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89

Dicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Way (pudding.cool)

3 weeks ago | surprisetalk | pudding.cool | best

67

Pfeilstorch (wikipedia.org)

3 weeks ago | gyomu | wikipedia.org | best

35

[flagged] SpaceX Gets Billions from the Government, Gives Little to Nothing Back in Taxes (nytimes.com)

3 weeks ago | pretext | nytimes.com | frontpage

20

Satoshi Nakamoto Translated into English Means "Central Intelligence" (wisewolfmedia.substack.com)

3 weeks ago | douchecoded | substack.com | newest

160

Making Your Own Merchant Service Provider (voidfox.com)

3 weeks ago | progval | voidfox.com | best

25

A Race to Save a Signature American Tree from a Deadly Disease (nytimes.com)

3 weeks ago | jgwil2 | nytimes.com | frontpage

134

Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study (kcl.ac.uk)

3 weeks ago | sohkamyung | kcl.ac.uk | best

17

Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility (nature.com)

3 weeks ago | rntn | nature.com | frontpage

10

The 10 Percent Is in a Fit of Rage over Airport Lounges (newrepublic.com)

3 weeks ago | petethomas | newrepublic.com | frontpage

15

Boy riding bubble realizes what he's on, asks for more air (theregister.com)

3 weeks ago | Bender | theregister.com | frontpage

59

Should you take creatine? (economist.com)

3 weeks ago | Anon84 | economist.com | frontpage

95

Blue-collar jobs are gaining popularity as AI threatens office work (nbcnews.com)

3 weeks ago | geox | nbcnews.com | frontpage

48

Seagate spins up a raid on a counterfeit hard drive workshop (tomshardware.com)

3 weeks ago | gjvc | tomshardware.com | frontpage

76

Books will soon be obsolete in school (shkspr.mobi)

3 weeks ago | edent | shkspr.mobi | frontpage

16

Deep-Sea Desalination Pulls Fresh Water from the Depths (scientificamerican.com)

3 weeks ago | noleary | scientificamerican.com | frontpage

40

KDE is removing all colorful third-party app icons from its Breeze icon theme (neowin.net)

3 weeks ago | bundie | neowin.net | frontpage

83

Open office is giving you secondhand ADHD (floustate.com)

3 weeks ago | skrid | floustate.com | frontpage

109

Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription (autoexpress.co.uk)

3 weeks ago | t0bia_s | autoexpress.co.uk | frontpage

65

Traps to Developers (qouteall.fun)

3 weeks ago | qouteall | qouteall.fun | best

26

African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks Africa's size (theguardian.com)

3 weeks ago | Geekette | theguardian.com | frontpage

158

Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't need (theregister.com)

3 weeks ago | rntn | theregister.com | frontpage

75

[dupe] VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power (bbc.com)

3 weeks ago | thunderbong | bbc.com | frontpage

78

Anthropic's CEO says in 3-6 months, AI will write 90% of the code (March 2025) (businessinsider.com)

3 weeks ago | amarcheschi | businessinsider.com | frontpage

70

Oil states thwart agreement on plastics (yale.edu)

3 weeks ago | YaleE360 | yale.edu | frontpage

28

Starlink announced a $5/month plan that gives unlimited usage at 500kbits/s (twitter.com/id_aa_carmack)

3 weeks ago | tosh | twitter.com | frontpage

259

Good system design (seangoedecke.com)

3 weeks ago | dondraper36 | seangoedecke.com | best

13

A mind–reading brain implant that comes with password protection (nature.com)

3 weeks ago | gnabgib | nature.com | frontpage

36

America's stock-market dominance is an emergency for Europe (wsj.com)

3 weeks ago | mudil | wsj.com | frontpage

11

Single Sign on for Furries (cendyne.dev)

3 weeks ago | BallsInIt | cendyne.dev | frontpage

160

PuTTY has a new website (putty.software)

3 weeks ago | GalaxySnail | putty.software | best

71

Best Practices for Building Agentic AI Systems (userjot.com)

3 weeks ago | vinhnx | userjot.com | frontpage

141

AI is different (antirez.com)

3 weeks ago | grep_it | antirez.com | best

10

Weight-Loss Drugs Have a Surprising Foe: Fat Activists (wsj.com)

3 weeks ago | impish9208 | wsj.com | newest

13

Judge Blocks FTC Investigation of Media Matters (nytimes.com)

3 weeks ago | duxup | nytimes.com | frontpage

23

Mark Zuckerberg's vision for humanity is terrifying (sfgate.com)

