Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries

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President Trump lowered tariffs on most US trade partners to 10% for 90 days to allow trade negotiations. He also raised tariffs on China to 125% due to China's lack of respect for global markets.

How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

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The best programmers I know

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To be one of the best developers, read the reference of the tools you use and truly understand them. Great engineers are curious, patient, and dedicated, always learning and willing to help others.

Ironwood: The first Google TPU for the age of inference

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Google introduced Ironwood, its seventh-generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), designed for inference and scalable AI workloads. Ironwood is the most performant and energy-efficient TPU yet, with a peak compute of 4,614 TFLOPs and 192 GB of High Bandwidth Memory per chip.

The Agent2Agent Protocol (A2A)

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Google Cloud introduces A2A protocol for AI agents to collaborate seamlessly across systems, fostering innovation and interoperability. Multiple companies partner with Google Cloud to support and contribute to the A2A protocol, shaping the future of AI agent collaboration.

Photographs of 19th Century Japan

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The author subscribed to a newsletter called Cosmographia and found a collection of 19th century hand-coloured photographs of Japan. The photos were taken between 1860-1900 and showcase a Japan that is vastly different from the one today.

Google will let companies run Gemini models in their own data centers

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Google will let companies run its Gemini AI models in their own data centers starting in the third quarter. This move is targeted at clients who want to use Google's cloud technology while retaining control of their data.

PostgreSQL Full-Text Search: Fast When Done Right (Debunking the Slow Myth)

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Whistleblower tells senators that Meta undermined U.S. security, interests

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How University Students Use Claude

Researchers analyzed one million student conversations on AI tool Claude.ai, finding STEM students use AI for problem-solving and output creation, while Business, Health, and Humanities students use it less. The study raises concerns about academic integrity and the potential for AI to stifle critical thinking skills, highlighting the need for further research on AI's impact on education.

SpacetimeDB

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SpacetimeDB is a serverless, relational database that allows developers to deploy their entire app directly into the database, enabling fast, cheap, and easy development of complex applications. It provides a developer-first platform with features like atomic transactions, real-time updates, and ultra-high performance, making it suitable for applications like games and large-scale MMORPGs.

The chroot Technique – a Swiss army multitool for Linux systems

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To repair a non-bootable Linux machine, access its hard drive and mount it in a way that tricks the current Linux session into thinking it's the running system. Then, use the chroot command to replace the current file system with a blend of folders from the old hard drive, allowing you to run commands to repair or diagnose the system.

Firebase Studio

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Firebase Studio offers a platform to quickly build and deploy apps with AI-powered tools, including Gemini for coding assistance and end-to-end testing. It supports various tech stacks and deployment options, including Firebase App Hosting and Cloud Run.

How to lock down your phone if you're traveling to the U.S.

DOJ will no longer prosecute cryptocurrency fraud

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The Trump administration is ending a Department of Justice unit enforcing cryptocurrency fraud and instead focusing on prosecuting individual crimes. This move is seen as a deregulation of the crypto industry, benefiting Trump's donors and supporters.

Show HN: DrawDB – open-source online database diagram editor (a retro)

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Export the DDL script to run on your database or export the diagram as a JSON or an image. Customize the UI to fit your preferences. Select the components you want in your view. Start off with pre-built templates. Get a quick start or get inspirition for your design. Have boilerplate structures? Save time by saving them as templates and load them when needed.

GPD Pocket 4 Speaker DSP: Configuring PipeWire so laptop speakers sound better

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Modern speakers rely on digital signal processing to sound good, using tricks like psycho-acoustic bass enhancement and volume-dependent equalization. The Asahi Linux project improved MacBook speakers by measuring and correcting their frequency response using Room EQ Wizard.

American Disruption

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A kinetic war will mean the destruction of tsmc, says john sutter. he says the u.s. needs to find alternative trustworthy countries for final assembly. this can be accomplished through selective tariffs, as happened in the first trump administration, if necessary. the president's strategy is to bolster the national security base, not hurt it, according to the former cnn tech editor daniel schmidt

Basic Income Pilot Project: Study results

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A three-year study of 122 people receiving €1,200 monthly showed basic income leads to self-determined decisions and improved satisfaction. The study found no evidence that basic income makes people lazy.

