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  1. Ask HN: How did you convince family and friends to join your XMPP/Matrix server?
    ×0.98 18 | 95 points by mtlynch 1 day ago | 87 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Tell HN: Gemini trains on chat history, even for subscribers (personal accounts)
    ×3.18 49 | 734 points by jameslk 4 days ago | 201 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: What in the world is taking Ubuntu so long?
    ×1.70 38 | 216 points by linsomniac 2 days ago | 139 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: What's your current AI agentic setup?
    ×3.19 52 | 561 points by eggbrain 4 days ago | 693 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: What are your advice for a CS/IT student for the future?
    ×0.22 51 | 4 points by L0in 7 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. OpenAI seems to be silently re-enabling model training on Codex chats
    ×2.90 64 | 532 points by user052919 5 days ago | 163 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Gitbook Breached
    ×1.13 86 | 165 points by punchmesan 5 days ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. I turned an ESP32-S3 into a Tailscale gateway with recovery functions
    ×0.58 89 | 8 points by Mattboxx 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Ask HN: If LLM reverse engineering is deemed illegal, is that precedent for OSS?
    ×0.45 82 | 4 points by apatheticonion 18 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Claude usage credits purchased after Dec 7 will expire 12 months after purchase
    ×0.67 91 | 15 points by bbg2401 1 day ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Is YouTube starting to protect channel RSS feeds?
    ×0.68 79 | 5 points by kradeelav 19 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Tell HN: Don't use Postman, they proxy your info without your permission
    ×1.55 90 | 111 points by neya 4 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. We're bringing back the HN meeting in Mexico City
    ×0.62 80 | 7 points by ysangkok 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: What tech companies do you think have a good moral compass?
    ×0.98 103 | 6 points by gehwartzen 1 day ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Seeking advice: Wix stolen my .com domain
    ×0.72 102 | 13 points by wixcom 2 days ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: What fun things to do with an iPhone 11?
    ×0.56 108 | 8 points by wanderingpixel 2 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Tell HN: Be Careful with Stripe Connect
    ×1.10 92 | 16 points by breue 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Slickdeals.net Is Compromised
    ×2.24 84 | 22 points by intenex 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. A new protocol and software suite for AIs
    ×0.34 127 | 3 points by homingpigeon 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Show HN: Reges Town – a 3D city run by AI citizens, in the browser (regestown.com)
    ×1.13 85 | 3 points by nonerthy 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. What do the next 4000 emoji look like? (jenniferdaniel.substack.com)
    ×1.19 65 #63 | 96 points by lacieargyle 1 day ago | 100 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Rethinking Virtual Machine Monitors for Better Security in Clouds [pdf] (rusnikola.github.io)
    ×0.53 | 1 points by matt_d 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Show HN: Where Were We (wherewerewe.app)
    ×0.88 42 #69 | 53 points by zkiihne 22 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. HN HTML has changed slightly
    ×0.64 | 1 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 19 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Weird (but useful) questions to ask startups before joining (nextplayso.substack.com)
    ×0.57 | 1 points by jger15 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Show HN: Lipwise (getlipwise.com)
    ×0.96 | 2 points by lnenad 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Show HN: I taught my Fujifilm X-T30 II to print on an instax Link 3 over BLE (ronangaillard.github.io)
    ×1.45 104 | 5 points by j_leboulanger 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Show HN: Software Layoffs Tracker (hissingkitty.com)
    ×1.34 106 | 3 points by drewlem 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Need for Speed Underground 2 online in the browser (nfsu2.xyz)
    ×5.18 18 #54 | 1096 points by fluxusars 1 day ago | 275 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. How Long Can Life Wait? (mceglowski.substack.com)
    ×1.34 36 #58 | 146 points by Ariarule 1 day ago | 94 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. Why a pink potato-like robot is wheeling around Philadelphia (popsci.com)
