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A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity. While generative AI/ LLMs like ChatGPT can convincingly replicate the work of an average person, it is unable to reach the levels of expert writers, artists, or innovators. • Nov 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM • psypost.org • r/science
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Peter Watts on Margaret Atwood and the hierarchy of contempt (2003) • Nov 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM • rifters.com • ~books
589
LLMs have me feeling heavy • Nov 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
27P
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire • Nov 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM • motherjones.com • ~lgbt
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1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus is unearthed in Budapest • Nov 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM • apnews.com • Hacker News
262P
DoGE "cut muscle, not fat"; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts • Nov 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
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Fifteen Years • Nov 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM • xkcd.com • Hacker News
175
I made a quieter air purifier • Nov 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM • chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com • Hacker News
469
What's the point of refresh tokens if you can steal them the same way you stole access tokens? • Nov 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
147
Americans Are Holding Onto Devices Longer Than Ever • Nov 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM • cnbc.com • Slashdot
209
Willis Whitfield: Creator of clean room technology still in use today (2024) • Nov 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM • sandia.gov • Hacker News
166
Atuin’s New Runbook Execution Engine • Nov 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM • blog.atuin.sh • Hacker News
706
AI has a deep understanding of how this code works • Nov 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM • github.com/ocaml • Hacker News
243
Isn't WSL2 just a VM? • Nov 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM • ssg.dev • Hacker News
156
Interactive λ-Reduction • Nov 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM • deltanets.org • Hacker News
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Most domesticated dogs have some wild wolf DNA in their genes, according to an analysis of 2,693 genomes. Larger, working dog breeds tend to have more wolf genes, but the St. Bernard has none while the Chihuahua retains detectable wolf ancestry at 0.2% of its genome • Nov 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM • theconversation.com • r/science
158
How stealth addresses work in Monero • Nov 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM • johndcook.com • Hacker News
156
Implementing Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast on Linux Systems • Nov 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM • collabora.com • Hacker News
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Hoopla Bonus Borrows for November 2025 • Nov 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM • hoopladigital.com • ~books
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Strong Bad Email #210 - Robots • Nov 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM • youtube.com • ~misc
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Obesity Jab Drug Fails To Slow Alzheimer's • Nov 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM • bbc.com • science.slashdot
308P
PRC elites voice AI-skepticism • Nov 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM • jamestown.org • Hacker News
850
PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory. RAM jumps to $600 due to shortage • Nov 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM • tomshardware.com • Hacker News
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Unpowered SSDs slowly lose data • Nov 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM • xda-developers.com • Hacker News
932
Claude Advanced Tool Use • Nov 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM • anthropic.com • Hacker News
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Claude Opus 4.5 • Nov 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM • anthropic.com • Hacker News
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Pebble Watch software is now open source • Nov 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM • ericmigi.com • Hacker News
493
Google's new 'Aluminium OS' project brings Android to PC • Nov 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM • androidauthority.com • Hacker News
440
GrapheneOS migrates server infrastructure from France • Nov 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM • privacyguides.org • Hacker News
130
Is your Android TV streaming box part of a botnet? • Nov 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM • krebsonsecurity.com • Hacker News
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The Bitter Lesson of LLM Extensions • Nov 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM • sawyerhood.com • Hacker News
317
TSMC Arizona outage saw fab halt, Apple wafers scrapped • Nov 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM • culpium.com • Hacker News
320
Mind-reading devices can now predict preconscious thoughts • Nov 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM • nature.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you • Nov 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM • neberej.github.io • Hacker News
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Google Denies 'Misleading' Reports of Gmail Using Your Emails To Train AI • Nov 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM • theverge.com • yro.slashdot
750
Show HN: I built an interactive HN Simulator • Nov 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM • news.ysimulator.run • Hacker News
408
Cool-retro-term: terminal emulator which mimics look and feel of CRTs • Nov 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM • github.com/Swordfish90 • Hacker News
781
Implications of AI to schools • Nov 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM • twitter.com/karpathy • Hacker News
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In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780K Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux • Nov 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM • tomshardware.com • Hacker News
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France threatens GrapheneOS with arrests / server seizure for refusing backdoors • Nov 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM • mamot.fr • Hacker News
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Why Electronic Voting is a BAD Idea - Why you can't program your way to election integrity • Nov 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM • youtube.com • r/programming
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The Slow Transformation of Notepad Into Something Else Entirely Continues • Nov 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM • blogs.windows.com • Slashdot
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France threatens GrapheneOS with arrests / server seizure for refusing backdoors • Nov 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM • mamot.fr • Hacker News
122
Don’t do a bear service • Nov 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM • robertbirming.com • Bear
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As US-based company Lyten prepares to restart battery production, Northvolt's downfall has cast a chill over Sweden's ambitions to reindustrialize around clean technology • Nov 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM • lemonde.fr • ~finance
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Tech people, have mercy! • Nov 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM • pip.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Tech people, have mercy! • Nov 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM • atta-thing.bearblog.dev • Bear
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X Just Accidentally Exposed a Covert Influence Network Targeting Americans • Nov 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM • weaponizedspaces.substack.com • Hacker News
371
Shai Hulud launches second supply-chain attack • Nov 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM • aikido.dev • Hacker News
21
What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? • Nov 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM • tildes.net • ~food
78
What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? • Nov 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM • tildes.net • ~games
212
