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Language models are weird for the same reason human cultures are weird • May 23, 2026 at 10:58 PM • davidoks.blog • ~comp
98
I built Multispot, find multiple locations at the same time! • May 23, 2026 at 10:53 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
116
The Database Zoo: Exotic Data Storage Engines - why SQL and NoSQL aren't enough anymore • May 23, 2026 at 10:39 PM • blog.gaborkoos.com • r/programming
24
wake up! 16b (demo writeup) • May 23, 2026 at 10:32 PM • hellmood.111mb.de • Lobsters
380
If you could start over in tech today, what would you learn? • May 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
33
The day my ping took countermeasures • May 23, 2026 at 10:02 PM • blog.cloudflare.com • Hacker News
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The silence of the dying • May 23, 2026 at 9:50 PM • web.archive.org • ~life
23
Extending MySQL with VillageSQL • May 23, 2026 at 9:23 PM • maxdemarzi.com • Hacker News
707
Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date” • May 23, 2026 at 9:21 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
484
Scammers are abusing an internal Microsoft account to send spam links • May 23, 2026 at 8:51 PM • techcrunch.com • Hacker News
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Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about Jan. 6 defendants • May 23, 2026 at 8:51 PM • apnews.com • Hacker News
23
Ask HN: Did Messages get removed from Google Takeout? • May 23, 2026 at 8:48 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
466
Wake up! 16b • May 23, 2026 at 8:30 PM • hellmood.111mb.de • Hacker News
36
Show HN: A platform to find people to jam on side projects with • May 23, 2026 at 8:28 PM • letsjam.live • Hacker News
94
API proposed by Chrome: Declarative partial updates • May 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM • developer.chrome.com • Hacker News
14
Built a mortgage early payoff calculator that works for Canadian mortgages • May 23, 2026 at 8:06 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
25
E-Hiking Is Here. You Can Tell by My 1k-Watt Hips. Hypershell's X Ultra S • May 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM • wsj.com • Hacker News
18
When does learning from data work (math starting from basic probability) • May 23, 2026 at 7:58 PM • prateekchandrajha.github.io • Hacker News
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ICE Awards $25M Iris-Scanning Contract to Bi2 Technologies • May 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM • projectsaltbox.com • Hacker News
540
Chrome proposes new APIs: Declarative partial updates • May 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM • developer.chrome.com • r/programming
185
My I3-Emacs Integration • May 23, 2026 at 7:13 PM • khz.ac • Hacker News
22
Earliest Uses of Various Mathematical Symbols • May 23, 2026 at 6:59 PM • mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk • Hacker News
16
Any advice from artists on Tildes about having their work being accepted into museums? • May 23, 2026 at 6:52 PM • tildes.net • ~arts
5223
ADHD symptom paths are physically reflected in how brain develops during adolescence. People whose symptoms worsen have a slower rate of cortical thinning in part of brain that regulate mind-wandering and internal thoughts, impacting focus outward when required in classroom or social settings. • May 23, 2026 at 6:52 PM • psypost.org • r/science
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Alberta will vote on whether to remain part of Canada. What now? • May 23, 2026 at 6:29 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
49
Polsia raised $30M; source map: fake ARR, dead users, god-mode over your company • May 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM • zero-arr.vercel.app • Hacker News
283
Don't Roll Your Own • May 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM • susam.net • Hacker News
66
Byrne's Euclid • May 23, 2026 at 6:19 PM • c82.net • Hacker News
326
Toxic chemical leak at a manufacturing facility in Orange County • May 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
43
We reduced a real Node.js production Docker image from 1.2GB to 78MB • May 23, 2026 at 5:55 PM • the-practical-developer.online • Hacker News
