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December 2023 discussion archive

Browse 131 retained Hacker News discussion records from December 2023, with reading status and captured HN facts shown for every entry.

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131 retained discussion records, newest first.

  1. Happy New Year HN!31 Dec 2023 · 1,393 points · 265 commentsPartial reading withheld
  2. Compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT31 Dec 2023 · 950 points · 465 commentsPartial reading withheld
  3. The art of high performance computing30 Dec 2023 · 623 points · 120 commentsPartial reading withheld
  4. Blot turns a folder into a website29 Dec 2023 · 581 points · 136 commentsPartial reading withheld
  5. In 2024, please switch to Firefox29 Dec 2023 · 1,776 points · 810 commentsPartial reading withheld
  6. Tracking developer build times to decide if the M3 MacBook is worth upgrading28 Dec 2023 · 653 points · 408 commentsPartial reading withheld
  7. IDEs we had 30 years ago28 Dec 2023 · 683 points · 603 commentsPartial reading withheld
  8. 4B If Statements28 Dec 2023 · 1,518 points · 469 commentsPartial reading withheld
  9. 3D Map of Shinjuku Station in Three.js27 Dec 2023 · 847 points · 185 commentsPartial reading withheld
  10. First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in operation27 Dec 2023 · 1,012 points · 1,123 commentsPartial reading withheld
  11. The curse of the goitre in Switzerland27 Dec 2023 · 610 points · 269 commentsPartial reading withheld
  12. High myopia is now the leading cause of blindness in Japan, China, and Taiwan27 Dec 2023 · 285 points · 187 commentsPartial reading withheld
  13. The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement27 Dec 2023 · 593 points · 868 commentsPartial reading withheld
  14. DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching27 Dec 2023 · 1,248 points · 273 commentsPartial reading withheld
  15. Game Boy / Color Architecture26 Dec 2023 · 280 points · 40 commentsPartial reading withheld
  16. Veritasium: The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong [video]26 Dec 2023 · 280 points · 242 commentsPartial reading withheld
  17. A list of Hacker News's undocumented features and behaviors26 Dec 2023 · 653 points · 279 commentsPartial reading withheld
  18. Japan to crack down on Apple and Google app store monopolies26 Dec 2023 · 580 points · 320 commentsPartial reading withheld
  19. Text Editor: Data Structures26 Dec 2023 · 268 points · 79 commentsPartial reading withheld
  20. A copy-and-patch JIT compiler for CPython26 Dec 2023 · 270 points · 68 commentsPartial reading withheld
  21. Challenging projects every programmer should try (2019)26 Dec 2023 · 573 points · 332 commentsPartial reading withheld
  22. Fed court rules for retired engineer told by state to not talk about math26 Dec 2023 · 269 points · 89 commentsPartial reading withheld
  23. A recent software update was not successful. Your vehicle cannot be driven25 Dec 2023 · 273 points · 178 commentsPartial reading withheld
  24. Non-interactive SSH password authentication25 Dec 2023 · 270 points · 123 commentsPartial reading withheld
  25. Zotero for Android available for beta tests25 Dec 2023 · 274 points · 86 commentsPartial reading withheld
  26. Ruby 3.325 Dec 2023 · 605 points · 266 commentsPartial reading withheld
  27. Ask HN: How do I train a custom LLM/ChatGPT on my own documents in Dec 2023?25 Dec 2023 · 800 points · 237 commentsPartial reading withheld
  28. Tell HN: Merry Christmas25 Dec 2023 · 762 points · 263 commentsPartial reading withheld
  29. Costs of running a macOS app studio business24 Dec 2023 · 677 points · 210 commentsPartial reading withheld
  30. Study: TikTok Global Platform Anomalies Align with CCP Geostrategic Objectives [pdf]24 Dec 2023 · 280 points · 225 commentsPartial reading withheld
