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2026-08-26 17:20:09 GMT

US sanctions Italian hosting provider for encrypted email to Antifa and PKK
Link: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49451343

2026-08-26 07:15:06 GMT

More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understanding
Link: https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/more-half-adults-us-say-they-lack-basic-statistical-understanding
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49444514

2026-08-20 15:15:09 GMT

HTML Can Do That
Link: https://chrisburnell.com/html-can-do-that/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49362689

2026-08-20 15:05:08 GMT

Git at any scale
Link: https://cursor.com/blog/git-at-any-scale
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348141

2026-08-18 23:45:05 GMT

fx :Tiny, open, native coding agent.
Link: https://fx.sh
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49353339

2026-08-18 23:00:07 GMT

Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLI
Link: https://machine0.io
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348136

2026-08-17 23:15:07 GMT

Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full
Link: https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_shareware_cd/index.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338328

2026-08-17 21:15:07 GMT

Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative
Link: https://cursor.com/changelog/origin-code-hosting
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334209

2026-08-16 23:50:06 GMT

MathCode, Mathematical Coding Agent
Link: https://math-ai-org.github.io/mathcode/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49322330

2026-08-14 02:30:07 GMT

SparrowMap – Cameras that watch government vehicles
Link: https://sparrowmap.com/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49293294

2026-08-13 14:45:09 GMT

Gloomberb
Link: https://gloom.sh/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285982

2026-08-09 02:30:08 GMT

Os8088: A powerful Mac-like OS for the IBM XT, 286, 386
Link: https://os8088.com/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226923

2026-08-07 09:45:06 GMT

2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out
Link: https://www.ign.com/articles/ramageddon-continues-another-year-as-2027-memory-capacity-is-reportedly-sold-out
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49207236

2026-08-05 11:05:07 GMT

Zero-Mem: Zero-Token Memory Operations for LLM Agents
Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.29377
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49178608

2026-08-03 15:55:07 GMT

Taylor Farms Has Rewritten Its Cyclospora Statement Four Times in Sixteen Days
Link: https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/taylor-farms-has-rewritten-its-cyclospora-statement-four-times-in-sixteen-days-it-still-has-not-said-what-changed-at-that-plant-after-2013-or-why-two-thousand-negative-tests-should-mean-an/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49157128

2026-08-03 05:15:07 GMT

OpenAI's super PAC is funding AI-generated news site attacking industry critics
Link: https://www.modelrepublic.org/articles/the-reporters-at-this-news-site-are-ai-bots.-openai%E2%80%99s-super-pac-appears-to-be-using-it-to-advance-its-political-agenda
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49150561

2026-08-02 16:40:09 GMT

Fasttracker II clone in C using SDL 2
Link: https://16-bits.org/ft2.php
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49094151

2026-07-31 20:50:07 GMT

Everyone is building LLM routers, we deprecated ours
Link: https://manifest.build/blog/why-we-deprecated-our-llm-router/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49126630

2026-07-30 13:30:08 GMT

The first watch featuring computer functions
Link: https://by.seiko-design.com/140th/en/topic/58.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057130

2026-07-29 21:15:07 GMT

Turning a Dumb AC Unit Smart (Without Losing My Security Deposit)
Link: https://prilik.com/blog/post/automating-ac-nyc/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49101198

2026-07-29 21:15:06 GMT

The coolest use for the Vision Pro
Link: https://christianselig.com/2026/07/vision-pro-house/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49102774

2026-07-29 20:10:08 GMT

Show HN: CheapFoodMap – A map of good meals under $10
Link: https://cheapfoodmap.com/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49100043

2026-07-29 20:00:08 GMT

Show HN: Qwen Scribe – local transcription and dictation for Apple Silicon
Link: https://github.com/VladUZH/qwen-scribe
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49098260

2026-07-29 19:25:08 GMT

Some thoughts about Anthropic's new cryptanalysis results
Link: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/07/29/some-notes-about-anthropics-new-results/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49099804

2026-07-29 18:45:06 GMT

GPT-5.6 vs. Claude Fable 5 for Physical AI, which performs best?
Link: https://juliahub.com/blog/frontier-models-physical-ai-evaluation
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49098388

