Quality News: Hacker News Rankings

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Have LLMs Mastered Geolocation? (bellingcat.com)

×0.94 | 1 points by admp 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A Checklist for Decision-Making (economist.com)

×0.86 | 1 points by helsinkiandrew 14 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tiny-diffusion: A minimal implementation of probabilistic diffusion models (github.com/tanelp)

×0.87 | 1 points by BraverHeart 16 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I made a tool to merge multiple JSON files online – free and fast (merge-json-files.com)

×0.81 | 1 points by imad-101 27 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Get your compliance automated now (horuscheck.io)

×0.70 | 1 points by sandboxmumu 42 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Made a 3 SEC log streaming setup (paste command –> streaming starts) (logsy.info)

×0.70 | 1 points by devparagiri 49 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Disaster Party – A "Universal" AI API SDK (github.com/segin)

×0.73 | 1 points by segin 49 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Art of Lisp and Writing (dreamsongs.com)

×2.45 7 #1 | 5 points by Bogdanp 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A Parting Message to My Students (kstan.gitlab.io)

×0.69 | 1 points by tankangsoon 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Dead Hand automatic nuclear weapons control system (wikipedia.org)

×1.57 | 2 points by aroman 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Trade with China Is Becoming a One-Way Street (wsj.com)

×3.37 78 | 4 points by Ozarkian 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Mdc – just another Markdown viewer with ToC and CLI support (github.com/zoetin45)

×0.68 | 1 points by zoetin45 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Government awards contract to French company to develop sonar system (rte.ie)

×0.69 | 1 points by austinallegro 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Apple "Reasoning Collapse" Paper Is Even Dumber Than You Think (mikecaulfield.substack.com)

×0.70 | 1 points by gsky 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Spatializing 6k years of global urbanization from 3700 BC to AD 2000 (nature.com)

×1.62 | 2 points by talonx 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Coinbase, famously a "no politics" company in 2020, sponsors a military parade (reddit.com)

×7.22 87 | 9 points by tomlockwood 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Introduction to Competitive Programming in Haskell (byorgey.github.io)

×1.55 | 2 points by matt_d 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Sweden gets help pulling its sovereign AI socks up (computerweekly.com)

×0.67 | 1 points by jamesblonde 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How you breathe is like a fingerprint that can identify you (nature.com)

×1.58 | 2 points by XzetaU8 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Root Cause of the June 12, 2025 Google Cloud Outage (twitter.com/0xTib3rius)

×0.67 | 1 points by thunderbong 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Disturbing Rumor – PBS NewsHour (Brooks / Capehart)

×4.89 79 | 6 points by mobileturdfctry 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I build an anonymous stranger chat with no log in (randomize.chat)

×1.36 | 2 points by henrymuddleton 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Novo Nordisk's Canadian Mistake (science.org)

×0.60 | 1 points by taubek 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Shields.rs – a Rust badge engine 10x faster than Node.js (github.com/Jannchie)

×0.61 | 1 points by jannchie 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Software Engineering Talent Is Gold Right Now (gametorch.app)

×1.39 | 2 points by gametorch 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Centralization or Decentralization? Evolution of State-Ownership in China (2022) (ssrn.com)

×0.51 | 1 points by walterbell 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Algebra of an Infinite Grid of Resistors (mathpages.com)

×1.25 | 2 points by gone35 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ordinary users can also generate professional and creative print ads (piclabs.org)

×0.55 | 1 points by rooty_ship 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Arkane Linux: Opinionated, immutable, atomic Arch-based distribution (arkanelinux.org)

×1.24 | 2 points by theycallhermax 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Remove Bug Bounty Program (github.com/CycloneDX)

×2.96 16 #46 | 5 points by Tomte 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Adding .md URLs for Raw Markdown Content in Next.js (bengubler.com)

×0.54 | 1 points by nebrelbug 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Scaling Laws – Can Someone Tell Elon? (waymo.com)

×2.04 27 | 3 points by bobby_mcbrown 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Smooth Page Transitions in Next.js with next-view-transitions (bengubler.com)

×1.33 | 2 points by nebrelbug 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Trolley Problem: the UX of shopping carts (2023) (usamawaheed.substack.com)

×1.18 19 | 3 points by Mr_Minderbinder 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Checking the Weather Shouldn't Be Boring (indiehackers.com)

×1.86 18 | 3 points by timetodine17 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Generate an excuse when you just can't (quickalibi.com)

×0.48 | 1 points by TandemApp 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Everyone Is Wrong About Mexican Coke [video] (youtube.com)

×0.50 | 1 points by dataflow 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Let us bury the linear model of innovation (lemire.me)

×0.52 | 1 points by kristianp 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: OllaMan – Intuitive Desktop UI Manager for Ollama AI Models (ollaman.com)

×0.52 | 1 points by Sulfide6416 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Photos of secret Caltrain station apartment show $40k in illicit renovations (mercurynews.com)

×1.66 15 | 3 points by pastureofplenty 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Historic 'No Kingd' Rally in Mountain View, CA Today (mv-voice.com)

×3.50 55 | 6 points by metadat 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Divorce Detectives (ft.com)

×0.48 | 1 points by sealeck 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (wikipedia.org)

×0.49 | 1 points by benbreen 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
KB5060533 update triggers boot errors on Surface Hub v1 devices (bleepingcomputer.com)

×0.50 | 1 points by numpad0 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Greptile Bug Wiki (greptile.com)

