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1.Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99 (arxiv.org)
2408 points by spekcular on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 1199 comments [ext]
2.(next Rich) (clojure.org)
1061 points by poidos on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 150 comments [ext]
3.Comcast, CenturyLink fail to derail Utah community-owned gigabit fiber network (techdirt.com)
827 points by rntn on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 281 comments [ext]
4. From development to productionalization: The next evolution of the software shop ()
46 points by gin5806 14 hours ago | hide | 47 comments
4.Non-determinism in GPT-4 is caused by Sparse MoE (152334h.github.io)
397 points by 152334H on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 181 comments [ext]
5.Throw away your first draft of your code (ntietz.com)
288 points by herbertl on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 221 comments [ext]
6.Do something, so we can change it (allenpike.com)
228 points by ingve on Aug 3, 2023 [ext] | 80 comments [ext]
7. How a PVC rig in a Dallas garage became a $500M chemicals company (centuryofbio.com)
297 points by pun2167 600 days ago | hide | 170 comments
7.Add an AI Code Copilot to your product using GPT-4 (windmill.dev)
208 points by rubenfiszel on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 57 comments [ext]
8.Terraform best practices for reliability at any scale (substrate.tools)
322 points by holoway on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 152 comments [ext]
9.IBM, Red Hat and Free Software: An old maddog’s view (lpi.org)
342 points by fragmede on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 219 comments [ext]
10. Blind Spots in the West: Why Every Chinese VC Studies Our Podcasts (youtube.com)
325 points by hol5935 219 days ago | hide | 175 comments
10.Melatonin as a treatment for food waste (anthropocenemagazine.org)
152 points by WallyFunk on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 207 comments [ext]
11.North American English Dialects (aschmann.net)
261 points by petercooper on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 217 comments [ext]
12.Pay no attention to the USB port behind the “no USB” sticker (theverge.com)
556 points by occamschainsaw on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 318 comments [ext]
13. Adoption, Not Product, Is What Kills Vertical Software Bets ()
374 points by ium4024 70 days ago | hide | 174 comments
13.If you have first-hand knowledge of the FDA’s torpor, get in touch (jakeseliger.com)
327 points by abecedarius on Aug 2, 2023 [ext] | 244 comments [ext]
14.Ryugu samples reveal traces of rock from before the Sun existed (arstechnica.com)
213 points by Brajeshwar on Aug 3, 2023 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
15.LK-99 is an online sensation but replication efforts fall short (nature.com)
333 points by mfiguiere on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 373 comments [ext]
16. From BankAmericard to mRNA-1273: A Catalog of Improbable Speed (patrickcollison.com)
98 points by oem2878 252 days ago | hide | 150 comments
16.Andrew McCalip demonstrates synthesis of LK99 (twitter.com/andrewmccalip)
539 points by gabesullice on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 341 comments [ext]
17.Virtualizing development environments in 2023 (hocus.dev)
113 points by hugodutka on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 74 comments [ext]
18.85-Byte Snake Game (github.com/donno2048)
134 points by bundie on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
19. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments
19.Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers (arstechnica.com)
433 points by Sporktacular on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 389 comments [ext]
20.Mozilla VPN: CVE-2023-4104: vpndaemon wrongly implements Polkit authentication (openwall.com)
262 points by rkta on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 124 comments [ext]
21.Overtone – programmable, live music in Clojure (overtone.github.io)
132 points by elamje on Aug 3, 2023 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
22. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 84 days ago | hide | 14 comments
22.A collection of quant riddles with answers (nigelcoldwell.co.uk)
170 points by alexmolas on Aug 2, 2023 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
23.What does the “pipe” value mean in the output of “ping”? (2009) (archive.org)
128 points by luu on Aug 3, 2023 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
24.Some remarks on possible superconductivity of composition Pb9CuP6O25 (arxiv.org)
179 points by rsfern on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 92 comments [ext]
25. The Venture Drug: How $20M Seeds Kill Founder Optionality ()
491 points by nrx2341 119 days ago | hide | 105 comments
25.Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desexualize it (2021) (bloodknife.com)
456 points by dogleash on Aug 3, 2023 [ext] | 828 comments [ext]
26.ImPlot: Interactive plotting library, ImGui style (github.com/epezent)
143 points by aroseunsaid on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
27.Random Testing of WebAssembly Implementations Using Semantically Valid Programs (utah.edu)
69 points by luu on Aug 3, 2023 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
28. Why Most Marketplace Network Effects Are Surprisingly Easy to Replicate ()
257 points by pen4647 496 days ago | hide | 50 comments
28.Remote work requires communicating more, but less frequently (balter.com)
336 points by chmaynard on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 314 comments [ext]
29.Probing the limits of nuclear existence (2022) (aps.org)
56 points by bilsbie on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
30.The unix69 keyboard layout: nerdy and nice (dotat.at)
96 points by fanf2 on Aug 4, 2023 [ext] | 120 comments [ext]
31. Four Macro Forces Quietly Manufacturing the Global Populist Wave (kwokchain.com)
327 points by lrm6947 431 days ago | hide | 93 comments

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