52
Anthropic blames dystopian sci-fi for training AI models to act "evil" • May 23, 2026 at 5:45 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
228
Was wondering why I couldn't copy the number, genuinely asking how do you get to this? It's just a number • May 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
114
The Steinwinter Supercargo • May 23, 2026 at 5:28 PM • thedrive.com • Hacker News
86
Be the first toast • May 23, 2026 at 5:22 PM • khoaly.xyz • Bear
54
Software Engineering at the Tipping Point • May 23, 2026 at 5:08 PM • io.google • Hacker News
93
A self-powered computer in actual credit-card size (~1mm thick) • May 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM • reddit.com • Hacker News
94
It's time to talk about my writerdeck • May 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM • veronicaexplains.net • Lobsters
35
remind(1) -- calendar and alarm program • May 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM • dianne.skoll.ca • Lobsters
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“Long-Term Support” doesn’t mean what you think • May 23, 2026 at 4:44 PM • pointieststick.com • Lobsters
38
Jimmy Carr on Why Everyone Is Wrong About AI [video] • May 23, 2026 at 4:38 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
90
US Layoffs Haven't Increased, and New Tech Industry Hiring Balances Firings • May 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM • finance.yahoo.com • Slashdot
35
.NET (OK, C#) finally gets union types • May 23, 2026 at 4:28 PM • andrewlock.net • Lobsters
15
Garden Grove chemical threat: 40000 evacuated as overheated tank faces explosion • May 23, 2026 at 4:22 PM • cnn.com • Hacker News
72
[Showoff Saturday] Spearite: I built a free browser-based pixel art & sprite editor (fully client-side) • May 23, 2026 at 4:14 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
261
Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 plane crash • May 23, 2026 at 4:09 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
22
Soaring solar and a surge in hydro push more coal off the US grid • May 23, 2026 at 3:48 PM • arstechnica.com • ~enviro
3
Norway is coming 🇳🇴 – 2026 FIFA World Cup men's squad announcement • May 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM • youtube.com • ~sports.football
96P
Is there a "Razor" for the idea that "If a Billionaire is against it, I'm for it?" • May 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM • tildes.net • ~finance
103
Data Centers Now Consume 6% of US Electricity–and the Backlash Has Begun • May 23, 2026 at 3:42 PM • singularityhub.com • Hacker News
16
The Architecture of BerkeleyDB • May 23, 2026 at 3:38 PM • aosabook.org • Lobsters
43
Air France, Airbus Guilty of Corporate Manslaughter In 2009 Air France 447 Crash • May 23, 2026 at 3:34 PM • bbc.com • Slashdot
26
Procedural Fascicle for R7RS Large Scheme • May 23, 2026 at 3:11 PM • r7rs.org • Lobsters
243
The Forgotten Art of the LAN Party (2023) • May 23, 2026 at 3:01 PM • superjumpmagazine.com • Hacker News
3
Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets • May 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM • tildes.net • ~life.pets
13
Sudden increase of random Googlebot requests, anyone else? • May 23, 2026 at 2:56 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
42
NeuralNote • May 23, 2026 at 2:51 PM • github.com/DamRsn • Hacker News
796
Time to talk about my writerdeck • May 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM • veronicaexplains.net • Hacker News
45
Tank leaking toxic chemicals in Orange County will spill or explode • May 23, 2026 at 2:26 PM • abc7.com • Hacker News
393
Someone's testing their bot on this sub • May 23, 2026 at 2:16 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
49
What to use for a websocket server that isn't Node.js? • May 23, 2026 at 2:09 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
1107P
Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality • May 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM • reclaimthenet.org • Hacker News
119P
Iowa to mandate students take Intellectual Freedom classes amid low enrollment • May 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM • kcrg.com • Hacker News
74
On the <dl> (2021) • May 23, 2026 at 1:57 PM • benmyers.dev • Lobsters