2026-07-29 18:00:07 GMT

Self-hosting Kimi K3: 20% more hardware cost, 20% better task resolution
Link: https://aistack.imec-int.com/blog/gpu-self-hosting
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49098130

2026-07-29 17:35:07 GMT

Ask HN: My domain registrar (Hover) rug-pulled me for $3000
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49099021

2026-07-29 17:00:09 GMT

Google shuts down Nobel Prize winning AlphaFold
Link: https://www.engadget.com/2225849/google-shuts-down-alphafold/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49098375

2026-07-29 12:20:07 GMT

KOReader
Link: https://koreader.rocks/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49095865

2026-07-29 03:30:08 GMT

LearnVector – Andrew Ng's AI company building one‑to‑one learning experiences
Link: https://learnvector.ai/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49092499

2026-07-29 02:15:07 GMT

Teach yourself programming in ten years (1998)
Link: https://www.norvig.com/21-days.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49055816

2026-07-29 02:00:08 GMT

Show HN: How far do I have to go to run into 100k people?
Link: https://imjasonh.github.io/playground/population-rays/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49028358

2026-07-28 23:05:07 GMT

Pacing the frontier
Link: https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49089240

2026-07-28 22:20:07 GMT

Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9
Link: https://mac-classic.com/news/half-life-ported-to-mac-os-9/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49089814

2026-07-28 15:30:07 GMT

Show HN: tale.fyi, we deserve a home for fiction
Link: https://tale.fyi/@sam/announcing-tale-fyi-read-or-listen-to-an-entire-book-from-a-single-link
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49083389

2026-07-26 01:15:07 GMT

Kimi K3 built a Windows XP in browser
Link: https://windows-xp.kimi.site/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052074

2026-07-25 13:40:07 GMT

Charles Ross spent 50 yrs building Star Axis naked-eye observatory in New Mexico
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/arts/design/charles-ross-star-axis-land-art.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014034

2026-07-24 19:55:08 GMT

Self-host your mail server
Link: https://blog.haschek.at/2026/you-should-selfhost-your-mail.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49020751

2026-07-24 15:45:07 GMT

Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat: Jack Dorsey
Link: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/government-orders-github-to-remove-bluetooth-based-chat-app-bitchat-over-security-concerns-jack-dorsey/article71262049.ece
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49036433

2026-07-22 19:10:10 GMT

Nobody knows what a used GPU cluster is worth
Link: https://ciphertalk.substack.com/p/nobody-knows-what-a-used-gpu-cluster
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48917135

2026-07-21 23:15:07 GMT

"Drawing" the Mona Lisa with GPT-5.6, Claude, Gemini, and Grok
Link: https://www.tryai.dev/blog/ai-drawing-arena-colored-pencils-claude-gpt-grok
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48998404

2026-07-07 17:00:08 GMT

Show HN: PostgreSQL performance and cost across 23 EC2 instance types
Link: https://postgres.saneengineer.com
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48816900

2026-07-06 20:55:07 GMT

What does Jeff Bezos think is going to happen?
Link: https://reprog.wordpress.com/2026/07/05/what-does-jeff-bezos-think-is-going-to-happen/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48809208

2026-07-05 16:45:07 GMT

Web-based cryptography is always snake oil
Link: https://www.devever.net/~hl/webcrypto
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48792203

2026-07-04 00:25:08 GMT

Giant trees have no trouble pumping water to top branches
Link: https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-environment-science-and-economy/giant-trees-have-no-trouble-pumping-water-to-top-branches/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780870

2026-06-26 22:20:08 GMT

PlayStation Is Deleting 551 Movies from Customers' Accounts
Link: https://kotaku.com/playstation-store-movies-digital-studio-canal-terminator-2000711013
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48691346

2026-06-19 20:40:08 GMT

Court Records Should Be Free
Link: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/court-records-should-be-free
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600946

2026-06-11 16:10:06 GMT

Euro-Office: First version of the open-source web office is here
Link: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Euro-Office-First-version-of-the-open-source-web-office-is-here-11322160.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48490564

2026-06-11 14:20:09 GMT

Workers are spending over 6 hours a week botsitting AI, fueling job frustration
Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/botsitting-ai-hidden-human-labor-at-work-2026-6
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48490057

