173
Show HN: JavaScript-first, open-source WYSIWYG DOCX editor • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:33 AM • github.com/eigenpal • Hacker News
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Chronic alcohol consumption profoundly alters the expression of genes in the endocannabinoid system in key brain regions, affecting areas involved in reward, impulse control and decision-making • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:28 AM • in.umh-csic.es • r/science
7
GitHub Is Down • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:27 AM • downdetector.tr • Hacker News
793
Converting a $3.88 analog clock from Walmart into a ESP8266-based Wi-Fi clock • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM • github.com/jim11662418 • Hacker News
15
ESP8266 WiFi Analog Clock • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM • github.com/jim11662418 • Lobsters
23
Zero crashes, zero compromises: inside the HAProxy security audit • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:22 AM • haproxy.com • Hacker News
63
i don't need social media to stay in touch • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM • blog.absurdpirate.com • Bear
4
Hard-braking events as indicators of road segment crash risk • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:19 AM • research.google • Lobsters
265
GitHub Is Down • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM • github.com • Hacker News
914
GitHub is down again • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:12 AM • githubstatus.com • Hacker News
696
Moderate tea or coffee consumption each day could lower dementia risk researchers report in the Journal of the American Medical Association | The risk of dementia was lowered in study groups consuming tea or caffeinated coffee by around 18 percent • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:09 AM • sciencenews.org • r/science
24
Built a real-time global dashboard with privacy-first architecture and I am looking for architectural critique • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:08 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
60
What’s the best monitor for programmers in 2026? • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:04 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
50
AI doesn’t reduce work—it intensifies it • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:03 AM • hbr.org • ~tech
166
Discord Will Require a Face Scan or ID for Full Access Next Month • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:01 AM • theverge.com • yro.slashdot
13
What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM • tildes.net • ~food
57
What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? • Feb 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM • tildes.net • ~games
112
AirPods Pro 4 Could Feature Cameras to 'See Around You' • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:56 AM • macrumors.com • Hacker News
41P
Safe Drinking Water Is a Basic Human Right That Texas Prisons Fail to Respect • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM • truthout.org • Hacker News
288
Show HN: AI agents play SimCity through a REST API • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:54 AM • hallucinatingsplines.com • Hacker News
8
Film photos • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM • voyager.bearblog.dev • Bear
7
Custom Firmware for the MZ-RH1 (MiniDisc player) • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:50 AM • sir68k.re • Lobsters
7
Year of the snake with Plan 9 • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:48 AM • spamdforum.rf.gd • Lobsters
42
Ask HN: Do provisional patents matter for early-stage startups? • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
16
Looking for help: security and privacy audit • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
1063
Why is the sky blue? • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:39 AM • explainers.blog • Hacker News
7
Facing issues implementing Google social auth with NestJS + better-auth in a monorepo • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:39 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
32
Cells’ Systems Cooperate to Form ‘Scaffolding’ During Egg Development • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM • news.feinberg.northwestern.edu • r/science
24P
Taiwan rejects possibility of transferring 40% of semiconductor capacity to US • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM • tomshardware.com • Hacker News
264
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:34 AM • theverge.com • ~tech
5
On ancient migrations • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:33 AM • acoup.blog • ~humanities.history
18
Show HN: Open source setup to self-host OpenClaw instances on any host • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:31 AM • github.com/Agent-3-7 • Hacker News
451
Sandboxels • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:31 AM • neal.fun • Hacker News
451P
Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 20 years' jail • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:25 AM • bbc.com • Hacker News
4
Show HN: Docx to PDF in the Browser Using Pandoc and Typst (WASM) • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:20 AM • toolkuai.com • Hacker News
91P
AI Gold Rush is Resurrecting China's Infamous 72-hour Work Week - in US • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:14 AM • bbc.com • Slashdot
198
Sleeper Shells: Attackers Are Planting Dormant Backdoors in Ivanti EPMM • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:11 AM • defusedcyber.com • Hacker News
17
Can Ozempic cure addiction? • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:08 AM • newyorker.com • ~health
15
Trying Out Thunderbird Appointment While I Patiently Wait for an Invite • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:01 AM • blog.matthewbrunelle.com • Hacker News
6
State of Ruby 2026 • Feb 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM • devnewsletter.com • r/programming
244
