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  1. It's always TCP_NODELAY (brooker.co.za)
    ×2.96 | 441 points by todsacerdoti 7 hours ago | 157 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. Sioyek is a PDF viewer with a focus on textbooks and research papers (github.com/ahrm)
    ×1.56 | 111 points by simonpure 4 hours ago | 33 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. Viking-Age Hunters Took Down the Biggest Animal on Earth (hakaimagazine.com)
    ×1.25 | 24 points by benbreen 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Wprs – rootless remote desktop for Wayland (and X11, via XWayland) applications (github.com/wayland-transpositor)
    ×1.93 | 26 points by happy-dude 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done
    ×1.05 | 167 points by lele0108 9 hours ago | 82 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. Weapons in Space Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of SDI (mit.edu)
    ×1.13 | 6 points by sklargh 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. ESP32 Drum Synth Machine (github.com/zircothc)
    ×1.46 | 165 points by peteforde 9 hours ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. Grace Version Control System (github.com/ScottArbeit)
    ×1.19 | 5 points by davedx 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. The history of 'OK' (2023) (howstuffworks.com)
    ×1.67 | 75 points by goles 5 hours ago | 56 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. Algebraic Data Types for C99 (github.com/Hirrolot)
    ×1.68 | 310 points by bondant 14 hours ago | 169 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. Show HN: Exploring HN by mapping and analyzing 40M posts and comments for fun (wilsonl.in)
    ×2.15 | 314 points by wilsonzlin 13 hours ago | 107 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Show HN: An SQS Alternative on Postgres (github.com/tembo-io)
    ×1.59 | 186 points by chuckhend 13 hours ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. Being Green: A new book marvels at the strangeness of plants (slate.com)
    ×0.70 | 23 points by Petiver 5 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. Show HN: Ellipsis – Automated PR reviews and bug fixes (ellipsis.dev)
    ×0.71 | 65 points by hunterbrooks 9 hours ago | 44 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. The World Has (Probably) Passed Peak Pollution (sustainabilitybynumbers.com)
    ×2.49 | 74 points by robertn702 3 hours ago | 67 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. How bad are satellite megaconstellations for astronomy? (leonarddavid.com)
    ×1.43 | 63 points by belter 5 hours ago | 98 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Logarithmic Scales (briefer.cloud)
    ×0.87 | 53 points by lucasfcosta 8 hours ago | 24 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Deaf girl is cured in world first gene therapy trial (independent.co.uk)
    ×6.89 | 492 points by belter 13 hours ago | 247 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. DNSecure – a configuration tool of DoT and DoH for iOS and iPadOS (github.com/kkebo)
    ×0.97 | 40 points by conductor 7 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. C2PA from the Attacker's Perspective (hackerfactor.com)
    ×0.84 | 4 points by todsacerdoti 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. UTC, Tai, and Unix Time (2001) (yp.to)
    ×1.06 | 128 points by enz 16 hours ago | 118 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail (nature.com)
    ×4.20 | 116 points by geox 3 hours ago | 57 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. Freshpaint (YC S19) is hiring software engineers to protect patient privacy (ashbyhq.com)
    8 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. Consistency LLM: converting LLMs to parallel decoders accelerates inference 3.5x (hao-ai-lab.github.io)
    ×2.00 | 445 points by zhisbug 1 day ago | 93 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. VideoPrism: A foundational visual encoder for video understanding (research.google)
    ×0.86 | 91 points by kmdupree 12 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. A San Francisco highway near Apple Park wasn't pretty enough, so it got deleted (appleinsider.com)
    ×3.46 | 4 points by kristianpaul 18 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. Show HN: Browser-based knitting (pattern) software (github.com/alefore)
    ×1.01 | 119 points by afc 14 hours ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Xilinx HBM2 Internals (2023) (lovehindpa.ws)
    ×0.66 | 72 points by hasheddan 16 hours ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Shane Legg: Machine Super Intelligence (2008) [pdf] (vetta.org)
    ×0.68 | 54 points by Anon84 8 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Hymn for Walpurgisnacht (themillions.com)
    ×0.54 | 55 points by commspam 13 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. No "Zero-Shot" Without Exponential Data (arxiv.org)
