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South Africa first country to accept controversial form of human genome editing?
Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03643-4
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42101114
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Oxytocin: The Unexpected Neuroprotective Molecule Targeting Brain Aging
Article URL: https://gethealthspan.com/science/article/cognitive-benefits-of-oxytocin
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100889
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JVM Anatomy Quarks
Article URL: https://shipilev.net/jvm/anatomy-quarks/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100876
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Software on Paper – 1985 Cauzin Softstrip [video]
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIGotStRCkA
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100863
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A New Chapter for RubyGems: How Ruby Central Is Building a Sustainable Future
Article URL: https://rubycentral.org/news/a-new-chapter-for-rubygems-how-ruby-central-is-building-a-sustainable-future/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100828
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Magic Paper (A Retrospective)
Article URL: http://blog.mattneary.com/magic-paper
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100823
Points: 3
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Tailscale: Access your home network from anywhere
Article URL: https://sccarlos.com/post/20241110-tailscale/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100821
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Show HN: Chonkie – A Fast, Lightweight Text Chunking Library for RAG
I built Chonkie because I was tired of rewriting chunking code for RAG applications. Existing libraries were either too bloated (80MB+) or too basic, with no middle ground.
Core features:
- 21MB default install vs 80-171MB alternatives
- 33x faster token chunking than popular alternatives
- Supports multiple chunking strategies: token, word, sentence, and semantic
- Works with all major tokenizers (transformers, tokenizers, tiktoken)
- Zero external dependencies for basic functionality
Technical optimizations:
- Uses tiktoken with multi-threading for faster tokenization
- Implements aggressive caching and precomputation
- Running mean pooling for efficient semantic chunking
- Modular dependency system (install only what you need)
Benchmarks and code: https://github.com/bhavnicksm/chonkie
Looking for feedback on the architecture and performance optimizations. What other chunking strategies would be useful for RAG applications?
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100819
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How Tech Created a 'Recipe for Loneliness'
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/technology/personaltech/technology-loneliness.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100804
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Ask HN: How to stop constant DDoS on CS 1.6 server?
1.6 is still played regularly in India, especially the 32/32 slot servers. Now I do not have proof of this but bad actor(s), always from one server, keep DDoSing the other, usually more popular and full, server so that players are forced to switch. And as soon as their own server gets filled, the DDoSing stops.
This DDoS problem has been a plague on 1.6 in India for the last 5-7 years. From what I've gathered, none has been able to solve for it, and even though I don't have skin in the game (other than being a frequent player), it fundamentally feels wrong being bullied.
Does anyone have experience with solving this?
P.S. If you do give a response, please consider that I do not have an IT background. Thank you.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100795
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Nanoparticles Engineered to Neutralize Covid
Article URL: https://www.miragenews.com/nanoparticles-engineered-to-neutralize-covid-1351500/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100791
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The $15 Investment That Could Save Your Developer Eyes in 2025
Article URL: https://akoskm.substack.com/p/the-15-investment-that-could-save
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100786
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Taiwanese law prevents TSMC from producing 2nm chips overseas
Death-Defying Dive to the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1995
Article URL: https://mynorth.com/2024/01/death-defying-shipwreck-dive-edmund-fitzgerald/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100773
Points: 2
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Show HN: ScratchMap real-time collaborative map annotation
Article URL: https://scratchmap.app/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100772
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Space policy is about to get pretty wild, y'all
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/11/space-policy-is-about-to-get-pretty-wild-yall/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100762
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'Whatever you want Ben': Inside Ben Horowitz's cozy relationship with the LVPD
Low Code/No Code Platforms
Article URL: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1nqhWUJgsr3JsAmfMxTpmO41QgqQa430tki0S45Y8cZ0/mobilebasic
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100745
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Decision-Making Using Service Level Objectives (2020) [pdf]
Article URL: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login/articles/login_summer20_07_hidalgo.pdf
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100739
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We All Scream for Ice Cream
Article URL: https://thecookscook.com/features/denise-landis-the-cook-writes/we-all-scream-for-ice-cream/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42100736
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