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Show HN: Aether – Background agents that fix bugs in isolated VMs, opens PRs • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Minecraft Java Is Switching From OpenGL To Vulkan • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM • gamingonlinux.com • Slashdot
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Sony is shutting down the PlayStation studio Bluepoint (gifted link) • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:10 PM • bloomberg.com • ~games
25
The Claude C Compiler: What It Reveals About the Future of Software • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:05 PM • modular.com • Hacker News
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Lindenmayer Systems • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:05 PM • justinpombrio.net • Lobsters
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Show HN: A small, simple music theory library in C99 • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:54 PM • github.com/thelowsunoverthemoon • Hacker News
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Scientists developed a universal vaccine formula that protects against a wide range of respiratory viruses, bacteria and even allergens. The vaccine is delivered intranasally — such as through a nasal spray — and provides broad protection in the lungs of mice for several months. • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:53 PM • med.stanford.edu • r/science
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In a scientific study of "the munchies", 82 subjects were randomly selected to vape either 20 or 40 milligrams of cannabis or a cannabis placebo. To the researchers' surprise, the most popular food choice was beef jerky. • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:52 PM • news.wsu.edu • r/science
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5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030 (2024) • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:50 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
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The #1 most downloaded skill on OpenClaw marketplace was malware • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:47 PM • twitter.com/chiefofautism • Hacker News
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IRS Loses 40% of IT Staff, 80% of Tech Leaders In 'Efficiency' Shakeup • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:40 PM • theregister.com • yro.slashdot
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HUD proposes rule that would force noncitizens from public housing • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:38 PM • washingtonpost.com • Hacker News
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The world isn't ending • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:26 PM • tadaima.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Measurement of a lithium plume from the uncontrolled re-entry of Falcon 9 rocket • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM • nature.com • Hacker News
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Claude just gave me access to another user's legal documents • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:15 PM • reddit.com • Hacker News
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Hold on to Your Hardware • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:09 PM • xn--gckvb8fzb.com • Lobsters
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Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:08 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
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Minnesota judge holds federal attorney in civil contempt • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM • cnn.com • Hacker News
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I am building a local first video tool to solve the logging bottleneck it's privacy focused 0 latency • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Freedom.gov • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:47 PM • freedom.gov • Hacker News
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What techniques are you using to filter out AI agents on your website? • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
185
100 % on lighthouse with a carousel ! I'm so happy ! • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
265
Show HN: Ghostty-based terminal with vertical tabs and notifications • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM • github.com/manaflow-ai • Hacker News
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In contrast with Trump's America, Europe's 100 gigawatt clean energy hub • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:28 PM • cnn.com • Hacker News
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Short-Term Rapamycin Mitigates the Senescence of Ovaries and Somatic Stem Cells in Multiple Organs in Reproductively Aged Mice • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:28 PM • faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com • r/science
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Canada If Day, WW2, when "German" troops invaded Winnipeg • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM • bsky.app • Hacker News
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Apple Watch or Don't Bother • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM • fireborn.mataroa.blog • Hacker News
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A psychedelic medicine performs well against depression • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM • economist.com • Hacker News
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China's Hottest App of 2026 Just Asks If You're Still Alive • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM • japantimes.co.jp • Slashdot
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Every app you've built is an ETL pipeline (you just didn't call it that) • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:11 PM • inngest.com • Lobsters
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We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing American science • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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Warren warns Fed, Treasury against crypto bailout • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:50 PM • americanbanker.com • Hacker News
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The Text Message That Almost Ended My Business • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM • zevvdaily.bearblog.dev • Bear
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SpaceX rocket fireball linked to plume of polluting lithium • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:45 PM • bbc.co.uk • Hacker News
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Microsoft's New 10,000-Year Data Storage Medium: Glass • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:45 PM • arstechnica.com • Slashdot
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University of Texas limits on teaching of "unnecessary controversial subjects" • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM • texastribune.org • Hacker News
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UK has not given US permission to use RAF bases for Iran strikes • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:34 PM • bbc.co.uk • Hacker News
