Tuesday, 28 February 2023

Homelessness: Rough sleeping up more than a quarter in a year

Rising prices are forcing people who have never slept rough before on to the streets, say charities.

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New top story on Hacker News: LLMs that can see and hear

LLMs that can see and hear
23 by craftsquick | 7 comments on Hacker News.


Nigeria's ruling party candidate leads presidential election

The ruling party's candidate has 44% of tallied votes, but the opposition says counting is flawed.

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New top story on Hacker News: World Building with GPT

World Building with GPT
30 by JohnHammersley | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: “Clean” Code, Horrible Performance – Casey Muratori [video]

“Clean” Code, Horrible Performance – Casey Muratori [video]
5 by abyesilyurt | 1 comments on Hacker News.


Woman single-handedly takes on BA over vouchers and wins

Jennie Barber represents herself in court and cites law from 1943 to win refunds for flights.

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Monday, 27 February 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Work Less, Get More Done: Analytics for Maximizing Productivity

Work Less, Get More Done: Analytics for Maximizing Productivity
13 by punnerud | 1 comments on Hacker News.


Settlers rampage in West Bank villages after Israelis killed

Israeli settlers burn Palestinian homes and cars in several villages after two settlers are shot dead.

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New top story on Hacker News: Plastic-based biofuels may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health

Plastic-based biofuels may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health
3 by perihelions | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Italy migrant boat shipwreck: More than 100 people feared dead

At least 62 migrants have died, including children, and many others are missing after the boat sank in rough seas.

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New top story on Hacker News: I tried an alternative way to date – and it worked

I tried an alternative way to date – and it worked
17 by BerislavLopac | 25 comments on Hacker News.


What is the energy price cap and what will happen to bills?

The energy bill support package will continue after April, but will be less generous.

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Sunday, 26 February 2023

Fruit and vegetable shortages 'to last four weeks', says George Eustice

The former environment secretary said supermarkets have to "work to get it right" on supplies.

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Derby: Boy, 14, charged after car crashes into house

The boy is due in court on Monday charged with several driving offences, police say.

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New top story on Hacker News: How I learned to program a Commodore 64 in BASIC and compiled C (2020) [video]

How I learned to program a Commodore 64 in BASIC and compiled C (2020) [video]
4 by AlexeyBrin | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Dominic Raab says he would resign if bullying claims upheld

A senior lawyer is investigating eight complaints of bullying against the deputy prime minister.

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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: AI Files – manage and organize your files with AI

Show HN: AI Files – manage and organize your files with AI
19 by jjuliano | 4 comments on Hacker News.


Saturday, 25 February 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Open Airport Map

Open Airport Map
38 by chippy | 6 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Organic molecule compositions in samples of asteroid Ryugu

Organic molecule compositions in samples of asteroid Ryugu
14 by perihelions | 2 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Things I Won't Work With: Thioacetone

Things I Won't Work With: Thioacetone
5 by chris_overseas | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: User Manual for the Harvard Mark 1 Electro-Mechanical Computer (1946)

User Manual for the Harvard Mark 1 Electro-Mechanical Computer (1946)
5 by eigenvalue | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Upwork just stole $10k from me

Upwork just stole $10k from me
3 by dustedcodes | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: An Online Archive of Agrippa: A Book of the Dead

An Online Archive of Agrippa: A Book of the Dead
5 by benbreen | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Thor the walrus spotted in Iceland after leaving UK

The mammal previously drew crowds off the coasts of Hampshire, North Yorkshire and Northumberland.

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Friday, 24 February 2023

Family launches legal action over mother's death in Tenerife crash

Michelle Exton's daughter says the family wants to get her mother the justice she deserves.

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New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How to prevent a company from taking my domain name?

