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Tildes Minecraft Weekly • Apr 17, 2026 at 1:53 PM • tildes.net • ~games
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Department of Veterans Affairs trial of 11 AI scribe vendors versus 3 human-written clinic notes over 5 simulated patient cases: humans had higher quality clinic notes across all domains and all cases • Apr 17, 2026 at 1:21 PM • acpjournals.org • r/science
640
Show HN: Smol machines – subsecond coldstart, portable virtual machines • Apr 17, 2026 at 1:18 PM • github.com/smol-machines • Hacker News
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Reading Input from an USB RFID Card Reader • Apr 17, 2026 at 1:14 PM • kevwe.com • Hacker News
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Random musings: 80s hardware, cyberdecks • Apr 17, 2026 at 1:10 PM • strangelyentangled.com • Hacker News
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Red hair gene favoured by natural selection over last 10,000 years, study finds | Evolution • Apr 17, 2026 at 1:07 PM • theguardian.com • r/science
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Microsoft Increases the FAT32 Limit From 32GB To 2TB • Apr 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM • blogs.windows.com • Slashdot
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Airline adds bunk beds for economy travelers but bans snacks, smells and cuddles • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:55 PM • apnews.com • Hacker News
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Fungus that spreads from cats to humans has been detected, raising concerns among scientists • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:48 PM • earth.com • r/science
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The lost thesis of Dennis Ritchie • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM • archive.computerhistory.org • Lobsters
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Age-Gating Isn't It, Fam • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:45 PM • technically-good.ca • Bear
20
Reflections on 30 Years of HPC Programming: So many hardware advances, so little adoption of new languages • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM • chapel-lang.org • Lobsters
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Show HN: PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:38 PM • github.com/paniclock • Hacker News
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Hyperscalers have already outspent most famous US megaprojects • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:23 PM • twitter.com/finmoorhouse • Hacker News
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Writing string.h functions using string instructions in asm x86-64 (2025) • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM • pmasschelier.github.io • Hacker News
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I’m spending months coding the old way • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:19 PM • miguelconner.substack.com • Hacker News
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Genuine Question: Where to discuss/share OSS in 2026? • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:16 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
97
Detecting DOSBox from Within the Box • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM • datagirl.xyz • Hacker News
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Systemic Flaw in MCP Protocol Could Expose 150 Million Downloads • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM • infosecurity-magazine.com • r/webdev
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Congress extends controversial surveillance powers for 10 days • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM • npr.org • Hacker News
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Newly Unsealed Records Reveal Amazon's Price-Fixing Tactics • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM • theguardian.com • yro.slashdot
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Rust 1.95.0 • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:59 AM • blog.rust-lang.org • r/programming
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Have you played with bubbles recently? • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM • tildes.net • ~misc
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NASA Force • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:47 AM • nasaforce.gov • Hacker News
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Scientists test gravity on cosmic scales and find it behaves as expected, strengthening the case for dark matter • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM • dornsife.usc.edu • r/science
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Measuring Claude 4.7's tokenizer costs • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:29 AM • claudecodecamp.com • Hacker News
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The Gregorio project – GPL tools for typesetting Gregorian chant • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:20 AM • gregorio-project.github.io • Hacker News
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NIST gives up enriching most CVEs • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:09 AM • risky.biz • Hacker News
259
It's wild that Git Worktrees have been so underutilized for 10+ years! • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:06 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
28
Practical Antiforgery in Software Design • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:06 AM • hudlow.org • Lobsters
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Claude Design • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:04 AM • anthropic.com • Hacker News