Fake job seekers are flooding US companies that are hiring for remote positions

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Fake job seekers are using AI tools to create fake identities and apply for jobs, with 1 in 4 job candidates expected to be fake by 2028. Companies are vulnerable to these impostors, who can install malware, steal data, or simply collect a salary.

Whisky is no longer actively maintained

WhiskyWine will no longer receive updates due to lack of interest and time from the developer. It's recommended to use CrossOver instead, which offers a license model and is supported by CodeWeavers.

Antiviral chewing gum to reduce influenza and herpes simplex virus transmission

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Penn students led by Rob Levinthal helped design the Dakar Greenbelt in Senegal to combat desertification and promote sustainable growth. The project aims to create an ecological network around Dakar to enhance urban life and address environmental concerns.

Hardening the Firefox Front End with Content Security Policies

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Firefox's UI uses web technologies, making it vulnerable to injection attacks like XSS. To mitigate this, the team removed over 600 inline event handlers and plans to block all dynamic code execution in Firefox.

Blue Prince is a roguelike puzzle masterpiece

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Blue Prince is a puzzle game that combines roguelike mechanics with exceptional art and storytelling, where players explore a mansion to find the 46th room. The game has a non-linear story, procedurally generated puzzles, and a hint system that makes it accessible to players of all skill levels.

Tesla Solar Sales Declined for 4 Qtrs. Then Tesla Stopped Publishing the Numbers

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The author initially supported Tesla's acquisition of SolarCity in 2016 due to synergy and potential for solar sales. However, Tesla's rooftop solar installations have declined for 8 consecutive quarters since 2022.

Quality-of-Life in Tetris Games

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Last weekend, we participated in the Ludum Dare game jam for the 10th time. It's a worldwide event

Show HN: I built an app to generate story relationships using Mermaidjs

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Austen is an Angular app using Analogjs and Mermaidjs to create story relationships between book characters. It generates a diagram showing connections between characters from The Wizard of Oz.

Show HN: Aqua Voice 2 – Fast Voice Input for Mac and Windows

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Aqua Voice is a speech-to-text system with high accuracy and low latency, suitable for various applications. The user requests a review of a marketing proposal, suggesting improvements to the social media strategy, budget allocation, and product launch timeline.

Man pages are great, man readers are the problem

Man pages support links and re-flowing, but readers like man(1) don't implement these features. Man pages are stored in mdoc(7) and man(7) formats, which have semantic markup and can be converted to HTML with links.

Cells are swapping their mitochondria. What does this mean for our health?

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Researchers have discovered that mitochondria, once thought to be static energy factories, can travel between cells. This mitochondrial transfer may help cells recover from damage, fight disease, and even aid in wound healing.

Dockerfmt: A Dockerfile Formatter

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Dockerfile format and parser with dockfmt built on buildkit parser. It handles comments and formatting in Dockerfiles.

Claude's Max Plan

The Max plan offers expanded access to Claude with up to 20x higher usage limits and priority access to new features. It's designed for frequent users who need higher usage limits to collaborate with Claude effectively.

A guide to reduce screen time

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To find balance between being "chronically online" and reducing screen time, start by understanding why you use your phone and change your perspective from "using your phone less" to "doing something else more".

Show HN: Comparing product rankings by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity

How do the top AI models rank your favorite products and brands?

Baking the Y Combinator from Scratch

A pedagogical pet peeve of mine is when technical concepts are simply listed in their fully developed state. in part 1 we'll do the former, with the hope that this will lead to more durable understanding. part 2 will look at the problem of proving that (createevil) exists, and how to solve it. the first part of the series will cover the more general problems in formal logic - and their solutions.

Visual Reasoning Is Coming Soon

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The user discusses OpenAI's new GPT-4o model that can generate images based on conversation context, enabling consistent imagery and new possibilities for image manipulation. The user also explores the potential of visual reasoning, which will allow models to reason about images and improve their reasoning capabilities, particularly in robotics and spatial problems.

Parser Combinators Beat Regexes

A programmer was trying to solve an Advent of Code problem using regular expressions in Haskell, but found that using parser combinators was a better approach due to its performance and flexibility. By using the attoparsec library, the programmer was able to write a parser that was not only faster but also more maintainable and adaptable to future requirements.