112
Jira is Turing-Complete • May 23, 2026 at 1:55 PM • seriot.ch • Lobsters
138
JWT is a scam and your app doesn't need it • May 23, 2026 at 1:42 PM • dusanmalusev.dev • Hacker News
7
[Showoff Saturday] A web tool for small minecraft developers • May 23, 2026 at 1:33 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
42
I added a draw mode and many different export options to my curve animation library • May 23, 2026 at 1:27 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
38
Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy • May 23, 2026 at 1:21 PM • sciencedaily.com • Hacker News
83
An automated A.I. WWE news channel on YouTube tries to pronounce "WWE" • May 23, 2026 at 12:31 PM • twitter.com/LarryBundyJr • Hacker News
77
re: Your phone is making you bored • May 23, 2026 at 12:28 PM • forkingmad.blog • Bear
143
Reverse engineering circuitry in a Spacelab computer from 1980 • May 23, 2026 at 12:24 PM • righto.com • Hacker News
24
[Showoff Saturday] My website now supports 28 fully localized languages • May 23, 2026 at 12:15 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
30
Evaluating Spec CPU2026 • May 23, 2026 at 12:13 PM • chipsandcheese.com • Hacker News
52
The Skeuomorphism Nobody Talks About [video] • May 23, 2026 at 12:03 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
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Italy moves to Airbus A330 tankers • May 23, 2026 at 12:02 PM • euronews.com • Hacker News
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Putin Can No Longer Hide His Catastrophe • May 23, 2026 at 11:59 AM • theatlantic.com • Hacker News
232
Ebola Outbreak Now Third Largest Recorded and "Spreading Rapidly" • May 23, 2026 at 11:47 AM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
30
Svg rendering and Chrome • May 23, 2026 at 11:35 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
29
Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Access Root-Only Files, Execute Arbitrary Commands as Root • May 23, 2026 at 11:34 AM • blog.qualys.com • Slashdot
46P
Texas Woman files lawsuit after arrest for Facebook post about polluted water • May 23, 2026 at 11:09 AM • fox4news.com • Hacker News
53
New Attack "Megaladon" Compromises 5.5K+ GitHub Repos • May 23, 2026 at 10:57 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
94
Lisp in Vim (2019) • May 23, 2026 at 10:55 AM • susam.net • Hacker News
54
Hershey is a textual vector font format • May 23, 2026 at 10:50 AM • wiki.xxiivv.com • Lobsters
72
I went to an event about moths • May 23, 2026 at 10:49 AM • topopa.bearblog.dev • Bear
21
I poisoned a Hugging Face dataset and it stayed up for 6 months • May 23, 2026 at 10:47 AM • vechron.com • Hacker News
24
AlphaProof Nexus solves 9 Erdős problems and proves 44 sequence conjectures • May 23, 2026 at 10:46 AM • cryptobriefing.com • Hacker News
187P
Tech CEOs Call for a Universal Basic Income. But What are the Alternatives? • May 23, 2026 at 10:34 AM • yahoo.com • yro.slashdot
430
Jira IS Turing-complete • May 23, 2026 at 10:31 AM • seriot.ch • r/programming
163
z386: An Open-Source 80386 Built Around Original Microcode • May 23, 2026 at 10:25 AM • nand2mario.github.io • Hacker News
15
z386: An Open-Source 80386 Built Around Original Microcode - Small Things Retro • May 23, 2026 at 10:24 AM • nand2mario.github.io • Lobsters
3029
Sleep, Waste Clearance, and Dementia May Be Linked: Chronic stress, depression, cardiovascular disease, fragmented sleep, and aging are associated with a higher risk of dementia based on the same biological problem: disruption of a sleep-dependent brain rhythm that helps clear waste from the brain. • May 23, 2026 at 10:15 AM • urmc.rochester.edu • r/science
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💌 Newsletter #009 - Social Media Alternatives (Good!), Bill C-22 (Not So Good!), and The End of Google Search as We Know It • May 23, 2026 at 10:12 AM • technically-good.ca • Bear
455P
Oura says it gets government demands for user data • May 23, 2026 at 10:09 AM • this.weekinsecurity.com • Hacker News
22
Cuneiforth: A Forth for your Chifir • May 23, 2026 at 10:05 AM • gopher.floodgap.com • Lobsters
19
Your Old Devices Depend on Dying Sensors. The Silicon Labs Incident Proves It • May 23, 2026 at 10:05 AM • cambridge.org • Hacker News