    ×2.36 50 | 3 points by mooreds 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. The Heavy Cloud: Hydrosocial Dispossession and the Water Coloniality of AI Infra (wiley.com)
    ×0.60 | 1 points by raybb 31 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. The Valley Bubble Breaks (quirksmode.org)
    ×3.05 63 | 72 points by cdrnsf 1 day ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. What I run on my $10 USD OpenStick homelab (bosscher.ch)
    ×3.32 16 #14 | 722 points by LaurensBER 1 day ago | 128 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member classifier (8rank.ai)
    ×4.45 19 #27 | 822 points by infwhispers 1 day ago | 436 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. When the Kubernetes API went silent: A three-layer networking mystery (google.com)
    ×1.00 | 1 points by miladibra 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. NASA Seeks Next Generation of Explorers to Join Astronaut Corps (nasa.gov)
    ×1.20 | 2 points by phyzix5761 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. NASA seeks next generation of astronauts to live and work on the moon (theguardian.com)
    ×1.19 39 | 4 points by devonnull 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. ALPRs show that we need a constitutional amendment for information privacy (mercurynews.com)
    ×0.51 | 1 points by pilingual 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. Show HN: Current – Change control for AI agents (Elixir) (github.com/santosh79)
    ×0.56 | 2 points by santosh_ycomb 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker CEOs Aren't Buying It (wsj.com)
    ×2.59 6 #11 | 14 points by zzzeek 32 minutes ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. UpCodes (YC S17) is hiring SDR's to sell AI compliance software (up.codes)
    2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: HackerRepos – HackerTube for repos mentioned on HN (hackerrepos.fyi)
    ×1.08 114 | 10 points by mmvvaa 2 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: psi, a 6.4 MB cross-platform portable coding agent in ANSI C & Lua (psicode.ai)
    ×2.07 16 | 3 points by siraben 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Running a law firm on Free software (decoded.legal)
    ×2.10 39 #49 | 293 points by DeepLogin 1 day ago | 138 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. GeoWorks, Microsoft Windows' Upstart '90s Competitor (2016) (atlasobscura.com)
    ×0.79 53 #60 | 63 points by andsoitis 1 day ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Show HN: Nexjoin – A C++ remote desktop alternative (Windows XP+, macOS 10.13) (nexjoin.io)
    ×0.65 | 1 points by szigand 20 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. What should we learn now? (blot.im)
    ×2.05 42 | 35 points by totalperspectiv 23 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. How to prove equations using diagrams, part 1 (epatters.org)
    ×1.30 30 #13 | 35 points by frostbyte7 6 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. The Gordon Gekko effect: The role of culture in the financial industry (2016) [pdf] (newyorkfed.org)
    ×0.95 54 #22 | 73 points by tylerdane 15 hours ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: FELF – AppImage-like single binaries without FUSE, root, or a runtime (github.com/Rucadi)
    ×1.97 4 | 3 points by Rucadi 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. You are protesting the wrong technology, people (hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com)
    ×2.66 47 | 37 points by HR01 1 day ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Show HN: LLM weight editing tool made by a 15-year-old (github.com/Miyamoto-Renya)
    ×0.98 56 | 12 points by 032renya 16 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Show HN: Black Pixel – 69-byte inverse of the Million Dollar Homepage (black-pixel-1x1.vercel.app)
    ×0.97 126 | 4 points by KINGOFTHESCREEN 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: A tool for looping and transcribing YouTube Videos (looptranscribe.com)
    ×0.43 | 2 points by javier123454321 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Show HN: R/place for Git – Open-source Git server sustaining 567 pushes/s (reasonmachines.com)
    ×0.44 | 2 points by svemyh 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Sketching software architecture with Svugy (fedemagnani.github.io)
    ×1.56 | 2 points by drunello 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Eggnomic.com – Mac app that researches sites from screenshot (eggnomic.com)
    ×0.62 | 1 points by frankensteins 27 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Show HN: Live songbook for guitarists (kantamigo.com)
    ×1.28 97 | 4 points by gosen 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: Search Danish supermarket offers in English (nyneon.net)
    ×0.76 129 | 3 points by nynsam 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Notes on San Marino (mattlakeman.org)
