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GNUstep compatibility with macOS Catalina almost complete

Link: https://heronsperch.blogspot.com/2023/03/compatibility-project-almost-complete.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35311293

Compatibility project almost complete

As the much villified theme for star trek enterprise says "its been a long road getting from there to here" i am almost done with all of the...
heronsperch.blogspot.com
ChatGPT 4 saved my dog’s life

Link: https://twitter.com/peakcooper/status/1639716822680236032
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35311667
chayote, painted by royal charles steadman, 1918
Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year.

"That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty," the author says. https://t.co/YI9b4yuuVE
Police were called to a domestic dispute in an apartment Saturday morning. Majors was charged with assault, strangulation and harassment. A representative for Majors said he "has done nothing wrong." https://t.co/qz8giKcwfs
Managers exploit loyal workers over less committed colleagues

Link: https://today.duke.edu/2023/03/managers-exploit-loyal-workers-over-less-committed-colleagues
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35307150

Managers Exploit Loyal Workers Over Less Committed Colleagues | Duke Today

Duke Today
Experimental library for scraping websites using OpenAI's GPT API

Link: https://jamesturk.github.io/scrapeghost/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35305655

scrapeghost

An experimental library for automated web scraping with GPT.
jamesturk.github.io
An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang About AI’s iPhone Moment

Link: https://stratechery.com/2023/an-interview-with-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-about-ais-iphone-moment/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35303574

#nvidia

An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang About AI’s iPhone Moment

An interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about the impact of ChatGPT, Nvidia’s new cloud service, and how Nvidia is adapting to new geopolitical and competitive realities.
Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Hospitals Are Reporting New Mothers for Neglect from Poppyseed False Positives

Link: https://reason.com/2023/03/23/hospitals-are-still-reporting-new-mothers-for-neglect-based-on-drug-tests-triggered-by-poppy-seeds/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35305079

Hospitals Keep Reporting New Mothers For Neglect Based on Drug Tests Triggered by Poppy Seeds

Two New Jersey women who gave birth last fall suffered harrowing ordeals thanks to their breakfast choices.
Jacob Sullum (Reason Magazine)
Everything we know about the Apple Neural Engine (ANE)

Link: https://github.com/hollance/neural-engine
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35301447

#apple

GitHub - hollance/neural-engine: Everything we actually know about the Apple Neural Engine (ANE)

Everything we actually know about the Apple Neural Engine (ANE) - GitHub - hollance/neural-engine: Everything we actually know about the Apple Neural Engine (ANE)
GitHub
*climbs into your timeline*
hmm, is comfy here :3
*stretches out*
*takes up a surprising amount of space for a tiny kitn*
Show HN: The Shark Programming Language

Link: https://github.com/shogundevel/shark
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35294818

GitHub - shogundevel/shark: The shark programming language

The shark programming language. Contribute to shogundevel/shark development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
ChatGPT gets “eyes and ears” with plugins that can interface AI with the world https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/chatgpt-gets-eyes-and-ears-with-plugins-that-can-interface-ai-with-the-world/?utm_brand=arstechnica by @benjedwards

#bot
Original tweet : https://nitter.privacydev.net/arstechnica/status/1639351256329383936

ChatGPT gets “eyes and ears” with plugins that can interface AI with the world

Plugins allow ChatGPT to book a flight, order food, send email, execute code (and more).
Ars Technica
‘The RIAA v. Steve Jobs’ (Link) https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/03/the-riaa-v-steve-jobs/

‘The RIAA v. Steve Jobs’

A remarkable blog post by Rogue Amoeba’s Paul Kafasis uncovers a key moment in the history of Apple and the recording industry: At that time, our sales were slow enough that we often skimmed …
Six Colors
Google discloses CentOS Linux kernel vulnerabilities citing failure to fix

Link: https://www.neowin.net/news/google-discloses-centos-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities-following-failure-to-issue-timely-fixes/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35289537

#linux #google

Google discloses CentOS Linux kernel vulnerabilities following failure to issue timely fixes

