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  1. Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2026)
    ×0.98 9 #12 | 155 points by whoishiring 6 hours ago | 126 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy?
    ×3.12 8 #50 | 678 points by LecroJS 1 day ago | 817 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Ask HN: What hardware are you using to run local LLMs?
    ×1.37 32 #54 | 35 points by leafletsigh 8 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Ask HN: Does anyone enjoy work anymore?
    ×1.95 10 | 4 points by jackmalpo 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Ask HN: What to do about incorrectly suspended GitHub account, no notice?
    ×0.66 21 | 4 points by sshah03 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Tell HN: Scribd Breached
    ×1.61 53 | 357 points by x______________ 2 days ago | 123 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Pepperwind, a fictional company dataset with 223 tables and 79M rows
    ×0.68 66 | 14 points by rasinmuhammed 18 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Ask HN: Isn't anyone worried about this flood of HackerTube-but-for apps?
    ×0.61 54 | 7 points by jslakro 9 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Heretic 2.0 Released: Training-free language model modification
    ×0.81 76 | 21 points by razster 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Swedish grocery chain refrigerators and freezers hacked overnight
    ×0.90 67 | 9 points by u1hcw9nx 14 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. In LLM era, can software startup survive?
    ×1.14 56 | 34 points by sjia 23 hours ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not
    ×0.68 90 | 40 points by stillatit 2 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Ask HN: What is your backup plan when AI companies rug pull their prices?
    ×0.75 65 | 5 points by an0malous 10 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Ask HN: What's it like working at Google nowadays? Core teams like Search, Ads?
    ×0.73 94 | 47 points by karakoram 3 days ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. I indexed 37h of my YouTube library using an RTX 4090 and local ML models in 24h
    ×0.58 89 | 6 points by iliashad 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. Ask HN: Opus 5.5 suddenly dumb as rocks?
    ×0.47 111 | 35 points by jahala 4 days ago | 32 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Ask HN: Is applying to Y Combinator worth it if you aren't an insider?
    ×0.70 110 | 22 points by all2 3 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Ask HN: Anyone here still writing code for reasons other than fun or learning?
    ×0.47 96 | 12 points by czhu12 1 day ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. Which hobby do you think is most diverting and pleasurable?
    ×1.18 92 | 21 points by ikelos 2 days ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Ask HN: I'd like to request Microsoft open source Windows XP
    ×0.42 113 | 8 points by fosco 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Ask HN: Do you have side-projects that generate >$500 revenue/month?
    ×0.85 109 | 41 points by learner_yearner 4 days ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Ask HN: Old experimental website that made photos sing?
    ×0.19 127 | 3 points by jesuisdieu 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Ask HN: Are you using a custom harness?
    ×0.44 121 | 12 points by japhyr 3 days ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Ask HN: Are most of you using HN Replies? Or what else do you use?
    ×0.52 123 | 8 points by Gooblebrai 2 days ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. Ask HN: Are Knuth's Stanford Pages Down?
    ×0.21 132 | 10 points by weinzierl 4 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Tell HN: Claude Code adds your email to the prompt, the LLM sends it to websites
    ×0.75 114 | 35 points by TekMol 4 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. "Wrong" Email
    ×0.87 105 | 26 points by rbmm 3 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Ask HN: Hack
    ×0.26 124 | 10 points by throwaway3309 3 days ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Ask HN: Is the Microsoft buyout just a long overdue correction?
    ×0.45 125 | 6 points by sky2224 2 days ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Ask HN: What's the future like? For normies, will it still be apps and websites?