×1.17 | 2 points by codeAligned 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Tech Plutocrats Dreaming of a Right-Wing San Francisco (2024) (newrepublic.com)

×5.02 85 | 23 points by consumer451 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Reasons Your Appliances Die Young (nytimes.com)

×1.21 | 2 points by Kaibeezy 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Testing Phone-Sized Faraday Bags (mattblaze.org)

×0.50 | 1 points by MrVandemar 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
PublishAPI – Lightweight sentiment API with daily limits and multi-key support (publishapi.org)

×0.50 | 1 points by toxi360 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How to modify Starlink Mini to run without the built-in WiFi router (olegkutkov.me)

×1.27 | 1 points by walterbell 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Feature Requests for Zillow (zacharynielsen.com)

×0.50 | 1 points by zielsen 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Zero-Index, O(1) Data Engine with Native Natural-Language Querying

×0.47 | 1 points by mymanagertech 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Notes on – Anthropic: How we built our multi-agent research system (simonwillison.net)

×2.94 38 | 6 points by thunderbong 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
John Wells, 64, Who Fled New York for the Solitude of the Desert, Dies (nytimes.com)

×3.26 21 #60 | 8 points by mitchbob 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Graduate student develops an A.I.-based approach to restore damaged paintings (smithsonianmag.com)

×1.13 | 2 points by jmillikin 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
O3-Pro Speculative Reasoning (smw.ai)

×0.48 | 1 points by aethelyon 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I want to build a list of weird software developers like me. Are you weird too? (humanprogrammers.com)

×1.12 | 2 points by olinelson 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
'Gas station heroin' is technically illegal and widely available (apnews.com)

×6.40 63 | 10 points by rmason 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
BeOS (wikipedia.org)

×3.74 34 | 6 points by RyanShook 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
IC3PEAK - Marching [video] (youtube.com)

×0.47 | 1 points by consumer451 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Everybody in History, Everywhere, All at Once (fi-le.net)

×0.48 | 1 points by jfil 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Freaky Font (freakyfont.app)

×0.47 | 1 points by hapJam 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Novo Nordisk's patent on Ozempic expired in Canada over unpaid $450 late fee (bsky.app)

×4.23 36 | 7 points by donohoe 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Travel Writer's Dilemma: Share, or Gatekeep? (nytimes.com)

×1.09 | 2 points by Thevet 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Dice Identification 101: Mold Characteristics (2019) (wordpress.com)

×0.47 | 1 points by zdw 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Cadence (2020) (medium.com)

×0.48 | 1 points by gone35 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
New York passes a bill to prevent AI-fueled disasters (techcrunch.com)

×0.50 | 2 points by dsubburam 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I created a multiple JSON queries tool (postpilot.dev)

×0.51 | 1 points by anlac96_it 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Streamlit state management for React developers (outlore.dev)

×0.44 | 1 points by outlore 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How I monitor and control all my powered devices (Zigbee and HA) (jeffgeerling.com)

×1.09 | 2 points by mikece 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Bear Essentials Vlog (reddit.com)

×0.48 | 1 points by b0ner_t0ner 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Reclaiming the future: Māori voices leading in the age of AI and quantum tech (thespinoff.co.nz)

×0.45 | 1 points by gnabgib 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I have discovered a new number (with Mathematical Proof)

×1.08 18 | 3 points by resident_person 5 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I made an online Unicode Cuneiform digital clock (oisinmoran.com)

×1.75 19 | 3 points by OisinMoran 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Somalia's construction boom in Mogadishu gives women high ambitions (bbc.com)

×1.08 | 2 points by 1659447091 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Making Software Like Lego: How Aspire Brings the Pieces Together (medium.com)

×0.47 | 1 points by vyrotek 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Some sunscreen ingredients may disrupt sperm cell function (2016) (medicalxpress.com)

×1.10 | 2 points by OutOfHere 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Jiffly - AI agent that finds, calls, & books the best local services (getjiffly.com)

×0.45 | 1 points by titusblair 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Large language models often know when they are being evaluated (arxiv.org)

×1.83 31 #36 | 52 points by jonbaer 5 hours ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: An LLM Running on a PS Vita (github.com/callbacked)

×2.16 5 | 4 points by callbacked 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The State of Rideshare and Autonomous Vehicles (platformaeronaut.com)

×0.96 | 2 points by apesti 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Adaline (adaline.ai)

×1.00 | 2 points by handfuloflight 6 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Tapmytab – an open-source, Kanban with rich text editor on Chrome tab (github.com/krehwell)

×0.60 25 | 3 points by krehwell 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Malware hiding in plain sight: Spying on North Korean Hackers (aikido.dev)

×3.88 17 | 7 points by thunderbong 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
LLM Debugger – Visualize OpenAI API Conversations (github.com/akhalsa)

×1.63 28 | 3 points by open_debug 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Wolfenstein 3D on 8-Bit Consoles [video] (youtube.com)

×3.22 31 | 9 points by bane 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Kontext Image: AI image editing for fast personalized creation (kontextimg.com)

×1.02 | 2 points by cy2025421 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Festival rockers told to take off smartwatches, moshpits spark emergency alerts (theguardian.com)

×1.70 7 #68 | 9 points by vinnyglennon 6 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
N. Korea discharges uranium waste into waters flowing to S. Korea (dailynk.com)

×7.34 69 | 21 points by aa_is_op 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Nucleus Co-Op – Play local co-op with only one PC and one game copy (nucleus-coop.github.io)

×1.73 29 | 3 points by iscream26 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???