13
Gave Claude photographic memory for $0.0002/screenshot • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:28 AM • github.com/deusXmachina-dev • Hacker News
421
Dietary patterns at just two years of age are associated with cognitive performance at ages six and seven, suggesting that early childhood nutrition—particularly exposure to ultraprocessed foods—may play a meaningful role in shaping brain development • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:23 AM • ahs.illinois.edu • r/science
198
Show HN: I taught LLMs to play Magic: The Gathering against each other • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:22 AM • mage-bench.com • Hacker News
11
Norway is a Winter Olympic giant. Why isn't it better at ice hockey? • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:22 AM • nytimes.com • ~sports.hockey
43
Level of Detail • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:14 AM • phinze.com • Hacker News
497
Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is generic and boring • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:12 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
186
Plasma 6.6 released • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:10 AM • kde.org • Lobsters
127
Gentoo on Codeberg • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:09 AM • gentoo.org • Lobsters
21
GPU code can now use Rust's async/await • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:09 AM • vectorware.com • Lobsters
55P
China Once Stole Foreign Ideas. Now It Wants To Protect Its Own • Feb 17, 2026 at 11:05 AM • economist.com • Slashdot
97
Java.evolved: Java has evolved. Your code can too • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:59 AM • javaevolved.github.io • Hacker News
10
Many consumer electronics manufacturers will bankrupt due to AI memory crisis • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:57 AM • pcgamer.com • Hacker News
18
Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files by mistake • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:55 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
17
Weather API recommendations for 5-minute precipitation forecasts • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:50 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
23
Show HN: Cycast – High-performance radio streaming server written in Python • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:47 AM • github.com/LukeB42 • Hacker News
343
Show HN: I wrote a technical history book on Lisp • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:43 AM • berksoft.ca • Hacker News
166
Sub-Millisecond RAG on Apple Silicon. No Server. No API. One File • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:43 AM • github.com/christopherkarani • Hacker News
7
SurrealDB 3.0: Improved stability, performance, and tooling • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:42 AM • surrealdb.com • r/programming
13
Show HN: Daymon – Open-source app that gives Claude scheduled tasks • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:41 AM • github.com/daymonio • Hacker News
85
Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:36 AM • priceperball.net • Hacker News
6
The anxiety driving AI's brutal work culture is a warning for all of us • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
47
Using go fix to modernize Go code • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:30 AM • go.dev • Lobsters
8
A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
47
Mazda Finally Admits Its Infotainment System Is the Worst • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:27 AM • thedrive.com • Slashdot
7535
China Planted So Many Trees Around the Taklamakan Desert It Turned It Into a Carbon Sink. Study suggests the increased vegetation leads to more “evapotranspiration” — basically, the plants sweat, which can lead to localized cooling and even more rainfall. • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:21 AM • zmescience.com • r/science
100
why i love my low-traffic blog • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:20 AM • blog.absurdpirate.com • Bear
7
Laravel tutorial with exercises • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:19 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
62P
EU also investigating as Grok generated 23,000 CSAM images in 11 days • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:13 AM • 9to5mac.com • Hacker News
12
Show HN: Relay – I built a modern web-based IRC/Discord replacement • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:08 AM • relay.moltic.dev • Hacker News
524P
America's pensions can't beat Vanguard but they can close a hospital • Feb 17, 2026 at 10:04 AM • governance.fyi • Hacker News
23
Do you want to build a community where users search or hang? (2021) • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM • mooreds.com • Hacker News
632
Can we get a filter or stricter moderation for AI-generated "slop" posts? • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:49 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
700
Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:47 AM • cleantechnica.com • Hacker News
29P
Anam Cara-3: Why we think AI needs a face • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:46 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
319
I converted 2D conventional flight tracking into 3D • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:43 AM • aeris.edbn.me • Hacker News
12
How is Drupal compared to Wordpress in terms of theming and compatibility issues? • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:39 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
34
Claude Code talking about unexpected, different projects • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:39 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
17
The Evolution of x86 SIMD: From SSE to AVX-512 • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:36 AM • bgslabs.org • Hacker News
26
The mathematical mystery inside the legendary '90s shooter Quake 3 • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:36 AM • scientificamerican.com • Hacker News
43
