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  1. Niantic announces “Large Geospatial Model” trained on Pokémon Go player data (nianticlabs.com)
    ×2.22 2 | 265 points by bookstore-romeo 9 hours ago | 223 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Show HN: We open-sourced our compost monitoring tech (github.com/gtls64)
    ×1.17 5 | 43 points by montycompostco 3 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021) (stackexchange.com)
    ×2.27 6 | 512 points by napolux 14 hours ago | 112 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Electrobun: Cross-platform desktop applications written in TypeScript (electrobun.dev)
    ×1.97 4 | 69 points by CharlesW 5 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Building Databases over a Weekend (denormalized.io)
    ×1.62 1 | 49 points by ambrood 3 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Weight-loss drug found to shrink heart muscle in mice, human cells (ualberta.ca)
    ×2.37 4 | 176 points by Eumenes 5 hours ago | 196 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Z-Library Helps Students to Overcome Academic Poverty, Study Finds (torrentfreak.com)
    ×4.01 6 | 197 points by hn_acker 5 hours ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. AAA – Analytical Anti-Aliasing (frost.kiwi)
    ×2.70 5 | 482 points by todsacerdoti 16 hours ago | 73 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, mathematical thinking (quantamagazine.org)
    ×2.03 13 | 21 points by sonabinu 3 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. AlphaQubit: AI to identify errors in Quantum Computers (blog.google)
    ×0.84 22 | 98 points by roboboffin 10 hours ago | 41 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Undergraduates with family income below $200k will be tuition-free at MIT (mit.edu)
    ×7.23 7 | 428 points by gnabgib 12 hours ago | 307 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Doxx/Darkflare: DarkFlare TCPoCDN (TCP over CDN) (github.com/doxx)
    ×1.50 12 | 46 points by josephscott 6 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. SQL, Homomorphisms and Constraint Satisfaction Problems (philipzucker.com)
    ×0.97 23 | 121 points by xlinux 11 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Vapi (YC W21) Is Hiring Founding Senior Engineer (Front End) (ashbyhq.com)
    4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. January 1928: Dirac equation unifies quantum mechanics and special relativity (aps.org)
    ×0.87 59 | 5 points by thunderbong 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Show HN: Autotab – Programmable AI browser for turning web tasks into APIs
    ×1.34 12 | 75 points by jonasnelle 8 hours ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. New Calculation Finds we are close to the Kessler Syndrome [video] (youtube.com)
    ×1.82 17 | 66 points by cratermoon 8 hours ago | 64 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. How good are American roads? (construction-physics.com)
    ×1.49 17 | 174 points by chmaynard 14 hours ago | 382 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Fashion History Timeline (fitnyc.edu)
    ×0.64 25 | 11 points by danielam 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Bit-twiddling optimizations in Zed's Rope (zed.dev)
    ×1.62 9 | 98 points by misternugget 10 hours ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. The Problem of Thinking Too Much (2002) (jstor.org)
    ×2.24 17 | 7 points by lermontov 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Why everyone missed solar's exponential growth (exponentialview.co)
    ×1.93 34 | 8 points by xbmcuser 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Does the Internet Route Around Damage? – Baltic Sea Cable Cuts (ripe.net)
    ×1.32 27 | 52 points by voytec 10 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Google stops letting sites like Forbes rule search for "Best CBD Gummies" (arstechnica.com)
    ×3.91 19 | 192 points by pseudolus 7 hours ago | 128 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Pipe Viewer – A Unix Utility You Should Know About (catonmat.net)
    ×2.63 15 | 127 points by lnyan 13 hours ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Apple fights to keep DOJ antitrust suit from reaching trial (theverge.com)
    ×2.36 15 | 60 points by thunderbong 4 hours ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Between the Booms: AI in Winter – Communications of the ACM (acm.org)
    ×0.85 28 | 58 points by rbanffy 11 hours ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Gregglogger (sonnet.io)
    ×0.80 30 | 12 points by rpastuszak 4 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Exploring the Cost and Feasibility of Battery-Electric Ships (lbl.gov)
    ×0.52 65 | 28 points by gnabgib 12 hours ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Show HN: Cardo ‒ Open Source desktop podcast client (cardo-podcast.github.io)
    ×1.00 18 | 79 points by n0vella 13 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. La Basilica Di San Pietro (microsoft.com)
    ×1.23 6 | 129 points by geox 12 hours ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Bird flu in Canada may have mutated to become more transmissible to humans (theguardian.com)
    ×2.36 20 | 73 points by amichail 5 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Europe's Internet resilience mitigates impact of submarine cable cuts (cloudflare.com)