    ×1.92 | 160 points by zerojames 12 hours ago | 93 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. Temporal Python – A durable, distributed asyncio event loop (2023) (temporal.io)
    ×1.37 | 184 points by metadat 23 hours ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Opening Windows in Linux with sockets, bare hands and 200 lines of C (hereket.com)
    ×1.78 | 236 points by libcheet 1 day ago | 105 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. A Brief History of the First Planetarium (ieee.org)
    ×0.47 | 33 points by Brajeshwar 10 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. Symbolica Computer Algebra System (symbolica.io)
    ×1.33 | 135 points by weinzierl 21 hours ago | 100 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. Microsoft's $1M Vote of Confidence in Rust's Future (thenewstack.io)
    ×3.13 | 20 points by weinzierl 4 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Breathwork supports emergence of altered states of consciousness (researchsquare.com)
    ×2.05 | 218 points by rendx 1 day ago | 109 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Development Notes from xkcd's "Machine" (chromakode.com)
    ×4.38 | 696 points by chromakode 1 day ago | 80 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. A Man Who Raced to Tell the World That Mount Everest Had Been Climbed (outsideonline.com)
    ×1.11 | 91 points by rtrunck 23 hours ago | 23 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. History of Information and Media (historyofinformation.com)
    ×0.40 | 12 points by bx376 7 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Show HN: I built a non-linear UI for ChatGPT (grafychat.com)
    ×2.54 | 423 points by setnone 1 day ago | 121 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. The Time I Lied to the CTO and Saved the Day (grumpyolddev.com)
    ×3.54 | 467 points by mundanerality 23 hours ago | 354 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. How to Use the Foreign Function API in Java 22 to Call C Libraries (ifesunmola.com)
    ×1.09 | 201 points by pjmlp 1 day ago | 140 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. Show HN: An open source alternative to some of Slack AI's premium features (github.com/meetbryce)
    ×1.11 | 61 points by meetbryce 9 hours ago | 18 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. New capacitor with 19-times energy density (livescience.com)
    ×1.70 | 83 points by tromp 1 day ago | 50 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. The Birth of Parquet (sympathetic.ink)
    ×1.24 | 133 points by whinvik 1 day ago | 73 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Leaked deck reveals how OpenAI is pitching publisher partnerships (adweek.com)
    ×3.14 | 268 points by rntn 7 hours ago | 247 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Apple introduces M4 chip (apple.com)
    ×5.52 | 1542 points by excsn 2 days ago | 1963 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Unveiling secrets of the ESP32 part 2: reverse engineering RX (ugent.be)
    ×2.33 | 48 points by timschmidt 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Familial Transmission of Personality Is Higher Than Shown in Typical Studies (osf.io)
    ×1.61 | 122 points by PaulHoule 9 hours ago | 160 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. Skateboarding's Latest Trick: Reviving Cities (reasonstobecheerful.world)
    ×3.70 | 35 points by heavybiscotti 5 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Industrial Design Student Work: "How Long Should Objects Last?" (core77.com)
    ×1.64 | 231 points by surprisetalk 1 day ago | 175 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. OpenAI: Model Spec (openai.com)
    ×1.60 | 136 points by georgehill 1 day ago | 172 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. Bringing psql’s \d to your web browser (neon.tech)
    ×0.66 | 73 points by gmac 1 day ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. NASA's proposed plasma rocket would get us to Mars in 2 months (gizmodo.com)
    ×2.43 | 74 points by genman 6 hours ago | 72 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Starling Bank (UK) locks out GrapheneOS users due to Custom ROM policy (github.com/PrivSec-dev)
    ×2.05 | 9 points by ysnp 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. Show HN: SimBricks – Modular Full-System Simulation for HW-SW Systems (simbricks.github.io)
    ×0.61 | 60 points by antoine-kaufm 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. Securing Git Repositories with Gittuf (lwn.net)
    ×1.06 | 80 points by chmaynard 1 day ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. Unpoly is what Hotwire should have been (randomwik.org)
    ×3.52 | 32 points by shouldcode 4 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. Using AirPods as a Morse Transmitter (github.com/EtherDream)
