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New Movie Trailer Shows First AI-Generated Performance By a Major Star: the Late Val Kilmer • Apr 18, 2026 at 6:34 PM • abc.net.au • Slashdot
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Dad brains: How fatherhood rewires the male mind • Apr 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
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Man spends ten years, builds 3m x 4m scale model of Kai Tak Airport [Eng subs] • Apr 18, 2026 at 5:53 PM • youtube.com • ~misc
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Release weekends • Apr 18, 2026 at 5:45 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
249
Air is full of DNA • Apr 18, 2026 at 5:38 PM • nature.com • Hacker News
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Published research in the social sciences has leaned consistently to the political left for more than six decades. The findings indicate that this leftward tilt has grown stronger over time, particularly regarding social and cultural issues. • Apr 18, 2026 at 5:07 PM • psypost.org • r/science
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NIST scientists create 'any wavelength' lasers • Apr 18, 2026 at 4:54 PM • nist.gov • Hacker News
261
SDF Public Access Unix System • Apr 18, 2026 at 4:48 PM • sdf.org • Hacker News
195
Optimizing Ruby Path Methods • Apr 18, 2026 at 4:42 PM • byroot.github.io • Hacker News
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An interactive system design simulator I made with Wasm • Apr 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM • imgur.com • r/webdev
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D&B and D&D • Apr 18, 2026 at 3:24 PM • boogerdiary.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Thoughts and feelings around Claude Design • Apr 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM • samhenri.gold • Hacker News
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ai ceo's are threatening us • Apr 18, 2026 at 3:06 PM • skuka.online • Bear
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Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets • Apr 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM • tildes.net • ~life.pets
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College instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work • Apr 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM • sentinelcolorado.com • Hacker News
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Traders placed over $1B in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war • Apr 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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America will come to regret its war on taxes • Apr 18, 2026 at 2:34 PM • economist.com • Hacker News
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Tearing down websites with Claude + Playwright -- from trackers to sneaky feature flags to interesting configs (oss) • Apr 18, 2026 at 1:36 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Why Japan has such good railways • Apr 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM • worksinprogress.co • ~transport
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4-bit floating point FP4 • Apr 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM • johndcook.com • Hacker News
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World of Warcraft private server Turtle WoW to shut down May 14 2026 • Apr 18, 2026 at 1:20 PM • forum.turtlecraft.gg • ~games
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[Showoff Saturday] colors.codes — every one of the 16.7M hex codes gets its own URL, name, and unfurl card • Apr 18, 2026 at 1:16 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
172
Graphs that explain the state of AI in 2026 • Apr 18, 2026 at 1:12 PM • spectrum.ieee.org • Hacker News
177
PgQue: Zero-Bloat Postgres Queue • Apr 18, 2026 at 12:50 PM • github.com/NikolayS • Hacker News
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Matt Mullenweg says “the wheels have fallen off” in wide-ranging WordPress critique • Apr 18, 2026 at 12:37 PM • therepository.email • ~tech
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Hello old new “Projects” directory • Apr 18, 2026 at 12:34 PM • blog.tenstral.net • Lobsters
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20-Year-Old Enters Prison for Historic Breach, Ransoming of Massive Student Database • Apr 18, 2026 at 12:34 PM • abcnews.com • yro.slashdot
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The USDA's gardening zones have shifted. (Interactive app and map) (2024) • Apr 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM • apps.npr.org • Hacker News
542
The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker • Apr 18, 2026 at 12:26 PM • righto.com • Hacker News
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encounter with man at the library • Apr 18, 2026 at 12:16 PM • yizcounty.rodeo • Bear
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Anonymous request-token comparisons from Opus 4.6 and Opus 4.7 • Apr 18, 2026 at 12:05 PM • tokens.billchambers.me • Hacker News
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Amazon won't release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore • Apr 18, 2026 at 12:04 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
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Amazon is discontinuing Kindle for PC on June 30th • Apr 18, 2026 at 11:54 AM • goodereader.com • Hacker News
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Guess I’m An Old Lady Now • Apr 18, 2026 at 11:52 AM • tinkerdwarf.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Eggs for breakfast photo • Apr 18, 2026 at 11:45 AM • martingwd.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Show HN: MDV – a Markdown superset for docs, dashboards, and slides with data • Apr 18, 2026 at 11:24 AM • github.com/drasimwagan • Hacker News
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tower structures of Japanese suburbia • Apr 18, 2026 at 10:55 AM • pinewind.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Reverse Engineering ME2's USB with a Heat Gun and a Knife • Apr 18, 2026 at 10:21 AM • github.com/coremaze • Hacker News
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$30/h for “highly skilled” devs… am I missing something? • Apr 18, 2026 at 9:49 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Turn Reddit (or any webpage) into a game • Apr 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
313
What Really Happened in Y2K? • Apr 18, 2026 at 9:36 AM • gresham.ac.uk • r/programming
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SQLite prefixes its temp files with `etilqs_` • Apr 18, 2026 at 9:35 AM • avi.im • Lobsters
