Ask HN: What is the international distribution/statistics of HN visitors?
Dear all, do we have an statistics on visitor location/country here? Would be curious: Is it US-centered? How much people from LatAm or SEA? EU? Maybe there was a question like this in the past, but I couldnt find it. (Maybe this is a question for @dang?)
Why FedRAMP Authorization and CMMC Level 2 Are Now Table Stakes for GovCon AI
Everyone knows FedRAMP is a massive investment. For us, it was table stakes when you serve the world’s top government contractors. AI is no longer a side experiment in government contracting. It now touches opportunity discovery, capture strategy, compliance tracking, proposal development, reviews, and pipeline management. As AI becomes embedded in these workflows, one reality […]
Alzheimer’s can be reversed to achieve full neurological recovery in animals
New study shows Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed to achieve full neurological recovery—not just prevented or slowed—in animal models | CWRU Newsroom | Case Western Reserve University Skip to main content
Salesforce regrets firing 4000 experienced staff and replacing them with AI
Executives Acknowledge Overconfidence in AI Benioff Walks Back Earlier Confidence Internal Disruption and Hidden Costs From Replacement to Rebalancing A Cautionary Signal Salesforce’s aggressive push to automate customer operations has entered a phase of public reckoning after senior executives publicly admitted that the company overestimated AI’s readiness for real-world deployment and moved too quickly in […]
Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2
2024-12-01 I bought a MacBook Air M2. As of writing, it’s very affordable with the 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, 13.6” model available for $750. As of writing, also Asahi Linux doesn’t support anything newer than M2. buy on amazon FIGURE 1 Pic of my laptop. EXIF data Camera FUJIFILM GFX100S Lens GF55mmF1.7 R […]
Python 3.15’s interpreter for Windows x86-64 should hopefully be 15% faster
24 December 2025 Some time ago I posted an apology peice for Python’s tail caling results. I apologized for communicating performance results without noticing a compiler bug had occured. I can proudly say today that I am partially retracting that apology, but only for two platforms—MacOs AArch64 (XCode Clang) and Windows x86-64 (MSVC). In our […]
Mattermost restricted access to old messages after 10000 limit is reached
We have a problem since the new upgrade.”10.000-message limit reached. Messages sent before 26. September 2025 are hidden -Restore Access” appeared.so the messages before that date can not be accessed anymore.When was this hard restriction implemented. v11? We are a school and have since corona this Mattermost instance with over 2000 active users and 470000 […]
Line scan camera image processing
2025-09-21 I use my line scan camera to take cool pictures of trains and other stuff. But there’s a lot that goes into properly processing the images. FIGURE 1 A cool tram. Download FIGURE 2 A cool train, the Renfe AVE Class 102, nicknamed Pato because of its duck bill-like appearance. Download FIGURE 3 Cool […]
We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years
Charlie Buckland BBC Wales Christmas is often regarded as a time for goodwill, but one young UK couple’s act of kindness 50 years ago changed their lives forever. On 23 December 1975, Rob Parsons and his wife Dianne were preparing for Christmas at their Cardiff home when they heard a knock at the door. On […]
Why ’The Global Market’ Is an Irresponsible Phrase
“We are preparing to enter the Asia market.” “We are targeting the global market.” When we hear these phrases, we tend to interpret them in a very specific way: No meaningful decisions have been made yet. This is not criticism. It is an observation—one repeatedly confirmed in the field. Phrases like “the Asian market,” “the […]