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The paper computer
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jsomers.net
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| 44 points by
jsomers
2 hours ago
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Cybersecurity looks like proof of work now
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dbreunig.com
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| 303 points by
dbreunig
8 hours ago
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I made a terminal pager
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theleo.zone
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| 87 points by
speckx
5 hours ago
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20 comments
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ChatGPT for Excel
(
chatgpt.com
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| 127 points by
armcat
6 hours ago
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101 comments
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Stealth signals are bypassing Iran’s internet blackout
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ieee.org
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| 51 points by
WaitWaitWha
1 hour ago
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7 comments
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Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data
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eff.org
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| 1249 points by
Brajeshwar
10 hours ago
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548 comments
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God sleeps in the minerals
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wordpress.com
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| 486 points by
speckx
15 hours ago
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99 comments
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Cal.com is going closed source
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cal.com
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| 247 points by
Benjamin_Dobell
12 hours ago
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180 comments
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The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew
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mcdonalds.co.jp
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| 280 points by
bckygldstn
6 hours ago
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155 comments
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Retrofitting JIT Compilers into C Interpreters
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tratt.net
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| 57 points by
ltratt
6 hours ago
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11 comments
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Introduction to spherical harmonics for graphics programmers
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gpfault.net
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| 36 points by
luu
3 hours ago
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4 comments
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PiCore - Raspberry Pi Port of Tiny Core Linux
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tinycorelinux.net
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| 91 points by
gregsadetsky
8 hours ago
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12 comments
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Show HN: Hiraeth – AWS Emulator
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github.com/SethPyle376
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| 8 points by
ozarkerD
1 hour ago
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2 comments
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Live Nation illegally monopolized ticketing market, jury finds
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bloomberg.com
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| 462 points by
Alex_Bond
9 hours ago
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131 comments
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YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes
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theverge.com
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| 248 points by
pentagrama
4 hours ago
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107 comments
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US v. Heppner (S.D.N.Y. 2026) no attorney-client privilege for AI chats [pdf]
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thomsonreuters.com
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| 101 points by
1vuio0pswjnm7
14 hours ago
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Anna's Archive loses $322M Spotify piracy case without a fight
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torrentfreak.com
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| 367 points by
askl
20 hours ago
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388 comments
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Fast and Easy Levenshtein distance using a Trie
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stevehanov.ca
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sebg
3 days ago
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discuss
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The Gemini app is now on Mac
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blog.google
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| 107 points by
thm
10 hours ago
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A Better Ludum Dare; Or, How to Ruin a Legacy
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ldjam.com
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| 28 points by
raincole
2 hours ago
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1 comments
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Intel Xpress Resurrection: Reviving a Forgotten EISA Beast
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x86.fr
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ankitg12
5 hours ago
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2 comments
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PBS Nova: Terror in Space (1998)
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pbs.org
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| 30 points by
opengrass
6 hours ago
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9 comments
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Agent - Native Mac OS X coding ide/harness
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github.com/macOS26
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| 14 points by
jv22222
3 hours ago
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2 comments
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CRISPR takes important step toward silencing Down syndrome’s extra chromosome
(
medicalxpress.com
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| 97 points by
amichail
11 hours ago
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58 comments
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Hacker News CLI (2014)
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pythonhosted.org
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| 40 points by
rolph
6 hours ago
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18 comments
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Adaptional (YC S25) is hiring AI engineers
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ycombinator.com
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11 hours ago
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discuss
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Ohio prison inmates 'built computers and hid them in ceiling' (2017)
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bbc.com
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| 89 points by
harambae
6 hours ago
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80 comments
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Do you even need a database?
(
dbpro.app
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| 222 points by
upmostly
15 hours ago
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256 comments
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Ask HN: Who is using OpenClaw?
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| 245 points by
misterchocolat
8 hours ago
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290 comments
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How can I keep from singing?
