195
Researchers quantify role of reducing obesity in preventing common conditions: reducing BMI lower risk of 61 out of 71 commonly co-occurring conditions analyzed • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:41 AM • news.exeter.ac.uk • r/science
108877
Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:41 AM • v.redd.it • r/interestingasfuck
314
32 year old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:31 AM • asiaone.com • r/programming
217
Postgres Postmaster does not scale • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:30 AM • recall.ai • Hacker News
32
The internet wasn't built for live sports • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:27 AM • youtube.com • ~tech
16P
Bear’s medium is the message • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:18 AM • blaser.blog • Bear
109
Clean Coder: The Dark Path (2017) • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:16 AM • blog.cleancoder.com • Hacker News
6
Show HN: Seren – Serverless Postgres, Rust SDK, CLI, & MCP Server for AI Agents • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:11 AM • github.com/serenorg • Hacker News
664
Microsoft's Copilot chatbot is running into problems • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:08 AM • wsj.com • Hacker News
11
Native UI toolkit Slint 1.15 released 🎉 • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:07 AM • slint.dev • r/programming
133272
Actual footage from another world: Mars right now, 225 million miles away. Truly mind-blowing rover view • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:02 AM • v.redd.it • r/nextfuckinglevel
7
Show HN: Orpheus, An Agent runtime that scales on queue depth and not CPU • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM • github.com/arpitnath • Hacker News
3
What programming/technical projects have you been working on? • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM • tildes.net • ~comp
31
Anthropic Pledges To Keep Claude Ad-free, Calls AI Conversations a 'Space To Think' • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM • anthropic.com • Slashdot
41P
Male students show more tolerance for political enemies than females for allies • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:54 AM • expression.fire.org • Hacker News
585
High-skill migration from Asia to the United States since 1990 to work in the tech sector has substantially boosted US innovation. It has also facilitated a "brain gain" in the sending countries, leading to net increases in human capital. • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM • aeaweb.org • r/science
88P
Arcan-A12: Weaving a Different Web • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:50 AM • divergent-desktop.org • Hacker News
12P
how to be an ally • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:45 AM • blog.absurdpirate.com • Bear
216P
The countries with highest labor productivity will see declines in the labor force while Africa will account for most of the labor growth. Creating legal pathways for people to move from low productivity places to labor scarce places would enable gains on the order of trillions of dollars. • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:36 AM • aeaweb.org • r/science
7P
Japan is considering nuclear subs. But are they worth the costs? • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:35 AM • japantimes.co.jp • Hacker News
197P
The F Word • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:34 AM • muratbuffalo.blogspot.com • Hacker News
13
中文流博主与其他语言流博主之间，存在有壁吗？ • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:26 AM • onelastme.bearblog.dev • Bear
14
Anthropic says 'Claude will remain ad-free,' unlike ChatGPT • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:17 AM • theverge.com • Hacker News
11
How Containers Work: Building Container Networking from Scratch • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:10 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
1249P
Voxtral Transcribe 2 • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:08 AM • mistral.ai • Hacker News
22
in 2026, Do Senior Full Stack SWE need to also know Kubernetes and Terraform or IaC? • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:06 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
389
Targeting the immune system may help treat a specific subtype of depression. Study found that when patients are selected based on elevated inflammation markers, certain drugs reduce both general depressive symptoms and the inability to feel pleasure. • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:02 AM • psypost.org • r/science
36
Faster, cheaper, messier: lessons from our switch to self-hosted GitHub Actions • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:02 AM • theguardian.engineering • r/programming
74
Pinterest Sacks Workers For Creating Tool To Track Layoffs • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM • bbc.com • Slashdot
136
Rabbit Ear "Origami": programmable origami in the browser • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:57 AM • rabbitear.org • Hacker News
641P
A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:46 AM • pdfa.org • Hacker News
18
photo apps I use • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:44 AM • mrmr.bearblog.dev • Bear
17
photo apps I use • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:44 AM • mrmr.bearblog.dev • Bear
257
Attention at Constant Cost per Token via Symmetry-Aware Taylor Approximation • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:33 AM • arxiv.org • Hacker News
1123P
FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:31 AM • 404media.co • Hacker News
4
Show HN: Ask your AI what your devs shipped this week • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
464
Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025 • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:27 AM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
128
