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Code Kept Secret for Years Reveals Its Flaw–A Backdoor(wired.com)
29 points by simon_acca 3y ago|2 comments
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Navigation system relying on cosmic rays – suitable for indoor and underground [pdf](cell.com)
2 points by simon_acca 3y ago|0 comments
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by simon_acca 3y ago
> take your forward step and distribute the amount of layers on the available GPUs, automatically This is part of the value proposition of Mojo, Chris Lattner’s latest project. The compiler infrastructure is still in its infancy, but loo
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by simon_acca 3y ago
Full title (too long for HN): “I love electric vehicles – and was an early adopter. But increasingly I feel duped Rowan Atkinson“
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I love electric vehicles. But increasingly I feel duped – Rowan Atkinson(theguardian.com)
12 points by simon_acca 3y ago|7 comments
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by simon_acca 3y ago
This resonates strongly with the product we are working on, featuring a new paradigm to "go beyond" filesystems and address this very problem. While I don't have a solution for you today, if you shoot me an email (see profile
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by simon_acca 3y ago
The parasolid geometrical kernel is from the 80's, underlies many of the major CAD products today. Same for Dassault's ACIS and its lineage. Also: VLC, Matlab, Mathematica, many of the major DAW programs like Cubase
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Design for an Internet – David D Clark (2017) [pdf](groups.csail.mit.edu)
1 points by simon_acca 3y ago|0 comments
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The joy of abstract mathematical thinking – with Eugenia Cheng(youtube.com)
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by simon_acca 3y ago
Surprising that when it came time to restructure they didn’t adopt a model where the parent company (alphabet) owns all of the infrastructure and provide services to many independent smaller initiatives that would then be much less constr
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by simon_acca 3y ago
Stu Halloway (also a member of the Clojure core team) has a couple of great talks on using the scientific method in programming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FihU5JxmnBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU
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by simon_acca 3y ago
Use old laptops. Great option as long as you don't need a lot of computing power. - cheap - come with an integrated UPS - come with an integrated console for debugging (keyboard/screen) - usually more efficient hardware
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Rich Hickey: Design in Practice(youtube.com)
67 points by simon_acca 3y ago|5 comments
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Zach Tellman – Sense and Structure: Towards a Textual Analysis of Software(youtube.com)
2 points by simon_acca 3y ago|0 comments
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Emergent autonomous scientific research capabilities of large language models(arxiv.org)
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Narcissistic Software Design – Stuart Halloway (2017)(youtube.com)
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by simon_acca 3y ago
I use it as a reference, perhaps 4/5 times a year. Usually I reach for TAOCP with a reasonably clear idea of what specific problem I’m trying to solve and what class of algorithm I’ll try to find in there. So if you find yourself in th
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by simon_acca 4y ago
As an example that it is indeed possible for a big co. to care enough to do the right thing, Stripe acquired Indie Hackers and then sold it back to the founders: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35460375
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by simon_acca 4y ago
Wooden automata assembling kits: https://www.timberkits.com/shop/16-All-Products
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Secure Internet Voting(siv.org)
2 points by simon_acca 4y ago|0 comments
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by simon_acca 4y ago
Made my own minimalistic laptop stands to bring its screen to a more ergonomic height https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5633824
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Calls for ban on light-polluting mass satellite groups like Elon Musk’s Starlink(theguardian.com)
2 points by simon_acca 4y ago|0 comments
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by simon_acca 4y ago
Interesting! Janet clearly stands on its own with many unique features, that said if you are looking for a "scripting Clojure", also consider Babashka which can tap into many very high quality libraries from the Clojure ecosystem.
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Samsung’s Android app-signing key has leaked, is being used to sign malware(arstechnica.com)
29 points by simon_acca 4y ago|3 comments
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Powers of Ten (1977)(youtube.com)
4 points by simon_acca 4y ago|0 comments
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Apple Limits AirDrop in China After It Was Used to Spread Protest Messages(vice.com)
12 points by simon_acca 4y ago|0 comments
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by simon_acca 4y ago
Layman’s summary: http://espresso.economist.com/be4643feaaae118029d54ad7d18803...
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Crowdsourcing bridge dynamic monitoring with smartphone vehicle trips(nature.com)
2 points by simon_acca 4y ago|1 comments
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German coalition divided over sale of port terminal stake to China’s Cosco(ft.com)
2 points by simon_acca 4y ago|4 comments
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by simon_acca 4y ago
They are not slicing while the guy is playing. Rather they stimulate electrically the area that they are about to slice to check if brain function is affected.

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