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New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza
765 by lukehollis | 143 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN, I 3d scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid / Khufu's pyramid for the Giza Project this summer and just finished the guided version to share. Would love feedback and/or problems you encounter. I used both a Leica BLK 360 and Matterport Pro 2 to do the scanning and the Matterport SDK for the web viewer. Matterport's web display with Three.js has been the most accessible to a wide audience in the past (previous iterations are in Unity and Unreal, but difficult to download over slower connections). I've been interviewing social studies teachers around the 6th grade level to create teaching materials as well, and these along with other monuments that I've scanned at Giza are up at https://giza.mused.org/ Cheers from Cairo--and thanks for any feedback.

New best story on Hacker News: Shell Script Best Practices, from a decade of scripting things

Shell Script Best Practices, from a decade of scripting things
646 by sharat87 | 358 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman

Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman
479 by kermire | 139 comments on Hacker News.
Last time I posted this it didn't garner much interest. There have been lots of improvements and fixes since the last release. Quick list of features: - Workspaces - Tabs - Nested Folders - Lots of context menus - Response history - Plugins - Runs fully in the browser and runs offline if necessary - Chrome and Firefox extension to bypass CORS restrictions - Desktop builds for all platforms - GraphQL support - Import collections exported from Postman and Insomnia - Simple user friendly interface I built this because I love Insomnia but wanted a portable version that I could run in the browser. If you're tired of Postman's bloated interface and slow startup times, do give this a try.

New best story on Hacker News: CT scans of batteries

CT scans of batteries
474 by vitruvius | 65 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: The HTTP crash course nobody asked for

The HTTP crash course nobody asked for
523 by gbrown_ | 65 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: DaVinci Resolve for iPad

DaVinci Resolve for iPad
471 by dagmx | 204 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister

Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister
530 by samwillis | 619 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: How to use a watch as a compass

How to use a watch as a compass
471 by jamesgill | 143 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Google is forcing us to make our open source VoIP app worse

Google is forcing us to make our open source VoIP app worse
537 by DevhouseSpindle | 247 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: NASA’s Webb takes star-filled portrait of Pillars of Creation

NASA’s Webb takes star-filled portrait of Pillars of Creation
496 by pizza | 132 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Brave browser now blocks cookie banners

Brave browser now blocks cookie banners
485 by bookofjoe | 520 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time

Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time
498 by ryes | 286 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: I am endlessly fascinated with content tagging systems

I am endlessly fascinated with content tagging systems
568 by redbar0n | 259 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: American Airlines is trying to stop a popular app used by flight attendants

American Airlines is trying to stop a popular app used by flight attendants
496 by josephcsible | 247 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Never trust a system that seems to be working

Never trust a system that seems to be working
493 by pkilgore | 320 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: 75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime will be spent by age 12

75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime will be spent by age 12
566 by gmays | 432 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: The Chaostron: An Important Advance in Learning Machines (1961)

The Chaostron: An Important Advance in Learning Machines (1961)
480 by abrax3141 | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: GitHub Copi­lot inves­ti­ga­tion

GitHub Copi­lot inves­ti­ga­tion
528 by john-doe | 428 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Compiler Explorer

Compiler Explorer
466 by disadvantage | 94 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Moving from React to htmx

Moving from React to htmx
534 by mpweiher | 270 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Uncovering a 24-year-old bug in the Linux Kernel (2021)

Uncovering a 24-year-old bug in the Linux Kernel (2021)
482 by endorphine | 70 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will be built

Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will be built
498 by tpmx | 527 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Alaska snow crab season canceled after disappearance of an estimated 1B crabs

Alaska snow crab season canceled after disappearance of an estimated 1B crabs
528 by ijidak | 391 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copyrighted code

GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copyrighted code
547 by davidgerard | 436 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: America – Road Trip Simulator

Show HN: America – Road Trip Simulator
541 by 0x389 | 157 comments on Hacker News.
APIs are a little like the open road—always waiting, full of opportunity, but hardly utilized. So here’s America, composed of several APIs that paint a vivid, real-time picture of a good old-fashioned road trip. Get local classifieds and photos. Tune into local radio stations. Talk wit other drivers. And more. Exploring the country by car was an invaluable experience for me during my time in the states. I’ve since moved to Barcelona, and find myself missing the territory. This is my attempt at recreating the magic.

New best story on Hacker News: TikTok profits from livestreams of families begging

TikTok profits from livestreams of families begging
478 by DocFeind | 281 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Using a framework will harm the maintenance of your software

Using a framework will harm the maintenance of your software
451 by excerionsforte | 495 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: MAR1D: First-Person Mario

MAR1D: First-Person Mario
515 by rendaw | 153 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports

How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports
503 by jim-jim-jim | 124 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: PostgreSQL 15

PostgreSQL 15
547 by jkatz05 | 107 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app

Show HN: Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app
578 by ericax | 300 comments on Hacker News.
Cofounder of Obsidian here. We're excited to announce Obsidian 1.0 is live! Obsidian 1.0 introduces two big changes: a UI overhaul and an new tabbed interface. We've put a lot of care into making the app more approachable and more accessible. We've also prioritized using more native OS features for menus, windows, and many details. We got our first private beta users from a comment under a HN thread about org-roam [1], and our waiting list was an innocent Google Form. Good times! Our initial launch on HN was over two years ago [2], when terms like "second brain" and "tools for thought" were still in their infancy. Since then, the landscape has continued to evolve and new ideas are sprouting in the space every day. Obsidian has always embraced its "hacker" nature and thrives off its community of tinkerers. We now have over 670 plugins that push the envelope of what's possible in the app. We want to continue to foster that same hacker spirit, but at the same time, we want to provide a polished product that can stand on its own. In the last several months, we've expanded the team and refocused ourselves on providing a product that's polished and easy to use. We have big plans to continue making Obsidian the best and most refined thought-processing app for decades to come. Obsidian 1.0 is just the start! Special credits go to Stephan Ango (@kepano) for the redesign and Liam Cain for tirelessly polishing this release. [1]: https://ift.tt/Vf1SGhi [2]: https://ift.tt/CdWGP3Z

New best story on Hacker News: Meta Quest Pro

Meta Quest Pro
454 by mfiguiere | 742 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: I wish my web server were in the corner of my room

I wish my web server were in the corner of my room
442 by flobosg | 330 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Joe Rogan Interviews Steve Jobs

Joe Rogan Interviews Steve Jobs
419 by charlieirish | 244 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Go: Redefining For Loop Variable Semantics

Go: Redefining For Loop Variable Semantics
420 by denysvitali | 219 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: The Hummingbird Clock: date videos by background mains hum

The Hummingbird Clock: date videos by background mains hum
528 by wodow | 144 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam awarded €75K in court

Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam awarded €75K in court
560 by stoeckley | 450 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Take a break

Take a break
417 by imartin2k | 161 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Stripe is PayPal circa 2010

Stripe is PayPal circa 2010
472 by qualudeheart | 242 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Leap: Neovim’s Answer to the Mouse

Leap: Neovim’s Answer to the Mouse
597 by bpierre | 251 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Postgres WASM

Postgres WASM
723 by kiwicopple | 152 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: The PS5 Has Been Jailbroken

The PS5 Has Been Jailbroken
707 by mihau | 358 comments on Hacker News.


New best story on Hacker News: Tell HN: A disabled 40-year-old person founded a startup and makes a living

Tell HN: A disabled 40-year-old person founded a startup and makes a living
704 by michaelcao | 132 comments on Hacker News.
I am Michael Cao. I am from Viet Nam. I suffered the polio disease and became disabled when i was one year old. When covid 19 pandemic hit the world. All people has suffered a lot. I and my friend, Canadian guy, decided to cofound 2HAC Studio because we thought that we need to do something to help people. We don't want to hire any employees to keep the cost at minimum (only spend 9.99$ per year for domain). I keep my job at American company in Viet Nam and my cofounder also still worked at a Bank of Canada. We spent our free time to implement and marketing our products We have been developing the Google workspace addons. Out technology stack are App Script, VueJS for addons. Hugo for our website. We hosted our website in Google Cloud. Paypal is our payment system. Tawk for customer support. All of them are free. At 2020, we had a pain point in Viet Nam because health official requires to do contact tracing when people went to events, churches, schools so we scratched our own itches and developed QR Code Attendance addon https://ift.tt/UqHjsn5... . After that, we provide our addon in G Suite marketplace and a lot of customers used our addon for contact tracing, for example take temperature, name, health status of attendees and give data to health official. Currently, we continue working on QR Code and barcode solutions. Our startup has survived and thrived during Covid-19 while a lot of startups have failed miserable. Our business model are both subscription and lifetime pricing. We have more than 5 million users for all our Google workspace addons. We make a decent living but we don’t want to risk to give up the main job. Financial recession is coming and a lot of pain is ahead. We highly recommend that most founders should keep the job and reduce spending as much as possible for a while during early stage of their startup. Also, I would like to encourage disabled people, older people to escape your comfort zone and make changes in the world. All of us could develop outstanding products with open source or very cheap tools. If you have any questions and feedback, please fell free to contact me and send me an email. Have a great day, everyone.