Thursday, June 30, 2022

New top story on Hacker News: Why I’m Cryptophobic

Why I’m Cryptophobic
111 by luisha | 142 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What Happened to Ceylon Language?

Ask HN: What Happened to Ceylon Language?
21 by whereisceylon | 6 comments on Hacker News.
I was reading a post about yet another language on HN's front page when I was reminded of Ceylon language which some years back was being promoted as an alternative to Java. I remember seeing it frequently those years but then I stopped following. Now I searched for it and it looks abandoned? The latest news I can find is that it's been donated to Eclipse foundation. What happened?

New top story on Hacker News: Precedents of the Unprecedented: Black Squares Before Malevich

Precedents of the Unprecedented: Black Squares Before Malevich
5 by prismatic | 0 comments on Hacker News.


At the G7 and NATO meetings, Biden and his allies fail to describe an endgame to the war.


By BY JIM TANKERSLEY AND MICHAEL D. SHEAR from NYT World https://ift.tt/LygIMRv

New top story on Hacker News: Project Ideas

Project Ideas
7 by apsec112 | 3 comments on Hacker News.


The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge hints at moderation in May.


By BY JEANNA SMIALEK from NYT Business https://ift.tt/iLtCKQN

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Illinois: How to vote, where to vote and what’s on the ballot.


By BY AZI PAYBARAH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/G624iQc

New top story on Hacker News: W3C to become a public-interest non-profit organization

W3C to become a public-interest non-profit organization
3 by jacooper | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Tell HN: I DDoSed myself using AWS CloudFront and Lambda Edge and got $4.5k bill

Tell HN: I DDoSed myself using AWS CloudFront and Lambda Edge and got $4.5k bill
38 by huksley | 17 comments on Hacker News.
I am using awesome NextJS and serverless-nextjs and deploy my app to CloudFront and Lambda@Edge. I made a mistake and accidentally created a serverless function that called itself. In a recursive loop, with a 30s timeout. I thought I fixed it and deployed the code to the dev environment. I have had an AWS Billing alert (Budgets) set up to prompt me when my monthly budget goes over $300 (my usual bill is $200/month). Imagine the terror when I woke up the next day to see the AWS Billing alert email saying I already owed $1,484! I removed a function and deployed it again in 30 minutes, but it was too late. It has already run for 24 hours, using over 70 million Gb-Second! Only after that I've learned that AWS Billing alerts do not work this way for CloudFront. You get delayed information on charges because they collect them from all regions. On the following day, the bill settled at a shocking $4600. This is more than we have ever spent on AWS all time. CloudFront includes the AWS Shield Standard feature, but somehow, it was not activated for this case (Lambda@Edge calling itself via CloudFront). Now, I understand that I should have created CloudWatch alarms, which would alert me when the number of requests exceeds the limit. The problem is, that they need to be set up per region, and I got CloudFront charges from all points of presence. I am a big proponent of the serverless approach. It makes it easy to scale and develop things (e.g., you get PR review version branches for free, both frontend and backend code like Vercel does). But now, I am unsure because such unexpected charges can ruin a side-project or emerging startup. Now I am waiting on a response from AWS Support on these charges; maybe they can help me waive part of that. What is your experience with it? Would you recommend to use to build a new product if you are bootstrapped, 3-person startup?

New top story on Hacker News: Demystifying pack and unpack, these most misunderstood functions

Demystifying pack and unpack, these most misunderstood functions
10 by psychoslave | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Universal Media Server. A DLNA, UPnP and HTTP(s) Media Server

Universal Media Server. A DLNA, UPnP and HTTP(s) Media Server
10 by proxysna | 2 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Getting Started with Red

Getting Started with Red
7 by damir | 0 comments on Hacker News.


After conflicts, truth commissions have been a key step toward reconciliation.


By BY GENEVIEVE GLATSKY from NYT World https://ift.tt/nzGW68c

In Russia Crisis, India Tries to Balance Geopolitics and Economics


By BY EMILY SCHMALL AND SUHASINI RAJ from NYT World https://ift.tt/GV8yNbw

Saturday, June 25, 2022

New top story on Hacker News: Whatever Happened to the Bee Apocalypse?

Whatever Happened to the Bee Apocalypse?
8 by nsoonhui | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: My awakening moment about how smartphones fragment our attention span

My awakening moment about how smartphones fragment our attention span
3 by llui85 | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Unified Theory of Documentation Systems

Unified Theory of Documentation Systems
12 by O__________O | 0 comments on Hacker News.


The Burger That Instagram Built


By BY MOLLY CREEDEN from NYT Style https://ift.tt/SOcNguW

New top story on Hacker News: The Heilmeier Catechism

The Heilmeier Catechism
17 by blopeur | 1 comments on Hacker News.


Biden Signs Bipartisan Gun Bill, Ending Years of Stalemate


By BY EMILY COCHRANE from NYT U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/25/us/politics/gun-control-bill-biden.html?partner=IFTTT

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

New York’s Subway System Vows to Be 95 Percent Accessible by 2055


By BY MICHAEL GOLD from NYT New York https://ift.tt/eolwfmP

Powell says the Fed is ‘not trying to provoke’ a recession.