What website can I use to check domain availability without the risk of that website buys the domain to sell me it for x100 the price? • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:26 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
9
Film Students Are Having Trouble Sitting Through Movies, Professors Say • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:23 AM • hollywoodreporter.com • Hacker News
209
Cannabis usage in older adults linked to larger brain, better cognitive function • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM • medicalxpress.com • Hacker News
36P
Washington Post Begins Layoffs • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:18 AM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
10
Show HN: Nocterm – Flutter-inspired TUI framework with hot reload (Dart) • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:14 AM • nocterm.dev • Hacker News
9P
Ask HN: Are ISPs "evil" and who runs the Internet? • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:09 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
12
Show HN: Two-week creative lab for developers building with real-time AI video • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:02 AM • daydream.live • Hacker News
53
Why Google's Android for PC Launch May Be Messy and Controversial • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:02 AM • theverge.com • Slashdot
54
Show HN: Mmdr – 1000x faster Mermaid rendering in pure Rust (no browser) • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM • github.com/1jehuang • Hacker News
74P
Thatcher Effect – Optical Illusion and Explanation • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:59 AM • optical.toys • Hacker News
7
Show HN: Teaching AI agents to write better GraphQL • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:59 AM • skills.sh • Hacker News
109
Custom Firmware for the MZ-RH1 – Ready for Testing • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:57 AM • sir68k.re • Hacker News
162
I made a word game • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:52 AM • pivotthegame.com • ~games
8
A $957 Tube of Cream • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:51 AM • wysr.xyz • Hacker News
12
How do you manage context/memory across multiple AI tools? • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:45 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
15P
Palantir declares itself the guardian of Americans' rights • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:43 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
202
I Am Not a Functional Programmer • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:36 AM • blog.daniel-beskin.com • r/programming
22P
Beg Bounties • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:36 AM • troyhunt.com • Hacker News
9P
Crazy German Tax Law: Fünftelregelung (or how to pay 116% in income tax) • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:34 AM • vormals.substack.com • Hacker News
57
Tessellation Kit (2016) • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:17 AM • sciencevsmagic.net • Hacker News
17P
China to ban hidden door handles on cars starting in 2027 • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:11 AM • apnews.com • Hacker News
61
Sukr: A minimal static site compiler in Rust with zero-JS output • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:05 AM • sukr.io • Lobsters
86
I prefer to pass secrets between programs through standard input • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:02 AM • utcc.utoronto.ca • Hacker News
107P
Stanford's Fake Disability Crisis Is America's Future • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:01 AM • garryslist.org • Hacker News
4
Show HN: Crnd – Cron daemon built for scripts and AI agents • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:01 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
30P
US Gen-X is definitely feeling the pressure • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM • sciencedaily.com • Hacker News
14
Xikipedia Algorithm • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:55 AM • github.com/rebane2001 • Lobsters
142
Medieval Monks Wrote over Ancient Star Catalog – Particle Accel Reveals Original • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:53 AM • smithsonianmag.com • Hacker News
10
Show HN: Webhook Skills – Agent skills for webhook providers and best practices • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:32 AM • github.com/hookdeck • Hacker News
46
If your web app is running workers it has a backend • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:27 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
21P
Michigan anti-trust lawsuit alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:27 AM • levernews.com • ~enviro
7
Show HN: Zerobrew – Alternative to Homebrew • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:25 AM • github.com/lucasgelfond • Hacker News
9
Introducing Bunny Database: The SQLite-Compatible Edge DB • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:18 AM • bunny.net • Lobsters
743
Claude is a space to think • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:08 AM • anthropic.com • Hacker News
6
Show HN: OpenShears – I built an uninstaller because OpenClaw refuses to die • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:06 AM • github.com/oswarld • Hacker News
601P
Exposure to low-credibility online health content is limited and concentrated among older adults in the US. Low-credibility website exposure was also found to be greatest among conservatives and those who consume more right-leaning news. • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:04 AM • nature.com • r/science
106
Your Job Isn't Disappearing. It's Shrinking Around You in Real Time • Feb 4, 2026 at 6:36 AM • newsletter.jantegze.com • Hacker News
24P
EU rejects 'nonsense' censorship charge from Trump allies • Feb 4, 2026 at 6:31 AM • lemonde.fr • Hacker News
21P
Wirth's Revenge • Feb 4, 2026 at 6:22 AM • jmoiron.net • Lobsters