    ×0.38 139 | 4 points by talmr 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. GEMM Tutorial and UlmBLAS
    ×0.50 138 | 5 points by michael-lehn 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Show HN: HackerTube for Apple TV. Videos HN Recommends, on Your TV
    ×2.65 61 | 7 points by jnaina 11 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Show HN: A language model that lives in a boot sector (github.com/kerlenton)
    ×0.92 68 | 105 points by kerlenton 2 days ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. Last night an AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse (twitter.com/OcanaSantero)
    ×1.74 #45 | 116 points by FacZap 9 hours ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Mystery of 60-Second Fluctuations in Power Grids Solved (fz-juelich.de)
    ×1.61 34 #56 | 254 points by _Microft 23 hours ago | 109 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. OpenAI Conference at KITP (columbia.edu)
    ×0.38 | 1 points by jjgreen 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. A tiny Pacific country rolls out universal basic income (economist.com)
    ×1.70 50 | 103 points by motionlessveloc 1 day ago | 143 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: Orca Style Workspaces for Herdr (github.com/choam2426)
    ×0.46 80 | 3 points by choam 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Show HN: Quarter – A TUI launcher to browse, search and launch your games (github.com/stronxyo)
    ×1.45 95 | 5 points by stronxyo 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. $48 e-paper display can be whatever you want it to be (arstechnica.com)
    ×2.37 15 #83 | 34 points by evolve2k 9 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. LLMs are not superhuman at reading and writing neural network weights (seangoedecke.com)
    ×2.63 44 | 4 points by agrm 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. A step-by-step guide for how to kill the line-by-line code review (thenewstack.io)
    ×0.42 | 1 points by tonkkatonka 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Show HN: Subfaro – track subscriptions and price hikes without linking a bank (subfaro.com)
    ×0.81 137 | 3 points by giozadi 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: I Built an HVAC Load Calculator Manual J (apple.com)
    ×0.40 | 1 points by yassinerajallah 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: OmniDiff – Opensource, super fast, content aware Git difftool, in Rust (github.com/ivankovic)
    ×1.75 14 | 308 points by FabCH 1 day ago | 94 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. I Am the Reason OpenAI Is Killing Unlimited Chats (chaosmanage.github.io)
    ×2.19 43 | 90 points by gulmothrowaway 1 day ago | 53 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Bitcoin Suisse CEO: Switzerland has lost interest in cryptocurrencies (swissinfo.ch)
    ×1.93 3 #41 | 17 points by novaRom 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Zinc creep in cable spelter sockets brought down the Arecibo telescope in 2020 (maketecheasier.com)
    ×1.25 60 #80 | 186 points by ohjeez 2 days ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Measuring Taste – Reinforcement Learning with Neural Feedback (sabi.com)
    ×0.39 | 1 points by pedalpete 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Show HN: Ghostman – A fast, keyboard-driven TUI API client and webhook inspector (github.com/4yk5)
    ×0.78 79 | 67 points by 4yk5 3 days ago | 40 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Show HN: A proof-of-concept formalization of the IRS federal tax forms (github.com/emmilco)
    ×0.81 93 | 83 points by RGS1811 5 days ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. If you love a website, back it up (mistys-internet.website)
    ×2.24 10 #9 | 323 points by ingve 9 hours ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Never Complain, Never Explain (wikipedia.org)
    ×2.10 21 #61 | 150 points by gregsadetsky 10 hours ago | 59 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. The Self-Making World (aeon.co)
    ×0.39 | 1 points by bookofjoe 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Show HN: I built a crawler that finds personal websites by a /.well-known/josh (joshternet.org)
    ×1.79 129 | 4 points by TheWoollyBully 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Satlyt takes another step toward turning satellites into space data centers (techcrunch.com)
    ×0.38 | 1 points by gmays 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Patrick Stewart taught us what good men do with power (vox.com)
    ×4.06 8 | 458 points by rhaynes 1 day ago | 342 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypted SD card in a case (reddit.com)
    ×3.24 14 #70 | 557 points by entryleveljobsc 1 day ago | 174 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. U.S. workers took home their smallest share of capital since at least 1947 (fortune.com)
    ×8.46 15 | 339 points by qlte 23 hours ago | 206 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Show HN: GhostBase – 25MB terminal database studio for SQLite, Postgres, MySQL (github.com/4yk5)
