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1. I designed a cube that balances itself on a corner Total comment counts : 56 Summary The article discusses Willem Pennings’ personal project of building a cube that can balance itself on a corner and rotate around its axis. The cube is inspired by the “Cubli” created by researchers at ETH Zürich, but Pennings has made improvements to the design. The cube’s mechanical structure consists of cornerstones and face plates, with three of the face plates supporting a motor and reaction wheel assembly....

1. Almost every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret Total comment counts : 74 Summary The author of the article shares their experiences and recommendations regarding various infrastructure decisions for startups. They endorse using AWS over Google Cloud due to better support and stability. They recommend using EKS for Kubernetes clusters unless cost is a concern. They regret using EKS managed addons and suggest using helm charts instead. They endorse using managed databases like RDS and Redis as a cache....

1. Figure out who’s leaving the company: dump, diff, repeat Total comment counts : 67 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary The article titled “I made epitaphs! AMA” discusses the author’s creation of epitaphs and invites readers to ask them anything (AMA stands for “Ask Me Anything”). Unfortunately, without more specific information, it is not possible to provide a detailed summary of the content. Top 2 Comment Summary The article suggests using Git for running a process where changes need to be tracked....

1. John Walker, founder of Autodesk, has died Total comment counts : 58 Summary This article is an obituary announcing the death of a man named John Walker. John was born in Maryland and had a wife named Roxie and a brother named Bill. He attended Case Western Reserve University, where he studied astronomy but later became interested in computers. He worked at the university’s computing center and eventually earned a degree in electrical engineering....

1. The Ladybird browser project Total comment counts : 30 Summary Ladybird is an independent web browser project being developed as part of the SerenityOS/serenity project on GitHub. It is not yet available for download and is still in an unstable state. Development is coordinated on the SerenityOS discord server. The article mentions new sponsors and provides links to updates and ways to support the project. Top 1 Comment Summary The author finds it inspiring to see a hacker and his team build a new browser from scratch, even though they initially thought it would be difficult given the time and funding constraints....

1. We might want to regularly keep track of how important each server is Total comment counts : 23 Summary The article discusses a machine room air conditioning failure that resulted in power outages to keep the temperature down. The author suggests the need for documentation to keep track of important machines and their dependencies, which would help in times of limited cooling or power. The author acknowledges that writing documentation requires effort and ongoing maintenance but believes it can provide valuable information about the environment and dependencies....

1. DEF CON 32 Was Canceled. We Un-Canceled it Total comment counts : 43 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary Caesar’s Entertainment may have decided to no longer host the DEF CON conference due to lower revenue from attendees. DEF CON attendees tend to gamble less and spend less on dining and drinking compared to the average Vegas conference attendee. Las Vegas has experienced a resurgence after the pandemic, suggesting that Caesar’s is doing well enough to attract higher-revenue guests for their rooms even during the traditionally slow month of August....

1. Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight? Total comment counts : 40 Summary This article discusses the reasons behind the tilted arrow cursor commonly used on computer screens. The cursor was initially designed to have a tilted arrow shape for easier recognition and drawing on low-resolution screens. The angle of the cursor also provides a vertical left edge, which helps when highlighting text. Additionally, the tilted arrow cursor is more easily found by the human visual system due to a phenomenon known as the popout effect....

1. SeaweedFS fast distributed storage system for blobs, objects, files and datalake Total comment counts : 24 Summary The article discusses SeaweedFS, a fast distributed storage system for storing blobs, objects, files, and data lakes with support for billions of files. It mentions features such as O(1) disk seek in the blob store, cloud tiering, cross-DC active-active replication, Kubernetes support, POSIX FUSE mount, S3 API and Gateway, Hadoop integration, WebDAV support, encryption, and Erasure Coding....

1. Starlink’s laser system is beaming 42 petabytes of data per day Total comment counts : 40 Summary SpaceX engineer Travis Brashears revealed that the company’s Starlink laser system is delivering over 42 petabytes of data, or 42 million gigabytes, per day to customers. The laser system, which consists of 9,000 lasers, helps reduce latency and improve coverage for Starlink’s high-speed internet service. Despite the technical challenges, the system boasts a laser link uptime of over 99%....