New best story on News: SQL should be the default choice for data transformation logic

SQL should be the default choice for data transformation logic
391 by RobinL | 237 comments .


New best story on News: Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining?

Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining?
446 by maerF0x0 | 770 comments .
Is anyone else noticing that for several 5 year blocks (pentad) the world just seems to get markedly worse? It's like no body seems to give a shit about anyone except themselves anymore. Whats the cause of this? What's the solution? A bunch of things I've noticed: * Landlords seem extremely greedy and do terrible rent seeking tactics like fees upon fees (250 admin fee to rent here, $75 to apply, $300 non refundable pet deposit, $25 a month pet rent, $12.50 community fee, $15 trash valet, $5 online payment fee, $100 a month community internet (for the $50 a month package), going Month to month after a lease ends is 2x the annual price. And then they use RealPage to collude to make prices higher[1] * People are noisy as fuck and dont seem to give a shit. Seems like every night there's someone with loud as exhaust on "sportish" car ripping around the neihborhood. For months this guy would start up his loud car at 7am and no one care when I complained. * General worker apathy is endemic everywhere I go people seem aggravated I would dare to check my order and point out they didn't put in the ketchup i asked for, or the napkins, or whatever. Or when I dine in the tables are dirty. Or the gym is filthy, the cleaner just drags the mop around looking busy but accomplishing nothing. But in many instances they keep asking for more tips. * Software seems to be overrun by a mentality that any future cost is worth it to save even 1 minute of development time today. And this one I think I've observed the root, it seems that people get promoted away from their problems so they're not the ones to solve them. And those who do write good software (albeit slightly slower) are not promotable beacuse they're "under performing" their peers. Why does it seem management (and many thusly incentivized engineers) have abandoned decades of experience showing how to create reliable, robust, reusable code that is both great the customer, fast to iterate on, and only a tiny tiny bit slower to write. * Seems like everything is subscription model and you have to pay N times to access something thats only worth 1-3x . Eg: I Netflix for a couple hours a month. At the price for 4k access I can almost go out to a theatre. Video games are all trending to subscription models. I just learned the other day that the PS4 games I got with my subcription to PSN all are locked because I stopped subscribing (nearly 50 games) . So I paid them like $125 for access to these games for 24 months, and now I cannot play any of them? At least I still own NES/SNES/N64 Game cartridges that will never lock me out. * Police seem to not give a shit anymore. I've noticed what seems to be total lawlessness going on in my world. Folks stealing shit. People driving absurdly dangerously in cars that are not designed to travel like that. (tailgating, lane switch, accelerating at the fastest I've ever seen a beat up Sentra do...) . I never see cops hit lights and sirens at them. And every year our taxes (their paycheck) and our insurance goes up (a consequence of poor driving habits). And at the same time, we get these cases where a dude like Tyre, at least as I see the body cam, seems to be basically complying and the police freak out on him, he basically complies, and they taze and pepper spay him, no wonder he ran away -- what is someone supposed to think when they say "on the ground" and you get on the ground and then just keep getting more and more aggressive. Like are you gonna just lay on your face while they potentially pull their gun and just shoot you in the back of the head? How do you know what's going on unless you can face and see them? How can you trust they wont, cause even if it's 99.999999% they wont, you only get 1 one chance and if you get it wrong you're dead without any coming back. * Over and over again we keep hearing stories of fake people becoming the top paid, respected, or otherwise status people in society. Elizabeth Holmes, Frank/JP Morgan scam for $175M[2], fraudulent crypto schemes * And there's a ton of little things too like the water is poison, the air is poison, the food system is poison or crashing etc. I'm aware of pinker's general argument that many numbers are getting better. But it seems like people just treat eachother like shit these days. Anyone else have other examples? I am I way off base here? [1]: https://ift.tt/qZPxaYg [2]: https://ift.tt/On71D3R

New best story on News: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills
386 by tjhill | 507 comments on News.


New best story on News: Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining?

Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining?
444 by maerF0x0 | 769 comments on News.
Is anyone else noticing that for several 5 year blocks (pentad) the world just seems to get markedly worse? It's like no body seems to give a shit about anyone except themselves anymore. Whats the cause of this? What's the solution? A bunch of things I've noticed: * Landlords seem extremely greedy and do terrible rent seeking tactics like fees upon fees (250 admin fee to rent here, $75 to apply, $300 non refundable pet deposit, $25 a month pet rent, $12.50 community fee, $15 trash valet, $5 online payment fee, $100 a month community internet (for the $50 a month package), going Month to month after a lease ends is 2x the annual price. And then they use RealPage to collude to make prices higher[1] * People are noisy as fuck and dont seem to give a shit. Seems like every night there's someone with loud as exhaust on "sportish" car ripping around the neihborhood. For months this guy would start up his loud car at 7am and no one care when I complained. * General worker apathy is endemic everywhere I go people seem aggravated I would dare to check my order and point out they didn't put in the ketchup i asked for, or the napkins, or whatever. Or when I dine in the tables are dirty. Or the gym is filthy, the cleaner just drags the mop around looking busy but accomplishing nothing. But in many instances they keep asking for more tips. * Software seems to be overrun by a mentality that any future cost is worth it to save even 1 minute of development time today. And this one I think I've observed the root, it seems that people get promoted away from their problems so they're not the ones to solve them. And those who do write good software (albeit slightly slower) are not promotable beacuse they're "under performing" their peers. Why does it seem management (and many thusly incentivized engineers) have abandoned decades of experience showing how to create reliable, robust, reusable code that is both great the customer, fast to iterate on, and only a tiny tiny bit slower to write. * Seems like everything is subscription model and you have to pay N times to access something thats only worth 1-3x . Eg: I Netflix for a couple hours a month. At the price for 4k access I can almost go out to a theatre. Video games are all trending to subscription models. I just learned the other day that the PS4 games I got with my subcription to PSN all are locked because I stopped subscribing (nearly 50 games) . So I paid them like $125 for access to these games for 24 months, and now I cannot play any of them? At least I still own NES/SNES/N64 Game cartridges that will never lock me out. * Police seem to not give a shit anymore. I've noticed what seems to be total lawlessness going on in my world. Folks stealing shit. People driving absurdly dangerously in cars that are not designed to travel like that. (tailgating, lane switch, accelerating at the fastest I've ever seen a beat up Sentra do...) . I never see cops hit lights and sirens at them. And every year our taxes (their paycheck) and our insurance goes up (a consequence of poor driving habits). And at the same time, we get these cases where a dude like Tyre, at least as I see the body cam, seems to be basically complying and the police freak out on him, he basically complies, and they taze and pepper spay him, no wonder he ran away -- what is someone supposed to think when they say "on the ground" and you get on the ground and then just keep getting more and more aggressive. Like are you gonna just lay on your face while they potentially pull their gun and just shoot you in the back of the head? How do you know what's going on unless you can face and see them? How can you trust they wont, cause even if it's 99.999999% they wont, you only get 1 one chance and if you get it wrong you're dead without any coming back. * Over and over again we keep hearing stories of fake people becoming the top paid, respected, or otherwise status people in society. Elizabeth Holmes, Frank/JP Morgan scam for $175M[2], fraudulent crypto schemes * And there's a ton of little things too like the water is poison, the air is poison, the food system is poison or crashing etc. I'm aware of pinker's general argument that many numbers are getting better. But it seems like people just treat eachother like shit these days. Anyone else have other examples? I am I way off base here? [1]: https://ift.tt/iP21rWM [2]: https://ift.tt/qifJEQC

New best story on Hacker News: Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills

Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills
386 by tjhill | 507 comments on


New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining?

Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining?
444 by maerF0x0 | 769 comments on
Is anyone else noticing that for several 5 year blocks (pentad) the world just seems to get markedly worse? It's like no body seems to give a shit about anyone except themselves anymore. Whats the cause of this? What's the solution? A bunch of things I've noticed: * Landlords seem extremely greedy and do terrible rent seeking tactics like fees upon fees (250 admin fee to rent here, $75 to apply, $300 non refundable pet deposit, $25 a month pet rent, $12.50 community fee, $15 trash valet, $5 online payment fee, $100 a month community internet (for the $50 a month package), going Month to month after a lease ends is 2x the annual price. And then they use RealPage to collude to make prices higher[1] * People are noisy as fuck and dont seem to give a shit. Seems like every night there's someone with loud as exhaust on "sportish" car ripping around the neihborhood. For months this guy would start up his loud car at 7am and no one care when I complained. * General worker apathy is endemic everywhere I go people seem aggravated I would dare to check my order and point out they didn't put in the ketchup i asked for, or the napkins, or whatever. Or when I dine in the tables are dirty. Or the gym is filthy, the cleaner just drags the mop around looking busy but accomplishing nothing. But in many instances they keep asking for more tips. * Software seems to be overrun by a mentality that any future cost is worth it to save even 1 minute of development time today. And this one I think I've observed the root, it seems that people get promoted away from their problems so they're not the ones to solve them. And those who do write good software (albeit slightly slower) are not promotable beacuse they're "under performing" their peers. Why does it seem management (and many thusly incentivized engineers) have abandoned decades of experience showing how to create reliable, robust, reusable code that is both great the customer, fast to iterate on, and only a tiny tiny bit slower to write. * Seems like everything is subscription model and you have to pay N times to access something thats only worth 1-3x . Eg: I Netflix for a couple hours a month. At the price for 4k access I can almost go out to a theatre. Video games are all trending to subscription models. I just learned the other day that the PS4 games I got with my subcription to PSN all are locked because I stopped subscribing (nearly 50 games) . So I paid them like $125 for access to these games for 24 months, and now I cannot play any of them? At least I still own NES/SNES/N64 Game cartridges that will never lock me out. * Police seem to not give a shit anymore. I've noticed what seems to be total lawlessness going on in my world. Folks stealing shit. People driving absurdly dangerously in cars that are not designed to travel like that. (tailgating, lane switch, accelerating at the fastest I've ever seen a beat up Sentra do...) . I never see cops hit lights and sirens at them. And every year our taxes (their paycheck) and our insurance goes up (a consequence of poor driving habits). And at the same time, we get these cases where a dude like Tyre, at least as I see the body cam, seems to be basically complying and the police freak out on him, he basically complies, and they taze and pepper spay him, no wonder he ran away -- what is someone supposed to think when they say "on the ground" and you get on the ground and then just keep getting more and more aggressive. Like are you gonna just lay on your face while they potentially pull their gun and just shoot you in the back of the head? How do you know what's going on unless you can face and see them? How can you trust they wont, cause even if it's 99.999999% they wont, you only get 1 one chance and if you get it wrong you're dead without any coming back. * Over and over again we keep hearing stories of fake people becoming the top paid, respected, or otherwise status people in society. Elizabeth Holmes, Frank/JP Morgan scam for $175M[2], fraudulent crypto schemes * And there's a ton of little things too like the water is poison, the air is poison, the food system is poison or crashing etc. I'm aware of pinker's general argument that many numbers are getting better. But it seems like people just treat eachother like shit these days. Anyone else have other examples? I am I way off base here? [1]: https://ift.tt/qZPxaYg [2]: https://ift.tt/On71D3R

New best story on News: Realistic computer-generated handwriting

Realistic computer-generated handwriting
602 by carl_dr | 183 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: Realistic computer-generated handwriting

Realistic computer-generated handwriting
598 by carl_dr | 183 comments on


New best story on News: Realistic computer-generated handwriting

Realistic computer-generated handwriting
591 by carl_dr | 181 comments .


New best story on News: OpenJourney: Midjourney, but Open Source

OpenJourney: Midjourney, but Open Source
482 by walterbell | 88 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: OpenJourney: Midjourney, but Open Source

OpenJourney: Midjourney, but Open Source
482 by walterbell | 88 comments on


New best story on News: OpenJourney: Midjourney, but Open Source

OpenJourney: Midjourney, but Open Source
476 by walterbell | 88 comments .


New best story on News: Cal.com: Open Scheduling Infrastructure

Cal.com: Open Scheduling Infrastructure
422 by nateb2022 | 238 comments .


New best story on News: Wonders of Street View

Wonders of Street View
402 by Amorymeltzer | 86 comments on News.


New best story on News: OpenAI and Microsoft extend partnership

OpenAI and Microsoft extend partnership
441 by hmate9 | 283 comments on News.


New best story on News: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell
406 by mbrain | 429 comments on News.
Previously asked on: 2022 → https://ift.tt/ripSD2Z 2021 → https://ift.tt/liZ6bo4 2020 → https://ift.tt/mZOyiuQ

New best story on News: Git-sim: Visually simulate Git operations in your own repos

Git-sim: Visually simulate Git operations in your own repos
423 by todsacerdoti | 163 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: Git-sim: Visually simulate Git operations in your own repos

Git-sim: Visually simulate Git operations in your own repos
423 by todsacerdoti | 163 comments on


New best story on News: Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes

Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes
493 by subliminalpanda | 959 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes

Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes
493 by subliminalpanda | 959 comments on


New best story on News: Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes

Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes
484 by subliminalpanda | 949 comments .


