US jet shoots down unknown object flying off Alaska coast — and A Heisenbug lurking in async Python

Issue #1040 — February 12, 2023

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US jet shoots down unknown object flying off Alaska coast apnews.com \| points: 384 \| comments: 786

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A Heisenbug lurking in async Python textual.textualize.io \| points: 331 \| comments: 125

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Scientists discover receptor that blocks Covid-19 infection sydney.edu.au \| points: 256 \| comments: 127

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A Gentle Introduction to CRDTs vlcn.io \| points: 249 \| comments: 35

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Ask HN: What Happened to Elm? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 245 \| comments: 280

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Google Python Style Guide google.github.io \| points: 226 \| comments: 163

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Treasure trove of mechanical animations (2015) kottke.org \| points: 213 \| comments: 36

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No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health who.int \| points: 187 \| comments: 330

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SDK update for Raspberry Pi Pico W unlocks Bluetooth support github.com \| points: 148 \| comments: 45

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DeepMind AI is as fast as humans at solving previously unseen tasks newscientist.com \| points: 144 \| comments: 115

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Ask HN: What companies are embracing “HTML over the wire”? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 140 \| comments: 162

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I made ChatGPT and Bing AI have a conversation moritz.pm \| points: 136 \| comments: 67

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Gentoo Linux 2022 Retrospective gentoo.org \| points: 135 \| comments: 102

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How to train large models on many GPUs? (2021) lilianweng.github.io \| points: 129 \| comments: 20

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I had ChatGPT write a Decemberists song and recorded it colinmeloy.substack.com \| points: 129 \| comments: 77

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WW2 Bomb Explodes in England cbsnews.com \| points: 123 \| comments: 117

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Turkey earthquake opened 190-mile-long fissure space.com \| points: 118 \| comments: 47

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Galileo AI – Copilot for interface design usegalileo.ai \| points: 116 \| comments: 49

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‘Mutual aid’ is a radical ideal. Some live its communal spirit csmonitor.com \| points: 113 \| comments: 153

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GitHub and EFF back YouTube ripper in legal battle with the RIAA torrentfreak.com \| points: 111 \| comments: 5

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