1. Don’t mess with a genius (2010) Total comment counts : 30 Summary The article discusses Newton’s lesser-known career as Warden of the Mint and his efforts to bring criminals to justice. It highlights his role in the Great Recoinage, where he successfully re-coined the country’s currency, and his work in investigating and prosecuting counterfeiters. The article also mentions his rivalry with William Chaloner, a notorious counterfeiter, and the steps Newton took to ruin him....

1. Any sufficiently advanced uninstaller is indistinguishable from malware Total comment counts : 56 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary The article is discussing two CodeProject links that provide examples of self-deleting executables. The author questions whether the code in these examples follows the licensing terms, and suggests that one of the examples using a bat file may be a better option. The two links mentioned are https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/17052/Self-Deleting-Executables#Whereartthou,Oh%20greatentrypointoftheremoteprocess2 and https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/4027/Writing-a-self-destructing-exe-file....

1. Quiet – Encrypted P2P team chat with no servers, just Tor Total comment counts : 29 Summary The article discusses a private, peer-to-peer (p2p) alternative to messaging platforms like Slack and Discord called Quiet. It is built on Tor and IPFS, ensuring privacy and security as messages are synced directly between devices without the need for a central server. Each community using Quiet has its own isolated network, with data never touching devices of users in other communities....

1. Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users Total comment counts : 66 Summary The article discusses Microsoft’s recent blog post about Windows system components beginning to respect the default web browser setting. However, the author claims that after extensive testing, they have not found any changes in the new Windows Insider version. The confusion seems to stem from a highlighted but vague entry in the changelog for a recent Windows 11 Insider preview build....

1. Nginx Unit – Universal web app server Total comment counts : 44 Summary The article discusses NGINX Unit, a lightweight and versatile open-source server project. NGINX Unit compresses multiple layers of the application stack into a performance-focused solution that can be used in various web architectures. It offers a RESTful JSON API for dynamic updates and flexible configuration. The server runs applications in multiple languages and ensures security and robustness through a complex architecture....

1. Asking 60 LLMs a set of 20 questions Total comment counts : 61 Summary The author developed a script to test around 60 models with prompts related to reasoning, instruction following, and creativity. The script stored the answers in a SQLite database, and the raw results are available to view. Top 1 Comment Summary The article discusses a generic harness that can be used to run benchmarks across various language models....

1. Touch Pianist Total comment counts : 81 Summary The article is promoting a mobile app that allows users to engage in a tactile expression of art. The app is available for free on both Android and iOS platforms. Top 1 Comment Summary The article discussed a post on Hacker News from several years ago that had resurfaced. The author expressed gratitude for finding the post again after being unable to locate it for a long time....

1. My favorite Erlang program (2013) Total comment counts : 19 Summary The article is a list of various files and tiddlers contained in a TiddlyWiki. It includes file paths and tiddler titles, along with some images and other content. Top 1 Comment Summary This article discusses a feature in server closure that allows for the server to receive a specific message and change to something new. The article also mentions a conversation with Joe, who expressed disappointment in the degradation of Windows over time and predicted that users would eventually have to watch ads to access their own files....

1. Is this Duplo train track under too much tension? Total comment counts : 42 Summary The article discusses a father’s concern about the tension in a train track made of duplo pieces built by his children. He asks two main questions: how to quickly determine if there is tension in the track and how to update the track to have less tension. The article provides a strategy for checking for tension based on the number of curved sections and the sum of direction vectors in the straight sections....

1. Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of IoT security updates Total comment counts : 181 Summary The article discusses the issue of serious vulnerabilities in IoT devices and the lack of support and updates from manufacturers. The author advocates for the FCC to require device manufacturers to support their products with security updates for a reasonable amount of time. The FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for a cybersecurity labeling program for connected devices, and the author fought for one of the criteria to be the disclosure of how long the product will receive security updates....