Quality News: Hacker News Rankings

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Meta's Yann LeCun targets $3.5B valuation for new AI startup, FT reports (reuters.com)

×0.93 | 1 points by hdjY28 3 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Help Ukraine by attacking Russian web sites. Good load testing training (github.com/sergeyzenchenko)

×0.83 | 1 points by doener 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Is Having a Renaissance (wired.com)

×0.83 | 1 points by AndrewDucker 9 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
MenuPhotoAI (menuphotoai.com)

×0.82 | 1 points by bellamoon544 11 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Forget burner phones – you can join this new carrier with just a ZIP code (zdnet.com)

×0.83 | 1 points by pkaeding 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Bluesky claims its new contact import feature is 'privacy-first' (theverge.com)

×0.83 | 1 points by kevin061 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Is content convergence an incentive problem, not an AI problem?

×0.82 | 1 points by yostoryteller 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Python SDK – forecasting with foundation time-series and tabular models (github.com/S-FM)

×0.82 | 1 points by ChernovAndrei 14 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
DuckDB-PST: ultra-fast querying of MS PST files (github.com/intellekthq)

×0.83 | 1 points by unxmaal 15 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
U.S. Plans Largest Nuclear Power Program Since the 1970s (ieee.org)

×0.82 | 1 points by thunderbong 15 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
tauri-plugin-liquid-glass: Tauri plugin for Apple liquid glass effect (github.com/hkandala)

×0.82 | 1 points by harish095 16 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Claude Browser – A browser I built with Claude integrated at the core (loom.com)

×0.83 | 1 points by mrdesmondwatson 16 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: A faster way to theme Shadcn/UI

×1.62 | 2 points by erikdevriesnl 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Stratechery Year in Review (stratechery.com)

×0.69 | 1 points by mbanerjeepalmer 23 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why is time going so fast and how do I slow it down? (phys.org)

×0.72 | 1 points by bookofjoe 23 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Military satellites dogfighting as tensions escalate in orbit (washingtonpost.com)

×1.70 | 2 points by reaperducer 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Semantic Field Execution: Decoupling Transformers from Runtime Inference (zenodo.org)

×0.74 | 1 points by anima-core 24 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Creating apps like Signal could be 'hostile activity' claims UK watchdog (techradar.com)

×3.72 3 #23 | 6 points by donohoe 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Producing Open Source Software (2020) (producingoss.com)

×0.72 | 1 points by Garcia98 27 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: NPM package size visualizer using React as the unit of measurement (howmanyreacts.com)

×0.73 | 1 points by Sajarin 27 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Build with Specs – Spec-Driven Development Workflow for AI-Assisted Software (buildwithspecs.com)

×1.62 | 2 points by claudianadalin 29 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Community (combo.cc)

×0.67 | 1 points by computersuck 29 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
What matters in automated form filling?

×0.64 | 1 points by entslscheia 34 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Year in AI at Grafana Labs (grafana.com)

×0.66 | 1 points by matryer 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Scents of Christmas: Aromatic Plants, Memory, and the Ecology of Celebration (worldsensorium.com)

×0.66 | 1 points by dnetesn 36 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Cowboy Closes ReBirth Deal, Secures New Funding and Restarts Production (micromobility.io)

×0.67 | 1 points by prabinjoel 36 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Psychedelic Scientist (nautil.us)

×0.68 | 1 points by dnetesn 36 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Serenely Fast I/O Buffer benchmarked (serenedb.com)

×3.26 63 | 5 points by mkornaukhov 39 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Siraaj: a lightweight real-time analytics service in Go using DuckDB (github.com/mohamedelhefni)

×0.65 | 1 points by hefni101 39 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tiny-TSM: Efficiently Training a Lightweight SOTA Time Series Foundation Model (arxiv.org)

×0.64 | 1 points by skanderbm 40 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: What's the minimal WordPress security hardening you'd trust?

×0.61 | 1 points by mirza_rizvi 43 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How did IRC ping timeouts end up in a lawsuit? (dreamwidth.org)

×0.60 | 1 points by susam 45 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
America's Dirtiest Carbon Polluters, Mapped to Ridiculous Precision (gizmodo.com)

×2.45 8 #22 | 10 points by ourmandave 45 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ancient hunter-gatherer DNA may explain why some people live 100 years or more (phys.org)

×0.61 | 1 points by pseudolus 48 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
There Has to Be a Way (bloodinthemachine.com)

×1.45 | 2 points by ArmageddonIt 50 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Test scores in U.S. schools are down. Are smartphones to blame? (npr.org)

×0.61 | 1 points by pseudolus 52 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why the Shipping Forecast Endures (newstatesman.com)

×0.62 | 1 points by bookofjoe 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
CEO-CTO Therapy (Part 1): Communication (avivbenyosef.com)

×0.62 | 1 points by avivby 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Email Expiration Manager Thunderbird Add-On (thunderbird.net)

×0.61 | 1 points by pydubreucq 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars (wsj.com)

×2.73 14 #31 | 9 points by lukaspetersson 56 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Who needs a NAS? Just use your old phone (xda-developers.com)

×1.48 | 2 points by sipofwater 56 minutes ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Save For Later – AI-powered bookmark manager that resurfaces your saves (saveforlater.pro)

×1.44 | 2 points by aria-sfl 59 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Updates to GitHub Actions Pricing (github.com/orgs)

×0.63 | 1 points by choult 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Slowness Is a Virtue (jakobschwichtenberg.com)

×1.71 1 #4 | 22 points by jakobgreenfeld 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why are sperm donors having hundreds of children? (bbc.com)

