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54

How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous (openculture.com)

a month ago | janandonly | openculture.com | frontpage

111

[flagged] Tesla blows past stopped school bus and hits kid-sized dummies in FSD tests (engadget.com)

a month ago | ndsipa_pomu | engadget.com | best

27

Why Claude's Comment Paper Is a Poor Rebuttal (victoramartinez.com)

a month ago | vectorhacker | victoramartinez.com | frontpage

46

Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time (vidarholen.net)

a month ago | microsoftedging | vidarholen.net | best

31

The Illusion of Thinking: A Reality Check on AI Reasoning (leotsem.com)

a month ago | leotsem | leotsem.com | frontpage

10

I Miss the Internet (2024) (joanwestenberg.com)

a month ago | wordhydrogen | joanwestenberg.com | frontpage

11

Trump's FTC may impose merger condition that forbids advertising boycotts (arstechnica.com)

a month ago | derbOac | arstechnica.com | frontpage

17

Lisp-stat: Lisp environment for statistical computing (lisp-stat.dev)

a month ago | oumua_don17 | lisp-stat.dev | frontpage

213

Start your own Internet Resiliency Club (bowshock.nl)

a month ago | todsacerdoti | bowshock.nl | best

21

Chemical knowledge and reasoning of large language models vs. chemist expertise (nature.com)

a month ago | bookofjoe | nature.com | frontpage

97

Is gravity just entropy rising? Long-shot idea gets another look (quantamagazine.org)

a month ago | pseudolus | quantamagazine.org | best

31

NesDev.org – A community of homebrew game devs for NES and other retro consoles (nesdev.org)

a month ago | ibobev | nesdev.org | frontpage

30

Real-time CO2 monitoring without batteries or external power (kaist.ac.kr)

a month ago | gnabgib | kaist.ac.kr | best

80

Nanonets-OCR-s – OCR model that transforms documents into structured markdown (huggingface.co)

a month ago | PixelPanda | huggingface.co | best

89

Jokes and Humour in the Public Android API (voxelmanip.se)

a month ago | todsacerdoti | voxelmanip.se | best

106

Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant for essay writing task (arxiv.org)

a month ago | stephen_g | arxiv.org | best

16

First 2D, non-silicon computer developed (psu.edu)

a month ago | giuliomagnifico | psu.edu | best

15

Cure Dolly's Japanese Grammar Lessons (kellenok.github.io)

a month ago | agnishom | github.io | frontpage

45

Let's Talk About ChatGPT-Induced Spiritual Psychosis (default.blog)

a month ago | greenie_beans | default.blog | frontpage

51

DARPA program sets distance record for power beaming (darpa.mil)

a month ago | gnabgib | darpa.mil | best

44

[dupe] Meta's Llama 3.1 can recall 42 percent of the first Harry Potter book (understandingai.org)

a month ago | zdw | understandingai.org | frontpage

36

League of Professional System Administrators - Board to Dissolve Organization (lopsa.org)

a month ago | pabs3 | lopsa.org | frontpage

16

Fake bands and artificial songs are taking over YouTube and Spotify (elpais.com)

a month ago | geox | elpais.com | frontpage

11

SQLite Date and Time Functions (2007) (sqlite.org)

a month ago | 1vuio0pswjnm7 | sqlite.org | frontpage

28

Coding agents have crossed a chasm (singleton.io)

a month ago | simonpure | singleton.io | frontpage

36

Reinventing circuit breakers with supercritical CO2 (ieee.org)

a month ago | rbanffy | ieee.org | frontpage

13

An Introduction to the Hieroglyphic Language of Early 1900s Train-Hoppers (openculture.com)

a month ago | squircle | openculture.com | frontpage

15

How fast can the RPython GC allocate? (pypy.org)

a month ago | todsacerdoti | pypy.org | frontpage

34

Twin – A Textmode WINdow Environment (github.com/cosmos72)

a month ago | kim_rutherford | github.com | best

99

David Attenborough at 99: 'I will not see how the story ends' (thetimes.com)

a month ago | herbertl | thetimes.com | best

13

Text-to-LoRA: Hypernetwork that generates task-specific LLM adapters (LoRAs) (github.com/sakanaai)

a month ago | dvrp | github.com | frontpage

31

'No Kings' Protests Across the United States (nytimes.com)

a month ago | whack | nytimes.com | frontpage

18

Show HN: Pipo360 – Generate production-ready back end APIs in 60 seconds with AI (pipo360.xyz)

a month ago | the_plug | pipo360.xyz | frontpage

15

McKinsey Leans on AI to Make PowerPoints, Draft Proposals (bloomberg.com)

