Advent of Code 2025

Eric Wastl created Advent of Code, an annual programming puzzle event with varying difficulty levels. It's free to use, but not to copy, and users can participate with any programming language and skill level.

Windows drive letters are not limited to A-Z

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Windows allows drive letters outside of A-Z, but they don't appear in File Explorer and can't be navigated to due to explorer.exe's special logic. The kernel32.dll API SetVolumeMountPointW has a quirk where it truncates non-ASCII drive letters, creating a symbolic link to a different drive letter.

The Thinking Game Film – Google DeepMind Documentary

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The Thinking Game takes you on a fascinating journey into the heart of DeepMind, one of the world's leading AI labs, as it strives to unravel the mysteries of artificial general intelligence (AGI).

LLVM-MOS – Clang LLVM fork targeting the 6502

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llvm-mos is an open-source LLVM fork for MOS 6502 and relatives, providing modern software development for classic platforms. It includes a C compiler, SDK, and automated testing infrastructure for various targets.

Migrating Dillo from GitHub

Rodrigo Arias Mallo wants to migrate Dillo project from GitHub to a self-hosted server with multiple mirrors to avoid single point of failure and solve usability issues. He chose cgit as the git frontend and created a simple bug tracker software called buggy to store data in plain text.

CachyOS: Fast and Customizable Linux Distribution

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CachyOS is a Linux distribution built on Arch Linux with optimized performance using the BORE Scheduler and advanced instruction sets. It offers various desktop environments and installers, including GUI and CLI options, for a customized experience.

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RetailReady (YC W24) Is Hiring Associate Product Manager

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RetailReady is hiring an Associate Product Manager to drive day-to-day product execution and grow into a full PM role. The ideal candidate is a strong communicator with technical learning skills and experience in QA or supply chain.

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Paul Hegarty's updated CS193p SwiftUI course released by Stanford

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Understanding the separation of Model (logic and data) from UI. Introduction to some of the fundamentals of the Swift Type System.

Show HN: Fixing Google Nano Banana Pixel Art with Rust

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A tool to snap pixels to a perfect grid. Designed to fix messy and inconsistent pixel art generated by AI. Pixel Snapper is a Sprite Fusion project. Sprite Fusion is a free, web-based tilemap editor for game developers supporting a wide range of engines including Unity, Godot, Defold, and GB Studio.

Zigbook Is Plagiarizing the Zigtools Playground

Zigbook plagiarized code and WASM blobs from Zigtools, violating the MIT license. Zigtools corrected the license violations but Zigbook deleted the description and refused to fix the issue.

Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Microsoft, against Nadella

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Norway's $2 trillion wealth fund will vote for a human rights proposal and against CEO Satya Nadella's re-appointment and pay package. The fund owns a 1.35% stake worth $50 billion in the company, its second-largest equity holding.

The Easiest Way to Build a Type Checker

The user discovered Bidirectional Type Checking, a conceptually simple type checking setup that demystified the whole thing for them, and created a fully functional type checker for a small language. The type checker uses an abstract syntax tree and interweaves inference and checking calls to make type checking straightforward and easy to extend with more features.

All it takes is for one to work out

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Applicant faced uncertainty and self-doubt during graduate school applications due to low GPA and GMAT score. A supportive person's words helped applicant persevere and eventually secure admission.

RL is more information inefficient than you thought

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Reinforcement learning (RL) has a lower information density per sample compared to supervised learning, especially early in training, due to the low pass rate of correct answers. However, RL can be more efficient when the pass rate is high, and techniques like self-play, curriculum learning, and proxy objectives can help increase the pass rate and improve learning efficiency in RL.

What's Hiding Inside Haribo's Power Bank and Headphones?

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The Haribo 20,000 mAh power bank and its earbuds had poor manufacturing controls, increasing the risk of battery failure and fires. CT scans revealed defects such as misaligned layers, torn electrodes, and insufficient anode overhang, compromising safety and reliability.

The space of minds

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Animal intelligence is a single point in the vast space of intelligences, shaped by natural selection and survival in a physical world. LLMs, on the other hand, are shaped by commercial evolution and optimization for problem-solving and user engagement.

Langjam Gamejam: Build a programming language then make a game with it

Langjam Gamejam is a 7-day challenge to create a programming language and then use that language to build a game. You set the rules. Be as creative as possible, use any technologies you want, and have fun. There will be prizes for the most creative submissions!

Landlock-Ing Linux

Landlock is a Linux API that allows applications to declare allowed resources and restrict access to everything else. It provides a simple, developer-friendly way to add defense-in-depth to applications with transient restrictions.

Meshtastic

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Flash and Configure your Device → Flash your device with the latest version of Meshtastic and configure it to your liking. Connect to your Device → Connect to your device via any of our clients to start sending and receiving messages! Connect and control your Meshtastic devices through various platforms. Choose the client that best fits your needs and device ecosystem.

Don't throw away your old PC–it makes a better NAS than anything you can buy

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A person built their own NAS using an old PC and saved money by buying used parts. They recommend using TrueNAS or Unraid as the operating system.

The HTTP Query Method

The QUERY method is a new HTTP request method that allows for safe and idempotent queries to be made to a server. It is similar to POST but can be automatically repeated or restarted without concern for partial state changes.

Datacenters in space aren't going to work

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A space-based datacenter is a terrible idea due to power, cooling, and radiation tolerance issues, making it disproportionately costly and offering mediocre performance compared to Earth-based datacenters. The user, a former NASA engineer and Google scientist, highlights the significant challenges of powering, cooling, and protecting electronics in space, making a space-based datacenter ...

Learning Feynman's Trick for Integrals

A few tricks and techniques can be useful when evaluating integrals. one such trick is to parameterise the integral so that it simplifies some parts of it, says stefan krueger jr. another useful integral is: you can differentiate either (a)) or '(b) if you want to rewrite the logarithm as an integral, he adds. for further

Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost

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Most Americans now think a four-year college degree is not worth the cost due to rising tuition prices and debt. A new NBC News poll shows 63% of voters agree a degree is not worth the cost, a 20-point decline over the last 12 years.

A new Little Prince museum has opened its doors in Switzerland

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The Besenval Palace in Solothurn opened a museum dedicated to the Little Prince, featuring Jean-Marc Probst's collection of over 10,000 items. The museum showcases the Little Prince's universal message through interactive content for all ages.

Apple Desktop Bus Protocol (2021)

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The user's Power Macintosh 8500 came with an Apple Extended Keyboard II, which is considered one of the best mechanical keyboards ever made. The user decided to transform it to USB using an ADB to USB adapter, but chose to make one themselves using an STM32 board called the 'Blue Pill'.

Geothermal Breakthrough in South Texas Signals New Era for Ercot

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Sage Geosystems and San Miguel Electric Cooperative built the world's first pressure geothermal system in 12 months, delivering long-duration, dispatchable storage for ERCOT. The system uses a deep underground "lung" fracture to store and release energy, offering high efficiency and flexibility.

Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out

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ChatGPT may introduce ads in its Android app, initially limited to search experience, with highly personalized content. This could impact user experience, especially if ads are not disabled.