Google's Project Zero security team has publicly disclosed multiple flaws in certain Linux kernels and distros following Red Hat's inability to fix them within the 90-day deadline assigned by Google.
Usama Jawad (Neowin)
Why Engineers Need to Write

Link: https://www.developing.dev/p/why-engineers-need-to-write
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35292422

Why Engineers Need To Write

I hated writing in high school. It wasn’t objective like my favorite subjects, math and science. It also didn’t help that we had to write about old, hard-to-understand literature like Shakespeare.
Ryan Peterman (The Developing Dev)
Banks as Collateral Damage in a Class War

Link: https://annpettifor.substack.com/p/banks-as-collateral-damage-in-a-class
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35260210

Banks as Collateral Damage in a Class War

Central Bank obsession with holding down wages has consequences for fin stability
System Change
FauxPilot – an open-source GitHub Copilot server

Link: https://github.com/fauxpilot/fauxpilot
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35264725

#github

GitHub - fauxpilot/fauxpilot: FauxPilot - an open-source GitHub Copilot server

FauxPilot - an open-source GitHub Copilot server. Contribute to fauxpilot/fauxpilot development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
A ChatGPT Emacs Shell

Link: https://xenodium.com/a-chatgpt-emacs-shell/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35254389

#emacs
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a deaf student could sue for past damages for not getting the support he needed to succeed in public school.
https://t.co/iwKpWTM49W
Hundreds of Edison Recordings are going up on archive.org right NOW!

https://archive.org/details/edison-recordings

This round has been contributed by University of California Santa Barbara

Thank you UCSB!

https://archive.org/details/edison-recordings

Edison Recordings : Free Audio : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive

Edison Recordings, many of with contributed by University of California Santa Barbara, but also many other collections.
archive.org
Grace Hopper on Late Night with David Letterman (1986)

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE2uls6iIEU
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35252618

Grace Hopper Is The Computer Queen | Letterman

United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper talks about her pioneering work in the computer field.(From "Late Night," air date: 10/2/86)#gracehopper #navy #...
YouTube
Google was beloved as an employer for years. Then it laid off thousands by email

Link: https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/tech/google-layoffs-employee-culture/index.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35249182

#google
“Sounds like an insecure personality to me.”

“He lives in the power complex.”

“That fits.”

— Romana and Seth, in “The Horns of Nimon”

#DoctorWho #quote #quotation
if someone calls you weird, they actually mean that you are interesting and mewnique. at least, that is what i think :blobcat3c:​
Adobe Firefly: AI Art Generator

Link: https://www.adobe.com/sensei/generative-ai/firefly.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35246139

AI Art Generator – Adobe Firefly

Create images, vectors, videos, and 3D from text with Adobe’s AI art generator. Discover a whole new way to create with Adobe Firefly. Join the beta now.
www.adobe.com
The well-being of the soul can only be obtained after that of the body has been secured.

(The Guide for the Perplexed, 3:27)
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One of the best podcasting apps you know is built by a single person - https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/20/23648650/marco-arment-overcast-solo-acts

Solo Acts: Marco Arment and his podcast app Overcast

In The Vergecast’s final episode of Solo Acts, Ashley Esqueda speaks with Marco Arment. He built Instapaper and currently maintains the excellent podcasting app Overcast all by himself.
Alex Cranz (The Verge)
Book publishers with surging profits struggle to prove Internet Archive hurt sales https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/book-publishers-with-surging-profits-struggle-to-prove-internet-archive-hurt-sales/?utm_brand=arstechnica by @ashleynbelanger

#bot
Original tweet : https://nittereu.moomoo.me/arstechnica/status/1637926871143686144

Book publishers with surging profits struggle to prove Internet Archive hurt sales

A federal judge will soon decide if digital lending violates copyright laws.
Ars Technica
psst

hey

did you remember??

