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Super agers, people with exceptional mental clarity, are 68% less likely to carry the Alzheimer's associated APOE-ε4 gene and 19% less likely than cognitively normal peers aged 80+ to carry the same gene • Jan 17, 2026 at 11:32 AM • news.vumc.org • r/science
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There's no single best way to store information • Jan 17, 2026 at 11:17 AM • quantamagazine.org • Hacker News
290
A web app I probably overengineered (on purpose), and a question about jobs • Jan 17, 2026 at 11:12 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
147
Gathering Linux Syscall Numbers in a C Table • Jan 17, 2026 at 10:57 AM • t-cadet.github.io • Hacker News
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Terror attacks make people overestimate the share of Muslims in the country, with largest effect among low-educated and in low-immigrant regions, new study finds • Jan 17, 2026 at 10:29 AM • doi.org • r/science
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Job spam is out of control — I built an extension to combat it (now live on Firefox) • Jan 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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I hotreload Rust and so can you • Jan 17, 2026 at 9:32 AM • kampffrosch94.github.io • Lobsters
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The recurring dream of replacing developers • Jan 17, 2026 at 9:31 AM • caimito.net • Hacker News
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What life is like in Minneapolis now • Jan 17, 2026 at 9:13 AM • donmoynihan.substack.com • Hacker News
181
Show HN: RatatuiRuby wraps Rust Ratatui as a RubyGem – TUIs with the joy of Ruby • Jan 17, 2026 at 9:03 AM • ratatui-ruby.dev • Hacker News
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Binary fuse filters: Fast and smaller than xor filters (2022) • Jan 17, 2026 at 9:02 AM • arxiv.org • Hacker News
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LG UltraFine Evo 6K 32-inch Monitor Review • Jan 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM • wired.com • Hacker News
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Italy investigates Activision Blizzard for pushing in-game purchases • Jan 17, 2026 at 8:44 AM • techcrunch.com • Hacker News
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Folding NASA Experience into an Origamist's Toolkit (2024) • Jan 17, 2026 at 8:42 AM • spinoff.nasa.gov • Hacker News
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ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering • Jan 17, 2026 at 8:34 AM • alexharri.com • Lobsters
648
Built an open-source, subscription-free Geoguessr alternative • Jan 17, 2026 at 8:33 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
66P
Nearly 5 Million Accounts Removed Under Australia's New Social Media Ban • Jan 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM • nytimes.com • Slashdot
186
The Risks of AI in Schools Outweigh the Benefits, Report Says • Jan 17, 2026 at 7:59 AM • npr.org • Hacker News
172
The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello' • Jan 17, 2026 at 6:51 AM • bbc.com • Hacker News
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A Website To End All Websites • Jan 17, 2026 at 6:48 AM • henry.codes • Lobsters
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ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering • Jan 17, 2026 at 6:15 AM • alexharri.com • Hacker News
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Parenthood ‘inoculates’ adults against disgust, new study reveals. Repeated, long-term exposure to bodily waste significantly reduces parents’ disgust responses, with effects that persist over time. This may also be relevant for workers in professions where managing disgust is part of the job. • Jan 17, 2026 at 6:07 AM • bristol.ac.uk • r/science
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PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch • Jan 17, 2026 at 5:51 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
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After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn't need to look like news • Jan 17, 2026 at 5:29 AM • niemanlab.org • Hacker News
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US electricity demand surged in 2025 – solar handled 61% of it • Jan 17, 2026 at 5:28 AM • electrek.co • Hacker News
252
Provide agents with automated feedback • Jan 17, 2026 at 5:26 AM • banay.me • Hacker News
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Map To Poster – Create Art of your favourite city • Jan 17, 2026 at 5:13 AM • github.com/originalankur • Hacker News
66P
Supreme Court May Block Thousands of Lawsuits Over Monsanto's Weed Killer • Jan 17, 2026 at 5:00 AM • latimes.com • yro.slashdot
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ClickHouse acquires Langfuse • Jan 17, 2026 at 4:15 AM • langfuse.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: Streaming gigabyte medical images from S3 without downloading them • Jan 17, 2026 at 3:46 AM • github.com/PABannier • Hacker News
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You have three minutes to escape the perpetual underclass • Jan 17, 2026 at 3:23 AM • geohot.github.io • Hacker News
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Curl will end its bug bounty program by the end of January due to excessive AI generated reports • Jan 17, 2026 at 2:45 AM • lists.haxx.se • ~comp
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Every data centre is a U.S. military base • Jan 17, 2026 at 2:43 AM • policyalternatives.ca • Hacker News
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The 'untouchable hacker god' behind Finland's biggest crime • Jan 17, 2026 at 2:29 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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Don't join startup companies without proper research, make sure you talk to employees who work there. • Jan 17, 2026 at 1:37 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Updated design for the Nobel Center by David Chipperfield Architects has been revealed – proportions draw cues from the merchant townhouses of 17th-century Stockholm • Jan 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM • designboom.com • ~design
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kip: A programming language based on grammatical cases of Turkish • Jan 17, 2026 at 1:23 AM • github.com/joom • Lobsters
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Counterfactual evaluation for recommendation systems • Jan 17, 2026 at 12:20 AM • eugeneyan.com • Hacker News
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Someone I used to love died • Jan 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM • zuma9pt5.com • Bear
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Germany's shut down of nuclear plants a 'huge mistake', says Merz • Jan 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM • brusselssignal.eu • Hacker News
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Crypto grifters are recruiting open-source AI developers • Jan 16, 2026 at 10:07 PM • seangoedecke.com • Hacker News
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Why everyone is suddenly in a ‘very Chinese time’ in their lives • Jan 16, 2026 at 9:45 PM • wired.com • ~tech
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Drone Hacking Part 1: Dumping Firmware and Bruteforcing ECC • Jan 16, 2026 at 9:35 PM • neodyme.io • Hacker News
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Ask HN: Is it still worth pursuing a software startup? • Jan 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor • Jan 16, 2026 at 9:28 PM • washingtonpost.com • Hacker News
