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Microsoft bans the use of the word 'Microslop' on its Discord server, leading to a backlash from users. The company then locks the server after the incident, highlighting the sensitivity around the use of controversial terms.

The article discusses the Jolla Phone, a smartphone released by the Finnish technology company Jolla on September 26th. The Jolla Phone runs on the Sailfish OS, an open-source mobile operating system developed by Jolla, and offers a unique user experience compared to mainstream smartphones.

Apple has introduced the new iPad Air powered by the M4 chip, offering improved performance and efficiency compared to previous models. The device features a sleek design, enhanced display, and expanded connectivity options.

A study finds that the first-ever in utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe, paving the way for potential new treatments for this congenital condition.

The article discusses the release of the AMD AM386 processor on March 2, 1991, which was a clone of the Intel 80386 microprocessor. It provides technical details about the AM386's performance and compatibility, as well as the historical context of AMD's efforts to compete with Intel in the x86 processor market.

The article describes a tool called the 'STM32 RDP1 Decryptor' that can be used to decrypt and recover data from STM32 microcontrollers that have their Read Protection (RDP) level set to 1. This can be useful for security research and reversing firmware on these devices.

The article discusses the advantages of the Go programming language for developing intelligent agents. It highlights Go's performance, concurrency support, and ease of deployment as key factors that make it well-suited for building effective agent systems.

Hi HN,

I’ve been working on a browser-based tool for exploring and debugging Web Audio API graphs.

Web Audio Studio lets you write real Web Audio API code, run it, and see the runtime graph it produces as an interactive visual representation. Instead of mentally tracking connect() calls, you can inspect the actual structure of the graph, follow signal flow, and tweak parameters while the audio is playing.

It includes built-in visualizations for common node types — waveforms, filter responses, analyser time and frequency views, compressor transfer curves, waveshaper distortion, spatial positioning, delay timing, and more — so you can better understand what each part of the graph is doing. You can also insert an AnalyserNode between any two nodes to inspect the signal at that exact point in the chain.

There are around 20 templates (basic oscillator setups, FM/AM synthesis, convolution reverb, IIR filters, spatial audio, etc.), so you can start from working examples and modify them instead of building everything from scratch.

Everything runs fully locally in the browser — no signup, no backend.

The motivation came from working with non-trivial Web Audio graphs and finding it increasingly difficult to reason about structure and signal flow once things grow beyond simple examples. Most tutorials show small snippets, but real projects quickly become harder to inspect. I wanted something that stays close to the native Web Audio API while making the runtime graph visible and inspectable.

This is an early alpha and desktop-only for now.

I’d really appreciate feedback — especially from people who have used Web Audio API in production or built audio tools. You can leave comments here, or use the feedback button inside the app.

https://webaudio.studio

A filter list for uBO that blurs all video and non-follower content from Instagram. Works on mobile with uBO Lite.

related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47016443

The article discusses the rising popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) and the potential challenges they face, such as the need for more charging infrastructure and the cost of EVs compared to traditional gasoline-powered cars.

According to the report, some of Apple's AI servers are reportedly sitting unused in warehouses due to low usage of Apple's AI intelligence technology. The article suggests that Apple may be overproducing AI hardware, leading to excess inventory.

The article explores the use of large language models for few-shot learning, demonstrating their ability to generalize knowledge and effectively solve tasks with limited training data. It presents a novel approach that significantly improves the performance of large language models on few-shot learning benchmarks.

The article describes 'libxml2-ee', an enhanced version of the popular libxml2 library for parsing XML documents. The project focuses on improving performance, security, and error handling compared to the original libxml2 library.

The Government of British Columbia has announced that the province will be adopting year-round daylight saving time, eliminating the biannual clock changes effective November 2023. This decision aims to provide consistency and reduce the disruption caused by the twice-yearly time shifts.

The article provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental concepts of fluid mechanics, covering topics such as fluid properties, pressure, and the Bernoulli principle, with the aim of building a solid foundation from scratch.

Hey HN,

I just released v4 of my gapless playback library that I first built in 2017 for https://relisten.net. We stream concert recordings, where gapless playback is paramount.

It's built from scratch, backed by a rigid state machine (the sole dependency is xstate) and is already running in production over at Relisten.

The way it works is by preloading future tracks as raw buffers and scheduling them via the web audio API. It seamlessly transitions between HTML5 and web audio. We've used this technique for the last 9 years and it works fairly well. Occasionally it will blip slightly from HTML5->web audio, but there's not much to be done to avoid that (just when to do it - lotta nuance here). Once you get on web audio, everything should be clean.

Unfortunately web audio support still lacks on mobile, in which case you can just disable web audio and it'll fallback to full HTML5 playback (sans gapless). But if you drive a largely desktop experience, this is fine. On mobile, most people use our native app.

You can view a demo of the project at https://gapless.saewitz.com - just click on "Scarlet Begonias", seek halfway in the track (as it won't preload until >15s) and wait for "decoding" on "Fire on the Mountain" to switch to "ready". Then tap "skip to -2s and hear the buttery smooth segue.

The article discusses an incident with the Claude AI service, where the service experienced an outage due to a network issue affecting a key data center. The incident led to degraded performance and service disruption, and the article outlines the steps taken by the team to investigate and resolve the issue.

Reframed is an open-source project that aims to enhance the performance and user experience of web applications by reframing the way they are built and delivered. It utilizes modern web technologies and approaches to optimize performance, reduce server-side processing, and provide a smooth, responsive user interface.

The article explores the powerful influence of incentives on human behavior, arguing that incentives drive everything from individual actions to broader societal trends. It examines how understanding and designing effective incentive structures can lead to better outcomes in various domains, including business, politics, and personal life.

The article discusses the potential of AI language models like GPT-3 to become adept at generating human-like creative writing, with the author exploring the implications of this emerging technology for the future of authorship and literature.