Transformer neural net learns to run Conway's Game of Life just from examples

https://sidsite.com/posts/life-transformer/

#ycombinator

Compressed music might be harmful to the ears

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/05/07/compressed-music-might-be-harmful-to-the-ears

#ycombinator

Linear Programming for Fun and Profit

https://modal.com/blog/resource-solver

#ycombinator

Void: Open-Source Cursor Alternative

https://voideditor.com/

#ycombinator

Using tests as a debugging tool for logic errors

https://www.qodo.ai/blog/java-unit-testing-how-to-use-tests-as-a-debugging-tool-for-logic-errors/

#ycombinator

Minimal Linux Bootloader

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Stefan20162016/linux-insides-code/master/bootloader.asm

#ycombinator

Why Flatpak Apps Use So Much Disk Space on Linux

https://ostechnix.com/why-flatpak-apps-use-so-much-disk-space/

#ycombinator

Programmers Guide to the AMIBIOS (1993) [pdf]

http://bitsavers.org/pdf/americanMegatrends/Programmers_Guide_to_the_AMIBIOS_1993.pdf

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Connomore64: Cycle exact emulation of the C64 using parallel microcontrollers

https://github.com/c1570/Connomore64

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Felix86: Run x86-64 programs on RISC-V Linux

https://felix86.com/

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Power outage cripples Spain and Portugal

https://www.politico.eu/article/huge-blackouts-cripple-power-supply-in-spain-and-portugal/

#ycombinator #Critical_infrastructure #Electricity #Energy #Energy_infrastructure #Energy_markets #Energy_security #Energy_supply #Portugal #Spain

Making a game from scratch using only a guitar [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wesICmc48UE

#ycombinator #artificial #intelligence #coding #processing #java #machine #learning #genetic #algorithm #evolution #computer #science #programming #comedy #educational

Visual Transistor-level Simulation of the 6502 CPU

http://www.visual6502.org/

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How to quickly charge your smartphone: fast charging technologies in detail

https://eb43.github.io/articles/fast-charging-technologies-in-detail.html

#ycombinator

Markov Chain Monte Carlo Without All the Bullshit (2015)

https://www.jeremykun.com/2015/04/06/markov-chain-monte-carlo-without-all-the-bullshit/

#ycombinator #markov_chain #mathematics #MCMC #monte_carlo #random_walk

GitHub suffers a cascading supply chain attack compromising CI/CD secrets

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3849245/github-suffers-a-cascading-supply-chain-attack-compromising-ci-cd-secrets.html

#ycombinator

BPS is a GPS alternative that nobody's heard of

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/bps-gps-alternative-nobodys-heard

#ycombinator

Pakistan's 22 GW Solar Shock: How a Fragile State Went Full Clean Energy

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/04/pakistans-22-gw-solar-shock-how-a-fragile-state-went-full-clean-energy/

#ycombinator

IBM Announces the Z17 Mainframe Powered by Telum II Processors

https://www.phoronix.com/news/IBM-z17-Telum-2-Announced

#ycombinator #Phoronix #Linux_Hardware_Reviews #Linux_hardware_benchmarks #Linux_server_benchmarks #Linux_benchmarking #Desktop_Linux #Linux_performance #Open_Source_graphics #Linux_How_To #Ubuntu_benchmarks #Ubuntu_hardware #Phoronix_Test_Suite

Mercedes-Benz Drives Toward Solid-State EV Batteries

https://spectrum.ieee.org/mercedes-benz

#ycombinator #climate_change #climate_tech #electric_vehicles #formula_1 #mercedes_benz #solid_state_batteries