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2026 / 04

878 archived articles in this month.

Archive Post

How the Tech World Turned Evil

Apr 23, 2026 21:50 UTC Source

How the Tech World Turned Evil Source: https://newrepublic.com/article/208876/tech-world-evil-musk-bezos-thiel TL;DR Peter Thiel, chairman of Palantir, delivered lectures in late 2025 discussing the concept of the...

AIRegulation

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Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge

Apr 23, 2026 20:57 UTC Source

Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d4zgnqpqeo TL;DR A 10-year-old girl named Evie found a nine-inch Mexican axolotl under a bridge in Wales. The axolotl,...

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Using the internet like it's 1999

Apr 23, 2026 20:49 UTC Source

Using the internet like it's 1999 Source: https://joshblais.com/blog/using-the-internet-like-its-1999/ TL;DR The current internet experience is dominated by algorithmically controlled echo chambers and content ("slop")...

Social Media

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I spent years trying to make CSS states predictable

Apr 23, 2026 18:54 UTC Source

I spent years trying to make CSS states predictable Source: https://tenphi.me/blog/why-i-spent-years-trying-to-make-css-states-predictable/ TL;DR CSS state overlap and specificity often cause accidental conflicts in...

Archive Post

Work with the garage door up

Apr 23, 2026 15:26 UTC Source

Work with the garage door up Source: https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Workwiththegaragedoorup TL;DR Creative people communicate by "working with their garage door up" to show the process, rather than just finished work....

Social Media

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Raylib v6.0

Apr 23, 2026 14:19 UTC Source

Raylib v6.0 Source: https://github.com/raysan5/raylib/releases/tag/6.0 TL;DR Raylib v6.0 introduced a new Software Renderer (rlsw), allowing the library to run purely on the CPU without needing a GPU. The release...

Chips

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3 creative tips from our Flow Sessions artists

Apr 23, 2026 14:08 UTC Source

3 creative tips from our Flow Sessions artists Source: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-labs/flow-sessions-artists-lessons/ TL;DR Artists found that the biggest sparks occur when they...

GoogleAI

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Making Sense of the Early Universe

Apr 23, 2026 14:03 UTC Source

Making Sense of the Early Universe Source: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/ai-gpu-early-universe-astronomy/ TL;DR AI agents are transforming how work gets done across all industries. NVIDIA has expanded strategic...

NVIDIAAIChips

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Writing a C Compiler, in Zig

Apr 23, 2026 12:22 UTC Source

Writing a C Compiler, in Zig Source: https://ar-ms.me/thoughts/c-compiler-1-zig/ TL;DR The author wrote a series of articles based on Nora Sandler's "Writing a C Compiler." The writing process served as an exercise to...

Startups

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MacBook Neo and How the iPad Should Be

Apr 23, 2026 12:13 UTC Source

MacBook Neo and How the iPad Should Be Source: https://craigmod.com/essays/ipadneo/ TL;DR iPadOS should be radically touch-only, without keyboards, pointers, mice, or trackpads. The author advocates for a design where...

Chips

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Borrow-checking without type-checking

Apr 23, 2026 05:11 UTC Source

Borrow-checking without type-checking Source: https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/borrow-checking-without-type-checking/ TL;DR The author explored a new strategy for borrow-checking in a dynamically-typed...

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Bring your own Agent to MS Teams

Apr 23, 2026 00:13 UTC Source

Bring your own Agent to MS Teams Source: https://microsoft.github.io/teams-sdk/blog/bring-your-agent-to-teams/ TL;DR The Teams TypeScript SDK provides a pattern using the HTTP server adapter to integrate existing agents...

AICloudCybersecurity

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Amazon MSK Serverless expands to 13 new AWS regions

Apr 22, 2026 19:45 UTC Source

Amazon MSK Serverless expands to 13 new AWS regions Source: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/amazon-msk-serverless-13-regions/ TL;DR Amazon MSK Serverless is now available across 13 new AWS regions....

AWSCloud

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Coding Models Are Doing Too Much

Apr 22, 2026 18:52 UTC Source

Coding Models Are Doing Too Much Source: https://nrehiew.github.io/blog/minimalediting/ TL;DR AI-assisted coding tools frequently lead to the "Over-Editing problem," where models rewrite extensive amounts of code just...

AI

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Martin Fowler: Technical, Cognitive, and Intent Debt

Apr 22, 2026 17:57 UTC Source

Martin Fowler: Technical, Cognitive, and Intent Debt Source: https://martinfowler.com/fragments/2026-04-14.html TL;DR The three virtues of a programmer are identified as hubris, impatience, and laziness, with laziness...

AI

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GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry

Apr 22, 2026 13:33 UTC Source

GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry Source: https://cli.github.com/telemetry TL;DR The GitHub CLI sends pseudoanonymous telemetry to help GitHub improve the product. Users can inspect the telemetry payload...

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3.4M Solar Panels

Apr 22, 2026 13:31 UTC Source

3.4M Solar Panels Source: https://tech.marksblogg.com/american-solar-farms-v2.html TL;DR The Ground-Mounted Solar Energy in the United States (GM-SEUS) dataset was updated to Version 2, containing over 3.4 million solar...

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Columnar Storage Is Normalization

Apr 22, 2026 13:26 UTC Source

Columnar Storage Is Normalization Source: https://buttondown.com/jaffray/archive/columnar-storage-is-normalization/ TL;DR Converting row-oriented data into column-oriented data is a concept within the realm of...

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Claude Code no longer included in Pro tier

Apr 21, 2026 23:24 UTC Source

Claude Code no longer included in Pro tier Source: https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3mjzxwfx3qs2a TL;DR Anthropic appears to have removed Claude Code from its $20-a-month pro subscription. This change is based...

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Claude Code removed from Anthropic's Pro plan

Apr 21, 2026 22:23 UTC Source

Claude Code removed from Anthropic's Pro plan Source: https://claude.com/pricing TL;DR Claude Code functionality has been removed from Anthropic's Pro plan. The pricing structure details multiple tiers, including Free,...

Enterprise

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Your favorite brands got worse on purpose

Apr 21, 2026 16:11 UTC Source

Your favorite brands got worse on purpose Source: https://www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-favorite-brands-got-worse-on-purpose TL;DR The Authentic Brands Group (ABG) owns multiple brands, using a model that strips out...

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As Oceans Warm, Great White Sharks Are Overheating

Apr 21, 2026 16:04 UTC Source

As Oceans Warm, Great White Sharks Are Overheating Source: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/great-white-sharks-climate TL;DR Great white sharks and other mesothermic species are facing overheating risks as ocean...

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Show HN: Antenna – RSS reader with a built-in MCP server

Apr 21, 2026 14:15 UTC Source

Show HN: Antenna – RSS reader with a built-in MCP server Source: https://antennafeed.com/ TL;DR Antenna is an RSS reader featuring a built-in MCP server. It supports various email output modes, including per-post or...

Archive Post

Less human AI agents, please

Apr 21, 2026 08:17 UTC Source

Less human AI agents, please Source: https://nial.se/blog/less-human-ai-agents-please/ TL;DR AI agents often show human traits like lack of stringency, patience, and focus when faced with tasks. An agent demonstrated...

AIGaming

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Types and Neural Networks

Apr 21, 2026 07:44 UTC Source

Types and Neural Networks Source: https://www.brunogavranovic.com/posts/2026-04-20-types-and-neural-networks.html TL;DR Large Language Models (LLMs) are trained to predict the next token, separating the training from...

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The Beauty of Bonsai Styles

Apr 21, 2026 06:39 UTC Source

The Beauty of Bonsai Styles Source: https://longwoodgardens.org/blog/2023-05-17/beauty-bonsai-styles TL;DR Bonsai styles serve as guidelines to shape a tree and honor its natural environment, rather than being hard and...

