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1.
I don't think AI will make your processes go faster (frederickvanbrabant.com)
561 points by TheEdonian 19 hours ago | 387 comments
2.
Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools (blog.mozilla.org)
711 points by WithinReason 1 day ago | 300 comments
3.
A nicer voltmeter clock (lcamtuf.substack.com)
334 points by surprisetalk 1 day ago | 44 comments
4.
Colossus: The Forbin Project (wikipedia.org)
229 points by doener 3 days ago | 91 comments
5.
Prolog Basics Explained with Pokémon (unplannedobsolescence.com)
249 points by birdculture 2 days ago | 38 comments
6.
Hosting a website on an 8-bit microcontroller (maurycyz.com)
235 points by zdw 1 day ago | 20 comments
7.
I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation (github.com/tech4bot)
327 points by tech4bot 18 hours ago | 147 comments
8.
Native all the way, until you need text (justsitandgrin.im)
414 points by dive 19 hours ago | 274 comments
9.
Halt and Catch Fire (unstack.io)
201 points by ScottWRobinson 1 day ago | 104 comments
10.
Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels (electrek.co)
238 points by celsoazevedo 1 day ago | 228 comments
11.
AI is a technology not a product (daringfireball.net)
396 points by ch_sm 18 hours ago | 175 comments
12.
A molecule with half-Möbius topology (science.org)
109 points by bryanrasmussen 5 days ago | 10 comments
13.
Apple Silicon costs more than OpenRouter (williamangel.net)
312 points by datadrivenangel 19 hours ago | 267 comments
14.
Hindenburg’s Smoking Room (airships.net)
194 points by crescit_eundo 3 days ago | 154 comments
15.
High-Entropy Alloy (wikipedia.org)
131 points by leonidasrup 3 days ago | 23 comments
16.
CUDA Books (github.com/alternbits)
176 points by dariubs 18 hours ago | 36 comments
17.
Mercurial, 20 years and counting: how are we still alive and kicking? [video] (fosdem.org)
187 points by ibobev 2 days ago | 193 comments
18.
 [dupe] Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit (techspot.com)
563 points by nolok 17 hours ago | 257 comments
19.
C++26 Shipped a SIMD Library Nobody Asked For (lucisqr.substack.com)
187 points by signa11 3 days ago | 152 comments
20.
Trials on veterans suggest ibogaine could provide a new treatment for PTSD (bbc.com)
92 points by bushwart 19 hours ago | 96 comments
21.
AI subscriptions are a ticking time bomb for enterprise (thestateofbrand.com)
390 points by mooreds 19 hours ago | 382 comments
22.
The Third Hard Problem (mmapped.blog)
152 points by surprisetalk 3 days ago | 64 comments
23.
Unknowable Math Can Help Hide Secrets (quantamagazine.org)
81 points by Xcelerate 4 days ago | 19 comments
24.
Illusions of understanding in the sciences (springer.com)
106 points by sebg 3 days ago | 53 comments
25.
WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global health emergency (nytimes.com)
296 points by zzzeek 18 hours ago | 184 comments
26.
VoIP brings back old-fashioned pay phones to rural Vermont (2025) (ieee.org)
147 points by bookofjoe 11 hours ago | 44 comments
27.
Magical Realism: “Northern Exposure” 25 Years Later (2015) (rogerebert.com)
101 points by walterbell 2 days ago | 43 comments
28.
GenCAD (gencad.github.io)
258 points by dagenix 9 hours ago | 62 comments
29.
At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five states since April 2025 (stateofsurveillance.org)
425 points by rolph 14 hours ago | 313 comments
30.
The occasional ECONNRESET (movq.de)
108 points by zdw 14 hours ago | 24 comments

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