19
raylib: a 12-year adventure as a solo-maintainer • Feb 4, 2026 at 6:22 AM • fosdem.org • Lobsters
46
Anthropic Claude Max $200/mo: They claim 99% uptime, I calculated 84% Loss: $780 • Feb 4, 2026 at 6:21 AM • gist.github.com • Hacker News
13
GitHub Ponders Kill Switch for Pull Requests to Stop AI Slop • Feb 4, 2026 at 6:21 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
6P
Melinda French Gates reacts to new details about Bill Gates in the Epstein files • Feb 4, 2026 at 6:17 AM • npr.org • Hacker News
71
Show HN: A luma dependent chroma compression algorithm (image compression) • Feb 4, 2026 at 6:13 AM • bitsnbites.eu • Hacker News
1804
Sex is associated with lower stress on the day it occurs, but benefits do not persist into the following day. Motivation behind sexual encounter plays an important role in its emotional aftermath, as sex initiated to avoid relationship conflict was linked to increased stress levels 24 hours later. • Feb 4, 2026 at 6:02 AM • psypost.org • r/science
35
Broken proofs and broken provers • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:56 AM • lawrencecpaulson.github.io • Lobsters
33P
Trump's Profiteering Hits $4B • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:42 AM • newyorker.com • Hacker News
4
Show HN: AI Blocker by Kiddokraft • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:41 AM • kiddokraft.org • Hacker News
15
Free AI video clipper using scene and speech-based segmentation • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:33 AM • crabcut.ai • Hacker News
11
Speculative Sampling Explained • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:26 AM • saibo-creator.github.io • Hacker News
22
Pinterest sacks two engineers for creating software to identify fired workers • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:25 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
102619
Finally a blockbuster • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:22 AM • i.redd.it • r/memes
1061
New solution for moderate-to-severe sleep apnoea. Researchers seen significant improvements in breathing in 93% of participants, with airflow increases comparable to CPAP therapy, even when the upper airway was completely closed • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:05 AM • sciencedirect.com • r/science
3318
Senior Vibe Coder dealing with security • Feb 4, 2026 at 4:55 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
16
AliSQL: Alibaba's open-source MySQL with vector and DuckDB engines • Feb 4, 2026 at 4:51 AM • github.com/alibaba • r/programming
5
Cancer Immunotherapy Works Better Before 3pm, Study Finds • Feb 4, 2026 at 4:30 AM • nature.com • Hacker News
93
"time to GPT-2", down to 2.91 hours • Feb 4, 2026 at 4:24 AM • twitter.com/karpathy • Hacker News
132
Researchers identified the worst crop shock every country experienced since 1961: the global average was −29%, with Botswana losing 80% in a single year. Climate—especially drought—was the leading cause, and the frequency of climate-driven shocks has doubled since the 1960s. • Feb 4, 2026 at 4:21 AM • esd.copernicus.org • r/science
749
Microsoft Has Killed Widgets Six Times. Here's Why They Keep Coming Back. • Feb 4, 2026 at 4:15 AM • xakpc.dev • r/programming
19
The era of AI only social media will free us all • Feb 4, 2026 at 4:06 AM • kkc.bearblog.dev • Bear
20
My Eighth Year as a Bootstrapped Founder • Feb 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM • mtlynch.io • Hacker News
77
Broken Proofs and Broken Provers • Feb 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM • lawrencecpaulson.github.io • Hacker News
28
Ktkit: A Kotlin toolkit for building server applications with Ktor • Feb 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM • github.com/smyrgeorge • Hacker News
173
From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface • Feb 4, 2026 at 3:52 AM • 1password.com • r/programming
36
writing an RSS reader in 80 lines of bash • Feb 4, 2026 at 3:50 AM • yobibyte.github.io • Lobsters
260
Is it true they say there is a ceiling when you understand how frontend and backend communicate, databases, and APIs, most projects are basically the same pattern but with diffrent busniess logic. • Feb 4, 2026 at 3:35 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
32
Say Hello To GoogleSQL • Feb 4, 2026 at 3:01 AM • nerds.xyz • Slashdot
49
The €10 Mirror: Why Enterprise Security Looks Like a Kid's Toy • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:56 AM • labs.itresit.es • Hacker News
13
Analytics? • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:46 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
30
LFS/BLFS will no longer be developing the System V versions • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:44 AM • lists.linuxfromscratch.org • Lobsters
11P
Melinda French Gates Appears to Confirm Divorce Was Related to Epstein • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:43 AM • gizmodo.com • Hacker News
11
Show HN: Sentinel – a Pingora-based reverse proxy (inspired by River) • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:40 AM • sentinel.raskell.io • Hacker News
17P
Russian spy spacecraft have intercepted Europe's key satellites • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM • ft.com • Hacker News
73
I miss thinking hard • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:35 AM • jernesto.com • Lobsters
97P
The world is more equal than you think • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:33 AM • economist.com • Hacker News
8
How to squeeze a lexicon (2001) [pdf] • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:28 AM • marcinciura.wordpress.com • Hacker News
17
Early AWS reduction strategy before traffic spikes and outages and im stuck with leaderships • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:22 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
71
BearBlog meta is unique • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:18 AM • briefly-here-to-unstuck.bearblog.dev • Bear
