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Catching Crumbs from the Table (2000)

https://www.nature.com/articles/35014679
8•stefanpie•1d ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20150719010624/http://www.nature...

https://www.scribd.com/document/893921964/CHIANG-Catching-Cr...

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chrisjj•1d ago
Free of charge here https://www.scribd.com/document/893921964/CHIANG-Catching-Cr...
dang•56m ago
Thanks! we'll add that to the toptext as well.
dang•56m ago
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101•rustywasm•2h ago•36 comments

Finding a bug in Dummit and Foote's Abstract Algebra

https://kallus.org/blog/dummit_and_foote.html
25•evakhoury•3d ago•2 comments

WeatherNext 3

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101•matthieu_bl•4d ago•14 comments

Macbeth and His Problems

https://porticoquarterly.com/essay/macbeth-and-his-problems/
6•apophatic•25m ago•0 comments

Trusting-Trust Attack against an Entire Linux Distribution

https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.24888
43•signa11•2d ago•5 comments

Methods for Random Gradients (2024)

https://justinjay.wang/methods-for-random-gradients/
31•nickswalker•3d ago•3 comments

Decoding the NEC V20 Microcode

https://martypc.blogspot.com/2026/09/decoding-nec-v20-microcode.html
82•mariuz•3d ago•4 comments

Simple Is Not Small

https://jyn.dev/simple-is-not-the-same-as-small/
149•zdw•3d ago•46 comments

Scientists observe Einstein's gravity in the quantum world

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-08-28-scientists-observe-einsteins-gravity-in-the-quantum-world
31•mudil•3d ago•6 comments

Caltech Mathathon – first hackathon ever devoted to research level mathematics

https://mathathonchallenge.com/index.html
197•astroanax•11h ago•60 comments

The Dataflow Model Revisited

https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/volumes/19/paper/The%20Dataflow%20Model%20Revisited
67•scott_s•1d ago•12 comments

bzip3

https://github.com/iczelia/bzip3
336•tosh•7h ago•95 comments

216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA
294•treve•20h ago•609 comments

Icy Moons Are Ocean Worlds

https://mceglowski.substack.com/p/icy-moons-are-ocean-worlds
81•worldvoyageur•1d ago•10 comments

Decapitating a MacBook (2025)

https://mm-dev.rocks/series/decapitating-macbook-an-odyssey/
28•luu•1d ago•13 comments

Academia as a d-index measuring contest

https://kevinmunger.substack.com/p/introducing-the-k-index
22•surprisetalk•5d ago•2 comments

This Month in Ladybird – August 2026

https://ladybird.org/newsletter/2026-08-31/
83•exploraz•2d ago•7 comments

Keep Our Servers Running

https://blog.archive.org/2026/09/01/keep-our-servers-running-your-recurring-donation-goes-3x-this...
906•sonicrocketman•17h ago•223 comments

Replaceable but Employed: Automation and the Meaning of Work

https://www.nber.org/papers/w35559
17•mooreds•1h ago•0 comments

My practical approach to surfing the web safely

https://molily.de/safe-websurfing/
34•ethanhawksley•5d ago•11 comments

Whistle Synth Mac App

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48•luu•3d ago•12 comments

Show HN: HomeCat – Design your backyard office

https://myhomecat.com
17•dearilos•2h ago•9 comments

How to bring up the Linux Kernel on a new platform

https://werwolv.net/posts/linux_bringup/
37•WerWolv•4d ago•4 comments

Live map of public transport in Belgium

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169•coinfused•11h ago•72 comments

Schemy Lisp En DOS

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19•AlexeyBrin•1d ago•1 comments

Rebuilding a 1995 GPS Time Server so I don't get Telstra'd

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16•Brajeshwar•2d ago•6 comments

Catching Crumbs from the Table (2000)

https://www.nature.com/articles/35014679
8•stefanpie•1d ago•3 comments

Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)

https://www.techemails.com/p/bill-gates-tries-to-install-movie-maker
283•highfrequency•5h ago•184 comments

Show HN: Wg-admin – web UI for an existing WireGuard host

https://github.com/logimaxx/wg-admin
15•vsergione•4h ago•3 comments

Speculative Decoding in vLLM on AMD GPUs

https://vllm.ai/blog/2026-08-23-speculative-decoding-amd-gpus
123•ankitg12•11h ago•41 comments