Mathematical thinking may have developed long before writing • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:59 AM • newatlas.com • r/science
178
HeyWhatsThat • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:57 AM • heywhatsthat.com • Hacker News
11
My project saw a sudden rise in traffic, but 0 referrals • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:50 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
26
Atmospheric H₂ variability over the past 1,100 years | The record shows a 70–111% (2σ) rise in atmospheric H₂ from the pre-industrial to the modern era, consistent with increasing direct emissions from fossil fuel burning and increased atmospheric concentrations of H₂ precursors. • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:49 AM • nature.com • r/science
391
AI Doesn't Reduce Work–It Intensifies It • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:44 AM • hbr.org • Hacker News
87
Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:44 AM • discord.com • Hacker News
117
Do Metaprojects • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:39 AM • taylor.town • Hacker News
192
Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:39 AM • discord.com • Lobsters
91
Ruby Newbie is joining the Ruby Users forum • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:39 AM • rubyforum.org • Hacker News
4073
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:37 AM • theverge.com • Hacker News
90
Long-Sought Proof Tames Some of Math's Unruliest Equations • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM • quantamagazine.org • Hacker News
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San Francisco's pro-billionaire march draws dozens • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:31 AM • techcrunch.com • Hacker News
15P
Which path to go for • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:25 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
13
BYD outsells Tesla 10-to-1 in Australia as Chinese EVs dominate January sales • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:23 AM • electrek.co • Hacker News
382
AT&T, Verizon blocking release of Salt Typhoon security assessment reports • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:22 AM • reuters.com • Hacker News
236
Humans peak in midlife: A combined cognitive and personality trait perspective • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:18 AM • sciencedirect.com • Hacker News
17P
Never Work with Bad People • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:18 AM • arseniy.wtf • Hacker News
5
Adding Bits Beats AI Slop (2025) • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:17 AM • gwern.net • Hacker News
160
Can Ozempic Cure Addiction? • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:16 AM • newyorker.com • Hacker News
5
IDEcline: How the most powerful coding tools became second-class citizens • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM • thenewstack.io • Hacker News
6
How do you approach testing and debugging in your web development workflow? • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
54
Age Bias is Still the Default at Work But the Data is Turning • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:12 AM • longevity.stanford.edu • Slashdot
17
Currently using Siteground as my website server host, but their renewal rates are just a tad too expensive for my liking... What to do? • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:08 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
370
UEFI Bindings for JavaScript • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:07 AM • codeberg.org • Hacker News
16
Show HN: A Satellite View for Python Code • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:07 AM • ast-visualizer.com • Hacker News
839
I just implemented social auth in my app. Rate my oauth. • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:04 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
12
Show HN: PlaceboGPT – 7,666-parameter medical AI with one answer for everything • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:03 AM • pharmatools.ai • Hacker News
26
What websites do you visit daily as a developer? • Feb 9, 2026 at 9:01 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
25
Trying out Thunderbird Appointment While I Patiently Wait For An Invite • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:59 AM • blog.matthewbrunelle.com • Lobsters
351
Thoughts on Generating C • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:54 AM • wingolog.org • Hacker News
12
Using light-based computing to tackle complex challenges • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:54 AM • queensu.ca • Hacker News
70
Three Cache Layers Between SELECT and disk • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:49 AM • frn.sh • r/programming
21
Three Cache Layers Between Select and Disk • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:48 AM • frn.sh • Hacker News
7
Ruby Newbie is joining the Ruby Users Forum • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:47 AM • rubyforum.org • Lobsters
14
Sound and Practical Points-To Analysis for Incomplete C Programs [pdf] • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:46 AM • sjalander.com • Hacker News
10
Tem parada estranha aí irmão - Bad Bunny no Super Bowl • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:46 AM • ththoughtz.bearblog.dev • Bear
55
New Raspberry Pi 4 Model Splits RAM Across Dual Chips • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:34 AM • omgubuntu.co.uk • build.slashdot
8
Building a form tool — comparing Typeform, Tally, Google Forms, Jotform and AntForms (technical notes) • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:29 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
163
Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:28 AM • topgear.com • Hacker News
4
Learnings from creating a GUI library • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:26 AM • blog.s-schoener.com • Lobsters
58
six thoughts on generating c • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:18 AM • wingolog.org • Lobsters
281
