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1. Python 3.13 Gets a JIT (tonybaloney.github.io)
1081 points by todsacerdoti on Jan 9, 2024 | 521 comments
2. Why does holding a key fob to your head increase its range? (physics.stackexchange.com)
603 points by jasonhansel on Jan 9, 2024 | 147 comments
3. Building an e-ink picture frame that displays an iCloud photo album (ben.page)
320 points by benborgers on Jan 9, 2024 | 141 comments
4. 'Magical' Error Correction Scheme Proved Inherently Inefficient (quantamagazine.org)
130 points by digital55 on Jan 9, 2024 | 22 comments
5. Turing Complete is a game about computer science (turingcomplete.game)
398 points by thunderbong on Jan 9, 2024 | 105 comments
6. Ancient Stars Made Extraordinarily Heavy Elements (2023) (ncsu.edu)
130 points by samch on Jan 9, 2024 | 44 comments
7. Databases and why their complexity is now unnecessary (redplanetlabs.com)
363 points by adamfeldman on Jan 9, 2024 | 352 comments
8. DeepFlow – open-source eBPF Distributed Tracing (deepflow.io)
172 points by shlosky on Jan 9, 2024 | 18 comments
9. Rabbit: LLM-First Mobile Phone (rabbit.tech)
352 points by DreamGen on Jan 9, 2024 | 512 comments
10. Where Have All the Websites Gone? (fromjason.xyz)
547 points by benrutter on Jan 9, 2024 | 398 comments
11. An overview of distributed Postgres architectures (crunchydata.com)
278 points by eatonphil on Jan 8, 2024 | 50 comments
12. DARPA Moves Forward on X-65: Plane with no moving control surfaces (darpa.mil)
304 points by wolverine876 on Jan 9, 2024 | 203 comments
13. Turing Complete Transformers: Two Transformers Are More Powerful Than One (openreview.net)
190 points by georgehill on Jan 8, 2024 | 77 comments
14. Hobbes OS/2 Archive: As of April 15th, 2024 this site will no longer exist (nmsu.edu)
165 points by linker3000 on Jan 9, 2024 | 48 comments
15. The best way to get unstuck (ggnotes.com)
204 points by pmzy on Jan 6, 2024 | 85 comments
16. Money pours into new fabs and facilities (semiengineering.com)
168 points by adrian_mrd on Jan 8, 2024 | 147 comments
17. www.google.com – The page is blank when accessed (github.com/webcompat)
447 points by mozvalentin on Jan 9, 2024 | 309 comments
18. Macs can now inform Apple if any liquids have been detected in the USB-C ports (9to5mac.com)
220 points by mmastrac on Jan 9, 2024 | 340 comments
19. Mode7 Graphics Library for Playdate (github.com/risolvipro)
164 points by ecliptik on Jan 9, 2024 | 29 comments
20. Mixtral 8x7B: A sparse Mixture of Experts language model (arxiv.org)
359 points by ignoramous on Jan 9, 2024 | 150 comments
21. Simple Lasts Longer (pnote.eu)
158 points by przem8k on Jan 7, 2024 | 33 comments
22. Show HN: I made an interactive math crossword puzzle with infinite levels (scientific.place)
165 points by xk4rim on Jan 7, 2024 | 45 comments
23. Bit-Banging Bluetooth Low Energy (dmitry.gr)
149 points by userbinator on Jan 9, 2024 | 40 comments
24. GE Vernova announces order of 674 wind turbines, providing 2.4 GW of power (ge.com)
169 points by geox on Jan 9, 2024 | 146 comments
25. Researchers create first functional semiconductor made from graphene (techxplore.com)
146 points by wglb on Jan 8, 2024 | 42 comments
26. Is my plane a 737 MAX? (ismyplanea737max.com)
548 points by jacksoncheek on Jan 9, 2024 | 553 comments
27. A Guide for Prospective Tea Monks (peacefulrevolutionary.substack.com)
141 points by edward on Jan 8, 2024 | 49 comments
28. AI Toolkit: Give a brain to your game's NPCs, a header-only C++ library (github.com/linkdd)
146 points by todsacerdoti on Jan 9, 2024 | 55 comments
29. Using Git Offline (gibbard.me)
187 points by l_nk on Jan 9, 2024 | 100 comments
30. Nebula is an open-source and free-to-use modern C++ game engine (github.com/gscept)
171 points by ibobev on Jan 9, 2024 | 43 comments

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