Larry Finger made Linux wireless work and brought others along to learn
Enlarge Aurich Lawson | Getty Images Linux and its code are made by people, and people are not with us forever. Over the weekend, a brief message on the Linux kernel mailing list reminded everyone of just how much one person can mean to a seemingly gargantuan project like Linux, and how quickly that person […]
Hellometer (YC S20) Is Hiring
About Us: Hellometer is a Y Combinator-backed company that leverages cameras and computer vision AI to measure and optimize guest service speed at restaurants. Our mission is to help restaurants deliver exceptional customer experiences and improve operational efficiency through real-time analytics and actionable insights. Position Overview: We are looking for a versatile and proactive Onboarding […]
The greatest social media site is Craigslist
In August 2009, Wired magazine ran a cover story on Craigslist founder Craig Newmark titled “Why Craigslist Is Such a Mess.” The opening paragraphs excoriate almost every aspect of the online classifieds platform as “underdeveloped,” a “wasteland of hyperlinks,” and demands that we, the public, ought to have higher standards. The same sentiment can found […]
The Life Of Lithium
Jacob Baynham is a National Magazine Award-winning writer and a former T. Anthony Pollner Distinguished Professor at the University of Montana School of Journalism. Act I: In The (Very) Beginning The universe was born small, unimaginably dense and furiously hot. At first, it was all energy contained in a volume of space that exploded in […]
Review: Moaan InkPalm Plus is weird, cheap, small, and my kind of e-reader
The Moaan InkPalm Plus and the Kobo Clara HD. It is probably not surprising that I, John Moltz, the world’s leading iPhone mini superfan would also want to use a small e-reader. That’s just science. After spending years reading ebooks on my iPhones and iPads like an animal, I finally got a Kobo Clara HD […]
Launch HN: Hatchet (YC W24) – Open-source task queue, now with a cloud version
Hey HN – this is Alexander and Gabe from Hatchet (https://hatchet.run). We’re building a modern task queue as an alternative to tools like Celery for Python and BullMQ for Node. Our open-source repo is at https://github.com/hatchet-dev/hatchet and is 100% MIT licensed. When we did a Show HN a few months ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39643136), our cloud version […]
Open Sourcing Kinopio
On the eve of it’s 5th anniversary, I’ve decided to open source the code for the kinopio-client app. That means you can run Kinopio on your own computer, make changes, and share improvements. kinopio-client on github kinopio-client is the app that’s downloaded and run in your browser when you go to https://kinopio.club. It can save […]
Gemma 2: Improving Open Language Models at a Practical Size [pdf]
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Is Everything BS?
Taking BS to mean behavioral science, the answer to that question is, not quite. But most things are. Most things involve a heavy dose of behavioral science. I would argue, however, the contrary does not apply. I don’t want us to start thinking that BS is everything. It is necessary but not sufficient in many, […]
Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday blew up the massive bankruptcy reorganization of opioid maker Purdue Pharma, finding that the settlement inappropriately included legal protections for the Sackler family, meaning that billions of dollars secured for victims is now threatened. The court on a 5-4 vote on nonideological lines ruled that the bankruptcy court did […]