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These Websites Have Been Seized (matdoes.dev)

×6.65 34 #40 | 48 points by GoldenStack 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Amazon Raises Its Ad Spending on Elon Musk's X, in Major Reversal (wsj.com)

×10.85 77 | 17 points by cdme 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
California law enforcement misused state databases more than 7k times in 2023 (eff.org)

×4.46 6 #8 | 258 points by hn_acker 4 hours ago | 89 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Mistral Small 3 (mistral.ai)

×4.83 31 #35 | 529 points by jasondavies 8 hours ago | 167 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar (github.com/exelban)

×2.83 3 #2 | 101 points by LeoPanthera 3 hours ago | 41 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
DeepSeek R1 is far better than OpenAI o1 at finding bugs in pull requests (greptile.com)

×4.54 62 #88 | 38 points by dakshgupta 5 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in 2024 (elitefourum.com)

×2.86 2 #3 | 375 points by grep_it 4 hours ago | 249 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Apple reports Q1 2025 results (apple.com)

×4.06 56 | 7 points by mfiguiere 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ice: Powerful open source menu bar manager for macOS (icemenubar.app)

×4.56 25 #32 | 15 points by Khaine 30 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The US government's open data on Data.gov is currently being scrubbed (reddit.com)

×6.22 30 #64 | 185 points by xbmcuser 14 hours ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Resistance to Rust abstractions for Linux DMA mapping (lwn.net)

×3.10 31 #72 | 8 points by chmaynard 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tülu 3 405B – GPT-4o performance with open-source data, code, and recipes (twitter.com/rohanpaul_ai)

×3.83 47 | 6 points by rvnx 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
MySQL at Uber (uber.com)

×2.24 30 #42 | 78 points by 0xFA11 4 hours ago | 39 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
When Futurism Led to Fascism–and Why It Could Happen Again (2019) (wired.com)

×2.39 29 #52 | 12 points by pera 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
What makes a great mocktail? (2018) (seriouseats.com)

×2.21 5 #4 | 17 points by amarcheschi 56 minutes ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
JavaScript Temporal is coming (mozilla.org)

×4.20 2 #1 | 934 points by SigmundurM 11 hours ago | 280 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Logitech's peel-and-stick radar sensors (theverge.com)

×3.55 52 | 5 points by AugurCognito 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A RISC-V Progress Check: Benchmarking P550 and C910 (chipsandcheese.com)

×3.03 33 | 5 points by klelatti 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Don't Make Copyright Law in Smoke-Filled Rooms (eff.org)

×2.71 1 #54 | 16 points by hn_acker 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Masterkey – A TurboTax-like platform for self-service home buying (trymasterkey.com)

×3.68 3 | 13 points by giulioco 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
DeepSeek hints China has mastered the art of 'kaizen'–the West should be worried (ft.com)

×2.53 24 | 4 points by bookofjoe 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole from Us (404media.co)

×9.85 70 | 1313 points by latexr 1 day ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why Stanford scientists needed a new Python notebook (marimo.io)

×2.50 20 | 4 points by akshayka 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Antiqua et Nova: Note on the relationship between AI and human intelligence (vatican.va)

×2.84 8 #16 | 365 points by max_ 9 hours ago | 355 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Interview with DeepSeek Founder: We're Done Following. It's Time to Lead (thechinaacademy.org)

×3.61 51 #84 | 115 points by oli5679 11 hours ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Hyper-Emotional AI Voice Acting for Anime and Movies (156.195:8501)

×1.81 15 | 4 points by Sophia_H 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
My Cat Mii (theparisreview.org)

×1.83 6 #5 | 120 points by lermontov 5 hours ago | 13 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
SoundSlide in Stock Agian (soundslide.io)

×2.00 12 | 3 points by burgrp 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Mark Zuckerberg Tells Meta Staffers to 'Buckle Up' for 'Intense Year' (businessinsider.com)

×1.91 13 | 3 points by gmays 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Apple Reports Best Quarter Ever in 1Q 2025: $36.3B Profit on $124.3B Revenue (macrumors.com)

×1.98 18 | 3 points by tosh 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Is onboard audio still good enough compared to dedicated Sound Cards?