Companies are making it hard to hire junior developers. • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:17 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
149
What is your favourite static site generator? • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:12 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
51
Bear Hug, embracing Bear’s theme • Feb 9, 2026 at 8:05 AM • robertbirming.com • Bear
91
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries • Feb 9, 2026 at 7:57 AM • reuters.com • Hacker News
98
The World of Harmonics – With a Coffee, Guitar and Synth • Feb 9, 2026 at 7:53 AM • mynoise.net • Hacker News
10
alright here's what you need to know • Feb 9, 2026 at 7:44 AM • emmaroulette.blog • Bear
128
Show HN: Browse Internet Infrastructure • Feb 9, 2026 at 7:35 AM • wirewiki.com • Hacker News
59
Computers can be understood • Feb 9, 2026 at 7:23 AM • blog.nelhage.com • Lobsters
9P
Why China is building so many coal plants despite its solar and wind boom • Feb 9, 2026 at 7:22 AM • apnews.com • Hacker News
578
New research suggests that the way a person breathes does more than simply sustain life. Respiratory patterns may actually predict moments of joy and excitement before they occur. The study found that specific changes in breathing dynamics are linked to surges in high-energy positive emotions. • Feb 9, 2026 at 7:21 AM • psypost.org • r/science
186
gRPC: From service definition to wire format • Feb 9, 2026 at 7:17 AM • kreya.app • Hacker News
76
Partial 8-Piece Tablebase • Feb 9, 2026 at 7:09 AM • lichess.org • Hacker News
112
Show HN: Printable Classics – Free printable classic books for hobby bookbinders • Feb 9, 2026 at 7:09 AM • printableclassics.com • Hacker News
412
Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT • Feb 9, 2026 at 6:53 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
7P
Taiwan says 40% shift of chip capacity to US is 'impossible' • Feb 9, 2026 at 6:50 AM • reuters.com • Hacker News
49P
are you out of touch? • Feb 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM • blog.avas.space • Bear
168
Study Identifies New Genetic Pathways Linked to Dyslexia. There may be at least two developmental origins for reading difficulties: one related to how the brain is built, and another to how it functions — a process that has gone on for millions of years. • Feb 9, 2026 at 6:44 AM • uh.edu • r/science
25
Mapping the Moon: The Apollo Transforming Printer • Feb 9, 2026 at 6:34 AM • blogs.loc.gov • Hacker News
43
Show HN: Minimal NIST/OWASP-compliant auth implementation for Cloudflare Workers • Feb 9, 2026 at 6:30 AM • github.com/vhscom • Hacker News
7P
I Am an Anarcho Pacifist, Opposing the Deep State Center of Power, The Pentagon • Feb 9, 2026 at 6:29 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
661P
Scientists excited about nasal spray vaccine for bird flu that generated ‘strong immune response’ in rodents. Traditional flu vaccines by injection have 40-60% chance vaccinated person gets infected and passes flu virus on. Nasal vaccines stop virus from establishing itself and prevent transmission. • Feb 9, 2026 at 6:14 AM • telegraph.co.uk • r/science
247
AI is making it so hard to hire good developers • Feb 9, 2026 at 6:12 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
67P
Give us Snot, not Slop • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:56 AM • grizzlygazette.bearblog.dev • Bear
33
A Language For Agents • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:55 AM • lucumr.pocoo.org • Lobsters
23
Ask HN: Open Models are 9 months behind SOTA, how far behind are Local Models? • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:55 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
52
Is the author of pdf-lib okay? • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:53 AM • github.com/Hopding • Hacker News
9
Meta requires Business Account verification for old Facebook SDK game — solo developer stuck • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:53 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
20P
The Epstein class and collapse porn • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:49 AM • pluralistic.net • Hacker News
226
Offpunk 3.0 • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:37 AM • ploum.net • Hacker News
32P
LibreOffice blasts Microsoft for putting "commercial interests" over everything • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:36 AM • neowin.net • Hacker News
267
People are more likely to help others when they experience poorer conditions. The study shows that the different opportunities in daily life can make a significant difference in how willing people are to stop what they are doing to help others. • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:30 AM • birmingham.ac.uk • r/science
11P
We Didn't Pick Rust • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:25 AM • floedb.ai • Hacker News
3
Auto-Generate LLM-readable Docs for third party APIs • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:19 AM • github.com/freb97 • r/webdev
10
Anyone familiar with SRT files? • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:18 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
583
Show HN: Algorithmically finding the longest line of sight on Earth • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:05 AM • alltheviews.world • Hacker News
5
I built a markdown editor that stores everything in the URL • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:04 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
13
The original vi is a product of its time (and its time has passed) • Feb 9, 2026 at 5:02 AM • utcc.utoronto.ca • Hacker News
26
Stack Overflow for AI Coding Agents • Feb 9, 2026 at 4:54 AM • shareful.ai • Hacker News
7
Why My Blog Doesn't Have Comments • Feb 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM • rickw.bearblog.dev • Bear
112
Offpunk 3.0 • Feb 9, 2026 at 4:35 AM • ploum.net • Lobsters
3
"Before Dashboards, We Had Blinky Lights" • Martin Thwaites • Feb 9, 2026 at 4:33 AM • youtube.com • r/programming
11
GPT‑4o wasn't therapy–it was stability. And now it's gone • Feb 9, 2026 at 4:25 AM • openai.com • Hacker News
79
