Sunday, April 30, 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Minetest: An open source voxel game engine

Minetest: An open source voxel game engine
4 by doener | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Notes on Charles Portis’s notes: papers by America’s “least-known great writer”

Notes on Charles Portis’s notes: papers by America’s “least-known great writer”
5 by lermontov | 0 comments on Hacker News.


As Hospitals Close and Doctors Flee, Sudan’s Health Care System Is Collapsing


By BY LYNSEY CHUTEL from NYT World https://ift.tt/ruTkGxb

New top story on Hacker News: Lego Googol Machine

Lego Googol Machine
21 by galfarragem | 0 comments on Hacker News.


After Student’s Suicide, an Elite School Says It Fell ‘Tragically Short’


By BY BENJAMIN WEISER AND TRACEY TULLY from NYT New York https://ift.tt/F0GUOBc

New top story on Hacker News: The invention of selective breeding was unbelievably late (2019)

The invention of selective breeding was unbelievably late (2019)
21 by barry-cotter | 1 comments on Hacker News.


Saturday, April 29, 2023

New top story on Hacker News: I decided to outsource my entire personal financial life to GPT-4

I decided to outsource my entire personal financial life to GPT-4
13 by bfoks | 4 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Polaroid’s Showman

Polaroid’s Showman
5 by benbreen | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: XTS-210 25hp rotary engine; 1/5th size/weight of diesel piston engines

XTS-210 25hp rotary engine; 1/5th size/weight of diesel piston engines
14 by mpweiher | 11 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Sensenmann: Code Deletion at Scale

Sensenmann: Code Deletion at Scale
24 by gslin | 6 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: BlueSky ToS gives Jack a 'perpetual' & 'irrevocable' license to all your content

BlueSky ToS gives Jack a 'perpetual' & 'irrevocable' license to all your content
68 by miles | 29 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Sperm donor who fathered 550 children ordered to stop

Sperm donor who fathered 550 children ordered to stop
26 by flykespice | 18 comments on Hacker News.


Wednesday, April 26, 2023

New top story on Hacker News: BOE Chief Economist Says Britons ‘Need to Accept’ They’re Worse Off

BOE Chief Economist Says Britons ‘Need to Accept’ They’re Worse Off
24 by mennaali | 4 comments on Hacker News.


The U.S. and France welcome the Xi-Zelensky call, but Washington underlines its skepticism.


By BY CONSTANT MÉHEUT AND MATT SURMAN from NYT World https://ift.tt/a5lfYnW

New top story on Hacker News: SpaceX, Rogers to connect mobiles phones to satellites in remote Canadian areas

SpaceX, Rogers to connect mobiles phones to satellites in remote Canadian areas
22 by dev_tty01 | 15 comments on Hacker News.


‘Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah’ Review: The Show Must Go On


By BY CHRIS AZZOPARDI from NYT Movies https://ift.tt/29XBPQH

New top story on Hacker News: HDR-NeRF: High Dynamic Range Neural Radiance Fields

HDR-NeRF: High Dynamic Range Neural Radiance Fields
17 by PaulHoule | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Monday, April 17, 2023

Police Investigate Shooting of Black Teenager


By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/ipbof1S

New top story on Hacker News: Implementers, Solvers, and Finders

Implementers, Solvers, and Finders
14 by kiyanwang | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Protest After Homeowner Shoots Black Teenager at Wrong House


By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/5BW0za4

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What are some of the best ChatGPT Clients out there?

Ask HN: What are some of the best ChatGPT Clients out there?
15 by thsbrown | 8 comments on Hacker News.
Likely similar to many of you, I have been using ChatGPT quite a bit lately. My main gripe with it though is that the actual interface is quite limited, and I don't like having to navigate to the site every time I want to use it. Given the above, I've been looking in to a good ChatGPT client that offers additional functionality (exporting chats for example). There were quite a few out there, but I was curious what the community was using? I am currently using Windows, however it would be awesome to hear what the community thinks of the best clients for any given platform! To start things off, here is some I've found * lencx/ChatGPT (Windows, MacOS, Linux) * lisiur/ChatWizard (Windows, MacOS, Linux). * EasyChat AI (Windows) * Machato (Mac) * ChatHub (Chrome / Edge)

New top story on Hacker News: VW, Rivian, Nissan, BMW lose access to U.S. EV tax credits

VW, Rivian, Nissan, BMW lose access to U.S. EV tax credits
32 by rexreed | 19 comments on Hacker News.


