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22

Update on my Racket exit (winny.tech)

2 weeks ago | todsacerdoti | winny.tech | frontpage

29

People stuck using ancient Windows computers (bbc.com)

2 weeks ago | erickhill | bbc.com | frontpage

39

Trees on city streets cope with drought by drinking from leaky pipes (newscientist.com)

2 weeks ago | bookofjoe | newscientist.com | best

11

The oldest unopened bottle of wine in the world (openculture.com)

2 weeks ago | bookofjoe | openculture.com | frontpage

12

Africa Is Buying a Record Number of Chinese Solar Panels (wired.com)

2 weeks ago | mikhael | wired.com | frontpage

17

'Sneakflation': how tariffs are gradually raising costs for American consumers (cnn.com)

2 weeks ago | MilnerRoute | cnn.com | newest

16

Which Programming Language Should I Teach First? (parentheticallyspeaking.org)

2 weeks ago | todsacerdoti | parentheticallyspeaking.org | newest

193

Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify wider UK site-blocking? (torrentfreak.com)

2 weeks ago | gloxkiqcza | torrentfreak.com | best

26

M-x spook (Emacs mail amusement) (gnu.org)

2 weeks ago | arun-mani-j | gnu.org | frontpage

132

Making games in Go: 3 months without LLMs vs. 3 days with LLMs (marianogappa.github.io)

2 weeks ago | maloga | github.io | best

124

We put a coding agent in a while loop (github.com/repomirrorhq)

2 weeks ago | sfarshid | github.com | best

72

SQLite (with WAL) doesn't do `fsync` on each commit under default settings (avi.im)

2 weeks ago | Bogdanp | avi.im | frontpage

213

Comet AI browser can get prompt injected from any site, drain your bank account (twitter.com/zack_overflow)

2 weeks ago | helloplanets | twitter.com | best

65

DeepConf: Scaling LLM reasoning with confidence, not just compute (arxiviq.substack.com)

2 weeks ago | che_shr_cat | substack.com | frontpage

17

You Suck at "Vibe Coding" Because You Suck at Coding

2 weeks ago | yassinerajallah | ycombinator.com | newest

219

US attack on renewables will lead to power crunch that spikes electricity prices (cnbc.com)

2 weeks ago | rntn | cnbc.com | best

18

What if every city had a London Overground? (dwell.com)

2 weeks ago | edward | dwell.com | frontpage

53

US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2B in research grants (nature.com)

2 weeks ago | rntn | nature.com | frontpage

39

Show HN: Bicyclopedia (lemoing.ca)

2 weeks ago | lemoing | lemoing.ca | best

14

Setting serial baud rate on ESP-IDF does nothing (atomic14.substack.com)

2 weeks ago | iamflimflam1 | substack.com | frontpage

34

Germany's Copyright Clearing House now requires courts for website blocks (heise.de)

2 weeks ago | nsdfg | heise.de | frontpage

57

Dynamically patch a Python function's source code at runtime (ericmjl.github.io)

2 weeks ago | apwheele | github.io | best

103

[flagged] ICE uses celebrity loophole to hide deportation flights (jacobin.com)

2 weeks ago | JKCalhoun | jacobin.com | best

58

Show HN: Clearcam – Add AI object detection to your IP CCTV cameras (github.com/roryclear)

2 weeks ago | roryclear | github.com | best

62

Spending too much time at airports (thezvi.substack.com)

2 weeks ago | nsoonhui | substack.com | frontpage

348

A German ISP changed their DNS to block my website (lina.sh)

2 weeks ago | shaunpud | lina.sh | best

49

Writing with LLM is not a shame (reflexions.florianernotte.be)

2 weeks ago | flornt | florianernotte.be | frontpage

12

Physics of badminton's new killer spin serve (arstechnica.com)

2 weeks ago | amichail | arstechnica.com | best

89

The AI vibe shift is upon us (cnn.com)

2 weeks ago | lelele | cnn.com | frontpage

64

US halts work on almost finished wind farm because national security (npr.org)

2 weeks ago | hvb2 | npr.org | best

11

Declaration of famine in Gaza lays bare Israel's disregard for humanitarian duty (theguardian.com)

2 weeks ago | abdusco | theguardian.com | frontpage

15

Grok 2.5 is now open source. Grok 3 will be open source in about 6 months (twitter.com/elonmusk)

2 weeks ago | tosh | twitter.com | frontpage

16

ThinkMesh: A Python lib for parallel thinking in LLMs (github.com/martianlantern)

2 weeks ago | martianlantern | github.com | frontpage

16

Israeli army database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians (972mag.com)