Justice Dept. scales back crypto cases in line with Trump administration memo

Major Flaws in 2025 Meta-Analysis on Fluoride and Children IQ Scores

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A recent study by Taylor et al 2025 found a negative correlation between fluoride exposure and children's intelligence, but it was criticized for methodological and statistical errors. The study's errors are unrecoverable and it should be retracted to prevent harm to public health and scientific integrity.

Show HN: Obelisk – a WASM-based deterministic workflow engine

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Workflows are supported in real code with structured concurrency for simplified error handling and cleanup. Executions are crash resilient, replayable, and logged with parameters, steps, and results, and can be retried on timeout or failure.

Bond rout starting to sound market alarm bells

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NTATV: Bringing Windows NT (Windows XP, Windows 2003) to the Original Apple TV

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The NTATV Project successfully boots Windows XP and 2003 on the original Apple TV. However, ReactOS is not fully functional due to HAL issues and requires further work.

Ask HN: Where do you reliably find worldwide remote jobs?

Job boards are often scammy and many companies don't allow remote work outside their country. Hiring has become a scam/fraud arms race making it hard to get a job through traditional means.

Every picture from Venus' surface, ever (2021)

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Four Soviet Venera probes captured images of Venus' surface in 1975 and 1982, revealing yellow skies and desolate landscapes. Ted Stryk reconstructed the best-possible versions of these original Venera panoramas using Russian Academy of Sciences data.

The Barium Experiment

Keeping it Old-Tool: REPL habits of a grug-brained Clojure programmer

User discusses contrast with colleague Kapil Reddy's Clojure workflow, focusing on building muscle memory with the Clojure standard library and preferring built-in tools over Leiningen.

AI coding mandates are driving developers to the brink

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Company leaders are adopting AI tools to automate tasks and increase efficiency, but developers are frustrated with the tools' limitations and the lack of understanding from leaders. Effective AI adoption requires collaboration, empowerment, and a culture of innovation.

Toulouse University wants to host US researchers whose work is at risk

The Toulouse academic community is launching an initiative to host US researchers whose work is threatened by budget cuts. Ten positions are initially offered for affected scientists in fields like humanities, climate sciences, and health.

Do charity bookshops drive out other second-hand bookshops?

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The number of second-hand bookshops in the UK has actually increased from 523 in 1955 to 1,282 in 2025, with no overall decrease. Charity bookshops have risen but still make up only about 27% of the total, with no clear evidence of them driving out traditional bookshops.

Vit D supplementation to prevent acute resp infections: review and meta-analysis

Vitamin d supplementation to patients with frequent respiratory tract infections: a randomized and placebo-controlled trial. vitamin d is an essential nutrient for the prevention of covid-19, which causes aris in children and adolescents - epidemiology.org.uk, nihc.nhs., and the treatment of asthma in young children. it has been shown to reduce the risk of aris by up to

Show HN: Python at the Speed of Rust

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Python's convenience comes with drawbacks, including slower execution and difficulty embedding into cross-platform applications. A compiler called Function can compile Python code into native code, allowing it to run at native speed and cross-platform.

EU member states agree first wave of retaliatory tariffs

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React for Two Computers

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A function call often starts with.a verb, while tags are usually named with nouns (like p) nesting really is the name of the game with tags, says sam taylor of typescript.com - he's been trying to write this post at least 12 times. perhaps those spiky bois really do yearn for connection? perhaps there is, if you will, an answer to that question. in the

Framework stops selling some laptops in the US in response to tariffs

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Framework has paused US sales of its entry-level laptops due to global tariffs, while higher-priced configurations remain available. Razer has also stopped taking US orders for its gaming laptops and upcoming Razer Blade 16.

Show HN: I built a Yahoo Messenger-inspired web chat app – pure nostalgia

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'Sun-Like' Stars

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The term 'Sun-like' is used loosely in astronomy to describe stars with similar characteristics to the Sun, but its definition varies depending on the context. It can refer to G-class stars, FGK-type stars, or even all Main Sequence stars, affecting the estimated number of potentially habitable planets.

Why 'Prince Rupert's Drop' Glass Is Strong Enough to Shatter a Bullet (2023)

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A Prince Rupert's drop is a strong, delicate glass object formed by cooling molten glass in water, with a thin tail that can be easily snapped but a rounded top that's incredibly resilient. Its unique strength comes from compressive forces built during formation and residual stress, which can shatter a bullet upon impact.

