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A bit tangential, but the folks behind the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMPLib) have the problem of choosing algorithms more or less fleshed out. They've got some fairly approac…

I opted to try the "beg the manufacturer to turn off the panopticon" approach[1]. The first time I got 2 hours of elevator music before hanging up, the second I went through 3 leve…

That song is directly inspired by the Pepsi nonsense; the lyrics and backing video [1] have some direct quotes. Definitely the first thing that comes to mind each time a multi-bill…

Lots of whitespace, lots of unnecessary animations, and lots of floating bars I'd never click occupying screen space. Hopefully this isn't too hard to fix with browser extensions.

I got my first experience in running a small-medium sized (~1000 user) game community over the past couple years. This is mostly commentary on running such a community in general. …

It's disingenuous to pretend that the chemical weapons of the WW's and the massive cold war stockpiles of VX or sarin are in the same class as deliberately nonlethal lachrymator ag…

I have a feeling that many people seeing this will assume that the aversion to specific content is akin to an ordinary distaste for blood and gore, jumpscares, or other "hit or mis…

That's polynomial scaling, not exponential.

It depends on what sort of content you're looking for. Reasoned discussion on contentious issues demands considerable moderation, but anonymous platforms are great for legitimate n…

If a search engine encounters the query "Williams Sonoma 12 inch skillet", retail outlets selling it should organically appear in results without the need for ads.

Steam doesn't prevent games from linking to alternative payment processors in-app.

Link to the book referenced in the article: https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781839104848/978183...

Link to paper: Approximate analog computing with metatronic circuits https://www.nature.com/articles/s42005-021-00683-4.pdf

Direct link to the executive order (it's in the article, but might as well put here): https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-action...

There have always been regional variations in this; I've had the same 1.2GBps plan in a few states now and it only ever got close to that number in the one where Fios was an option…

Doesn't fix Windows "Upgrades" ruining workflows, but Sharex[1] is a very useful utility that you might be interested in. System-wide hotkeys for screenshots, can do short encoded …

Always nice to see implementation-focused explanations of things that are usually taught/learned by building intuition. This[1] video does an excellent job of explaining the mechan…

Relevant: https://adnauseam.io/

After reading the comments on the original, I expected to see a "Poll: Did you know that HN has polls?" I certainly didn't know about the feature.