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Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:32 PM • hankgreen.com • Hacker News
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ChatGPT ads are appearing on the first prompt, not after conversations • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:22 PM • searchengineland.com • Hacker News
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Slay the Spire 2 | Early Access trailer • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:14 PM • youtube.com • ~games
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Blue Owl Capital stopping withdrawals has El-Erian making Bear Stearns parallels • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:13 PM • marketwatch.com • Hacker News
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Europe's Labor Laws Are Strangling Its Ability To Innovate, New Analysis Argues • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM • worksinprogress.co • Slashdot
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Building application with micro-apps • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
1084
AI is not a coworker, it's an exoskeleton • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM • kasava.dev • Hacker News
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Kumo: Cloudflare's UI Component Library • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:52 PM • kumo-ui.com • Hacker News
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China Robots • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:51 PM • newsweek.com • Hacker News
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Discovery of cryptic species could double the number of known vertebrates, study using mitochondrial and nuclear approaches shows • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:46 PM • royalsocietypublishing.org • r/science
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NASA Puts Starliner Mishap in Same Class as Shuttle Tragedies • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:43 PM • bloomberg.com • Hacker News
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Micropayments as a reality check for news sites • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:42 PM • blog.zgp.org • Hacker News
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0 A.D. Release 28: Boiorix • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:37 PM • play0ad.com • Hacker News
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Palantir partnership is at heart of Anthropic, Pentagon rift • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:36 PM • semafor.com • Hacker News
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Asbestos is a bigger problem than we thought [video] • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
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YouTube Blocks Background Listening Workaround for Free Users • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM • pcmag.com • Hacker News
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Resurrecting _why's Dream • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:21 PM • schwadlabs.io • Lobsters
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IRS lost 40% of IT staff, 80% of tech leaders in 'efficiency' shakeup • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM • theregister.com • Hacker News
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California's new bill requires DOJ-approved 3D printers that report themselves • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM • blog.adafruit.com • Hacker News
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Techno-cynics are wounded techno-optimists • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM • aftermath.site • Hacker News
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Productivity gains from AI coding assistants haven’t budged past 10% – survey • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM • shiftmag.dev • Hacker News
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Grok Exposed a Porn Performer's Legal Name and Birthdate–Without Being Asked • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM • 404media.co • Hacker News
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LLM-Generated Passwords Look Strong but Crack in Hours, Researchers Find • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:45 PM • theregister.com • Slashdot
421
Farewell, Rust • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:43 PM • yieldcode.blog • r/programming
320
Farewell, Rust for web • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM • yieldcode.blog • Hacker News
99
What Is a Centipawn Advantage? • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:40 PM • win-vector.com • Hacker News
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Ask HN: Are hackathons still worth doing? • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:36 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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A New Alternative to Mammograms: Study Shows Low-Field MRI Is Feasible for Breast Screening • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:35 PM • massgeneralbrigham.org • r/science
152
Archaeologists find possible first direct evidence of Hannibal's war elephants • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:31 PM • smithsonianmag.com • Hacker News
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Justifying Text-Wrap: Pretty • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:29 PM • matklad.github.io • Hacker News
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South Korean ex president Yoon Suk Yeol jailed for life for leading insurrection • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:26 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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Valve wins patent troll lawsuit against Rothschild • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:17 PM • pcgamer.com • Hacker News
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Microsoft's new 10k-year data storage medium: glass • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:13 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
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Ask HN: Can a license make large corporations give back? • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:13 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
1057
AI makes you boring • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:12 PM • marginalia.nu • Hacker News
22
lessons from consistent writing • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:11 PM • tala.bearblog.dev • Bear
13
Concrete syntax matters, actually • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:09 PM • youtube.com • Lobsters
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Berkshire Hathaway reduces Apple stake as Warren Buffett officially retires • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:07 PM • 9to5mac.com • Hacker News
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DOGE Bro's Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT 'Is This DEI?' • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:01 PM • techdirt.com • Hacker News
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Why Europe doesn't have a Tesla • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM • worksinprogress.co • Hacker News
