Hacker News headlines

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Crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects (wikimedia.org)

a week ago | edward | wikimedia.org | best

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Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in England by 2027 (theguardian.com)

a week ago | edward | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Solar panels between the tracks on an active railway line: a dreadful idea (jonworth.eu)

a week ago | edward | jonworth.eu | newest

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[flagged] A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment (simonwillison.net)

a week ago | edward | simonwillison.net | frontpage

2

Datasette for Newsrooms (datasette.cloud)

a week ago | edward | datasette.cloud | newest

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Lyft to buy taxi app Free Now for $200M to expand into Europe (cnbc.com)

3 weeks ago | edward | cnbc.com | frontpage

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Lyft to enter European market with $200M FreeNow acquisition (reuters.com)

3 weeks ago | edward | reuters.com | newest

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Everyone's jumping on the AI doll trend – but what are the concerns? (bbc.co.uk)

3 weeks ago | edward | bbc.co.uk | newest

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It never happened–but the picture says it did: 28 fake images that fooled world (theguardian.com)

3 weeks ago | edward | theguardian.com | frontpage

8

Vim is more useful in the age of LLMs (ja3k.com)

4 weeks ago | edward | ja3k.com | frontpage

1

Bulldozers to Move in on 'Scotland's Chenobyl' in Port Glasgow (bbc.co.uk)

4 weeks ago | edward | bbc.co.uk | newest

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Vim is more useful in the age of LLMs (ja3k.com)

4 weeks ago | edward | ja3k.com | newest

3

Why tech workers need unions too (thebristolcable.org)

a month ago | edward | thebristolcable.org | newest

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Even a freeway is redeemable: worlds largest wildlife crossing takes shape in LA (theguardian.com)

a month ago | edward | theguardian.com | newest

7

What is up with car door handles these days? (theguardian.com)

a month ago | edward | theguardian.com | frontpage

13

The Mathematics of Crochet (hellohartblog.wordpress.com)

a month ago | edward | wordpress.com | best

2

RAF clear 'exploding' Tunnock's teacakes to fly after 60 years (bbc.co.uk)

a month ago | edward | bbc.co.uk | frontpage

1

Invasion of the Home Humanoid Robots (nytimes.com)

a month ago | edward | nytimes.com | newest

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The UK Government Wouldn't Ban Smartphones in Schools. These Parents Stepped Up (nytimes.com)

a month ago | edward | nytimes.com | newest

2

Firefox 136 Released with Vertical Tabs (omgubuntu.co.uk)

a month ago | edward | omgubuntu.co.uk | newest

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Towards a Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage (Taroch) (creativecommons.org)

a month ago | edward | creativecommons.org | newest

4

Endless.downward.spiral – is this the beginning of the end of What3Words? (shkspr.mobi)

a month ago | edward | shkspr.mobi | newest

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National Grid boss says Heathrow had 'enough power' after substation fire (bbc.co.uk)

a month ago | edward | bbc.co.uk | frontpage

3

The slow but steady advance of driverless vehicles (bbc.co.uk)

a month ago | edward | bbc.co.uk | newest

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Extreme day trips: 'I go abroad then fly home in time for bed' (bbc.co.uk)

a month ago | edward | bbc.co.uk | newest

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'More are published than could ever succeed': are there too many books? (theguardian.com)

a month ago | edward | theguardian.com | newest

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What's the Matter with Abundance? (thebaffler.com)

a month ago | edward | thebaffler.com | newest

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The MetroCard Goes the Way of the Token as MTA Announces End of Sales (nytimes.com)

a month ago | edward | nytimes.com | newest

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A.I. and Vibecoding Helped Me to Create My Own Software (nytimes.com)

a month ago | edward | nytimes.com | frontpage

1

BTHome: Open standard for broadcasting sensor data over Bluetooth LE (bthome.io)

a month ago | edward | bthome.io | newest

2

Are these the world's most beautiful airports? (economist.com)

a month ago | edward | economist.com | newest

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Building a Personal Archive with Hoarder (brainsteam.co.uk)

a month ago | edward | brainsteam.co.uk | frontpage

8

Doge Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find (nytimes.com)

a month ago | edward | nytimes.com | frontpage

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'A new phase': why climate activists are turning to sabotage instead of protest (theguardian.com)

a month ago | edward | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Zoox robotaxis do not meet federal safety standards, agency says (washingtonpost.com)

a month ago | edward | washingtonpost.com | newest

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[RFC] Allow terminal programs to display text in different sizes (github.com/kovidgoyal)

