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Big Bath
Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_bath
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967454
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Better Java Builds with the Mill Build Tool [video]
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dry6wMRN6MI
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967451
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Ask HN: How do I support multiple file versioning (any file type) using diffs?
Hi Friends.
I'm trying to do multi-version support for my users so they can upload the same file (same name) and have a version history.
For example, user uploads "Site Details Oct-2024.docx". They make some changes, upload the file again. Instead of giving them an option to Keep/Replace, I'd like for them to be able to have a version history that they can view/revert/etc. Less clutter, better organization, and most importantly it will make it easier for them to see what actually changed.
Right now I'm doing the naive way - uploading that updated file and storing the distinct files. The downside is that this will Nx my storage. If they have a 2mb file with 5 revisions, my current approach will use up 10mb.
I have no idea how this stuff works, so I did some googling and also asked chatGPT.
I found something called xdelta and bsdiff. Has anyone used this before? Seems like neither are actively maintained.
If you know any other way to do this also please let me know. Text files seems pretty straightforward, but again for formats like PDF docx etc. I am not sure how to do this.
I'd be happy if there are node/go/python bindings (in that order of preference), but no worries if not I can figure it out.
Thank you!
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967440
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Designing Bug-Proof Engines
Article URL: https://grantslatton.com/bug-proof-engines
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967436
Points: 1
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Turn PDFs into brainrot using AI
Article URL: https://www.memenome.gg/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967418
Points: 1
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The Distracted Mind During a Crisis (2020)
Article URL: https://distributed.blog/2020/04/29/adam-gazzaley-distracted-mind/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967396
Points: 1
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Simplifying, stabilizing, and scaling continuous-time consistency models
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/simplifying-stabilizing-and-scaling-continuous-time-consistency-models/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967393
Points: 1
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Ask HN: How to get players for a multiplayer game?
Hi,
I'm currently trying to build a player base for a multiplayer game I've created and I'm struggling to get players. I've tried various ways of marketing but while some are quite effective for players to try the game it usually results in that they try it one by one and rarely multiple people at the same time.
Things I've tried:
- created a web version of the game (this was essential as almost nobody downloads the native apps - but perhaps it is specific to my game)
- I'm trying to be online when others plays (I have a notification when people are on the server)
- building a Discord community (only few joins)
- for another game in the past I've tried to put a popup message that mentioned specific hours for playing in the hopes that people would try to be online at these hours (it had no effect)
- posting on various reddits and indiedb/moddb, that worked but only rarely there would be multiple people online
Things I've dismissed:
- posting on Facebook and other similar sites, I don't have any experience with these and not sure it would be effective
- paid advertisment, I don't have a budget for it and don't think a general advertisment would work (it would need to be VERY specific to actually work - I've only witnessed it once in a specific Minecraft community where it was actually effective)
- posting on itch.io, it doesn't seem to have much to offer for propagation of your game and there are too many games already making it even harder
The game I'm trying to bootstrap is CellSplit, a survival 2D arcade game (an open source clone of Agario): https://www.cellsplit.org/
I've created it to solve the problem with teamers and griefers that plague the original game.
However my question is also a general one, how one can build a player base for their multiplayer game? Anything else to try?
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967388
Points: 1
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Biden administration announces $3B for rural electric co-ops
Article URL: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4954170-biden-administration-funding-rural-electric/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967355
Points: 3
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Reuters exposé of hack-for-hire world is back online after Indian court ruling
How a Mumbai Drugmaker Is Helping Putin Get Nvidia AI Chips
Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-10-27/russia-is-getting-nvidia-ai-chips-from-an-indian-pharma-company
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967337
Points: 4
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Japan's Jimi 'Mundane' Halloween Costumes of 2024
Article URL: https://www.spoon-tamago.com/jimi-mundane-halloween-2024/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967293
Points: 2
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KAG: A knowledge-enhanced generation framework
Article URL: https://github.com/OpenSPG/KAG
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967291
Points: 1
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Verilog – Hardware register based language for standardization
Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verilog
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967285
Points: 1
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The Influence of Japanese Archaeology on the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Delta sues CrowdStrike over software update that prompted mass flight disruption
Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/25/business/delta-sues-crowdstrike/index.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967255
Points: 2
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Why it's time to retire CRUD
Article URL: https://xtdb.com/blog/retire-crud
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967248
Points: 1
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Show HN: IndieResources – 1000 Free Resources for Indie Hackers
Now in data-importing period. If you have indiehacker tools. welcome to submit
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967243
Points: 1
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VGF arithmetics: math bomb for kids with ADHD
Article URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1clii0g2RhgX9_8LwKaOtYIhWLNSWNKB6/view?usp=share_link
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967237
Points: 1
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The Complete History and Strategy of Meta
Article URL: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/meta
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967235
Points: 1
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