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The Rune Programming Language
Cache invalidation really is one of the hardest problems in computer science
A bug fix in the 8086 microprocessor, revealed in the die's silicon
FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat
The world of pipe fittings
A hundred UK companies sign up for four-day week with no loss of pay
Git Notes
Git Notes
The Citroen Ami – tiny electric car with no boot, 28mph top speed, 46 mile range
Act: Run your GitHub Actions locally
AI Art Panic
Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 1918
Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 1918
Ask HN: How's the job hunt going? (For those laid off)
For those laid off, how is the job hunt going? I haven't been able to start yet, but likely this next week I'll start studying and getting ready.
The Need to Read
German privacy watchdogs conclude that Microsoft 365 is incompatible with GDPR
I/O is no longer the bottleneck
Show HN: Using stylometry to find HN users with alternate accounts
Author here. This site lets you put in a username and get the users with the most similar writing style to that user. It confirmed several users who I suspected were alts and after informally asking around has identified abandoned accounts of people I know from many years ago. I made this site mostly to show how easy this is and how it can erode online privacy. If some guy with a little bit of Python, and $8 to rent a decent dedicated server for a day can make this, imagine what a company with millions of dollars and a couple dozen PhD linguists could do.<p>Here's Paul Graham:<p><a href="https://stylometry.net/user?username=pg" rel="nofollow">https://stylometry.net/user?username=pg</a><p>Here are some frequent HN commenters: (EDIT: Removed due to privacy concerns)
Show HN: Using stylometry to find HN users with alternate accounts
Author here. This site lets you put in a username and get the users with the most similar writing style to that user. It confirmed several users who I suspected were alts and after informally asking around has identified abandoned accounts of people I know from many years ago. I made this site mostly to show how easy this is and how it can erode online privacy. If some guy with a little bit of Python, and $8 to rent a decent dedicated server for a day can make this, imagine what a company with millions of dollars and a couple dozen PhD linguists could do.<p>Here's Paul Graham:<p><a href="https://stylometry.net/user?username=pg" rel="nofollow">https://stylometry.net/user?username=pg</a><p>Here are some frequent HN commenters: (EDIT: Removed due to privacy concerns)
Choosing Nim out of a crowded market for systems programming languages