2 years ago | 304 comments

Sansec threat research post reporting that the new Chinese owner of the Polyfill JS project is injecting malware into more than 100,000 websites.

supply-chain-attack polyfill-io javascript malware

Screenshot of apnews.com: Microsoft breached antitrust rules by bundling Teams and Office, EU says

Microsoft breached antitrust rules by bundling Teams and Office, EU says (apnews.com)

669 points by cbg0 2 years ago | 734 comments

AP News article reporting that the European Union found Microsoft breached antitrust rules by bundling Teams with its Office software.

microsoft microsoft-teams antitrust european-union

Screenshot of tonsky.me: Local First, Forever

Local First, Forever (tonsky.me)

538 points by WhyNotHugo 2 years ago | 227 comments

Nikita Prokopov (tonsky) blog post on building local-first apps with CRDTs synced via ordinary file-sync services like Dropbox.

local-first crdt file-sync dropbox

Screenshot of arstechnica.com: Microsoft removes documentation for switching to a local account in Windows 11

Microsoft removes documentation for switching to a local account in Windows 11 (arstechnica.com)

486 points by redbell 2 years ago | 248 comments

Ars Technica article reporting that Microsoft removed its documentation on switching to a local account in Windows 11, though most workarounds still function.

windows-11 microsoft microsoft-account local-account

Screenshot of waymo.com: Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco

Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco (waymo.com)

435 points by ra7 2 years ago | 525 comments

Waymo blog post from June 25, 2024 announcing that its Waymo One robotaxi service is now open to everyone in San Francisco.

waymo self-driving-cars robotaxi autonomous-vehicles

Screenshot of flipdisc.io: Show HN: I built a JavaScript-powered flipdisc display

Show HN: I built a JavaScript-powered flipdisc display (flipdisc.io)

426 points by simpsoka 2 years ago | 114 comments

A project site with a guide and docs for a DIY interactive flipdisc (flip-dot) wall display driven by JavaScript.

flipdisc flip-dot-display javascript electromagnetic-display

Screenshot of geekwire.com: Living Computers Museum to permanently close, auction vintage items

Living Computers Museum to permanently close, auction vintage items (geekwire.com)

380 points by dboreham 2 years ago | 204 comments

GeekWire article reporting that Seattle's Living Computers Museum is closing permanently and Paul Allen's estate will auction its vintage computer collection.

living-computers-museum paul-allen computer-history vintage-computers

Screenshot of dotenvx.com: Show HN: From dotenv to dotenvx – better config management

Show HN: From dotenv to dotenvx – better config management (dotenvx.com)

328 points by scottmotte 2 years ago | 191 comments

Blog post by dotenv's creator introducing dotenvx, a next-generation tool for managing environment variables and configuration, and recounting dotenv's history.

dotenvx dotenv environment-variables config-management

Screenshot of shraiwi.github.io: SIMD-accelerated computer vision on a $2 microcontroller