Ask HN: How to prevent a company from taking my domain name?
15 by lname_dot_com | 5 comments on Hacker News.
I have bought a 5 letter COM domain name that I'll call lname.com, which matches my last name. It has no meaning in English. I'm from a poor country and I spent like a year or so to save up for it, which cost roughly 6 months of average net salaries in my country about 7 years ago. I was in my early 20s and one could argue, that it was not the wisest decion of a young adult, but I don't regret it honestly. It always felt like I have a small piece of the web realestate which has my name labeled on it and I absolutely love my fname@lname.com email address. I created an address for my wife, father, mother, brother and his wife in the same way which they are using daily and are proud of. I was very stressed for any domain or registrar errors that might cause that I lose the domain name and I still am very afraid of it. I have however read quite a few "horror stories" in the past years, regarding bigger companies which were able to obtain people's personal or business domain names, just because they are huge companies with extensive finances and good lawyers. I already know of two companies in different countries which have the very same name as I occasionally receive emails written to them on my catch-all email address. For now the domain is used to host our personal sites, but I recently started working as a web developer and may do freelance work or even create a startup or company in the future. I don't know what this domain will be used for, but I can't say that it will always be for personal use. Maybe it will be the same industry as other companies with the same name. Maybe not. I know a domain name can't be patented. Trademarking is possible, but there are a lot of requirements. What do experts propose? TLDR: What can I do to secure my domain name, no matter what happens?

University to return skulls to Irish island

Two academics removed the remains of 13 people from Inishbofin without islanders' consent in 1890.

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New top story on Hacker News: Squeezing a sokoban game into 10 lines of Haskell

Squeezing a sokoban game into 10 lines of Haskell
9 by ufo | 2 comments on Hacker News.


Nominations to close in SNP leadership race

Three MSPs - Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan - are expected to be confirmed as the contenders.

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Thursday, 23 February 2023

Omagh police shooting: Who is PSNI detective John Caldwell?

Det Ch Insp John Caldwell is one of the Police Service of Northern Ireland's best-known detectives.

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New top story on Hacker News: The Absurdity of Income Tax

The Absurdity of Income Tax
9 by KqAmJQ7 | 7 comments on Hacker News.


F1 Academy: Is Formula 1 finally taking women seriously?

Two teenage female drivers say they hope the new F1 Academy will break down barriers in the sport.

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New top story on Hacker News: ThinkPad 701C with a Framework brain transplant

ThinkPad 701C with a Framework brain transplant
16 by pabs3 | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Nitrous oxide: Laughing gas users risk spine damage, say doctors

Medics at a London hospital are seeing so many risky cases they have drawn up treatment guidelines.

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Wednesday, 22 February 2023

New top story on Hacker News: A Lost Hiker’s SOS Signal Sparked a Wildfire. Now He Must Pay $300k

A Lost Hiker’s SOS Signal Sparked a Wildfire. Now He Must Pay $300k
2 by xrayarx | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Teacher stabbed to death by pupil in France: reports

A teacher has been fatally stabbed in a school in south-west France, local media reports.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle dismiss South Park lawsuit rumour

A spokesperson for the royal couple reportedly said claims of a lawsuit are "totally baseless" and "boring".

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New top story on Hacker News: Companies Can’t Ask You to Shut Up to Receive Severance, NLRB Rules

Companies Can’t Ask You to Shut Up to Receive Severance, NLRB Rules
17 by dredmorbius | 1 comments on Hacker News.


How Ukraine's children are coping, one year on

As the first anniversary of Russia's invasion nears, Newsround reporter Ricky Boleto spent a week in Ukraine to talk to children about the impact the conflict is having on them.

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Tuesday, 21 February 2023

New top story on Hacker News: When Buddhism Goes Bad – How My Mindfulness Practice Led Me to Meltdown

When Buddhism Goes Bad – How My Mindfulness Practice Led Me to Meltdown
7 by fxtentacle | 6 comments on Hacker News.


Spain officials quit over trains that were made too wide for tunnels

The botched order was for commuter trains due to operate in two mountainous northern regions.