×1.78 59 | 5 points by monkburger 58 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Emotional words evoke specific patterns of neuromodulator release in humans (sciencedirect.com)

×2.14 25 | 3 points by PaulHoule 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech (techcrunch.com)

×4.59 34 #86 | 174 points by Tomte 16 hours ago | 336 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A few thoughts on DeepSeek – and why you can't trust what you read (thatstocksguy.substack.com)

×2.10 27 | 3 points by amai 58 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Set of blank MP3 audio files (github.com/anars)

×2.12 28 | 3 points by InitEnabler 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Commercial jet collides with Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan airport (mediaite.com)

×4.96 15 #33 | 600 points by mzmzmzm 20 hours ago | 575 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Estimating SpaceX's 2024 Revenue (payloadspace.com)

×2.14 31 | 3 points by johnneville 51 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Optimize your Contentful integration with a simple two tiered caching strategy (medium.com)

×2.14 51 | 4 points by xtremepixel 49 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Accessing the Qualcomm Modem over USB on the RAK5010 (danielmangum.com)

×1.81 22 #60 | 4 points by hasheddan 46 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Do Insects Feel Pain? (newyorker.com)

×1.06 11 #9 | 12 points by Hooke 1 hour ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Israel and the delusions of Germany's 'memory culture' (theguardian.com)

×3.32 74 | 6 points by alkyon 29 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Valencia bikeway appeal rejected; construction to begin in February (missionlocal.org)

×2.55 42 | 3 points by mifydev 32 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Steps to becoming a software engineer at FAANG?

×1.85 26 | 5 points by roadtoswe 5 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Optical Frequency Combs (nist.gov)

×1.04 6 #7 | 48 points by zafka 3 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Open-Source Alternative to OpenAI Platform, for Local Models (github.com/transformerlab)

×8.30 39 | 84 points by aliasaria 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Umlauts, Diaereses, and the New Yorker (2020) (arrantpedantry.com)

×0.90 6 #31 | 21 points by jplrssn 3 hours ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Quaternions and spherical trigonometry (wordpress.com)

×1.08 4 #19 | 70 points by t55 4 hours ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Waymo – Driverless in Atlanta (theverge.com)

×2.67 54 | 3 points by sandesh247 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Exposed DeepSeek database leaking sensitive information, including chat history (wiz.io)

×3.84 25 #53 | 657 points by talhof8 1 day ago | 448 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Have you seen an impact of AI on speeding up development of products?

×0.83 42 | 3 points by bko 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: ENT Stack – Full-Stack TypeScript Starter (github.com/ironexdev)

×1.11 57 | 3 points by ironex 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: What computer to buy if you want to do small fine tuning and inference?

×0.93 50 | 3 points by srameshc 5 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I do not want AI to "polish" me (thebloggess.com)

×4.97 9 | 408 points by doodpants 1 day ago | 260 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Find the oldest line in your repo (milofultz.com)

×1.12 12 #15 | 52 points by surprisetalk 6 hours ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Audiocube – A 3D DAW for Spatial Audio (audiocube.app)

×1.23 5 #11 | 132 points by noahfk 8 hours ago | 72 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Reactive Signals for Python – inspired by Angular's reactivity model (github.com/buiapp)

×0.73 7 #48 | 15 points by buibuibui 4 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Review: Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart (lareviewofbooks.org)

×1.09 26 #50 | 68 points by pseudolus 7 hours ago | 54 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Signs Of Life In A Desert (noemamag.com)

×0.49 28 #20 | 9 points by mindingnever 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Distr – open-source distribution platform for on-prem deployments (github.com/glasskube)

×1.07 32 #22 | 43 points by louis_w_gk 8 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
"We're building a new static type checker for Python" (twitter.com/charliermarsh)

×3.48 12 #63 | 331 points by shlomo_z 1 day ago | 173 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The story of my home made pipe organ (2000) (sentex.ca)

×1.55 10 #12 | 208 points by ynac 13 hours ago | 41 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Workflow86 - An AI business analyst and automation engineer (workflow86.com)

×0.58 18 #13 | 19 points by taaron 3 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How does AI affect Product Managers?

