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Stories by breadbox

Very Wrong Math (charlespetzold.com)
HN 192 pts 105 comments by breadbox Jan 10, 2025 Science / Math / Physics thread
difficult ux in parking apps (cohost.org)
L 125 pts 69 comments by breadbox Aug 19, 2023 a11ymobile Design / UX / Visualization thread
Paper: You Want My Password or a Dead Patient? (2015) (cohost.org)
L 87 pts 31 comments by breadbox Nov 25, 2023 security Security / Privacy thread
Why is there a "small house" in IBM's Code page 437? (blog.glyphdrawing.club)
L 42 pts 7 comments by breadbox Apr 13, 2025 historical Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
The Therac-25 Incident (thedailywtf.com)
L 36 pts 6 comments by breadbox Feb 15, 2021 historical Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
INTERCAL: Practically Impossible (muppetlabs.com)
L 25 pts 7 comments by breadbox Jun 25, 2023 culturerantvibecoding AI / Machine LearningCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
My Own Private Binary: An Idiosyncratic Introduction to Linux Kernel Modules (muppetlabs.com)
L 25 pts 1 comments by breadbox Nov 19, 2021 linux Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
AI and the end of programming (bit-player.org)
L 19 pts 24 comments by breadbox Sep 14, 2023 vibecoding AI / Machine LearningProgramming (General) thread
The Thorny Problem of Keeping the Internet’s Time (newyorker.com)
L 19 pts 1 comments by breadbox Oct 2, 2022 networking Data / Databases / InfrastructureInternet / Digital Culture thread
Foldable Words (bit-player.org)
L 19 pts 0 comments by breadbox Feb 9, 2021 math Science / Math / Physics thread
Licenses Alone Do Not Govern Behavior in Open Source (michaelweinberg.org)
L 18 pts 1 comments by breadbox Jun 19, 2021 culture Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
The Middle of the Square (bit-player.org)
L 16 pts 5 comments by breadbox Sep 9, 2022 math Science / Math / Physics thread
Set me right on whether caring is even possible (rachelbythebay.com)
L 9 pts 10 comments by breadbox Oct 30, 2024 culturedevops Data / Databases / InfrastructureCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Rudimentary 3D on the 2D HTML Canvas (charlespetzold.com)
L 8 pts 1 comments by breadbox Oct 27, 2024 javascriptmath Web DevelopmentScience / Math / Physics thread
An efficient image format for SDL (studios.ptilouk.net)
L 7 pts 7 comments by breadbox Oct 3, 2022 graphicsperformance Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Words for the Wordle-Weary (bit-player.org)
L 7 pts 0 comments by breadbox Jun 1, 2022 math Science / Math / Physics thread
MathJax turns 3.0 (bit-player.org)
L 6 pts 1 comments by breadbox Mar 14, 2020 javascriptmath Web DevelopmentScience / Math / Physics thread
The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based LLMs replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con (softwarecrisis.dev)
L 5 pts 2 comments by breadbox Jul 7, 2023 culturevibecoding AI / Machine LearningCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Three Months in Monte Carlo (bit-player.org)
L 5 pts 1 comments by breadbox Jul 15, 2021 math Science / Math / Physics thread
Questions About Trees (bit-player.org)
L 5 pts 3 comments by breadbox Sep 5, 2020 math Science / Math / Physics thread
What Is A Scalar Field? [an explanation of fields, using only 1- and 2-syllable words] (forbes.com)
L 4 pts 2 comments by breadbox Mar 26, 2021 math Science / Math / Physics thread
How I hacked CTX and PHPass Modules (sockpuppets.medium.com)
L 3 pts 1 comments by breadbox May 25, 2022 security Security / Privacy thread