Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time — and Ask HN: Who else is working on nothing?

Issue #1376 — January 14, 2024

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Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time github.com \| points: 406 \| comments: 117

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Ask HN: Who else is working on nothing? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 387 \| comments: 132

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OpenAI deletes ban on using ChatGPT for "military and warfare" theintercept.com \| points: 347 \| comments: 242

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A decade-old Steam bug blog.freudenjmp.com \| points: 335 \| comments: 33

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A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McDonald’s pantryandlarder.com \| points: 300 \| comments: 235

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On Sleeper Agent LLMs twitter.com \| points: 277 \| comments: 101

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Exploring Podman: A More Secure Docker Alternative betterstack.com \| points: 244 \| comments: 87

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How to Be More Agentic usefulfictions.substack.com \| points: 231 \| comments: 159

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Updates on Grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 9 Aircraft faa.gov \| points: 221 \| comments: 268

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Midlibrary: Library of 4000 Midjourney artistic styles midlibrary.io \| points: 205 \| comments: 109

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Apple hiring compiler developers for improving Swift / C++ interoperability jobs.apple.com \| points: 195 \| comments: 212

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Japan ANA Boeing 737-800 flight turns back due to cockpit window crack channelnewsasia.com \| points: 187 \| comments: 108

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Hidden Changes in GPT-4, Uncovered dmicz.github.io \| points: 185 \| comments: 130

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GoatCounter creator is hoping to raise at least €1k for basic living expense github.com \| points: 183 \| comments: 110

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Generalized K-Means Clustering github.com \| points: 179 \| comments: 80

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Cloudflare Termination Video: A Master Class in How Not to Terminate Someone inc.com \| points: 154 \| comments: 149

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YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution github.com \| points: 139 \| comments: 87

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There has never been a better time to game on Linux tildes.net \| points: 138 \| comments: 109

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Starlink Successfully Tests Space Direct to Cell Mobile Service ispreview.co.uk \| points: 133 \| comments: 119

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Shadcn: Components that you can copy-paste into your apps ui.shadcn.com \| points: 131 \| comments: 61

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