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AI chatbots could be making you stupider

Apr 20, 2026 18:23 UTC Source

AI chatbots could be making you stupider Source: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260417-ai-chatbots-could-be-making-you-stupider TL;DR Researchers worry that outsourcing mental tasks to Large Language Models (LLMs)...

AI

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Bloom (YC P26) Is Hiring

Apr 20, 2026 18:14 UTC Source

Bloom (YC P26) Is Hiring Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trybloom/jobs TL;DR Bloom is a Brand OS that generates on-brand marketing assets by extracting a business's brand DNA. The product extracts colors,...

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Kimi K2.6: Advancing Open-Source Coding

Apr 20, 2026 16:09 UTC Source

Kimi K2.6: Advancing Open-Source Coding Source: https://www.kimi.com/blog/kimi-k2-6 TL;DR Kimi K2.6 is an open-sourced model featuring state-of-the-art coding, long-horizon execution, and agent swarm capabilities. The...

Enterprise

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Got an Old Kindle? It Might Not Work Anymore

Apr 20, 2026 01:07 UTC Source

Got an Old Kindle? It Might Not Work Anymore Source: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/older-kindle-support-ending/ TL;DR Amazon is ending support for Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 or earlier,...

Cybersecurity

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Scientific datasets are riddled with copy-paste errors

Apr 19, 2026 23:49 UTC Source

Scientific datasets are riddled with copy-paste errors Source: https://www.sciencedetective.org/scientific-datasets-are-riddled-with-copy-paste-errors/ TL;DR Scientific datasets, including those in Parkinson's Disease...

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CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity

Apr 19, 2026 22:45 UTC Source

CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity Source: https://fortune.com/article/why-do-thousands-of-ceos-believe-ai-not-having-impact-productivity-employment-study/ TL;DR Nearly 90% of firms reported that...

AI

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The seven programming ur-languages

Apr 19, 2026 11:54 UTC Source

The seven programming ur-languages Source: https://madhadron.com/programming/sevenurlanguages.html TL;DR The author identifies seven "ur-languages": ALGOL, Lisp, ML, Self, Forth, APL, Prolog, and ALGOL Characteristics....

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Archive of Byte magazine, starting with issue #1 in 1975

Apr 19, 2026 11:20 UTC Source

Archive of Byte magazine, starting with issue #1 in 1975 Source: https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1975-09 TL;DR The item is Byte Magazine Volume 00 Number 01. It is cataloged within the Internet Archive's...

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The world in which IPv6 was a good design

Apr 19, 2026 07:34 UTC Source

The world in which IPv6 was a good design Source: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810 TL;DR The evolution of networking began with physical circuit switching using leased lines, which required no addresses. The Internet...

Archive Post

What Are Skiplists Good For?

Apr 19, 2026 07:05 UTC Source

What Are Skiplists Good For? Source: https://antithesis.com/blog/2026/skiptrees/ TL;DR Skiplists are a randomized data structure that serves as a drop-in replacement for a binary search tree, offering O(log n) time for...

Archive Post

Dad brains: How fatherhood rewires the male mind

Apr 19, 2026 00:11 UTC Source

Dad brains: How fatherhood rewires the male mind Source: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260417-fatherhood-how-the-male-brain-and-body-prepare-for-childcare TL;DR Men undergo hormonal shifts during pregnancy and...

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Optimizing Ruby Path Methods

Apr 18, 2026 21:56 UTC Source

Optimizing Ruby Path Methods Source: https://byroot.github.io/ruby/performance/2026/04/18/faster-paths.html TL;DR Parallelizing test suites has diminishing returns tied to worker setup costs, making reducing setup time...

Archive Post

Fuzix OS

Apr 18, 2026 17:14 UTC Source

Fuzix OS Source: https://www.fuzix.org/ TL;DR The Fuzix kernel received updates focused on fixing bugs and improving interfaces, including a complete rework of the networking layer. Executable formats were unified...

Chips

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State of Kdenlive

Apr 18, 2026 13:17 UTC Source

State of Kdenlive Source: https://kdenlive.org/news/2026/state-2026/ TL;DR The Kdenlive team focused on stability and polishing the user interface over the past year, while relaunching the website with a new content...

Enterprise

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America Lost the Mandate of Heaven

Apr 18, 2026 10:06 UTC Source

America Lost the Mandate of Heaven Source: https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/04/18/america-mandate-of-heaven.html TL;DR Outsourcing led to the exclusion of labor unions, resulting in a situation where...

AIChips

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Amiga Graphics

Apr 18, 2026 08:52 UTC Source

Amiga Graphics Source: https://amiga.lychesis.net/ TL;DR The Commodore Amiga launched in 1985. It boasted graphics capabilities that were unsurpassed for its time. The system featured custom chips enabling previously...

Chips

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It is incorrect to "normalize" // in HTTP URL paths

Apr 18, 2026 07:51 UTC Source

It is incorrect to "normalize" // in HTTP URL paths Source: https://runxiyu.org/comp/doubleslash/ TL;DR Collapsing double slashes (//) to a single slash (/) inside an HTTP URL path is not considered normalization. The...

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Category Theory Illustrated – Orders

Apr 18, 2026 07:48 UTC Source

Category Theory Illustrated – Orders Source: https://abuseofnotation.github.io/category-theory-illustrated/04order/ TL;DR An order is defined by a set of elements and a binary relation between them that obeys certain...

Cloud

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Casus Belli Engineering

Apr 18, 2026 02:23 UTC Source

Casus Belli Engineering Source: https://marcosmagueta.com/blog/casus-belli-engineering/ TL;DR Technical failures create social stress in organizations, demanding resolution through visible action rather than root cause...

Cybersecurity

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Random musings: 80s hardware, cyberdecks

Apr 17, 2026 21:00 UTC Source

Random musings: 80s hardware, cyberdecks Source: https://strangelyentangled.com/blog/musings-80s-hardware/ TL;DR Modern computing hardware lacks the personality found in 80s technology. 80s retail offered diverse...

Cybersecurity

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Detecting DOSBox from Within the Box

Apr 17, 2026 19:00 UTC Source

Detecting DOSBox from Within the Box Source: https://datagirl.xyz/posts/dosinsidethebox.html TL;DR Detecting DOSBox requires finding inherent quirks within the emulator rather than relying on easily faked methods, such...

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Healthchecks.io Now Uses Self-Hosted Object Storage

Apr 17, 2026 16:58 UTC Source

Healthchecks.io Now Uses Self-Hosted Object Storage Source: https://blog.healthchecks.io/2026/04/healthchecks-io-now-uses-self-hosted-object-storage/ TL;DR Healthchecks.io migrated from managed object storage providers...

Cloud

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NIST gives up enriching most CVEs

Apr 17, 2026 16:53 UTC Source

NIST gives up enriching most CVEs Source: https://risky.biz/risky-bulletin-nist-gives-up-enriching-most-cves/ TL;DR The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced a new policy, stopping the...

Regulation

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Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session

Apr 17, 2026 16:48 UTC Source

Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session Source: https://www.claudecodecamp.com/p/i-measured-claude-4-7-s-new-tokenizer-here-s-what-it-costs-you TL;DR Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 tokenizer uses roughly 1.0 to 1.35x...

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Is Your Site Agent-Ready? (By Cloudflare)

Apr 17, 2026 14:46 UTC Source

Is Your Site Agent-Ready? (By Cloudflare) Source: https://isitagentready.com/ TL;DR Cloudflare offers a tool to scan websites for readiness for AI agents. The scan checks multiple emerging standards, including...

AIRobotics

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Isaac Asimov: The Last Question

Apr 17, 2026 13:52 UTC Source

Isaac Asimov: The Last Question Source: https://hex.ooo/library/lastquestion.html TL;DR On May 21, 2061, Alexander Adell and Bertram Lupov asked the profound question, "The Last Question," stemming from a five-dollar...