New best story on News: Mercedes-Benz workforce to receive record profit-sharing bonus

Mercedes-Benz workforce to receive record profit-sharing bonus
392 by ofcrpls | 314 comments on News.


New best story on News: I've procrastinated working on my thesis for more than a year

I've procrastinated working on my thesis for more than a year
550 by memorable | 261 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: I've procrastinated working on my thesis for more than a year

I've procrastinated working on my thesis for more than a year
550 by memorable | 261 comments on


New best story on News: Show HN: New AI edits images based on text instructions

Show HN: New AI edits images based on text instructions
740 by bryced | 169 comments .
This works suprisingly well. Just give it instructions like "make it winter" or "remove the cars" and the photo is altered. Here are some examples of transformations it can make: Golden gate bridge: https://ift.tt/z4A9Zqu... Girl with a pearl earring: https://ift.tt/z4A9Zqu... I integrated this new InstructPix2Pix model into imaginAIry (python library) so it's easy to use for python developers.

New best story on News: Show HN: New AI edits images based on text instructions

Show HN: New AI edits images based on text instructions
732 by bryced | 166 comments on News.
This works suprisingly well. Just give it instructions like "make it winter" or "remove the cars" and the photo is altered. Here are some examples of transformations it can make: Golden gate bridge: https://ift.tt/5oRturi... Girl with a pearl earring: https://ift.tt/5oRturi... I integrated this new InstructPix2Pix model into imaginAIry (python library) so it's easy to use for python developers.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: New AI edits images based on text instructions

Show HN: New AI edits images based on text instructions
731 by bryced | 165 comments on
This works suprisingly well. Just give it instructions like "make it winter" or "remove the cars" and the photo is altered. Here are some examples of transformations it can make: Golden gate bridge: https://ift.tt/z4A9Zqu... Girl with a pearl earring: https://ift.tt/z4A9Zqu... I integrated this new InstructPix2Pix model into imaginAIry (python library) so it's easy to use for python developers.

New best story on News: Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023

Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023
662 by davidbarker | 357 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023

Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023
662 by davidbarker | 357 comments on


New best story on News: Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023

Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023
662 by davidbarker | 356 comments .


New best story on News: Google to reduce workforce by 12k

Google to reduce workforce by 12k
652 by colesantiago | 713 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: Google to reduce workforce by 12k

Google to reduce workforce by 12k
642 by colesantiago | 698 comments on


New best story on News: Google to reduce workforce by 12k

Google to reduce workforce by 12k
620 by colesantiago | 671 comments .


New best story on News: How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way

How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way
598 by half-kh-hacker | 325 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: What not to write on your security clearance form (1988)

What not to write on your security clearance form (1988)
569 by blegh | 285 comments on


New best story on News: What not to write on your security clearance form (1988)

What not to write on your security clearance form (1988)
559 by blegh | 281 comments .


New best story on News: What not to write on your security clearance form (1988)

What not to write on your security clearance form (1988)
524 by blegh | 254 comments on News.


New best story on News: Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vinyl records

Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vinyl records
528 by mkaic | 301 comments .


New best story on News: Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vinyl records

Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vinyl records
518 by mkaic | 294 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vinyl records

Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vinyl records
517 by mkaic | 293 comments on


New best story on Hacker News: Four thousand weeks

Four thousand weeks
508 by jparise | 247 comments on


New best story on News: Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is not compromised?

Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is not compromised?
516 by coderatlarge | 436 comments .
"Compromised" meaning that malware hasn't been installed or that it's not being accessed by malicious third parties. This could be at the BIOS, firmware, OS, app or any other other level.

New best story on News: Four thousand weeks

Four thousand weeks
508 by jparise | 247 comments .


New best story on News: MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max

MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max
616 by ValentineC | 601 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max

MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max
607 by ValentineC | 591 comments on


New best story on News: Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max

Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max
590 by ValentineC | 577 comments .


New best story on News: Ask HN: Do you hate software engineering but love programming?

