April 15, 2024

👋 Today in HN - 2024-04-15

Good Morning, Hackers! Here are today's top stories:

1. Why No IPv6?
   
   
2. Python is Actually Portable (2022)
   
   
3. Visualizing Attention, a Transformer's Heart [video]
   
   
4. Trying to Understand Copilot's Type Spaghetti
   
   
5. Beautifying Org Mode in Emacs (2018)
   
   
6. The Tiny Ultrabright Laser That Can Melt Steel
   
   
7. A shrub in Nepal supplies the raw material for the bank notes used in Japan
   
   
8. EU data shows PHEVs emit 350% more CO2 than tested values
   
   
9. Better Adb-Shell
   
   
10. North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet (2022)
    
    
11. Canoes Discovered Northwest of Rome Are Oldest Boats Ever Found in Mediterranean
    
    
12. Why good external SSDs are faster with Apple Silicon
    
    
13. WireViz: Easily document cables and wiring harnesses
    
    
14. Spectral Ray Tracing
    
    
15. Never redefine an inherited default parameter value
    
    
16. Computer-generated holography with ordinary display
    
    
17. 'We're the last bastion of rental': video stores resisting rise of streaming
    
    
18. RFC: Banning "AI"-backed (LLM/GPT/whatever) contributions to Gentoo
    
    
19. x86 and x86_64 software optimization resources
    
    
20. The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
    
    
21. RocketStar tests fusion-enhanced in-space propulsion process
    
    
22. Swift for C++ Practitioners, Part 1: Intro and Value Types
    
    
23. 1800-2023 – IEEE Standard for SystemVerilog
    
    
24. Control Linux based distros using hand gestures using OpenCV, GTK, Mediapipe
    
    
25. The unwritten laws of engineering at Stedi
    
    
26. Thermoelectric Cooling
    
    
27. One man's artistic wonderland, created in rental, gets protected status
    
    
28. Meticulous (YC S21) is hiring to eliminate E2E UI tests
    
    
29. Proving Heron’s formula by complex number (2013)
    
    
30. Common pitfalls of digital health startups and advice on how to avoid them