Quality News: Hacker News Rankings

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Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch (byran.ee)

×11.03 45 | 3211 points by Hello9999901 1 week ago | 322 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole from Us (404media.co)

×9.86 71 | 1314 points by latexr 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Open-Source Alternative to OpenAI Platform, for Local Models (github.com/transformerlab)

×8.30 35 | 84 points by aliasaria 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today

×8.28 52 | 2217 points by paraschopra 1 week ago | 395 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
These Websites Have Been Seized (matdoes.dev)

×6.62 32 #39 | 50 points by GoldenStack 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The US government's open data on Data.gov is currently being scrubbed (reddit.com)

×6.23 34 #65 | 186 points by xbmcuser 14 hours ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ice: Powerful open source menu bar manager for macOS (icemenubar.app)

×5.14 32 #38 | 19 points by Khaine 46 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I do not want AI to "polish" me (thebloggess.com)

×4.97 17 | 408 points by doodpants 1 day ago | 260 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Commercial jet collides with Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan airport (mediaite.com)

×4.96 14 #31 | 601 points by mzmzmzm 20 hours ago | 579 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Mistral Small 3 (mistral.ai)

×4.84 31 #35 | 531 points by jasondavies 9 hours ago | 167 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech (techcrunch.com)

×4.58 37 #87 | 174 points by Tomte 17 hours ago | 337 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
California law enforcement misused state databases more than 7k times in 2023 (eff.org)

×4.41 6 #8 | 262 points by hn_acker 4 hours ago | 95 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tailwind CSS v4.0 (tailwindcss.com)

×4.29 106 | 465 points by georg-stone 1 week ago | 285 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
JavaScript Temporal is coming (mozilla.org)

×4.22 2 #1 | 944 points by SigmundurM 11 hours ago | 282 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Questions censored by DeepSeek (promptfoo.dev)

×3.96 16 | 356 points by typpo 2 days ago | 222 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Removed content related to the January 20, 2025 "Woke Removal" Executive Order (github.com/uswds)

×3.96 32 #47 | 6 points by mooreds 23 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Mastercard DNS error went unnoticed for years (krebsonsecurity.com)

×3.94 83 | 998 points by todsacerdoti 1 week ago | 247 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Exposed DeepSeek database leaking sensitive information, including chat history (wiz.io)

×3.84 26 #53 | 657 points by talhof8 1 day ago | 448 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tülu 3 405B – GPT-4o performance with open-source data, code, and recipes (twitter.com/rohanpaul_ai)

×3.80 46 | 6 points by rvnx 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Goodbye, Slopify (alexeystar.com)

×3.72 14 | 338 points by surprisetalk 1 day ago | 274 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Masterkey – A TurboTax-like platform for self-service home buying (trymasterkey.com)

×3.66 5 | 13 points by giulioco 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I still like Sublime Text (ohdoylerules.com)

×3.66 1 #49 | 1091 points by james2doyle 1 day ago | 564 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Interview with DeepSeek Founder: We're Done Following. It's Time to Lead (thechinaacademy.org)

×3.64 53 #85 | 116 points by oli5679 11 hours ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Logitech's peel-and-stick radar sensors (theverge.com)

×3.51 48 | 5 points by AugurCognito 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
"We're building a new static type checker for Python" (twitter.com/charliermarsh)

×3.48 5 #64 | 331 points by shlomo_z 1 day ago | 173 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
OpenAI says it has evidence DeepSeek used its model to train competitor (ft.com)

×3.47 6 #46 | 675 points by timsuchanek 1 day ago | 1487 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs (youtube.com)

×3.38 25 #89 | 735 points by m348e912 1 day ago | 289 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Resistance to Rust abstractions for Linux DMA mapping (lwn.net)

×3.36 40 #76 | 9 points by chmaynard 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Waymo – Driverless in Atlanta (theverge.com)

×3.31 63 | 4 points by sandesh247 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Asteroid Impact on Earth 2032 with Probability 1% and 8Mt Energy (nasa.gov)

×3.30 11 #55 | 485 points by 2-3-7-43-1807 1 day ago | 333 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of Data Unconstitutional (eff.org)