By BY JEANNA SMIALEK from NYT Business https://ift.tt/07F3GZO

Frustrated Finland, Blocked from NATO by Turkey, Practices Patience


By BY STEVEN ERLANGER from NYT World https://ift.tt/yuMheD7

Will Biden’s Gas Tax Holiday Make a Difference?


By BY ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, VIVIAN GIANG, STEPHEN GANDEL, LAUREN HIRSCH, EPHRAT LIVNI, DAVID F. GALLAGHER AND JENNY GROSS from NYT Business https://ift.tt/VOGvy4r

Clean energy investment lags as oil and gas prices soar.


By BY PATRICIA COHEN from NYT Business https://ift.tt/eWyt1js

New top story on Hacker News: Don’t Mock What You Don’t Own

Don’t Mock What You Don’t Own
29 by todsacerdoti | 12 comments on Hacker News.


Kaliningrad, Russia’s Westernmost Outpost, Is Again a Flash Point in East-West Relations


By BY DAN BILEFSKY from NYT World https://ift.tt/1JRg7HQ

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Akedo – Retro gaming and coding platform

Show HN: Akedo – Retro gaming and coding platform
19 by yrandom | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Safety features of the Hare programming language

Safety features of the Hare programming language
22 by ddevault | 3 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Laundry symbols make no sense

Laundry symbols make no sense
59 by allenwhsu | 44 comments on Hacker News.


Grilling Tools That Will Last Much Longer Than One Summer


By BY FLORENCE FABRICANT from NYT Food https://ift.tt/wL7pgST

Yellen may soon get her name on the greenback.


By BY DEBORAH B. SOLOMON from NYT Business https://ift.tt/I7tuDnk

These Spiced, Marinated Yogurt Balls Are Perfect for Snacking


By BY FLORENCE FABRICANT from NYT Food https://ift.tt/zETgAwl

Wildfire in New Jersey Could Become the State’s Largest in Years


By BY DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/84nB0ST

Bitcoin cynics can now bet on its downfall.


By BY EPHRAT LIVNI from NYT Business https://ift.tt/7ylpRTq

Friday, June 17, 2022

Russians Breached This City,Not With Troops, but Propaganda


By BY THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF, NATALIA YERMAK AND TYLER HICKS from NYT World https://ift.tt/ZrgCcQX

New top story on Hacker News: Gnome has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets are blocked (2021)

Gnome has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets are blocked (2021)
128 by weberer | 67 comments on Hacker News.


Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Rana Foroohar


By Unknown Author from NYT Podcasts https://ift.tt/x0Nj9tQ

New top story on Hacker News: Tell HN: I haven't answered a call from Google Ads, this is what happened

Tell HN: I haven't answered a call from Google Ads, this is what happened
40 by novateg | 7 comments on Hacker News.
There was a cold call from Google Ads associate, I wasn't available to talk and asked to re-schedule the call, but I couldn't answer the follow up call. Today they suspended all Google my business listings. Anyone had the experience before?

China Launches Third Aircraft Carrier in Major Milestone for Xi Jinping


By BY ALEXANDRA STEVENSON from NYT World https://ift.tt/ZJdRQW6

Thursday, June 16, 2022

New top story on Hacker News: Continuous Unix commit history from 1970 until today

Continuous Unix commit history from 1970 until today
50 by FrankyHollywood | 7 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: JIT/GPU accelerated deep learning for Elixir with Axon v0.1

JIT/GPU accelerated deep learning for Elixir with Axon v0.1
14 by ahamez | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Nanoparticle sensor can distinguish between viral and bacterial pneumonia

Nanoparticle sensor can distinguish between viral and bacterial pneumonia
12 by gmays | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Revlon, the pioneering cosmetics brand, files for bankruptcy.


By BY LAUREN HIRSCH from NYT Business https://ift.tt/CnXOEd7

New top story on Hacker News: The Case of the Vanishing Cafeteria Tray

The Case of the Vanishing Cafeteria Tray
10 by imartin2k | 3 comments on Hacker News.


A timeline of key events, from before the Jan. 6 attack until now.


By BY ALAN FEUER, LUKE BROADWATER, MAGGIE HABERMAN, KATIE BENNER AND MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/q9RbAiu

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

New top story on Hacker News: Debugging an empty spam email (2016)

Debugging an empty spam email (2016)
5 by psobot | 1 comments on Hacker News.


U.K. Vows to Press Ahead With Rwanda Deportations


By BY STEPHEN CASTLE from NYT World https://ift.tt/b4Rkv7D

New top story on Hacker News: Satellite Detects Largest Release of Methane in the World

Satellite Detects Largest Release of Methane in the World
21 by jbegley | 4 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Whitby residents vote in favour of ending second home ownership

Whitby residents vote in favour of ending second home ownership
22 by llimos | 6 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: UK Ends Subsidies for Electric Cars

UK Ends Subsidies for Electric Cars
29 by helsinkiandrew | 2 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: What happened to proper tail calls in JavaScript? (2021)

What happened to proper tail calls in JavaScript? (2021)
33 by mindB | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: 3D-Aware Image Synthesis via Learning Structural and Textural Representations

3D-Aware Image Synthesis via Learning Structural and Textural Representations
5 by lnyan | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Florida School Restricts Access to Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem

By BY AMANDA HOLPUCH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/fIlhCeE