Hacker News 100 2 years ago

Show HN: I automated 1/2 of my typing Link:

GitHub

GitHub - eschluntz/compress: Text compression for generating keyboard expansions

Text compression for generating keyboard expansions - eschluntz/compress

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Hacker News 100 2 years ago

Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months Link:

Ars Technica

Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months

Two years on a Pixel Pass was supposed to get you a new phone.

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Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 years ago

DIY ESP32 based chicken coop door. Control based on time, light or via app Link:

GitHub

GitHub - ESP32-COOP/ESP32-COOP-DOC: Create an affordable and accessible automatic coop door using ESP32. DIY your chicken coop with customizable behavior based on time and light levels. Control it through a dedicated Bluetooth-enabled app. Find comprehensive build instructions, wiring diagrams.

Create an affordable and accessible automatic coop door using ESP32. DIY your chicken coop with customizable behavior based on time and light level...

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Hacker News 100 2 years ago

Hacking the LG Monitor's EDID Link:

Gist

Hacking the LG Monitor's EDID

Hacking the LG Monitor's EDID. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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Hacker News 100 2 years ago

On (My) Caste Link:

On (My) Caste

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My Caste | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 years ago

Long Live the 'GPU Poor' – Open-Source AI Grants Link:

Andreessen Horowitz

Supporting the Open Source AI Community | Andreessen Horowitz

a16z announces its Open Source AI Grant program, which will support a small group of open source developers through grant funding.

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Long Live the 'GPU Poor' – Open-Source AI Grants | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 years ago

I wrote, “Scrum is a cancer,” and the Internet had thoughts about it Link:

X (formerly Twitter)

Santiago (@svpino) on X

I wrote, "Scrum is a cancer," and the Internet had thoughts about it. After 3,400 replies, I learned a few things: First, the most common jobs am...

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I wrote, “Scrum is a cancer,” and the Internet had thoughts about it | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 years ago

2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map Link:

Windscribe

VPN Relationship Map - Windscribe

Windscribe is a set of privacy tools that are built for humans, by humans. Connect to VPN servers in over 130 locations (some of them are free), bl...

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Hacker News 100 2 years ago

Weight-based motor vehicle tax Link:

Weight-based motor vehicle tax

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Weight-based motor vehicle tax | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 years ago

Understanding Llama 2 and the New Code Llama LLMs Link:

Ahead of AI #11: New Foundation Models

In this edition of the newsletter, we direct our attention to one of the most prominent highlights of the summer: the release of the Llama 2 base a...

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Understanding Llama 2 and the New Code Llama LLMs | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 years ago

A DIY ‘bionic pancreas’ is changing diabetes care Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02648-9 Discussion:

A DIY ‘bionic pancreas’ is changing diabetes care | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 years ago

iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream machines Link:

The Verge

iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream machines

iFixit wants to fix McDonald’s ice cream machines for good.

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Hacker News 100 2 years ago

Applying SRE Principles to CI/CD Link:

Buildkite

Applying SRE principles to CI/CD | Using SLOs, SLIs & Error budgets

Slow, unreliable CI/CD? Learn how to use SLOs, SLIs, and Error Budgets to maintain focus, prioritize effort, and rebuild developer trust in CI/CD.

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Applying SRE Principles to CI/CD | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 years ago

DevTools Tips Link:

DevTools Tips

DevTools Tips

Discover helpful cross-browser DevTools tips and tricks

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DevTools Tips | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 years ago

Hundreds of thousands trafficked to work as online scammers in SE Asia Link: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/08/hundreds-thousands-trafficked-work-online-scammers-se-asia-says-un-report Discussion:

Hundreds of thousands trafficked to work as online scammers in SE Asia, says UN | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 years ago

New Map APIs from Google Link:

Lat × Long

New Map APIs From Google — Lat × Long

Google announced new map data sets available through the Google Maps API: Solar, Pollen and Air Quality.

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New Map APIs from Google | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 years ago

Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Win11 to get people to ditch Chrome Link:

The Verge

Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google

Microsoft has paused its latest pop-ups, for now.

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Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Win11 to get people to ditch Chrome | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 years ago

Webstudio: Open-source WYSIWYG adds Radix UI elements Link:

Webstudio

Webstudio Meets Radix UI | Drag and Drop Radix Components

Design unique user interfaces with dropdowns, dialogs, forms, navigation menus, tooltips, and more, all in a visual builder.

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Webstudio: Open-source WYSIWYG adds Radix UI elements | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 years ago

i386 in Ubuntu won't die Link:

Alan Pope's blog

i386 in Ubuntu won't die

(yet) tl;dr In a recent thread on Mastodon, it was revealed that Ubuntu 23.04 users can’t install the Steam deb package from the Ubuntu archi...

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i386 in Ubuntu won't die | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 years ago

Python Type Hints – *args and **kwargs (2021) Link:

Python type hints: *args and **kwargs - Adam Johnson

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Python Type Hints – *args and **kwargs (2021) | Hacker News