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free beginner friendly website builder that works well with ipad? • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:49 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
306
A terminal weather app with ASCII animations driven by real-time weather data • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:47 PM • github.com/Veirt • Hacker News
103
AI makes you boring • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:45 PM • marginalia.nu • Lobsters
17
New Study Tracks How Businesses Quietly Replaced Freelancers With AI Tools • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:35 PM • slashdot.org • Slashdot
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Why are AI leaders fleeing? • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:32 PM • computerworld.com • Hacker News
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Hitler's Greenland Obsession • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:22 PM • theatlantic.com • Hacker News
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How microbes Got Their Crawl (Asgards: Origins of eukaryotes) • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:17 PM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
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The DOJ's Top Antitrust Officer Has Left as Lobbying Surges • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:08 PM • jacobin.com • Hacker News
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Ask HN: (Your) Request for Startups? • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:03 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Netbase: A port of the NetBSD utilities for Linux • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:03 PM • github.com/littlefly365 • Hacker News
32
Why applicant tracking systems are broken by design • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM • saj.ad • Hacker News
34
Top twenty worldwide with social-engineering and a cheat that's still undetected • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:58 AM • ud2.rip • ~games
119
Choosing a language based on its syntax? • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:56 AM • gingerbill.org • Hacker News
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Saying goodbye to Discord. • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:55 AM • hailsandales.club • Bear
109
Choosing a Language Based on its Syntax? • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:53 AM • gingerbill.org • r/programming
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Helicobacter Pylori: A Nobel Pursuit? • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:52 AM • pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov • Hacker News
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HR teams are drowning in slop grievances • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:50 AM • ft.com • Hacker News
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Germany seeks more F-35 jets as European fighter programme falters • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:47 AM • reuters.com • Hacker News
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embedded blog (like cutenews) • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:45 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
35
Spent 4 hours debugging and it was a missing semicolon • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:44 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
108
The Musidex: A physical music library for the streaming era • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:42 AM • hannahilea.com • Hacker News
50
My “low-traffic” blog is like that friend who listens but doesn’t understand • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:34 AM • ginoz.bearblog.dev • Bear
434
Babies born between 2003 and 2006 were exposed to many more “forever chemicals” (PFAS) before birth than scientists previously understood, according to analysis in umbilical cord blood • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:29 AM • mountsinai.org • r/science
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The watchers: how OpenAI, the US government, and Persona built an identity surveillance machine that files reports on you to the feds • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:26 AM • vmfunc.re • ~tech
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Sub-$200 Lidar could reshuffle auto sensor economics • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:23 AM • spectrum.ieee.org • Hacker News
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Microspeak: Escrow • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:23 AM • devblogs.microsoft.com • Hacker News
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Why Do the Police Exist? (2020) • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:21 AM • novaramedia.com • Hacker News
15
AI found 12 of 12 OpenSSL zero-days • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:20 AM • lesswrong.com • Hacker News
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AI made coding more enjoyable • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:20 AM • weberdominik.com • Hacker News
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The Missing Semester of Your CS Education • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM • missing.csail.mit.edu • Lobsters
41
a [revised] solarpunk ai manifesto • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM • robotameri.ca • Bear
617
Gemini 3.1 Pro • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:14 AM • deepmind.google • Hacker News
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Linux Kernel 7.0 Speeds Up File Cache Memory Reclaim by Up to 75% • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:13 AM • techpowerup.com • Hacker News
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'Epstein of the West' socialite allegedly pimped out gf to Silicon Valley elite • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:12 AM • nypost.com • Hacker News
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Scent, in Silico • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:12 AM • asimov.press • Hacker News
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Mark Zuckerberg grilled on usage goals and underage users at California trial • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:07 AM • wsj.com • Hacker News
37
HR Teams Are Drowning in Slop Grievances • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:05 AM • ft.com • Slashdot
11
Netbase a port of the netbsd utilities for linux • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:04 AM • github.com/littlefly365 • Lobsters
86
Choosing a Language Based on its Syntax? • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:54 AM • gingerbill.org • Lobsters
851
Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:54 AM • micasa.dev • Hacker News
76
Members-only Philly cop bar has been linked to two DUIs and a third crash • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:53 AM • inquirer.com • Hacker News
20
Best of Humble Bundle: Beamdog & Owlcat: RPG Masters (pay what you want and help charity) • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:52 AM • humblebundle.com • ~games
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Show HN:`npx continues` – resume same session Claude, Gemini, Codex when limited • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM • github.com/yigitkonur • Hacker News