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FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer

Apr 17, 2026 13:28 UTC Source

FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer Source: https://www.nongnu.org/fbi-improved/ TL;DR fim is an image viewer described as a "swiss army knife" capable of displaying image files across various graphical devices...

Robotics

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Substrate AI Is Hiring Harness Engineers

Apr 17, 2026 05:14 UTC Source

Substrate AI Is Hiring Harness Engineers Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/substrate/jobs/QJU9023-harness-engineer TL;DR Substrate, an AI native BPO focused on healthcare RCM, is hiring a Harness Engineer....

AIEnterprise

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Introducing Amazon EC2 C8in and C8ib instances

Apr 16, 2026 22:49 UTC Source

Introducing Amazon EC2 C8in and C8ib instances Source: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/amazon-ec2-c8in-c8ib-instances-ga/ TL;DR AWS announced the general availability of the Amazon EC2 C8in and C8ib...

AWSCloudChips

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German Dog Commands

Apr 16, 2026 20:14 UTC Source

German Dog Commands Source: https://www.fluentu.com/blog/german/german-dog-commands/ TL;DR The article details 48 common German dog commands (Hundekommandos) for learning and practicing German. It provides specific...

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A new way to explore the web with AI Mode in Chrome

Apr 16, 2026 17:57 UTC Source

A new way to explore the web with AI Mode in Chrome Source: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/search/ai-mode-chrome/ TL;DR AI Mode in Chrome allows users to open a webpage side-by-side with the AI, facilitating...

GoogleAI

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Show HN: 48 absurd web projects – one every month

Apr 16, 2026 14:00 UTC Source

Show HN: 48 absurd web projects – one every month Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792026 TL;DR The author builds one absurd web project and publishes it on absurd.website every month, resulting in 48...

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SDL bans AI-written commits

Apr 16, 2026 13:12 UTC Source

SDL bans AI-written commits Source: https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/issues/15350 TL;DR A user noticed the use of Copilot in a few reviews (specifically commits 13277 and 12730). The user expressed concern over the...

AIRegulation

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RamAIn (YC W26) Is Hiring

Apr 16, 2026 07:41 UTC Source

RamAIn (YC W26) Is Hiring Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ramain/jobs/bwtwd9W-founding-gtm-operations-lead TL;DR RamAIn builds the world's fastest computer-use agents for enterprise work. The company aims...

AIEnterpriseRobotics

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Stop Using Ollama

Apr 16, 2026 07:37 UTC Source

Stop Using Ollama Source: https://sleepingrobots.com/dreams/stop-using-ollama/ TL;DR Ollama’s core inference capability comes from llama.cpp, but the project has historically obscured this origin and failed to provide...

Robotics

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North American English Dialects

Apr 16, 2026 06:30 UTC Source

North American English Dialects Source: https://aschmann.net/AmEng/ TL;DR A web-based survey gathered 3,903 responses regarding North American English dialects in December 2012. The site features a map allowing users to...

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Amazon AI Cancelling Webcomics

Apr 16, 2026 02:55 UTC Source

Amazon AI Cancelling Webcomics Source: http://www.kleefeldoncomics.com/2026/04/amazon-ai-cancelling-webcomics.html TL;DR One user experienced the complete cancellation of their Amazon account, resulting in the loss of...

AI

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Arguing with Agents

Apr 16, 2026 02:53 UTC Source

Arguing with Agents Source: https://blowmage.com/2026/04/14/arguing-with-agents/ TL;DR An author experienced frustration when an AI agent ignored explicit rules despite receiving instructions. The author found that...

AI

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I made a terminal pager

Apr 15, 2026 23:42 UTC Source

I made a terminal pager Source: https://theleo.zone/posts/pager/ TL;DR The author built terminal applications (TUIs) and created a reusable viewport component in Go for text navigation. Terminal pagers allow interactive...

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The Gemini app is now on Mac

Apr 15, 2026 16:55 UTC Source

The Gemini app is now on Mac Source: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/gemini-app-now-on-mac-os/ TL;DR The Gemini app is now available as a native macOS desktop experience. Users can access...

GoogleAIEnterprise

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Your Backpack Got Worse on Purpose

Apr 15, 2026 16:09 UTC Source

Your Backpack Got Worse on Purpose Source: https://www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-backpack-got-worse-on-purpose TL;DR VF Corporation acquired major brands including JanSport, The North Face, Eastpak, Kipling, and Eagle...

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Cal.com is going closed source

Apr 15, 2026 16:03 UTC Source

Cal.com is going closed source Source: https://cal.com/blog/cal-com-goes-closed-source-why TL;DR Cal.com, formerly an open-source champion for five years, is moving to a closed-source model. The decision was driven by...

AICybersecurity

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Sam Vimes 'Boots' Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness

Apr 15, 2026 15:04 UTC Source

Sam Vimes 'Boots' Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness Source: https://terrypratchett.com/explore-discworld/sam-vimes-boots-theory-of-socio-economic-unfairness/ TL;DR Sam Vimes proposed a 'Boots' Theory of Socio-economic...

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Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6

Apr 15, 2026 15:02 UTC Source

Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 Source: https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-robotics-er-1-6/ TL;DR Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 is a new upgrade to the reasoning-first model, enhancing robots' ability to understand physical...

RegulationRobotics

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Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick HD is its ‘slimmest ever’

Apr 15, 2026 14:04 UTC Source

Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick HD is its ‘slimmest ever’ Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/912346/amazon-fire-tv-stick-hd-slimmest-ever TL;DR Amazon released a new Fire TV Stick HD. This device is described as the...

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Keep Android Open

Apr 15, 2026 13:56 UTC Source

Keep Android Open Source: https://keepandroidopen.org/cta/ TL;DR As of September 2026, Google will require central registration for developers to create Android apps. This registration mandates developers to pay a fee,...

RegulationMobile

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We’re upgrading Dynamic Search Ads to AI Max

Apr 15, 2026 13:43 UTC Source

We’re upgrading Dynamic Search Ads to AI Max Source: https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/dsa-upgrade-to-ai-max-2026/ TL;DR AI Max for Search is moving out of beta, and legacy features like Dynamic Search Ads (DSA)...

GoogleAI

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Proliferate (YC S25) Is Hiring Founding Engineers

Apr 15, 2026 12:47 UTC Source

Proliferate (YC S25) Is Hiring Founding Engineers Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/proliferate/jobs/L3copvK-founding-engineer TL;DR Proliferate is hiring founding engineers to build the operating system for...

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Want to Write a Compiler? Just Read These Two Papers (2008)

Apr 15, 2026 11:20 UTC Source

Want to Write a Compiler? Just Read These Two Papers (2008) Source: https://prog21.dadgum.com/30.html TL;DR Books on writing compilers are often too broad, making it difficult for beginners to know where to start. Jack...

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Hazardous States and Accidents

Apr 15, 2026 08:47 UTC Source

Hazardous States and Accidents Source: https://entropicthoughts.com/hazardous-states-and-accidents TL;DR A hazardous state ($H$) occurs when unfavorable environmental conditions ($E$) exist, which can lead to an...

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Stop Flock

Apr 15, 2026 02:11 UTC Source

Stop Flock Source: https://stopflock.com/ TL;DR Flock Safety markets AI surveillance that analyzes features beyond license plates, such as color, stickers, and dents, to build databases and identify movement patterns....

AI

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Fuck the cloud (2009)

Apr 14, 2026 23:53 UTC Source

Fuck the cloud (2009) Source: https://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1717 TL;DR The author critiques the concept of "the cloud," defining it as external machines that users do not control or administer. The piece argues...

