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A case for increasing computer literacy (but also a rant) • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:27 AM • tildes.net • ~tech
103
Expansion Microscopy Has Transformed How We See the Cellular World • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:18 AM • quantamagazine.org • Hacker News
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Study of 6,000 older adults reveals that chronic insomnia may be linked to nearly 12% of all dementia cases rivaling hearing loss and hypertension as a major modifiable risk factor suggesting that sleep intervention in the late 60s is a critical window for intervention. • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:56 AM • rathbiotaclan.com • r/science
478
Top downloaded skill in ClawHub contains malware • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:45 AM • 1password.com • Hacker News
43
FOSDEM 26 - My Hallway Track Takeaways • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:25 AM • sluongng.substack.com • Lobsters
239
Making geo joins faster with H3 indexes • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:19 AM • floedb.ai • Hacker News
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Autistic girls much less likely to be diagnose. Females may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to 4 times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood, finds large-scale study. By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy. • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:10 AM • theguardian.com • r/science
117
'Top class' website examples • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:24 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
367
Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:39 AM • github.com/HKUDS • Hacker News
154
Data breach: DOGE 'accidentally' leaked the whole Social Security database [pdf] • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:38 AM • storage.courtlistener.com • Hacker News
183P
If you've got Nothing to Hide (2015) • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:24 AM • jacquesmattheij.com • Hacker News
129
Wood Gas Vehicles: Firewood in the Fuel Tank (2010) • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:56 AM • solar.lowtechmagazine.com • Hacker News
123
What makes a website feel trustworthy within the first 5 seconds? • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:46 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
225
Show HN: Micropolis/SimCity Clone in Emacs Lisp • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:46 AM • github.com/vkazanov • Hacker News
131
Valve's Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:34 AM • theverge.com • Hacker News
31
On craft and AI • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:45 AM • slightknack.dev • Lobsters
147P
ICE Begins Buying 'Mega' Warehouse Detention Centers Across US • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:35 AM • bloomberg.com • Hacker News
199
Modernizing Linux swapping: introducing the swap table • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM • lwn.net • Hacker News
236P
BMW's Newest "Innovation" Is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:33 AM • ifixit.com • Hacker News
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Don't rent the cloud, own instead • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:50 AM • blog.comma.ai • Hacker News
701
When internal hostnames are leaked to the clown • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:22 AM • rachelbythebay.com • Hacker News
644P
ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for investigative use • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:02 AM • biometricupdate.com • Hacker News
35
The Boring Company faces Nashville tunnel criticism • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM • bloomberg.com • ~transport
167
A few CPU hardware bugs • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:39 PM • taricorp.net • Hacker News
308P
Wirth's Revenge • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM • jmoiron.net • Hacker News
51
trying to rid myself of material desires • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:29 PM • tiramisu.bearblog.dev • Bear
141
Mimes directing traffic in Bogotá had surprisingly loud impacts (2025) • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM • atlasobscura.com • Hacker News
46
D&D campaign recomendation for solo/two people • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM • tildes.net • ~games.tabletop
291
Child prodigies rarely become elite performers • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:17 PM • economist.com • Hacker News
163
BMW Commits To Subscriptions Even After Heated Seat Debacle • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM • tech.slashdot.org • Slashdot
74
Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:07 PM • store.steampowered.com • ~games
195
Sam Altman responds to Anthropic's "Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude" ads • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:50 PM • twitter.com/sama • Hacker News
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Study Finds Cannabis Usage in Middle Aged and Older Adults Associated With Larger Brain Volume, Better Cognitive Function • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:39 PM • news.cuanschutz.edu • r/science
919
OpenClaw is what Apple intelligence should have been • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM • jakequist.com • Hacker News
149
Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM • store.steampowered.com • Hacker News
456
[IntelliJ] Wayland By Default in 2026.1 EAP • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM • blog.jetbrains.com • r/programming
101370
Wholesome inclusion • Feb 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM • i.redd.it • r/MadeMeSmile
431
Why more companies are recognizing the benefits of keeping older employees • Feb 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM • longevity.stanford.edu • Hacker News
35
Tildes Book Club - February 2026 - The Truth by Terry Pratchett - Have you started? • Feb 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM • tildes.net • ~books
239P
Thought-Terminating Cliché • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM • en.wikipedia.org • Hacker News
166
As Rocks May Think • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM • evjang.com • Hacker News
23P
I loved my teaching job. But as a trans man in Texas, quitting was the only way to get my dignity back. • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM • theguardian.com • ~lgbt
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Striking a Balance: Working Fully Remote for Nearly a Decade • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM • rion.io • r/programming
22
My small protest against Apple • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM • loren.ldstephens.net • Bear
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My small protest against Apple • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM • loren.bearblog.dev • Bear
128
Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? • Feb 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM • tildes.net • ~engineering
198
I understand code, but I cannot "think" code • Feb 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
109
Boilerplate Tax - Ranking popular programming languages by density • Feb 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM • boyter.org • r/programming
574
What web dev trend is clearly disappearing right now? • Feb 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
333P
Spotlighting the World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell • Feb 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM • cia.gov • Hacker News
201
Claude Composer • Feb 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM • josh.ing • Hacker News
85P
