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Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets • Dec 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM • tildes.net • ~life.pets
120
Dick Van Dyke turns 100 • Dec 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
63
what is a build system, anyway? • Dec 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM • jyn.dev • Lobsters
371
Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? [video] • Dec 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
155
The World's Electric Car Sales Have Spiked 21% So Far in 2025 • Dec 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM • electrek.co • Slashdot
236
Essential Semiconductor Physics [pdf] • Dec 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM • nanohub.org • Hacker News
705
Why Twilio Segment Moved from Microservices Back to a Monolith • Dec 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM • twilio.com • r/programming
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Purrtran – ᓚᘏᗢ – A Programming Language for Cat People • Dec 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM • github.com/cmontella • Hacker News
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i made a micro web game to show how absurd billionaire wealth really is • Dec 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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50-year-old debutant Andreas Harrysson stuns Ross Smith in the first round of the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship • Dec 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM • dartsnews.com • ~sports
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Fun product packaging • Dec 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM • futureperfect.bearblog.dev • Bear
105
Building an efficient hash table in Java • Dec 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM • bluuewhale.github.io • Hacker News
346
Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet • Dec 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM • pv-magazine-usa.com • Hacker News
58
Reading my first Stephen King novel - What are your favorites? • Dec 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM • tildes.net • ~books
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I tried Gleam for Advent of Code • Dec 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM • blog.tymscar.com • Hacker News
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Newly released court filings show how Pepsi Inc and Walmart colluded to raise food prices across the US economy • Dec 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM • thebignewsletter.com • ~food
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More of America's Coal-Fired Power Plants Cease Operations • Dec 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM • newhampshirebulletin.com • Slashdot
42
Editors should have an opt-in for less assistance (2024) • Dec 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM • da.vidbuchanan.co.uk • Lobsters
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My open source web analytics platform reached 10,000 Github stars ⭐! • Dec 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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I Tried Gleam for Advent of Code, and I Get the Hype • Dec 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM • blog.tymscar.com • Lobsters
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I had too many bookmarks and ended up building a website • Dec 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
351
LG TV's new software update installed MS Copilot, which cannot be deleted • Dec 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM • reddit.com • Hacker News
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Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming? • Dec 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Indexed Reverse Polish Notation, an Alternative to AST • Dec 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM • burakemir.ch • Lobsters
116
Annual Production of 1/72 (22mm) scale plastic soldiers, 1958-2025 • Dec 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM • plasticsoldierreview.com • Hacker News
309
30 years of <br> tags • Dec 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM • artmann.co • Hacker News
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Rats Play Doom • Dec 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM • ratsplaydoom.com • Lobsters
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Using a new kind of microscopy process researchers can watch a flu virus break into a human cell in real time. This hybrid system lets researchers zoom in on living human cells with incredible detail. This offers a new real time insight into how the flu virus operates. • Dec 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM • newatlas.com • r/science
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The place I work is transitioning pretty much all web/tool development to vibe coding. How have those of you in this situation adjusted? • Dec 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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I built Reddit Wrapped 2025 • Dec 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
41
Bearming theme for Bear blog • Dec 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM • robertbirming.com • Bear
178
We built another object storage • Dec 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM • fractalbits.com • Hacker News
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The state of the kernel Rust experiment • Dec 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM • lwn.net • Lobsters
194
Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did it get so bad? • Dec 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM • npr.org • Hacker News
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YouTube's CEO limits his kids' social media use – other tech bosses do the same • Dec 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
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Concrete syntax matters, actually • Dec 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM • youtube.com • Lobsters
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Tanning beds triple melanoma risk, potentially causing broad DNA damage. Study is first to show how tanning beds mutate skin cells far beyond the reach of ordinary sunlight. This new study “irrefutably” challenges claims that tanning beds are no more harmful than sunlight. • Dec 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM • science.org • r/science
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Germany Covers Nearly 56 Percent of 2025 Electricity Use With Renewables • Dec 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM • cleanenergywire.org • Slashdot
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How we unlocked the secrets of Denmark's oldest plank boat – with the help of an ancient fingerprint • Dec 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM • theconversation.com • ~humanities.history
42
The Typeframe PX-88 Portable Computing System • Dec 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM • typeframe.net • Lobsters
152
Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple • Dec 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM • hey.paris • ~tech
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Computer animator and Amiga fanatic Dick van Dyke turns 100 • Dec 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
239
The state of the kernel Rust experiment • Dec 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM • lwn.net • Hacker News
86
What's the point of lightweight code with modern computers? • Dec 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM • liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org • Lobsters
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Chinese Whistleblower Living In US Is Being Hunted By Beijing With US Tech • Dec 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM • abcnews.go.com • yro.slashdot