44
I prefer to pass secrets between programs through standard input • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:17 AM • utcc.utoronto.ca • Lobsters
35
Cheapest Stack for Clinic Dashboard (DB + Auth + API) — Needs Managed Auth, Tight Budget • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:16 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
11
"Superhuman": A 13 year old boy swims 2.5 miles to save family swept out to sea • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:06 AM • cbsnews.com • Hacker News
62
Oracle to raise $50B as AI debt piles up • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:04 AM • marketwatch.com • Hacker News
66
Microsoft Has Killed Widgets Six Times. Here's Why They Keep Coming Back • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:54 AM • xakpc.dev • Lobsters
123
TIL: Browsers don't respect your device selection in the permission dialog • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
360
Show HN: Ghidra MCP Server – 110 tools for AI-assisted reverse engineering • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:51 AM • github.com/bethington • Hacker News
28
Looking for honest feedback on my website • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:41 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
115
The full history of Windows widgets, from 1997 to today • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:22 AM • xakpc.dev • Hacker News
151P
Competence as Tragedy • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:21 AM • crowprose.com • Lobsters
7
Embedded Vector and Graph Database in Pure Go • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:19 AM • github.com/liliang-cn • Hacker News
35
A few thoughts about PayPal, nearly 12 years after I left • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:17 AM • twitter.com/davidmarcus • Hacker News
20
rust-dlopen: A dynamic linker fully implemented in Rust • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:00 AM • github.com/weizhiao • Lobsters
20
This award-winning bookstore looks like a portal to outer space • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:00 AM • yankodesign.com • ~design
55
A Love Letter to Teslas • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:58 AM • boogerdiary.bearblog.dev • Bear
90
Mobile carriers can get your GPS location • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:55 AM • an.dywa.ng • Lobsters
28
PWA shenanigans have saved my soul • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:51 AM • digiwha-labs.com • r/webdev
31
Underrated ways to change the world, vol. II • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:34 AM • experimental-history.com • ~misc
5
My Hardest Bug Ever (2013) • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:34 AM • gamedeveloper.com • Hacker News
26
february 3 qed • Feb 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM • combatdavey.net • Bear
11
NASA hit by fuel leaks during a practice countdown of the moon rocket • Feb 3, 2026 at 11:50 PM • apnews.com • Hacker News
261P
Petition for Recognition of Work on Open-Source as Volunteering in Germany • Feb 3, 2026 at 11:46 PM • openpetition.de • Hacker News
132018
recently got a place with my boyfriend and he thinks this is perfectly fine • Feb 3, 2026 at 11:32 PM • i.redd.it • r/funny
14
Ask HN: Tech Debt War Stories • Feb 3, 2026 at 11:25 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
8
Google terminated my YouTube channel even thought I made no videos or used it • Feb 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
1982
I miss thinking hard • Feb 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM • jernesto.com • Hacker News
4
The Computer Chronicles – Artificial Intelligence (1984) • Feb 3, 2026 at 10:52 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
6
Tool for room light layout planning • Feb 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
4
Show HN: OpenClaw Assistant – Replace Google Assistant with Any AI • Feb 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM • github.com/yuga-hashimoto • Hacker News
266
Why aren't AI users honest about AI's limitations? • Feb 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM • techcrunch.com • r/programming
236
Using awake fMRI, researchers found that 2 month old infants already have structured visual categories in ventrotemporal cortex, resembling adult patterns. This shows the brain organizes complex visual information far earlier than previously believed. • Feb 3, 2026 at 10:24 PM • nature.com • r/science
9P
Why so little news from China? • Feb 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
13
36 Years in Making, GNU's Own Kernel Project Hurd Is Anything but Dead • Feb 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM • itsfoss.com • Hacker News
12P
In the wake of the Epstein files – will there be an analog resurgence? • Feb 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
29
Ask HN: Does a good "read it later" app exist? • Feb 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
29
A programmer's guide to leaving GitHub • Feb 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM • lord.io • Hacker News
27P
"Yes, It's Happening. Yes, it's real." March For Billionaires, SF, 02/07/2026 • Feb 3, 2026 at 9:34 PM • marchforbillionaires.org • Hacker News
4
Minions music leads to nightmare for Olympic skater, spotlighting a problem • Feb 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM • apnews.com • Hacker News
55
Walmart Joins $1 Trillion Club • Feb 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM • finance.yahoo.com • Slashdot
8
Commodore, IBM, OS/2, ARexx: Deal or no deal? • Feb 3, 2026 at 8:37 PM • datagubbe.se • Lobsters
11072P
US political and social polarization has increased by 64% since 1988, with nearly all of the rise occurring after 2008, as the financial crisis, the rise of social media, and an asymmetric ideological shift—particularly on the left—coincided to widen divisions, according to a long-term study. • Feb 3, 2026 at 8:32 PM • royalsocietypublishing.org • r/science