Algorithmically Finding the Longest Line of Sight on Earth • Feb 9, 2026 at 4:12 AM • lobste.rs • Lobsters
5
Show HN: GitWriter – mobile Markdown editor for writers • Feb 9, 2026 at 3:58 AM • gitwriter.io • Hacker News
7
Claude C Compiler vs GCC • Feb 9, 2026 at 3:40 AM • harshanu.space • Lobsters
6
Modern CI is Too Complex and Misdirected (2021) • Feb 9, 2026 at 3:40 AM • gregoryszorc.com • Lobsters
3
Show HN: ArkWatch – Uptime monitoring with zero dependencies • Feb 9, 2026 at 3:39 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
25
.com vs .net domain, and what's the copyright about using a domain? • Feb 9, 2026 at 3:38 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
157
SpaceX Prioritizes Lunar 'Self-Growing City' Over Mars Project, Musk Says • Feb 9, 2026 at 3:34 AM • reuters.com • science.slashdot
204
Anyone else miss the simplicity of just writing HTML without 50 config files? • Feb 9, 2026 at 3:24 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
3
Show HN: Freeciv 3D with hex map tiles and WebGPU renderer • Feb 9, 2026 at 3:18 AM • github.com/freecivworld • Hacker News
317
Text classification with Python 3.14's ZSTD module • Feb 9, 2026 at 3:14 AM • maxhalford.github.io • Hacker News
11
Portugal builds Europe's first dedicated drone carrier • Feb 9, 2026 at 3:08 AM • euronews.com • Hacker News
490
I'm anxious everyday at the idea of losing my job to AI • Feb 9, 2026 at 3:07 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
15P
European Alternatives to American Apps • Feb 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM • blog.uniqkey.eu • Hacker News
32
1D Cellular Automata Playground • Feb 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM • paraschopra.github.io • Hacker News
10P
Iraq War Oil Oped • Feb 9, 2026 at 3:02 AM • cnn.com • Hacker News
24
The Cost of a Function Call • Feb 9, 2026 at 2:53 AM • lemire.me • Hacker News
83
Fabrice Bellard: Big Name With Groundbreaking Achievements. • Feb 9, 2026 at 2:43 AM • ipaidia.gr • r/programming
11
Hamming Distance for Hybrid Search in SQLite • Feb 9, 2026 at 2:40 AM • notnotp.com • r/programming
25
Let's compile Quake like it's 1997 • Feb 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM • fabiensanglard.net • Lobsters
47
Non-Logitech replacement for G502 mouse? • Feb 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM • tildes.net • ~tech
4
Adding Support for Qwen3.5 • Feb 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM • github.com/huggingface • Hacker News
18
Syd: Writing an application kernel in Rust [video] • Feb 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM • fosdem.org • Hacker News
42
Containers, cloud, blockchain, AI – all the same old BS, says veteran Red Hatter • Feb 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
21
ASK HN: Postman removes free team collaboration (small teams capped at 1 user) • Feb 9, 2026 at 1:17 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
5
Webspace Invaders • Feb 9, 2026 at 1:10 AM • matthiasott.com • Lobsters
1480
Sex differences in brain volume emerge before birth, groundbreaking research suggests • Feb 9, 2026 at 1:06 AM • psypost.org • r/science
23
Alice the Caml • Feb 9, 2026 at 12:53 AM • gridbugs.org • Lobsters
15
Show HN: Agentseed – Generate Agents.md from a Codebase • Feb 9, 2026 at 12:53 AM • github.com/avinshe • Hacker News
42
Big Tech groups race to fund unprecedented $660B AI spending spree • Feb 9, 2026 at 12:53 AM • ft.com • Hacker News
6
Field Notes from a Senior Living Center • Feb 9, 2026 at 12:49 AM • substack.com • Hacker News
9P
Stop telling me what to think • Feb 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM • i.hava.computer • Bear
18
TSMC to make advanced AI computer chips in Japan • Feb 9, 2026 at 12:34 AM • apnews.com • ~tech
61
National Football League Launches Challenge to Improve Facemasks and Reduce Concussions • Feb 9, 2026 at 12:34 AM • cnn.com • science.slashdot
571P
Nobody knows how the whole system works • Feb 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM • surfingcomplexity.blog • Hacker News
184
A tough labor market for white-collar workers has turned recruiting upside down • Feb 9, 2026 at 12:23 AM • wsj.com • Hacker News
8
My blog theme ended up telling quite a bit about me • Feb 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM • casju0.bearblog.dev • Bear
46
Best website builder for a new small business? • Feb 9, 2026 at 12:18 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
60
You Are Here • Feb 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM • brooker.co.za • Lobsters
37
Making a Hardware Accelerated Live TV Player from Scratch in C: HLS Streaming, MPEG-TS Demuxing, H.264 Parsing, and Vulkan Video Decoding • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:46 PM • blog.jaysmito.dev • r/programming
50
Olivia Colman: “I’ve always described myself to my husband as a gay man” • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:40 PM • them.us • ~lgbt
420
TSMC to make advanced AI semiconductors in Japan • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:38 PM • apnews.com • Hacker News
15P
Stop generating, start thinking • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:36 PM • localghost.dev • Lobsters
2
Show HN: Physical swipe typing for your computer • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:32 PM • github.com/ZimengXiong • Hacker News
701
Claude’s C Compiler vs. GCC • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:30 PM • harshanu.space • Hacker News
22P
Nobody knows how the whole system works • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:28 PM • surfingcomplexity.blog • Lobsters
2
SecretSpec 0.7: Declarative Secret Generation • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM • devenv.sh • r/programming
85
Americans want heat pumps – but high electricity prices may get in the way • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:17 PM • theconversation.com • Hacker News
64
Caffeine content for coffee, tea, soda and more • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:16 PM • mayoclinic.org • Hacker News
8
SpaceX prioritizes lunar 'self-growing city' over Mars project • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