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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Gargantuan Takeout Rocket – Google Takeout Transloader to Azure

Show HN: Gargantuan Takeout Rocket – Google Takeout Transloader to Azure
10 by crazysim | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Been broken for 4 months, just got back to fixing it and validating. Figured I'll repost this. Gargantuan Takeout Rocket (GTR) is a toolkit to make the pain of backing up a Google account to somewhere that's not Google a lot less. At the moment the only destination supported is Azure. It's a guide, a browser extension, a Cloudflare worker to deploy, and Azure storage to configure. This sounds like buzzword creep, but believe me, every piece is extremely important. It's very cheap to run/serverless. You can backup a Google account at about $1/TB. Compared to renting a VPS to do this, it's much more pleasant. You aren't juggling strange URLs, needing big beefy boxes to buffer large data, or trying to login to Google or pass URLs through a VPS. Unfortunately, not everything about the procedure can be automated. But whatever can be, is. It's very fast. 1GB/s is the stable default and recommended speed. However, you can have about 3 of these going at a time for about 3GB/s+ overall. This trick is accomplished by making Azure download from Google to a file block, a unique API not seen in S3 or S3-like object storage. Unfortunately, Azure has URL handling bugs and only supports HTTP 1.1, greatly limiting parallelism. We can use Cloudflare Workers to work around these issues. I use GTR myself with a scheduled Google Takeout every two months to backup 1.5TB of data from Google. This can be photos, YouTube videos, etc. I can finish my backups to safe non-Google storage in 15 minutes after I get an email from Google that my Takeout is ready to be downloaded. Unfortunately the only destination is currently Azure. There's also no encryption support. And also Cloudflare is involved. That said, if you're fine with this, this is a fine way to backup a Google and Youtube account as-is.

New top story on Hacker News: Elitism as the Mid-Career Growth Engine

Elitism as the Mid-Career Growth Engine
14 by peterhunt | 1 comments on Hacker News.


SNP leadership: Will faith turn the tide for Scottish independence?

Scotland Editor James Cook sits down with SNP leadership frontrunners, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes.

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Sunday, 19 February 2023

New top story on Hacker News: University administrators used ChatGPT to write email following mass shooting

University administrators used ChatGPT to write email following mass shooting
30 by anigbrowl | 12 comments on Hacker News.


Jeff Koons: Visitor breaks iconic balloon dog sculpture in Miami

The iconic Balloon Dog was knocked to the ground by an art collector in Miami.

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New top story on Hacker News: AI won’t make artists redundant – thanks to information theory

AI won’t make artists redundant – thanks to information theory
17 by stared | 8 comments on Hacker News.


UK defence spending is top priority, says Mordaunt

Penny Mordaunt says the government has committed to increasing its defence spending to support Ukraine.

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Hugh Jackman wants to score winner versus Wrexham

The Hollywood actor says he wants to "stick it" to Ryan Reynolds by scoring the winning goal.

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New top story on Hacker News: Queues should be empty

Queues should be empty
13 by redman25 | 5 comments on Hacker News.


Saturday, 18 February 2023

New top story on Hacker News: A C64 MP3 Player

A C64 MP3 Player
10 by ibobev | 2 comments on Hacker News.


Nicola Bulley search: Former police boss says criticism is unfair

A former police boss defends Lancashire Police's investigation into her disappearance.

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New top story on Hacker News: Weird architectures weren’t supported to begin with

Weird architectures weren’t supported to begin with
14 by dbaupp | 5 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: OWASP Needs to Evolve

OWASP Needs to Evolve
14 by bretpiatt | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: What modern utilities should be a standard part of a modern unixy distro?

What modern utilities should be a standard part of a modern unixy distro?
16 by zdw | 4 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: P3synth: MIDI synthesizer and player running on Processing 4

P3synth: MIDI synthesizer and player running on Processing 4
9 by _def | 1 comments on Hacker News.


Baftas: Journalist Christo Grozev banned over security risks

Christo Grozev helped to expose an alleged poisoning plot against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

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Friday, 17 February 2023

Widow wins right to share of husband's £1m-plus estate

The Hight Court heard Karnail Singh left nothing to Harbans Kaur, his wife of 66 years.

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New top story on Hacker News: A Critical Field Guide for Working with Machine Learning Datasets

A Critical Field Guide for Working with Machine Learning Datasets
7 by Amorymeltzer | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: A giant step forward in understanding autism

A giant step forward in understanding autism
12 by geox | 2 comments on Hacker News.


Aaron Ramsdale: Man admits assault on Arsenal goalkeeper

Joseph Watts pleads guilty to attacking Aaron Ramsdale following last month's north London derby.