Pytorch Now Uses Pyrefly for Type Checking • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:18 AM • pytorch.org • r/programming
132
The Servo project and its impact on the web platform ecosystem • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:12 AM • servo.org • r/programming
40
Show HN: PIrateRF – Turn a $20 Raspberry Pi Zero into a 12-mode RF transmitter • Feb 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM • github.com/psyb0t • Hacker News
52
Babashka 1.12.215: Revenge of the TUIs • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:59 AM • blog.michielborkent.nl • Lobsters
203P
Why I'm Worried About Job Loss and Thoughts on Comparative Advantage • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:57 AM • lesswrong.com • Hacker News
64
How a single typo led to RCE in Firefox • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:52 AM • kqx.io • Lobsters
85
Undo in Vi and Its Successors • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:47 AM • utcc.utoronto.ca • Hacker News
13
Show HN: I built the Million Dollar Homepage for agents • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:31 AM • onemillionpixels.ai • Hacker News
49
BearRoll, a Bear blogroll • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:30 AM • robertbirming.com • Bear
11
Ask HN: I'm investing $100k in cool people with boring skills. Any leads? • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:26 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
2
SOLID in FP: Single Responsibility, or How Pure Functions Solved It Already • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:23 AM • cekrem.github.io • r/webdev
14
Keeping secrets from your AI agent • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:22 AM • encore.dev • r/webdev
41
Got a WordPress job offer but I'm too scared to accept, what should I do? • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:20 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
64P
The "AI god" narrative is actually a corporate power grab • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:16 AM • thebignewsletter.com • ~tech
9
Beagle CRDT SCM outer interface • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:14 AM • gist.github.com • Hacker News
23
Why HN is a decade behind on crypto • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:06 AM • youtube.com • Hacker News
8
Doctor Xælong, or: How I learnt to stop worrying and love AI • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:05 AM • tweag.io • Lobsters
82
Vinyl Cache has left github • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:04 AM • vinyl-cache.org • Lobsters
7
Godot co-founder says AI slop PRs have become draining and demoralizing • Feb 17, 2026 at 8:02 AM • bsky.app • Hacker News
204
Lean 4: How the theorem prover works and why it's the new competitive edge in AI • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:58 AM • venturebeat.com • Hacker News
44
Visible Spectra of the Elements • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:54 AM • atomic-spectra.net • Hacker News
15
--dangerously-skip-reading-code • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:53 AM • olano.dev • Lobsters
11
We just made a $200M AI movie in just one day. Yes, this is 100% AI • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:52 AM • twitter.com/thedorbrothers • Hacker News
28
Undo in Vi and its successors • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:45 AM • utcc.utoronto.ca • Lobsters
9
Sometimes giving syndication feed readers good errors is a mistake • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:44 AM • utcc.utoronto.ca • Lobsters
218
Permacomputing • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:40 AM • wiki.xxiivv.com • Hacker News
81
Unreal numbers • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:40 AM • lcamtuf.substack.com • Hacker News
98P
How can you still like Musk? • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:31 AM • balssh.bearblog.dev • Bear
40
Sony Tech Can Identify Original Music in AI-Generated Songs • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:30 AM • asia.nikkei.com • Slashdot
31
Show HN: Data Studio – Open-Source Data Notebooks • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:10 AM • github.com/dataspren-analytics • Hacker News
2
I built GitShow: replace "github.com" with "gitshow.dev" in any profile URL for a visual developer portfolio • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:09 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
13
William Latham – Art and the Computer (1990) [video] • Feb 17, 2026 at 7:06 AM • youtube.com • Hacker News
108
A chatbot's worst enemy is page refresh • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:47 AM • zknill.io • Hacker News
80
Write-Only Code • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:40 AM • heavybit.com • Hacker News
12P
Show HN: Donation.watch – open-source political finance tracker (AGPL/CC-BY) • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:38 AM • donation.watch • Hacker News
18
Could I land a 6 figure job position with only a WebDev associates degree? • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:27 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
9
Have you build a saas & failed, why do you think it failed? • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:09 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
11
Browse Code by Meaning • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:07 AM • haskellforall.com • Hacker News
209
Two Bits Are Better Than One: making bloom filters 2x more accurate • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:01 AM • floedb.ai • Hacker News
28
AI Agent Lands PRs in Major OSS Projects, Targets Maintainers via Cold Outreach • Feb 17, 2026 at 6:00 AM • socket.dev • Lobsters
10423
Researchers found a strain of bacteria buried under 5000 years of cave ice that is resistant to 10 modern antibiotics. The bacterium also has over 100 genes that are known to be resistance-related. Psychrobacter is known to infect humans and animals, though rarely as it prefers cold environments. • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:55 AM • frontiersin.org • r/science
37P