55P
CIA Erased the World Factbook with No Warning • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:06 PM • techdirt.com • Hacker News
44
Sekka Zusetsu: A Book of Snowflakes (1832) • Feb 8, 2026 at 10:49 PM • publicdomainreview.org • Hacker News
16P
Accountability for ICE and CBP • Feb 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM • doomsdayscenario.co • Hacker News
4
Sprite builder and testing page • Feb 8, 2026 at 10:37 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
50
NanoClaw now supports Claude's Agent Swarms in containers • Feb 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM • twitter.com/Gavriel_Cohen • Hacker News
9
What Is Genspark? • Feb 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
6
Show HN: Frop – AirDrop alternative for any device (no app required) • Feb 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM • frop.mmynk.com • Hacker News
10
So I made this 90's style website builder • Feb 8, 2026 at 10:29 PM • ko-fi.com • r/webdev
2
SecretSpec 0.7: Declarative Secret Generation - devenv • Feb 8, 2026 at 10:21 PM • devenv.sh • Lobsters
1579
96% Engineers Don’t Fully Trust AI Output, Yet Only 48% Verify It • Feb 8, 2026 at 10:10 PM • newsletter.eng-leadership.com • r/programming
7
What do you use for your customer facing analytics? • Feb 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
25
Show HN: Ported the 1999 game Bugdom to the browser and added a bunch of mods • Feb 8, 2026 at 10:07 PM • reallyeli.com • Hacker News
21
Every tech commercial in this year's Super Bowl sucked • Feb 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
13
Ai.com – Hug of Death • Feb 8, 2026 at 9:56 PM • ai.com • Hacker News
12
Fun With Dada • Feb 8, 2026 at 9:45 PM • smallcultfollowing.com • Lobsters
7
Trapping Electrons (or: how data is stored) • Feb 8, 2026 at 9:34 PM • makingsoftware.com • Hacker News
136P
Carmakers Rush To Remove Chinese Code Under New US Rules • Feb 8, 2026 at 9:34 PM • msn.com • Slashdot
8
Jekyll Post Creator • Feb 8, 2026 at 9:24 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
102
I put a real-time 3D shader on the Game Boy Color • Feb 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM • blog.otterstack.com • r/programming
33P
MRFF says US Military members were 'pressured' by commanders to see 'Melania' • Feb 8, 2026 at 9:21 PM • businessinsider.com • Hacker News
38P
The little bool of doom • Feb 8, 2026 at 9:03 PM • blog.svgames.pl • Lobsters
16P
Concerns about low-quality PRs beeing merged into main • Feb 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM • discourse.llvm.org • Lobsters
157
In the AI gold rush, tech firms are embracing 72-hour weeks • Feb 8, 2026 at 8:28 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
3731
Alcohol consumption linked to heart failure in over 400,000 U.S. veterans. Risk follows a J-shaped pattern related to ethanol intake, rising above four drinks per day. • Feb 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM • mdpi.com • r/science
124
CAPTCHA is 100% solvable by AI. I built a heartbeat for the web instead. • Feb 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM • github.com/RoloBits • r/webdev
13
SpaceX shifts priorities to Moon city instead of Mars colony • Feb 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM • twitter.com/elonmusk • Hacker News
77
The original vi is a product of its time (and its time has passed) • Feb 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM • utcc.utoronto.ca • Lobsters
7
Show HN: IsHumanCadence – Bot detection via keystroke dynamics (no CAPTCHAs) • Feb 8, 2026 at 7:40 PM • github.com/RoloBits • Hacker News
1145
Scientists have engineered yeast to produce the active ingredients of traditional herbal medicine ashwagandha, potentially reducing the need to grow and cultivate the whole shrub. • Feb 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM • sciencealert.com • r/science
6P
Fake NZ news pages are swamping Facebook with AI slop • Feb 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM • rnz.co.nz • Hacker News
7
Reverse-engineering the PROM for the SGI O2 • Feb 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM • mattst88.com • Lobsters
26P
Tenure Is a Total Scam (2023) • Feb 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM • betonit.ai • Hacker News
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Microsoft Outlook thinks Microsoft Azure emails are spam • Feb 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM • twitter.com/OrganicGPT • Hacker News
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it doesn't have to be good • Feb 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM • jottednotes.bearblog.dev • Bear
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The Democrats Again Risk Losing Voters They Take for Granted • Feb 8, 2026 at 7:07 PM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
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Amazon Delivery Drone Crashes into Texas Apartment Building • Feb 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM • yahoo.com • Slashdot
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Got bored... now script kidies will think my server have an identity crisis • Feb 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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Every book recommended on the Odd Lots Discord • Feb 8, 2026 at 6:27 PM • odd-lots-books.netlify.app • Hacker News
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Show HN: WhatsApp Chat Viewer – exported chats as HTML • Feb 8, 2026 at 6:27 PM • github.com/rodrigodesalvobraz • Hacker News
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What's a widely accepted "best practice" you've quietly stopped following? • Feb 8, 2026 at 6:16 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Sandwich Bill of Materials • Feb 8, 2026 at 6:15 PM • nesbitt.io • Hacker News