CloudEnterpriseGaming

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OpenSSL 4.0.0

Apr 14, 2026 18:59 UTC Source

OpenSSL 4.0.0 Source: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/tag/openssl-4.0.0 TL;DR OpenSSL 4.0.0 is a feature release introducing significant new functionality. The update includes major changes to key data...

Cybersecurity

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The Fediverse deserves a dumb graphical client

Apr 14, 2026 18:17 UTC Source

The Fediverse deserves a dumb graphical client Source: https://adele.pages.casa/md/blog/the-fediverse-deserves-a-dumb-graphical-client.md TL;DR Existing Fediverse clients are often heavy, requiring modern browsers, fast...

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5NF and Database Design

Apr 14, 2026 17:51 UTC Source

5NF and Database Design Source: https://kb.databasedesignbook.com/posts/5nf/ TL;DR The presentation of Fifth Normal Form (5NF) is often confusing and artificial, especially when relying on examples like those found on...

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The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Work

Apr 14, 2026 17:06 UTC Source

The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Work Source: https://aphyr.com/posts/418-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-work TL;DR Software development may evolve into something resembling witchcraft, moving away...

AIRobotics

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The Case Against Gameplay Loops

Apr 14, 2026 15:09 UTC Source

The Case Against Gameplay Loops Source: https://blog.joeyschutz.com/the-case-against-gameplay-loops/ TL;DR Many players fail to finish video games, with completion rates rarely reaching 50%. The author suspects this...

Gaming

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What is jj and why should I care?

Apr 14, 2026 12:59 UTC Source

What is jj and why should I care? Source: https://steveklabnik.github.io/jujutsu-tutorial/introduction/what-is-jj-and-why-should-i-care.html TL;DR jj is the name of the CLI for Jujutsu, a distributed version control...

Enterprise

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Introspective Diffusion Language Models

Apr 14, 2026 08:55 UTC Source

Introspective Diffusion Language Models Source: https://introspective-diffusion.github.io/ TL;DR Introspective Diffusion Language Models (I-DLM) use introspective strided decoding (ISD) to verify generated tokens,...

Archive Post

Can Claude Fly a Plane?

Apr 14, 2026 07:59 UTC Source

Can Claude Fly a Plane? Source: https://so.long.thanks.fish/can-claude-fly-a-plane/ TL;DR An attempt was made to use Claude to fly a Cessna from Hainan using the X-Plane 12 API. The flight attempts resulted in two...

Cloud

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The Journal of C Language Translation

Apr 14, 2026 05:29 UTC Source

The Journal of C Language Translation Source: http://jclt.iecc.com/ TL;DR The Journal of C Language Translation is a quarterly publication. It targets implementers of C and C++ language translators. It also served as an...

Chips

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A new spam policy for "back button hijacking"

Apr 14, 2026 04:18 UTC Source

A new spam policy for "back button hijacking" Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/04/back-button-hijacking TL;DR Google is expanding its spam policies to address a deceptive practice known as "back...

Regulation

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The AI revolution in math has arrived

Apr 14, 2026 03:17 UTC Source

The AI revolution in math has arrived Source: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-revolution-in-math-has-arrived-20260413/ TL;DR Artificial intelligence models demonstrated significant capabilities by solving five out...

AI

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DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor

Apr 14, 2026 03:13 UTC Source

DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor Source: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/photo TL;DR DaVinci Resolve introduces a Photo page to bring Hollywood's advanced color tools to still photography....

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Why it's impossible to measure England's coastline

Apr 14, 2026 02:11 UTC Source

Why it's impossible to measure England's coastline Source: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260410-why-its-impossible-to-measure-englands-coastline TL;DR A new hiking path will soon allow travelers to walk around...

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GitHub Stacked PRs

Apr 13, 2026 22:27 UTC Source

GitHub Stacked PRs Source: https://github.github.com/gh-stack/ TL;DR Stacked PRs breaks large changes into a chain of small, focused pull requests that build on each other. The system uses native GitHub support and the...

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Just Enough Chimera Linux

Apr 13, 2026 20:54 UTC Source

Just Enough Chimera Linux Source: https://www.dwarmstrong.org/chimera-install-zfs/ TL;DR Chimera Linux is a community-driven distribution built on a minimal foundation, utilizing musl instead of glibc for the C library...

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AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery now supports IPv6

Apr 13, 2026 19:48 UTC Source

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery now supports IPv6 Source: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/aws-elastic-disaster-recovery-ipv6/ TL;DR AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) now supports IPv6 for both...

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How to make Firefox builds 17% faster

Apr 13, 2026 19:43 UTC Source

How to make Firefox builds 17% faster Source: https://blog.farre.se/posts/2026/04/10/caching-webidl-codegen/ TL;DR Buildcache can cache the Firefox WebIDL binding code generation step by utilizing its Lua plugin system....

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The Looming College-Enrollment Death Spiral

Apr 13, 2026 19:40 UTC Source

The Looming College-Enrollment Death Spiral Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/college-enrollment-demographic-cliff/686750/ TL;DR The number of teenagers graduating from American high schools peaked last...

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Programming Used to Be Free

Apr 13, 2026 17:03 UTC Source

Programming Used to Be Free Source: https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/programming-used-to-be-free/ TL;DR The history of programming shows that the Free Software movement, providing free compilers and operating systems,...

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A Canonical Generalization of OBDD

Apr 13, 2026 08:37 UTC Source

A Canonical Generalization of OBDD Source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.05537 TL;DR The authors introduce Tree Decision Diagrams (TDD) as a model for Boolean functions that generalizes OBDD. TDDs share the same...

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The AI Layoff Trap

Apr 13, 2026 06:45 UTC Source

The AI Layoff Trap Source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20617 TL;DR If AI displaces human workers faster than the economy can reabsorb them, it risks eroding consumer demand. A competitive, task-based model traps rational...

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All elementary functions from a single binary operator

Apr 13, 2026 03:48 UTC Source

All elementary functions from a single binary operator Source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21852 TL;DR A single two-input gate suffices for all of Boolean logic in digital hardware. A single binary operator, $eml(x,y) =...

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Uncharted island soon to appear on nautical charts

Apr 12, 2026 23:19 UTC Source

Uncharted island soon to appear on nautical charts Source: https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/service/press/single-view/unkartierte-insel-demnaechst-auf-seekarten-verzeichnet.html TL;DR A 93-person international expedition...

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A Perfectable Programming Language

Apr 12, 2026 23:16 UTC Source

A Perfectable Programming Language Source: https://alok.github.io/lean-pages/perfectable-lean/ TL;DR Lean is presented as a "perfectable" programming language, meaning it is not perfect but allows for the formalization...

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Tech valuations are back to pre-AI boom levels

Apr 12, 2026 23:13 UTC Source

Tech valuations are back to pre-AI boom levels Source: https://www.apollo.com/wealth/the-daily-spark/tech-valuations-back-to-pre-ai-boom-levels TL;DR Tech valuations have compressed from 40x to 20x. These current levels...

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The peril of laziness lost

Apr 12, 2026 20:58 UTC Source

The peril of laziness lost Source: https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/04/12/the-peril-of-laziness-lost/ TL;DR The virtues of good software design are laziness, impatience, and hubris, as defined by Larry Wall. The rise...

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Google Removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play

Apr 12, 2026 20:55 UTC Source

Google Removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play Source: https://bsky.app/profile/serenityforge.com/post/3mj3r4nbiws2t TL;DR Google removed "Doki Doki Literature Club" from the Google Play Store. A statement...

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The Closing of the Frontier

Apr 12, 2026 19:48 UTC Source

The Closing of the Frontier Source: https://tanyaverma.sh/2026/04/10/closing-of-the-frontier.html TL;DR The historical frontier has closed, marking the end of a period of opportunity tied to free land. The new frontier...

