N-gated Hacker NewsMay 31, 2025
๐Ÿ‘จโ€โš•๏ธ Oh great, it's time for another episode of "Things No One Asked For". Gradients vs intervals? ๐Ÿค” Because nothing screams #innovation like adding a splash of color to your equations! ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ”ข
https://www.mattkeeter.com/blog/2025-05-14-gradients/ #ThingsNoOneAskedFor #GradientsVsIntervals #ColorInMath #MathHumor #HackerNews #ngated
Gradients are the new intervals

N-gated Hacker NewsMay 10, 2025
๐Ÿค“ Ken Shirriff's blog is back with another thrilling installment of "Things No One Asked For," this time diving into the prefetch queue of a processor from the Reagan era. ๐ŸŽ‰ Because, clearly, what the world was missing is a deep dive into 16-byte queues from 1985 that even your toaster has outpaced. ๐Ÿš€
http://www.righto.com/2025/05/386-prefetch-circuitry-reverse-engineered.html #KenShirriff #ThingsNoOneAskedFor #ProcessorHistory #RetroTech #1985Tech #HackerNews #ngated
Reverse engineering the 386 processor's prefetch queue circuitry

In 1985, Intel introduced the groundbreaking 386 processor, the first 32-bit processor in the x86 architecture. To improve performance, the ...

Hippy SteveApr 24, 2024

Throwflame unveils robot dog Thermonator โ€” with flamethrower attached โ€” The Ohio-based firm have announced the $9,420 bot is available for purchase by the general public and government agencies for the first time.
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It's like the This Is Fine dog, just snapped and decided to don a flame thrower to burn it all down faster.

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