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AI makes the easy part easier and the hard part harder • Feb 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM • blundergoat.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: Emergent – Artificial life simulation in a single HTML file • Feb 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM • emergent-ivory.vercel.app • Hacker News
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The 'Little red dots' observed by James Webb Space Telescope were direct-collapse black holes • Feb 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM • phys.org • ~space
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Alcohol shifts the brain into a fragmented and local state. A standard glass of wine or beer does more than just relax the body; it fundamentally alters the landscape of communication within the brain. • Feb 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM • psypost.org • r/science
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Missing Link Between Parkinson's Protein And Damage to Brain Cells DiscoveredThe result of three years of research, the discovery connects alpha-synuclein proteins to a breakdown in mitochondrial function, both previously linked to Parkinson's. • Feb 8, 2026 at 5:41 PM • sciencealert.com • r/science
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Show HN: A custom font that displays Cistercian numerals using ligatures • Feb 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM • bobbiec.github.io • Hacker News
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Show HN: Poisson – Chrome extension that buries your browsing in decoy traffic • Feb 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM • github.com/Daring-Designs • Hacker News
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What gets you into flow state? • Feb 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Lance table format explained with simple animations • Feb 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM • tontinton.com • Hacker News
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Reverse Engineering the Prom for the SGI O2 • Feb 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM • mattst88.com • Hacker News
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Tell HN: Apple Price Gouging • Feb 8, 2026 at 5:24 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Arrogant or Confident? • Feb 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM • zevvdaily.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Do Super Bowl Ads For AI Signal a Bubble About to Burst? • Feb 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM • msn.com • Slashdot
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Stop generating, start thinking • Feb 8, 2026 at 4:58 PM • localghost.dev • Hacker News
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How I Built the Star Trek control panel of my dreams • Feb 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM • theverge.com • Hacker News
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ADHD and Methylphenidate Use in Prepubertal Children and Adult BMI and Height • Feb 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM • jamanetwork.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: WrapClaw – a managed SaaS wrapper around Open Claw • Feb 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Shifts in U.S. Social Media Use, 2020–2024: Decline, Fragmentation, Polarization (2025) • Feb 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM • arxiv.org • Hacker News
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Correct way to model / type relational data from a DB • Feb 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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A cellular basis for heightened gut sensitivity in females • Feb 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM • science.org • r/science
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Newly discovered Michelangelo foot sketch sells for £16.9m • Feb 8, 2026 at 4:19 PM • bbc.com • ~arts
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Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly • Feb 8, 2026 at 4:19 PM • voidtools.com • Hacker News
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Relational Programming in miniKanren: Techniques, Applications, and Implementations (2009) • Feb 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM • scholarworks.iu.edu • Lobsters
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miniKanren.org • Feb 8, 2026 at 4:13 PM • minikanren.org • Lobsters
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Art of Roads in Games • Feb 8, 2026 at 4:05 PM • sandboxspirit.com • Hacker News
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Popcorn lung: how vaping could scar your lungs for life • Feb 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM • theconversation.com • ~health
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More Mac malware from Google search • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:52 PM • eclecticlight.co • Hacker News
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Show HN: I recreated Yahoo • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM • retrochat-4.emergent.host • Hacker News
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Dave Farber Dies at Age 91 • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:42 PM • seclists.org • Slashdot
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Apple XNU: Clutch Scheduler • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM • github.com/apple-oss-distributions • Hacker News
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A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM • gtaforums.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: Filtron – parse human-friendly filter strings into structured queries • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM • filtron.dev • Hacker News
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The 'Little red dots' observed by Webb were direct-collapse black holes • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM • phys.org • Hacker News
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Soft Delete Is a Workaround • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM • docs.eventsourcingdb.io • Hacker News