about mewmew monday????? :3
KITTEN.EXE
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@devinprater i also kind of forgot, or else i would have posted about it sooner.. it is hard for a kitn to keep track of what day it is, mew.
Devin Prater
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Aww it's okay mew mew, the days go by fast anyway. :) :3
The End of Front-End Development

Link: https://www.joshwcomeau.com/blog/the-end-of-frontend-development/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35235141

The End of Front-End Development

Large language models like GPT-4 are becoming increasingly capable, at an alarming rate. Within a couple of years, we won't need developers any more! …Or at least, that's the narrative going viral on Twitter.
www.joshwcomeau.com
Microsoft Mesh will include not just 3D Teams avatars, but virtual workspaces accessible via VR, allowing people working remotely to experience the joy of sitting in a meeting room while someone drones on in front of a PowerPoint. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/03/microsoft-teams-3d-avatars-will-be-able-to-take-your-meetings-for-you-in-may/?utm_brand=ars

#bot
Original tweet : https://nitter.pussthecat.org/arstechnica/status/1637531585699540996

Microsoft Teams is adding 3D avatars for people who want to turn their webcams off

"Microsoft Mesh" features like avatars were originally slated to launch in 2022.
Ars Technica
Zippyshare Quits After 17 Years, 45M Visits per Month Makes No Money

Link: https://torrentfreak.com/zippyshare-file-hosting-veteran-calls-it-quits-2006-2023-230320/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35230740

Zippyshare Quits After 17 Years, 45m Visits Per Month Makes No Money

Citing ad-blocking and rising costs, file-hosting veteran Zippyshare will shut down at the end of the month after almost 17 years online.
Andy Maxwell (TF Publishing)
25 Years of curl https://lwn.net/Articles/926560/ #LWN

25 Years of curl

Daniel Stenberg observes the 25th anniversary of the curl project.
lwn.net
Show HN: Chatblade – A CLI Swiss Army Knife for ChatGPT

Link: https://github.com/npiv/chatblade
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35223759

GitHub - npiv/chatblade: A CLI Swiss Army Knife for ChatGPT

A CLI Swiss Army Knife for ChatGPT. Contribute to npiv/chatblade development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
Mastodon Hit 10M Users

Link: https://mastodon.social/@mastodonusercount/110051957865629817
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35224356

Mastodon Users

2023-03-19 21:00:11


10,001,119 accounts
+1,627 in the last hour
+45,914 in the last day
+151,292 in the last week
Four time-based charts Upper blue area: Number of Mastodon users Upper cyan area: Hourly increases of number of users Lower orange area: Number of active instances Lower yellow area: Thousand toots per hour For current figures please read the text of this post

10,001,119 accounts
+1,627 in the last hour
+45,914 in the last day
+151,292 in the last week
Four time-based charts Upper blue area: Number of Mastodon users Upper cyan area: Hourly increases of number of users Lower orange area: Number of active instances Lower yellow area: Thousand toots per hour For current figures please read the text of this post
My new hobby: finding public domain images that Getty sells for $500

Link: https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1637443442921066497
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35223950
Google CEO Sundar Pichai deletes chats in violation of retention obligations

Link: http://www.fosspatents.com/2023/03/us-states-epic-games-others-accuse.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35224167

#google

U.S. states, Epic Games, others accuse Google CEO Sundar Pichai of 'routinely opt[ing] to move ... to history-off [c]hats to hold sensitive conversations' in violation of retention obligations

Since the "Google Chats" discovery dispute started with a motion by dozens of state AGs, Epic Games, Match Group, and other plaintiffs in Oc...
www.fosspatents.com
If we don’t want to bring war, inequality, exploitation, resource depletion, and injustice with us when we eventually settle in space, we have to eliminate those things on Earth first—and we must do it now. (Via @WIRED) https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/are-we-ethically-ready-to-set-up-shop-in-space/?utm_brand=ars

#bot
Original tweet : https://nitter.it/arstechnica/status/1637443342354075650

Are we ethically ready to set up shop in space?

A new book asks hard questions about whether we've thought through life in space.
Ars Technica
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