207P
Why poor countries stopped catching up • Feb 3, 2026 at 8:22 PM • davidoks.blog • Hacker News
15
Texas Instruments in advanced talks to buy chip designer Silicon Laboratories • Feb 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM • ft.com • Hacker News
29P
Alphabet plots big expansion in India as US restricts visas • Feb 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM • bloomberg.com • ~tech
138
Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food – study • Feb 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
7
Anthropic Plans Employee Tender Offer at $350B Valuation • Feb 3, 2026 at 7:47 PM • bloomberg.com • Hacker News
12
Write more to worry less • Feb 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM • suchbadart.com • Bear
28P
Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians' biometric data, ID documents • Feb 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM • crikey.com.au • Hacker News
7P
The Trump administration has rewritten nuclear safety rules • Feb 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM • npr.org • Hacker News
144P
Why Vibe First Development Collapses Under Its Own Freedom • Feb 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM • techyall.com • r/programming
19
Show HN: Ec – a terminal Git conflict resolver inspired by IntelliJ • Feb 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM • github.com/chojs23 • Hacker News
5
Vibe Coding is the new RAD • Feb 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM • techleader.pro • Hacker News
28P
A Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime (2018) • Feb 3, 2026 at 7:19 PM • miamiherald.com • Hacker News
188P
Illinois joins WHO global outbreak network after U.S. withdraws • Feb 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM • capitolnewsillinois.com • Hacker News
117
GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.2-Codex are now 40% faster • Feb 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM • twitter.com/OpenAIDevs • Hacker News
7
Show HN: Mementomori.club – We All Die. Don't Lose Track • Feb 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM • mementomori.club • Hacker News
13
FDA approves first eye drop for age-related vision loss • Feb 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM • newatlas.com • Hacker News
115268
A man spent around 3 years building stone fortress/castle. • Feb 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM • v.redd.it • r/nextfuckinglevel
11
Adobe Just Killed My Career [video] • Feb 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
14
How to setup an Android smartphone as a webcam – Camo Studio with OBS • Feb 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM • tomshardware.com • Hacker News
21
Seven million cancers a year are preventable, says report • Feb 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM • bbc.com • ~health
736
How Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source • Feb 3, 2026 at 6:47 PM • hackaday.com • r/programming
834
"Competence as Tragedy" — a personal essay on craft, beautiful code, and watching AI make your hard-won skills obsolete • Feb 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM • crowprose.com • r/programming
29
Valve wants to hold [patent troll] Leigh Rothschild personally liable • Feb 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM • reporterbyte.com • Hacker News
311
My coworkers are "AI-dependent" and it's creating a nightmare of technical debt. Should I quit or adapt? • Feb 3, 2026 at 6:34 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
9
TikTok System Design:(Step-by-Step Guide) • Feb 3, 2026 at 6:33 PM • grokkingthesystemdesign.com • Hacker News
63P
Selection rather than prediction • Feb 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM • voratiq.com • Hacker News
33
Google Home Finally Adds Support For Buttons • Feb 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM • theverge.com • Slashdot
288
A new study has found that high-precision brain training can help novice meditators learn the practice more effectively • Feb 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM • psypost.org • r/science
47
China to ban hidden door handles on cars starting 2027 • Feb 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM • apnews.com • ~transport
36
StartingAMagazine.psd • Feb 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM • library.xandra.cc • Bear
19
Walmart hits $1 trillion market cap, fueled by growth of e-commerce, new businesses • Feb 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM • cnbc.com • ~finance
138
How I've run major projects (2025) • Feb 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM • benkuhn.net • Hacker News
575
Notepad++ supply chain attack breakdown • Feb 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM • securelist.com • Hacker News
8
Walmart hits $1T market cap • Feb 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
33
Ask HN: Cheap laptop for Linux without GUI (for writing) • Feb 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
1197
Women who experience high levels of anxiety regarding their declining health tend to age faster at a molecular level compared to those who do not. • Feb 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM • psypost.org • r/science
5
Use "\A \z", not "^ $" with Python regular expressions – Seth Larson • Feb 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM • sethmlarson.dev • Hacker News
58
Was Benoit Mandelbrot a hedgehog or a fox? • Feb 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM • arxiv.org • Hacker News
5
SpaceX Acquires xAI in $1.25T All-Stock Deal • Feb 3, 2026 at 4:44 PM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
5
Mesh: A compacting memory allocator for C/C++ • Feb 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM • github.com/plasma-umass • Hacker News
