Science fiction has promised us three-dimensional midair displays since at least the first Star Wars movie. We’ve seen a few holographic technologies that have come close; they rely on optical tricks of one sort or another to make it seem like you’re seeing an image hovering in front of you. There’s nothing wrong with such optical tricks (if
Category: Hacker News
The 1871 Samuel Morse Statue (2014)
photo by Alice Lum In 1825 portrait artist Samuel Finley Breese Morse was in Washington DC working on the portrait of Lafayette commissioned by the City of New York. His work was interrupted by a horse messenger who delivered a letter from Morse’s father that read “Your dear wife is convalescent.” As Morse scurried to
Firefox search update
Innovation and privacy go hand in hand here at Mozilla. To continue developing features and products that resonate with our users, we’re adopting a new approach to better understand how you engage with Firefox. Rest assured, the way we gather these insights will always put user privacy first. What’s new in Firefox’s approach to search
Silicon reverse engineering: The 8085’s undocumented flags (2013)
The 8085 microprocessor has two undocumented status flags: V and K. These flags can be reverse-engineered by looking at the silicon of the chip, and their function turns out to be different from previous explanations. In addition, the implementation of these flags shows that they were deliberately implemented, which raises the question of why they
Learning from the Object-Oriented Mania
Back when I started programming professionally, every expert and every software engineering professor would swear by object-oriented programming. Resistance was futile. History had spoken: the future was object-oriented. It is hard to understate how strong the mania was. In education, we started calling textbooks and videos ‘learning objects ‘. Educators would soon ‘combine learning
Show HN: Hacker Search – A semantic search engine for Hacker News
Hacker Search is a semantic search engine built on top of the Hacker News dataset. Use it to find high signal takes on topics you care about. Not sure what to search for? Try one of these: git good practices - how do diffusion models work - things to do in japan - ycombinator interview
Artie (YC S23) Is Hiring a Chief of Staff in SF
Software that streams data from databases to warehouses in real-time Chief of Staff $125K - $175K Location San Francisco, CA, US Connect directly with founders of the best YC-funded startups. Apply to role › About the role We are a team of 5 based in San Francisco looking for a Chief of Staff! Our team is
Disinformation is on the rise. How does it work?
I n January 2024, in the run-up to elections in Taiwan, hundreds of video posts appeared on YouTube, Instagram, X and other social platforms entitled “The Secret History of Tsai Ing-wen”. News anchors, speaking English and Chinese, made a series of false claims about Ms Tsai, the outgoing president, and her ruling party. On election
Improperly trusting ContentProvider-provided filename
Stay organized with collections Save and categorize content based on your preferences. OWASP category: MASVS-CODE: Code Quality Overview FileProvider , a subclass of ContentProvider , is intended to provide a secure method for an application ("server application") to share files with another application ("client application"). However, if the client application does not properly handle the
LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices
LocalSend Free, open-source, cross-platform. Licensed under the MIT License © 2022 - 2024 Tien Do Nam and LocalSend Contributors. GitHub Discord Privacy Terms Imprint Contact