a month ago | JumpCrisscross | bloomberg.com | frontpage

18

IPOChatter: Track Prospective Tech IPOs (ipochatter.com)

a month ago | civilaircraft | ipochatter.com | frontpage

15

RustDesk: The Fast Open-Source Remote Access and Support Software (rustdesk.com)

a month ago | thunderbong | rustdesk.com | frontpage

23

Tell HN: I just made a first ever dollar on my SaaS

a month ago | yu3zhou4 | ycombinator.com | frontpage

94

It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painting (2021) (thehustle.co)

a month ago | rmason | thehustle.co | best

29

Show HN: Seastar – Build and dependency manager for C/C++ with Cargo's features (github.com/ai314159)

a month ago | AI314159 | github.com | frontpage

49

Telephone Exchanges in the UK (telephone-exchanges.org.uk)

a month ago | petecooper | telephone-exchanges.org.uk | best

22

Apple Completes Migration of Key Service to Swift, Gains 40% Performance Uplift (infoq.com)

a month ago | parsd | infoq.com | frontpage

125

Why SSL was renamed to TLS in late 90s (2014) (dierks.org)

a month ago | Bogdanp | dierks.org | best

56

Writing Toy Software Is a Joy (jsbarretto.com)

a month ago | todsacerdoti | jsbarretto.com | best

11

UK university students caught cheating using AI (theguardian.com)

a month ago | GeoAtreides | theguardian.com | frontpage

10

China achieves thorium nuclear reactor milestone based on abandoned US research (thecooldown.com)

a month ago | akyuu | thecooldown.com | newest

22

A skyscraper that could have toppled over in the wind (1995) (newyorker.com)

a month ago | georgecmu | newyorker.com | frontpage

53

Studio Ghibli marks 40 years, but future looks uncertain (japantimes.co.jp)

a month ago | gslin | japantimes.co.jp | best

30

Grandson of John Tyler, 10th President of the US, Died Last Month at Age 96 (msn.com)

a month ago | fortran77 | msn.com | frontpage

61

Simplest C++ Callback, from SumatraPDF (kowalczyk.info)

a month ago | jandeboevrie | kowalczyk.info | best

19

Show HN: Container-compose – A Docker-compose like tool for Apple containers (github.com/noghartt)

a month ago | Noghartt | github.com | frontpage

56

Show HN: Tikt.com – Remove the "OK" from TikTok URL's to Download as MP3 or MP4 (tikt.com)

a month ago | nadermx | tikt.com | frontpage

28

Datalog in miniKanren (deosjr.github.io)

a month ago | deosjr | github.io | best

28

The experience continues until you stop experiencing it (strangemachine.tv)

a month ago | durakot | strangemachine.tv | frontpage

69

I want to be a Journey Programmer Again (hexhowells.com)

a month ago | hexhowells | hexhowells.com | frontpage

32

HR is not your friend (miserablyemployed.com)

a month ago | ramijames | miserablyemployed.com | frontpage

13

Trump administration's whole-government AI plans leaked on GitHub (theregister.com)

a month ago | jbuzbee | theregister.com | frontpage

14

Notes on the History of the Map Tile (placing.technology)

a month ago | altilunium | placing.technology | frontpage

64

GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009) (linuxgazette.net)

a month ago | marcodiego | linuxgazette.net | best

79

Modifying an HDMI dummy plug's EDID using a Raspberry Pi (downtowndougbrown.com)

a month ago | zdw | downtowndougbrown.com | best

41

Biofuels Policy, a Mainstay of American Agriculture, a Failure for the Climate (insideclimatenews.org)

a month ago | rntn | insideclimatenews.org | frontpage

10

Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the World (thewire.in)

a month ago | thunderbong | thewire.in | frontpage

102

Social anxiety disorder-associated gut microbiota increases social fear (pnas.org)

a month ago | thunderbong | pnas.org | best

15

The unions are (finally) coming for big tech (leaddev.com)

a month ago | kiyanwang | leaddev.com | newest

11

Breaking My Security Assignments (akpain.net)

a month ago | surprisetalk | akpain.net | frontpage

46

Foundations of Computer Vision (2024) (visionbook.mit.edu)

a month ago | tzury | mit.edu | best

66

Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable (ourworldindata.org)

a month ago | surprisetalk | ourworldindata.org | best

37

FAA pick has claimed 'commercial' pilot license he doesn't have (politico.com)

a month ago | JumpCrisscross | politico.com | frontpage

34

Fields where Native Americans farmed a thousand years ago discovered in Michigan (smithsonianmag.com)

