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An asteroid discovered days ago will narrowly miss Earth (cnn.com)

×0.99 | 1 points by bilekas 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I expanded DystopiaBench to 42 models and 6 dystopia types (reddit.com)

×1.00 | 1 points by yunseo47 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How to Make Your Coding Agent Look Like an Idiot (capocasa.dev)

×0.97 | 1 points by rainmaking 2 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Bipedalism and brain expansion explain human handedness (plos.org)

×0.82 | 1 points by derbOac 5 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Human Value versus AI Legacy Code [video] (adventuresindevops.com)

×0.85 | 1 points by mooreds 5 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI (404media.co)

×0.72 | 1 points by cdrnsf 6 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
RISC-V and Floating Point (fprox.substack.com)

×1.59 | 2 points by hasheddan 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Bundle-roast – the NPM scale that knows your sins (puruvj.dev)

×0.69 | 1 points by puruvj 9 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly (theguardian.com)

×2.71 78 | 6 points by robtherobber 10 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Panelook (panelook.com)

×2.22 62 | 3 points by hyperific 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
SPF Flattening and the 10-Lookup Limit: How to Fix Too Many DNS Lookups (dmarcguard.io)

×1.44 | 2 points by meysamazad 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Anatomy of an Agent Harness (langchain.com)

×0.64 | 1 points by meysamazad 14 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
An LLM models our worst behavior (person-al.github.io)

×0.59 | 1 points by meysamazad 15 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Gaza is rebuilding with Lego-like bricks made from rubble (wired.com)

×1.44 | 2 points by cunidev 16 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Famous paintings, computationally restored using conservation research (aspainted.com)

×0.60 | 1 points by gammied 17 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: HypergraphZ – directed hypergraph library in Zig with Python bindings (github.com/yamafaktory)

×0.61 | 1 points by yamafaktory 17 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The OEIS meta sequence and subway stations (jeremykun.com)

×1.46 | 2 points by surprisetalk 17 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
This ultra-lightweight Linux OS saved my Windows 10 laptop from the scrapheap (neowin.net)

×0.61 | 1 points by bundie 19 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Lightyear Race (boristhebrave.com)

×0.62 | 1 points by ibobev 19 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Next Token Prediction Is a Misleading Term (boristhebrave.com)

×0.63 | 2 points by ibobev 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Nylon – A dynamic, self-optimizing WireGuard mesh (github.com/encodeous)

×0.64 | 1 points by chenjq 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Simulated Evolution on the PICO-8 (wordpress.com)

×0.63 | 1 points by ibobev 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
An obsidian plugin that answers the question: What's on your radar? (talleye.com)

×1.48 | 2 points by lfcipriani 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Prompt eval cues predicted refusal shifts across 32k LLM rollouts (medium.com)

×0.64 | 1 points by ratnaditya 21 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Handling the great code forge fragmentation (alexselimov.com)

×1.45 | 2 points by aselimov3 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A Decade of Open Innovation (redhat.com)

×0.60 | 1 points by ilreb 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Cloud Provider Comparison Tool (serversearcher.com)

×0.61 | 1 points by matt-p 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Understanding Synthetic Users and Synthetic Data: Future of AI-Powered Research (zenodo.org)

×0.59 | 1 points by anasteciadunu 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Mistral Developing New AI Model for Banks Lacking Mythos Access (bloomberg.com)

×3.00 70 | 4 points by Harvesterify 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
ExplodingWeb – find rising sites, niches and hidden opportunities (explodingweb.io)

×1.41 | 2 points by onion92 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Building a 1-Outlet, 4-GPU Workstation (jbarrow.ai)

×1.41 | 1 points by jbarrow 26 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Sum-Check as an Algebraic Tensor Reduction: Part III (zksecurity.xyz)

×1.37 | 2 points by marcobesier 26 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Casual Archivist's Short History of Business Card: Versailles to Microsoft Word (themalin.co)

×0.60 | 1 points by bookofjoe 26 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Catcher – An AI web testing tool where most tests never hit the API (github.com/Catcher2026)

×0.61 | 1 points by Jasssss 27 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Engram adds universal context spine for AI coding IDEs (github.com/NickCirv)

×0.59 | 1 points by NickCirv 28 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The era of free money may have ended (reuters.com)

×2.24 52 | 3 points by latentframe 28 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI memory is not a database (altertable.ai)

×1.46 | 2 points by fvaleye 29 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why large-scale donor programs are broken (theguardian.com)

×0.61 | 1 points by baigy 29 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I made a pulsing conductor's baton (bertwagner.com)

×0.64 | 1 points by bertwagner 29 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Do you know what data your AI coding agent sends to the cloud?

×0.64 | 2 points by lbrauer 30 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I built a marketplace where AI agents can hire humans (& other agents) (gigiac.com)

×0.66 | 1 points by djgel 30 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
'We mould trees to grow into the shape of chairs' (bbc.co.uk)

×2.10 2 #10 | 16 points by bauc 29 minutes ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Unusual uses of OEIS sequences on GitHub (jeremykun.com)

×1.44 | 2 points by surprisetalk 32 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Apple Is Making Hit Products and High Profits from Imperfect Chips (wsj.com)

×0.62 | 1 points by fortran77 33 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Russia is starting to lose ground in Ukraine (economist.com)

×7.49 85 | 22 points by giuliomagnifico 36 minutes ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Loneliness: South Korea's silent epidemic [video] (youtube.com)

×0.58 | 1 points by teleforce 38 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
ClickHouse can do vector search. Faster than you'd expect (tinybird.co)