2 months ago | edward | github.com | newest

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Elon Musk Is the Richest Man. Why Is He Sleeping on an Office Floor? (nytimes.com)

3 months ago | edward | nytimes.com | newest

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Amazon Alexa+ will cost $19.99 per month (goodereader.com)

3 months ago | edward | goodereader.com | newest

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Do bans on smartphones in schools improve mental health? (economist.com)

3 months ago | edward | economist.com | newest

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A.I. Is Changing How Silicon Valley Builds Startups (nytimes.com)

3 months ago | edward | nytimes.com | newest

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Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | edward | theguardian.com | frontpage

2

Qalculate Hacks (anarc.at)

3 months ago | edward | anarc.at | newest

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Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down) (nytimes.com)

3 months ago | edward | nytimes.com | newest

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Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Power Systems Disconnected from Russian IPS/Ups (elering.ee)

3 months ago | edward | elering.ee | frontpage

1

Donald Shoup Has Died (wikipedia.org)

3 months ago | edward | wikipedia.org | newest

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DeepSeek-R1, at the cusp of an open revolution (weeraman.com)

3 months ago | edward | weeraman.com | newest

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FOSDEM – The Good Parts and the Not-So-Good Parts (shkspr.mobi)

3 months ago | edward | shkspr.mobi | frontpage

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Station of despair: What to do if you get stuck at end of Tokyo Chuo Rapid Line (soranews24.com)

3 months ago | edward | soranews24.com | best

3

U.S. Postal Service Suspends Shipments of China Parcels (wsj.com)

3 months ago | edward | wsj.com | newest

1

Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Programme (support.google.com)

3 months ago | edward | google.com | newest

1

Crossrail 2 is already shaping London's skyline (ianvisits.co.uk)

3 months ago | edward | ianvisits.co.uk | newest

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The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter (debian.org)

4 months ago | edward | debian.org | frontpage

14

Swede dreams: How Sweden is embracing its sleepy side (bbc.com)

4 months ago | edward | bbc.com | frontpage

2

Trump Pardons Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht (bbc.co.uk)

4 months ago | edward | bbc.co.uk | newest

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Digital passports among IDs to be available in UK government app (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | edward | theguardian.com | newest

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Why Can't You Pack a Bag? (newyorker.com)

4 months ago | edward | newyorker.com | newest

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[flagged] Alcohol-free booze is becoming big business (economist.com)

4 months ago | edward | economist.com | frontpage

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Great Resignation 2.0 is coming – and I salute the European millennials who quit (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | edward | theguardian.com | newest

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Good Riddance to Net Neutrality (wsj.com)

4 months ago | edward | wsj.com | frontpage

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2025 is the year of free, unlimited inflight WiFi (headforpoints.com)

4 months ago | edward | headforpoints.com | newest

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Turo, the Car-Share App Used in Two Attacks, Is No Stranger to Safety Concerns (wsj.com)

4 months ago | edward | wsj.com | newest

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One Killed as Tesla Cybertruck Explodes at Trump Las Vegas Hotel (bbc.co.uk)

4 months ago | edward | bbc.co.uk | frontpage

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Remote Work Is Tanking Home Prices in the Heart of London (wsj.com)

4 months ago | edward | wsj.com | newest

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Signalling chaos: Inside the Elizabeth line's two-day breakdown (ianvisits.co.uk)

4 months ago | edward | ianvisits.co.uk | frontpage

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Plane That Crashed in South Korea Was a Boeing 737-800, Precursor to the 737 MAX (nytimes.com)

5 months ago | edward | nytimes.com | newest

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Hello, Social Web (anew.social)