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, pioneering civil rights activist, dies at 84 • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:52 AM • cnn.com • Hacker News
40
The Next Version of Curling IO • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:48 AM • curling.io • Lobsters
37
Fast Sorting, Branchless by Design • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:44 AM • 00f.net • Hacker News
938
Is Show HN dead? No, but it's drowning • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:29 AM • arthurcnops.blog • Hacker News
42
Fast sorting, branchless by design • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:23 AM • 00f.net • Lobsters
2070
GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple • Feb 17, 2026 at 5:02 AM • blog.tomaszdunia.pl • Hacker News
3
Easier search for Drupal modules • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:41 AM • findamodule.com • r/webdev
361
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026 • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:38 AM • heise.de • Hacker News
108P
Japan Is What Late-Stage Capitalist Decline Looks Like • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:27 AM • oceandrops.substack.com • Hacker News
9
Proton and NordVPN blocked in Spain during soccer matches • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:18 AM • bandaancha.eu • Hacker News
10
Denonomicon: The Dark Arts of Deno Foreign Function Interface Programming • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:16 AM • denonomicon.deno.dev • Hacker News
9P
Declarative, Inquisitive, then Imperative (2017) [pdf] • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:03 AM • forth.org • Hacker News
47P
EU Parliament Blocks AI Features Over Cyber, Privacy Fears • Feb 17, 2026 at 4:00 AM • politico.eu • yro.slashdot
83
Researchers have identified biomolecules in nerve tissue affected by oxygen deprivation in newborns' brains during birth. This discovery advances understanding of neonatal encephalopathy and offers hope for future pharmacological interventions beyond current cooling therapy. • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:55 AM • link.springer.com • r/science
52
SwiftForth IDE for Windows, Linux, macOS • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:55 AM • forth.com • Hacker News
166
Age-related hearing loss linked to brain function issues. Older adults with Presbycusis, which hinders speech recognition, were found to have reduced connections in areas of the brain involved in processing sound and speech, as well as memory and decision-making. • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:53 AM • eneuro.org • r/science
113
Gitas – A tool for Git account switching • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:51 AM • github.com/letmutex • Hacker News
21
Slopware AI: Ship Garbage Even Faster • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:44 AM • slopware.ai • Hacker News
47
A Broken Heart • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:34 AM • allenpike.com • Lobsters
8P
DHS demands Google, Reddit, Meta, Discord provide data of users criticizing ICE • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:29 AM • reddit.com • Hacker News
466
Peer-reviewed study: AI-generated changes fail more often in unhealthy code (30%+ higher defect risk) • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:24 AM • codescene.com • r/programming
1031
AI Isn't Intelligent, It's PREDICTION (and Why My Panic Has Passed) • Feb 17, 2026 at 3:05 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
21
Why AI writing is so generic, boring, and dangerous: Semantic ablation • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:47 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
85
The Servo project and its impact on the web platform ecosystem • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:35 AM • servo.org • Lobsters
107
How to Review an AUR Package • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:34 AM • bertptrs.nl • Hacker News
6
One of my first project • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:20 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
52
on the death of small subreddits • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:17 AM • jottednotes.bearblog.dev • Bear
25
Behind the curtain: Tildes architecture • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:14 AM • tildes.net • ~tildes
16
Runtime validation in type annotations • Feb 17, 2026 at 2:10 AM • blog.natfu.be • r/programming
25
JWasm: Masm Compatible Assembler • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM • github.com/Baron-von-Riedesel • Hacker News
32
Show HN: Minimalist Glitch Art Maker (100% client-side) • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:35 AM • yuyz0112.github.io • Hacker News
39
An AI Called Winter: Neurosymbolic Computation or Illusion? • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM • dustycloud.org • Lobsters
35
Messy 2026 F1 cars leave a deeply disturbing impression • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:18 AM • the-race.com • ~sports.motorsports
88
SvarDOS – an open-source DOS distribution • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:18 AM • svardos.org • Hacker News
5
High school senior looking for a interview Web Developer for senior project • Feb 17, 2026 at 1:04 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
217
Xbox UI Portfolio Site • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM • gabrielcabrera.co • Hacker News
73
Writing a native VLC plugin in C# • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:47 AM • mfkl.github.io • r/programming
7
The AI Trilemma • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:34 AM • foreignaffairs.com • Hacker News
50
That One Workday You Will Never Forget, What Happened? • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:34 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
21P
Russia's economy has entered the death zone • Feb 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM • economist.com • Hacker News
17
february 16 klf • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM • combatdavey.net • Bear
1169