Russian Spy Satellites Have Intercepted EU Communications Satellites • Feb 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM • arstechnica.com • science.slashdot
88P
Everyone Online Is Lying • Feb 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM • zevvdaily.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Half of all men over 60 have prostate cancer – an AI diagnostic tool could identify which need followup. Examinations have detected prostate cancer in 10 per cent of 50-year-olds, 50 per cent of 60-year-olds and approximately 70 per cent of men over the age of 80. • Feb 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM • norwegianscitechnews.com • r/science
278
The Codex app illustrates the shift left of IDEs and coding GUIs • Feb 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM • benshoemaker.us • Hacker News
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Common bacteria discovered in the eye linked to cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s: Study shows for first time that Chlamydia pneumoniae (common cause of pneumonia and sinus infection) can reach retina where it triggers immune responses linked to inflammation, nerve cell death and cognitive decline. • Feb 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM • cedars-sinai.org • r/science
33
A site explaining every known juggling trick • Feb 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM • libraryofjuggling.com • ~creative
149P
Technocracy 2.0 • Feb 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM • brooklynrail.org • Hacker News
885
Start all of your commands with a comma (2009) • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM • rhodesmill.org • Hacker News
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Cosmo’s ✨transformation✨ • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:56 PM • reddit.com • r/cats
74P
I'm annoyed with mundane revisionist history • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:40 PM • tildes.net • ~talk
116P
Professors Are Being Watched: 'We've Never Seen This Much Surveillance' • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
159
Tell HN: Another round of Zendesk email spam • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
103P
Show HN: EpsteIn – Search the Epstein files for your LinkedIn connections • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM • github.com/cfinke • Hacker News
741P
Recreating Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM • neosmart.net • Hacker News
181
'Everyone is Stealing TV' • Feb 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM • theverge.com • Slashdot
501P
How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM • newyorker.com • Hacker News
103P
ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on protesters • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:53 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
80P
We're Being Evicted • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:47 PM • onlinegoddess.net • Bear
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Stack Overflow Launches (2008) • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:35 PM • joelonsoftware.com • Lobsters
141
LispE: Lisp Interpreter with Pattern Programming and Lazy Evaluation • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:34 PM • github.com/naver • Hacker News
448
Claude Code for Infrastructure • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:34 PM • fluid.sh • Hacker News
110P
Recreating Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM • neosmart.net • Lobsters
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What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) • Feb 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM • tildes.net • ~anime
102P
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:55 PM • newrepublic.com • Hacker News
665P
The Great Unwind • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:49 PM • occupywallst.com • Hacker News
229P
Steve Bannon Proposes Using ICE in Elections • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:36 PM • newsweek.com • Hacker News
265
Building a 24-bit arcade CRT display adapter from scratch • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:35 PM • scd31.com • Hacker News
26
A few CPU hardware bugs • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM • taricorp.net • Lobsters
168
Study: emotional support from social media found to reduce anxiety • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:16 PM • news.uark.edu • Hacker News
103
Fastmail Donates USD 10k to the Perl and Raku Foundation • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:10 PM • perl.com • Hacker News
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Pink noise—often used to promote sleep—may reduce restorative REM sleep and interfere with sleep recovery, while earplugs are significantly more effective in protecting sleep against traffic noise. The findings challenge the widespread use of ambient sound machines and apps marketed as sleep aids • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM • pennmedicine.org • r/science
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AI is killing B2B SaaS • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM • nmn.gl • Hacker News
294P
French streamer unbanked by Qonto after criticizing Palantir and Peter Thiel • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM • twitter.com/Ced_haurus • Hacker News
142P
Launching the Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative • Feb 4, 2026 at 12:01 PM • blog.codinghorror.com • Hacker News
120
Why This Computer Scientist Says All Cryptocurrency Should "Die in a Fire" (2022) • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:59 AM • currentaffairs.org • Hacker News
274
Show HN: It took 4 years to sell my startup. I wrote a book about it • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:56 AM • derekyan.com • Hacker News
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RS-SDK: Drive RuneScape with Claude Code • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:47 AM • github.com/MaxBittker • Hacker News
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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
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Microsoft's Copilot chatbot is running into problems • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:08 AM • wsj.com • Hacker News
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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
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What programming/technical projects have you been working on? • Feb 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM • tildes.net • ~comp
88P
Arcan-A12: Weaving a Different Web • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:50 AM • divergent-desktop.org • Hacker News
197P
The F Word • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:34 AM • muratbuffalo.blogspot.com • Hacker News
1249P
Voxtral Transcribe 2 • Feb 4, 2026 at 10:08 AM • mistral.ai • Hacker News
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
257
Attention at Constant Cost per Token via Symmetry-Aware Taylor Approximation • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:33 AM • arxiv.org • Hacker News
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FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled • Feb 4, 2026 at 9:31 AM • 404media.co • 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
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
202
I Am Not a Functional Programmer • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:36 AM • blog.daniel-beskin.com • r/programming
61
Sukr: A minimal static site compiler in Rust with zero-JS output • Feb 4, 2026 at 8:05 AM • sukr.io • Lobsters
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Medieval Monks Wrote over Ancient Star Catalog – Particle Accel Reveals Original • Feb 4, 2026 at 7:53 AM • smithsonianmag.com • Hacker News