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Extreme heat is not yet triggering mass migration in the U.S.; instead, it is slowing population growth by making hot areas less attractive to newcomers. A new study finds that economic opportunity and housing costs remain the primary drivers of where Americans move, even as temperatures rise. • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:03 AM • mdpi.com • r/science
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The Quiet Colossus — On Ada, Its Design, and the Language That Built the Languages • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:02 AM • iqiipi.com • r/programming
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What did you do this week (and weekend)? • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM • tildes.net • ~talk
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US To Create High-Tech Manufacturing Zone In Philippines • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM • wsj.com • Slashdot
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Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly 'quadruple tap' • Apr 17, 2026 at 10:53 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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Middle schooler finds coin from Troy in Berlin • Apr 17, 2026 at 10:41 AM • thehistoryblog.com • Hacker News
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Experiment with ICEYE Open Data • Apr 17, 2026 at 10:37 AM • iceye.com • Hacker News
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IETF draft-meow-mrrp-00 • Apr 17, 2026 at 10:32 AM • ietf.org • Hacker News
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Healthchecks.io now uses self-hosted object storage • Apr 17, 2026 at 10:29 AM • blog.healthchecks.io • Hacker News
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Ban the sale of precise geolocation • Apr 17, 2026 at 10:25 AM • lawfaremedia.org • Hacker News
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Eliza a Play by Tom Holloway • Apr 17, 2026 at 10:22 AM • mtc.com.au • Hacker News
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mailgun alternative ASAP!! • Apr 17, 2026 at 10:19 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
16
Crystal 1.20.0 is released! • Apr 17, 2026 at 10:12 AM • crystal-lang.org • r/programming
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Fish living downstream of wastewater treatment plants are accumulating antidepressants, opioids and other drugs of abuse in their bodies. Fentanyl, methadone and venlafaxine were detected in small fish living in rivers that receive urban wastewater. • Apr 17, 2026 at 10:09 AM • uwaterloo.ca • r/science
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We reproduced Anthropic's Mythos findings with public models • Apr 17, 2026 at 10:09 AM • blog.vidocsecurity.com • Hacker News
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Archive of BYTE magazine, starting with issue #1 in 1975 • Apr 17, 2026 at 10:07 AM • archive.org • Hacker News
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Healthchecks.io Now Uses Self-hosted Object Storage • Apr 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM • blog.healthchecks.io • Lobsters
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What are skiplists good for? • Apr 17, 2026 at 9:57 AM • antithesis.com • Hacker News
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Scan your website to see how ready it is for AI agents • Apr 17, 2026 at 9:55 AM • isitagentready.com • Hacker News
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Larry Tesler: A Personal History of Modeless Text Editing and Cut/Copy-Paste (2012) • Apr 17, 2026 at 9:20 AM • dl.acm.org • Hacker News
127
A Visual History of Programming Languages • Apr 17, 2026 at 8:59 AM • sheets.works • r/programming
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We beat Google’s zero-knowledge proof of quantum cryptanalysis • Apr 17, 2026 at 8:49 AM • blog.trailofbits.com • Lobsters
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PopOS Linux: Creating a Bootable Backup USB With Encryption • Apr 17, 2026 at 8:32 AM • hajo.me • Hacker News
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Testosterone shifts political preferences in weakly affiliated Democratic men • Apr 17, 2026 at 8:09 AM • psypost.org • Hacker News
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Any old school devs here? don't you miss those days, when there were no React/Next, Figma. You just code raw HTML and focus mainly on BE • Apr 17, 2026 at 8:06 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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tangled newsletter 01 — hello • Apr 17, 2026 at 8:02 AM • blog.tangled.org • Lobsters
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Isaac Asimov: The Last Question (1956) • Apr 17, 2026 at 8:01 AM • hex.ooo • Hacker News
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Best open source web developement tools that everyone needs to know about? • Apr 17, 2026 at 7:57 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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SteamOS ARM64 Reaches Nintendo Switch in First Experiment • Apr 17, 2026 at 7:53 AM • onejailbreak.com • Hacker News
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Ask HN: Getting depressed day by day, how to cope? • Apr 17, 2026 at 7:38 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Longer Ranges Unlocked for Hydrogen Vehicles • Apr 17, 2026 at 7:24 AM • azocleantech.com • r/science
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Silicon Valley is turning scientists into exploited gig workers? • Apr 17, 2026 at 7:22 AM • thenation.com • Hacker News
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HTTP desync in Discord's media proxy: Spying on a whole platform • Apr 17, 2026 at 6:59 AM • tmctmt.com • Lobsters
