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Death to Scroll Fade • Feb 20, 2026 at 10:58 AM • dbushell.com • Lobsters
51
Brat, a parallel TAP testing harness for the POSIX shell • Feb 20, 2026 at 10:57 AM • codeberg.org • Lobsters
5
How to take a photo with scotch tape (lensless imaging) • Feb 20, 2026 at 10:37 AM • youtube.com • ~hobbies
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US Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Global Tariffs • Feb 20, 2026 at 10:29 AM • reuters.com • yro.slashdot
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Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court • Feb 20, 2026 at 10:27 AM • bbc.com • Hacker News
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What did you do this week (and weekend)? • Feb 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM • tildes.net • ~talk
92
IPv6 Adoption in 2026 • Feb 20, 2026 at 9:52 AM • netmeister.org • Lobsters
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AWS suffered ‘at least two outages’ caused by AI tools, and now I’m convinced we’re living inside a ‘Silicon Valley’ episode • Feb 20, 2026 at 9:51 AM • tomsguide.com • r/programming
690
Child's Play: Tech's new generation and the end of thinking • Feb 20, 2026 at 9:48 AM • harpers.org • Hacker News
138
Best Monitor for Programming in 2026? (Price, Setup, Size) • Feb 20, 2026 at 9:42 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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1°C warming reduces world GDP by over 20% in the long run. Business-as-usual warming implies a present welfare loss of more than 30%, and a Social Cost of Carbon in excess of $1,200 per ton. Unilateral decarbonization policy is cost-effective for large countries such as the United States. • Feb 20, 2026 at 9:34 AM • academic.oup.com • r/science
8
Special preschools are helping the Sámi people in Finland to bring their almost-lost language back from the brink of extinction • Feb 20, 2026 at 9:32 AM • bbc.com • ~humanities.languages
125
I think I’m being scammed • Feb 20, 2026 at 9:27 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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What is the framework being used for these types of websites (fmhy.pages.dev)? • Feb 20, 2026 at 9:27 AM • fmhy.pages.dev • ~comp
956
I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs • Feb 20, 2026 at 9:03 AM • spencer.wtf • Hacker News
447
Show HN: A native macOS client for Hacker News, built with SwiftUI • Feb 20, 2026 at 9:02 AM • github.com/IronsideXXVI • Hacker News
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Trump Directs US Government To Prepare Release of Files on Aliens and UFOs • Feb 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM • bbc.com • Slashdot
20
The Funny Men • Feb 20, 2026 at 8:54 AM • tildes.net • ~creative
1062
Ggml.ai joins Hugging Face to ensure the long-term progress of Local AI • Feb 20, 2026 at 8:51 AM • github.com/ggml-org • Hacker News
597
“I’ll just have ai do it” • Feb 20, 2026 at 8:41 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
115
The Lighthouse: How extreme isolation transforms the body and mind (2020) • Feb 20, 2026 at 8:33 AM • newscientist.com • Hacker News
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Newly discovered virus linked to colorectal cancer: Scientists discovered a new and previously undescribed virus that infects gut bacteria in patients with colorectal cancer. The virus is found significantly more often in patients with colorectal cancer. • Feb 20, 2026 at 8:30 AM • sdu.dk • r/science
393
PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months • Feb 20, 2026 at 8:22 AM • bleepingcomputer.com • Hacker News
216
How to stop being boring • Feb 20, 2026 at 8:19 AM • joanwestenberg.com • Hacker News
86P
"Made in EU" - it was harder than I thought • Feb 20, 2026 at 8:01 AM • coinerella.com • Lobsters
201
Exercise has 'similar effect' to therapy, study on depression shows • Feb 20, 2026 at 7:24 AM • medicalxpress.com • Hacker News
625
Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100B deal in favour of $30B investment • Feb 20, 2026 at 7:04 AM • ft.com • Hacker News
106
Never do free labor for interview assessments. • Feb 20, 2026 at 6:29 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
192
Minions – Stripe's Coding Agents Part 2 • Feb 20, 2026 at 6:20 AM • stripe.dev • Hacker News
224P
Silicon Valley engineers were indicted for allegedly sending secrets to Iran • Feb 20, 2026 at 5:50 AM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
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The path to ubiquitous AI (17k tokens/sec) • Feb 20, 2026 at 5:32 AM • taalas.com • Hacker News
601
As ADHD diagnoses surge, so does an unregulated coaching industry. Research found most of the coaches self-identified as having or suspecting they have ADHD. Most (89.3 percent) reported no professional background in mental health and the median per hour rate for ADHD coaching is $150 an hour • Feb 20, 2026 at 5:03 AM • knowablemagazine.org • r/science
5
The wonderful, weird career of Valtteri Bottas – ahead of the Cadillac Formula 1 Team's debut, Bottas reflects on reinvention, balance and longevity • Feb 20, 2026 at 4:19 AM • esquire.com.au • ~sports.motorsports
1096
I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure • Feb 20, 2026 at 4:02 AM • coinerella.com • Hacker News
285
Untapped Way to Learn a Codebase: Build a Visualizer • Feb 20, 2026 at 3:52 AM • jimmyhmiller.com • Hacker News
216
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 at 873.5MHz with 3.05V Core Abuse • Feb 20, 2026 at 3:48 AM • learn.pimoroni.com • Hacker News
351
Web Components: The Framework-Free Renaissance • Feb 20, 2026 at 3:45 AM • caimito.net • Hacker News
171
How I made a shooter game in 64 KB • Feb 20, 2026 at 3:29 AM • youtube.com • r/programming
58
Keep Android Open • Feb 20, 2026 at 3:23 AM • keepandroidopen.org • Lobsters
398
Amazon service was taken down by AI coding bot • Feb 20, 2026 at 3:18 AM • ft.com • r/webdev
321P
A special kind of hell • Feb 20, 2026 at 2:57 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say • Feb 20, 2026 at 2:07 AM • bbc.co.uk • ~health
44
NASA Chief Classifies Starliner Flight As 'Type A' Mishap, Says Agency Made Mistakes • Feb 20, 2026 at 2:00 AM • arstechnica.com • science.slashdot
37
NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as “Type A” mishap, says agency made mistakes • Feb 20, 2026 at 1:54 AM • arstechnica.com • ~space
60