Saturday, April 15, 2023

Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter Dies at 99; Built an Empire of Tulle and Satin


By BY PENELOPE GREEN from NYT Style https://ift.tt/qlnObJY

New top story on Hacker News: Shareware Heroes

Shareware Heroes
4 by mpweiher | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Sudan Erupts in Chaos: Who Is Battling for Control and Why It Matters


By BY GERRY MULLANY from NYT World https://ift.tt/tBq7I4g

1 Dead and Nearly 100 Sickened in Fungal Outbreak at Paper Mill


By BY REMY TUMIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/hjYOVs1

New top story on Hacker News: OpenAssistant Conversations – Democratizing Large Language Model Alignment [pdf]

OpenAssistant Conversations – Democratizing Large Language Model Alignment [pdf]
36 by pps | 3 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Generalizations of Fourier Analysis

Generalizations of Fourier Analysis
18 by mscharrer | 2 comments on Hacker News.


Friday, April 14, 2023

My Rich Friend Lied to Get Financial Aid. Should I Confront Her?


By BY KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/yEz2CcG

The 100-Year-Old Reason U.S. Housing Is So Expensive


By BY PETER COY from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/dtRx3J7

New top story on Hacker News: Skyscraper Proposed for 2700 Sloat Boulevard in Outer Sunset, San Francisco

Skyscraper Proposed for 2700 Sloat Boulevard in Outer Sunset, San Francisco
49 by mooreds | 36 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Brandolini's Law

Brandolini's Law
15 by xrd | 10 comments on Hacker News.


German and Chinese ministers trade tough words on Russia and Taiwan.


By BY ERIKA SOLOMON from NYT World https://ift.tt/wD2ehQ3

New top story on Hacker News: Two Categories of Journaling

Two Categories of Journaling
8 by tony_codes | 3 comments on Hacker News.


Thursday, April 13, 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Calculating Position from Raw GPS Data (2017)

Calculating Position from Raw GPS Data (2017)
8 by userbinator | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Biden Plans an Electric Vehicle Revolution. Now, the Hard Part.


By BY CORAL DAVENPORT AND NEAL E. BOUDETTE from NYT Climate https://ift.tt/yeDJsZa

New top story on Hacker News: Surpassing 10Gb/S over Tailscale

Surpassing 10Gb/S over Tailscale
6 by mssdvd | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Coding Jobs and GPT-4

Coding Jobs and GPT-4
15 by bb1234 | 11 comments on Hacker News.
Do you believe that GPT-4 will significantly reduce the demand for coders? If not, why not? I am curious to get your sense of this. I am not a professional coder. I write code for scientific work. But I am really curious.

New top story on Hacker News: Warm liquid from Oregon seafloor comes from Cascadia fault

Warm liquid from Oregon seafloor comes from Cascadia fault
23 by gmays | 16 comments on Hacker News.


Saturday, April 8, 2023

Two Federal Judges Issued Opposing Rulings on Abortion Pills. Here’s What’s Going On.


By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/jpPk4Zn

New top story on Hacker News: FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operating Under Its Steeple

FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operating Under Its Steeple
22 by rmason | 9 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: A 1.5GB String

A 1.5GB String
5 by Backslasher | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: GNU+Linux laptops with Libreboot preinstalled, based on coreboot

GNU+Linux laptops with Libreboot preinstalled, based on coreboot
13 by sacrosanct | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: A ChatGPT TUI with custom bots

Show HN: A ChatGPT TUI with custom bots
17 by jlowin | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN! We just shipped a full-featured TUI (Text User Interface) for chatting with your Marvin bots, powered by GPT 4 or GPT-3.5. Like all of Marvin, it's fully open-source and we hope you find it useful. To launch it, upgrade and run `marvin chat`. The TUI is built with Textual ( https://ift.tt/KrvcBSb ) and uses some of its newest features including background workers and modals. We've made base TUIs before but this is the first one that's a true "app" with many screens and coordinated global state. Happy to answer any questions about working with Textual - once it "clicked" it was surprisingly similar to building a traditional front end! Small note: Terminal.app on MacOS isn't great for TUIs, so while it'll work, we suggest an alternative terminal. One of our goals with the TUI was to integrate Marvin's bots into the familiar chat UX. Bots can have distinct personalities, instructions, and use plugins, so each one is like a mini "conversational application." You might know about Marvin because of AI Functions, but at its core Marvin is a library for building and deploying bots (in fact, AI functions are actually a bot!). We started building the TUI as a way to quickly explore and assess our bots' capabilities. It quickly became so useful that we decided to make it a first-class experience. We've preloaded several bots, including one that can guide you through an RPG and another that is obsessed with explaining regex, and will add many more. You can even create your own bots just by asking the default bot (Marvin) to help you. We hope the TUI is a fun way to quickly interact with your bots and it was a great way for us to learn Textual. Please check out the code and let us know what enhancements we can add!

New top story on Hacker News: Vertical communities

Vertical communities
4 by zdw | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Weber–Fechner Law

Weber–Fechner Law
5 by the-mitr | 0 comments on Hacker News.