×2.19 45 | 3 points by gnzjgo 38 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: VSCode users what do you think about this (github.com/microsoft)

×1.39 | 2 points by cfunderburg 40 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Waylandcraft: Wayland Compositor in Minecraft (github.com/EVV1E)

×1.38 | 2 points by chipheat 40 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Poland directs officials to ditch Signal in favor of 'secure' state alternative (theregister.com)

×1.40 42 | 3 points by Bender 41 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Hack Club-Where teens make cool stuff, website redesign (hackclub.com)

×0.60 | 1 points by dragonsenseiguy 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Backup script ingested an accidental asterisk and deleted everything (theregister.com)

×1.42 | 2 points by Bender 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Enough with the AI FOMO, go slow-mo, says Domo CDO (theregister.com)

×2.63 4 #11 | 23 points by Bender 41 minutes ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Layoutmaster cures DOM reflow with six simple API (layoutmaster.dev)

×1.40 | 2 points by zhxiaoliang 43 minutes ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Benedict Evans: AI eats the world (Spring 26) [pdf] (squarespace.com)

×2.35 #3 | 31 points by topherjaynes 41 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Polynomials, the Canonical Embedding, and Encoding (jeremykun.com)

×1.31 | 2 points by surprisetalk 47 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Inheriting a Mess Episode [audio] (buzzsprout.com)

×0.54 | 1 points by mooreds 49 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Open-Source Platform for Magnetics Design and Simulation (openmagnetics.com)

×0.56 | 1 points by navigate8310 50 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Lippmann Colour Photography (alternativephotography.com)

×2.73 55 | 4 points by gus_massa 50 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Hershey Bets on Agentic AI to Rethink $2B in Marketing Spend (adweek.com)

×1.34 2 #17 | 8 points by mooreds 49 minutes ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Top Sanity Agencies to Hire for Your Business Project in 2026 (gitnation.com)

×1.18 | 2 points by katyadrozd 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A new app store for kids (openrockets.com)

×1.22 | 2 points by openrockets 57 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I'm done. Flow editors are broken. And you all know it (wanderer-flow.de)

×0.54 | 1 points by steampixel 57 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
RentPulse-Chrome extension that notifies 60s of new listings (rentpulse.ie)

×0.53 | 1 points by liquoriceIce 57 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Atlas TQ1_0 – Pure C++ Ternary (1.58-Bit) Inference Engine for CPU (github.com/xxxn3m3s1sxxx)

×1.23 | 2 points by xxxn3m3s1sxxx 58 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Make Your Coding Agent Opinionated (medium.com)

×0.53 | 1 points by mooreds 58 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Quality Dividend: Why the Real AI Opportunity Isn't Speed (danielvaughan.com)

×0.54 | 1 points by dvaughan 59 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Changes to Gemini model access and limits (google.com)

×1.89 32 | 3 points by jonbaer 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Sobriety (blairspeed.substack.com)

×0.52 | 1 points by surprisetalk 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A Linux-like kernel in a browser tab – deep dive in the BrowserPod architecture (leaningtech.com)

×2.65 49 | 4 points by theanonymousone 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Incident: Croatia BCS3 at Split, rejected takeoff due to runway excursion (avherald.com)

×0.53 | 1 points by garyclarke27 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why the Mandalorians Are Basically Militant Space Amish [video] (youtube.com)

×0.54 | 1 points by Imustaskforhelp 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I made a macOS app to help me use Japanese websites (littlebobert.github.io)

×1.29 | 2 points by bobertdowney 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I broke a working PR because an LLM convinced me there was a bug (droppedasbaby.com)

×0.55 | 1 points by offbyone42 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
What's True About the Evolution of Men's Greater Average Height? (ecodevoevo.blogspot.com)

×0.54 | 1 points by BigTTYGothGF 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Apple Papercuts (taoofmac.com)

×4.13 64 | 6 points by rcarmo 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Linux security mailing list 'almost unmanageable' (theregister.com)

×2.82 1 #4 | 42 points by jonbaer 1 hour ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
MAGA allies tell Trump to vet AI before release (axios.com)

×3.21 56 | 5 points by thm 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
What Lucid Dreaming Reveals About Waking Life (medium.com)

×0.50 | 1 points by genadym 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Isms.sh – Free and Open Source Information Security Management System (github.com/unidoc)

×0.51 | 1 points by unidoc 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Learn Harness Engineering (walkinglabs.github.io)

×1.22 | 2 points by redbell 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Pope Leo's encyclical on preserving the human person in the AI era drops May 25 (vaticannews.va)

×0.53 | 1 points by dmschulman 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The End of Cheap AI: What Consumption Pricing Means for Organizations (zimetic.com)

×0.51 | 1 points by bzimbelman 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The age of the generalist is finally here (cates.fm)

×1.22 | 2 points by benja123 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering (1986) [pdf] (worrydream.com)

×0.51 | 1 points by rzk 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Don't Sign In with Google (twitter.com/the_smart_ape)

×4.48 66 | 7 points by delichon 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
When Kierkegaard Got Cancelled (plough.com)

×1.73 18 | 3 points by bookofjoe 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The HTML Sanitizer API (alfy.blog)

×0.48 | 1 points by subset 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Pip install once, Docker errors auto-translated forever (github.com/Mikemiol17)

×1.10 | 2 points by mikael01ultra 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Lemmy Tray – Rust menu bar app that shows Lemmy posts without browser or account (lemmy.ml)

×0.47 | 1 points by tracyspacy 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???