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FlashAttention-T: Towards Tensorized Attention • Feb 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM • dl.acm.org • Hacker News
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Trump's UAE Chip Deal Is a National Security Risk • Feb 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM • bloomberg.com • Hacker News
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Dreamweaver? • Feb 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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FERC: Renewables made up 88% of new US power generating capacity to Nov 2025 • Feb 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM • electrek.co • Hacker News
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Show HN: Real-world speedrun timer that auto-ticks via vision on smart glasses • Feb 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM • github.com/RealComputer • Hacker News
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12
Vitalik: L2s Are Over • Feb 3, 2026 at 3:29 PM • twitter.com/vitalikbuterin • Hacker News
22
3D-printed fan-less and pump-less liquid cooler can deliver 600 watts of cooling • Feb 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM • tomshardware.com • Hacker News
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Anthropic AI tool sparks selloff from software to broader market • Feb 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM • bloomberg.com • Hacker News
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Wealthier men show higher metabolism in brain regions controlling reward and stress. Higher family income was associated with increased neural activity in the caudate, putamen, anterior cingulate, hippocampus, and amygdala regions of the brain of middle-aged men. • Feb 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM • psypost.org • r/science
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The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The first time a city's population has ever been nominated. • Feb 3, 2026 at 3:18 PM • v.redd.it • r/UnderReportedNews
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Show HN: Latchkey – inject credentials into agents' curl calls • Feb 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM • github.com/imbue-ai • Hacker News
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Sustainability in Software Development: Robby Russell on Tech Debt and Engineering Culture • Feb 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM • overcommitted.dev • r/programming
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330
China Moon Mission: Aiming for 2030 lunar landing • Feb 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM • spectrum.ieee.org • Hacker News
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196
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ClickHouse Release 26.1 • Feb 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM • presentations.clickhouse.com • Hacker News
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Western Digital doubles the performance of hard drives with dual-actuator • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM • tomshardware.com • Hacker News
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DHS is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM • techcrunch.com • Hacker News
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China bans all retractable car door handles • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
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Trump: Republicans 'should take over the voting' and 'nationalise' US elections • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM • bbc.co.uk • Hacker News
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More than one-third of cancer cases are preventable. Massive study finds that many cancers are linked to two modifiable habits: tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption. • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM • nature.com • r/science
350
AliSQL: Alibaba's open-source MySQL with vector and DuckDB engines • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM • github.com/alibaba • Hacker News
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Have we tried asking women about the 'birth rate crisis' yet? • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM • glamourmagazine.co.uk • Hacker News
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Y Combinator will let founders receive funds in stablecoins • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM • fortune.com • Hacker News
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Do you have your invite request email? Post it and let's find out what drives people to want to be a part of Tildes. • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM • tildes.net • ~tildes
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Show HN: Emmtrix ONNX-to-C Code Generator for Edge AI Deployment • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM • github.com/emmtrix • Hacker News
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Helldivers 2 – Galactic Offensive | Trailer • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM • youtube.com • ~games
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US shoots down Iranian drone approaching aircraft carrier, official says • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:22 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
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Meows encode less individual information than purrs and show greater variability in domestic than in wild cats • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM • nature.com • r/science
693
Xcode 26.3 – Developers can leverage coding agents directly in Xcode • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:04 PM • apple.com • Hacker News