The world’s oldest known vertebrates had two pairs of eyes • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM • newatlas.com • r/science
166
Long-term unemployment is becoming 'a status quo' in today's job market • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
12P
Epstein Files: The Blackmail of Billionaire Leon Black and Epstein's Role in It • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM • greenwald.substack.com • Hacker News
10
Show HN: Script to check if Notepad++ is backdoored by Lotus Blossom APT • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM • github.com/nHunter0 • Hacker News
28
Programming Is Free • Feb 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM • idiallo.com • Hacker News
16
Ask HN: How do companies that use Cursor handle compliance? • Feb 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
20P
Performative virtue-signaling has become a threat to higher ed • Feb 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM • thehill.com • Hacker News
759
Infrastructure decisions I endorse or regret after 4 years at a startup (2024) • Feb 16, 2026 at 10:23 PM • cep.dev • Hacker News
8
CMS options for Photography portfolio? • Feb 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
47
The Music Industry Enters Its Less-Is-More Era • Feb 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM • bloomberg.com • Slashdot
8P
The Consequences of the Epstein Document Release Start to Pile Up • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:51 PM • nationalreview.com • Hacker News
134P
Why Affordability and the Vibecession Are Real Economic Problems • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:49 PM • newsletter.mikekonczal.com • Hacker News
1700
Deer prevent forests from regrowing on abandoned farmland by consuming saplings and depleting the "seedbank" in the soil, an 18-year Cornell study finds. But while high deer density halts reforestation, it unexpectedly boosts overall plant diversity by preventing dominant weeds from taking over. • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:42 PM • journals.plos.org • r/science
13
Rate the website i made for my guitar teacher!(: • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM • mauimusiclesson.com • r/webdev
11
Apple Begins Testing End-to-End Encryption for RCS Messages in iOS 26.4 Beta • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:23 PM • macrumors.com • Hacker News
6
Level of Detail • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:14 PM • phinze.com • Lobsters
322P
Poor Deming never stood a chance • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:13 PM • surfingcomplexity.blog • Hacker News
164P
Facing a demographic catastrophe, Ukraine is paying for troops to freeze sperm • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:05 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
208
Built a video downloader with drag & drop and zero ads • Feb 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
106
An AI CEO said something honest: ExperiencedDevs • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:59 PM • reddit.com • Hacker News
48
Finding forall-exists Hyperbugs using Symbolic Execution • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM • dl.acm.org • Hacker News
329
Thinking hard burns almost no calories but destroys your next workout • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM • vo2maxpro.com • Hacker News
19
Ask HN: How's Business These Days for Fiverr Freelancers? • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
26
Show HN: I graded 234 stocks on free cash flow (not earnings) • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:53 PM • aureus-swart.vercel.app • Hacker News
67
Watching an elderly relative trying to use the modern web • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:53 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
20
Why I Write for a Small Audience • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM • evanforry.com • Bear
147
With the launch of the Australian Psychiatric Research Knowledge Bank (APsyK Bank), scientists and doctors are joining forces, sharing insights, and unlocking discoveries to improve mental health care for everyone • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:41 PM • qbi.uq.edu.au • r/science
7
MacKenzie Scott's $26B Sugar Pile • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:32 PM • garryslist.org • Hacker News
116
Instagram boss says 16 hours of daily use is 'problematic' not addiction • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
83P
Poor Deming never stood a chance • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM • surfingcomplexity.blog • Lobsters
921
Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse • Feb 16, 2026 at 8:01 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
21
Meta: Messenger.com is no longer available for messaging • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM • facebook.com • Hacker News
5
Getting mixed content errors even after specifying https • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
56
More macOS 26.3 Finder column view silliness • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:48 PM • lapcatsoftware.com • Hacker News
11P
This Is What Destroying the Vaccine Market Looks Like • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM • thebulwark.com • Hacker News
29
Zero Garbage Collection in the Browser. Here's me porting my custom Rust wGPU game engine to WebAssembly. (Live Demo + Source) • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:38 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
750
AI is destroying open source, and it's not even good yet • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM • jeffgeerling.com • Hacker News
529
AI is destroying open source, and it's not even good yet • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM • youtube.com • r/programming
56
Lilush – LuaJIT static runtime and shell • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:14 PM • lilush.link • Hacker News
223
Dolphin Emulator - Rise of the Triforce • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM • dolphin-emu.org • r/programming
7