2 weeks ago | ciconia | 972mag.com | frontpage

115

Valve Software handbook for new employees [pdf] (2012) (steamstatic.com)

2 weeks ago | Michelangelo11 | steamstatic.com | best

86

Turning Claude Code into my best design partner (betweentheprompts.com)

2 weeks ago | scastiel | betweentheprompts.com | best

136

It is worth it to buy the fast CPU (howardjohn.info)

2 weeks ago | ingve | howardjohn.info | best

32

Seed: Interactive software environment based on Common Lisp (github.com/phantomics)

2 weeks ago | todsacerdoti | github.com | best

11

The problems that accountability can't fix (surfingcomplexity.blog)

2 weeks ago | gpi | surfingcomplexity.blog | frontpage

18

Rolling the dice with CSS random() (webkit.org)

2 weeks ago | zdw | webkit.org | best

10

Exploring EXIF (2023) (hturan.com)

2 weeks ago | jxmorris12 | hturan.com | frontpage

24

Programming People (2016) (leftoversalad.com)

2 weeks ago | saulpw | leftoversalad.com | frontpage

33

Equal Earth – Political Wall Map (2018) (equal-earth.com)

2 weeks ago | bjelkeman-again | equal-earth.com | frontpage

12

Debdelta (debian.net)

2 weeks ago | Bogdanp | debian.net | frontpage

32

Wildthing – A model trained on role-reversed ChatGPT conversations (youaretheassistantnow.com)

2 weeks ago | iamwil | youaretheassistantnow.com | frontpage

27

Agentic Browser Security: Indirect Prompt Injection in Perplexity Comet (brave.com)

2 weeks ago | drak0n1c | brave.com | frontpage

59

Ask HN: Best codebases to study to learn software design?

2 weeks ago | pixelworm | ycombinator.com | frontpage

34

Materialized views are obviously useful (sophiebits.com)

2 weeks ago | gz09 | sophiebits.com | best

31

Evaluating LLMs for my personal use case (darkcoding.net)

2 weeks ago | goranmoomin | darkcoding.net | best

35

Show HN: Port Kill – A lightweight macOS status bar development port monitor (github.com/kagehq)

2 weeks ago | lexokoh | github.com | best

118

How to build a coding agent (ghuntley.com)

2 weeks ago | ghuntley | ghuntley.com | best

10

Gardening Boosts Brain Health (bbc.com)

2 weeks ago | andsoitis | bbc.com | frontpage

16

Acronis True Image costs performance when not used (randomascii.wordpress.com)

2 weeks ago | juanviera23 | wordpress.com | best

11

AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 vs. Ryzen 9 9950X vs. Ryzen 9 9950X3D Linux Performance (phoronix.com)

2 weeks ago | teekert | phoronix.com | frontpage

112

Tesla insiders have sold more than 50% of their shares in the last year (electrek.co)

2 weeks ago | MilnerRoute | electrek.co | frontpage

152

AGI is an engineering problem, not a model training problem (vincirufus.com)

2 weeks ago | vincirufus | vincirufus.com | best

10

AI, layoffs, productivity and The Klarna Effect (garymarcus.substack.com)

2 weeks ago | zdw | substack.com | frontpage

18

Gutenprint Discontinues macOS Support (gimp-print.sourceforge.io)

2 weeks ago | soraminazuki | sourceforge.io | frontpage

10

People Who Live to 100 Have a Unique Relationship with Disease (sciencealert.com)

2 weeks ago | prmph | sciencealert.com | frontpage

22

How can AI ID a cat? (quantamagazine.org)

2 weeks ago | sonabinu | quantamagazine.org | best

91

The cost of interrupted work (2023) (oberien.de)

2 weeks ago | _vaporwave_ | oberien.de | best

11

Silicon Valley is full of wealthy men who think they're victims, says Nick Clegg (theguardian.com)

2 weeks ago | breve | theguardian.com | frontpage

36

The West is bored to death (newstatesman.com)

2 weeks ago | CharlesW | newstatesman.com | frontpage

12

A simple way to generate random points on a sphere (johndcook.com)

2 weeks ago | piinbinary | johndcook.com | frontpage

15

Colombian Black Hawk downed by drone is a glimpse of what's to come (twz.com)

2 weeks ago | Michelangelo11 | twz.com | frontpage

81

Good EU regulations (actuallygoodregulations.eu)

2 weeks ago | saubeidl | actuallygoodregulations.eu | best

11

The Fancy Rug Dilemma (epan.land)