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The FBI Wants 'Near Real-Time' Access to US License Plate Readers • May 23, 2026 at 9:57 AM • wired.com • Hacker News
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Announcement: We've Updated The Rules, and April Is Finally Over • May 23, 2026 at 9:54 AM • reddit.com • r/programming
86
Unpopular posts on Bear blog • May 23, 2026 at 9:38 AM • robertbirming.com • Bear
187
Opaque Types in Python • May 23, 2026 at 9:17 AM • blog.glyph.im • Hacker News
68
Wayland compositor implemented as a mod in Minecraft • May 23, 2026 at 9:07 AM • modrinth.com • Lobsters
567
On The <dl> (2021) • May 23, 2026 at 9:03 AM • benmyers.dev • Hacker News
3669
Receiving a thumbs-down on social media doesn’t push people away from a conversation, but instead tends to encourage them to post more while softening their tone. Findings suggest that allowing downvotes on social platforms might help moderate extreme discussions without silencing individual voices. • May 23, 2026 at 8:57 AM • psypost.org • r/science
83
You really don't have to use Substack • May 23, 2026 at 8:55 AM • natemeyvis.com • Bear
621P
The Art of Money Getting • May 23, 2026 at 8:48 AM • kk.org • Hacker News
16
Awesome Neuroscience • May 23, 2026 at 8:41 AM • github.com/analyticalmonk • Hacker News
55
Multimodal adaptive optical microscope: in vivo imaging, molecules to organisms • May 23, 2026 at 8:37 AM • nature.com • Hacker News
479
I Miss Terry Pratchett • May 23, 2026 at 8:35 AM • mahl.me • Hacker News
76
Prettier palettes with previews • May 23, 2026 at 8:34 AM • robertbirming.com • Bear
441
New Attack "Megaladon" Compromises 5.5K+ GitHub Repos • May 23, 2026 at 8:32 AM • theregister.com • r/programming
5507
Researchers found that serotonin helps reduce "belief stickiness" — the tendency to get stuck on an old idea despite new contradicting evidence. This discovery holds important implications for the understanding and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) • May 23, 2026 at 8:15 AM • brown.edu • r/science
122
[Showoff Saturday] TeaCorner - a tea app for tea lovers • May 23, 2026 at 8:14 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
229
Matrix Multiplications on GPUs Run Faster When Given “Predictable” Data (2024) • May 23, 2026 at 8:11 AM • thonking.ai • Hacker News
329
80386 microcode disassembled • May 23, 2026 at 8:11 AM • reenigne.org • Hacker News
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Judson's Last Ride • May 23, 2026 at 8:09 AM • realclearpolitics.com • Hacker News
46
Applying metaphors from other fields into software development • May 23, 2026 at 8:08 AM • codeutopia.net • r/programming
323
Electrobun 2.0 will be decoupled from Bun due to the Rust rewrite • May 23, 2026 at 7:54 AM • twitter.com/YoavCodes • Hacker News
257
Making deep learning go brrrr from first principles (2022) • May 23, 2026 at 7:50 AM • horace.io • Hacker News
143P
DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost • May 23, 2026 at 7:18 AM • cato.org • Hacker News
384P
US tech firms share Dutch regulator officials' names with Senate • May 23, 2026 at 6:57 AM • dutchnews.nl • Hacker News
67
Day 5: In the garden • May 23, 2026 at 6:56 AM • lightlogged.blog • Bear
81
You don't have to film yourself and share what you hate on social platform • May 23, 2026 at 6:38 AM • robynbirdblog.bearblog.dev • Bear
160
What are your go-to websites for web design inspiration? • May 23, 2026 at 6:22 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
18
HP bought Hyperspace, & once offered 3 different pre-boot or in-boot OSs, including Quickweb • May 23, 2026 at 6:11 AM • gekk.info • Lobsters
886
25-year analysis of 793,199 fashion records finds that while racial and phenotypic diversity in modeling has increased, the median model physique has not changed — body-size "diversity" comes from rare plus-size outliers, and non-White models are 4.5× more likely to be cast as plus-size. • May 23, 2026 at 6:10 AM • pnas.org • r/science
65
First Cattiversary! • May 23, 2026 at 6:09 AM • stellardecay.com • Bear
42P
We ended up with Palantir and how to replace it • May 23, 2026 at 6:06 AM • berthub.eu • Hacker News
4
I Built a chrome extension that helps inspect, manipulate, compare, and copy CSS styles. • May 23, 2026 at 6:06 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
