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121. Google AI Studio is now sponsoring Tailwind CSS
122. Create a semi-working desktop only based on runtime Windows 3.10 shipped with W
Attached: 2 images It is a long-standing tradition for Microsoft to use a runtime copy of Windows as a part of Windows Setup. But the copy is so stripped-down, it cannot run anything but the setup program (winsetup.bin). OR IS IT? A mini-challenge for myself: create a semi-working desktop only based on runtime Windows 3.10 shipped with Windows 95 installer but not using any other Microsoft products. Lots of nostalgic and weird screenshots in this đź§µ thread
123. Fixing a Buffer Overflow in Unix v4 Like It's 1973
This blog post shows how to fix a buffer overflow in the su progam of UNIX v4
124. Turn a single image into a navigable 3D Gaussian Splat with depth
Transform any photograph into an explorable 3D scene
125. Good Judgment Open
126. Court rejects NVIDIAs attempt to seal email chain with Annas Archive [pdf]
127. Steam Machine price leak shakes the console market
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128. Came to CES to Check Solar Power Innovations. China Is Running Laps Around Us
In Las Vegas, I saw a tale of two nations’ energy priorities. The US needs to get its act together.
129. Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose is ending cloud support for its SoundTouch speakers, but they’ll remain functional now thanks to an open-source API and local controls.
130. Show HN: Rocket Launch and Orbit Simulator
131. Cloudflare CEO on the Italy Fines
132. Show HN: A website that auctions itself daily
The website that auctions itself off every day on Solana. Winner controls a Codex agent to edit the website.
133. OLED Not for Me
134. The Jeff Dean Facts
A consolidated list of the Jeff Dean Facts! Contribute to LRitzdorf/TheJeffDeanFacts development by creating an account on GitHub.
135. This is the future: A Software Library with No Code
Do we still need libraries of 3rd party code when AI agents are this good?
136. Why is SendGrid emailing me about supporting ICE?
137. Show HN: macOS menu bar app to track Claude usage in real time
Contribute to richhickson/claudecodeusage development by creating an account on GitHub.
138. AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse
AI coding degrades as newer models create silent failures, leading to undetected errors that are hard to debug, impacting real-world coding efficiency.
139. AI Zealotry
Senior engineers are best positioned to benefit from AI. We're good enough to avoid slop, and there's so much we can accomplish. I wouldn't go back.
140. Why I Left iNaturalist
After almost 18 years, I left iNaturalist, the product and organization I helped create. I left because I don’t believe the current Leadership team is pointing the product in the right direction, and I don’t think they are managing their talented staff in an empathetic or effective way. If you’d like me to continue working on natural history software, support me on Patreon.
141. Sopro TTS: A 169M model with zero-shot voice cloning that runs on the CPU
A lightweight text-to-speech model with zero-shot voice cloning - samuel-vitorino/sopro
142. Scientists discover oldest poison, on 60k-year-old arrows
143. Biological and artificial consciousness: A case for biological computationalism
144. What Happened to WebAssembly
Where are they now? You won't believe her new look!
145. Check Out PCWorld's New Linux Podcast, the Dual Boot Diaries
Dual Boot Diaries is a limited series where Adam and Will try out Linux options... and make a big decision.
146. Show HN: Scroll Wikipedia like TikTok
Scroll Wikipedia like TikTok.
147. A Typical PDF
148. Digital Red Queen: Adversarial Program Evolution in Core War with LLMs
149. Kubernetes Was Overkill. We Moved to Docker Compose and Saved 60 Hours
150. Sorted string tables (SST) from first principles
why sorted string tables are the swiss army knife for data systems and how they are implemented