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New top story on Hacker News: Why Your Brain Is a Closet

Why Your Brain Is a Closet
11 by azefiel | 2 comments on Hacker News.


Thursday, 16 February 2023

New top story on Hacker News: The dangers behind image resizing

The dangers behind image resizing
7 by qwertyforce | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Banksy Margate Valentine's Day artwork piece removed again

A broken freezer is removed by a gallery to "ensure the integrity" of the artwork in Margate.

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New top story on Hacker News: Our World in Data (YC W19) Is Hiring

Our World in Data (YC W19) Is Hiring
1 by eoo_owid | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Urine Test Detects Prostate and Pancreatic Cancers with Near-Perfect Accuracy

Urine Test Detects Prostate and Pancreatic Cancers with Near-Perfect Accuracy
42 by birriel | 4 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: GitHub Sponsors will stop accepting PayPal on February 23, 2023

GitHub Sponsors will stop accepting PayPal on February 23, 2023
19 by dochtman | 3 comments on Hacker News.


Ambulance waits putting disabled children's lives at risk, doctors warn

Severely disabled children, who rely on emergency care, are being put at risk, doctors warn.

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Ohio train derailment: Rail firm pulls out of meeting with residents

East Palestine residents left without answers after train company cites security concerns.

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Wednesday, 15 February 2023

Watch: Sturgeon 'wrestling' with decision to resign for weeks

Nicola Sturgeon announces that she is resigning after more than eight years as head of the Scottish government.

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Who is Nicola Sturgeon? - from teenage campaigner to Scotland's first minister

Scotland's first minister has been an SNP stalwart since she was a teenager.

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New top story on Hacker News: The Surprisingly Sacred Roots of Chocolate

The Surprisingly Sacred Roots of Chocolate
3 by Thevet | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Ricky Reel: Met Police to re-examine student's death

The Met Police said the inquiry into Ricky Reel's death would "explore every possible avenue".

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New top story on Hacker News: Frame pointers vs. DWARF – my verdict

Frame pointers vs. DWARF – my verdict
3 by rwmj | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Cyclone Gabrielle: New Zealand declares national state of emergency

A national state of emergency is declared after Cyclone Gabrielle hit the North Island.

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New top story on Hacker News: Incident: United B772 at Kahului on Dec 18th 2022, pilots filed safety report

Incident: United B772 at Kahului on Dec 18th 2022, pilots filed safety report
12 by hugh-avherald | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Data Classification: Does Python still have a need for class without dataclass?

Data Classification: Does Python still have a need for class without dataclass?
18 by ingve | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Could new Brit School balance the UK music scene?

Nia Archives and Bad Boy Chiller Crew react to plans for a Bradford version of the famous school.

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New top story on Hacker News: Korg: Tekt NTS-2 Oscilloscope Kit

Korg: Tekt NTS-2 Oscilloscope Kit
9 by trifit | 1 comments on Hacker News.


Monday, 13 February 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Electric Clojure: Unified fullstack application compiler

Electric Clojure: Unified fullstack application compiler
30 by Borkdude | 5 comments on Hacker News.


Brianna's death has left massive hole, says family

Brianna Ghey, 16, who was stabbed to death in a park is described as "fearless and one of a kind".

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New top story on Hacker News: OSTA/ULTA: We overestimate short term and underestimate long-term ability

OSTA/ULTA: We overestimate short term and underestimate long-term ability
8 by p44v9n | 2 comments on Hacker News.


Hollywood weight loss jab to be sold by Boots chemist

The once-a-week injection called Wegovy, said to be used by some celebrities, blunts appetite.

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New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What is your system for learning new things?

Ask HN: What is your system for learning new things?
25 by newsoul | 18 comments on Hacker News.
It can be a new programming language, or learning a new subject or subtopic or whatever. What rules do you follow to pick up the new unknown thing?

Eoin Morgan: Ex-England captain retires from cricket aged 36

Eoin Morgan, who captained England to World Cup glory in 2019, announces his retirement from all forms of cricket.

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Sunday, 12 February 2023

Asylum protests: Teen charged over Knowsley disorder

He is accused of beating an emergency worker after disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers.