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Apple Container 0.9.0 • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM • github.com/apple • Hacker News
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Show HN: Envon - cross-shell CLI for activating Python virtual environments • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM • github.com/Userfrom1995 • Hacker News
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Startup founder behind San Francisco pro-billionaire rally • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:25 PM • sfgate.com • Hacker News
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Amazon delivery drone strikes North Texas apartment, causing minor damage • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM • expressnews.com • Hacker News
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Particle Lenia • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM • znah.net • Hacker News
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Mukbang videos show people eating a vast amount of calorie-rich foods. Watching a Mukbang led to reduced eating disorder symptoms yet also reduced positive mood. Short-term exposure to Mukbang may not be as harmful as previously thought. • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:14 PM • psychologytoday.com • r/science
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Corporations Don't Have to Maximize Profits (2015) • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
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Betteridge's Law of Headlines • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM • en.wikipedia.org • Hacker News
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Study reports associations between infants’ head growth patterns and risk of autism. The odds were 6–10 times higher in the 5% of infants with the smallest head circumferences and the 5% of infants with the largest head circumferences. • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM • psypost.org • r/science
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Intel Recently Shelved Numerous Open-Source Projects • Feb 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM • phoronix.com • Hacker News
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Currency Rates as GitHub Pages • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM • currency-rates.github.io • r/webdev
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Interlock (Engineering) • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:51 PM • en.wikipedia.org • Hacker News
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The French Revolution map programmed • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM • maps.mapmetrics-atlas.net • r/programming
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chores day (i hate my poems) • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM • tiramisu.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Hollywood Is Losing Audiences to AI Fatigue • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM • wired.com • Hacker News
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Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026) • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:35 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Ask HN: What made VLIW a good fit for DSPs compared to GPUs? • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:35 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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After Six Years, Two Pentesters Arrested in Iowa Receive $600,000 Settlement • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:35 PM • desmoinesregister.com • yro.slashdot
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Allow Yourself to Acknowledge Growth • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM • mhmiller.bearblog.dev • Bear
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C and Undefined Behavior • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM • lelanthran.com • r/programming
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OpenAI's GPT-4 Discontinuation: Consumer Fraud and Regulatory Scrutiny • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: The biggest achievement of my life so far • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM • github.com/adityaprasad-sudo • Hacker News
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Don't Get Distracted (2017) • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM • calebhearth.com • Lobsters
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Deobfuscation and Analysis of Ring-1.io • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM • back.engineering • Hacker News
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Listers - a glimpse into extreme birdwatching • Feb 8, 2026 at 2:06 PM • youtube.com • ~hobbies
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Tech Independence • Feb 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM • sive.rs • Hacker News
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Show HN: SendRec – Self-hosted async video for EU data sovereignty • Feb 8, 2026 at 1:54 PM • github.com/sendrec • Hacker News
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Federal statement on Jeffrey Epstein's death dated day before he was found dead • Feb 8, 2026 at 1:35 PM • standard.co.uk • Hacker News
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Prankster Launches Super Bowl Party For AI Agents • Feb 8, 2026 at 1:34 PM • botbowlparty.com • Slashdot
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Low disability acceptance is associated with an elevenfold increase in depression risk, while higher acceptance emerges as a key protective factor. • Feb 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM • mdpi.com • r/science
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Roundcube Webmail: SVG feImage bypasses image blocking to track email opens • Feb 8, 2026 at 1:24 PM • nullcathedral.com • Hacker News
