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Writing a tiny undo/redo stack in JavaScript (❄️ Score: 150+ in 3 days)
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Julik Tarkhanov
UI Algorithms: A Tiny Undo Stack
I’ve needed this before - a couple of times. Third time I figured I needed something small, nimble - yet complete. And - at the same time - wondering about how to do it in a very simple manner. I think it worked out great, so let’s dig in. Most UIs will have…
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Rost – Rust Programming in German (Score: 150+ in 17 hours)
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GitHub
GitHub - michidk/rost: Rust programming in German.
Rust programming in German. Contribute to michidk/rost development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Blasting Past WebP - An analysis of the NSO BLASTPASS iMessage exploit (Score: 153+ in 4 hours)
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Blogspot
Blasting Past Webp
An analysis of the NSO BLASTPASS iMessage exploit Posted by Ian Beer, Google Project Zero On September 7, 2023 Apple issued an out-...
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Tracing the thoughts of a large language model (🔥 Score: 164+ in 2 hours)
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Anthropic
Tracing the thoughts of a large language model
Anthropic's latest interpretability research: a new microscope to understand Claude's internal mechanisms
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I tried making artificial sunlight at home (🔥 Score: 153+ in 2 hours)
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Victor Poughon
I tried making artificial sunlight at home
Some time ago, I saw where they make artificial sunlight at home with a 500W LED and a gigantic (1.2m) parabolic reflector. I've been fascinated by this pro...
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How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) (🔥 Score: 150+ in 2 hours)
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Merriam-Webster
How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)
Be dashing—and do it well
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Apple needs a Snow Sequoia (🔥 Score: 158+ in 1 hour)
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reviews.ofb.biz
Apple Needs a Snow Sequoia
The same year Apple launched the iPhone, it unveiled a massive upgrade to Mac OS X known as Leopard, sporting “300 New Features.” Two years later, it did something almost unheard of: it released Snow The same year Apple launched the iPhone, it unveiled a…
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Source code art in the Rivulet language (Score: 150+ in 12 hours)
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GitHub
GitHub - rottytooth/Rivulet
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I genuinely don't understand why some people are still bullish about LLMs (🔥 Score: 154+ in 3 hours)
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Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi (Score: 153+ in 4 hours)
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Kagi
Kagi Search Stats
Better search results with no ads. Welcome to Kagi (pronounced kah-gee), a paid search engine that gives power back to the user.
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Dagger: A shell for the container age (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
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dagger.io
Dagger | A Shell for the Container Age: Introducing Dagger Shell
Build powerful software environments and containerized operations from modular components and simple functions. Perfect for complex software delivery and AI agents. Built by the creators of Docker.
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Take this on-call rotation and shove it (Score: 150+ in 8 hours)
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Scott Smitelli
Take This On-Call Rotation and Shove It
At some companies, it is expected that certain engineers will serve as part of a formal on-call rotation. On paper, this seems like a reasonable way to ensure the reliability of the product. In practice, it is a miserable burden and you probably won't even…
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A note on the USB-to-PS/2 mouse adapter that came with Microsoft mouse devices (Score: 150+ in 7 hours)
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Microsoft News
A note on the USB-to-PS/2 mouse adapter that came with Microsoft mouse devices
It's a purely mechanical adapter that relies on smarts in the mouse itself.
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Things I would have told myself before building an autorouter (Score: 153+ in 7 hours)
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Autorouting
13 things I would have told myself before building an autorouter
Important lessons from trying to build the world's fastest autorouter for about a year
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LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs (Score: 156+ in 8 hours)
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Computerworld
LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs
The free open-source Microsoft Office alternative is being downloaded by nearly 1 million users a week.
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Using uv and PEP 723 for Self-Contained Python Scripts (Score: 150+ in 8 hours)
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Thisdavej
Share Python Scripts Like a Pro: uv and PEP 723 for Easy Deployment
We all love Python’s comprehensive standard library, but let’s face it – PyPI’s wealth of packages often becomes essential. Sharing single-file, self-contained Python scripts that rely on these external tools can be a headache. Historically, we’ve relied…
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A decompilation and port of Sonic Advance 2-a GameBoy Advance game written in C (Score: 150+ in 9 hours)
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GitHub
GitHub - SAT-R/sa2: A decompilation and port of Sonic Advance 2 - a GameBoy Advance game written in C
A decompilation and port of Sonic Advance 2 - a GameBoy Advance game written in C - SAT-R/sa2
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Golang on the Playstation 2 (Score: 152+ in 15 hours)
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Ricardo
Golang on the PlayStation 2
The PS2 is more than capable of doing some wild things, including running Linux. I always wondered if we could just write baremetal Go code on it, so I decided to give it a try.
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I drove 300 miles, then asked police to send me surveillance footage of my car. (🔥 Score: 169+ in 1 hour)
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Cardinal News
I drove 300 miles in rural Virginia, then asked police to send me their public surveillance footage of my car. Here’s what I learned.
Anyone might wonder how often they are caught on police cameras that operate 24/7. I spent a day driving, and over a month trying to get the answer.