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New top story on Hacker News: I learned seven programming languages

I learned seven programming languages
13 by mode80 | 4 comments on Hacker News.


Ukraine war: Russian soldier death rate highest since first week of war

Ukrainian data shows 824 Russians dying per day, and the UK says the trends are "likely accurate".

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New top story on Hacker News: FOSDEM 2023 Transcribed with OpenAI's Whisper Speech Recognition

FOSDEM 2023 Transcribed with OpenAI's Whisper Speech Recognition
19 by jonatron | 6 comments on Hacker News.


Nathan Jones: Southampton sack manager after just three months in charge

Southampton sack manager Nathan Jones after just three months in charge with the club bottom of the Premier League.

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New top story on Hacker News: ImagineAI: A code generator that turns your app spec into a Node project

ImagineAI: A code generator that turns your app spec into a Node project
27 by popcalc | 3 comments on Hacker News.


Saturday, 11 February 2023

Cyclone Gabrielle: New Zealand braces for storm after record floods

Residents are on edge as parts of the North Island prepare for more severe weather.

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New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you save and browse external interesting URLs?

Ask HN: How do you save and browse external interesting URLs?
18 by bluewalt | 23 comments on Hacker News.
As a curious developer, my knowledge is scattered between many external resources I consumed and want to keep at my fingertips: blog posts I read, Youtube videos I watched, Stack Overflow answers I read, Github repos I follow, etc. My knowledge is NOT the notes I took, but these external resources I consumed and loved. But over time, I forget. I don't know what I know, and as soon as I need something like, I google it. For example, it could be the 10th time I google "efficient logging with Python". I may come across a link I already clicked, or not. To me, it would be much more efficient to be able to search among all my external resources I already read and decided to keep, because it is limited to quality contents that I have already filtered, and that I already read, so that memory will activate when I read it another time. At that point, you could tell me to use bookmarks. And it's what I do. Then 6 months later, I end up with 200 bookmarks I will not sort. And even if they were sorted, I will be too slow to find something in them with no tagging, I and I would use Google anyway. In a ideal world, It would be easy to save and tag external resources (one click from the browser), and then, browse and find them back easily. Do you have this feeling too, or it's just me? If so, what do you use for this?

New top story on Hacker News: We Need Programming Mentors

We Need Programming Mentors
6 by todsacerdoti | 1 comments on Hacker News.


Why the search for Nicola Bulley moved to road and sea

Reporter Nick Garnett looks at where the missing mother-of-two was last seen, and where she could have gone.

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New top story on Hacker News: Service Mesh Use Cases

Service Mesh Use Cases
3 by biggestlou | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Friday, 10 February 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Real-Time Brain-to-Image Reconstructions

Real-Time Brain-to-Image Reconstructions
10 by taubek | 2 comments on Hacker News.


China seeks 'bold' steps to lift birth rate

China's birth rate is at a record low, with officials identifying the cost of childcare as a major issue.

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New top story on Hacker News: Dual Coincidence is likely the most complex electromechanical game

Dual Coincidence is likely the most complex electromechanical game
16 by jdlshore | 3 comments on Hacker News.


Second-hand car sales drop due to lack of choice

Last year used car sales fell 9%, as drivers hung onto their vehicles for longer.

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New top story on Hacker News: The XML spec is 25 years old today

The XML spec is 25 years old today
11 by klez | 1 comments on Hacker News.


Ukraine war: More blackouts after 'massive' Russian attack

Kyiv says Russia used missiles and drones in its Friday morning's strike on power networks.

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Thursday, 9 February 2023

New top story on Hacker News: This site was styled by YouTube comments

This site was styled by YouTube comments
4 by DanielBark | 1 comments on Hacker News.


Harry Kane: Tottenham striker recreates classic goal for Alan Shearer

Tottenham's record goalscorer Harry Kane shows ex-England captain Alan Shearer one of his trademark finishes in a finishing masterclass.

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New top story on Hacker News: Mediant

Mediant
3 by ggeorgovassilis | 1 comments on Hacker News.


