Be Wary of Bluesky
In 2023, Bluesky’s CTO Paul Frazee was asked what would happen if Bluesky ever turned against its users. His answer: ”it would look something like this: bluesky has gone evil. there’s a new alternative called freesky that people are rushing to. I’m switching to freesky” That’s the same argument people made about Twitter. ”If it […]
CERN rebuilt the original browser from 1989
Hello, World In December 1990, an application called WorldWideWeb was developed on a NeXT machine at The European Organization for Nuclear Research (known as CERN) just outside of Geneva. This program – WorldWideWeb — is the antecedent of most of what we consider or know of as ”the web” today. In February 2019, in celebration of […]
ΛProlog: Logic programming in higher-order logic
λProlog Home Page λProlog is a logic programming language based on higher-order intuitionistic logic in the style of Church’s Simple Theory of Types. Such a strong logical foundation provides λProlog with logically supported notions of modular programming, abstract datatypes, higher-order programming, and the lambda-tree syntax approach to the treatment of bound variables in syntax. Implementations […]
Diode – Build, program, and simulate hardware
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I hate AI side projects
The best thing about AI is that EVERYONE can build now. The worst thing about AI is that EVERYONE can build now. I’ve worked on and shared many of my side projects over the years. I built them because they gave me a chance to learn new things, such as deploying my first web app […]
Turn Dependabot Off
Dependabot is a noise machine. It makes you feel like you’re doing work, but you’re actually discouraging more useful work. This is especially true for security alerts in the Go ecosystem. I recommend turning it off and replacing it with a pair of scheduled GitHub Actions, one running govulncheck, and the other running your test […]
Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization
Breakdowns Top Operators Operator Mines Employees Mines ID Name Operator State Type Commodity Status mines.fyi — Free search across 91,000+ US mines
OpenScan
OpenScan offers affordable, open-source 3D scanners for everyone. Our community-driven project combines photogrammetry with modular hardware to create high-quality 3D models. From hobbyists to professionals, OpenScan empowers users worldwide to explore 3D scanning in various fields. Join us in making 3D scanning accessible and push the boundaries of digital preservation and creation.
Georgian wine culture dates back, uninterrupted, approximately 8k years
Georgian wine culture dates back, uninterrupted, approximately 8,000 years. Today, Georgia’s wine industry offers exceptional wines using both modern European and ancient winemaking techniques. Lasha Tsatava DipWSET, the first ever Georgian gives us an introduction to this unique wine landscape. If you’re interested in philosophy, your studies will take you to Greece where you’ll come […]
I found a Vulnerability. They found a Lawyer
I’m a diving instructor. I’m also a platform engineer who spends lots of his time thinking about and implementing infrastructure security. Sometimes those two worlds collide in unexpected ways. A Sula sula (Frigatebird) and a dive flag on the actual boat where I found the vulnerability – somewhere off Cocos Island. While on a 14 […]