  31. How does a B-tree make queries fast?23 Dec 2023 · 269 points · 77 commentsPartial reading withheld
  32. Meta censors pro-Palestinian views on a global scale, report claims23 Dec 2023 · 648 points · 751 commentsPartial reading withheld
  33. Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model23 Dec 2023 · 621 points · 308 commentsPartial reading withheld
  34. How big is YouTube?22 Dec 2023 · 814 points · 246 commentsPartial reading withheld
  35. Posts, profiles, and user search are now available without login22 Dec 2023 · 291 points · 333 commentsPartial reading withheld
  36. From Nand to Tetris (2017)22 Dec 2023 · 667 points · 174 commentsPartial reading withheld
  37. Show HN: Heynote – A dedicated scratchpad for developers22 Dec 2023 · 1,063 points · 303 commentsPartial reading withheld
  38. In the long run, we're all Dad22 Dec 2023 · 282 points · 157 commentsPartial reading withheld
  39. Mindustry: Open-source automation tower defense game22 Dec 2023 · 567 points · 112 commentsPartial reading withheld
  40. SMTP Smuggling – Spoofing Emails Worldwide21 Dec 2023 · 289 points · 73 commentsPartial reading withheld
  41. Tell HN: I salute everyone on call/working support through the holidays21 Dec 2023 · 916 points · 189 commentsPartial reading withheld
  42. ArXiv now offers papers in HTML format21 Dec 2023 · 1,204 points · 312 commentsPartial reading withheld
  43. Apple allows some iOS apps to track user locations via lists of nearby SSIDs21 Dec 2023 · 776 points · 300 commentsPartial reading withheld
  44. Most 16-year-olds don't have servers in their rooms20 Dec 2023 · 615 points · 583 commentsPartial reading withheld
  45. The Linux graphics stack in a nutshell19 Dec 2023 · 274 points · 94 commentsPartial reading withheld
  46. Simulating fluids, fire, and smoke in real-time19 Dec 2023 · 784 points · 169 commentsPartial reading withheld
  47. James Webb Space Telescope captures high-resolution image of Uranus19 Dec 2023 · 695 points · 280 commentsPartial reading withheld
  48. All code is technical debt19 Dec 2023 · 273 points · 167 commentsPartial reading withheld
  49. Lessons from a never-ending personal project18 Dec 2023 · 275 points · 78 commentsPartial reading withheld
  50. Fly Kubernetes18 Dec 2023 · 272 points · 168 commentsPartial reading withheld
  51. Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in the US this week18 Dec 2023 · 291 points · 482 commentsPartial reading withheld
  52. Figma and Adobe abandon proposed merger18 Dec 2023 · 2,202 points · 963 commentsPartial reading withheld
  53. Ventoy17 Dec 2023 · 594 points · 111 commentsPartial reading withheld
  54. How to learn chess as an adult (2021)17 Dec 2023 · 608 points · 306 commentsPartial reading withheld
  55. MongoDB security notice16 Dec 2023 · 269 points · 169 commentsPartial reading withheld
  56. Smallest USB-C MIDI Synth15 Dec 2023 · 280 points · 29 commentsPartial reading withheld
  57. Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules15 Dec 2023 · 585 points · 401 commentsPartial reading withheld
  58. I bricked my Christmas lights15 Dec 2023 · 692 points · 82 commentsPartial reading withheld
  59. Prompt engineering15 Dec 2023 · 281 points · 173 commentsPartial reading withheld
  60. Database Fundamentals15 Dec 2023 · 769 points · 128 commentsPartial reading withheld
  61. WebP is so great except it's not (2021)15 Dec 2023 · 282 points · 393 commentsPartial reading withheld
  62. Google Groups ending support for Usenet15 Dec 2023 · 286 points · 198 commentsPartial reading withheld
  63. Show HN: Airdraw14 Dec 2023 · 269 points · 46 commentsPartial reading withheld
  64. Mitchell reflects as he departs HashiCorp14 Dec 2023 · 719 points · 185 commentsPartial reading withheld
  65. Moderna Melanoma Vaccine Cuts Death Rate in Half14 Dec 2023 · 287 points · 92 commentsPartial reading withheld
