Sapling – A VCS from Meta
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Juice – Oberon JIT browser plugin (1996)
Juice, Oberon2LaTex, OM2-XDS V2.20 PC/WNT/W95 native code Oberon-2 and Modula-2 Technical Publication Ubaye’s First Independent Modula-2 & Oberon-2 Journal! Nr. 9, Oct-1996 Juice Michael Franz ([email protected]) and Thomas Kistler ([email protected]), University of California, Irvine, U.S.A., 17th June 1996 Introducing Juice Juice is a new technology for distributing executable content across the World Wide Web. In […]
The world’s smallest PNG
by Evan Hahn , updated Jan 21, 2024 (originally posted Jan 4, 2024) The smallest PNG file is 67 bytes. It’s a single black pixel. Here’s what it looks like, zoomed in 200×: Wow, what a beauty. This file has four sections: The PNG signature, the same for every PNG: 8 bytes The image’s metadata, […]
RustQuant: A Library for Quantitative Finance
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iPod ‘squeaks’ betray software secrets (2005)
Computer enthusiasts have worked out how to reprogram Apple’s iPod music player with their own code using an ingenious acoustic trick. They adapted the component that generates clicks – or “squeaks” – as a user scrolls through the on-screen menu in order to extract vital information from the latest generation of the device. This allowed […]
Bloop (YC S21) is hiring Rust engineers interested in compilers, in London
Background bloop’s automatic code translation solution automates the menial task of moving code between a source and target language. Traditional approaches to this problem result in code that is unreadable, and the alternative of rewriting a system from scratch is unfeasibly expensive for many projects. We’re pioneering a novel approach to this age-old problem, building […]
Juno – A YouTube Client for Vision Pro
February 1, 2024 YouTube is probably one of the parts of the internet I consume the most, so I was more than a little sad when YouTube announced that they don’t have plans to build a visionOS app, and disabled the option to load the iPad app. This leaves you with Safari, and the website […]
‘Stupid,’ ‘shameful:’ Tech workers on Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan’s rant
Following Garry Tan’s seemingly alcohol-fueled rant over the weekend, in which he wrote on social media that seven progressive San Francisco supervisors should “die slow,” tech workers in San Francisco had a few choice words for the Y Combinator CEO: “shameful,” “really dumb,” “very stupid.” Tan “should not have done any of that. He should […]
Unlogged (YC S22) Is Hiring a Founding Engineer
After experiencing the challenges of Black Friday deployments firsthand, we’ve developed a unique tool for replaying production traffic locally, ensuring zero regressions. We’re searching for a dedicated backend engineer to help us with our roadmap. This role is ideal for someone passionate about crafting flawless, yet speedy deployments. Your Responsibilities: – Develop and refine backend […]
OLMo: Accelerating the Science of Language Models [pdf]
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