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danieljanus.pl
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| 60 points by
nathell
8 hours ago
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18 comments
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Arguing with Agents
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blowmage.com
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| 52 points by
asaaki
2 hours ago
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32 comments
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Fixing a monitor that goes black, off or blinks due to static electricity (2023)
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aalonso.dev
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| 122 points by
cyclopeanutopia
11 hours ago
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67 comments
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Florida surgeon charged with killing man after removing liver instead of spleen
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arstechnica.com
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| 13 points by
canucker2016
1 hour ago
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2 comments
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The Universal Constraint Engine: Neuromorphic Computing Without Neural Networks
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zenodo.org
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| 12 points by
skinney_uce
4 hours ago
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6 comments
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Open Source Isn't Dead
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strix.ai
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| 313 points by
bearsyankees
12 hours ago
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167 comments
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Direct Win32 API, weird-shaped windows, and why they mostly disappeared
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warped3.substack.com
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| 172 points by
birdculture
18 hours ago
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107 comments
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Does Gas Town 'steal' usage from users' LLM credits to improve itself?
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github.com/gastownhall
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| 224 points by
rektomatic
7 hours ago
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111 comments
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Show HN: Libretto – Making AI browser automations deterministic
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github.com/saffron-health
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| 90 points by
muchael
12 hours ago
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32 comments
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Keycard – inject API keys into subprocesses, never touch shell env
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keycard.studio
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jijane
2 hours ago
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10 comments
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One interface, every protocol
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openbindings.com
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| 46 points by
clevengermatt
8 hours ago
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6 comments
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Monsters in the Archives by Caroline Bicks – The Writing Secrets of Stephen King
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theguardian.com
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| 9 points by
lermontov
5 hours ago
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1 comments
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Want to write a compiler? Just read these two papers (2008)
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dadgum.com
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| 475 points by
downbad_
18 hours ago
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141 comments
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Free open source AI Editor
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github.com/MeepCastana
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| 3 points by
Meeeeeep
2 hours ago
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discuss
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Google Gemma 4 Runs Natively on iPhone with Full Offline AI Inference
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gizmoweek.com
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| 275 points by
takumi123
22 hours ago
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168 comments
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Golden eagles' return to English skies
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bbc.co.uk
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| 41 points by
techterrier
9 hours ago
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23 comments
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How Wake-On-LAN works (2020)
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xaner.dev
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| 84 points by
swq115
12 hours ago
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33 comments
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Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012)
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super-memory.com
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| 378 points by
downbad_
19 hours ago
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191 comments
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EU Age Verification Solution
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ageverification.dev
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| 6 points by
t0bia_s
6 hours ago
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discuss
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The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: New Jobs
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aphyr.com
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| 247 points by
aphyr
14 hours ago
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168 comments
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Kalshi CEO expects US DOJ to prosecute insider trading cases
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semafor.com
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| 121 points by
thm
10 hours ago
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132 comments
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Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6
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deepmind.google
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| 207 points by
markerbrod
14 hours ago
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69 comments
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Show HN: Omi – watches your screen, hears conversations, tells you what to do
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github.com/BasedHardware
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| 7 points by
kodjima33
7 hours ago
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3 comments
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Show HN: I built a Wikipedia based AI deduction game
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sleuththetruth.com
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| 4 points by
brikym
4 hours ago
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1 comments
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Study: Back-to-basics approach can match or outperform AI in language analysis
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manchester.ac.uk
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| 51 points by
giuliomagnifico
15 hours ago
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25 comments
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Claude.md Scorer: paste your file, get rubric score and rewrites
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surge.sh
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108
| 3 points by
autonomykit
4 hours ago
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discuss
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Show HN: I rebuilt a 2000s browser strategy game on Cloudflare's edge
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kampfinsel.com
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| 29 points by
parzivalt
8 hours ago
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25 comments
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We ran Doom on a 40 year old printer controller (Agfa Compugraphic 9000PS) [video]
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youtube.com
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| 59 points by
zdw
15 hours ago
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23 comments
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Dependency cooldowns turn you into a free-rider
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calpaterson.com
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| 181 points by
pabs3
1 day ago
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118 comments
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Why are Flock employees watching our children?