5 months ago | edward | anew.social | newest

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BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline (bbc.co.uk)

5 months ago | edward | bbc.co.uk | newest

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Streaming and texting on the Moon: Nokia and NASA are taking 4G into space (cnn.com)

5 months ago | edward | cnn.com | newest

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Edinburgh Airport flights resume after IT issue grounded planes (bbc.co.uk)

5 months ago | edward | bbc.co.uk | newest

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Put up most of the panels on my solar fence (hachyderm.io)

5 months ago | edward | hachyderm.io | newest

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Aiming at December (joeyh.name)

5 months ago | edward | joeyh.name | newest

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Scale model of Red Dwarf's Starbug put up for sale (ianvisits.co.uk)

5 months ago | edward | ianvisits.co.uk | newest

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What It's Like to Retire in Belgium (wsj.com)

5 months ago | edward | wsj.com | newest

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Google/travel-impact-model: Emission estimation model for flights (github.com/google)

5 months ago | edward | github.com | newest

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Nokia celebrates pop-culture status by opening design archive (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | edward | theguardian.com | frontpage

2

Apple's Camera Shutter Sound Was Recorded from a Canon AE-1 (fstoppers.com)

5 months ago | edward | fstoppers.com | newest

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How to trademark a sound, according to Zippo (thedrum.com)

5 months ago | edward | thedrum.com | newest

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Why Switzerland built a 2-kilometer-long train (cnn.com)

5 months ago | edward | cnn.com | newest

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The AI back-channel between China and the West (economist.com)

5 months ago | edward | economist.com | newest

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TfL abandons plans for driverless tube trains (ianvisits.co.uk)

6 months ago | edward | ianvisits.co.uk | frontpage

2

Can We Design Our Way Out of the Subway-Surfing Crisis? (curbed.com)

6 months ago | edward | curbed.com | newest

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OpenStreetMap Migrates to Debian 12 (debian.org)

6 months ago | edward | debian.org | frontpage

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AI spurs 'revolution' for some visually impaired people (bbc.co.uk)

6 months ago | edward | bbc.co.uk | newest

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Second day of chaos on Elizabeth Line as services affected by software glitch (itv.com)

6 months ago | edward | itv.com | newest

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Bat Bridge (wikipedia.org)

6 months ago | edward | wikipedia.org | newest

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Elizabeth line suffering a second day of major problems and delays (ianvisits.co.uk)

6 months ago | edward | ianvisits.co.uk | newest

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The "Just Sharing" Principle (justsharing.dev)

6 months ago | edward | justsharing.dev | newest

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Putting my Local LLM to good use Probably my most niche automation as well (reddit.com)

6 months ago | edward | reddit.com | newest

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Release Process Sucks (hezmatt.org)

6 months ago | edward | hezmatt.org | newest

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Tech and religion are much alike (economist.com)

6 months ago | edward | economist.com | newest

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How Trump could win the future: Democrats' appeal to Silicon Valley is eroding (economist.com)

6 months ago | edward | economist.com | frontpage

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Laundry-sorting robot spurs AI hopes and fears at Europe's biggest tech event (theguardian.com)

6 months ago | edward | theguardian.com | newest

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700k passengers delayed after remote work engineer password failed (lbc.co.uk)

6 months ago | edward | lbc.co.uk | newest

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Opinion size age shape colour origin material purpose Noun (documenteering.com)

6 months ago | edward | documenteering.com | newest

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The rich country with the worst mobile-phone service (economist.com)

6 months ago | edward | economist.com | newest

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Energy smart meter issues creating north-south divide (bbc.co.uk)

6 months ago | edward | bbc.co.uk | newest

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Images of Spain's floods weren't made by AI. Trouble is, people think they were (theguardian.com)

6 months ago | edward | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Why luxury cheese is being targeted by black market criminals (bbc.co.uk)

6 months ago | edward | bbc.co.uk | newest

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ChainForge (simonwillison.net)

6 months ago | edward | simonwillison.net | newest

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It's time to scrap the tube zones (the-londoner.co.uk)

6 months ago | edward | the-londoner.co.uk | newest