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Hacker News on Monday, 23 December 2024

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Screenshot of youtube.com: What happened to the world's largest tube TV? [video]

What happened to the world's largest tube TV? [video](youtube.com)

639 points by ecliptik 1 year ago | 277 comments

A YouTube video by Shank Mods about tracking down and rescuing the Sony KX-45ED1, believed to be the world's largest tube TV.

crt sony retro-tech tech-preservation

Screenshot of ploum.net: My Colleague Julius

My Colleague Julius (ploum.net)

490 points by dabacaba 1 year ago | 98 comments

A blog post by Ploum titled "My Colleague Julius", an essay-style story about a coworker, illustrated with a figure working at a desk.

workplace office-culture essay ploum

Screenshot of medicalxpress.com: Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human cells

Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human cells (medicalxpress.com)

400 points by wglb 1 year ago | 298 comments

Medical Xpress news article on a Autonomous University of Barcelona study finding commercial tea bags release millions of micro/nanoplastics that enter human intestinal cells.

microplastics nanoplastics tea-bags gastroenterology

Screenshot of xenaproject.wordpress.com: Can AI do maths yet? Thoughts from a mathematician

Can AI do maths yet? Thoughts from a mathematician (xenaproject.wordpress.com)

372 points by mathgenius 1 year ago | 317 comments

Blog post on the Xena Project blog by a mathematician discussing whether AI systems can do research-level mathematics yet.

ai-math lean frontiermath formal-verification

Screenshot of arxiv.org: Adversarial policies beat superhuman Go AIs (2023)

Adversarial policies beat superhuman Go AIs (2023)(arxiv.org)

299 points by amichail 1 year ago | 129 comments

Screenshot of seangeiger.substack.com: Why are cancer guidelines stuck in PDFs?

Why are cancer guidelines stuck in PDFs?(seangeiger.substack.com)

290 points by huerne 1 year ago | 147 comments

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'United Healthcare' using DMCA against Luigi Mangione images (abovethelaw.com)

283 points by haunter 1 year ago | 173 comments

Screenshot of Hacker News post: Ask HN: Programmers who don't use autocomplete/LSP, how do you do it?

Ask HN: Programmers who don't use autocomplete/LSP, how do you do it?

278 points by zackoverflow 1 year ago | 522 comments

Screenshot of theguardian.com: Ugandan runner due to arrive in London after 516 days, 7,700 miles on the road

Ugandan runner due to arrive in London after 516 days, 7,700 miles on the road (theguardian.com)

260 points by thunderbong 1 year ago | 135 comments

Screenshot of cs.utexas.edu: On the nature of computing science (1984)

On the nature of computing science (1984)(cs.utexas.edu)

258 points by ColinWright 1 year ago | 102 comments

Screenshot of blog.fogus.me: Fogus: Things and Stuff of 2024

Fogus: Things and Stuff of 2024 (blog.fogus.me)

250 points by janvdberg 1 year ago | 36 comments

Screenshot of newsroom.lexmark.com: Xerox to acquire Lexmark

Xerox to acquire Lexmark (newsroom.lexmark.com)

246 points by taubek 1 year ago | 210 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Show HN: Complete decompilation of Lego Island

Show HN: Complete decompilation of Lego Island (github.com)

223 points by foxtacles 1 year ago | 30 comments

Screenshot of learncodethehardway.com: C++ is an absolute blast

C++ is an absolute blast (learncodethehardway.com)

212 points by ok123456 1 year ago | 210 comments

Screenshot of linuxblog.io: Are Immutable Linux Distros right for you?

Are Immutable Linux Distros right for you?(linuxblog.io)

208 points by ashitlerferad 1 year ago | 202 comments

Screenshot of Hacker News post: Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?

Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?