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Compatibility Is a Feature • Apr 17, 2026 at 6:59 AM • yusufaytas.com • r/programming
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What are you doing this weekend? • Apr 17, 2026 at 6:37 AM • lobste.rs • Lobsters
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Floating Point Fun on Cortex-M Processors • Apr 17, 2026 at 6:32 AM • danielmangum.com • Hacker News
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In many cultures, women tend to prefer partners with financial resources. Men tend to prioritize youth and physical beauty. New findings provide evidence that the traditional tendency for women to prefer wealthier partners might fade as women gain more economic power. • Apr 17, 2026 at 6:06 AM • psypost.org • r/science
8
A Better R Programming Experience Thanks to Tree-sitter • Apr 17, 2026 at 5:52 AM • ropensci.org • r/programming
131
Monumental ship burial beneath ancient Norwegian mound predates the Viking Age • Apr 17, 2026 at 5:50 AM • phys.org • Hacker News
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When working alone on a hobby project that is used by 1-10k users. Do devs normally have Staging? • Apr 17, 2026 at 5:43 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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As we approach death, our dreams become more emotional and symbolic. Terminally ill people are commonly reunited with lost loved ones in their dreams and have visions of doors, stairways and light, which are said to help them accept the dying process • Apr 17, 2026 at 5:39 AM • veritas.enc.edu • r/science
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Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln in the same photo (2010) • Apr 17, 2026 at 5:18 AM • prologue.blogs.archives.gov • Hacker News
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Ada, its design, and the language that built the languages • Apr 17, 2026 at 4:51 AM • iqiipi.com • Hacker News
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EU age verification app hacked, 2 minute How to posted • Apr 17, 2026 at 4:37 AM • xcancel.com • Hacker News
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A 2026 prospective cohort study of over 276,000 adults found that moderate daily consumption of tea (2-3 cups) is associated with a 33% lower risk of developing lung cancer, while coffee (2-3 cups) is linked to a 23% lower risk. • Apr 17, 2026 at 4:33 AM • pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov • r/science
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How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres' environmental toll • Apr 17, 2026 at 4:32 AM • investigate-europe.eu • Hacker News
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Did anyone else feel like adding more devs just made everything slower? • Apr 17, 2026 at 4:31 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
18
cheap email host providers • Apr 17, 2026 at 4:14 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
53
Valve is working on Proton for ARM processors • Apr 17, 2026 at 4:14 AM • steamdb.info • ~games
169
Ask HN: Building a solo business is impossible? • Apr 17, 2026 at 3:55 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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How to make buffet breakfasts less wasteful • Apr 17, 2026 at 3:46 AM • economist.com • Hacker News
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FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer • Apr 17, 2026 at 3:20 AM • nongnu.org • Hacker News
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Intel's New Core Series 3 Is Its Answer To the MacBook Neo • Apr 17, 2026 at 3:00 AM • pcworld.com • Slashdot
32
An early look at tailscale-rs, a tsnet library in Rust • Apr 17, 2026 at 2:54 AM • tailscale.com • Lobsters
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PROBoter – Open-source platform for automated PCB analysis • Apr 17, 2026 at 2:19 AM • schutzwerk.com • Hacker News
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US tech firms lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret • Apr 17, 2026 at 2:17 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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Does your DSL little language need operator precedence? • Apr 17, 2026 at 2:12 AM • utcc.utoronto.ca • Hacker News
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Making the most pickproof lock yet • Apr 17, 2026 at 1:27 AM • youtube.com • ~design
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Truck Guys are Hot • Apr 17, 2026 at 1:14 AM • boogerdiary.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Folk Computer • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM • folk.computer • Lobsters
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FCC exempts Netgear from ban on foreign routers, doesn't explain why • Apr 17, 2026 at 12:13 AM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
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Bluesky has been dealing with a DDoS attack for nearly a full day • Apr 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM • theverge.com • Hacker News
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Strange Romance bundle by Image Comics • Apr 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM • humblebundle.com • ~comics
255
Kafka Fundamentals - Guide to Distributed Messaging • Apr 16, 2026 at 11:56 PM • sushantdhiman.dev • r/programming
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Human Accelerated Region 1 • Apr 16, 2026 at 11:55 PM • en.wikipedia.org • Hacker News
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Discourse Is Not Going Closed Source • Apr 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM • blog.discourse.org • Hacker News