×0.45 7 | 5 points by tlombardozzi 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
OpenAI says it has evidence DeepSeek used its model to train competitor (ft.com)

×3.47 1 #47 | 675 points by timsuchanek 1 day ago | 1487 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Launch HN: Karsa (YC W25) – Buy and save stablecoins internationally

×0.78 13 #6 | 64 points by Shasnani 5 hours ago | 94 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Rust’s worst feature (mina86.com)

×1.22 13 #56 | 116 points by aw1621107 12 hours ago | 107 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Building a T1D smartwatch for my son from scratch (andrewchilds.com)

×2.66 24 #23 | 531 points by andrewchilds 1 day ago | 77 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why DeepSeek had to be open source (getlago.com)

×3.01 32 | 517 points by AnhTho_FR 1 day ago | 287 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Asteroid Impact on Earth 2032 with Probability 1% and 8Mt Energy (nasa.gov)

×3.31 15 #57 | 485 points by 2-3-7-43-1807 1 day ago | 332 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Scalable OLTP in the Cloud: What's the Big Deal? (muratbuffalo.blogspot.com)

×0.88 28 #17 | 60 points by SchwKatze 8 hours ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
An analysis of DeepSeek's R1-Zero and R1 (arcprize.org)

×2.69 16 #26 | 672 points by meetpateltech 1 day ago | 249 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Google Analytics for Developers (metricswave.com)

×0.56 69 | 3 points by falcon_ 7 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog (henrikkarlsson.xyz)

×2.17 25 #36 | 299 points by jger15 1 day ago | 160 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I still like Sublime Text (ohdoylerules.com)

×3.65 1 #49 | 1090 points by james2doyle 1 day ago | 564 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A history of APL in the USSR (1991) (acm.org)

×0.75 15 #14 | 71 points by todsacerdoti 8 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Teemoji: Like Tee but with Emojis (github.com/willswire)

×1.14 32 #24 | 115 points by willswire 14 hours ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google Pixel 4a's old firmware is gone, trapping users on buggy battery update (androidcentral.com)

×2.63 9 #83 | 290 points by bmaupin 1 day ago | 286 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: How do I get good at math as a 42yo with kids?

×1.04 22 #85 | 27 points by goshatch 12 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs (youtube.com)

×3.38 19 #89 | 735 points by m348e912 1 day ago | 288 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Iterm-Mcp – AI Terminal/REPL Control for iTerm2 (github.com/ferrislucas)

×0.45 15 #21 | 26 points by deathmonger5000 4 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
$1M prize offered to decipher 5,300-year-old Indus Valley script (archaeologymag.com)

×1.97 78 #77 | 24 points by bookofjoe 23 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Over engineered cars are pushing technicians away

×2.12 41 | 55 points by SQL2219 4 days ago | 57 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
From C++ to Clojure: Jank language promises best of both (thenewstack.io)

×1.84 38 #39 | 242 points by Jeaye 1 day ago | 94 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Making the video that made Gorillaz (animationobsessive.substack.com)

×1.89 9 #80 | 207 points by darekkay 1 day ago | 49 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Removed content related to the January 20, 2025 "Woke Removal" Executive Order (github.com/uswds)

×1.89 61 | 3 points by mooreds 9 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Automating Git Bisect with Ephemeral Environments (qckfx.com)

×0.67 42 #43 | 32 points by chw9e 9 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Seagate: 'new' hard drives used for tens of thousands of hours (tomshardware.com)

×2.35 12 #74 | 360 points by 6581 1 day ago | 212 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Mathesar – an intutive spreadsheet-like interface to Postgres data (github.com/mathesar-foundation)

×1.55 40 #29 | 212 points by gjvc 22 hours ago | 53 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: How to passively prepare for a job interview?

×0.73 11 | 25 points by rookie123 11 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Analysis of Product Hunt products from 2014 to 2021 (components.one)

×1.14 34 #28 | 148 points by vednig 17 hours ago | 51 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???