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'Vibe Coding Kills Open Source' • Feb 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM • arxiv.org • Slashdot
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Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026) • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Welcome to the Room – A lesson in leadership by Satya Nadella • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM • jsnover.com • Hacker News
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How I Experience the Web Today • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM • how-i-experience-web-today.com • Hacker News
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I made 20 GDPR deletion requests. 12 were ignored • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:48 PM • nikolak.com • Hacker News
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Defending the Apple Neural Engine (ANE) • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:42 PM • dennisforbes.ca • Hacker News
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The AI industry doesn’t take “no” for an answer • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:42 PM • manualdousuario.net • ~tech
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StopICE hacked to send alarming text messages admins accuse CBP agent sabotage • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:39 PM • theregister.com • Hacker News
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French prosecutors raid Elon Musk’s X offices in Paris, under investigation for knowingly peddling CSAM, sexual deepfakes, holocaust denial, and fraudulent data extraction as an "organized gang" • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM • ft.com • ~tech
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Sandboxing AI Agents in Linux • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:35 PM • blog.senko.net • Hacker News
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Deno Sandbox • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM • deno.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: kiln.bot - Orchestrate Claude Code from GitHub • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Take the stairs. It could help you live longer. • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM • washingtonpost.com • ~health
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Migrate Wizard – IMAP Based Email Migration Tool • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM • migratewizard.com • Hacker News
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GDPR Enforcement Is Broken • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:14 PM • nikolak.com • Lobsters
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IBM Beam Spring: The Ultimate Retro Keyboard • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:14 PM • rs-online.com • Hacker News
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Young adults report lower life satisfaction in Sweden • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:12 PM • internationaljournalofwellbeing.org • Hacker News
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Defining Safe Hardware Design [pdf] • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:12 PM • people.csail.mit.edu • Hacker News
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Show HN: Octosphere, a tool to decentralise scientific publishing • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM • octosphere.social • Hacker News
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java sucks (2000) • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM • jwz.org • Lobsters
134
Climate change is causing nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance, to break down in the atmosphere more quickly than previously thought, introducing significant uncertainty into climate projections for the rest of the 21st. • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:09 PM • pnas.org • r/science
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Show HN: I built "AI Wattpad" to eval LLMs on fiction • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:08 PM • narrator.sh • Hacker News
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2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Freetalk • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM • tildes.net • ~sports.american_football
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YouTube Kills Background Playback on Third-Party Mobile Browsers • Feb 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM • androidauthority.com • Slashdot
584
221 Cannon is Not For Sale • Feb 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM • fredbenenson.com • Hacker News
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Black and Latino teens report having significantly more digital literacy skills such as detecting online disinformation than their white peers—particularly content related to race and ethnicity • Feb 3, 2026 at 11:54 AM • news.ucr.edu • r/science
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1 kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes? • Feb 3, 2026 at 11:53 AM • waspdev.com • Hacker News
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Underrated ways to change the world, part II • Feb 3, 2026 at 11:51 AM • experimental-history.com • Hacker News
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The smallest build system • Feb 3, 2026 at 11:51 AM • neugierig.org • Lobsters
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Expensively Quadratic: the LLM Agent Cost Curve • Feb 3, 2026 at 11:50 AM • blog.exe.dev • Lobsters
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Linear representations in LLMs can change dramatically over a conversation • Feb 3, 2026 at 11:45 AM • arxiv.org • Hacker News
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You Shouldn't Use Google's Chrome "Auto Browse" Agentic AI, or Any Others • Feb 3, 2026 at 11:43 AM • lauren.vortex.com • Hacker News