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Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner • Apr 18, 2026 at 9:29 AM • isayeter.com • Hacker News
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Long-term supplementation with plant-based protein, compared with animal-based protein, did not result in differences in body composition, muscle strength, physical performance, or cardiometabolic risk parameters, meta-analysis of 18 randomized controlled trials finds • Apr 18, 2026 at 9:25 AM • frontiersin.org • r/science
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Running a Minecraft Server and more on a 1960s UNIVAC Computer • Apr 18, 2026 at 8:41 AM • farlow.dev • Hacker News
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Obesity drugs, which include semaglutide and tirzepatide, may be making patients lose more than just fat - these drugs may cause patients to lose more muscle mass. However, it's likely that muscle loss is part of weight loss more generally, rather than a side-effect of Ozempic-like drugs. • Apr 18, 2026 at 8:35 AM • acpjournals.org • r/science
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Why Japan has such good railways • Apr 18, 2026 at 8:29 AM • worksinprogress.co • Hacker News
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I gave up podcasts after 20 years • Apr 18, 2026 at 8:26 AM • basic.bearblog.dev • Bear
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There are parallels between current environment and the 1930s (geopolitical tensions, political polarization, trade conflicts, and regional wars). Japanese study found that international economic and political shocks can weaken democratic checks and drive elites to align with authoritarian power. • Apr 18, 2026 at 8:22 AM • eurekalert.org • r/science
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Flock Condemns False Child Predator Allegations, Yet Calls Critics Terrorists • Apr 18, 2026 at 8:08 AM • ipvm.com • Hacker News
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The quiet disappearance of the free-range childhood • Apr 18, 2026 at 7:43 AM • bigthink.com • Hacker News
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State of Kdenlive • Apr 18, 2026 at 7:42 AM • kdenlive.org • Hacker News
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How (and why) we rewrote our production C++ frontend infrastructure in Rust • Apr 18, 2026 at 7:30 AM • blog.nearlyfreespeech.net • Lobsters
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Stephen's Sausage Roll remains one of the most influential puzzle games • Apr 18, 2026 at 6:53 AM • thinkygames.com • Hacker News
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"Hello Bitches, I'm Here" — The AGI Nobody Asked For • Apr 18, 2026 at 6:27 AM • thecynicalnerd.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Update: you roasted my hand-gesture map library, here's v2 (and added Google Maps support) • Apr 18, 2026 at 5:53 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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Coding a Sign Up page was way easier than I thought • Apr 18, 2026 at 5:09 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Threw curl and Obsidian in a blender… this is what came out • Apr 18, 2026 at 4:49 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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America Lost the Mandate of Heaven • Apr 18, 2026 at 3:56 AM • geohot.github.io • Hacker News
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300 commits.🎉 Here’s the progress on my 3D modeling web app. You can now save projects to the cloud. • Apr 18, 2026 at 3:53 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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Category Theory Illustrated – Orders • Apr 18, 2026 at 2:40 AM • abuseofnotation.github.io • Hacker News
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Why is IPv6 so complicated? • Apr 18, 2026 at 2:33 AM • github.com/becarpenter • Hacker News
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What if database branching was easy? • Apr 18, 2026 at 2:29 AM • xata.io • Hacker News
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Amiga Graphics Archive • Apr 18, 2026 at 2:20 AM • amiga.lychesis.net • Hacker News
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It is incorrect to "normalize" // in HTTP URL paths • Apr 18, 2026 at 1:47 AM • runxiyu.org • Hacker News
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"Liberation Day" at OpenAI as multiple senior executives announce leaving • Apr 18, 2026 at 1:41 AM • mas.to • Hacker News
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The FBI Director Is MIA • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:53 PM • theatlantic.com • Hacker News
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Critical Atlantic Current Significantly More Likely To Collapse Than Thought • Apr 17, 2026 at 11:30 PM • theguardian.com • science.slashdot
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Ternary Bonsai: Top Intelligence at 1.58 Bits • Apr 17, 2026 at 10:51 PM • prismml.com • Hacker News
312
Bodega cats of New York • Apr 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM • bodegacatsofnewyork.com • Hacker News
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Traders place $760M bet on falling oil ahead of Hormuz announcement • Apr 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: I made a calculator that works over disjoint sets of intervals • Apr 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM • victorpoughon.github.io • Hacker News
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Casus Belli Engineering • Apr 17, 2026 at 9:14 PM • marcosmagueta.com • Hacker News
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Deleteduser.com —a $15 PII Magnet • Apr 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM • mike-sheward.medium.com • Lobsters
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Japan's cherry blossom database, 1,200 years old, has a new keeper • Apr 17, 2026 at 7:22 PM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
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Online Personalities and Comedians Overtake TV and Newspapers as Primary News Sources • Apr 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM • hollywoodreporter.com • Slashdot
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It Is Time to Ban the Sale of Precise Geolocation Data • Apr 17, 2026 at 6:59 PM • lawfaremedia.org • Lobsters
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Enormous' cave hidden under medieval Pembroke castle could rewrite prehistory, researchers say • Apr 17, 2026 at 6:58 PM • bbc.com • ~humanities.history