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1.
I don't think AI will make your processes go faster (frederickvanbrabant.com)
572 points by TheEdonian 20 hours ago | 397 comments
2.
Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools (blog.mozilla.org)
732 points by WithinReason 1 day ago | 316 comments
3.
A nicer voltmeter clock (lcamtuf.substack.com)
340 points by surprisetalk 1 day ago | 45 comments
4.
Colossus: The Forbin Project (wikipedia.org)
231 points by doener 3 days ago | 94 comments
5.
Prolog Basics Explained with Pokémon (unplannedobsolescence.com)
253 points by birdculture 2 days ago | 41 comments
6.
I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation (github.com/tech4bot)
350 points by tech4bot 19 hours ago | 160 comments
7.
Hosting a website on an 8-bit microcontroller (maurycyz.com)
235 points by zdw 1 day ago | 20 comments
8.
Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels (electrek.co)
245 points by celsoazevedo 1 day ago | 239 comments
9.
Native all the way, until you need text (justsitandgrin.im)
418 points by dive 20 hours ago | 278 comments
10.
Halt and Catch Fire (unstack.io)
201 points by ScottWRobinson 1 day ago | 104 comments
11.
AI is a technology not a product (daringfireball.net)
403 points by ch_sm 19 hours ago | 176 comments
12.
Hindenburg’s Smoking Room (airships.net)
198 points by crescit_eundo 3 days ago | 156 comments
13.
CUDA Books (github.com/alternbits)
188 points by dariubs 19 hours ago | 38 comments
14.
High-Entropy Alloy (wikipedia.org)
134 points by leonidasrup 3 days ago | 23 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)
312 points by datadrivenangel 20 hours ago | 269 comments
17.
Mercurial, 20 years and counting: how are we still alive and kicking? [video] (fosdem.org)
193 points by ibobev 2 days ago | 202 comments
18.
Trials on veterans suggest ibogaine could provide a new treatment for PTSD (bbc.com)
94 points by bushwart 20 hours ago | 98 comments
19.
 [dupe] Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit (techspot.com)
565 points by nolok 18 hours ago | 257 comments
20.
C++26 Shipped a SIMD Library Nobody Asked For (lucisqr.substack.com)
189 points by signa11 3 days ago | 154 comments
21.
AI subscriptions are a ticking time bomb for enterprise (thestateofbrand.com)
393 points by mooreds 20 hours ago | 384 comments
22.
The Third Hard Problem (mmapped.blog)
152 points by surprisetalk 3 days ago | 64 comments
23.
GenCAD (gencad.github.io)
290 points by dagenix 10 hours ago | 68 comments
24.
Magical Realism: “Northern Exposure” 25 Years Later (2015) (rogerebert.com)
106 points by walterbell 2 days ago | 48 comments
25.
VoIP brings back old-fashioned pay phones to rural Vermont (2025) (ieee.org)
151 points by bookofjoe 12 hours ago | 47 comments
26.
Unknowable Math Can Help Hide Secrets (quantamagazine.org)
81 points by Xcelerate 4 days ago | 19 comments
27.
Illusions of understanding in the sciences (springer.com)
106 points by sebg 3 days ago | 54 comments
28.
WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global health emergency (nytimes.com)
299 points by zzzeek 19 hours ago | 184 comments
29.
Two EA-18 fighter jets collide at Mountain Home airshow, pilots ejected safely (idahonews.com)
189 points by ChrisArchitect 10 hours ago | 176 comments
30.
Prolog Coding Horror (metalevel.at)
130 points by RohanAdwankar 11 hours ago | 52 comments

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