17
Asteroid Drift - help me playtest my first serious game! • May 23, 2026 at 6:04 AM • arturklemens.itch.io • ~games
24
mvm - a fast virtual machine for Go • May 23, 2026 at 5:39 AM • mvm.sh • Lobsters
399
--dangerously-skip-reading-code • May 23, 2026 at 5:37 AM • olano.dev • Hacker News
11
Built a tool to preview OG/social cards on localhost before deploy, no ngrok and no tunnels • May 23, 2026 at 5:13 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
33
That one time I used Go panics for flow control • May 23, 2026 at 4:57 AM • noncrab.net • Lobsters
262
[Showoff Saturday] Retro desktop environment for for my social network Cyberspace • May 23, 2026 at 4:52 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
4924
Younger generations appear to be experiencing poorer health earlier in life than previous generations, according study of tens of thousands of people across the UK born since 1946. More recently born generations may spend more years living in poor health than those born earlier. • May 23, 2026 at 4:45 AM • newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com • r/science
22
I built a landing page for my indie game using vanilla HTML/CSS. How'd I do? • May 23, 2026 at 4:41 AM • siliciumgames.com • r/webdev
246
White Rabbit – sub-nanosecond synchronization for large distributed systems • May 23, 2026 at 4:38 AM • ohwr.org • Hacker News
112
vibe blogging • May 23, 2026 at 4:29 AM • skryblans.com • Bear
565
BambuStudio has been violating PrusaSlicer AGPL license since their fork • May 23, 2026 at 4:24 AM • twitter.com/josefprusa • Hacker News
51
Pausing New Challenges – Codecrafters • May 23, 2026 at 3:57 AM • codecrafters.io • Hacker News
90
Technical Interviews Reject the Wrong Engineers • May 23, 2026 at 3:50 AM • fagnerbrack.com • r/webdev
322
Experience: We found a baby on the subway – now he's our 26-year-old son • May 23, 2026 at 3:34 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
88
A group of ghouls and ai exhaustion • May 23, 2026 at 3:03 AM • moodywarlock.net • Bear
42P
Caltech Could Lose Control of JPL For First Time In Decades • May 23, 2026 at 3:00 AM • space.com • science.slashdot
346
Spanish court declines to fine NordVPN over LaLiga piracy blocking order • May 23, 2026 at 2:54 AM • torrentfreak.com • Hacker News
23
A new suite of modern tools coming for editing and publishing RFCs • May 23, 2026 at 2:53 AM • ietf.org • Lobsters
44
The Best Windows is Linux • May 23, 2026 at 2:48 AM • lunduke.substack.com • Hacker News
179
Don't Roll Your Own … • May 23, 2026 at 2:44 AM • susam.net • Lobsters
289
Rubish: A Unix shell written in pure Ruby • May 23, 2026 at 2:32 AM • github.com/amatsuda • Hacker News
37
Ask HN: Is $300/HR too low these days for custom full stack? • May 23, 2026 at 2:31 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
51
Nvidia Removes Gaming Revenue Category from Financial Reports • May 23, 2026 at 1:50 AM • guru3d.com • Hacker News
41
Maybe just eat the bean goo • May 23, 2026 at 1:30 AM • youtube.com • ~food
36P
White House ordering agencies to place its new app on all employees' govt phones • May 23, 2026 at 1:28 AM • govexec.com • Hacker News
93
[Showoff Saturday] I wrote a small HTML tool for decentralised discovery of personal websites • May 23, 2026 at 1:14 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
28
The analog computer museum's online library • May 23, 2026 at 12:04 AM • analogmuseum.org • Hacker News
23
Google Is Killing ChromeOS: Aluminium OS, Its Android-Based Replacement • May 22, 2026 at 11:51 PM • techjournal.org • Hacker News
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The Making of Indian Statistics • May 22, 2026 at 11:48 PM • altermag.com • Hacker News
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Microsoft reports AI is more expensive than paying human employees • May 22, 2026 at 11:44 PM • fortune.com • Hacker News
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Pentagon Releases Second Batch of UFO Videos, First-Hand Testimony • May 22, 2026 at 11:30 PM • entertainment.slashdot.org • Slashdot
84P
New rule requires most green-card applicants to apply from outside U.S. • May 22, 2026 at 11:09 PM • washingtonpost.com • Hacker News