    ×1.24 | 168 points by etherdream 1 day ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. Pulley system composition – a systematic approach (2020) (kiipeilytuomas.fi)
    ×0.54 | 63 points by timjver 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. Sean Baxter: Safe C++ [video] (youtube.com)
    ×2.68 | 43 points by awesomekling 8 hours ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Japanese Trade Publications Helped Japan Form a New Graphic Identity (2023) (collectorsweekly.com)
    ×0.78 | 88 points by prismatic 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Radius Full Page Display (32by32.com)
    ×1.03 | 99 points by mikerg87 1 day ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. 'Underwater bicycle' propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed (newatlas.com)
    ×3.79 | 517 points by peutetre 1 day ago | 258 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Launch HN: Baselit (YC W23) – Automatically Reduce Snowflake Costs
    ×0.43 | 45 points by sahil_singla 1 day ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. Pair Your Compilers at the ABI Café (faultlore.com)
    ×1.03 | 122 points by nrabulinski 1 day ago | 36 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. US overtakes China as Germany's top trading partner (reuters.com)
    ×3.47 | 9 points by srameshc 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Five lessons for building AI apps (plusdocs.com)
    ×1.55 | 7 points by danielxli 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. TimeGPT: Production Ready Time Series Foundation Model for Forecasting (github.com/Nixtla)
    ×1.19 | 45 points by LevoMX 1 day ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Sony Wearable Thermal Device (sony.com.hk)
    ×2.19 | 73 points by superasn 23 hours ago | 50 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Microsoft PlayReady – Complete Client Identity Compromise (seclists.org)
    ×1.86 | 176 points by tithe 11 hours ago | 153 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Show HN: AI climbing coach – visualize how to climb any route based on your body (climbing.ai)
    ×1.66 | 310 points by smandava 1 day ago | 140 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. Road resurfacing during the daytime without stopping traffic [video] (youtube.com)
    ×3.66 | 878 points by sschueller 2 days ago | 298 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. TimesFM: Time Series Foundation Model for time-series forecasting (github.com/google-research)
    ×1.45 | 307 points by yeldarb 1 day ago | 108 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Common Google XSS (matan-h.com)
    ×1.24 | 149 points by matan-h 1 day ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Dell discloses data breach of customers' physical addresses (techcrunch.com)
    ×4.53 | 19 points by vinnyglennon 8 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. Secure Randomness in Go 1.22 (go.dev)
    ×1.58 | 282 points by rsc 2 days ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Toddler Proofing Systemd-Boot (2023) (wonky.computer)
    ×1.26 | 11 points by luu 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. No Country Should Be Making Speech Rules for the World (eff.org)
    ×7.49 | 62 points by mdp2021 2 hours ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Can Your Programming Language Do This? (2006) (joelonsoftware.com)
    ×1.65 | 15 points by swyx 6 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. Homemade liquid nitrogen generator Joule Thomson throttle (2013) (homemadeliquidnitrogen.com)
    ×0.89 | 87 points by ssutch3 1 day ago | 22 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Can tech reduce civilian deaths in conflict? Mark Milley isn't so sure (breakingdefense.com)
    ×1.78 | 9 points by zhengiszen 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Steve Albini has died (pitchfork.com)
    ×4.31 | 493 points by coloneltcb 1 day ago | 168 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Astrobiology Graphic Novel Series (nasa.gov)
    ×2.24 | 9 points by belter 5 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of life's molecules (blog.google)
    ×4.04 | 1063 points by zerojames 1 day ago | 462 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. XLSTM: Extended Long Short-Term Memory (arxiv.org)
    ×1.28 | 190 points by mauricesvp 1 day ago | 71 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Bitwarden transitions from Manifest v2 to v3 (bitwarden.com)
    ×0.53 | 3 points by xxkylexx 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. Zimtohrli: A New Psychoacoustic Perceptual Metric for Audio Compression (github.com/google)
    ×0.66 | 89 points by judiisis 1 day ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. Arena-based parsers (iliabylich.github.io)
    ×1.03 | 129 points by ibylich 2 days ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???