Giving away three copies of my friend's recently-released game • Feb 20, 2026 at 1:25 AM • tildes.net • ~games
1904
Amazon service was taken down by AI coding bot [December outage] • Feb 20, 2026 at 1:03 AM • ft.com • r/programming
206
Reading the undocumented MEMS accelerometer on Apple Silicon MacBooks via iokit • Feb 20, 2026 at 12:06 AM • github.com/olvvier • Hacker News
17
US data centers are getting off-grid power plants • Feb 20, 2026 at 12:05 AM • washingtonpost.com • ~tech
87
Fast KV Compaction via Attention Matching • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:46 PM • arxiv.org • Hacker News
224
Mystery donor gives Japanese city $3.6M in gold bars to fix water system • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:27 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
312
Consistency diffusion language models: Up to 14x faster, no quality loss • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:15 PM • together.ai • Hacker News
309P
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Operator Came Forward • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:15 PM • theshamblog.com • r/programming
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ai can't write like me • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:09 PM • blog.absurdpirate.com • Bear
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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Operator Came Forward • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:05 PM • theshamblog.com • Hacker News
1859
Cannabis beverages may help people drink less alcohol. Recent survey data suggests that cannabis-infused beverages may serve as an effective tool for individuals looking to curb their alcohol consumption. • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:03 PM • psypost.org • r/science
45
The Dillo Appreciation Post • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:36 PM • bobbyhiltz.com • Lobsters
136
Pi for Excel: AI sidebar add-in for Excel • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:20 PM • github.com/tmustier • Hacker News
221
An ARM Homelab Server, or a Minisforum MS-R1 Review • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:33 PM • sour.coffee • Hacker News
457
MuMu Player (NetEase) silently runs 17 reconnaissance commands every 30 minutes • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:28 PM • gist.github.com • Hacker News
121P
California's New Bill Requires DOJ-Approved 3D Printers That Report on Themselves • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM • blog.adafruit.com • yro.slashdot
57
Lindenmayer Systems • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:05 PM • justinpombrio.net • Lobsters
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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
555
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
78
The world isn't ending • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:26 PM • tadaima.bearblog.dev • Bear
69
Hold on to Your Hardware • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:09 PM • xn--gckvb8fzb.com • Lobsters
317P
Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:08 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
78P
Minnesota judge holds federal attorney in civil contempt • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM • cnn.com • Hacker News
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
150
A psychedelic medicine performs well against depression • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM • economist.com • Hacker News
1044P
We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing American science • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
108
Baby chicks pass the bouba-kiki test, challenging a theory of language evolution • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM • scientificamerican.com • Hacker News
35
The Text Message That Almost Ended My Business • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM • zevvdaily.bearblog.dev • Bear
91P
University of Texas limits on teaching of "unnecessary controversial subjects" • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM • texastribune.org • Hacker News
307
Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:32 PM • hankgreen.com • Hacker News
54
Slay the Spire 2 | Early Access trailer • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:14 PM • youtube.com • ~games
91P
Europe's Labor Laws Are Strangling Its Ability To Innovate, New Analysis Argues • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM • worksinprogress.co • Slashdot
1084
AI is not a coworker, it's an exoskeleton • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM • kasava.dev • Hacker News
588
Micropayments as a reality check for news sites • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:42 PM • blog.zgp.org • Hacker News
461
0 A.D. Release 28: Boiorix • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:37 PM • play0ad.com • Hacker News
433P
IRS lost 40% of IT staff, 80% of tech leaders in 'efficiency' shakeup • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM • theregister.com • Hacker News
680P
California's new bill requires DOJ-approved 3D printers that report themselves • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM • blog.adafruit.com • Hacker News
169
Productivity gains from AI coding assistants haven’t budged past 10% – survey • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM • shiftmag.dev • Hacker News
71
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
152
Archaeologists find possible first direct evidence of Hannibal's war elephants • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:31 PM • smithsonianmag.com • Hacker News
137
Justifying Text-Wrap: Pretty • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:29 PM • matklad.github.io • Hacker News
442P
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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AI makes you boring • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:12 PM • marginalia.nu • Hacker News
237P
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
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
95P
Hitler's Greenland Obsession • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:22 PM • theatlantic.com • 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
65
Saying goodbye to Discord. • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:55 AM • hailsandales.club • Bear
108
The Musidex: A physical music library for the streaming era • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:42 AM • hannahilea.com • Hacker News