Ask HN: Do you hate software engineering but love programming?
548 by throwwwwaway | 509 comments on News.
I have come to a realization that I don't really enjoy Software Engineering(& the processes that it comes with) but I do love programming & solving problems. Finding and fixing bugs is a lot of fun. Incidence response is a lot of fun. Hacking on new projects is a lot of fun. Writing unit tests is fun too. Refactoring, rewriting, sprint, agile, rearchitecting things etc aren't that fun. I like a few languages and I am not too keen on learning new paradigms or languages unless I have to. I'd rather get to value now by making something that just works(and is adequately tested) than engineer something thats future proof but takes longer to get out. What are some good jobs for a person like this?

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Do you hate software engineering but love programming?

Ask HN: Do you hate software engineering but love programming?
548 by throwwwwaway | 509 comments on
I have come to a realization that I don't really enjoy Software Engineering(& the processes that it comes with) but I do love programming & solving problems. Finding and fixing bugs is a lot of fun. Incidence response is a lot of fun. Hacking on new projects is a lot of fun. Writing unit tests is fun too. Refactoring, rewriting, sprint, agile, rearchitecting things etc aren't that fun. I like a few languages and I am not too keen on learning new paradigms or languages unless I have to. I'd rather get to value now by making something that just works(and is adequately tested) than engineer something thats future proof but takes longer to get out. What are some good jobs for a person like this?

New best story on News: Ask HN: Do you hate software engineering but love programming?

Ask HN: Do you hate software engineering but love programming?
541 by throwwwwaway | 504 comments .
I have come to a realization that I don't really enjoy Software Engineering(& the processes that it comes with) but I do love programming & solving problems. Finding and fixing bugs is a lot of fun. Incidence response is a lot of fun. Hacking on new projects is a lot of fun. Writing unit tests is fun too. Refactoring, rewriting, sprint, agile, rearchitecting things etc aren't that fun. I like a few languages and I am not too keen on learning new paradigms or languages unless I have to. I'd rather get to value now by making something that just works(and is adequately tested) than engineer something thats future proof but takes longer to get out. What are some good jobs for a person like this?

New best story on News: A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal

A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal
520 by damir | 106 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal

A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal
519 by damir | 105 comments on


New best story on News: A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal

A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal
519 by damir | 105 comments .


New best story on News: The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early galaxies

The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early galaxies
481 by cainxinth | 353 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early galaxies

The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early galaxies
477 by cainxinth | 352 comments on


New best story on News: The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early galaxies

The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early galaxies
470 by cainxinth | 349 comments .


New best story on News: What happens when a CPU starts

What happens when a CPU starts
438 by nowandlater | 129 comments .


New best story on News: What happens when a CPU starts

What happens when a CPU starts
437 by nowandlater | 129 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: What happens when a CPU starts

What happens when a CPU starts
437 by nowandlater | 129 comments on


New best story on Hacker News: NYC Slice

NYC Slice
455 by mbil | 381 comments on


New best story on News: NYC Slice

NYC Slice
447 by mbil | 375 comments .


New best story on News: Building an Internet Scale Meme Search Engine

Building an Internet Scale Meme Search Engine
568 by whoisburbansky | 117 comments .


New best story on News: NanoGPT

NanoGPT
622 by trekhleb | 189 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: NanoGPT

NanoGPT
605 by trekhleb | 187 comments on


New best story on News: NanoGPT

NanoGPT
597 by trekhleb | 184 comments .


New best story on Hacker News: Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to software companies

Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to software companies
518 by bwestergard | 337 comments on


New best story on Hacker News: VALL-E: Microsoft’s new zero-shot text-to-speech model

VALL-E: Microsoft’s new zero-shot text-to-speech model
511 by cbeach | 438 comments on


New best story on News: Identity thieves bypassed Experian security to view credit reports

Identity thieves bypassed Experian security to view credit reports
465 by picture | 186 comments .


New best story on News: VALL-E: Microsoft’s new zero-shot text-to-speech model

VALL-E: Microsoft’s new zero-shot text-to-speech model
511 by cbeach | 438 comments .


New best story on News: How to store your app's entire state in the url

How to store your app's entire state in the url
538 by escot | 345 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: How to store your app's entire state in the url

How to store your app's entire state in the url
536 by escot | 345 comments on


New best story on News: How to store your app's entire state in the url

How to store your app's entire state in the url
533 by escot | 343 comments .


New best story on Hacker News: Production Twitter on one machine? 100Gbps NICs and NVMe are fast

Production Twitter on one machine? 100Gbps NICs and NVMe are fast
511 by trishume | 313 comments on


New best story on News: Production Twitter on one machine? 100Gbps NICs and NVMe are fast

Production Twitter on one machine? 100Gbps NICs and NVMe are fast
505 by trishume | 308 comments .