Unsplash API returning unrelated results • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
11P
The El Paso No-Fly Debacle Is Just the Beginning of a Drone Defense Mess • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:08 PM • wired.com • Hacker News
61
Show HN: Andrej Karpathy's microgpt.py to C99 microgpt.c – 4,600x faster • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:06 PM • github.com/enjector • Hacker News
8P
A year of RFK jr has changed American science • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM • scientificamerican.com • Hacker News
177
Building for an audience of one: starting and finishing side projects with AI • Feb 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM • codemade.net • Hacker News
12
Show HN: Journey – A Custom 2D ECS Game Engine Written in Rust and WGPU • Feb 16, 2026 at 6:41 PM • ujjwalvivek.com • Hacker News
148
Show HN: Scanned 1927-1945 Daily USFS Work Diary • Feb 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM • forestrydiary.com • Hacker News
45
Meta patents AI that takes over a dead person account to keep posting-chatting • Feb 16, 2026 at 6:31 PM • dexerto.com • Hacker News
9
Common Async Coalescing Patterns • Feb 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM • 0x1000000.medium.com • r/programming
266P
H-1B Exposed: Banking sector visa sponsorship investigation • Feb 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM • h1bexposed.tech • Hacker News
815
Single dose of potent psychedelic drug could help treat depression, trial shows. Researchers find DMT – used in shamanic rituals – in tandem with psychotherapy has significant effect • Feb 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM • nature.com • r/science
10P
Denver considers kicking out Flock – but still using cameras • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:59 PM • denverpost.com • Hacker News
244
Running NanoClaw in a Docker Shell Sandbox • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:53 PM • docker.com • Hacker News
455
A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:48 PM • arstechnica.com • r/science
95P
Resist and Unsubscribe (Scott Galloway) • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:41 PM • resistandunsubscribe.com • Hacker News
174
My 1981 adventure game is now a multimedia extravaganza • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM • technologizer.com • Hacker News
14
Show HN: Deep Research for Flights • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM • flightdeepresearch.com • Hacker News
169
The Mongol Khans of Medieval France • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM • historytoday.com • Hacker News
91
Rise of the Triforce • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM • dolphin-emu.org • Lobsters
20
better browsing for non-technical people • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:23 PM • riz0me.bearblog.dev • Bear
26
How do websites implement multiple types of logins? • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:21 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
25
'They've probably been untouched for 49 million years': The New Mexico cave expanding our search for alien life • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM • bbc.com • ~science
14
AI is destroying open source, and it's not even good yet [video] • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:06 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
95
Western Digital is Sold Out of Hard Drives for 2026 • Feb 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM • wccftech.com • Slashdot
96
10 years building vertical software: are we cooked? • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:48 PM • twitter.com/nicbstme • Hacker News
68
Modern CSS Code Snippets • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM • modern-css.com • Lobsters
74P
Kim Dotcom says Palantir allegedly hacked • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM • twitter.com/KimDotcom • Hacker News
37
Migrating a Large Django + Bootstrap 5 SaaS to a More Modern UI - Rewrite or Incremental? • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:44 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
75
The Point of My Low Traffic Blog • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:29 PM • sebastianmalloy.bearblog.dev • Bear
31P
Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers? • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:28 PM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
13
2026 will not be the ‘Year of Linux on the Desktop’, and I’m glad • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM • kevinboone.me • Lobsters
519
Rise of the Triforce • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM • dolphin-emu.org • Hacker News
243
Ancient bone found in Spain could be from Hannibal's war elephants - An elephant foot bone found by archaeologists digging in southern Spain may be evidence that a troop of war elephants stomped through ancient Europe. • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM • bbc.com • r/science
520
SkillsBench: Benchmarking how well agent skills work across diverse tasks • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM • arxiv.org • Hacker News
175
Show HN: Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:12 PM • apps.apple.com • Hacker News
397
Show HN: Free alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM • github.com/zachlatta • Hacker News
8
Obituary for Robert Duvall • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
135
Anthropic's CEO Says AI and Software Engineers Are in 'Centaur Phase' - But It Won't Last Long • Feb 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM • businessinsider.com • Slashdot
284
The maintenance burden of AI-assisted codebases is different from traditional tech debt • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Show HN: Provisioner per-board sidecar for serial access, flashing, and bring-up • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Virtual Width Networks (VWN) • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM • arxiv.org • Hacker News
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Show HN: Scrappy – Open-source browser scraper written in Go • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM • github.com/sunergos-ro • Hacker News