206 points by uncomplexity_ 1 year ago | 391 comments

Screenshot of dbos.dev: The software you need for holiday overdecoration

The software you need for holiday overdecoration (dbos.dev)

197 points by KraftyOne 1 year ago | 51 comments

Screenshot of developer.mozilla.org: A new learning experience on MDN

A new learning experience on MDN (developer.mozilla.org)

196 points by Vinnl 1 year ago | 48 comments

Screenshot of keypub.sh: Show HN: Keypub.sh – OAuth for the terminal using SSH keys

Show HN: Keypub.sh – OAuth for the terminal using SSH keys (keypub.sh)

191 points by messh 1 year ago | 61 comments

Screenshot of theguardian.com: The Swedish cabin on the frontline of a possible hybrid war

The Swedish cabin on the frontline of a possible hybrid war (theguardian.com)

190 points by Sami_Lehtinen 1 year ago | 90 comments

Screenshot of supersnowflakemaker.com: Show HN: Super Snowflake Maker

Show HN: Super Snowflake Maker (supersnowflakemaker.com)

180 points by shalanah 1 year ago | 41 comments

Screenshot of goodfire.ai: Show HN: Llama 3.3 70B Sparse Autoencoders with API access

Show HN: Llama 3.3 70B Sparse Autoencoders with API access (goodfire.ai)

180 points by trq_ 1 year ago | 44 comments

Screenshot of agr.wa.gov: WSDA, USDA announce eradication of northern giant hornet from the United States

WSDA, USDA announce eradication of northern giant hornet from the United States (agr.wa.gov)

159 points by rguiscard 1 year ago | 121 comments

Screenshot of onlinelibrary.wiley.com: Parsing millions of URLs per Second (2023)

Parsing millions of URLs per Second (2023)(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

140 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 35 comments

Screenshot of medium.com: Exploring LoRA – Part 1: The Idea Behind Parameter Efficient Fine-Tuning

Exploring LoRA – Part 1: The Idea Behind Parameter Efficient Fine-Tuning (medium.com)

139 points by aquastorm 1 year ago | 12 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Litestack: All your data infrastructure, in one Ruby gem

Litestack: All your data infrastructure, in one Ruby gem (github.com)

135 points by thunderbong 1 year ago | 19 comments

Screenshot of yoric.github.io: What would it take to add refinement types to Rust?

What would it take to add refinement types to Rust?(yoric.github.io)

126 points by Yoric 1 year ago | 76 comments

Screenshot of blog.pgvecto.rs: Why HNSW is not the answer and disk-based alternatives might be more practical

Why HNSW is not the answer and disk-based alternatives might be more practical (blog.pgvecto.rs)

126 points by kevlened 1 year ago | 47 comments

Screenshot of denisdefreyne.com: The intricacies of implementing memoization in Ruby

The intricacies of implementing memoization in Ruby (denisdefreyne.com)

119 points by thunderbong 1 year ago | 63 comments

Screenshot of webextension.net: I built a platform for discovering and sharing Chrome extension collections

I built a platform for discovering and sharing Chrome extension collections (webextension.net)

112 points by trungpv1601 1 year ago | 56 comments

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New Google Sheet on half of 13.6" MacBook Air screen is fully covered by popups (imgur.com)

109 points by kaonwarb 1 year ago | 38 comments

Screenshot of arxiv.org: Offline Reinforcement Learning for LLM Multi-Step Reasoning

Offline Reinforcement Learning for LLM Multi-Step Reasoning (arxiv.org)

86 points by belter 1 year ago | 7 comments

Screenshot of interconnected.org: Narrative Jailbreaking for Fun and Profit

Narrative Jailbreaking for Fun and Profit (interconnected.org)

85 points by tobr 1 year ago | 22 comments

Screenshot of bloomberg.com: Nordstrom family to take company private

Nordstrom family to take company private (bloomberg.com)

81 points by ivewonyoung 1 year ago | 70 comments

Screenshot of manx-docs.org: Manx – a catalog of manuals for old computers

Manx – a catalog of manuals for old computers (manx-docs.org)

81 points by Lammy 1 year ago | 16 comments

Screenshot of eclecticlight.co: Will that hub or dock slow your SSDs, or even make them faster?

Will that hub or dock slow your SSDs, or even make them faster?(eclecticlight.co)

80 points by zdw 1 year ago | 76 comments

Screenshot of arxiv.org: Supernovae Evidence for Foundational Change to Cosmological Models

Supernovae Evidence for Foundational Change to Cosmological Models (arxiv.org)

75 points by jandrewrogers 1 year ago | 42 comments

Screenshot of laladrik.xyz: Navtive FlameGraphViewer

Navtive FlameGraphViewer (laladrik.xyz)

73 points by laladrik 1 year ago | 24 comments

Screenshot of jeremymorrell.dev: A Practitioner's Guide to Wide Events

A Practitioner's Guide to Wide Events (jeremymorrell.dev)

69 points by dmazin 1 year ago | 38 comments

Screenshot of fastmail.com: Ten Years of JMAP

Ten Years of JMAP (fastmail.com)

68 points by wycx 1 year ago | 47 comments

Screenshot of Hacker News post: Ask HN: Have you ever taken a career break or gap year to hack?