    ×1.29 88 | 4 points by 4yk5 18 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Bones may release proteins that slow aging and extend life span (science.org)
    ×1.89 28 #43 | 309 points by EA-3167 21 hours ago | 121 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. 100% accurate next token prediction model (huggingface.co)
    ×0.41 | 1 points by xendo 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. BioWare co-founder: game execs "have never made a game" and don't get it (pcgamer.com)
    ×3.45 16 | 126 points by entryleveljobsc 14 hours ago | 139 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. So I guess everyone uses LLMs to think now (eva.ac)
    ×5.04 38 | 77 points by xyzeva 1 day ago | 131 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Show HN: Auto Dismiss Mac OS "Allow <app> to find devices on local networks?" (github.com/johncassil)
    ×0.89 83 | 154 points by johncassil 4 days ago | 133 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Show HN: Squishy 3D helpers powered by Three.js (prathje.github.io)
    ×0.49 133 | 17 points by prathje 5 days ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Cyberattacks hit supermarket fridges and freezers in Europe (euronews.com)
    ×1.68 8 #35 | 6 points by mttgrio 52 minutes ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Why dogs catch yawns from their owners but not other dogs (economist.com)
    ×0.44 | 1 points by vinni2 45 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Show HN: TextoCAD – Text to editable CAD (STEP/STL), runs locally with your key (github.com/harisharandangi)
    ×0.49 | 1 points by harisharandc 57 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: 2D world SIM where each creature runs a text classifier in the browser (id-le.com)
    ×0.94 112 | 3 points by nico 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. China's First Frontier AI Export Controls: Mofcom Announcement No. 48 (cloudsecurityalliance.org)
    ×1.47 13 #60 | 147 points by jonnybgood 15 hours ago | 83 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks (nolanlawson.com)
    ×2.39 13 | 466 points by luu 1 day ago | 382 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: A working Nintendo in ~1GB of Qwen weights (github.com/dbreunig)
    ×1.47 64 | 294 points by dbreunig 3 days ago | 152 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Apple Maps puts all buildings back in Gaza (twitter.com/RabbiJeffx)
    ×9.74 84 | 56 points by newspaper1 2 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. Show HN: Roland T8 Interactive Tutorial (fokion.online)
    ×0.66 | 2 points by fokion 15 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. TCP Use-After-Free: CVE-2026-98432 / CVSS 9.8 (atlasum.net)
    ×3.27 22 #86 | 739 points by oger 2 days ago | 330 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot limits due to 'unsustainably high' costs (techcrunch.com)
    ×1.19 | 2 points by inthebay 46 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Fast and slow ways to improve your reputation (seangoedecke.com)
    ×1.07 | 2 points by aray07 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: Diwali in threejs – find crackers and send wishes into a shared sky (virtualdiwali.com)
    ×2.06 82 | 6 points by abhas9 19 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. SOML – A Config Format for Humans (github.com/soml-lang)
    ×0.80 22 #51 | 52 points by microflash 4 hours ago | 55 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Show HN: Synvora – a skincare app that tells you when a product is a bad match (apple.com)
    ×0.86 | 1 points by bigdave_07 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Police chief unplugs cameras after Flock ignores contract cancellation (thedrive.com)
    ×4.27 1 | 465 points by entryleveljobsc 1 day ago | 162 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. ZeroBench: An Impossible Visual Benchmark (zerobench.github.io)
    ×0.39 | 1 points by bigwheels 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Hackers remotely defrost produce in European supermarkets, again (theregister.com)
    ×0.95 | 2 points by titusblair 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. When Modernization Breaks Working Code: A Study of LLMs on Legacy PHP (arxiv.org)
    ×0.79 55 #15 | 7 points by tambourine_man 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Anthropic reveals $900B AI spending commitments ahead of IPO (ft.com)
    ×2.39 75 #88 | 68 points by zomtorg 3 hours ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Salary Transparency (matthewsanabria.com)
    ×0.36 | 1 points by hbcdbff 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Napping characteristics and incident dementia (oup.com)
    ×0.69 6 #74 | 36 points by bookofjoe 7 hours ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Show HN: Vaire, Self-Hosting Postgres Through the One Glorious CLI (github.com/mbvlabs)
    ×0.77 | 2 points by mbvisti 8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Show HN: Lasm – Write formally verified webapps in Lean for Node/serverless/edge (github.com/Millillion)
    ×0.69 106 | 38 points by lastmjs 3 days ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???