2026-06-11 12:35:06 GMT

Build a Basic AI Agent from Scratch: Long Task Planning
Link: https://medium.com/@rogi23696/build-a-basic-ai-agent-from-scratch-long-task-planning-14e803f9bd6d
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48461635

2026-06-09 16:20:08 GMT

FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones by Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers' IDs
Link: https://www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones-by-forcing-telecoms-to-get-all-customers-ids/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48462308

2026-05-25 14:05:06 GMT

Pope Leo XIV says AI must serve humanity, not the powerful few
Link: https://religionnews.com/2026/05/25/in-his-first-encyclical-pope-leo-xiv-says-ai-must-serve-humanity-not-the-powerful-few/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48266485

2026-05-15 10:35:06 GMT

UK sovereign LLM inference
Link: https://relax.ai/docs
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48146424

2026-04-16 05:45:07 GMT

IPv8 Proposal
Link: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-thain-ipv8-00.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47788857

2026-04-15 15:20:07 GMT

AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against you
Link: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/ai-ruling-prompts-warnings-us-lawyers-your-chats-could-be-used-against-you-2026-04-15/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47778308

2026-04-05 07:25:07 GMT

Show HN: Contrapunk – Real-time counterpoint harmony from guitar input, in Rust
Link: https://contrapunk.com/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47645025

2026-04-04 21:40:06 GMT

The Indie Internet Index – submit your favorite sites
Link: https://iii.social
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47639291

2026-04-03 11:45:07 GMT

New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs
Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/new-rowhammer-attacks-give-complete-control-of-machines-running-nvidia-gpus/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47624317

2026-03-30 17:55:07 GMT

New Washington state law bans noncompete agreements
Link: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/local-business/new-washington-law-bans-noncompete-agreements/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47576861

2026-03-23 23:20:08 GMT

Claude Code Cheat Sheet
Link: https://cc.storyfox.cz
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47495527

2026-03-23 17:05:07 GMT

I built an AI receptionist for a mechanic shop
Link: https://www.itsthatlady.dev/blog/building-an-ai-receptionist-for-my-brother/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47487536

2026-03-23 13:55:06 GMT

Bombadil: Property-based testing for web UIs by Antithesis
Link: https://github.com/antithesishq/bombadil
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47436592

2026-03-15 23:45:07 GMT

Nasdaq's Shame
Link: https://keubiko.substack.com/p/nasdaqs-shame
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47392550

2026-03-13 06:35:06 GMT

IMG_0416 (2024)
Link: https://ben-mini.com/2024/img-0416
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47308547

2026-03-06 00:50:07 GMT

The next generations of Bubble Tea, Lip Gloss, and Bubbles are available now
Link: https://charm.land/blog/v2/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47268662

2026-02-21 19:55:07 GMT

Cloudflare outage on February 20, 2026
Link: https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-outage-february-20-2026/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47103649

2026-02-19 20:50:06 GMT

Farewell Rust
Link: https://yieldcode.blog/post/farewell-rust/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47077383

2026-02-15 02:50:06 GMT

NewPipe: YouTube client without vertical videos and algorithmic feed
Link: https://newpipe.net/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47020218

2026-02-01 22:55:06 GMT

Defeating a 40-year-old copy protection dongle
Link: https://dmitrybrant.com/2026/02/01/defeating-a-40-year-old-copy-protection-dongle
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46849567

2026-01-07 00:05:07 GMT

Comparing AI agents to cybersecurity professionals in real-world pen testing
Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09882
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46518996

2026-01-07 00:05:07 GMT

A 30B Qwen Model Walks into a Raspberry Pi and Runs in Real Time
Link: https://byteshape.com/blogs/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46518573

2026-01-06 23:30:06 GMT

How HTML changes in ePub
Link: https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2025/11/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46470659
#html

2026-01-06 22:35:07 GMT

Oral microbiome sequencing after taking probiotics
Link: https://blog.booleanbiotech.com/oral-microbiome-biogaia
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46518804

2026-01-06 01:00:06 GMT

Six-decade math puzzle solved by Korean mathematician
Link: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10648326
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46491129

2026-01-06 00:25:06 GMT

Worlds's first all-solid-state battery ready to power up production vehicles now
Link: https://www.donutlab.com/ces-battery-announcement/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46505975