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Freedom.gov: US State Department Plans VPN Portal for Europe • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:46 AM • heise.de • Hacker News
9
Pentagon-Anthropic battle pushes other AI labs into major dilemma • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:43 AM • axios.com • Hacker News
12
-fbounds-safety: Enforcing bounds safety for C • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:38 AM • clang.llvm.org • r/programming
16
Show HN: Gave AI $100 and no instructions – it donated $40 to a hospital • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM • letairun.com • Hacker News
7
Apple sued by WV for alleged failure to stop child sexual abuse material • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
8
The Perils of ISBN • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:31 AM • rygoldstein.com • Lobsters
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Dinosaur Food: 100M year old foods we still eat today (2022) • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:30 AM • borischerny.com • Hacker News
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Those who can, teach history • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:26 AM • historytoday.com • ~humanities.history
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Scientists discover “bacterial constipation,” a new disease caused by gut-drying bacteria. Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron destroy intestinal mucus coating essential for keeping colon lubricated and feces hydrated. Excess degradation leaves patients with dry, immobile stool. • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM • en.nagoya-u.ac.jp • r/science
184
A 67,000-Year-Old Handprint Found on an Indonesian Island Is Officially the Oldest Piece of Art Ever Dated. A faint red stencil in an Indonesian cave shatters our timeline of creativity and migration in Wallacea. • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM • zmescience.com • r/science
56
The RAM Crunch Could Kill Products and Even Entire Companies, Memory Exec Admits • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM • theverge.com • Slashdot
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UMD scientists create ‘smart underwear’ to measure human flatulence • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:20 AM • cbmg.umd.edu • ~science
1870
Gemini 3.1 Pro • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:19 AM • blog.google • Hacker News
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Second pregnancy uniquely alters female brain: Both first and second pregnancy have strong and unique impact on mothers’ brains. During second pregnancy, the brain is more strongly altered in networks involved in sensory cues and attention. These may be beneficial when caring for multiple children. • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM • nature.com • r/science
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Waymo Faces Setback as New York Withdraws Robotaxi Service Plan • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM • bloomberg.com • Hacker News
110
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24
Bear status log • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:14 AM • robertbirming.com • Bear
22
Using the Browser’s <canvas> for Data Compression • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:13 AM • jstrieb.github.io • Lobsters
17
Amazon Dethrones Walmart as World's Biggest Company by Sales • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:08 AM • bloomberg.com • Slashdot
13
(Decentralized?) web hosting service supporting dynamic websites with little to no limitations? • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:07 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
73
Tiny pixel bears (Bearblog Creation Festival) • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM • departure.blog • Bear
12
Chris Lattner on what the Claude C compiler reveals about the future of software • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:00 AM • modular.com • Hacker News
81
Sam Altman (OpenAI) and Dario Amodei (Anthropic) Refuse to Hold Hands • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:58 AM • xcancel.com • Hacker News
10
Top worldwide with social-engineering and a cheat that's still undetected • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:55 AM • ud2.rip • Hacker News
771P
America vs. Singapore: You can't save your way out of economic shocks • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:52 AM • governance.fyi • Hacker News
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Blood tests that detect a protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease could help predict the age at which the disease may strike people long before they develop symptoms, according to a new study • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:49 AM • scientificamerican.com • r/science
10
The $2k Laptop That Replaced My $200/Month AI Subscription • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:47 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
175
Keybee: A Keyboard Designed for Smartphones • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:45 AM • keybeekeyboard.com • Hacker News
31
International box-sizing Awareness Day (2014) • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:43 AM • css-tricks.com • Hacker News
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Meta CEO Knew Kids Were Being Hurt and He Covered It Up • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:34 AM • dispatch.techoversight.org • Hacker News
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The number of older autistic people is surging. A new study analysing data from more than 200 countries reported that the number of autistic people aged 70 or older rose from 894,700 in 1990 to nearly 2.5 million in 2021. This figure is estimated to double to 5.1 million people by 2040. • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:28 AM • nature.com • r/science
10
MySQL and PostgreSQL: different approaches to solve the same problem • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:27 AM • binaryigor.com • r/programming
67
Can random experimental choice lead to better theories? • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:26 AM • journals.sagepub.com • Hacker News
34
Linux CVE assignment process • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:25 AM • kroah.com • Lobsters
41
Cosmologically Unique IDs • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:24 AM • jasonfantl.com • r/programming
21
Cursor’s debug mode is arguably its best feature • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:23 AM • davidgomes.com • Hacker News
9
Yes there is a right way to stack the dishwasher. Here are the 5 rules • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:21 AM • bbc.com • Hacker News
10
"SaaSpocalypse" Is Merely a Regression to Normal • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:18 AM • pawelbrodzinski.substack.com • Hacker News
23
Compiler Education Deserves a Revolution • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:17 AM • thunderseethe.dev • r/programming
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The Mathematician Lifting the Lid on Trump's "Attacks" • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:14 AM • insidehighered.com • Hacker News
166
Measuring AI agent autonomy in practice • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:14 AM • anthropic.com • Hacker News
