đ„ Explore this awesome post from Hacker News đ đ Category: đĄ Hereâs what youâll learn: Advanced Stealth Web Data Collection Framework đ Precise GPS Location Tracking đ Public IP & Geo-Location Detection đ» Complete Device Fingerprinting đĄ Network & Connection Information đ Battery Status & Power Management đĄïž Stealth Data Collection đŸ Multiple Storage Backends (SQLite, JSON) đ Real-time Terminal Display pip install phantomcollect Basic Usage ```bash phantomcollect From AUR (Arch Linux): Access the Interface đ§ Advanced Usage Make it Public (Ngrok) phantomcollect & ngrok http 8080 Custom Port phantomcollect --port 8081 đ Data Collected Data Type Details Location…
đ„ Read this trending post from Hacker News đ đ Category: đĄ Key idea: Skip to Translations Introduction Generative AI tools (GenAI) that allow users to rapidly generate new and creatively unique media (video, sound, text, and image) are increasingly being used across creative workflows in Content Production. At Netflix, we see these tools as valuable creative aids when used transparently and responsibly. This guidance helps filmmakers, production partners, and vendors understand when and how to use GenAI tools in production. It also offers a practical tool for assessing and enabling confident GenAI use when producing content for Netflix. To…
đ„ Explore this trending post from Hacker News đ đ Category: đĄ Main takeaway: In 1950, when computing was little more than automated arithmetic and simple logic, Alan Turing asked a question that still reverberates today: can machines think? It took remarkable imagination to see what he saw: that intelligence might someday be built rather than born. That insight later launched a relentless scientific quest called Artificial Intelligence (AI). Twenty-five years into my own career in AI, I still find myself inspired by Turingâs vision. But how close are we? The answer isnât simple.Today, leading AI technology such as large…
âš Read this trending post from Hacker News đ đ Category: đ Key idea: November 5, 2025• Physics 18, 178A nanocrystal cooled to near absolute zero produces an unexpected light emission, which is shown to arise from quantum fluctuations in the crystalâs atomic lattice. Media Whale Stock/stock.adobe.com The atoms inside a crystal never stop moving, even when the objectâs temperature approaches absolute zero. This quantum effect is called zero-point motion. Media Whale Stock/stock.adobe.com The atoms inside a crystal never stop moving, even when the objectâs temperature approaches absolute zero. This quantum effect is called zero-point motion.Ă Zero-point motion is an…
âš Explore this insightful post from Hacker News đ đ Category: đĄ Hereâs what youâll learn: By Victor Hurdugaci on Nov 10, 2025When I was at Electronic Arts or Microsoft, hiring was a multi-tier, bureaucratic process. There was a dedicated chain for budget approval, posting approval, initial filtering, screening, and offer negotiation. As a hiring manager, I only showed up for the final interview. Even at PlayerWON, which was only about 100 people, a lot of that workload was still handed off.But back then, I was dealing with maybe a dozen applicants max. Hiring in 2025 is extremely challenging compared…
đ„ Read this must-read post from Hacker News đ đ Category: đ Key idea: 25 August 2021, by _pi_Â views for comments see Hacker News, r/programming or r/vrchat Sometimes you get hit with ideas for side-projects that sound absolutely plausible in your head. The idea grips you, your mindâs eye can practically visualize it already. And then reality strikes, and you realize how utterly insane this would be, and just how much work would need to go into it. Usually these ideas appear, I enjoy dissecting them for a few days, and then I move on. But sometimes. Sometimes I decide…
đ Check out this must-read post from Hacker News đ đ Category: đ Hereâs what youâll learn: Introduction The Toucan is a keyboard with an integrated touchpad, built around the familiar Cantor (Piantor) layout, designs with the goal of creating a truly portable split keyboard, something easy to bring along for work, travel, or even to use comfortably on a flight. Features of Toucan Wireless - Powered by the latest Seeed Studio XIAO nRF52840 Plus controller, the Toucan connects to iPads, notebooks, and computers via Bluetooth. It can also pair with a Bluetooth dongle, such as the Prospector. DIY Fun…
đ Explore this awesome post from Hacker News đ đ Category: đ Main takeaway: During the course of a regular working day, I receive a lot of screenshots like this from well-meaning colleagues: It's almost always in a chat about some issue that occurred in the code, or perhaps code that's somehow related to the code in the screenshot, or⊠well, how am I supposed to even know? Upon seeing this code, I might think, âHow is slug defined? Is slug being used to create the baseUrl? Why is the domain name hard-coded in that URL? What happens if an…
âš Check out this insightful post from Hacker News đ đ Category: đĄ Hereâs what youâll learn: Soren Monroe-Anderson was just 20 years old when he walked into the Pentagon with his friend Olaf Hichwa, trying to sell drones theyâd built in his parentsâ garage. A senior Department of Defense official shut them down immediately: âYou canât just waltz into the Pentagon as 21-year-olds and sell weapon systems to the D.O.D.â Two years later, Monroe-Anderson, now 22, and Hichwa, 24, arenât just selling to the Pentagonâtheyâre dominating it. Neros Technologies, the company they founded in 2023, has raised $121 million…
đ Explore this awesome post from Hacker News đ đ Category: đĄ Key idea: In a previous post, I mentioned having strange performance issues regarding a tiny RPG I was secretly working on. The crux of the matter was that the game (built using web technologies) would run noticeably less smoothly when wrapped as a desktop app on my machine than when running in Firefox. I initially shared the projectâs executables on the KAPLAY Discord server (KAPLAY being the library I used to make the game in JavaScript) and none reported the performance issues I had.Seeing this, I decided to…
