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1.		FFmpeg 8.0 adds Whisper support (ffmpeg.org)
		953 points by rilawa 1 day ago \| 307 comments
2.		Nginx introduces native support for ACME protocol (nginx.org)
		709 points by phickey 21 hours ago \| 253 comments
3.		PYX: The next step in Python packaging (astral.sh)
		663 points by the_mitsuhiko 18 hours ago \| 403 comments
4.		Claude says “You're absolutely right!” about everything (github.com/anthropics)
		719 points by pr337h4m 1 day ago \| 510 comments
5.		So what's the difference between plotted and printed artwork? (lostpixels.io)
		248 points by cosiiine 23 hours ago \| 78 comments
6.		Search all text in New York City (alltext.nyc)
		556 points by Kortaggio 1 day ago \| 111 comments
7.		OCaml as my primary language (xvw.lol)
		323 points by nukifw 18 hours ago \| 229 comments
8.		This website is for humans (localghost.dev)
		579 points by charles_f 21 hours ago \| 316 comments
9.		Illinois limits the use of AI in therapy and psychotherapy (washingtonpost.com)
		365 points by reaperducer 16 hours ago \| 215 comments
10.		PCIe 8.0 announced by the PCI-Sig will double throughput again (servethehome.com)
		163 points by rbanffy 4 days ago \| 195 comments
11.		Pebble Time 2 Design Reveal [video] (youtube.com)
		268 points by net01 23 hours ago \| 217 comments
12.		Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England (sky.com)
		332 points by amarcheschi 1 day ago \| 475 comments
13.		LLMs aren't world models (yosefk.com)
		362 points by ingve 4 days ago \| 227 comments
14.		VC-backed company just killed my EU trademark for a small OSS project
		756 points by marcjschmidt 1 day ago \| 213 comments
15.		Bezier-rs – algorithms for Bézier segments and shapes (graphite.rs)
		222 points by jarek-foksa 4 days ago \| 49 comments
16.		F-Droid build servers can't build modern Android apps due to outdated CPUs
		413 points by nativeforks 1 day ago \| 275 comments
17.		NIST Finalizes 'Lightweight Cryptography' Standard to Protect Small Devices (nist.gov)
		149 points by gnabgib 16 hours ago \| 96 comments
18.		Study: Social media probably can't be fixed (arstechnica.com)
		175 points by todsacerdoti 21 hours ago \| 167 comments
19.		New treatment eliminates bladder cancer in 82% of patients (keckmedicine.org)
		327 points by geox 21 hours ago \| 144 comments
20.		Launch HN: Golpo (YC S25) – AI-generated explainer videos (golpoai.com)
		97 points by skar01 19 hours ago \| 84 comments
21.		Conversations remotely detected from cell phone vibrations, researchers report (psu.edu)
		92 points by giuliomagnifico 3 days ago \| 27 comments
22.		When DEF CON partners with the U.S. Army (jackpoulson.substack.com)
		194 points by OgsyedIE 23 hours ago \| 235 comments
23.		We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online (themarkup.org)
		291 points by amarcheschi 23 hours ago \| 69 comments
24.		DoubleAgents: Fine-Tuning LLMs for Covert Malicious Tool Calls (aimind.so)
		84 points by grumblemumble 23 hours ago \| 28 comments
25.		Coalton Playground: Type-Safe Lisp in the Browser (abacusnoir.com)
		111 points by reikonomusha 21 hours ago \| 37 comments
26.		Cross-Site Request Forgery (filippo.io)
		139 points by tatersolid 19 hours ago \| 28 comments
27.		The Mary Queen of Scots Channel Anamorphosis: A 3D Simulation (charlespetzold.com)
		79 points by warrenm 23 hours ago \| 13 comments
28.		Visualizing quaternions: An explorable video series (2018) (eater.net)
		80 points by uncircle 5 days ago \| 8 comments
29.		Nearly 1 in 3 Starlink satellites detected within the SKA-Low frequency band (astrobites.org)
		183 points by aragilar 1 day ago \| 179 comments
30.		Fennel libraries as single files (2023) (andreyor.st)
		62 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago \| 23 comments
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