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Calling white middle-aged women Karen 'borders on racism' (thetimes.com)

2 weeks ago | Michelangelo11 | thetimes.com | frontpage

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[flagged] Brave creates new TLD on the blockchain (brave.com)

2 weeks ago | meander_water | brave.com | frontpage

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Google Gemini is about to control your messages and calls, even if you say no (laptopmag.com)

2 weeks ago | robin_reala | laptopmag.com | frontpage

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[flagged] It's Known as 'The List'–and It's a Secret File of AI Geniuses (wsj.com)

2 weeks ago | pretext | wsj.com | frontpage

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Universal pre-training by iterated random computation (arxiv.org)

2 weeks ago | liamdgray | arxiv.org | frontpage

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Against AI: An Open Letter from Writers to Publishers (lithub.com)

2 weeks ago | neom | lithub.com | frontpage

33

Blackwell: Nvidia's GPU (chipsandcheese.com)

2 weeks ago | pella | chipsandcheese.com | best

14

Infrastructure at Roblox (roblox.com)

2 weeks ago | ak009 | roblox.com | best

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Group of investors represented by YouTuber Perifractic buys Commodore (amiga-news.de)

2 weeks ago | erickhill | amiga-news.de | best

18

Techie went home rather than fix mistake that caused a meltdown (theregister.com)

2 weeks ago | docmechanic | theregister.com | frontpage

11

Vancouver man says institutions unable to recognize new Indigenous street name (globalnews.ca)

2 weeks ago | Teever | globalnews.ca | frontpage

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Generative AI's failure to induce robust models of the world (garymarcus.substack.com)

2 weeks ago | pmcjones | substack.com | best

10

Ask HN: Would HN be better if downvoting required justification?

2 weeks ago | martin-t | ycombinator.com | newest

19

Satellites keep breaking up in space. Insurance won't cover them (space.com)

2 weeks ago | nradov | space.com | frontpage

13

Refurb weekend: Gremlin Blasto arcade board (oldvcr.blogspot.com)

2 weeks ago | todsacerdoti | blogspot.com | frontpage

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Tesla Robotaxi misses left-turn and drives into oncoming traffic lane casually (twitch.tv)

2 weeks ago | haunter | twitch.tv | frontpage

11

LLMs Bring New Nature of Abstraction (martinfowler.com)

2 weeks ago | hasheddan | martinfowler.com | frontpage

83

Solving `Passport Application` with Haskell (jameshaydon.github.io)

2 weeks ago | jameshh | github.io | best

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US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data (npr.org)

2 weeks ago | drewr | npr.org | best

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An Indoor Beehive in My Bedroom Wall (keepingbackyardbees.com)

2 weeks ago | gscott | keepingbackyardbees.com | best

174

The Death of the Middle-Class Musician (thewalrus.ca)

2 weeks ago | pseudolus | thewalrus.ca | best

10

MAGA Doesn't Mean Making Profits Great Again (bloomberg.com)

2 weeks ago | latentnumber | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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The Great Illusion: When We Believed BeOS Would Save the World (desktoponfire.com)

2 weeks ago | naves | desktoponfire.com | frontpage

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Microsoft tried dogfooding Copilot with .NET, but got only hallucinations

2 weeks ago | aislopness | ycombinator.com | frontpage

25

Memory Safe Languages: Reducing Vulnerabilities in Modern Software Development [pdf] (defense.gov)

2 weeks ago | todsacerdoti | defense.gov | best

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Schizophrenia is the price we pay for minds poised near the edge of a cliff (psychiatrymargins.com)

2 weeks ago | Anon84 | psychiatrymargins.com | best

26

H1-B visas hurt one type of worker and exploit another (senate.gov)

2 weeks ago | 1vuio0pswjnm7 | senate.gov | frontpage

24

Show HN: Vet – A tool for safely running remote shell scripts (getvet.sh)

2 weeks ago | a10r | getvet.sh | best

26

NovaCustom – Framework Laptop alternative focusing on privacy (novacustom.com)

2 weeks ago | CHEF-KOCH | novacustom.com | frontpage

25

Sinaloa cartel used phone data and surveillance cameras to find FBI informants (reuters.com)

2 weeks ago | _tk_ | reuters.com | frontpage

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Meta Spends $14B to Hire a Single Guy (theahura.substack.com)

2 weeks ago | theahura | substack.com | best

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Life of an inference request (vLLM V1): How LLMs are served efficiently at scale (ubicloud.com)

2 weeks ago | samaysharma | ubicloud.com | best

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AI fakes duel over impeachment of Vice-President in Phillipines (afp.com)