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DIY Soft Drinks

Apr 12, 2026 18:44 UTC Source

DIY Soft Drinks Source: https://blinry.org/diy-soft-drinks/ TL;DR The author experimented with creating DIY soft drinks, including sugar-free, caffeine-free cola, orange soda, and almond soda. The cola recipes involved...

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No one owes you supply-chain security

Apr 12, 2026 13:42 UTC Source

No one owes you supply-chain security Source: https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/no-one-owes-you-supply-chain-security/ TL;DR Supply-chain attacks often begin with typo-squatting, where malicious libraries use names similar...

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Software Preservation Group: C++ History Collection

Apr 12, 2026 06:15 UTC Source

Software Preservation Group: C++ History Collection Source: https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/cplusplus/ TL;DR The evolution of C began with a pre-processor called Cpre in 1979, which added Simula-like...

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Excellence Is a Habit

Apr 12, 2026 05:58 UTC Source

Excellence Is a Habit Source: https://www.flyingbarron.com/2026/04/excellence-is-habit.html TL;DR Excellence is described as a habit, not an act, based on repeated action. The success of missions like Artemis II relies...

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Brocards for Vulnerability Triage

Apr 12, 2026 01:31 UTC Source

Brocards for Vulnerability Triage Source: https://blog.yossarian.net/2026/04/11/Brocards-for-vulnerability-triage TL;DR The author attempts to compile a list of "brocards"—concise aphorisms—to guide vulnerability triage...

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How to build a `Git diff` driver

Apr 11, 2026 20:05 UTC Source

How to build a Git diff driver Source: https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/04/11/how-git-diff-driver/ TL;DR The author discusses creating an external command for diffing between files using git diff. git diff passes seven...

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Phone Trips

Apr 11, 2026 17:54 UTC Source

Phone Trips Source: http://www.wideweb.com/phonetrips/ TL;DR All recordings on the site are now in MP3 format, allowing modern web browsers to stream them without special software. The archive features numerous...

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Cirrus Labs to join OpenAI

Apr 11, 2026 14:51 UTC Source

Cirrus Labs to join OpenAI Source: https://cirruslabs.org/ TL;DR Cirrus Labs entered into an agreement to join OpenAI as part of the Agent Infrastructure team. The collaboration aims to extend the mission of building...

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How to breathe in fewer microplastics in your home

Apr 11, 2026 13:54 UTC Source

How to breathe in fewer microplastics in your home Source: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260410-how-to-breathe-in-fewer-microplastics-in-your-home TL;DR Clouds of microplastics concentrate in our homes, with...

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20 Years on AWS and Never Not My Job

Apr 11, 2026 06:02 UTC Source

20 Years on AWS and Never Not My Job Source: https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2026-04-11-20-years-on-AWS-and-never-not-my-job.html TL;DR The author created their first AWS account in April 2006, driven by interest in...

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Show HN: A WYSIWYG word processor in Python

Apr 10, 2026 20:25 UTC Source

Show HN: A WYSIWYG word processor in Python Source: https://codeberg.org/chrisecker/miniword TL;DR MiniWord is a WYSIWYG word processor developed in Python. It focuses on being lightweight, fast, and uses minimal...

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Watgo – A WebAssembly Toolkit for Go

Apr 10, 2026 20:23 UTC Source

Watgo – A WebAssembly Toolkit for Go Source: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/watgo-a-webassembly-toolkit-for-go/ TL;DR watgo is the general availability of the WebAssembly toolkit for Go. It provides tools to parse,...

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1D Chess

Apr 10, 2026 17:18 UTC Source

1D Chess Source: https://rowan441.github.io/1dchess/chess.html TL;DR 1D-Chess removes extra dimensions from the game. The variant features a King, Knight, and Rook. Victory is achieved by checkmating the opponent's...

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Why I'm Building a Database Engine in C#

Apr 10, 2026 17:06 UTC Source

Why I'm Building a Database Engine in C# Source: https://nockawa.github.io/blog/why-building-database-engine-in-csharp/ TL;DR The project, named Typhon, is an embedded, persistent, ACID database engine written in .NET....

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Code is run more than read (2023)

Apr 10, 2026 15:58 UTC Source

Code is run more than read (2023) Source: https://olano.dev/blog/code-is-run-more-than-read/ TL;DR Code is used more than read, emphasizing that operating a system in production involves deployment, monitoring, and...

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6 easy ways to study for finals with Gemini

Apr 10, 2026 13:52 UTC Source

6 easy ways to study for finals with Gemini Source: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/education/gemini-finals-study-tips/ TL;DR Use Gemini to create dedicated notebooks for organizing study materials,...

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How Uv Works Under the Hood

Apr 10, 2026 08:26 UTC Source

How Uv Works Under the Hood Source: https://noos.blog/posts/uv-how-it-works-under-the-hood/ TL;DR uv is an extremely fast Python package and project manager written in Rust, built by Astral (the team behind Ruff). The...

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Hip-hop pioneer, Afrika Bambaataa, dies aged 68

Apr 10, 2026 05:13 UTC Source

Hip-hop pioneer, Afrika Bambaataa, dies aged 68 Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2evppm30p7o TL;DR Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa died at the age of 68. Bambaataa co-founded the Universal Zulu Nation, an...

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CollectWise (YC F24) Is Hiring

Apr 10, 2026 05:10 UTC Source

CollectWise (YC F24) Is Hiring Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/collectwise/jobs/Ktc6m6o-ai-agent-engineer TL;DR CollectWise is a Y Combinator-backed startup automating consumer debt collection using...

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Vibe-Coded Ext4 for OpenBSD

Apr 10, 2026 01:53 UTC Source

Vibe-Coded Ext4 for OpenBSD Source: https://lwn.net/Articles/1064541/ TL;DR Thomas de Grivel posted an ext4 implementation to the openbsd-tech mailing list on March 17. The implementation uses code generated by AI...

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Show HN: I built a weather site for the Eastern Caribbean

Apr 09, 2026 21:34 UTC Source

Show HN: I built a weather site for the Eastern Caribbean Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709917 TL;DR The author built a weather site specifically for the Eastern Caribbean. The focus shifted from the...

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PicoZ80 – Drop-In Z80 Replacement

Apr 09, 2026 20:30 UTC Source

PicoZ80 – Drop-In Z80 Replacement Source: https://eaw.app/picoz80/ TL;DR The PicoZ80 replaces a physical Z80 in a host or industrial computer with a faster CPU. It is a custom PCB designed to drop directly into the Z80...

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Vercel Claude Code plugin wants to read your prompt

Apr 09, 2026 16:25 UTC Source

Vercel Claude Code plugin wants to read your prompt Source: https://akshaychugh.xyz/writings/png/vercel-plugin-telemetry TL;DR The Vercel plugin injects natural-language instructions into Claude's system context,...

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How 400+ campuses are putting AI to work

Apr 09, 2026 16:20 UTC Source

How 400+ campuses are putting AI to work Source: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/education/google-ai-accelerator/ TL;DR More than 400 higher education institutions across all 50 states have joined the Google...

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How Pizza Tycoon simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU

Apr 09, 2026 14:02 UTC Source

How Pizza Tycoon simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU Source: https://pizzalegacy.nl/blog/traffic-system.html TL;DR The developers implemented a traffic system for Pizza Tycoon, which ran on a 25 MHz CPU. The system...

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Introduction to Nintendo DS Programming

Apr 09, 2026 11:52 UTC Source

Introduction to Nintendo DS Programming Source: https://www.patater.com/files/projects/manual/manual.html TL;DR A manual details how to program the Nintendo DS, covering topics like politics, passthrough devices,...