108
Ask HN: How do you employ LLMs for UI development? • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:04 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
31
A $10 Plastic Speaker is the Most Durable Revenue Line in Indian Digital Payments • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:00 AM • indiadispatch.com • Slashdot
6
Show HN: Learn GPU programming with coding agents • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:58 AM • blog.vtemian.com • Hacker News
5
Stack Overflow is getting rid of close votes • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:55 AM • meta.stackoverflow.com • Hacker News
32
What are important historical books lost to time? • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM • tildes.net • ~books
82
Famous Signatures Through History • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:49 AM • signatory.app • Hacker News
6
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C++26: Std:Is_within_lifetime • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM • sandordargo.com • Hacker News
59
Researchers have developed a theory of microcavity OLEDs, guiding the design of more efficient and sustainable devices. They reveal a surprising trade-off: squeezing light too tightly inside OLEDs can reduce performance, and maximum efficiency is achieved by balancing material and cavity parameters. • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM • utu.fi • r/science
42
Show HN: Claudebin – Share and resume Claude Code sessions with a single link • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM • claudebin.com • Hacker News
49
What's your actual PR wait time? Trying to figure out if my team is broken or this is normal • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:23 AM • github.com • r/programming
125
I fix email deliverability issues for a living, AMA • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:13 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
17P
New California bill to require license plates for electric bikes • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:12 AM • electrek.co • Hacker News
62
The future belongs to those who can refute AI, not just generate with AI • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:11 AM • learningloom.substack.com • Hacker News
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Learn C++ by Example • Frances Buontempo & Matt Godbolt • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM • youtu.be • r/programming
135P
Alabama offers three tricks to fix poor urban schools • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:02 AM • economist.com • Hacker News
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EV Sales Boom As Ethiopia Bans Fossil-Fuel Car Imports • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM • financialpost.com • Slashdot
336
I traced 3,177 API calls to see what 4 AI coding tools put in the context window • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:55 AM • theredbeard.io • r/programming
35
I traced 3,177 API calls to see what 4 AI coding tools put in the context window • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:54 AM • theredbeard.io • Hacker News
467
Pebble Production: February Update • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:36 AM • repebble.com • Hacker News
162
Coding Tricks Used in the C64 Game Seawolves (2025) • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:24 AM • kodiak64.co.uk • Hacker News
28
Salt: Systems programming, mathematically verified • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:23 AM • salt-lang.dev • Lobsters
4
Built an IP intelligence API with unlimited requests and flat pricing • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:17 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
6
Voith Schneider Propeller • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:16 AM • en.wikipedia.org • Hacker News
497
Paged Out Issue #8 [pdf] • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:13 AM • pagedout.institute • Hacker News
544
DOGE Track • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:13 AM • dogetrack.info • Hacker News
12
Nanodevice produces continuous electricity from evaporation • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:10 AM • actu.epfl.ch • Hacker News
109P
UK to force social media to remove abusive pics in 48 hours • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:06 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
40
Show HN: LatentScore – Type a mood, get procedural/ambient music (open source) • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:06 AM • latentscore.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: Mini-Diarium - An encrypted, local, cross-platform journaling app • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:54 AM • github.com/fjrevoredo • Hacker News
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The Popper Principle • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:52 AM • theamericanscholar.org • Hacker News
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How do developers learn to confidently express what they know without feeling like they’re stating the obvious or overselling themselves? • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:52 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
29
Lilush: A static LuaJIT runtime with batteries • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:43 AM • lilush.link • Lobsters
36P
Greece throws support behind social media bans for kids • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:33 AM • euractiv.com • Hacker News
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Without America to rely on, EU gearing up to be a global power in its own right • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:19 AM • theatlantic.com • Hacker News
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Paged Out! #8 • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:16 AM • pagedout.institute • Lobsters
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ShannonMax: A Library to Optimize Emacs Keybindings with Information Theory • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:15 AM • github.com/sstraust • Hacker News
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Former Prince Andrew Arrested over Epstein Probe • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:13 AM • wsj.com • Hacker News
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Bridging Elixir and Python with Oban • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:07 AM • oban.pro • Hacker News
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Tetris gameplay treatment helps reduce traumatic flashbacks for frontline healthcare workers • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:04 AM • cam.ac.uk • r/science
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I made ChatGPT and Google tell I'm a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:56 AM • bsky.app • Hacker News
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Show HN: A physically-based GPU ray tracer written in Julia • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:55 AM • makie.org • Hacker News
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:10 AM • bbc.com • Hacker News
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Claims That AI Can Help Fix Climate Dismissed As Greenwashing • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:00 AM • theguardian.com • Slashdot