2 weeks ago | anigbrowl | afp.com | frontpage

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JavaScript Trademark Update (deno.com)

2 weeks ago | thebeardisred | deno.com | best

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2025 ARRL Field Day (arrl.org)

2 weeks ago | rookderby | arrl.org | best

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Use Plaintext Email (2019) (useplaintext.email)

2 weeks ago | cyrc | useplaintext.email | best

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BYU study: Why some people choose not to use artificial intelligence (byu.edu)

2 weeks ago | computator | byu.edu | frontpage

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US Justice Department settles antitrust case for HPE's $14B takeover of Juniper (reuters.com)

2 weeks ago | awat | reuters.com | frontpage

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bootc-image-builder: Build your entire OS from a Containerfile (github.com/osbuild)

2 weeks ago | twelvenmonkeys | github.com | frontpage

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Is being bilingual good for your brain? (economist.com)

2 weeks ago | Anon84 | economist.com | best

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Boeing uses potatoes to test wi-fi (2012) (bbc.com)

2 weeks ago | m-hodges | bbc.com | frontpage

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Sirius: A GPU-native SQL engine (github.com/sirius-db)

2 weeks ago | qianli_cs | github.com | best

19

What makes Europe better than America? (thefp.com)

2 weeks ago | zeroonetwothree | thefp.com | frontpage

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Arrests of scientists over smuggled samples add to US border anxiety (nature.com)

2 weeks ago | rntn | nature.com | frontpage

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No One Is in Charge at the US Copyright Office (wired.com)

2 weeks ago | rntn | wired.com | best

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Lima Site 85: How a CIA Helicopter Defended a Secret U.S. Radar Facility (aviacionline.com)

2 weeks ago | davikr | aviacionline.com | frontpage

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Canada's Trump-Fueled Brain Gain (nytimes.com)

2 weeks ago | _tk_ | nytimes.com | frontpage

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ZeQLplus: Terminal SQLite Database Browser (github.com/zetlostudio)

2 weeks ago | amadeuspagel | github.com | best

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Engineered Addictions (masonyarbrough.substack.com)

2 weeks ago | echollama | substack.com | best

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Why is every successful tech founder an Ivy League graduate

2 weeks ago | moneyhungry | ycombinator.com | frontpage

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BusyBeaver(6) Is Quite Large (scottaaronson.blog)

2 weeks ago | bdr | scottaaronson.blog | best

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Republican governors oppose 10-year moratorium on state AI laws in GOP tax bill (politico.com)

2 weeks ago | MilnerRoute | politico.com | frontpage

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Ask HN: From the MIT study, is it smarter to resign than to use forced AI?

2 weeks ago | ciwolex | ycombinator.com | frontpage

14

Untangling Lifetimes: The Arena Allocator (rfleury.com)

2 weeks ago | signa11 | rfleury.com | frontpage

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Jane Street's sneaky retention tactic (economist.com)

2 weeks ago | yawaramin | economist.com | frontpage

22

Peter Thiel: Elon Musk has given up on Mars (unherd.com)

2 weeks ago | elsewhen | unherd.com | frontpage

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Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026 (arstechnica.com)

2 weeks ago | jmsflknr | arstechnica.com | best

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Parsing JSON in Forty Lines of Awk (akr.am)

2 weeks ago | thefilmore | akr.am | best

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People Are Being Involuntarily Committed After Spiraling into ChatGPT Psychosis (futurism.com)

2 weeks ago | cainxinth | futurism.com | frontpage

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LLMs bring new nature of abstraction – up and sideways (martinfowler.com)

2 weeks ago | tudorizer | martinfowler.com | frontpage

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Lossless LLM 3x Throughput Increase by LMCache (github.com/lmcache)

2 weeks ago | lihanc111 | github.com | best

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I Like the Helix Editor (herecomesthemoon.net)

2 weeks ago | Bogdanp | herecomesthemoon.net | newest

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Ask HN: What are you actually using LLMs for in production?