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Claude mixes up who said what and that's not OK

Apr 09, 2026 10:53 UTC Source

Claude mixes up who said what and that's not OK Source: https://dwyer.co.za/static/claude-mixes-up-who-said-what-and-thats-not-ok.html TL;DR Claude sometimes sends messages to itself and incorrectly attributes those...

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Six (and a half) intuitions for KL divergence

Apr 09, 2026 07:53 UTC Source

Six (and a half) intuitions for KL divergence Source: https://www.perfectlynormal.co.uk/blog-kl-divergence TL;DR KL divergence is often confusing due to properties like non-symmetry and unbounded limits. Various...

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Process Manager for Autonomous AI Agents

Apr 09, 2026 07:46 UTC Source

Process Manager for Autonomous AI Agents Source: https://botctl.dev/ TL;DR The tool manages persistent AI bots using a terminal dashboard, web UI, and declarative configuration. Users can create bots interactively via...

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LittleSnitch for Linux

Apr 09, 2026 01:03 UTC Source

LittleSnitch for Linux Source: https://obdev.at/products/littlesnitch-linux/index.html TL;DR LittleSnitch for Linux hooks into the network stack using eBPF to observe outgoing connections. It provides a web interface...

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Expanding Swift's IDE Support

Apr 08, 2026 20:58 UTC Source

Expanding Swift's IDE Support Source: https://swift.org/blog/expanding-swift-ide-support/ TL;DR Swift now supports a broader range of popular IDEs, including Cursor, VSCodium, AWS’s Kiro, and Google’s Antigravity. The...

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Claude Managed Agents

Apr 08, 2026 18:31 UTC Source

Claude Managed Agents Source: https://claude.com/blog/claude-managed-agents TL;DR Claude launched Managed Agents, a suite of composable APIs for building and deploying cloud-hosted agents at scale. Managed Agents...

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The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess

Apr 08, 2026 17:18 UTC Source

The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess Source: https://aphyr.com/posts/411-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess TL;DR Large Language Models (LLMs) are prone to confabulation, emitting sentences that sound likely...

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Mario and Earendil

Apr 08, 2026 12:03 UTC Source

Mario and Earendil Source: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/4/8/mario-and-earendil/ TL;DR Mario Zechner is joining Earendil. The author is excited to have Mario on board, noting his deep commitment to software quality,...

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I've Sold Out

Apr 08, 2026 10:55 UTC Source

I've Sold Out Source: https://mariozechner.at/posts/2026-04-08-ive-sold-out/ TL;DR The author has been involved in the open-source community since 2009, starting with libGDX, which led to exposure to commercialization...

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LLM scraper bots are overloading acme.com's HTTPS server

Apr 08, 2026 04:23 UTC Source

LLM scraper bots are overloading acme.com's HTTPS server Source: http://acme.com/updates/archive/229.html TL;DR acme.com experienced intermittent network outages, including high ping times and packet drops, starting...

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US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire

Apr 08, 2026 02:20 UTC Source

US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/07/trump-iran-war-ceasefire TL;DR The US and Iran agreed to a two-week conditional ceasefire following a last-minute...

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Move Detroit

Apr 07, 2026 23:07 UTC Source

Move Detroit Source: https://www.movedetroit.com/program TL;DR Make Detroit Home will award over $500,000 in program benefits to 313 Detroiters to support talent retention and welcome new and returning residents....

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S3 Files and the changing face of S3

Apr 07, 2026 22:26 UTC Source

S3 Files and the changing face of S3 Source: https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2026/04/s3-files-and-the-changing-face-of-s3.html TL;DR The development of S3 Files addressed "data friction" where different tools...

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Bitcoin and Quantum Computing

Apr 07, 2026 22:07 UTC Source

Bitcoin and Quantum Computing Source: https://nehanarula.org/2026/04/03/bitcoin-and-quantum-computing.html TL;DR Bitcoin’s signatures are vulnerable if a cryptographically-relevant quantum computer (CRQC) appears....

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Why IPv6 is the only way forward

Apr 07, 2026 20:12 UTC Source

Why IPv6 is the only way forward Source: https://ankshilp.in/posts/for-the-love-of-internet/ TL;DR IPv4 deployment led ISPs to deploy NAT, removing public IPs and free hosting options over two decades. Countries like...

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Good Taste the Only Real Moat Left

Apr 07, 2026 17:33 UTC Source

Good Taste the Only Real Moat Left Source: https://rajnandan.com/posts/taste-in-the-age-of-ai-and-llms/ TL;DR With AI making competent output cheap, the competitive advantage shifts from production to judgment and...

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5 new features for Android XR

Apr 07, 2026 17:30 UTC Source

5 new features for Android XR Source: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/android-xr-immersive-features-update-april-2026/ TL;DR Android XR is rolling out new immersive features designed to...

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Claude Code is locking people out for hours

Apr 07, 2026 15:34 UTC Source

Claude Code is locking people out for hours Source: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/44257 TL;DR Users attempting to log in to Claude Code on Windows face persistent timeout errors. The specific error...

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Hybrid Attention

Apr 07, 2026 14:32 UTC Source

Hybrid Attention Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47674749 TL;DR A language model was built from scratch using byte-level pretraining on a Rust corpus. The model uses a novel HybridAttention architecture...

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Has electricity decoupled from gas prices in Germany?

Apr 07, 2026 14:29 UTC Source

Has electricity decoupled from gas prices in Germany? Source: https://has-electricity-decoupled-yet.strommarktberatung.de/ TL;DR Decoupling occurs when renewable generation pushes gas off the margin for enough hours...

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An update on our mental health work

Apr 07, 2026 10:52 UTC Source

An update on our mental health work Source: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/health/mental-health-updates/ TL;DR Gemini is being updated to streamline access to mental health support, including a...

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Three hundred synths, 3 hardware projects, and one app

Apr 07, 2026 09:23 UTC Source

Three hundred synths, 3 hardware projects, and one app Source: https://midi.guide/blog/three-hunded-synths-one-app/ TL;DR The MIDI Guide dataset now includes over 300 instruments, contributed by 52 users. The project...

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HackerRank (YC S11) Is Hiring

Apr 06, 2026 22:13 UTC Source

HackerRank (YC S11) Is Hiring Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47667011 TL;DR HackerRank is reinventing its company for the agentic era by changing its hiring process across three dimensions. The new hiring...

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Agent Reading Test

Apr 06, 2026 20:07 UTC Source

Agent Reading Test Source: https://agentreadingtest.com/ TL;DR The Agent Reading Test benchmarks AI coding agents against common failure modes when reading documentation websites. The test uses embedded "canary tokens"...

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Book Review: There Is No Antimemetics Division

Apr 06, 2026 15:50 UTC Source

Book Review: There Is No Antimemetics Division Source: https://www.stephendiehl.com/posts/noantimimetics/ TL;DR The novel explores the horror of data loss and silent corruption, framed through the concept of...

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The Intelligence Failure in Iran

Apr 06, 2026 12:56 UTC Source

The Intelligence Failure in Iran Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/04/iran-war-intelligence-failure-trump/686694/ TL;DR A bipartisan commission found that the Intelligence Community was wrong in...

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Is Germany's gold safe in New York ?

Apr 06, 2026 11:37 UTC Source

Is Germany's gold safe in New York ? Source: https://www.dw.com/en/is-germanys-gold-safe-in-new-york/video-75766873 TL;DR One-third of Germany’s gold is held in the vaults of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This...

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Make your own ColecoVision at home, part 5

Apr 06, 2026 10:20 UTC Source

Make your own ColecoVision at home, part 5 Source: https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/03/24/colecovision-diy-part-5.html TL;DR Revision seven of the ColecoVision clone board focused on improving machine reliability after...

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LLMs can't justify their answers–this CLI forces them to

Apr 06, 2026 04:24 UTC Source

LLMs can't justify their answers–this CLI forces them to Source: https://wheat.grainulation.com/ TL;DR "w heat" is a decision-making framework that runs inside Claude Code, guiding engineers through technical decisions....