a month ago | CoopaTroopa | smithsonianmag.com | best

164

Journalists wary of travelling to US due to Palantir surveillance (bsky.app)

a month ago | Kapura | bsky.app | best

11

"Make in India" Relies on "Made in China" (hinrichfoundation.com)

a month ago | Ozarkian | hinrichfoundation.com | frontpage

139

Nvidia CEO criticizes Anthropic boss over his statements on AI (tomshardware.com)

a month ago | 01-_- | tomshardware.com | best

10

Using `make` to compile C programs (jvns.ca)

a month ago | mfrw | jvns.ca | frontpage

18

Tiny-diffusion: A minimal implementation of probabilistic diffusion models (github.com/tanelp)

a month ago | BraverHeart | github.com | frontpage

52

That 'unsubscribe' button may be a scam (popsci.com)

a month ago | geox | popsci.com | frontpage

13

Competitive Hormone Supplementation Is Shaping America's Future Business Titans (palladiummag.com)

a month ago | surprisetalk | palladiummag.com | frontpage

17

GitHub CI/CD observability with OpenTelemetry step by step guide (signoz.io)

a month ago | ankit01-oss | signoz.io | best

107

Canyon.mid (canyonmid.com)

a month ago | LorenDB | canyonmid.com | best

16

Meta-analysis of three different notions of software complexity (typesanitizer.com)

a month ago | ingve | typesanitizer.com | frontpage

92

How to modify Starlink Mini to run without the built-in WiFi router (olegkutkov.me)

a month ago | LorenDB | olegkutkov.me | best

34

Ruby on Rails Audit Complete (ostif.org)

a month ago | todsacerdoti | ostif.org | best

64

Show HN: Meow – An Image File Format I made because PNGs and JPEGs suck for AI (github.com/kuberwastaken)

a month ago | kuberwastaken | github.com | frontpage

50

An origin trial for a new HTML <permission> element (2024) (chrome.com)

a month ago | tentacleuno | chrome.com | frontpage

81

Meta's Llama 3.1 can recall 42 percent of the first Harry Potter book (understandingai.org)

a month ago | aspenmayer | understandingai.org | best

11

Dance Captcha (dance-captcha.vercel.app)

a month ago | edwinarbus | vercel.app | frontpage

74

Datalog in Rust (github.com/frankmcsherry)

a month ago | brson | github.com | best

15

The Algebra of an Infinite Grid of Resistors (mathpages.com)

a month ago | gone35 | mathpages.com | frontpage

33

[flagged] The launch of ChatGPT polluted the world forever (theregister.com)

a month ago | rntn | theregister.com | frontpage

24

[dupe] Root Cause of the June 12, 2025 Google Cloud Outage (twitter.com/0xtib3rius)

a month ago | thunderbong | twitter.com | frontpage

56

The Art of Lisp and Writing (2003) (dreamsongs.com)

a month ago | Bogdanp | dreamsongs.com | best

11

Coinbase, famously a "no politics" company in 2020, sponsors a military parade (reddit.com)

a month ago | tomlockwood | reddit.com | frontpage

19

Chicken Eyeglasses (wikipedia.org)

a month ago | thomassmith65 | wikipedia.org | best

14

Have a damaged painting? Restore it in just hours with an AI-generated “mask” (news.mit.edu)

a month ago | WithinReason | mit.edu | frontpage

20

Wrong ways to use the databases, when the pendulum swung too far (luu.io)

a month ago | luuio | luu.io | frontpage

21

The Tech Plutocrats Dreaming of a Right-Wing San Francisco (2024) (newrepublic.com)

a month ago | consumer451 | newrepublic.com | frontpage

12

How to Bring Back Oddly Shaped App Icons in macOS 26 Tahoe (simonbs.dev)

a month ago | Bogdanp | simonbs.dev | frontpage

12

[dupe] Infineon security microcontroller flaw enabled extraction of TPM secret keys (it4sec.substack.com)

a month ago | walterbell | substack.com | frontpage

49

Large language models often know when they are being evaluated (arxiv.org)

a month ago | jonbaer | arxiv.org | frontpage

31

Sperm are very different from all other cells (bbc.com)

a month ago | viewtransform | bbc.com | frontpage

42

AMD's AI Future Is Rack Scale 'Helios' (morethanmoore.substack.com)

a month ago | rbanffy | substack.com | best

15

N. Korea discharges uranium waste into waters flowing to S. Korea (dailynk.com)

a month ago | aa_is_op | dailynk.com | frontpage