×3.24 113 | 353 points by janandonly 1 week ago | 83 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
TabBoo – add random jumpscares to websites you're trying to avoid (tabboo.xyz)

×3.22 90 | 747 points by thatsnotoptimal 1 week ago | 132 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Cs16.css – CSS library based on Counter Strike 1.6 UI (samke.me)

×3.17 73 | 811 points by samke- 6 days ago | 141 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online (t4t.social)

×3.16 100 | 481 points by t4t 1 week ago | 343 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Israel and the delusions of Germany's 'memory culture' (theguardian.com)

×3.13 72 | 6 points by alkyon 44 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: OpenCharacter – open-source, uncensored CharacterAI (opencharacter.org)

×3.11 194 | 15 points by bobcoi 1 week ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Hacking Subaru: Tracking and controlling cars via the admin panel (samcurry.net)

×3.07 96 | 546 points by ramimac 1 week ago | 320 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Turn any bicycle electric (dhruvvidyut.co.in)

×3.04 108 | 373 points by samdung 1 week ago | 200 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why DeepSeek had to be open source (getlago.com)

×3.01 33 | 517 points by AnhTho_FR 1 day ago | 287 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Caltrain's electric fleet more efficient than expected (caltrain.com)

×3.00 91 | 339 points by ssuds 5 days ago | 290 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain (rustle.ca)

×2.97 92 | 692 points by jahfer 1 week ago | 295 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Estimating SpaceX's 2024 Revenue (payloadspace.com)

×2.86 44 | 4 points by johnneville 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in 2024 (elitefourum.com)

×2.85 2 #3 | 379 points by grep_it 4 hours ago | 252 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Antiqua et Nova: Note on the relationship between AI and human intelligence (vatican.va)

×2.83 7 #15 | 367 points by max_ 9 hours ago | 358 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Most Influential Papers in Computer Science History (terriblesoftware.org)

×2.83 115 | 328 points by jonbaer 1 week ago | 112 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
US pauses all federal aid and grants (bbc.com)

×2.79 36 | 310 points by miohtama 2 days ago | 478 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar (github.com/exelban)

×2.76 3 #2 | 109 points by LeoPanthera 3 hours ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
An analysis of DeepSeek's R1-Zero and R1 (arcprize.org)

×2.69 12 #25 | 672 points by meetpateltech 1 day ago | 249 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Building a T1D smartwatch for my son from scratch (andrewchilds.com)

×2.66 20 #22 | 533 points by andrewchilds 1 day ago | 77 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Operator research preview (openai.com)

×2.66 103 | 436 points by meetpateltech 1 week ago | 419 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tell HN: I'm getting spam on an email address only ever used to sign up to HN

×2.63 157 | 53 points by mvdtnz 1 week ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google Pixel 4a's old firmware is gone, trapping users on buggy battery update (androidcentral.com)

×2.63 4 #84 | 290 points by bmaupin 1 day ago | 286 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Don't Make Copyright Law in Smoke-Filled Rooms (eff.org)

×2.57 3 #56 | 16 points by hn_acker 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
F-Droid's Progress and What's Coming in 2025 (f-droid.org)

×2.53 118 | 320 points by mappu 1 week ago | 100 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Why buy domains and 301 redirect them to me?

×2.48 98 | 376 points by HughParry 6 days ago | 130 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Plik – a tiny FUSE filesystem with compression and deduplication (tycho.sytes.net)

×2.47 160 | 5 points by zeymejbdv 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
When Futurism Led to Fascism–and Why It Could Happen Again (2019) (wired.com)

×2.47 35 #58 | 13 points by pera 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Valencia bikeway appeal rejected; construction to begin in February (missionlocal.org)

×2.46 34 | 3 points by mifydev 47 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A QR code that sends you to a different destination – lenticular and adversarial (mstdn.social)

×2.37 88 | 545 points by zdw 6 days ago | 76 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Seagate: 'new' hard drives used for tens of thousands of hours (tomshardware.com)

