Quality News: Hacker News Rankings

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The "996" schedule of working 9am-9pm, 6 days a week comes to Silicon Valley (fortune.com)

×5.37 21 #35 | 14 points by peachmaker 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
End of US low-value package tariff exemption is permanent, Trump officials say (reuters.com)

×5.82 56 | 9 points by CXSHNGCB 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Make any site multiplayer in a few lines. Serverless WebRTC matchmaking (oxism.com)

×2.44 1 #3 | 44 points by haxiomic 2 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
End of low-value tariff exemption on packages is permanent, administration says (reuters.com)

×3.48 37 #58 | 16 points by anigbrowl 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I Am An AI Hater (anthonymoser.github.io)

×17.43 17 | 424 points by BallsInIt 1 day ago | 474 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
People Are the Point (whatwelost.substack.com)

×3.17 68 | 14 points by pabs3 2 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
RSS is awesome (evanverma.com)

×3.56 20 #27 | 182 points by edverma2 7 hours ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tell HN: 2nd wave of Nx attack: private GitHub repos are being made public

×5.34 36 | 9 points by labordayruined 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States (nytimes.com)

×3.89 63 | 7 points by JumpCrisscross 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
You no longer need JavaScript: an overview of what makes modern CSS so awesome (lyra.horse)

×3.79 15 #28 | 170 points by todsacerdoti 9 hours ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
China is eating the world (apropos.substack.com)

×5.36 45 #70 | 196 points by sg5421 14 hours ago | 407 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Claude Sonnet will ship in Xcode (apple.com)

×2.32 #1 | 237 points by zora_goron 5 hours ago | 173 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Pentagon Halts Chinese Coders Affecting DoD Cloud Systems (defense.gov)

×2.48 42 #73 | 6 points by nationsecwatch 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Lucky 13: a look at Debian trixie (lwn.net)

×2.16 3 #6 | 51 points by signa11 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A deep dive into Debian 13 /tmp: What's new, and what to do if you don't like it (lowendbox.com)

×1.88 1 #4 | 70 points by shaunpud 3 hours ago | 34 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Kagi Is Down (kagi.com)

×2.19 45 #82 | 11 points by rorylawless 3 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
PSA: Libxslt is unmaintained and has 5 unpatched security bugs (freebsd.org)

×1.80 4 #13 | 15 points by burnt-resistor 2 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A power shortage could short-circuit Nvidia's rise (economist.com)

×1.97 3 #30 | 10 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?

×4.19 2 #5 | 895 points by rickybule 13 hours ago | 505 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Federal court filing system hit in hack (politico.com)

×2.40 24 | 4 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The market for startup shares is getting even weirder (economist.com)

×2.35 31 | 4 points by petethomas 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI is opening up nature's treasure chest (ft.com)

×2.34 27 | 4 points by petethomas 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Microsoft terminates 2 employees after protesters breach executive office (kiro7.com)

×2.26 39 | 4 points by schmuckonwheels 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Satya Nadella's Top GPT-5 Prompts (twitter.com/satyanadella)

×2.41 9 | 4 points by pykello 2 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich (wsj.com)

×2.46 21 #84 | 12 points by gundmc 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A Demonstrator's Guide to Operational Security: Fighting Back, Staying Free (crimethinc.com)

×2.84 12 | 5 points by pabs3 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Python: The Documentary [video] (youtube.com)

×2.20 10 #16 | 184 points by chmaynard 6 hours ago | 57 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: What to do when you suspect your interview is with a state operative?

×2.65 14 | 14 points by puppycodes 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Safari Address Bar Spoof via Cursor Overlap Vulnerability (github.com/RenwaX23)

×1.74 1 | 3 points by dsr12 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
When mailing a letter to the US becomes a global headache (nytimes.com)

×1.72 1 | 3 points by SanjayMehta 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Petition to stop Google from restricting sideloading and FOSS apps

×5.22 57 | 273 points by nativeforks 19 hours ago | 181 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Collaboration, Criticism, and Moving Forward (kennethreitz.org)

×2.21 17 | 4 points by kennethreitz 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Speeding Up Firefox Local AI Runtime (mozilla.org)

×1.79 33 | 3 points by sthottingal 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Strange CW Keys (google.com)

×1.19 #2 | 45 points by austinallegro 2 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Notes on Programming in C by Rob Pike (liu.se)

×2.38 49 #38 | 9 points by xelxebar 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Taco Bell Says 'No Más' to AI Drive-Thru Experiment (gizmodo.com)

×1.78 23 | 3 points by toomuchtodo 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Gershwin: OS X-like desktop for BSD (github.com/gershwin-desktop)

×1.68 29 | 3 points by aaronday 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Self Administered Awareness (unblend.me)

×1.75 33 | 3 points by igershteyn 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AWS IRSA Made Simple (supracarol.github.io)

×1.71 36 | 3 points by supracarol 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How life-size cows made of butter became an iconic symbol of the Midwest (smithsonianmag.com)

×1.09 20 #23 | 6 points by noleary 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and the over-reliance on PowerPoint (2019) (mcdreeamiemusings.com)

×2.11 6 #9 | 115 points by scapecast 8 hours ago | 90 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The great AI coding assistant bait and switch (leaddev.com)

×1.32 40 | 3 points by kmdupree 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Axis, EPMD, and You (nautilus.institute)

×1.12 30 | 3 points by Bogdanp 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI adoption linked to 13% decline in jobs for young U.S. workers: study (cnbc.com)

×3.28 7 #12 | 273 points by pseudolus 16 hours ago | 398 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Tragic End of Natalia Nagovitsyna's Ordeal on Pobeda Peak (explorersweb.com)

×1.12 18 | 4 points by wslh 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Fuck up my site – Turn any website into beautiful chaos (fuckupmysite.com)

×1.89 #8 | 211 points by coloneltcb 9 hours ago | 72 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Uncertain<T> (nshipster.com)

×2.42 2 #10 | 308 points by samtheprogram 13 hours ago | 70 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Expert: LSP for Elixir (github.com/elixir-lang)

×1.69 1 #15 | 106 points by pimienta 8 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Staying up to date on the best AI dev workflow?

