The Philosophy of Computer Science
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Month: February 2023
It's TCP vs. RPC All over Again
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Sure, why not let an airplane seat electrify my brain?
“Brain stimulation system to provide a sense of wellbeing.” | Embraer Commercial air travel is a largely terrible experience, and aviation companies patent a lot of ways to make it either slightly less miserable or an even more dystopian hell. Where does reading passengers’ emotions to offer them transcranial stimulation therapy fall? I’ll leave that … Read more
Price analysis 2/20: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, MATIC, DOGE, SOL
Bitcoin’s tight consolidation near $25,000 suggests that bulls are holding on to their positions in anticipation of a breakout to a new 2023 high.
Social networks’ latest business model is charging for security
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Social networks have struggled with spam, scams, impersonation, and account hijacking for years. And over the past week, two of them unveiled a new plan for dealing with it: passing the cost to users. The first move came from Twitter, which made SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) a premium … Read more
‘Regulators let the bad guys get big’ — Kraken CEO speaks out after SEC settlement
According to Jesse Powell, U.S. regulators allowing bad actors in the crypto space to “suck up users, revenue and venture capital” could effectively destroy “the good guys.”
Four ways to build web apps
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Many stablecoins fall short of coming regulatory recommendations, says FSB chair
The BIS-affiliated advisory body will release its final recommendations on global crypto asset regulation and supervision in July.
Show HN: The SaaS 2.0 Manifesto
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In Praise of Alpine and APK
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Exclusive: these are the new Sonos Era speakers
The Era 300 has a unique design and six drivers for immersive spatial audio. Sonos is continuing to finalize details for a pair of new smart speakers set to launch in the coming weeks, and The Verge has now obtained marketing images of the products and learned roughly how much they will cost. The spatial … Read more
China’s only public blockchain, Conflux, sees CFX price skyrocket 1,300% in 2023
Social media metrics show strong retail investor sentiment behind the ongoing CFX price rally.
Google Chrome’s latest version includes tools to address its memory hog problem
Google Chrome’s Memory Saver and Energy Saver modes can extend battery when a device is low on power and reduce memory being hogged by tabs. | Image: Google Google has released optimization features designed to improve battery life and memory usage on machines running the latest version of its Chrome desktop web browser. Chrome’s new … Read more
Crypto exchange FTX Japan to resume withdrawals on Feb. 21
“We are very sorry for the concern and inconvenience caused to our customers due to the suspension of our services,” the exchange wrote.
Retail Crypto Investors in Emerging Economies Hit Hardest by FTX, Terra Collapses: BIS
Over $450 billion vanished from the crypto market following the collapse of Terra’s coins in May 2022 and another $200 billion was lost following FTX’s bankruptcy in November 2022, the report said.
Shigeru Miyamoto is working with his hands again
Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge As Super Nintendo World opens up in Los Angeles, the creator of Mario talks about getting back to his roots, and exploring new creative fields. Continue reading…
Physics Envy
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Fine-tune text-to-image Stable Diffusion models with Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
In November 2022, we announced that AWS customers can generate images from text with Stable Diffusion models in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. Stable Diffusion is a deep learning model that allows you to generate realistic, high-quality images and stunning art in just a few seconds. Although creating impressive images can find use in industries ranging from … Read more
Ask HN: I Need to Talk to Someone
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Jack's Ass
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