×2.35 8 #74 | 361 points by 6581 1 day ago | 212 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Elon Musk reveals Elon Musk was wrong about Full Self-Driving (techcrunch.com)

×2.34 58 | 4 points by fortran77 45 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: A new native app for 20 year old OS X (chadbibler.com)

×2.33 130 | 143 points by chadkeck 6 days ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Mark Zuckerberg Defends Embrace of Trump Administration in Meta Employee Meeting (nytimes.com)

×2.28 36 | 3 points by vinni2 45 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Stratoshark, a sibling application to Wireshark (stratoshark.org)

×2.27 121 | 316 points by geraldcombs 1 week ago | 50 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Anyone else find LLM related posts causing them to lose interest in HN

×2.27 109 | 141 points by 3vidence 4 days ago | 113 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Llama.vim – Local LLM-assisted text completion (github.com/ggml-org)

×2.27 93 | 526 points by kgwgk 1 week ago | 103 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Practice a second language by solving image-based puzzles (alkutshina.netlify.app)

×2.27 196 | 5 points by blackbrokkoli 4 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
MySQL at Uber (uber.com)

×2.22 31 #43 | 78 points by 0xFA11 4 hours ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A phishing attack involving g.co, Google's URL shortener (github.com/zachlatta)

×2.18 95 | 371 points by zachlatta 6 days ago | 157 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Ollama server discovery tool (finds public LLM instances) (github.com/zonay)

×2.18 165 | 8 points by fueloil 3 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog (henrikkarlsson.xyz)

×2.17 26 #33 | 300 points by jger15 1 day ago | 160 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Over engineered cars are pushing technicians away

×2.12 37 | 55 points by SQL2219 4 days ago | 57 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Emotional words evoke specific patterns of neuromodulator release in humans (sciencedirect.com)

×2.10 20 | 3 points by PaulHoule 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I Created a Pomodoro Timer (25min.work)

×2.10 110 | 35 points by quantummint 2 days ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How far can you get in 40 minutes from each subway station in NYC? (subwaysheds.com)

×2.10 89 | 328 points by jxmorris12 6 days ago | 200 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Optimize your Contentful integration with a simple two tiered caching strategy (medium.com)

×2.09 45 | 4 points by xtremepixel 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Set of blank MP3 audio files (github.com/anars)

×2.07 26 | 3 points by InitEnabler 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
C stdlib isn't threadsafe and even safe Rust didn't save us (edgedb.com)

×2.07 120 | 324 points by msully4321 1 week ago | 362 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A few thoughts on DeepSeek – and why you can't trust what you read (thatstocksguy.substack.com)

×2.06 24 | 3 points by amai 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Lightpanda, an open-source headless browser in Zig (github.com/lightpanda-io)

×2.00 101 | 312 points by fbouvier 6 days ago | 137 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Life lessons from the first half-century of my career (acm.org)

×1.99 87 | 412 points by zdw 1 week ago | 160 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
SoundSlide in Stock Agian (soundslide.io)

×1.98 12 | 3 points by burgrp 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Tips for Interview Preparations with ADHD?

×1.97 134 | 37 points by thawy2025 3 days ago | 35 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Apple Reports Best Quarter Ever in 1Q 2025: $36.3B Profit on $124.3B Revenue (macrumors.com)

×1.96 15 | 3 points by tosh 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
$1M prize offered to decipher 5,300-year-old Indus Valley script (archaeologymag.com)

×1.96 73 #78 | 24 points by bookofjoe 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Trolling SMS spammers with Ollama (widloski.com)

×1.93 102 | 314 points by Evidlo 1 week ago | 124 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Which tool for chatting multiple LLMs?

×1.93 | 2 points by bosch_mind 13 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Anyone running AI locally? Mind to share your experience?

×1.91 154 | 7 points by skwee357 2 days ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: How I built a SaaS thanks to my wife (pdfbolt.com)

×1.90 99 | 10 points by Ametrin 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Mark Zuckerberg Tells Meta Staffers to 'Buckle Up' for 'Intense Year' (businessinsider.com)

×1.89 13 | 3 points by gmays 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???