2 weeks ago | ericpan64 | epan.land | frontpage

13

Today's vehicles have bigger blind spots but not where you think (newatlas.com)

2 weeks ago | domofutu | newatlas.com | frontpage

25

The Amiga games and demo scene collection (amiga.vision)

2 weeks ago | doener | amiga.vision | frontpage

14

Fed Chair Warns the Economy Is Worse Than We Realized (newrepublic.com)

2 weeks ago | healsdata | newrepublic.com | frontpage

63

Romhack.ing's Internet Archive Mirror No Longer Available (romhack.ing)

2 weeks ago | pharrington | romhack.ing | best

11

Optimizing FizzBuzz in Rust (github.com/nrposner)

2 weeks ago | Bogdanp | github.com | frontpage

33

Europe's Free-Speech Problem (theatlantic.com)

2 weeks ago | whatisabcdefgh | theatlantic.com | frontpage

35

YouTube steps up fight against ad blockers again (ghacks.net)

2 weeks ago | nsdfg | ghacks.net | frontpage

31

Static sites with Python, uv, Caddy, and Docker (nkantar.com)

2 weeks ago | indigodaddy | nkantar.com | best

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A 2k-year-old sun hat worn by a Roman soldier in Egypt (smithsonianmag.com)

2 weeks ago | sensiquest | smithsonianmag.com | best

15

450× Faster Joins with Index Condition Pushdown (readyset.io)

2 weeks ago | marceloaltmann | readyset.io | frontpage

49

Texas Instruments’ new plants where Apple will make iPhone chips (cnbc.com)

2 weeks ago | giuliomagnifico | cnbc.com | best

19

Determinants and causal effects of admission to selective private colleges [pdf] (2023) (nber.org)

2 weeks ago | EvgeniyZh | nber.org | frontpage

149

What makes Claude Code so damn good (minusx.ai)

2 weeks ago | samuelstros | minusx.ai | best

22

Optimizing our way through Metroid (antithesis.com)

2 weeks ago | eatonphil | antithesis.com | best

38

Teenagers no longer answer the phone: Is it a lack of manners or a new trend? (phys.org)

2 weeks ago | PaulHoule | phys.org | frontpage

53

Why was Apache Kafka created? (2minutestreaming.com)

2 weeks ago | enether | 2minutestreaming.com | best

93

Line scan camera image processing for train photography (lawrence.lu)

2 weeks ago | dllu | lawrence.lu | best

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The F-35 is losing the trade war (jalopnik.com)

2 weeks ago | rntn | jalopnik.com | frontpage

13

Ne Zha II is the biggest movie in the world (cbc.ca)

2 weeks ago | andsoitis | cbc.ca | frontpage

81

Libre – An anonymous social experiment without likes, followers, or ads (libreantisocial.com)

2 weeks ago | rododecba | libreantisocial.com | frontpage

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RFK Jr demanded a vaccine study be retracted – the journal said no (nature.com)

2 weeks ago | rntn | nature.com | best

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I hacked Monster Energy (bobdahacker.com)

2 weeks ago | speckx | bobdahacker.com | best

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[flagged] Europe's crusade against air conditioning is insane (noahpinion.blog)

2 weeks ago | paulpauper | noahpinion.blog | frontpage

19

Robots can now learn to use tools just by watching us (techxplore.com)

2 weeks ago | geox | techxplore.com | frontpage

58

Building A16Z's Personal AI Workstation (a16z.com)

2 weeks ago | ProofHouse | a16z.com | frontpage

16

WebR – R in the Browser (r-wasm.org)

2 weeks ago | sieste | r-wasm.org | best

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Waitgroups: What they are, how to use them and what changed with Go 1.25 (mfbmina.dev)

2 weeks ago | mfbmina | mfbmina.dev | frontpage

13

The Problem with Israel Is So Much Bigger Than Netanyahu (jacobin.com)

2 weeks ago | PaulHoule | jacobin.com | newest

12

The theory and practice of selling the Aga cooker (1935) [pdf] (comeadwithus.wordpress.com)

2 weeks ago | phpnode | wordpress.com | frontpage

42

Show HN: I Made the Hardest Focus App (apps.apple.com)

2 weeks ago | Dhikshith12 | apple.com | frontpage

44

Writing Speed-of-Light Flash Attention for 5090 in CUDA C++ (gau-nernst.github.io)

2 weeks ago | dsr12 | github.io | best

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Why you can’t grow cool-climate plants in hot climates (crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.com)

2 weeks ago | surprisetalk | crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.com | best

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp's Letter to Shareholders (palantir.com)

2 weeks ago | nalinidash | palantir.com | frontpage