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I made a visual grid that shows your subscriptions sized by how much they actually cost you • Dec 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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Is vibe coding the new gateway to technical debt? • Dec 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM • infoworld.com • r/programming
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I don't care much for symbolism • Dec 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM • tildes.net • ~creative
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Doxers posing as cops are tricking big tech firms into sharing people's data • Dec 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM • wired.com • Hacker News
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Day 13: Purge the Heretic • Dec 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM • tildes.net • ~comp.advent_of_code
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Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help • Dec 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM • hey.paris • Hacker News
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Poor Johnny still won't encrypt • Dec 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM • bfswa.substack.com • Hacker News
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Psilocybin triggers an activity-dependent rewiring of large-scale cortical networks in mouse model • Dec 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM • cell.com • r/science
159
Building a Fast, Memory-Efficient Hash Table in Java (by borrowing the best ideas) • Dec 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM • bluuewhale.github.io • r/programming
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Ukrainians Sue US Chip Firms For Powering Russian Drones, Missiles • Dec 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM • arstechnica.com • yro.slashdot
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Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order • Dec 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM • torrentfreak.com • Hacker News
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Honeypot fields still work surprisingly well • Dec 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
109
The Coming Need for Formal Specification • Dec 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM • benjamincongdon.me • Hacker News
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Oliver Sacks put himself into his case studies. What was the cost? • Dec 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM • newyorker.com • Hacker News
111
A Lisp Interpreter Implemented in Conway's Game of Life (2021) • Dec 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM • woodrush.github.io • Hacker News
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1300 Still Images from the Animated Films of Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli (2023) • Dec 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM • ghibli.jp • Hacker News
181
Lite^3, a JSON-compatible zero-copy serialization format • Dec 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM • github.com/fastserial • Hacker News
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Got new system design book • Dec 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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Scientists found that a virus uses one tiny chemical bond to deliberately unbalance its shell, allowing it to release its genetic material faster once inside a cell. This insight reveals a key viral trick and could guide the development of new antivirals, vaccines and gene-delivery technologies. • Dec 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM • science.org • r/science
38
VACUUM Is a Lie: About Your Indexes • Dec 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM • boringsql.com • Lobsters
125
The Checkerboard • Dec 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM • 99percentinvisible.org • Hacker News
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Study: Cannabis Use History Not Linked To Elevated Risk of Prostate Cancer • Dec 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM • norml.org • r/science
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Pope criticizes US bid to 'break apart' US-Europe alliance • Dec 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM • apnews.com • Hacker News
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Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000 | Announce trailer • Dec 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM • youtube.com • ~games
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OpenAI are quietly adopting skills, now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI • Dec 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM • simonwillison.net • Hacker News
169
50 years of proof assistants • Dec 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM • lawrencecpaulson.github.io • Hacker News
264
Open-Source Peer-to-Peer Social Media Protocol That Anyone Can Build Apps or Clients On Top Of • Dec 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM • github.com/plebbit • r/webdev
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US TikTok investors in limbo as deal set to be delayed again • Dec 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
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Vaccinating boys against HPV could lead to the elimination of cervical cancer. New Korean study found that elimination cannot be achieved under the current vaccination coverage of females (of 88%), but can be achieved if, additionally, at least 65% of males are vaccinated. • Dec 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM • link.springer.com • r/science
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Wine 11.0 RC2 – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS • Dec 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM • gitlab.winehq.org • Hacker News
206
Show HN: Tiny VM sandbox in C with apps in Rust, C and Zig • Dec 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM • github.com/ringtailsoftware • Hacker News
146
Capsudo: Rethinking sudo with object capabilities • Dec 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM • ariadne.space • Hacker News
12
The dapper daredevil who documented America’s skyline in the making • Dec 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM • messynessychic.com • ~arts
112P
Arkansas Becoming 1st State To Sever Ties With PBS, Effective July 1 • Dec 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM • apnews.com • Slashdot
418
GNU Unifont • Dec 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM • unifoundry.com • Hacker News
138
Tesla US sales drop to nearly 4-year low in November • Dec 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
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2026 in & out: my predictions • Dec 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM • blog.avas.space • Bear
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macOS 26.2 enables fast AI clusters with RDMA over Thunderbolt • Dec 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM • developer.apple.com • Hacker News
80
Testing a cheaper laminar flow hood • Dec 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM • chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com • Hacker News
152
Security issues with electronic invoices • Dec 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM • invoice.secvuln.info • Hacker News
211
New Kindle feature uses AI to answer questions about books • Dec 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM • reactormag.com • Hacker News
21
Kiosking Ubuntu computers • Dec 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM • tildes.net • ~comp
575
Rats Play DOOM • Dec 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM • ratsplaydoom.com • Hacker News
308
In Defense of Matlab Code • Dec 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM • runmat.org • Hacker News
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The invisible audience • Dec 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM • robertbirming.com • Bear
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The true story of the Windows 3.1 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme • Dec 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM • pcgamer.com • Hacker News