(
substack.substack.com
)
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| 226 points by
enaaem
8 hours ago
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43 comments
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Not all elementary functions can be expressed with exp-minus-log
(
stylewarning.com
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| 140 points by
mmastrac
1 day ago
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110 comments
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Show HN: Fakecloud – Free, open-source AWS emulator
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github.com/faiscadev
)
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| 24 points by
lucas_vieira
10 hours ago
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5 comments
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TX Tesla driver narrowly avoids disaster when autopilot engages at RR crossing
(
fox4news.com
)
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| 14 points by
1vuio0pswjnm7
3 hours ago
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3 comments
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In the last 30 years, the number of public companies has been cut in half
(
twitter.com/ToddZywicki
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| 50 points by
MrBuddyCasino
8 hours ago
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30 comments
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Show HN: Every CEO and CFO change at US public companies, live from SEC
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tracksuccession.com
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| 173 points by
porsche959
15 hours ago
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63 comments
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Iowa cancer rates surge – farm chemicals are a key risk, new report finds
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thenewlede.org
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PaulHoule
6 hours ago
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3 comments
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Costasiella kuroshimae
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wikipedia.org
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| 145 points by
vinnyglennon
18 hours ago
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54 comments
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Jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as a monopoly, overcharged fans
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cnn.com
)
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| 17 points by
pseudolus
5 hours ago
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1 comments
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Claude Code Routines
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claude.com
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| 700 points by
matthieu_bl
1 day ago
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401 comments
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Stop Flock
(
stopflock.com
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| 949 points by
cdrnsf
1 day ago
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291 comments
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Wacli – WhatsApp CLI
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github.com/steipete
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| 231 points by
dinakars777
21 hours ago
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149 comments
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5NF and Database Design
(
databasedesignbook.com
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| 193 points by
petalmind
1 day ago
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78 comments
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Academic fraud may be the symptom of a more systemic problem
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voxweb.nl
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| 43 points by
the-mitr
17 hours ago
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49 comments
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Gemini App on Mac
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gemini.google
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| 17 points by
pretext
11 hours ago
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4 comments
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My adventure in designing API keys
(
vjay15.github.io
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| 108 points by
vjay15
23 hours ago
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79 comments
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Turn your best AI prompts into one-click tools in Chrome
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blog.google
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| 192 points by
xnx
1 day ago
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108 comments
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Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive
(
techcrunch.com
)
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| 693 points by
jrm-veris
1 day ago
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205 comments
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The AI Market Is Hitting Peak Absurdity
(
garymarcus.substack.com
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| 19 points by
drob518
3 hours ago
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3 comments
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Let's talk space toilets
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mceglowski.substack.com
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| 214 points by
zdw
1 day ago
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57 comments
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AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against you
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reuters.com
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| 145 points by
alephnerd
15 hours ago
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96 comments
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Fixing a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16
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iczelia.net
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| 257 points by
snoofydude
23 hours ago
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156 comments
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Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS – with directed prompts
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simonwillison.net
)
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| 13 points by
aanet
10 hours ago
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5 comments
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MIT Radiation Laboratory
(
mit.edu
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| 43 points by
stmw
19 hours ago
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10 comments
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Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them
(
anchor.host
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| 1180 points by
speckx
2 days ago
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335 comments
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DaVinci Resolve – Photo
(
blackmagicdesign.com
)
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| 1126 points by
thebiblelover7
2 days ago
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292 comments
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Python Is Dead
(
calebfenton.substack.com
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| 8 points by
nlehuen
3 hours ago
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4 comments
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The tiniest e-reader in the world, and you can build one yourself
(
androidauthority.com
)
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| 60 points by
Brajeshwar
11 hours ago
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17 comments
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A new spam policy for “back button hijacking”
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google.com
)
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| 900 points by
zdw
2 days ago
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508 comments
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It's cool to care (2025)
(
alexwlchan.net
)
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78
| 5 points by
surprisetalk
6 hours ago
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3 comments
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Project Maven Put A.I. Into the Kill Chain
(
newyorker.com
)
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75
| 10 points by
littlexsparkee
9 hours ago
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2 comments
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The Enigma of Gertrude Stein
(
thenation.com
)
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68
| 6 points by
samclemens
6 hours ago
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1 comments
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