Pythagorean Theorem found on clay tablet 1k years older than Pythagoras (2009) — and Where does my computer get the time from?

Issue #1276 — October 06, 2023

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Pythagorean Theorem found on clay tablet 1k years older than Pythagoras (2009) link.springer.com \| points: 749 \| comments: 216

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Where does my computer get the time from? dotat.at \| points: 543 \| comments: 179

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HTTP/3 adoption is growing rapidly blog.apnic.net \| points: 493 \| comments: 366

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Vespa.ai is spinning out of Yahoo as a separate company blog.vespa.ai \| points: 336 \| comments: 134

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Google Docs adds tracking to links in document exports fosstodon.org \| points: 331 \| comments: 101

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Bitmagnet: A self-hosted BitTorrent indexer, DHT crawler, and torrent search bitmagnet.io \| points: 298 \| comments: 74

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Delta finds fake jet aircraft engine parts with forged airworthiness documents fortune.com \| points: 281 \| comments: 231

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Krita fund has no corporate support fund.krita.org \| points: 276 \| comments: 200

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Database Performance at Scale – A free book scylladb.com \| points: 272 \| comments: 83

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US Government issues first-ever space debris penalty to Dish Network theguardian.com \| points: 243 \| comments: 94

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September was the most anomalously hot month ever scientificamerican.com \| points: 230 \| comments: 346

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LLMs confabulate not hallucinate beren.io \| points: 224 \| comments: 223

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1.1.1.1 lookup failures on October 4th, 2023 blog.cloudflare.com \| points: 218 \| comments: 74

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Severity HIGH security problem to be announced with curl 8.4.0 on Oct 11 github.com \| points: 213 \| comments: 87

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US startup begins producing 40%-efficient thermophotovoltaic cells pv-magazine.com \| points: 209 \| comments: 146

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Booking.com makes a fortune – so why is it leaving its bills to hotels unpaid? theguardian.com \| points: 201 \| comments: 184

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How fast are Linux pipes anyway? (2022) mazzo.li \| points: 200 \| comments: 30

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F3D is an open source 3D viewer, fast and minimalist f3d.app \| points: 194 \| comments: 56

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Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025 theregister.com \| points: 179 \| comments: 144

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OpenAI’s justification for why training data is fair use, not infringement [pdf] uspto.gov \| points: 176 \| comments: 382

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