2026-01-05 23:15:07 GMT

Boston Dynamics and DeepMind form new AI partnership
Link: https://bostondynamics.com/blog/boston-dynamics-google-deepmind-form-new-ai-partnership/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46504966

2026-01-05 22:40:07 GMT

Google broke my heart
Link: https://perishablepress.com/google-broke-my-heart/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46505518
#google

2026-01-05 22:15:09 GMT

The Kimwolf botnet is stalking your local network
Link: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/the-kimwolf-botnet-is-stalking-your-local-network/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46472040

2026-01-05 22:15:09 GMT

Pipe Dreams – The life and times of Yahoo Pipes (2023)
Link: https://retool.com/pipes
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46503006

2026-01-05 22:10:07 GMT

Welcome to Gas Town
Link: https://steve-yegge.medium.com/welcome-to-gas-town-4f25ee16dd04
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46458936

2026-01-05 22:00:08 GMT

Show HN: A simulator for engineers transitioning from IC to management
Link: https://apmcommunication.com/scenario/backchannel-vp
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499694

2026-01-05 21:40:07 GMT

Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%
Link: https://brave.com/privacy-updates/36-adblock-memory-reduction/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46501894
#rust

2026-01-05 21:25:07 GMT

There Were BGP Anomalies During the Venezuela Blackout
Link: https://loworbitsecurity.com/radar/radar16/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46504963

2026-01-05 20:50:07 GMT

Gatekeepers of Law: Inside the Westlaw and LexisNexis Duopoly
Link: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/gatekeepers-of-law-inside-the-westlaw
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46502736

2026-01-05 20:50:07 GMT

Pebble Round 2
Link: https://repebble.com/blog/pebble-round-2-the-most-stylish-pebble-ever
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46465335

2026-01-05 20:40:07 GMT

Try to take my position: The best promotion advice I ever got
Link: https://andrew.grahamyooll.com/blog/Try-to-Take-My-Position/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46466027

2026-01-05 20:35:07 GMT

Sega co-founder David Rosen has died
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jan/05/sega-co-founder-david-rosen-dies
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46502239

2026-01-05 20:10:07 GMT

Novo Nordisk launches Wegovy weight-loss pill in US, triggering price war
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/05/novo-nordisk-launches-wegovy-weight-loss-pill-us-price-war
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46503554

2026-01-05 20:10:07 GMT

So, you want to chunk really fast?
Link: https://minha.sh/posts/so,-you-want-to-chunk-really-fast
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46501665

2026-01-05 19:40:07 GMT

X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced
Link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/x-blames-users-for-grok-generated-csam-no-fixes-announced/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46503199

2026-01-05 19:35:07 GMT

How Y Combinator made it smart to trust founders
Link: https://elbowgreasegames.substack.com/p/when-good-actors-can-trust-each-other
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46501677

2026-01-05 19:20:07 GMT

Singularity Rootkit: SELinux bypass and netlink filter (ss/conntrack hidden)
Link: https://github.com/MatheuZSecurity/Singularity
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46498658

2026-01-05 19:15:07 GMT

Imagine 130M Washing Machines
Link: https://scottsumner.substack.com/p/imagine-130000000-washing-machines
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46498662

2026-01-05 18:20:06 GMT

A web developer posted a payment shaming message on their client's site
Link: https://joseph-smith.co.uk/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46501975

2026-01-05 18:05:06 GMT

Show HN: Tailsnitch – A Security Auditor for Tailscale
Link: https://github.com/Adversis/tailsnitch
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46501137

2026-01-05 18:00:06 GMT

Scientists Uncover the Universal Geometry of Geology (2020)
Link: https://www.quantamagazine.org/scientists-uncover-the-universal-geometry-of-geology-20201119/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46452696

2026-01-05 17:10:06 GMT

Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
Link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/openai-refuses-to-say-where-chatgpt-logs-go-when-users-die/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499983

2026-01-05 16:40:06 GMT

CSS sucks because we don't bother learning it (2022)
Link: https://idiallo.com/blog/learn-css
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46500022
#css

2026-01-05 16:40:06 GMT

All AI Videos Are Harmful (2025)
Link: https://idiallo.com/blog/all-ai-videos-are-harmful
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46498651

2026-01-05 16:20:06 GMT

RevisionDojo, a YC startup, is running astroturfing campaigns targeting kids
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499976