    ×2.29 23 | 111 points by hampus 6 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Show HN: Rebuild of Blossom, an open-source social robot (msgtn.xyz)
    ×0.61 26 | 53 points by psychomugs 11 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Science Talk – What Are Pulsar Planets? (2022) (spaceaustralia.com)
    ×0.11 71 | 3 points by raattgift 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Using gRPC for (local) inter-process communication (2021) (mpg.de)
    ×1.34 37 | 77 points by zardinality 15 hours ago | 69 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. FireDucks: Pandas but Faster (bearblog.dev)
    ×2.55 4 | 365 points by sebg 20 hours ago | 159 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. /usr/bin/env -S uv run (simonwillison.net)
    ×3.74 39 | 20 points by jcbhmr 7 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: Unbug – Rust macros for programmatically invoking breakpoints (github.com/greymattergames)
    ×0.72 26 | 86 points by BrainBacon 15 hours ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: Self-Host Next.js in Production (github.com/opennextjs)
    ×1.23 25 | 87 points by vednig 6 hours ago | 47 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Microsoft employees are doubtful of AI's capabilities and company's AI bet (youtube.com)
    ×3.92 15 | 35 points by thereeldeel 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. My Minimal MacBook Pro Setup Guide (eugeneyan.com)
    ×2.38 | 5 points by handfuloflight 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Discarded delights: The joy of ex-library books (2021) (abebooks.com)
    ×0.83 38 | 93 points by MrVandemar 19 hours ago | 63 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. A 15-minute intro to involute gears (lcamtuf.substack.com)
    ×1.39 2 | 54 points by lapnect 10 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Boeing overcharged the U.S. Air Force 8,000% above market for soap dispensers (reuters.com)
    ×3.49 22 | 5 points by lr0 45 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Native compilation of Prolog predicates with Cranelift [pdf] (adrianistan.eu)
    ×1.22 44 | 10 points by aarroyoc 6 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: Retry a command with exponential backoff and jitter (+ Starlark exprs) (github.com/dbohdan)
    ×0.75 46 | 71 points by networked 19 hours ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Yi Peng 3 crossed both cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke (bsky.app)
    ×4.46 23 | 488 points by perihelions 22 hours ago | 620 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Ensō: design constraints of a focussed writing tool (sonnet.io)
    ×0.72 38 | 53 points by rpastuszak 15 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Lush: My favorite small programming language (wordpress.com)
    ×1.49 36 | 114 points by todsacerdoti 22 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. GUI Agent (github.com/showlab)
    ×1.60 50 | 5 points by DanielKehoe 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. How Google spent 15 years creating a culture of concealment (nytimes.com)
    ×4.08 22 | 145 points by tysone 12 hours ago | 157 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. U of T computational imaging researchers harness AI to fly with light in motion (toronto.edu)
    ×0.72 42 | 46 points by croes 15 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. SOYO – Stream on Your Own (github.com/fal3n-4ngel)
    ×1.35 58 | 18 points by jason1610 11 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. With Core One, Prusa's Open Source Hardware Dream Dies (hackaday.com)
    ×2.58 35 | 94 points by iancmceachern 8 hours ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. All Life on Earth Today Descended from a Single Cell. Meet LUCA (quantamagazine.org)
    ×2.04 52 | 16 points by EA-3167 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. PuppyGit: Git Client for Android (github.com/catpuppyapp)
    ×0.57 82 | 4 points by lrm29 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. The Political Afterlife of Paradise Lost (newstatesman.com)
    ×0.66 34 | 54 points by drdee 16 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. GNU Artanis 1.0.0 Released (artanis.dev)
    ×1.82 18 | 131 points by nalaginrut 14 hours ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Light-based photocatalytic system can break down PFAS at room temperature (phys.org)
    ×1.58 11 | 14 points by kmckiern 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Fossils in Greece Suggest Human Ancestors Evolved in Europe, Not Africa (greekreporter.com)
    ×2.01 14 | 14 points by xqcgrek2 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Understanding the BM25 full text search algorithm (emschwartz.me)
    ×1.79 8 | 281 points by rrampage 1 day ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. The Rise of Malört, an Unexpected Midwest princess (nytimes.com)
    ×1.45 | 76 points by mooreds 14 hours ago | 131 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: I made a calendar where every month is also a crossword (aaronson.org)
    ×2.52 71 | 14 points by aaaronson 14 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Spirit Airlines CEO Got a $3.8M Bonus a Week Before Its Bankruptcy (thebignewsletter.com)
    ×5.64 49 | 18 points by toomuchtodo 2 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Ask HN: What are the nice feature you need in a programming language?
