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VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage (github.com/microsoft)
1259 points by indrora 16 hours ago | 660 comments
2.
How fast is a macOS VM, and how small could it be? (eclecticlight.co)
251 points by moosia 1 day ago | 94 comments
3.
Why does it take so long to release black fan versions? (noctua.at)
728 points by buildbot 1 day ago | 292 comments
4.
Artemis II Photo Timeline (artemistimeline.com)
362 points by geerlingguy 3 days ago | 28 comments
5.
Dav2d (videolan.org)
505 points by dabinat 18 hours ago | 138 comments
6.
NetHack 5.0.0 (nethack.org)
466 points by rsaarelm 18 hours ago | 148 comments
7.
Inventions for battery reuse and recycling increase seven-fold in last decade (epo.org)
207 points by JeanKage 3 days ago | 21 comments
8.
Do_not_track (donottrack.sh)
364 points by RubyGuy 18 hours ago | 114 comments
9.
Ask.com has closed (ask.com)
451 points by supermdguy 1 day ago | 223 comments
10.
The USB Situation (randsinrepose.com)
133 points by herbertl 3 days ago | 166 comments
11.
Lib0xc: A set of C standard library-adjacent APIs for safer systems programming (github.com/microsoft)
188 points by wooster 1 day ago | 92 comments
12.
Six Years Perfecting Maps on WatchOS (david-smith.org)
330 points by valzevul 14 hours ago | 80 comments
13.
Barman – Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL (github.com/enterprisedb)
163 points by nateb2022 3 days ago | 23 comments
14.
To Restore an Island Paradise, Add Fungi (yale.edu)
135 points by Brajeshwar 3 days ago | 41 comments
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California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws (bbc.com)
300 points by geox 18 hours ago | 304 comments
16.
Neanderthals ran 'fat factories' 125,000 years ago (2025) (universiteitleiden.nl)
212 points by andsoitis 15 hours ago | 99 comments
17.
Why are there both TMP and TEMP environment variables? (2015) (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
200 points by ankitg12 1 day ago | 92 comments
18.
DeepSeek V4 – almost on the frontier (simonwillison.net)
551 points by indigodaddy 1 day ago | 330 comments
19.
A report on burnout in open source software communities (2025) [pdf] (mirandaheath.website)
131 points by susam 1 day ago | 64 comments
20.
Open Design: Use Your Coding Agent as a Design Engine (github.com/nexu-io)
202 points by steveharing1 23 hours ago | 89 comments
21.
Little magazines are back (wsjfreeexpression.substack.com)
96 points by prismatic 2 days ago | 33 comments
22.
Roblox shares plummet 18% as child safety measures weigh on bookings (cnbc.com)
231 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 18 hours ago | 140 comments
23.
Refusal in Language Models Is Mediated by a Single Direction (arxiv.org)
108 points by fagnerbrack 22 hours ago | 40 comments
24.
Show HN: State of the Art of Coding Models, According to Hacker News Commenters (hnup.date)
122 points by yunusabd 14 hours ago | 62 comments
25.
Clojurists Together – Q2 2026 Open Source Funding Announcement (clojuriststogether.org)
114 points by dragandj 14 hours ago | 13 comments
26.
Dotcl: Common Lisp Implementation on .NET (github.com/dotcl)
171 points by reikonomusha 2 days ago | 44 comments
27.
The agent harness belongs outside the sandbox (mendral.com)
115 points by shad42 14 hours ago | 83 comments
28.
Show HN: DAC – open-source dashboard as code tool for agents and humans (github.com/bruin-data)
103 points by karakanb 3 days ago | 33 comments
29.
Uber wants to turn its drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies (techcrunch.com)
132 points by nickvec 20 hours ago | 140 comments
30.
AI Self-preferencing in Algorithmic Hiring: Empirical Evidence and Insights (arxiv.org)
324 points by laurex 20 hours ago | 174 comments

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