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1.
OpenBSD-current now runs as guest under Apple Hypervisor (undeadly.org)
392 points by gpi 21 hours ago | 55 comments
2.
Briar keeps Iran connected via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when the internet goes dark (briarproject.org)
560 points by us321 1 day ago | 346 comments
3.
List of individual trees (wikipedia.org)
342 points by wilson090 1 day ago | 113 comments
4.
Cloudflare acquires Astro (astro.build)
676 points by todotask2 10 hours ago | 321 comments
5.
Just the Browser (justthebrowser.com)
470 points by cl3misch 12 hours ago | 236 comments
6.
Boeing knew of flaw in part linked to UPS plane crash, NTSB report says (bbc.com)
282 points by 1659447091 20 hours ago | 148 comments
7.
My Gripes with Prolog (buttondown.com/hillelwayne)
149 points by azhenley 1 day ago | 94 comments
8.
Data is the only moat (frontierai.substack.com)
198 points by cgwu 1 day ago | 47 comments
9.
Michelangelo's first painting, created when he was 12 or 13 (openculture.com)
287 points by bookofjoe 10 hours ago | 154 comments
10.
Interactive eBPF (ebpf.party)
211 points by samuel246 16 hours ago | 9 comments
11.
STFU (github.com/pankajtanwarbanna)
600 points by tanelpoder 6 hours ago | 416 comments
12.
Lock-Picking Robot (github.com/etinaude)
245 points by p44v9n 4 days ago | 115 comments
13.
6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available (letsencrypt.org)
316 points by jaas 8 hours ago | 195 comments
14.
Cursor's latest “browser experiment” implied success without evidence (embedding-shapes.github.io)
361 points by embedding-shape 9 hours ago | 157 comments
15.
Tldraw pauses external contributions due to AI slop (github.com/tldraw)
178 points by pranav_rajs 1 day ago | 95 comments
16.
Why DuckDB is my first choice for data processing (robinlinacre.com)
199 points by tosh 13 hours ago | 73 comments
17.
What a Programmer Does (1967) [pdf] (computerhistory.org)
93 points by nz 5 days ago | 15 comments
18.
All 23-Bit Still Lifes Are Glider Constructible (mvr.github.io)
121 points by HeliumHydride 1 day ago | 13 comments
19.
I Built a 1 Petabyte Server from Scratch [video] (youtube.com)
123 points by zdw 5 days ago | 48 comments
20.
Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6% (electrek.co)
382 points by 1970-01-01 7 hours ago | 499 comments
21.
Training my smartwatch to track intelligence (dmvaldman.github.io)
128 points by dmvaldman 2 days ago | 61 comments
22.
The spectrum of isolation: From bare metal to WebAssembly (buildsoftwaresystems.com)
90 points by ThierryBuilds 15 hours ago | 32 comments
23.
Dev-owned testing: Why it fails in practice and succeeds in theory (acm.org)
104 points by rbanffy 10 hours ago | 135 comments
24.
psc: The ps utility, with an eBPF twist and container context (github.com/loresuso)
80 points by tanelpoder 11 hours ago | 26 comments
25.
Read_once(), Write_once(), but Not for Rust (lwn.net)
104 points by todsacerdoti 9 hours ago | 32 comments
26.
Show HN: Gambit, an open-source agent harness for building reliable AI agents (github.com/bolt-foundry)
87 points by randall 1 day ago | 15 comments
27.
Launch HN: Indy (YC S21) – A support app designed for ADHD brains (shimmer.care)
63 points by christalwang 8 hours ago | 75 comments
28.
Bringing the Predators to Life in MAME (mataroa.blog)
67 points by msephton 2 days ago | 10 comments
29.
East Germany balloon escape (wikipedia.org)
247 points by robertvc 7 hours ago | 80 comments
30.
Prime chains (johndcook.com)
43 points by ibobev 5 days ago | 8 comments

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