×0.58 | 1 points by 0in 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tomlin7/KeePassDiff: A diff/merge tool for KeePassXC databases (github.com/tomlin7)

×0.60 | 1 points by rcarmo 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Windows 3.1's 'Hot Dog Stand' UI Color Scheme (daringfireball.net)

×1.42 | 2 points by tosh 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
One Big Server Is Probably Enough: Why You Don't Need the Cloud for Most Things (oneuptime.com)

×1.38 | 2 points by stanislavb 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Saudi Arabia wants to host the cheapest data centres (economist.com)

×0.60 | 1 points by Brajeshwar 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Reinventing the Wheel with In-Wheel Motors (electrichybridvehicletechnology.com)

×0.55 | 1 points by Kaibeezy 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
2025 was the year we lived alt-2016 and debated everything (thesocialjuice.substack.com)

×0.58 | 1 points by jaskaransainiz 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Natilus Enters India with Bold SpiceJet Deal (airinsight.com)

×0.58 | 1 points by Brajeshwar 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Japan App Store Gets Alternative Marketplaces, Third-Party Payments and More (macrumors.com)

×0.58 | 1 points by akyuu 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results (9to5mac.com)

×2.29 16 #52 | 5 points by akyuu 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Encrypted Client Hello Approved for Publication (feistyduck.com)

×0.58 | 1 points by maxloh 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
After Ruining a Treasured Water Resource, Iran Is Drying Up (yale.edu)

×1.96 1 #1 | 50 points by YaleE360 53 minutes ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI is making dangerous lab work accessible to novices, UK's AISI finds (transformernews.ai)

×0.57 | 1 points by llabwons 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: What are some interesting papers I could read during vacations?

×1.22 | 2 points by znpy 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Understanding Power BI Engine Architecture: A Deep Dive (medium.com)

×0.53 | 1 points by janandonly 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I built an Animated UI Library with drag and drop components (ogblocks.dev)

×0.69 | 2 points by ogsome 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A New Chapter for Cowboy (cowboy.com)

×1.28 | 2 points by terabytest 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
It's all about momentum (combo.cc)

×1.03 2 #3 | 26 points by sph 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Jinja.cpp: A single-header C++11 Jinja2 template engine for LLM chat templates (github.com/wangzhaode)

×0.54 | 1 points by limoce 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tuitar – A portable guitar training tool and DIY kit (github.com/orhun)

×0.53 | 1 points by orhunp_ 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: FreeWall – A minimalist iOS wallpaper app using Shortcuts (apple.com)

×0.54 | 1 points by onecookie 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
EU leaders face crunch decision on using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine (reuters.com)

×1.98 18 | 3 points by alephnerd 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
GCC Developers Considering Whether to Accept AI/LLM-Generated Patches (phoronix.com)

×1.32 | 2 points by maxloh 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: IronWall – 3KB Client-Side Proof-of-Work to Replace reCAPTCHA (ironwall-protocol.xyz)

×0.57 | 1 points by Clein 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How getting richer made teenagers less free (theargumentmag.com)

×2.19 1 #2 | 83 points by NavinF 1 hour ago | 62 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Designing a CPU for native BASIC (hackaday.com)

×1.35 | 2 points by rickcarlino 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Webpage content should not be able to influence GC via WeakRef (codeberg.org)

×0.55 | 1 points by mimasama 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Aaron Van Wirdum predicts the future of crypto (altcoindesk.com)

×1.30 | 2 points by CryptoBabe 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
DCMS Pheix – First RTM Release «from the Basement» (pheix.org)

×1.33 | 2 points by pheix 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Visualizing interaction-driven restructuring of quantum Hall edge states (nature.com)

×0.57 | 1 points by westurner 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Microsoft kills IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot (visualstudiomagazine.com)

×2.84 26 #66 | 6 points by todsacerdoti 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Map of median rent per m² in Berlin (allaboutberlin.com)

×1.28 | 2 points by nicbou 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Discovering Clara Rules: Business Logic That AI Can Understand (claude.ai)

×1.23 | 2 points by tamnd 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
GitHub cancels Actions price change for self-hosted runners (github.com/en)

×2.03 9 #46 | 7 points by axelfontaine 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Attempting cross translation unit taint analysis for Firefox (attackanddefense.dev)

×0.56 | 1 points by fanf2 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The App Paradigm Inversion (dougbelshaw.com)

×0.56 | 1 points by dajbelshaw 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Online Textbook for Braid groups and knots and tangles (matthematics.com)

×0.82 17 #10 | 12 points by marysminefnuf 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Hacker News Reader created using Claude (claude.ai)

×0.57 | 1 points by rogermungo 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How a major convenience store chain became a hub for crypto scams (cnn.com)

×2.57 20 | 4 points by breve 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Is Stackoverflow.com Broken? (stackoverflow.com)

×1.24 | 2 points by tannhaeuser 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Hybrid Search: OLAP with vector search and full-text search and SQL analytics (velodb.io)

×0.53 | 1 points by qinchencq 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The "Zero-Employee" Marketing Stack: Scaling SaaS from Seed to Series A (vect.pro)

×0.53 | 1 points by MMAFRAZ 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Rayneo Air 3s Pro AR Glasses Review (boilingsteam.com)

×0.53 | 1 points by ekianjo 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
OpenAI Academy for News Organizations (openai.com)

×0.54 | 1 points by narram 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Self-hosted AD/Entra ID alternative that works with Windows and Linux?

×1.28 | 2 points by marenkay 2 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not Anymore (city-journal.org)

×1.25 | 2 points by barry-cotter 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???