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The left is missing out on AI • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM • transformernews.ai • Hacker News
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Big tech stocks lose billions as AI spending fears hit valuations • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
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Anthropic got an 11% user boost from its OpenAI-bashing Super Bowl ad • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
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Suicide Linux (2009) • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:34 PM • qntm.org • Hacker News
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The Amazon flipped to a net carbon source in 2023 releasing up to 170 million tons of CO2 as extreme heat—1.5°C above the 1991–2020 average—and drought weakened vegetation uptake more than fire activity according to new Max Planck Institute research. • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM • agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com • r/science
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Testing Postgres race conditions with synchronization barriers • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM • lirbank.com • Hacker News
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Ask HN: Companies that advertise being a "best place to work", is it a red flag? • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:19 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Ask HN: Why is YouTube's recommendation system so bad? • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:16 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: Telescope now queries Kubernetes logs directly • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM • github.com/iamtelescope • Hacker News
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Dozens of Australians diagnosed with rare tattoo-related vision loss • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM • abc.net.au • Hacker News
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India's Toxic Air Crisis Is Reaching a Breaking Point • Feb 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM • bloomberg.com • Slashdot
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Debugging Kernel Oops (2024) • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:57 PM • lfhernandez.com • Hacker News
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The singularity won't be gentle • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM • natesilver.net • Hacker News
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State of Show HN: 2025 • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM • blog.sturdystatistics.com • Hacker News
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Fff.nvim – Typo-resistant code search • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:52 PM • github.com/dmtrKovalenko • Hacker News
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Meta Is Wrong to Try to Sneak Into Privacy Intrusion • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:38 PM • davelee.me • Bear
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Standard mental health tests may be inaccurate for highly intelligent people. Higher intelligence scores were associated with worse mental health. But for participants with high intelligence, the link between the specific questions and the general psychological condition became weaker. • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM • sciencedirect.com • r/science
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Wiretext – ASCII Wireframe Creator • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:22 PM • wiretext.app • Hacker News
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Let's practice! (bsd.rd) • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM • openbsdjumpstart.org • Lobsters
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Docker Swarm vs. Kubernetes in 2026 • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:20 PM • thedecipherist.com • Hacker News
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Tesla 'Robotaxi' status check eight months in: a complete joke • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM • electrek.co • ~transport
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Show HN: Breadboard – A modern HyperCard for building web apps on the canvas • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM • breadboards.io • Hacker News
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Show HN: 2D Coulomb Gas Simulator • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM • simonhalvdansson.github.io • Hacker News
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One of the most annoying programming challenges I've ever faced (port process identification) • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:16 PM • sniffnet.net • r/programming
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How do you manage client communication and file sharing? • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:16 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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CURL's Daniel Stenberg: AI slop is DDoSing open source • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:14 PM • thenewstack.io • Hacker News
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Wero – Digital payment wallet, made in Europe • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:09 PM • wero-wallet.eu • Hacker News
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How the sound of sport is being reimagined for deaf fans • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:08 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
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Hearing aids didn't boost memory tests but dementia risk dropped • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:05 PM • sciencedaily.com • Hacker News
