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1.
I don't think AI will make your processes go faster (frederickvanbrabant.com)
594 points by TheEdonian 21 hours ago | 406 comments
2.
Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools (blog.mozilla.org)
748 points by WithinReason 1 day ago | 318 comments
3.
A nicer voltmeter clock (lcamtuf.substack.com)
345 points by surprisetalk 1 day ago | 45 comments
4.
Colossus: The Forbin Project (wikipedia.org)
239 points by doener 3 days ago | 96 comments
5.
Prolog Basics Explained with Pokémon (unplannedobsolescence.com)
255 points by birdculture 2 days ago | 41 comments
6.
I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation (github.com/tech4bot)
369 points by tech4bot 20 hours ago | 171 comments
7.
Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels (electrek.co)
259 points by celsoazevedo 1 day ago | 266 comments
8.
Hosting a website on an 8-bit microcontroller (maurycyz.com)
239 points by zdw 1 day ago | 21 comments
9.
Hindenburg’s Smoking Room (airships.net)
202 points by crescit_eundo 3 days ago | 161 comments
10.
CUDA Books (github.com/alternbits)
197 points by dariubs 21 hours ago | 48 comments
11.
High-Entropy Alloy (wikipedia.org)
136 points by leonidasrup 3 days ago | 23 comments
12.
Native all the way, until you need text (justsitandgrin.im)
420 points by dive 22 hours ago | 281 comments
13.
Halt and Catch Fire (unstack.io)
203 points by ScottWRobinson 1 day ago | 105 comments
14.
AI is a technology not a product (daringfireball.net)
410 points by ch_sm 20 hours ago | 178 comments
15.
A molecule with half-Möbius topology (science.org)
109 points by bryanrasmussen 5 days ago | 10 comments
16.
Apple Silicon costs more than OpenRouter (williamangel.net)
317 points by datadrivenangel 21 hours ago | 274 comments
17.
Trials on veterans suggest ibogaine could provide a new treatment for PTSD (bbc.com)
97 points by bushwart 22 hours ago | 103 comments
18.
Mercurial, 20 years and counting: how are we still alive and kicking? [video] (fosdem.org)
195 points by ibobev 2 days ago | 211 comments
19.
 [dupe] Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit (techspot.com)
567 points by nolok 20 hours ago | 258 comments
20.
C++26 Shipped a SIMD Library Nobody Asked For (lucisqr.substack.com)
191 points by signa11 3 days ago | 156 comments
21.
GenCAD (gencad.github.io)
323 points by dagenix 12 hours ago | 80 comments
22.
AI subscriptions are a ticking time bomb for enterprise (thestateofbrand.com)
395 points by mooreds 22 hours ago | 388 comments
23.
The Third Hard Problem (mmapped.blog)
153 points by surprisetalk 3 days ago | 64 comments
24.
Magical Realism: “Northern Exposure” 25 Years Later (2015) (rogerebert.com)
118 points by walterbell 2 days ago | 49 comments
25.
VoIP brings back old-fashioned pay phones to rural Vermont (2025) (ieee.org)
154 points by bookofjoe 14 hours ago | 48 comments
26.
Two EA-18 fighter jets collide at Mountain Home airshow, pilots ejected safely (idahonews.com)
194 points by ChrisArchitect 12 hours ago | 195 comments
27.
Prolog Coding Horror (metalevel.at)
142 points by RohanAdwankar 12 hours ago | 58 comments
28.
Unknowable Math Can Help Hide Secrets (quantamagazine.org)
81 points by Xcelerate 4 days ago | 19 comments
29.
Illusions of understanding in the sciences (springer.com)
106 points by sebg 3 days ago | 54 comments
30.
WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global health emergency (nytimes.com)
303 points by zzzeek 20 hours ago | 190 comments

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