  66. Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth14 Dec 2023 · 1,273 points · 608 commentsPartial reading withheld
  67. Trains were designed to break down after third-party repairs, hackers find14 Dec 2023 · 655 points · 233 commentsPartial reading withheld
  68. Sci-Fi Interfaces: Hackers14 Dec 2023 · 273 points · 146 commentsPartial reading withheld
  69. Show HN: A pure C89 implementation of Go channels, with blocking selects13 Dec 2023 · 271 points · 166 commentsPartial reading withheld
  70. SMERF: Streamable Memory Efficient Radiance Fields13 Dec 2023 · 630 points · 143 commentsPartial reading withheld
  71. Google Promises Unlimited Storage; Cancels; Tells Journalist Life's Work Deleted13 Dec 2023 · 979 points · 648 commentsPartial reading withheld
  72. 'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israeli arrest, torture12 Dec 2023 · 717 points · 1,308 commentsPartial reading withheld
  73. Phi-2: The surprising power of small language models12 Dec 2023 · 269 points · 121 commentsPartial reading withheld
  74. A new old kind of R&D lab12 Dec 2023 · 289 points · 90 commentsPartial reading withheld
  75. 23andMe changed its terms of service to prevent hacked customers from suing12 Dec 2023 · 779 points · 387 commentsPartial reading withheld
  76. FFmpeg lands CLI multi-threading as its "most complex refactoring" in decades12 Dec 2023 · 628 points · 181 commentsPartial reading withheld
  77. Forget spaceships; I just want my music12 Dec 2023 · 271 points · 158 commentsPartial reading withheld
  78. YouTube doesn't want to take down scam ads12 Dec 2023 · 614 points · 363 commentsPartial reading withheld
  79. Epic vs. Google: Google Loses12 Dec 2023 · 1,289 points · 1,056 commentsPartial reading withheld
  80. Beeper Mini is back11 Dec 2023 · 1,064 points · 1,239 commentsPartial reading withheld
  81. Modern iOS Navigation Patterns11 Dec 2023 · 589 points · 245 commentsPartial reading withheld
  82. Mixtral of experts11 Dec 2023 · 639 points · 300 commentsPartial reading withheld
  83. Pitivi – Free video editor with a beautiful and intuitive user interface11 Dec 2023 · 290 points · 110 commentsPartial reading withheld
  84. Omg.lol: An Oasis on the Internet10 Dec 2023 · 820 points · 360 commentsPartial reading withheld
  85. Mechanical Watch (2022)10 Dec 2023 · 954 points · 163 commentsPartial reading withheld
  86. A Matter of Millimeters: The story of Qantas flight 3209 Dec 2023 · 680 points · 297 commentsPartial reading withheld
  87. Gooey: Turn almost any Python command line program into a full GUI application09 Dec 2023 · 769 points · 118 commentsPartial reading withheld
  88. Doug Engelbart’s 1968 demo09 Dec 2023 · 272 points · 99 commentsPartial reading withheld
  89. If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing09 Dec 2023 · 1,597 points · 794 commentsPartial reading withheld
  90. PysimpleGUI09 Dec 2023 · 277 points · 153 commentsPartial reading withheld
  91. Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access08 Dec 2023 · 1,365 points · 1,222 commentsPartial reading withheld
  92. The pro-Israel information war08 Dec 2023 · 860 points · 1,674 commentsPartial reading withheld
  93. You are never taught how to build quality software08 Dec 2023 · 592 points · 485 commentsPartial reading withheld
  94. Dieselgate, but for trains – some heavyweight hardware hacking08 Dec 2023 · 683 points · 293 commentsPartial reading withheld
  95. OpenAI employees did not want to go work for Microsoft07 Dec 2023 · 273 points · 258 commentsPartial reading withheld
  96. Gemini "duck" demo was not done in realtime or with voice07 Dec 2023 · 1,039 points · 658 commentsPartial reading withheld
  97. Fake chips, I got stung07 Dec 2023 · 285 points · 186 commentsPartial reading withheld