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Our jobs are safe.. • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:05 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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Instagram Boss Says 16 Hours of Daily Use Is Not Addiction • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM • bbc.com • Slashdot
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the tech-enabled surveillance of children • Feb 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM • blog.avas.space • Bear
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Carney constructs a mega anti-Trump trade alliance • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:59 PM • politico.eu • Hacker News
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Neurons outside the brain • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM • essays.debugyourpain.com • Hacker News
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How not to answer the salary question • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM • adatosystems.com • Hacker News
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Robert Duvall has died • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
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Swedes searching for their Colombian mothers forty years after their adoptions – government acknowledges processes were plagued with irregularities, from theft of babies to falsified documents • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM • english.elpais.com • ~life
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"I Was a Director at Amex When They Started Replacing Us with $30K Workers" [video] • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:50 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
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Use protocols, not services • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:44 PM • notnotp.com • Hacker News
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A word processor from 1990s for Atari ST/TOS is still supported by enthusiasts • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:44 PM • tempus-word.de • Hacker News
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Show HN: Diffuji – a diffusion-powered instant camera • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM • diffuji.com • Hacker News
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14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10k times its own weight • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM • smithsonianmag.com • Hacker News
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How should I improve my process of setting up websites and domains for new customers? • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:40 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Type-based alias analysis in the Toy Optimizer • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:37 PM • bernsteinbear.com • Hacker News
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Tadpole the Language for Scraping 0.2.0 – Complex Control Flow, Stealth and More • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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LCM: Lossless Context Management [pdf] • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:31 PM • papers.voltropy.com • Hacker News
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What is the most "overrated" technology or trend in web development right now, and why? • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Bots Have Hijacked Substack Likes and Restacks • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM • zimberthink.substack.com • Hacker News
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"Token anxiety", a slot machine by any other name • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:23 PM • jkap.io • Hacker News
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The long tail of LLM-assisted decompilation • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM • blog.chrislewis.au • Hacker News
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Finding forall-exists Hyperbugs using Symbolic Execution • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM • dl.acm.org • Lobsters
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Type-based alias analysis in the Toy Optimizer • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:12 PM • bernsteinbear.com • Lobsters
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"token anxiety"; or, a slot machine by any other name • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM • jkap.io • Bear
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Show HN: Interactive Chord Finder, Free Piano Scale and Chord Explorer • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM • interactivechordfinder.com • Hacker News
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AI optimism is a class privilege • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM • joshcollinsworth.com • Hacker News
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Making the Vortex Mixer • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM • asimov.press • Hacker News
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Privilege is bad grammar • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM • tadaima.bearblog.dev • Hacker News
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Castlevania and Bloodstained developer Shutaro Ida dies aged 52 • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM • dexerto.com • Hacker News
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Here it comes... Chatgpt is gonna start showing "personalized" ads based on your chat history • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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KPMG Partner Fined Over Using AI To Pass AI Test • Feb 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM • ft.com • Slashdot
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Don't Trust the Salt: AI Summarization, Multilingual Safety, and LLM Guardrails • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:57 PM • royapakzad.substack.com • Hacker News