Webdevs i need some advice • Nov 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Supply and Demand Are Broken in Programming Education • Nov 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM • blog.boot.dev • r/programming
145
WebR – R in the Browser • Nov 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM • webr.sh • Hacker News
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Middlesbrough appoint Kim Hellberg as their new head coach – first job outside his native Sweden, although he had been in talks with Swansea City earlier this month • Nov 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM • bbc.com • ~sports.football
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Poets are now cybersecurity threats: Researchers used 'adversarial poetry' to trick AI into ignoring its safety guard rails and it frequently worked • Nov 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM • pcgamer.com • ~tech
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Booking.com cancels $4K hotel reservation, offers same rooms again for $17K • Nov 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM • cbc.ca • Hacker News
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We should probably stop doing this • Nov 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM • pip.bearblog.dev • Bear
77P
We should probably stop doing this • Nov 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM • atta-thing.bearblog.dev • Bear
426
I switched REST for RPC, and it feels great • Nov 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Orangutans can't master their complex diets without cultural knowledge, research reveals. When a wild orangutan leaves its mother after spending many years by her side, it has a mental catalog of almost 250 edible plants and animals, and the knowledge of how to acquire and process them. • Nov 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM • nature.com • r/science
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Open Source Has Too Many Parasocial Relationships • Nov 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM • pivotnine.com • Lobsters
633
Sha1-Hulud The Second Comming - Postman, Zapier, PostHog all compromised via NPM • Nov 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM • aikido.dev • r/programming
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I've got very nice job and I secretly want them to fire me • Nov 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
28P
As the war in Ukraine rages on, many Finns are getting reacquainted with the country's remarkable network of väestönsuoja, or civil defense shelters • Nov 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM • nytimes.com • ~life
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How many HTTP requests/second can a Single Machine handle? • Nov 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM • binaryigor.com • r/programming
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Bureau of Meteorology's new boss asked to examine $96M bill for website redesign • Nov 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM • abc.net.au • Hacker News
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Chrome Jpegxl Issue Reopened • Nov 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM • issues.chromium.org • Hacker News
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NSA and IETF, part 3: Dodging the issues at hand • Nov 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM • blog.cr.yp.to • Hacker News
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A single 30-minute session of physical activity can produce immediate antidepressant effects in both humans and mice, involving a hormone released by fat cells that alters brain plasticity to improve mood. Physical exercise may be effective in preventing the development of depression. • Nov 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM • psypost.org • r/science
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Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages Infected • Nov 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM • helixguard.ai • Hacker News
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General principles for the use of AI at CERN • Nov 24, 2025 at 5:37 AM • home.web.cern.ch • Hacker News
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Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key. • Nov 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM • arstechnica.com • r/programming
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Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages infected via Fake Bun Runtime Within Hours • Nov 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM • helixguard.ai • Lobsters
146
A fast EDN (Extensible Data Notation) reader written in C11 with SIMD boost • Nov 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM • github.com/DotFox • Hacker News
251
Fifty Shades of OOP • Nov 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM • lesleylai.info • Hacker News
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How An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study - Until It All Fell Apart • Nov 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM • msn.com • Slashdot
211
Show HN: Network Monitor – a GUI to spot anomalous connections on your Linux • Nov 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Built a mentorship platform for IT professionals - would love your feedback • Nov 24, 2025 at 4:28 AM • mentors.coach • r/programming
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edn.c: A fast, zero-copy EDN (Extensible Data Notation) reader written in C11 with SIMD acceleration • Nov 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM • github.com/DotFox • Lobsters
156
Fifty Shades of OOP • Nov 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM • lesleylai.info • Lobsters
84
Why I (still) love Linux • Nov 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM • it-notes.dragas.net • Lobsters
134
Trifold is a tool to quickly and cheaply host static websites using a CDN • Nov 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM • jpt.sh • Hacker News
355
Quake Engine Indicators • Nov 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM • fabiensanglard.net • Hacker News
247
Build a Compiler in Five Projects • Nov 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM • kmicinski.com • Hacker News
252
How much JavaScript is actually “enough”? • Nov 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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What OpenAI did when ChatGPT users lost touch with reality • Nov 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
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'We Could've Asked ChatGPT': UK Students Fight Back Over Course Taught By AI • Nov 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM • theguardian.com • Slashdot
157
Lambda Calculus – Animated Beta Reduction of Lambda Diagrams • Nov 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM • cruzgodar.com • Hacker News
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[xPost from HN] We stopped roadmap work for a week and fixed 189 bugs • Nov 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM • lalitm.com • r/programming
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Japan's gamble to turn island of Hokkaido into global chip hub • Nov 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
476
The Cloudflare outage might be a good thing • Nov 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM • gist.github.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: Stun LLMs with thousands of invisible Unicode characters • Nov 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM • gibberifier.com • Hacker News
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We stopped roadmap work for a week and fixed bugs • Nov 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM • lalitm.com • Hacker News
564
Ask HN: Hearing aid wearers, what's hot? • Nov 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
46
We bought an old house in the Japanese countryside • Nov 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM • youtube.com • ~life.home_improvement
232
Ego, empathy, and humility at work • Nov 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM • matthogg.fyi • Hacker News
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Rare earth elements found forming in a plant – the fern Blechnum orientale - for the first time. The findings could lead to a more sustainable way of gathering these mineral resources that we are increasingly reliant upon. • Nov 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM • sciencealert.com • r/science
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Traces of a previously unknown group of people, genetically distinct from their neighbors, have persisted for at least 8,000 years in the central Southern Cone of South America, study finds. • Nov 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM • sciencealert.com • r/science