news, !paper 2025-01-14

868 FFmpeg by Example / ffmpegbyexample.com / 241

601 I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back / howtogeek.com / 511

501 In the belly of the MrBeast / kevinmunger.substack.com / 393

495 Google’s OAuth login doesn’t protect against purchasing a failed startup domain / trufflesecurity.com / 281

482 Apple will soon receive 'made in America' chips from TSMC's Arizona fab / tomshardware.com / 465

479 Take the pedals off the bike / fortressofdoors.com / 441

425 Don't use cosine similarity carelessly / p.migdal.pl / 95

417 1 in 5 online job postings are either fake or never filled, study finds / gizmodo.com / 405

407 Home Loss File System / docs.google.com / 105

377 ZFS 2.3 released with ZFS raidz expansion / github.com/openzfs / 310

366 Why is homeschooling becoming fashionable? / newsletter.goodtechthings.com / 1305

308 Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers / collegetowns.substack.com / 441

272 Reversible computing escapes the lab / spectrum.ieee.org / 75

265 Road signs to help people limit radiation exposure in contaminated areas / theautopian.com / 196

260 PostgreSQL is the Database Management System of the Year 2024 / db-engines.com / 106

250 Using coding skills to make passive income / coryzue.com / 141

245 How rqlite is tested / philipotoole.com / 52

216 Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year' / cnbc.com / 393

215 Show HN: A blocklist to remove spam and bad websites from search results / github.com/popcar2 / 82

208 Servo vs. steppers: Speed, Torque and Accuracy [video] / youtube.com / 77

202 Show HN: WASM-powered codespaces for Python notebooks on GitHub / docs.marimo.io / 27

192 Rewriting my website in plain HTML and CSS / vijayp.dev / 199

190 Estimates of plant CO2 uptake rise by nearly one third / ornl.gov / 189

174 The Shepherd 1.0.0 released / guix.gnu.org / 56

153 Transformer^2: Self-Adaptive LLMs / sakana.ai / 49

147 Show HN: Pyper – Concurrent Python Made Simple / github.com/pyper-dev / 35

146 Proton: We're giving away over $1M to support a better internet / proton.me / 44

140 LLM based agents as Dungeon Masters / studenttheses.uu.nl / 140

140 GPT-4o with scheduled tasks (jawbone) is available in beta / chatgpt.com / 134

139 Show HN: Simplex: Automate browser workflows using code and natural language / simplex.sh / 37

137 Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to track driving behavior: lawsuit / arstechnica.com / 188

135 Executive order on advancing United States leadership in AI infrastructure / whitehouse.gov / 101

135 Das Blinkenlights / rodyne.com / 78

127 Campsite switches to Creative Commons Non-Commercial license / github.com/campsite / 104

127 Carnarvon's NASA satellite dish receives first signal in almost 40 years / abc.net.au / 25

125 American workers' enthusiasm for their jobs falls to a 10-year low / axios.com / 154

122 Tesla Sales Are Tanking in Europe / insideevs.com / 216

121 Platforms systematically removed a user because he made "most wanted CEO" cards / eff.org / 189

113 The Sikh Practice of Langar, a Free Meal Where Everyone Is Equal / wttw.com / 125

113 Show HN: Value likelihoods for OpenAI structured output / arena-ai.github.io / 40

107 Climbers using xenon gas to climb Everest / gripped.com / 144

107 Proof of location for online polls / ip-vote.com / 85

107 Dbt Labs acquires SDF Labs / getdbt.com / 48

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