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Sperm Whales' Communication Closely Parallels Human Language, Study Finds • Apr 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM • theguardian.com • science.slashdot
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US Bill Mandates On-Device Age Verification • Apr 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM • reclaimthenet.org • Hacker News
44
Opus 4.7 is horrible at writing • Apr 16, 2026 at 10:46 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
59
IPC medley: message-queue peeking, io_uring, and bus1 • Apr 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM • lwn.net • Hacker News
1966
Trials of psychedelics for mental health may be invalid, because it's fairly obvious to patients whether they've been given a psychedelic or a placebo. Blinding failed more than 90% of the time in the studies of psilocybin, LSD and DMT, and 85% of the time in studies of MDMA. • Apr 16, 2026 at 9:57 PM • jamanetwork.com • r/science
20
Global warming is making the strongest hurricanes stronger • Apr 16, 2026 at 9:50 PM • yaleclimateconnections.org • Hacker News
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Solitaire simulator for finding the best strategy: Current record is 8.590% • Apr 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM • github.com/dacracot • Hacker News
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Common silicones from engine oil and cosmetics are far more prevalent in the atmosphere than expected, making up to 4.3% of organic aerosol mass. This stable pollutant is now omnipresent in urban and rural air, potentially impacting both human health and cloud formation. • Apr 16, 2026 at 9:26 PM • acp.copernicus.org • r/science
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Venice may need to be entirely relocated or protected by a massive €30 billion "super levee" as sea levels rise, researchers warn. A new study shows that the city's current mobile barriers will likely be overwhelmed by 2300, requiring radical engineering to save its residents and history. • Apr 16, 2026 at 9:19 PM • nature.com • r/science
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AI companies are buying the Slack data of failed startups • Apr 16, 2026 at 9:10 PM • twitter.com/_iainmartin • Hacker News
154
Show HN: SPICE simulation → oscilloscope → verification with Claude Code • Apr 16, 2026 at 8:37 PM • lucasgerads.com • Hacker News
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Zero-copy protobuf and ConnectRPC for Rust • Apr 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM • medium.com/@iainmcgin • Hacker News
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Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon's growing reliance on SpaceX • Apr 16, 2026 at 8:27 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
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Hospital Held Woman for Months Against Her Will. SCOTUS to decide if she can sue • Apr 16, 2026 at 8:12 PM • reason.com • Hacker News
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Hospital at centre of child HIV outbreak caught reusing syringes in Pakistan • Apr 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
29
Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced releases July 9, 2026 • Apr 16, 2026 at 7:18 PM • insider-gaming.com • ~games
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George Orwell Predicted the Rise of "AI Slop" in Nineteen Eighty-Four • Apr 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM • openculture.com • Hacker News
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Everything we like is a psyop? • Apr 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM • techcrunch.com • Hacker News
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Cave under castle with prehistoric hippo bones 'once in a lifetime' find • Apr 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
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'TotalRecall Reloaded' Tool Finds a Side Entrance To Windows 11 Recall Database • Apr 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM • arstechnica.com • yro.slashdot
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Ask HN: How did you get your first users with zero audience? • Apr 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
52
Ring camera is getting more and more annoying • Apr 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM • tildes.net • ~tech
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U.S. to Create High-Tech Manufacturing Zone in Philippines • Apr 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM • wsj.com • Hacker News
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Men with higher IQs are less conservative, study finds. Those of average ability tend to support values associated with tradition and strict social order, German researchers say. • Apr 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM • amp.scmp.com • r/science
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Reed Hastings is leaving Netflix after 29 years • Apr 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM • engadget.com • Hacker News
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New unsealed records reveal Amazon's price-fixing tactics, California AG claims • Apr 16, 2026 at 6:08 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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Guy builds AI driven hardware hacker arm from duct tape, old cam and CNC machine • Apr 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM • github.com/gainsec • Hacker News
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Community Rule Suggestion: Stop with the constant AI ruining the career posts • Apr 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Kent Beck: Parkinson's • Apr 16, 2026 at 5:37 PM • tidyfirst.substack.com • Hacker News