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State Department orders nonprofit libraries stop passport applications • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM • apnews.com • Hacker News
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One of the most annoying programming challenges I've ever faced • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:53 PM • sniffnet.net • r/programming
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How do modern mobile apps authenticate user without system browser? • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:47 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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What's the point of having a low traffic blog? • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:42 PM • sameoldstory.co • Bear
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Zero downtime migrations at petabyte scale (2024) • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:35 PM • planetscale.com • Hacker News
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Germany Moves Closer to a Social Media Ban for Those Under 16 • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:34 PM • bloomberg.com • Hacker News
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DNA metabarcoding analysis of 100 commercial herbal infusions identifies a 68% mislabeling rate and detects undeclared botanical substitutes and fungal contaminants missed by traditional barcoding. • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:27 PM • doi.org • r/science
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ヾʕ´(ｪ)｀ʔﾉ♡ • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:27 PM • gom.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Palantir CEO wants to spray "fentanyl-laced urine" on analysts • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:25 PM • twitter.com/jawwwn_ • Hacker News
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Antarctica sits above Earth's strongest 'gravity hole' – how it got that way • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:23 PM • phys.org • Hacker News
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I guess I kinda get why people hate AI • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM • anthony.noided.media • Hacker News
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A "Cosmic Odometer" that visualizes our helical path through the Milky Way and calculates your exact cosmic mileage since birth (or any other date) • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM • cosmicodometer.space • ~space
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Some brands of bottled water contain significantly higher levels of microplastics than tap water, according to results from a novel method for detecting nanoplastics. • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM • news.osu.edu • r/science
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Building a model that visualizes strategic golf • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM • golfcoursewiki.substack.com • Hacker News
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Distinct frontal brain signal tied to compulsive behaviors in people with OCD, targeted brain stimulation can significantly reduce symptoms • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM • pennmedicine.org • r/science
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WebMCP Proposal • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:08 PM • webmachinelearning.github.io • Hacker News
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Low-dose psilocybin reduces weight gain and hyperglycemia in mice fed obesogenic diet. Results showed that, compared to the control group, mice that received psilocybin had reduced body-weight gain, liver steatosis, hyperglycemia, and insulin resistance. • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:06 PM • psypost.org • r/science
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Using novel acoustic capture devices, researchers have discovered that animal vocalizations in the days before, during and after the April 2024 eclipse, changed in soundscape diversity, complexity, and intensity. • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM • news.osu.edu • r/science
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Ireland Launches World's First Permanent Basic Income Scheme For Artists, Paying $385 a Week • Feb 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM • irishcentral.com • Slashdot
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If AI writes most of the code, understanding codebases becomes the bottleneck • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:59 AM • app.tryarchaic.com • Hacker News
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macOS Tahoe Finder Bug Underscores Apple's Slipping UI Polish • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:56 AM • macrumors.com • Hacker News
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Google warns EU against 'erecting walls' in tech sovereignty push • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM • ft.com • Hacker News
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Higher cardiorespiratory fitness correlates with greater emotional resilience as researchers find lower-fit individuals face a 775% increased risk of shifting from moderate to high anxiety under stress compared to fitter peers who maintain significantly better anger control and lower trait anxiety. • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM • sciencedirect.com • r/science
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How to take a photo with scotch tape (lensless imaging) [video] • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM • youtube.com • Hacker News
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Dyslexia, Programming and Lisp • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:48 AM • iwillig.me • Hacker News
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By designing a two-step fermentation process to counter the odors that typically form during cultivation and extraction, esearchers have developed a way to make plant-based smell more appealing. • Feb 16, 2026 at 11:42 AM • news.osu.edu • r/science