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pg-here: Run a local PostgreSQL instance in your project folder with one command • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:57 AM • github.com/mayfer • Lobsters
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Wellington rages as litres of raw sewage pour into ocean • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:41 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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How to send data from my app to user's calendars (simplest way for me and users) • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:25 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Forward propagation of errors through time • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:23 AM • nicolaszucchet.github.io • Hacker News
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Firms must remove 'revenge porn' in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:17 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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State of Clojure 2025 Results • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:59 AM • clojure.org • Lobsters
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Oldschool HTML website • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:57 AM • 5cs.me • r/webdev
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AI, Entropy, and the Illusion of Convergence in Modern Software • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:49 AM • abelenekes.com • r/programming
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The algorithmic feed on X could be shifting political views toward conservatism. Research found accounts using the 'For You' feed saw more change toward conservative political opinions and priorities, particularly around policy, criminal investigations into Donald Trump and the war in Ukraine • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:37 AM • natureasia.com • r/science
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I'm Not Reading That • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:30 AM • karldaniel.co.uk • Bear
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ux dilemma: pagination vs infinite scroll for a high-volume chat app? • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:29 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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After AI, there is no product • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:22 AM • sidu.in • Hacker News
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stream of consciousness in feb 2026 • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:52 AM • blog.avas.space • Bear
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Tuple Spaces • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:44 AM • mcs.anl.gov • Lobsters
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Study shows that Earth lies within a narrow “Goldilocks zone” that allows both nitrogen and phosphorus to be present with the right abundances in the mantle. More oxidized or reduced exoplanets may lock these elements in their cores, limiting habitability. • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:14 AM • eurekalert.org • r/science
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From Paris to New Delhi, the Push to Ban Teens from Social Media Is Going Global • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:03 AM • wsj.com • Hacker News
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Flu shot: US Food and Drug Administration will review Moderna’s mRNA vaccine, company says • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:03 AM • cnn.com • ~health
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cloud browser automation recommendations? • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:02 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Trump Has Prepared Speech On Extraterrestrial Life • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:00 AM • thehill.com • Slashdot
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Mark Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media trial • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:54 AM • ft.com • Hacker News
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Tech firms will have 48 hours to remove abusive images under new law • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:52 AM • bbc.co.uk • Hacker News
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Old School Visual Effects: The Cloud Tank (2010) • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:43 AM • singlemindedmovieblog.blogspot.com • Hacker News
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US funding for global internet freedom 'effectively gutted' • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:41 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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Psychosis.hn • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:24 AM • sajarin.com • Hacker News
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Stoolap/Node: A Native Node.js Driver That's Surprisingly Fast • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:09 AM • stoolap.io • Hacker News
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XLogger – Browser-based Android log viewer: regex filter, syntax highlight, AI analysis. All processing runs locally, logs never leave your device • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:01 AM • xlogger.cn • r/programming
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need someone to test my P2P chat app for 2 mins, DM me • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:34 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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What stack would you use to create a simple blog site? • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:29 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Collection of Slide Rule Replicas • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:16 AM • thingsabove.github.io • Hacker News
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European Tech Alternatives • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:07 AM • eutechmap.com • Hacker News
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Why don't entrepreneurs talk about starting businesses publicly anymore? • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:53 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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I need a good response to something a client said. • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:29 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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ReferenceFinder: Find coordinates on a piece of paper with only folds • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:27 PM • mutsuntsai.github.io • Hacker News
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Practical Reflection With C++26 - Barry Revzin - CppCon 2025 • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:23 PM • youtube.com • r/programming
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Germany seeking more F-35 jets as European fighter program falters • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:20 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: A Lisp where each function call runs a Docker container • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:19 PM • github.com/a11ce • Hacker News