2 weeks ago | Satam | ycombinator.com | frontpage

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ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court (tpr.org)

2 weeks ago | cempaka | tpr.org | frontpage

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[flagged] The Coming Storm: How Mediterranean Water Collapse Could Reshape Britain (fromtheprism.com)

2 weeks ago | voxx-ai | fromtheprism.com | frontpage

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Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more (businessinsider.com)

2 weeks ago | taubek | businessinsider.com | frontpage

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[dupe] Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos you haven’t yet shared (techcrunch.com)

2 weeks ago | absqueued | techcrunch.com | best

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MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System (worksonmymachine.substack.com)

2 weeks ago | Stwerner | substack.com | best

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Antitrust defies politics' law of gravity (pluralistic.net)

2 weeks ago | almost-exactly | pluralistic.net | frontpage

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Swarms of robots could go up your nose, melt the mucus and clean your sinuses (zmescience.com)

2 weeks ago | fcpguru | zmescience.com | frontpage

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Finding Peter Putnam (nautil.us)

2 weeks ago | dnetesn | nautil.us | best

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Engineer creates ad block for the real world with augmented reality glasses (tomshardware.com)

2 weeks ago | LorenDB | tomshardware.com | best

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We ran a Unix-like OS on our home-built CPU with a home-built C compiler (2020) (edby.coffee)

2 weeks ago | AlexeyBrin | edby.coffee | best

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Texas brothers buy abandoned Boeing 727 for $10k (popsci.com)

2 weeks ago | underthenettle | popsci.com | frontpage

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Korean students seek 'digital undertakers' amid US visa social media screening (koreaherald.com)

2 weeks ago | djoldman | koreaherald.com | frontpage

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Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death (theguardian.com)

2 weeks ago | gripewater | theguardian.com | best

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An Introduction to Tribalism for the Modern World That Has Forgotten It (sustainableviews.substack.com)

2 weeks ago | spyckie2 | substack.com | best

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History of Cycling Maps (cyclemaps.blogspot.com)

2 weeks ago | altilunium | blogspot.com | best

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Programming as Theory Building: Why Senior Developers Are More Valuable (cekrem.github.io)

2 weeks ago | vinhnx | github.io | frontpage

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[flagged] We need to talk about Saudi Arabia (architectsjournal.co.uk)

2 weeks ago | tweetle_beetle | architectsjournal.co.uk | frontpage

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I will fix your vibe-coded MVP – sgnt.ai (sgnt.ai)

2 weeks ago | yeahyeah321 | sgnt.ai | frontpage

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DeepSeek R2 launch stalled as CEO balks at progress (reuters.com)

2 weeks ago | nsoonhui | reuters.com | best

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Theoretical Analysis of Positional Encodings in Transformer Models (arxiv.org)

2 weeks ago | PaulHoule | arxiv.org | frontpage

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DR Congo and Rawanda signs a peace deal (bbc.com)

2 weeks ago | rock_artist | bbc.com | frontpage

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IDF officers ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near Gaza food distribution sites (haaretz.com)

2 weeks ago | ahmetcadirci25 | haaretz.com | best

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Quantum Physics Is on the Wrong Track, Says Breakthrough Prize Winner (scientificamerican.com)

2 weeks ago | stogot | scientificamerican.com | frontpage

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Hurricane Forecasters Lose Crucial Satellite Data, with Serious Implications (scientificamerican.com)

2 weeks ago | perihelions | scientificamerican.com | frontpage

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Reinforcement learning, explained with a minimum of math and jargon (understandingai.org)

2 weeks ago | JnBrymn | understandingai.org | best

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Dubai Reality Check: An Indian VC's Year of Truth (dealflowiq.com)

2 weeks ago | koolhead17 | dealflowiq.com | frontpage

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I deleted my second brain (joanwestenberg.com)

2 weeks ago | MrVandemar | joanwestenberg.com | best

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[flagged] Why does Kars4Kids sends most of its money to one town in New Jersey? (2023) (mossplanet.news)

2 weeks ago | myballshurt | mossplanet.news | best

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ICE Uses Breaching Charge (reddit.com)

2 weeks ago | soared | reddit.com | newest

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Multi-Stage Programming with Splice Variables (tsung-ju.org)

2 weeks ago | matt_d | tsung-ju.org | frontpage

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China breaks more records with surge in solar and wind power (theguardian.com)

2 weeks ago | testing22321 | theguardian.com | frontpage

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New Process Uses Microbes to Create Valuable Materials from Urine (lbl.gov)

2 weeks ago | gmays | lbl.gov | frontpage

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Slightly better named character reference tokenization than Chrome, Safari, FF (ryanliptak.com)

2 weeks ago | todsacerdoti | ryanliptak.com | frontpage

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Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos you haven’t yet shared (theverge.com)

2 weeks ago | pier25 | theverge.com | best

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A Lisp adventure on the calm waters of the dead C (2021) (mihaiolteanu.me)

2 weeks ago | caned | mihaiolteanu.me | best

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Show HN: Do you know RGB? (maxwellito.github.io)

2 weeks ago | maxwellito | github.io | best

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Rust in the Linux kernel: part 2 (lwn.net)

2 weeks ago | chmaynard | lwn.net | best