    ×0.45 34 | 4 points by Hashex129542 3 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Rent H100 SXMs for 0.99 (hyperbolic.xyz)
    ×1.65 30 | 7 points by hyperbolic_labs 5 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Chemist Identifies Mystery 'Blobs' Washing Up in Newfoundland (nytimes.com)
    ×0.81 54 | 73 points by mykowebhn 1 day ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Elon Musk is now technically the best Diablo 4 player in the world (dexerto.com)
    ×3.70 50 | 4 points by mellosouls 15 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Postiz – open-source social media scheduling tool (postiz.com)
    ×1.58 48 | 21 points by gitroom 14 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. 99 Bottles of OOP now available in Python (sandimetz.com)
    ×1.70 20 | 243 points by mattcollins 1 day ago | 76 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Fair coins tend to land on the side they started (2023) (researchgate.net)
    ×1.72 11 | 391 points by seanhunter 1 day ago | 182 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. David Heinemeier Hansson joins Shopify's board (shopify.com)
    ×1.95 64 | 45 points by doppp 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Shift Left Is the Tip of the Iceberg (semiengineering.com)
    ×1.16 42 | 172 points by yatrios 1 day ago | 95 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Researchers have built server prototypes that re-use old components (ieee.org)
    ×0.61 67 | 44 points by rbanffy 1 day ago | 41 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. A joke in approximating numbers raised to irrational powers (andreinc.net)
    ×0.81 60 | 103 points by nomemory 1 day ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. The tragedy of running an old Node project (abdisalan.com)
    ×2.06 55 | 256 points by abdisalan 2 days ago | 376 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. When did estimates turn into deadlines? (domainanalysis.io)
    ×3.23 1 | 303 points by alexzeitler 1 day ago | 216 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. FTC Staff Issues Report on Undercover Funeral Rule Phone Sweep (ftc.gov)
    ×1.99 22 | 13 points by impish9208 4 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. OpenStreetMap's New Vector Tiles (marksblogg.com)
    ×2.80 | 474 points by marklit 1 day ago | 146 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. 1-Bit AI Infrastructure (arxiv.org)
    ×1.27 7 | 149 points by galeos 1 day ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Nickel Plating Handbook [pdf] (nickelinstitute.org)
    ×0.80 45 | 54 points by nativeit 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Nominal for Storing, Structural for Manipulating (bearblog.dev)
    ×0.55 60 | 41 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Large-Scale Dimension Reduction with Both Global and Local Structure (2021) [pdf] (jmlr.org)
    ×0.60 71 | 40 points by chaosprint 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Show HN: Rust library for numerical integration of real-valued functions (github.com/mtantaoui)
    ×0.71 40 | 123 points by mtantaoui 1 day ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. SpaceX just got what it wanted from the FAA for Texas Starship launches (arstechnica.com)
    ×2.05 16 | 21 points by TMWNN 7 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Why I hate the index finger (1980) (nih.gov)
    ×1.55 12 | 253 points by consumer451 1 day ago | 96 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Startup Founder Who Sold A.I. Chatbot to Schools Is Charged with Fraud (nytimes.com)
    ×2.77 4 | 9 points by 2OEH8eoCRo0 5 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Fortran II Hypersource (texdraft.github.io)
    ×0.55 60 | 77 points by texdraft 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Ubuntu Linux impacted by decade-old 'needrestart' flaw that gives root (bleepingcomputer.com)
    ×2.30 18 | 10 points by gregjor 4 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???