Super Bowl 2023: Jalen Hurts' best plays from his biggest Philadelphia Eagles games

Watch quarterback Jalen Hurts' best plays from his biggest games for the Philadelphia Eagles as he prepares to face the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday's Super Bowl.

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Saudi sponsor for World Cup bizarre, says top US star Morgan

United States forward Alex Morgan says a potential Visit Saudi sponsorship deal for the 2023 Women's World Cup is "bizarre".

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Wednesday, 8 February 2023

Commonwealth bull gets New Street station home

The 33ft (10m) sculpture gets a permanent home after thousands signed a petition to stop it being dismantled.

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New top story on Hacker News: Open source cloud file system. Posix, HDFS and S3 compatible

Open source cloud file system. Posix, HDFS and S3 compatible
19 by wiradikusuma | 4 comments on Hacker News.


Northern Ireland Protocol is lawful, Supreme Court rules

The protocol has been challenged by unionists, who say it breaches the Acts of Union and NI Act.

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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Kuboble.com – minimalistic sliding pieces puzzle game

Show HN: Kuboble.com – minimalistic sliding pieces puzzle game
16 by kuboble | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Hi, I wanted to share a simple game I wrote. It's a sliding pieces puzzle like many others. I have focused a lot on making the experience smooth and minimalistic and the levels being challenging in a way a sudoku or chess puzzles could be. I had no prior knowledge of game development and while it feels like someone competent could build this game in a week I spent over two years and hundreds of hours to bring this game to life. My journey went through: - thinking it will be a PC game - being overwhelmed by the amount of different game frameworks - hiring an indie dev to bootstrap the game in Unity for me - realize the small levels are actually cool and it might fit on a phone - generating levels and playing through thousands of them myself to curate a smaller list - realizing the Unity wasn't a good choice - rewriting the game in html + js drawing on canvas + React - hiring a bunch of fiverr artists and testers to polish it up I think I am finally satisfied with the result enough to be willing to share it with the world. If you're a fan of minimalist sliding pieces puzzles I'd be happy if you give it a try! the game has: - no ads - no tracking of any kind - fully offline after first load

New top story on Hacker News: Can sanitizers find the two bugs I wrote in C++?

Can sanitizers find the two bugs I wrote in C++?
10 by signa11 | 3 comments on Hacker News.


Tuesday, 7 February 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Building a legged robot in 80 days: Lessons learned, tears shed, blood spilled

Building a legged robot in 80 days: Lessons learned, tears shed, blood spilled
38 by jelliclesfarm | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Dramatic rescue saves Thai baby who fell down well

The 19-month-old child slipped between a 30cm (12in) wide gap and fell to the bottom of the well.

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New top story on Hacker News: Skelet #34 Is Infinite

Skelet #34 Is Infinite
14 by bmc7505 | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Turkey and Syria earthquake: ‘It was like a doomsday scenario'

Ismael had just left his son in hospital when the building started to collapse.

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New top story on Hacker News: Destiny Music Videos

Destiny Music Videos
3 by zdw | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Christian Atsu: Footballer 'removed from wreckage with injuries' after earthquake

Footballer Christian Atsu is pulled from the rubble of a building "with injuries" after devastating earthquakes in Turkey.

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Monday, 6 February 2023

Second balloon over Latin America is ours - China

A Chinese spokeswoman says the aircraft is for civilian use, but "deviated" from its intended route.

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New top story on Hacker News: Analysis of Lisa Clascal source-code

Analysis of Lisa Clascal source-code
10 by soapdog | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Manchester City accused of breaking financial rules by Premier League

The Premier League accuses Manchester City of breaching its financial rules following a long-running investigation.

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Turkey earthquake: Screaming, shaking... how it felt when the quake hit

"There is an earthquake," one man said to his family. "At least let's die together in the same place."

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New top story on Hacker News: The Old Computer Challenge

The Old Computer Challenge
8 by pabs3 | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Renault and Nissan shake up 24-year-old alliance

In a joint statement the motor industry giants said they had "rebalanced" their relationship.

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Sunday, 5 February 2023

Dad completes charity run along entire length of M1

Jamie Austin finishes the last leg of his challenge after setting off from Leeds 10 days ago.