    ×1.49 41 #81 | 156 points by yorwba 1 day ago | 53 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Show HN: Joggo – a self-hosted GitHub Actions runner for the Windows PC you use (github.com/telluric-dev)
    ×0.78 | 2 points by AmirCat 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Torrents Are Perfect for Model Distribution (pirateface.co)
    ×2.89 52 | 4 points by pirateface 48 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Ex-PlayStation boss says "true innovation" would be making a $300 console again (gamesradar.com)
    ×4.52 23 | 44 points by haunter 21 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Botel – always reachable agents you pay for only while they're working (botel.dev)
    ×1.73 124 | 4 points by 4ver 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. New typeface using intricate designs from Shakespeare's First Folio (2023) (itsnicethat.com)
    ×0.68 39 #31 | 43 points by bryanrasmussen 10 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. The end of Microsoft Research's AI Frontiers group (hunch.net)
    ×2.37 5 #47 | 482 points by srean 1 day ago | 297 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Firecracker VM Escape: PwnEscape Part 2 (pwn.ai)
    ×1.48 39 #71 | 285 points by SerCe 1 day ago | 138 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Restaurant Delivery Payment-Skimming Campaign (infohawk.com)
    ×1.28 41 | 168 points by fiej 1 day ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed (arstechnica.com)
    ×1.61 40 #26 | 198 points by rbanffy 22 hours ago | 136 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. sshole (sshhole.com)
    ×10.39 5 #70 | 2972 points by josemrb 3 days ago | 747 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Open dataset of prompt-injection CVEs with a monthly threat index (promptinjections.de)
    ×0.58 | 1 points by koeseo 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Bong: DuckDuckGo bang alternative, open-source and self-hosted (glendalab.com)
    ×1.14 68 | 32 points by captain_bender 1 day ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Show HN: Tmux-restore saves tmux windows and agent sessions across reboots (github.com/andrewboldi)
    ×1.08 61 | 62 points by boldi 5 days ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: An online shop where your friends can hurry the courier (dopaminechic.com)
    ×1.60 96 | 6 points by AmsterErdo 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. The Reconstruction of Torn Documents (bundesarchiv.de)
    ×0.91 14 #3 | 58 points by jacquesm 5 hours ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. ISponsorBlockTV: SponsorBlock client for all YouTube TV clients (github.com/dmunozv04)
    ×1.73 26 #34 | 112 points by xnx 15 hours ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Show HN: Search Everywhere at Once. Instantly (antisoftworks.com)
    ×1.31 | 2 points by civnode 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: Hacker Living – HN's most recommended places (hacker.living)
    ×2.12 112 | 6 points by grandimam 2 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: Design guidance and UI checks for coding agents (github.com/smokeeaasd)
    ×1.71 121 | 4 points by smokeeaasd 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. GitHub's new Git storage architecture (github.blog)
    ×2.12 36 #79 | 232 points by DAlperin 1 day ago | 72 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. The same work on a third of the tokens: tuning a fleet of coding agents (alexmarquardt.com)
    ×1.92 23 | 3 points by alexmarquardt 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Show HN: Hackertube for Roku TV (github.com/piyushkhemka)
    ×0.56 | 1 points by piyushkhemka 44 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Making any integer with four 2s (2025) (thegreenplace.net)
    ×1.43 32 #29 | 190 points by germanrabbit 20 hours ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Commodore PET – The Worlds First Personal Computer (commodore.ca)
    ×1.04 48 #51 | 68 points by andsoitis 19 hours ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: I built a tool that prices a pre-built PC part by part (pcdealcheck.com)
    ×0.95 81 | 120 points by adlep 4 days ago | 85 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Show HN: Bema: Work messaging built for humans (getbema.app)
    ×0.43 118 | 28 points by ben_d 5 days ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. GitHub New pull request overview page in public preview (github.blog)
    ×1.61 27 #35 | 171 points by xiaoyu2006 20 hours ago | 117 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production (nbcnews.com)
    ×5.01 14 #85 | 1147 points by PLenz 2 days ago | 2069 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7 (kevinboone.me)
    ×2.58 10 | 215 points by andsoitis 1 day ago | 122 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???