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Beyond Body Count: How Many Past Partners Are Too Many? • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:58 PM • stevestewartwilliams.com • Hacker News
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Ukranian controls Home Assistant over LoRa radio when their power grid goes down • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM • reddit.com • Hacker News
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Poison Fountain: An Anti-AI Weapon • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:55 PM • news.ycombinator.com • r/programming
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The Biophysical World Inside a Jam-Packed Cell • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:50 PM • quantamagazine.org • Hacker News
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TimesFM (Time Series Foundation Model) • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:48 PM • github.com/google-research • Hacker News
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Electrobun v1: Build fast, tiny, and cross-platform desktop apps with TypeScript • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:46 PM • blackboard.sh • Hacker News
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EPA Faces First Lawsuit Over Its Killing of Major Climate Rule • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:30 PM • nytimes.com • yro.slashdot
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FK Bodø/Glimt's fairytale continues as they added Inter Milan to their list of prized scalps – puts them within touching distance of a place in the Champions League last sixteen • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:18 PM • bbc.com • ~sports.football
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FDA reverses course and will review Moderna's mRNA flu shot, company says • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:16 PM • cnn.com • Hacker News
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Your Consciousness Can Connect With the Whole Universe, Groundbreaking Research • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:13 PM • popularmechanics.com • Hacker News
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People are overconfident in their ability to distinguish between real faces and AI-generated faces. Study shows that AI technology has improved to a point where the most realistic outputs no longer show obvious flaws and it is harder to identify AI images from reality with cues that used to work • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:13 PM • unsw.edu.au • r/science
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Musk cuts Starlink access for Russian forces – giving Ukraine an edge • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:05 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
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C++26: std::is_within_lifetime • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:59 PM • sandordargo.com • Lobsters
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Germany's Merz calls for real names on the internet • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:56 PM • dpa-international.com • Hacker News
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Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:52 PM • code.claude.com • Hacker News
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Step 3.5 Flash – Open-source foundation model, supports deep reasoning at speed • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:32 PM • static.stepfun.com • Hacker News
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Children carrying the Huntington’s gene mutation show increased cortical volume and superior cognitive performance early in life. The enlarged cortical regions have dense glutamatergic projections to the striatum, which later shows accelerated degeneration preceding clinical disease. • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:01 PM • journals.sagepub.com • r/science
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Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:55 PM • gamingonlinux.com • Hacker News
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Climate change is worsensing synchronous extreme fire weather. When extreme wildfires happen simultaneously across multiple regions, inter-regional coordination becomes difficult because firefighting resources are overstretched. • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM • science.org • r/science
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Ask HN: Anyone else tired of working in tech? • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:47 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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15 years of FP64 segmentation, and why the Blackwell Ultra breaks the pattern • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:46 PM • nicolasdickenmann.com • Hacker News
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Video games may offer small attention benefits for children with ADHD • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:24 PM • psypost.org • r/science
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Remixing Bear Hug features to use markdown • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM • pseudosingleton.com • Bear
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Electric Vehicle Sales Boom as Ethiopia Bans Fossil-Fuel Car Imports • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:56 PM • bloomberg.com • Hacker News
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Google's Pixel 10a Is the Same Damn Phone As the Pixel 9a • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM • gizmodo.com • Slashdot
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What's the difference between docker containers and Amazon containers? • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:31 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Are these emoji surveys a good way to encourage engagement and retention? • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:27 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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How AI is affecting productivity and jobs in Europe • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM • cepr.org • Hacker News
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Show HN: How well can you remember these colors? • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:12 PM • dialed.gg • Hacker News
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how openai, the US government, and persona built an identity surveillance machine that files reports on you to the feds • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM • vmfunc.re • Lobsters
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Grandson of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups inventor says Hershey is cutting corners • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM • apnews.com • Hacker News
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Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push To Advance AI Agenda • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM • nytimes.com • yro.slashdot
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Ditching Discord • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:55 PM • wiki.alopex.li • Lobsters