  98. Ask HN: Books you read in 2023 and recommend for 2024?07 Dec 2023 · 268 points · 234 commentsPartial reading withheld
  99. Audiobox: Meta's new foundation research model for audio generation07 Dec 2023 · 268 points · 84 commentsPartial reading withheld
  100. Building end-to-end security for Messenger07 Dec 2023 · 289 points · 385 commentsPartial reading withheld
  101. 'A-team' of math proves a critical link between addition and sets06 Dec 2023 · 274 points · 122 commentsPartial reading withheld
  102. Gemini: Google's most capable AI model yet06 Dec 2023 · 778 points · 2 commentsPartial reading withheld
  103. Gemini AI06 Dec 2023 · 2,135 points · 1,602 commentsPartial reading withheld
  104. Apple confirms governments using push notifications to surveil users06 Dec 2023 · 571 points · 8 commentsPartial reading withheld
  105. Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications06 Dec 2023 · 871 points · 614 commentsPartial reading withheld
  106. Conway's Game of Life is omniperiodic06 Dec 2023 · 272 points · 100 commentsPartial reading withheld
  107. JSONB has landed06 Dec 2023 · 669 points · 205 commentsPartial reading withheld
  108. Does uBlock Origin bypass the latest YouTube anti-adblock script?05 Dec 2023 · 290 points · 468 commentsPartial reading withheld
  109. iMessage, explained05 Dec 2023 · 622 points · 152 commentsPartial reading withheld
  110. Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android05 Dec 2023 · 1,521 points · 874 commentsPartial reading withheld
  111. Show HN: How did your computer reach my server?05 Dec 2023 · 659 points · 137 commentsPartial reading withheld
  112. How does Shazam work? (2022)05 Dec 2023 · 587 points · 154 commentsPartial reading withheld
  113. Firefox on the brink?05 Dec 2023 · 661 points · 805 commentsPartial reading withheld
  114. Polish trains lock up when serviced in third-party workshops05 Dec 2023 · 1,076 points · 360 commentsPartial reading withheld
  115. Sorry, but a new prompt for GPT-4 is not a paper05 Dec 2023 · 279 points · 183 commentsPartial reading withheld
  116. System-wide open source ad blocker for Mac, Windows, and Linux04 Dec 2023 · 287 points · 164 commentsPartial reading withheld
  117. A decade of Have I Been Pwned04 Dec 2023 · 677 points · 174 commentsPartial reading withheld
  118. Harvard gutted team examining Facebook Files following $500M Zuckerberg donation04 Dec 2023 · 1,202 points · 15 commentsPartial reading withheld
  119. A study of Google's code review tooling (Critique)04 Dec 2023 · 291 points · 292 commentsPartial reading withheld
  120. Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%04 Dec 2023 · 627 points · 1,185 commentsPartial reading withheld
  121. Ask HN: What side projects landed you a job?03 Dec 2023 · 576 points · 519 commentsPartial reading withheld
  122. LLM Visualization03 Dec 2023 · 972 points · 1 commentsPartial reading withheld
  123. Now I can just print that video03 Dec 2023 · 276 points · 119 commentsPartial reading withheld
  124. LLM Visualization03 Dec 2023 · 1,592 points · 131 commentsPartial reading withheld
  125. Tiny volumetric display02 Dec 2023 · 1,570 points · 174 commentsPartial reading withheld
  126. You don't need JavaScript for that02 Dec 2023 · 889 points · 334 commentsPartial reading withheld
  127. Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage02 Dec 2023 · 824 points · 422 commentsPartial reading withheld
  128. Accidental database programming01 Dec 2023 · 583 points · 300 commentsPartial reading withheld
  129. The Seamless Communication models01 Dec 2023 · 720 points · 350 commentsPartial reading withheld
  130. Code is run more than read01 Dec 2023 · 811 points · 310 commentsPartial reading withheld
  131. Marker: Convert PDF to Markdown quickly with high accuracy01 Dec 2023 · 683 points · 95 commentsPartial reading withheld