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OpenJDK: Panama

Apr 05, 2026 23:37 UTC Source

OpenJDK: Panama Source: https://openjdk.org/projects/panama/ TL;DR Project Panama aims to improve connections between the Java virtual machine and foreign (non-Java) APIs, including interfaces used by C programmers. The...

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Microsoft Hasn't Had a Coherent GUI Strategy Since Petzold

Apr 05, 2026 21:20 UTC Source

Microsoft Hasn't Had a Coherent GUI Strategy Since Petzold Source: https://www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/03/13/microsoft-hasnt-had-a-coherent-gui-strategy-since-petzold/ TL;DR The history of Windows development lacks a...

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A tail-call interpreter in (nightly) Rust

Apr 05, 2026 16:59 UTC Source

A tail-call interpreter in (nightly) Rust Source: https://www.mattkeeter.com/blog/2026-04-05-tailcall/ TL;DR The author implemented a tail-call interpreter using the become keyword in nightly Rust. This implementation...

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StackOverflow: Retiring the Beta Site

Apr 05, 2026 16:25 UTC Source

StackOverflow: Retiring the Beta Site Source: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/438628/retiring-the-beta-site TL;DR The StackOverflow beta site will be retired shortly, and support for it will cease. The unified...

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Friendica – A Decentralized Social Network

Apr 05, 2026 14:09 UTC Source

Friendica – A Decentralized Social Network Source: https://friendi.ca/ TL;DR Friendica uses a decentralized architecture without a central authority or ownership. It supports various protocols, including ActivityPub,...

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I used AI. It worked. I hated it

Apr 05, 2026 06:09 UTC Source

I used AI. It worked. I hated it Source: https://taggart-tech.com/reckoning/ TL;DR The author used generative coding to complete a project, an experience they found to be miserable despite the successful outcome. The...

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Writing Lisp Is AI Resistant and I'm Sad

Apr 05, 2026 04:04 UTC Source

Writing Lisp Is AI Resistant and I'm Sad Source: https://blog.djhaskin.com/blog/writing-lisp-is-ai-resistant-and-im-sad/ TL;DR The author found that AI agents perform poorly when asked to interact with REPLs...

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Banning All Anthropic Employees

Apr 04, 2026 23:38 UTC Source

Banning All Anthropic Employees Source: https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/banningallAnthropicemployees/ TL;DR The author mandates banning every employee and contractor of Anthropic Inc from contributing code to any of their...

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12,000 AI-generated blog posts added in a single commit

Apr 04, 2026 18:14 UTC Source

12,000 AI-generated blog posts added in a single commit Source: https://github.com/OneUptime/blog/commit/30cd2384794c897d95aca77d173db44af51ca849 TL;DR A single GitHub commit added 12,000 AI-generated blog posts to the...

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What life looks like on the most remote inhabited island

Apr 04, 2026 17:12 UTC Source

What life looks like on the most remote inhabited island Source: https://apps.npr.org/life-on-tristan-da-cunha/ TL;DR Photographer Julia Gunther and writer-filmmaker Nick Schönfeld have traveled to Tristan da Cunha...

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Mbodi AI (YC P25) Is Hiring

Apr 04, 2026 12:57 UTC Source

Mbodi AI (YC P25) Is Hiring Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mbodi-ai/jobs/mf9L3sy-senior-robotics-engineer-systems-controls TL;DR Mbodi AI is an embodied AI platform that enables robots to learn and...

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Delve Removed from Y Combinator

Apr 04, 2026 03:42 UTC Source

Delve Removed from Y Combinator Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/delve TL;DR Delve was removed from Y Combinator. The article was published on 2026-04-04T08:37:02+00:00. Take (No further information is...

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Fake Fans

Apr 04, 2026 00:13 UTC Source

Fake Fans Source: https://www.wordsfromeliza.com/p/fake-fans TL;DR Chaotic Good Projects, a digital marketing agency, promises to create virality by manufacturing hundreds of fake fan accounts for musicians. The agency...

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How to Write Unmaintainable Code (1999)

Apr 03, 2026 23:48 UTC Source

How to Write Unmaintainable Code (1999) Source: https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/susan/475/unmain.html TL;DR The goal of these techniques is to create code so difficult to maintain that subsequent developers will take years to...

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Oracle Files H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs

Apr 03, 2026 22:18 UTC Source

Oracle Files H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs Source: https://nationaltoday.com/us/tx/austin/news/2026/04/03/oracle-files-thousands-of-h-1b-visa-petitions-amid-mass-layoffs/ TL;DR Oracle filed thousands of...

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NASA did eventually solve Artemis II’s Outlook glitch

Apr 03, 2026 22:00 UTC Source

NASA did eventually solve Artemis II’s Outlook glitch Source: https://www.theverge.com/science/906988/nasa-artemis-ii-microsoft-outlook-issue-fixed TL;DR During Artemis II, Commander Reid Wiseman reported that his...

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Scientists Have Made a French Fry Breakthrough

Apr 03, 2026 21:54 UTC Source

Scientists Have Made a French Fry Breakthrough Source: https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-have-made-french-fry-breakthrough/ TL;DR Researchers combined traditional frying and microwave heating to cook french fries....

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Fan Fiction Website AO3 Exits Beta After 17 Years

Apr 03, 2026 21:12 UTC Source

Fan Fiction Website AO3 Exits Beta After 17 Years Source: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/04/03/1859232/fan-fiction-website-ao3-exits-beta-after-17-years?utmsource=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utmmedium=feed TL;DR The story...

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Our Favorite iPad Is $50 Off

Apr 03, 2026 21:06 UTC Source

Our Favorite iPad Is $50 Off Source: https://www.wired.com/story/ipad-a16-deal-426/ TL;DR The upgraded iPad features a major processor upgrade to the A16 chip and increased storage options, ranging from 128 GB up to...

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OpenAI’s AGI boss is taking a leave of absence

Apr 03, 2026 20:36 UTC Source

OpenAI’s AGI boss is taking a leave of absence Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/906965/openais-agi-boss-is-taking-a-leave-of-absence TL;DR Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of AGI deployment, is taking...

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F-15E jet shot down over Iran

Apr 03, 2026 20:31 UTC Source

F-15E jet shot down over Iran Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/us-fighter-jet-confirmed-shot-down-over-iran TL;DR A US F-15E fighter jet was shot down over Iran, prompting a search for its crew. One...

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The best iPad deals you can get right now

Apr 03, 2026 20:25 UTC Source

The best iPad deals you can get right now Source: https://www.theverge.com/21280354/best-ipad-deals-apple TL;DR Discounts on iPad deals are available outside of major sale events. The 11th-gen iPad starts at $349 with...

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Update on the eBay Scam

Apr 03, 2026 20:12 UTC Source

Update on the eBay Scam Source: https://kevquirk.com/update-on-the-ebay-scam TL;DR The author previously asked eBay to resolve a scam situation on the platform. eBay notified the author that the user's account was...

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The Technocracy Movement of the 1930s

Apr 03, 2026 19:06 UTC Source

The Technocracy Movement of the 1930s Source: https://donotresearch.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-technocracy TL;DR The Technocracy Movement, founded in the 1930s, advocated for an anti-democratic state led by...

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Build your own Dial-up ISP with a Raspberry Pi

Apr 03, 2026 19:01 UTC Source

Build your own Dial-up ISP with a Raspberry Pi Source: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/build-your-own-dial-up-isp-with-a-raspberry-pi/ TL;DR The project aimed to emulate a local dial-up ISP by combining dial-up...