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[Showoff Saturday] itshover-vue - 211 animated icons that bring your app to live! • Jan 16, 2026 at 9:14 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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convolutional neural network from scratch using js & webgl • Jan 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Trump Wants Tech Companies To Foot the Bill For New Power Plants • Jan 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM • hardware.slashdot.org • yro.slashdot
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Keifu – A TUI for navigating commit graphs with color and clarity • Jan 16, 2026 at 7:32 PM • github.com/trasta298 • Hacker News
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A systematic review of 43 studies confirms prenatal acetaminophen does not increase autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability risks. By using sibling comparisons to control for genetics and family history, researchers found earlier associations were likely due to confounding factors, not the drug. • Jan 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM • thelancet.com • r/science
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Is jQuery still a thing in 2026? • Jan 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
26
China have a new sixty-centimeter dome Terahertz telescope in Antarctica, a two week trek from their station • Jan 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM • science.org • ~science
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FLUX.2 [Klein]: Towards Interactive Visual Intelligence • Jan 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM • bfl.ai • Hacker News
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Most renters shut out of energy-saving upgrades – study • Jan 16, 2026 at 6:35 PM • binghamton.edu • Hacker News
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The Dilbert Afterlife • Jan 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM • astralcodexten.com • Hacker News
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Canada Reverses Tariff On Chinese EVs • Jan 16, 2026 at 5:40 PM • washingtontimes.com • Slashdot
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88% of Americans view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem. More conservatives and moderates thought that people who use opioids should be responsible for reducing overdose deaths. In contrast, more liberals felt pharmaceutical companies should be liable for reducing overdose deaths. • Jan 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM • news.weill.cornell.edu • r/science
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Tildes Minecraft Weekly • Jan 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM • tildes.net • ~games
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Install.md: A standard for LLM-executable installation • Jan 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM • mintlify.com • Hacker News
317
I set all 376 Vim options and I'm still a fool • Jan 16, 2026 at 4:48 PM • evanhahn.com • Hacker News
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Releasing rainbow tables to accelerate Net-NTLMv1 protocol deprecation • Jan 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM • cloud.google.com • Hacker News
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How to shake off constant fear of being devaluated or replaced by AI • Jan 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Letting Claude play text adventures • Jan 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM • borretti.me • Hacker News
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ChatGPT is getting ads. Sam Altman once called them a 'last resort.' • Jan 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM • businessinsider.com • Hacker News
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I set all 376 Vim options and I'm still a fool • Jan 16, 2026 at 3:47 PM • evanhahn.com • Lobsters
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Microplastics From Washing Clothes Could Be Hurting Your Tomatoes • Jan 16, 2026 at 3:44 PM • washingtonpost.com • science.slashdot
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LWN is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet • Jan 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM • social.kernel.org • Hacker News
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Gladys West's vital contributions to GPS technology • Jan 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM • en.wikipedia.org • Hacker News
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Slop is everywhere for those with eyes to see • Jan 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM • fromjason.xyz • Hacker News
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Here is the 15 sec coding test to instantly filter out 50% of unqualified applicants by JOSE ZARAZUA • Jan 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM • josezarazua.com • r/programming
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Golfing APL/K in 90 Lines of Python • Jan 16, 2026 at 2:34 PM • aljamal.substack.com • Hacker News
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Cursor Implied Success Without Evidence | Not one of 100 selected commits even built • Jan 16, 2026 at 1:57 PM • embedding-shapes.github.io • r/programming
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Reading across books with Claude Code • Jan 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM • pieterma.es • Hacker News
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Ads Are Coming To ChatGPT in the Coming Weeks • Jan 16, 2026 at 1:45 PM • openai.com • Slashdot
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The Enshittification of Everything • Jan 16, 2026 at 1:40 PM • onlinegoddess.net • Bear
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Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products • Jan 16, 2026 at 1:36 PM • npr.org • ~transport
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RTS for Agents • Jan 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM • getagentcraft.com • Hacker News
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Hands-On Introduction to Unikernels • Jan 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM • labs.iximiuz.com • Hacker News
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Graphics In Flatland – 2D ray tracing [video] • Jan 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
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Seattle is Building Light Rail Like It's 1999 • Jan 16, 2026 at 1:13 PM • msn.com • Slashdot
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Our approach to advertising • Jan 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM • openai.com • Hacker News
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Emoji Use in the Electronic Health Record is Increasing • Jan 16, 2026 at 12:56 PM • jamanetwork.com • Hacker News
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Help with 1bed, WFH apartment layout! • Jan 16, 2026 at 12:44 PM • tildes.net • ~life.home_improvement
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ICE takes back into custody man released for violation of rights • Jan 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM • apnews.com • Hacker News
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East Germany balloon escape • Jan 16, 2026 at 12:16 PM • en.wikipedia.org • Hacker News
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Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor • Jan 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM • dell.com • Hacker News
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Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6% • Jan 16, 2026 at 12:05 PM • electrek.co • Hacker News