3 weeks ago | SirLJ | sfgate.com | frontpage

21

Porting Gigabyte MZ33-AR1 Server Board with AMD Turin CPU to Coreboot (3mdeb.com)

3 weeks ago | pietrushnic | 3mdeb.com | frontpage

60

A privacy VPN you can verify (vp.net)

3 weeks ago | MagicalTux | vp.net | frontpage

31

[flagged] Microsoft launch inquiry on Israel use of tech for surveillance of Palestinians (theguardian.com)

3 weeks ago | t0lo | theguardian.com | frontpage

41

Model intelligence is no longer the constraint for automation (latentintent.substack.com)

3 weeks ago | drivian | substack.com | frontpage

18

Show HN: Prime Number Grid Visualizer (enda.sh)

3 weeks ago | dduplex | enda.sh | frontpage

126

I accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developer (drobinin.com)

3 weeks ago | valzevul | drobinin.com | best

181

California unemployment rises to 5.5%, worst in the U.S. as tech falters (sfchronicle.com)

3 weeks ago | littlexsparkee | sfchronicle.com | best

29

TextKit 2 – The Promised Land (krzyzanowskim.com)

3 weeks ago | nickmain | krzyzanowskim.com | frontpage

152

The future of large files in Git is Git (tylercipriani.com)

3 weeks ago | thcipriani | tylercipriani.com | best

103

[flagged] Israeli unit tasked with smearing Gaza journalists as Hamas fighters – report (theguardian.com)

3 weeks ago | NomDePlum | theguardian.com | frontpage

22

Proton begins moving hardware out of Switzerland due to proposed legislation (techradar.com)

3 weeks ago | terminalbraid | techradar.com | frontpage

10

US senators call for Meta probe after Reuters report on its AI policies (reuters.com)

3 weeks ago | Telstrom90 | reuters.com | frontpage

130

Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish Gripen jets (scmp.com)

3 weeks ago | belter | scmp.com | best

13

Solar panels that fit on your balcony or deck are gaining traction in the US (apnews.com)

3 weeks ago | toomuchtodo | apnews.com | frontpage

10

NASA's acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency (arstechnica.com)

3 weeks ago | voxadam | arstechnica.com | frontpage

16

ICE Adds Random Person to Group Chat, Exposes Details of Manhunt in Real-Time (404media.co)

3 weeks ago | colinprince | 404media.co | frontpage

24

We're making GPT-5 warmer and friendlier based on feedback that it felt formal (twitter.com/openai)

3 weeks ago | MallocVoidstar | twitter.com | frontpage

16

[dupe] Steve Wozniak:I gave all my Apple wealth away because that's not what I live for (slashdot.org)

3 weeks ago | alexcos | slashdot.org | frontpage

25

LibreOffice says Microsoft Office exploits you, offers free ODF migration guide (neowin.net)

3 weeks ago | bundie | neowin.net | frontpage

169

Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 can now end a rare subset of conversations (anthropic.com)

3 weeks ago | virgildotcodes | anthropic.com | best

19

[flagged] Dating Men in the Bay Area (astralcodexten.com)

3 weeks ago | lukebechtel | astralcodexten.com | frontpage

23

Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ Bug Took Down Solidity (osec.io)

3 weeks ago | luu | osec.io | frontpage

76

OpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itself (tedunangst.com)

3 weeks ago | Bogdanp | tedunangst.com | best

14

I gave all my Apple wealth away because wealth and power are not what I live for (slashdot.org)

3 weeks ago | felineflock | slashdot.org | frontpage

10

Show HN: memes.business – AI memes that are actually funny (memes.business)

3 weeks ago | HarshP123 | memes.business | newest

19

Show HN: JMAP MCP – Email for your agents (github.com/wyattjoh)

3 weeks ago | wyattjoh | github.com | frontpage

50

When the CIA got away with building a heart attack gun (wisewolfmedia.substack.com)

3 weeks ago | douchecoded | substack.com | frontpage

31

Entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, and growing rapidly (pnas.org)

3 weeks ago | Anon84 | pnas.org | frontpage

15

Markdown versus Org Mode (irreal.org)

3 weeks ago | freediver | irreal.org | newest

24

Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation and exercise capacity in healthy volunteers (oup.com)

3 weeks ago | PaulHoule | oup.com | frontpage

21

ARM adds neural accelerators to GPUs (arm.com)

3 weeks ago | dagmx | arm.com | frontpage

19

UK Office of Communication fines US company 4chan (twitter.com/prestonjbyrne)