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"I have not written a single line of code since November" - Boris Cherny • Apr 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM • ox.security • r/webdev
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A better R programming experience thanks to Tree-sitter • Apr 16, 2026 at 5:14 PM • ropensci.org • Hacker News
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Elon Musk buys a fifth of his own Cybertrucks • Apr 16, 2026 at 4:58 PM • msn.com • Hacker News
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US, EU move toward landmark biometric data sharing deal • Apr 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM • biometricupdate.com • Hacker News
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The beginning of scarcity in AI • Apr 16, 2026 at 4:49 PM • tomtunguz.com • Hacker News
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The "Passive Income" trap ate a generation of entrepreneurs • Apr 16, 2026 at 4:31 PM • joanwestenberg.com • Hacker News
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Bubble your blog discovery • Apr 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM • forkingmad.blog • Bear
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OpenData Timeseries: Prometheus-compatible metrics on object storage • Apr 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM • opendata.dev • r/programming
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Europe Has 'Maybe 6 Weeks of Jet Fuel Left' • Apr 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM • hardware.slashdot.org • Slashdot
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What are the current channels to find remote work? • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:46 PM • tildes.net • ~tech
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Five men control AI. Who should control them? • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM • economist.com • Hacker News
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European civil servants are being forced off WhatsApp • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM • politico.eu • Hacker News
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Pairwise Order of a Sequence of Elements • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:34 PM • morwenn.github.io • Hacker News
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U.S. set to launch tariff refund system on April 20 • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM • nbcnews.com • Hacker News
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Okay, what actually uses Rust • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM • blog.goose.love • Lobsters
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Official Clojure Documentary page with Video, Shownotes, and Links • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM • clojure.org • Hacker News
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Still passionate ? • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Sovereign Cloud stats every CIO needs before their next board meeting • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM • windriver.com • ~comp
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German Dog Commands • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM • fluentu.com • Hacker News
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GPT‑Rosalind for life sciences research • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM • openai.com • Hacker News
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Playdate’s handheld changed how Duke University teaches game design • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM • news.play.date • Hacker News
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Mozilla Announces "Thunderbolt" as an Open-Source, Enterprise AI Client • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM • phoronix.com • Hacker News
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White House to give US agencies Anthropic Mythos access, Bloomberg News reports • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:06 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
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Binary Dependencies: Identifying the Hidden Packages We All Depend On • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM • vlad.website • Hacker News
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Europe has "maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left" • Apr 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM • apnews.com • Hacker News
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Children with ADHD report applying less effort on cognitive tasks compared to their peers • Apr 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM • psypost.org • r/science
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Android CLI: Build Android apps 3x faster using any agent • Apr 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM • android-developers.googleblog.com • Hacker News
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Ask HN: How do you maintain flow when vibe coding? • Apr 16, 2026 at 2:38 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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How a subsea cable is repaired (2021) • Apr 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM • onesteppower.com • Hacker News
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I Made the "Next-Level" Camera and I love it • Apr 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM • thelibre.news • Hacker News
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The Claude Coding Vibes Are Getting Worse • Apr 16, 2026 at 2:16 PM • blog.matthewbrunelle.com • Lobsters
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Clojure: The Documentary • Apr 16, 2026 at 2:12 PM • youtube.com • Lobsters