Ask HN: Have you ever taken a career break or gap year to hack?

67 points by dheera 1 year ago | 37 comments

Screenshot of directory.llmstxt.cloud: llms.txt directory

llms.txt directory (directory.llmstxt.cloud)

65 points by pizza 1 year ago | 38 comments

Screenshot of arstechnica.com: Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index

Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index (arstechnica.com)

63 points by namanyayg 1 year ago | 51 comments

Screenshot of phrack.org: Phrack 72 "40th Anniversary Edition" Call for Papers

Phrack 72 "40th Anniversary Edition" Call for Papers (phrack.org)

55 points by keepamovin 1 year ago | 6 comments

A New Logo for Perl (perladvent.org)

53 points by oalders 1 year ago | 39 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Spectral Imaging Made Easy: A Powerful Python Library

Spectral Imaging Made Easy: A Powerful Python Library (github.com)

52 points by janezla 1 year ago | 17 comments

Screenshot of rubenerd.com: Building a replacement 386/486 CMOS battery

Building a replacement 386/486 CMOS battery (rubenerd.com)

48 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 29 comments

Screenshot of phys.org: Physicists measure quantum geometry for first time

Physicists measure quantum geometry for first time (phys.org)

48 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 10 comments

Screenshot of phys.org: Earth's subsurface may hold up to 5.6 × 10⁶ million metric tons of hydrogen

Earth's subsurface may hold up to 5.6 × 10⁶ million metric tons of hydrogen (phys.org)

47 points by wglb 1 year ago | 52 comments

Screenshot of newyorker.com: A Life-Saving Checklist (2007)

A Life-Saving Checklist (2007)(newyorker.com)

47 points by Tomte 1 year ago | 24 comments

Screenshot of phys.org: Neanderthals cold-adapted? Ribcage reconstruction may hold the answer

Neanderthals cold-adapted? Ribcage reconstruction may hold the answer (phys.org)

47 points by wglb 1 year ago | 34 comments

Screenshot of ourworldindata.org: What was the Golden Age of Antibiotics, and how can we spark a new one?

What was the Golden Age of Antibiotics, and how can we spark a new one?(ourworldindata.org)

46 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 50 comments

Screenshot of youtube.com: Converting shopping malls into apartments [video]

Converting shopping malls into apartments [video](youtube.com)

40 points by debo_ 1 year ago | 36 comments

Screenshot of youtube.com: Unitree Robot Off-Road

Unitree Robot Off-Road (youtube.com)

34 points by jedixit 1 year ago | 9 comments

Screenshot of history.infowetrust.com: An interactive timeline of the most iconic infographics

An interactive timeline of the most iconic infographics (history.infowetrust.com)

32 points by therabbithole 1 year ago | 2 comments

Screenshot of lobhn.skyshelf.app: Lobste.rs/Hacker News links overlap

Lobste.rs/Hacker News links overlap (lobhn.skyshelf.app)

32 points by figomore 1 year ago | 12 comments

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Has anyone else noticed Reddit being taken over by shills/bot/trolls

31 points by thoughtcritical 1 year ago | 28 comments

Screenshot of hyundainews.com: Hyundai to offer free NACS DC EV adapters to enhance charging convenience

Hyundai to offer free NACS DC EV adapters to enhance charging convenience (hyundainews.com)

29 points by gnabgib 1 year ago | 34 comments

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Coke, PepsiCo Lobby to Keep Sugary Sodas in Food-Stamp Program (wsj.com)

28 points by impish9208 1 year ago | 38 comments

Screenshot of bbc.co.uk: The fair dreamed up by art legends – unsealed after 44 years

The fair dreamed up by art legends – unsealed after 44 years (bbc.co.uk)

24 points by ljf 1 year ago | 6 comments