3 weeks ago | delichon | twitter.com | newest

13

It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. It Could Be an Audio Bug (wired.com)

3 weeks ago | pkaeding | wired.com | frontpage

40

Launch HN: Embedder (YC S25) – Claude code for embedded software

3 weeks ago | bobwei1 | ycombinator.com | frontpage

38

Bullfrog in the Dungeon (filfre.net)

3 weeks ago | doppp | filfre.net | frontpage

21

Iceland supermarket offering £1 reward for reporting shoplifters (bbc.com)

3 weeks ago | speckx | bbc.com | frontpage

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[flagged] Are We Creating Entrepreneurs or Just Privileged Risk-Takers? (luolink.substack.com)

3 weeks ago | luolink | substack.com | frontpage

36

HTTP/1.1 must die: the desync endgame (portswigger.net)

3 weeks ago | sprawl_ | portswigger.net | frontpage

86

Imagen 4 is now generally available (googleblog.com)

3 weeks ago | meetpateltech | googleblog.com | best

137

Show HN: Edka – Kubernetes clusters on your own Hetzner account (edka.io)

3 weeks ago | camil | edka.io | best

17

XAI Was About to Land a Major Government Contract. Then Grok Praised Hitler (wired.com)

3 weeks ago | doener | wired.com | frontpage

23

An interactive guide to sensor fusion with quaternions (quaternion.cafe)

3 weeks ago | Bogdanp | quaternion.cafe | frontpage

83

Is air travel getting worse? (maximum-progress.com)

3 weeks ago | mhb | maximum-progress.com | frontpage

90

It seems like the AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges (anoxinon.de)

3 weeks ago | moelf | anoxinon.de | frontpage

10

Making reliable distributed systems in the presence of software errors (2003) [pdf] (erlang.org)

3 weeks ago | vismit2000 | erlang.org | frontpage

17

Ransomware crews don't care about your endpoint security they killed it (theregister.com)

3 weeks ago | Bender | theregister.com | frontpage

19

Recto – A Truly 2D Language (masatohagiwara.net)

3 weeks ago | mhagiwara | masatohagiwara.net | frontpage

152

Occult books digitized and put online by Amsterdam’s Ritman Library (openculture.com)

3 weeks ago | Anon84 | openculture.com | best

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[flagged] German court declares Karl Marx's teachings unconstitutional (harici.com.tr)

3 weeks ago | Anthony-G | harici.com.tr | frontpage

10

Brian Eno: The feeling that things are inevitably going to get worse (2009) (theguardian.com)

3 weeks ago | pcardoso | theguardian.com | frontpage

36

I let LLMs write an Elixir NIF in C; it mostly worked (overbring.com)

3 weeks ago | overbring_labs | overbring.com | frontpage

26

SC's proposed nuclear reboot: 'We're going to finish these reactors' (scdailygazette.com)

3 weeks ago | mpweiher | scdailygazette.com | frontpage

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Steam can't escape the fallout from its censorship controversy (polygon.com)

3 weeks ago | SilverElfin | polygon.com | frontpage

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Using AI to secure AI (mattsayar.com)

3 weeks ago | MattSayar | mattsayar.com | frontpage

190

The Folk Economics of Housing (aeaweb.org)

3 weeks ago | kareemm | aeaweb.org | frontpage

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The electric fence stopped working years ago (soonly.com)

3 weeks ago | stroz | soonly.com | best

42

Have you ever noticed that people dressed better in the past? (twitter.com/dieworkwear)

3 weeks ago | surprisetalk | twitter.com | frontpage

16

Problems in LLM Benchmarking and Evaluation (xent.tech)

3 weeks ago | acegod | xent.tech | newest

138

ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes (bmj.com)

3 weeks ago | bookofjoe | bmj.com | best

109

Do Things That Don't Scale (2013) (paulgraham.com)

3 weeks ago | bschne | paulgraham.com | best

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A privacy VPN you can verify (vp.net)

3 weeks ago | MagicalTux | vp.net | newest

10

Louisiana sues Roblox alleging the popular gaming site fails to protect children (apnews.com)

3 weeks ago | davikr | apnews.com | frontpage

19

Show HN: Clojure Land – discover open-source Clojure projects (clojure.land)

3 weeks ago | brettatoms | clojure.land | newest

173

The beauty of a text only webpage (albanbrooke.com)

3 weeks ago | speckx | albanbrooke.com | best

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The Timmy Trap (jenson.org)

3 weeks ago | metadat | jenson.org | frontpage