Stories by michalpleban

Microsoft open-sources Windows Subsystem for Linux

Sweden bans paying for OnlyFans content

What Is an Idempotent Operation?

Identifying almost any x86 CPU (2004)

Core War

Why is Windows Compressed Folders support stuck at the turn of the century? (2018)

"Bone collector" caterpillar disguises itself in the body parts of its prey

Lightweight open source reCaptcha alternative

Hacker News Dark Mode (Chrome Extension)

The effect of ChatGPT on students' learning performance: meta-analysis

Building an avocado ripeness detector using machine learning

Why are coffee stains darker at the edges?

The pink color doesn't exist

Design and evaluation of a parrot-to-parrot video-calling system (2023)

The Origins of the IBM PC

X-rays from an overdriven magnetron [video]

Nobody wants the A20 gate, but it continues to haunt us

The first machine that ran DOS (and without the 640kB barrier)

How many bytes can you pack on a floppy, and how to hack the FDC to achieve it

The lost secrets of Palm webOS (2014)