New best story on News: Production Twitter on one machine? 100Gbps NICs and NVMe are fast

Production Twitter on one machine? 100Gbps NICs and NVMe are fast
483 by trishume | 292 comments on News.


New best story on News: Tell HN: Vim users, `:x` is like `:wq` but writes only when changes are made

Tell HN: Vim users, `:x` is like `:wq` but writes only when changes are made
482 by manaskarekar | 233 comments on News.
`:x` leaves the modification time of files untouched if nothing was changed. :help :x Like ":wq", but write only when changes have been made.

New best story on Hacker News: Tell HN: Vim users, `:x` is like `:wq` but writes only when changes are made

Tell HN: Vim users, `:x` is like `:wq` but writes only when changes are made
482 by manaskarekar | 233 comments on
`:x` leaves the modification time of files untouched if nothing was changed. :help :x Like ":wq", but write only when changes have been made.

New best story on News: Tell HN: Vim users, `:x` is like `:wq` but writes only when changes are made

Tell HN: Vim users, `:x` is like `:wq` but writes only when changes are made
481 by manaskarekar | 233 comments .
`:x` leaves the modification time of files untouched if nothing was changed. :help :x Like ":wq", but write only when changes have been made.

New best story on News: G-3PO: A protocol droid for Ghidra, or GPT-3 for reverse-engineering

G-3PO: A protocol droid for Ghidra, or GPT-3 for reverse-engineering
472 by AlbertoGP | 43 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: G-3PO: A protocol droid for Ghidra, or GPT-3 for reverse-engineering

G-3PO: A protocol droid for Ghidra, or GPT-3 for reverse-engineering
472 by AlbertoGP | 43 comments on


New best story on News: G-3PO: A protocol droid for Ghidra, or GPT-3 for reverse-engineering

G-3PO: A protocol droid for Ghidra, or GPT-3 for reverse-engineering
472 by AlbertoGP | 43 comments .


New best story on News: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
607 by cdme | 230 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
607 by cdme | 226 comments on


New best story on News: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
602 by cdme | 222 comments .


New best story on News: Infinite AI Array

Infinite AI Array
566 by adrianh | 107 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: Infinite AI Array

Infinite AI Array
566 by adrianh | 107 comments on


New best story on News: Infinite AI Array

Infinite AI Array
566 by adrianh | 107 comments .


New best story on News: Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years

Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years
591 by matt1 | 173 comments on News.


New best story on Hacker News: Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years

Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years
590 by matt1 | 173 comments on


New best story on News: Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years

Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years
584 by matt1 | 172 comments .


New best story on News: Microsoft is preparing to add ChatGPT to Bing

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I'm reading Petzold's Code [1], and it dawned on me that I didn't understand logic gates intuitively until now. I took a Computer Architecture course back in college, and I understood what logic gates meant in boolean algebra but not empirically. Petzold clarified this for me by going from the empirical to the theoretical using a lightbulb, a battery, wires, and relays (which he introduces when he talks about the telegraph as a way to amplify a signal). Another concept is the relationship between current, voltage, and resistance. For example, I always failed to understand why longer wires mean more resistance while thicker wires mean less resistance. [1]: https://ift.tt/od8gHFa

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I'm reading Petzold's Code [1], and it dawned on me that I didn't understand logic gates intuitively until now. I took a Computer Architecture course back in college, and I understood what logic gates meant in boolean algebra but not empirically. Petzold clarified this for me by going from the empirical to the theoretical using a lightbulb, a battery, wires, and relays (which he introduces when he talks about the telegraph as a way to amplify a signal). Another concept is the relationship between current, voltage, and resistance. For example, I always failed to understand why longer wires mean more resistance while thicker wires mean less resistance. [1]: https://ift.tt/pfVITtL

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I'm reading Petzold's Code [1], and it dawned on me that I didn't understand logic gates intuitively until now. I took a Computer Architecture course back in college, and I understood what logic gates meant in boolean algebra but not empirically. Petzold clarified this for me by going from the empirical to the theoretical using a lightbulb, a battery, wires, and relays (which he introduces when he talks about the telegraph as a way to amplify a signal). Another concept is the relationship between current, voltage, and resistance. For example, I always failed to understand why longer wires mean more resistance while thicker wires mean less resistance. [1]: https://ift.tt/pfVITtL

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