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New top story on Hacker News: Map-vectorizer – Map polygon and feature extractor

Map-vectorizer – Map polygon and feature extractor
2 by pabs3 | 0 comments on Hacker News.


How beavers are reviving wetlands

Wetlands are being lost at a faster rate than forests, but in some regions beavers are part of the solution.

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New top story on Hacker News: Stride – Open-source C# Game Engine

Stride – Open-source C# Game Engine
16 by pabs3 | 6 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Linux Kernel: Bypassing Spectre-BTI User Space Mitigations

Linux Kernel: Bypassing Spectre-BTI User Space Mitigations
8 by todsacerdoti | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Saturday, 4 February 2023

NHS chief: Strikes making hospital bosses restless

With NHS England about to enter its biggest round of strikes, leaders say clearing backlogs will be difficult.

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New top story on Hacker News: Did David Hume retract 2 essays on immorality to avoid religious controversy?

Did David Hume retract 2 essays on immorality to avoid religious controversy?
8 by samizdis | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: A Maine community comes together to save a candlepin bowling tradition

A Maine community comes together to save a candlepin bowling tradition
7 by Tomte | 1 comments on Hacker News.


No evidence Nicola Bulley fell into river, says sister

Police believe Nicola Bulley fell into the river but her sister says there is "no evidence" of that.

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Tyre Nichols: Sixth police officer fired

Preston Hemphill violated multiple rules, including stun gun deployment regulations, police say.

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New top story on Hacker News: Air-to-Air Heat Exchangers for Healthier Energy-Efficient Homes

Air-to-Air Heat Exchangers for Healthier Energy-Efficient Homes
12 by MengerSponge | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics
17 by mvm | 2 comments on Hacker News.


Friday, 3 February 2023

Samsung boss says he would not give a child under 11 a smartphone

The firm's UK mobile head says the decision is down to parental choice and safe internet browsing is paramount.

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New top story on Hacker News: Bir Tawil

Bir Tawil
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Cost of living: Zero-hour jobs and the impact on mental health

Aqibur says getting a stable job felt like a weight off his shoulders after years of uncertainty.

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New top story on Hacker News: Improving Rust compile times to enable adoption of memory safety

Improving Rust compile times to enable adoption of memory safety
3 by todsacerdoti | 0 comments on Hacker News.


How we fell out of love with voice assistants

Worries over privacy and the cost of living have curbed interest in voice assistants like Alexa.

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Thursday, 2 February 2023

Mascara: What is the TikTok trend all about?

TikTok loves a code word, and its latest has caused a stir. But is it a good way to share?

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New top story on Hacker News: Patricia Highsmith’s New York Years

Patricia Highsmith’s New York Years
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What is the windfall tax on oil and gas companies?

There is further discussion of windfall taxes after record profits from Shell.

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New top story on Hacker News: Dictating the Desert: Plants and settlers in a new mythology of Arizona

Dictating the Desert: Plants and settlers in a new mythology of Arizona
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Awaab Ishak: Thousands of homes found with damp and mould

Landlords are urged to "act now" after an audit of homes following the death of toddler Awaab Ishak.

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Wednesday, 1 February 2023

Louise Kam: Two jailed for life over £4.6m property fraud murder

Louise Kam, 71, disappeared in July 2021 and was later found dumped in a rubbish bin.

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The teen runner turning down tournaments to help the planet

Athlete Innes FitzGerald turned down flying to compete in Australia due to the climate emergency.

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Myanmar: Air strikes have become a deadly new tactic in the civil war

The regime increasingly uses air strikes to crush resistance that emerged after the coup two years ago.

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New top story on Hacker News: Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture?

Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture?
18 by uhhyeahdude | 4 comments on Hacker News.


In pictures: Shetland's famous fire festival

Shetland's famous fire festival has women and girls in the torchlit procession for the first time.

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New top story on Hacker News: Tiny radioactive capsule lost in Australian outback found

Tiny radioactive capsule lost in Australian outback found
18 by bloat | 3 comments on Hacker News.


Watch as guest's phone keeps ringing while on air

A former cabinet minister, in his 80s, struggles to silence his phone while appearing on Newsnight.

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