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Latest Epstein files reveal disgraced financier's Silicon Valley connections • Feb 8, 2026 at 1:24 PM • france24.com • Hacker News
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Hackers arrested after being hired by Iowa to pentest courthouse win case [video • Feb 8, 2026 at 1:19 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
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Google is killing authentic websites and I made it worse [video] • Feb 8, 2026 at 1:18 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
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Experts Have World Models. LLMs Have Word Models • Feb 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM • latent.space • Hacker News
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I Am Happier Writing Code by Hand • Feb 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM • abhinavomprakash.com • Lobsters
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The Little Bool of Doom (2025) • Feb 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM • blog.svgames.pl • Hacker News
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Canadian startups need to stop playing slow • Feb 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM • bcbusiness.ca • Hacker News
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EU to delay anti-deforestation law. Again • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:53 PM • politico.eu • Hacker News
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Understanding the Go Compiler: The Linker • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:46 PM • internals-for-interns.com • Hacker News
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Why We just can't stop eating • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:45 PM • cam.ac.uk • Hacker News
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Show HN: Pilot Protocol – UDP overlay network stack for AI agents(Go, zero deps) • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:45 PM • github.com/TeoSlayer • Hacker News
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Man, 83, tricked by scammers, gets 21 years to life for killing Uber driver • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:41 PM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
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Bun v1.3.9 • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:39 PM • bun.com • Hacker News
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Why Is China Building So Many Coal Plants Despite Its Solar and Wind Boom? • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM • apnews.com • Slashdot
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Stop Using Face ID • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:33 PM • pcmag.com • Hacker News
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How to Be a Class Act • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM • artofmanliness.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: Hivewire – A news feed where you control your algorithm weights • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:26 PM • hivewire.news • Hacker News
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Re-Identification Risk vs. K-Anonymity • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:24 PM • testingbranch.com • Hacker News
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Attention Media ≠ Social Media • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:24 PM • susam.net • Hacker News
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switch from postman to hoppscotch • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:23 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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The first sodium-ion battery EV is a winter range monster • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:15 PM • insideevs.com • Hacker News
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Why women are more likely to get irritable bowel syndrome. New study provides clues. • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM • science.org • r/science
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Let's compile Quake like it's 1997 • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM • fabiensanglard.net • Hacker News
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AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:08 PM • siddhantkhare.com • Lobsters
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Show HN: I created a Mars colony RPG based on Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars books • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:08 PM • underhillgame.com • Hacker News
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Rebuilding my home network with VLANs and 10Gbps • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:07 PM • clintonboys.com • Lobsters
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The hidden cost of AI art: Brandon Sanderson's keynote • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM • brandonsanderson.com • ~tech
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San Francisco's pro-billionaire march draws dozens • Feb 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM • techcrunch.com • Hacker News
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Billing can be bypassed using a combo of subagents with an agent definition • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:56 AM • github.com/microsoft • Hacker News
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Vegan, veggy, omnivore, primal, fasting.. just leave people in peace • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:56 AM • anon0.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Omega-3 is inversely related to risk of early-onset dementia • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM • pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov • Hacker News
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How do you approach estimating costs for a client • Feb 8, 2026 at 11:42 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev