π Wow, groundbreaking news from the
#retail giant! π€ Walmartβs
#ChatGPT #checkout fails spectacularly, converting at a rate so dismal it makes their website look like a conversion machine. Who knew
#AI could be so... exclusive? π 403 Forbidden, indeed!
https://searchengineland.com/walmart-chatgpt-checkout-converted-worse-472071 #Walmart #failure #innovation #403Forbidden #HackerNews #ngated
Walmart: ChatGPT checkout converted 3x worse than website
After testing 200,000 items in ChatGPT, Walmart found sharply lower conversions and will use its own integrated shopping experience.
π« 403 Forbidden: The ultimate plot twist! Turns out your
#CPU can't predict branches when it's locked out of the page. Who knew running into a digital "no entry" sign could be so educational? ππ€·ββοΈ
https://lemire.me/blog/2026/03/18/how-many-branches-can-your-cpu-predict/ #403Forbidden #BranchPrediction #DigitalEducation #TechTwist #NoEntry #HackerNews #ngated
How many branches can your CPU predict?
Modern processors have the ability to execute many instructions per cycle, on a single core. To be able to execute many instructions per cycle in practice, processors predict branches. I have made the point over the years that modern CPUs have an incredible ability to predict branches. It makes benchmarking difficult because if you test β¦ Continue reading How many branches can your CPU predict?
π«π€ Ah, the elusive "prefix sums" articleβwhere you learn absolutely nothing about ARM NEON but everything about web developers' favorite error code: 403 Forbidden! Who knew gigabytes per second referred to the speed at which you get denied access? ππ
https://lemire.me/blog/2026/03/08/prefix-sums-at-tens-of-gigabytes-per-second-with-arm-neon/ #prefixsums #403forbidden #webdevelopment #ARMNEON #errors #gigabytespersecond #HackerNews #ngated
Prefix sums at tens of gigabytes per second with ARM NEON
Suppose that you have a record of your sales per day. You might want to get a running record where, for each day, you are told how many sales you have made since the start of the year. day sales per day running sales 1 10$ 10 $ 2 15$ 25 $ 3 5$ 30 β¦ Continue reading Prefix sums at tens of gigabytes per second with ARM NEON
π Ah,
#Google, in typical fashion, announces a
#change with all the detail of a fortune cookie: "403 Forbidden." π I guess we're supposed to read between the non-existent lines and figure out that
#Widevine is going the way of the dodo in April 2027. Good luck, streaming services! π«π
https://castlabs.com/blog/widevine-retiring-cloud-license-service/ #403Forbidden #StreamingServices #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated
Widevine retiring its Cloud License Service (CLS) - Castlabs
Widevine retires its Cloud License Service in April 2027. Learn what it may mean for your DRM setup and how to migrate smoothly to avoid disruption.
π Intel's groundbreaking
#chip #demo was so secure that even their own website couldn't access the informationβ403 forbidden, indeed! π Maybe they're just encrypting their press releases now, too. π€·ββοΈ
https://spectrum.ieee.org/fhe-intel #Intel #Security #403Forbidden #Encryption #News #HackerNews #ngated
Intel's Heracles Chip Speeds Up FHE Computing
Intel's Heracles chip speeds up encrypted data processing by up to 5000 times.
π Oh,
#Ireland, that green dot on the map, just discovered the magic of 403 Forbidden while closing their last coal plant. π± Meanwhile, 14 other European countries snicker, "Welcome to the club, lads!" as
#nginx can't even handle the heat. π₯
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/20/ireland-coal-free-ends-coal-power-generation-moneypoint/ #403Forbidden #coalplant #EuropeanCountries #greenenergy #HackerNews #ngated
Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe
Moneypoint in County Clare, Ireland, joins the ranks of other European nations exiting coal by shutting off power generation at its sole remaining coal plant. Industry observers say Irelandβs increased renewable energy generation in recent years, particularly in wind, has contributed to this milestone. Moneypoint now functions as a backup oil burner under emergency instruction, but it is no longer active in the wholesale electricity market.
π¨ Breaking news: Someone allegedly "ported"
#Linux to the
#PS5, but all we get is a "403 Forbidden" error. π« Looks like the only thing running on that console is a door to nowhere! π€·ββοΈ
#EpicFailhttps://xcancel.com/theflow0/status/2030011206040256841 #port #403Forbidden #EpicFail #gamingnews #technews #HackerNews #ngated
Andy Nguyen (@theflow0)
I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine. Running GTA 5 Enhanced with Ray Tracing. π€―
π«π Oh, the irony of being denied access to the grand wisdom of Harold Bloom's anxieties! Apparently,
#nginx has decided that 403 Forbidden is the new literary canon. ππ
https://thepointmag.com/examined-life/the-influence-of-anxiety/ #HackerNews #403Forbidden #HaroldBloom #LiteraryIrony #HackerNews #ngated
The Influence of Anxiety | The Point Magazine
though itβs somewhat insane, Bloomβs Anxiety is arguably necessary.
In today's groundbreaking discovery, we learn that newline characters in URLs can magically transform your web experience into a 403 Forbidden error! ππ« Because who wouldn't want their internet journey to be roadblocked by a forbidden message? π The web's way of saying, "Nice try, but no!" π
https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/28/you-can-use-newline-characters-in-urls/ #internetissues #webdevelopment #403forbidden #newlinecharacters #technews #webexperience #HackerNews #ngated
You can use newline characters in URLs
We locate web content using special addresses called URLs. We are all familiar with addresses like https://google.com. Sometimes, URLs can get long and they can become difficult to read. Thus, we might be tempted to format them like so in HTML using newline and tab characters, like so: <a href="https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/21/ how-fast-do-browsers-correct-utf-16-strings/">my blog post</a> It will β¦ Continue reading You can use newline characters in URLs
Notepad and Paint updates begin rolling out to Windows Insiders
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out updates for Notepad and Paint apps to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11.
Notepad (version 11.2512.10.0)
In this update, weβre introduci
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