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Go on Embedded Systems and WebAssembly

Apr 03, 2026 18:47 UTC Source

Go on Embedded Systems and WebAssembly Source: https://tinygo.org/ TL;DR TinyGo is a Go compiler built on LLVM designed for embedded systems and the web. It compiles Go programs for over 100 microcontroller boards,...

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iNaturalist

Apr 03, 2026 18:41 UTC Source

iNaturalist Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/ TL;DR iNaturalist allows users to explore and share observations from the natural world. Observations contribute to biodiversity science by sharing data with repositories...

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Why the heck are we still using Markdown?

Apr 03, 2026 18:24 UTC Source

Why the heck are we still using Markdown? Source: https://bgslabs.org/blog/why-are-we-using-markdown/ TL;DR Markdown is a minimal language designed only to output an HTML file. The perceived complexity of correct...

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The uphill climb of making diff lines performant

Apr 03, 2026 16:31 UTC Source

The uphill climb of making diff lines performant Source: https://github.blog/engineering/architecture-optimization/the-uphill-climb-of-making-diff-lines-performant/ TL;DR Performance challenges emerged when viewing...

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Category Theory Illustrated – Types

Apr 03, 2026 16:01 UTC Source

Category Theory Illustrated – Types Source: https://abuseofnotation.github.io/category-theory-illustrated/06type/ TL;DR Type theory is an alternative to set theory and category theory, serving as a foundational language...

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Big-Endian Testing with QEMU

Apr 03, 2026 15:54 UTC Source

Big-Endian Testing with QEMU Source: https://www.hanshq.net/big-endian-qemu.html TL;DR Big-endian and little-endian refer to the order in which a value's bytes are stored in memory. QEMU provides a method for running...

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How the Apple Watch defined modern health tech

Apr 03, 2026 15:43 UTC Source

How the Apple Watch defined modern health tech Source: https://www.theverge.com/column/906391/apple-watch-optimizer-apple-50-health-tech-wearables TL;DR The Apple Watch Series 4 introduced FDA-cleared atrial...

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Waiting for Trump Phone

Apr 03, 2026 15:36 UTC Source

Waiting for Trump Phone Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/905599/where-is-the-trump-phone-t1-april TL;DR The author has repeatedly asked about the Trump T1 Phone but received no response. Over nine months have...

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Solar and batteries can power the world

Apr 03, 2026 15:18 UTC Source

Solar and batteries can power the world Source: https://nworbmot.org/blog/solar-battery-world.html TL;DR Solar and batteries can supply 90% of electricity for 80% of the world's population at less than 80 €/MWh by 2030,...

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SSH certificates: the better SSH experience

Apr 03, 2026 14:12 UTC Source

SSH certificates: the better SSH experience Source: https://jpmens.net/2026/04/03/ssh-certificates-the-better-ssh-experience/ TL;DR SSH uses Trust on First Use (TOFU) to verify server identity, which can be cumbersome...

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ENIAC’s Architects Wove Stories Through Computing

Apr 03, 2026 13:35 UTC Source

ENIAC’s Architects Wove Stories Through Computing Source: https://spectrum.ieee.org/eniac-80th-anniversary-weaving TL;DR Naomi Most is a programmer, artist, and the granddaughter of John W. Mauchly and Kathleen "Kay"...

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TDF ejects its core developers

Apr 03, 2026 13:07 UTC Source

TDF ejects its core developers Source: https://meeksfamily.uk/michael/blog/2026-04-02-tdf-ejects-core-devs.html TL;DR The TDF has ejected its core developers. The author suggests this action was planned by the TDF rump...

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Apple’s best product ever

Apr 03, 2026 13:00 UTC Source

Apple’s best product ever Source: https://www.theverge.com/podcast/906548/best-apple-product-vergecast TL;DR Listeners provided over 1.6 million votes for the ranking of Apple's 50 best products. The discussion compared...

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Python Blood Could Hold the Secret To Healthy Weight Loss

Apr 03, 2026 12:00 UTC Source

Python Blood Could Hold the Secret To Healthy Weight Loss Source: https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/04/02/2316241/python-blood-could-hold-the-secret-to-healthy-weight-loss?utmsource=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utmmedium=feed...

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Chatbots are now prescribing psychiatric drugs

Apr 03, 2026 11:55 UTC Source

Chatbots are now prescribing psychiatric drugs Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/906525/ai-chatbot-prescribe-refill-psychiatric-drugs TL;DR Utah is allowing an AI chatbot to renew prescriptions...

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Trump’s Economy Has Come for Sugar Babies

Apr 03, 2026 11:12 UTC Source

Trump’s Economy Has Come for Sugar Babies Source: https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-economy-has-come-for-sugar-babies/ TL;DR Economic downturns and political shifts have impacted the sugar relationship industry,...

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A Rave Review of Superpowers (For Claude Code)

Apr 03, 2026 09:54 UTC Source

A Rave Review of Superpowers (For Claude Code) Source: https://emschwartz.me/a-rave-review-of-superpowers-for-claude-code/ TL;DR The author praises the Superpowers plugin for Claude Code, stating it significantly...

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30% Off Skullcandy Coupon Codes | April 2026

Apr 03, 2026 06:02 UTC Source

30% Off Skullcandy Coupon Codes | April 2026 Source: https://www.wired.com/story/skullcandy-discount-code/ TL;DR Skullcandy Crusher Evo Headphones are available at 47% off. Skullcandy Push 720 Open Earbuds are 35% off....

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$20 Chewy Promo Code | April 2026

Apr 03, 2026 05:53 UTC Source

$20 Chewy Promo Code | April 2026 Source: https://www.wired.com/story/chewy-promo-code/ TL;DR First-time users can receive a $20 eGift card when they purchase over $49 using the code WELCOME. Existing customers can save...

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Booking.com Promo Codes and Deals: Up to 20% Off

Apr 03, 2026 05:47 UTC Source

Booking.com Promo Codes and Deals: Up to 20% Off Source: https://www.wired.com/story/booking-com-promo-code/ TL;DR Booking.com offers discounts on travel-related expenses like hotel stays, car rentals, and airline...

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HelloFresh Coupon Codes: 55% Off + Free Meals

Apr 03, 2026 05:41 UTC Source

HelloFresh Coupon Codes: 55% Off + Free Meals Source: https://www.wired.com/story/hellofresh-coupon/ TL;DR New customers can receive up to 55% off their first box along with extra free items. Students and educators...

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The open web isn't dying, we're killing it

Apr 03, 2026 04:35 UTC Source

The open web isn't dying, we're killing it Source: https://ouvre-boite.com/the-open-web-isnt-dying-were-killing-it/ TL;DR Powerful companies are pressuring the open web by extracting value from open systems and...

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A Few Good Magazines From the 70s and 80s

Apr 03, 2026 04:17 UTC Source

A Few Good Magazines From the 70s and 80s Source: https://www.bi6.us/CO/MG.HTML TL;DR Magazines from the late 1970s through the 1980s expressed optimism for technology and the future. BYTE was a favorite publication,...

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Post Mortem: axios NPM supply chain compromise

Apr 03, 2026 04:11 UTC Source

Post Mortem: axios NPM supply chain compromise Source: https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/10636 TL;DR Two malicious versions of axios (1.14.1 and 0.30.4) were published to the npm registry via a compromised account....

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Every Law a Commit – US Law in GitHub

Apr 03, 2026 02:00 UTC Source

Every Law a Commit – US Law in GitHub Source: https://v1d0b0t.github.io/blog/posts/2026-03-29-every-law-a-commit.html TL;DR The entire US Code—53 titles and 60,452 sections—has been converted into a Git repository, with...

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Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% In March

Apr 02, 2026 16:00 UTC Source

Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% In March Source: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/04/02/0350211/steam-on-linux-use-skyrocketed-above-5-in-march?utmsource=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utmmedium=feed TL;DR Linux gaming...

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