×1.16 44 | 4 points by peapod91 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I've always wanted to be an open-source maintainer- now I regret it (joaomagfreitas.link)

×1.61 47 #54 | 14 points by freitzzz 7 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Some thoughts on LLMs and software development (martinfowler.com)

×1.91 4 #7 | 258 points by floverfelt 11 hours ago | 220 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
My startup banking story (2023) (mitchellh.com)

×1.78 1 #11 | 228 points by dvrp 10 hours ago | 113 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI coding made me faster, but I can't code to music anymore (praf.me)

×1.80 1 #19 | 122 points by _praf 10 hours ago | 123 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The GitOps Non-Kubernetes Homelab (shadybraden.com)

×1.03 76 #64 | 4 points by shadybraden 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded, now they want to silence him (electrek.co)

×7.86 9 | 532 points by xbmcuser 1 day ago | 280 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Service members deserve the right to repair (militarytimes.com)

×2.15 37 #76 | 128 points by noleary 14 hours ago | 74 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
In Search of AI Psychosis (astralcodexten.com)

×1.74 #24 | 124 points by venkii 11 hours ago | 83 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Sometimes CPU cores are odd (techaro.lol)

×1.41 9 #17 | 75 points by rbanffy 8 hours ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: How to teach a 4 year old to code?

×1.27 54 | 5 points by kamphey 6 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
An eyecare foundation model for clinical assistance (nature.com)

×0.57 26 #21 | 7 points by jameslk 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Are OpenAI and Anthropic losing money on inference? (martinalderson.com)

×2.85 29 #47 | 476 points by martinald 20 hours ago | 445 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Stop Using Vulnerability Counts to Measure Software Security (acm.org)

×1.41 44 #79 | 12 points by zdw 8 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: A private, flat monthly subscription for open-source LLMs (synthetic.new)

×1.75 26 | 20 points by reissbaker 11 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
There Goes the American Muscle Car (thedispatch.com)

×1.33 22 #29 | 45 points by pluripote 9 hours ago | 137 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year (cnbc.com)

×4.38 36 #86 | 558 points by frays 1 day ago | 266 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Anything can be a message queue if you use it wrongly enough (2023) (xeiaso.net)

×1.98 29 #59 | 171 points by crescit_eundo 15 hours ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Open Source is one person (opensourcesecurity.io)

×3.61 16 #40 | 357 points by LawnGnome 1 day ago | 151 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android (9to5google.com)

×11.19 22 | 2985 points by kotaKat 3 days ago | 2289 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: MCPcat – A free open-source library for MCP server monitoring (github.com/MCPCat)

×2.61 68 | 13 points by kashishhora 15 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I'll only buy devices with GrapheneOS (jonashietala.se)

×3.17 53 #81 | 61 points by lawn 23 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Thrashing (tive.org)

×1.06 11 #18 | 54 points by pch00 8 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Rupert's Property (wordpress.com)

×1.07 20 #20 | 47 points by robinhouston 7 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Spiped – secure pipe for SSH, SMTP, etc. (tarsnap.com)

×1.21 6 #78 | 34 points by cylinder714 9 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Seeing infrared: contact lenses that grant 'super-vision' (theguardian.com)

×1.49 12 #87 | 35 points by colinprince 12 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Building your own CLI coding agent with Pydantic-AI (martinfowler.com)

×1.36 #22 | 140 points by vinhnx 11 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
New evidence strongly suggest AI is killing jobs for young programmers (understandingai.org)

×1.41 67 #85 | 9 points by CharlesW 10 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Updates to Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy (anthropic.com)

×1.66 16 #90 | 41 points by meetpateltech 14 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A forgotten medieval fruit with a vulgar name (2021) (bbc.com)

×1.27 6 #32 | 89 points by ohjeez 11 hours ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Speed-coding for the 6502 – a simple example (colino.net)

×1.02 9 #45 | 40 points by mmphosis 9 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: GrowChief – open-source social media outreach tool (github.com/growchief)

×3.18 89 | 8 points by nevodavid 17 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Mosh Mobile Shell (mosh.org)

×1.64 30 #71 | 146 points by rbinv 15 hours ago | 75 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
What We Find in the Sewers (asimov.press)

×0.48 32 #46 | 8 points by mailyk 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA (wordpress.com)

×7.02 25 | 624 points by CTOSian 2 days ago | 652 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Dependent Types: Universes, or types of types (jonmsterling.com)

×0.83 12 #37 | 29 points by matt_d 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Will AI Replace Human Thinking? The Case for Writing and Coding Manually (ssp.sh)

×1.61 13 #33 | 135 points by articsputnik 15 hours ago | 109 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Important machine learning equations (chizkidd.github.io)

×1.89 28 #55 | 279 points by sebg 18 hours ago | 28 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th test flight (space.com)

×4.33 21 | 287 points by mpweiher 1 day ago | 326 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: What to learn for math for modeling?

×0.69 14 #31 | 25 points by shivajikobardan 6 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Charting Form Ds to roughly see the state of venture capital “fund” raising (tj401.com)

×1.83 9 #44 | 160 points by lemonlym 18 hours ago | 71 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
TuneD is a system tuning service for Linux (tuned-project.org)

×0.94 16 #26 | 55 points by tanelpoder 9 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???