One Bug Wasn't Enough: Escalating Twice Through SAP's Setuid Landscape

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The user, a security engineer, discovered and exploited two 0-day vulnerabilities in SAP software to gain root access, one-upping their CTO and co-founder, and initiated a coordinated vulnerability disclosure process with SAP. The vulnerabilities were found in setuid binaries icmbnd and hostexecstart, and the user created a tool called SAPCARve to manipulate SAR archives and exploit the ...

Mississippi libraries ordered to delete research in response to state laws

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Treasury's OCC Says Hackers Had Access to 150k Emails

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US Treasury's OCC reported a major email system breach discovered on February 12, 2025, affecting 103 email accounts with sensitive financial information. The breach occurred between May 2023 and February 2025, with hackers gaining access to 150,000 emails.

The Dumbest Economic Policy in Modern History

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The article compares President Trump's economic policies to a house renovation gone wrong, causing chaos and destruction. Trump's tariffs and trade policies are hurting US manufacturers and disrupting the financial system.

Last Windows update creates C:\inetpub

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Windows 10 and 11 systems now have an empty C:\inetpub directory after April updates. This might be exploitable or used for data publishing via IIS.

Small Town America vs. Big Box Stores

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Residents in Washington, Maine, are fighting against a proposed Dollar General store, citing concerns about its impact on local businesses and community identity. They argue that big-box stores like Dollar General undermine local economies and limit access to fresh food.

C++: terser (shorter) lambda == SHORTY (ab-use?)

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The shorty library provides a DSL for C++ with terser syntax for common operations like sorting, filtering, and transforming data. It also offers special arguments and capture syntax for convenience and readability.

Run RISC-V Binaries on AMD Zen-Series CPUs via Microcode Modification

AMD Zen-series CPUs integrate RISC-V coprocessors for acceleration tasks. Participants must submit open-source code via PR to optimize RISC-V performance on Zen-series CPUs by June 7, 2025.

"It's not that bad" they told me – Coreboot

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The user installed Coreboot on a 12-year-old Thinkpad T420 laptop, which involved disassembling the laptop and using an IC clip to read the flash chip. They successfully booted an OS using SeaBIOS but encountered issues with UEFI and other payloads.

Show HN: Fermi – A Wordle-style game for order-of-magnitude thinking

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To pick up a draggable item, press the space bar. While dragging, use the arrow keys to move the item. Press space again to drop the item in its new position, or press escape to cancel.

Who isn't a big fan of "impartial" news? People who don't have power

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People with less power in society, such as women, young people, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, are more likely to prefer news that shares their point of view. The preference for impartial news varies across countries, with people in less democratic countries and those who consume more news sources being less likely to value impartiality.

The Consequences of Limiting the Tax Deductibility of R&D

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US companies saw a 62% increase in cash effective tax rates after limiting R&D tax deductibility, leading to reduced R&D investment and other investments. This resulted in a $12.2 billion reduction in R&D among research-intensive firms in the first year.

Show HN: Git Game Show – Multiplayer Game in Your Repo

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CERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider

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CERN completed a study on the feasibility of a Future Circular Collider (FCC) with a 91 km circumference, succeeding the LHC in the 2040s. The estimated cost of the FCC electron–positron stage is 15 billion Swiss francs, with funding from CERN's annual budget and a focus on sustainability.

Ask HN: Why is uptalk intonation so prevalent in ChatGPT voices?

You're frustrated with the voice tone of a virtual assistant that continues to use uptalk despite your requests for a change. You also mention that you personally use uptalk in your speech.

Oil hits 4-year low, coffee falls as trade war escalates

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The AI magic behind Sphere's upcoming 'The Wizard of Oz' experience

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Researchers and industry experts are using AI to recreate "The Wizard of Oz" in a massive, immersive experience at Sphere in Las Vegas. The project combines original material with AI-generated visuals to create a hyper-realistic, 17,600-seat experience.

CSS Naked Day

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CSS Naked Day is a yearly event on April 9 where websites remove all CSS to promote web standards and proper use of HTML. The event lasts 50 hours, from April 9 to April 10, to ensure worldwide visibility.

An LLM Query Understanding Service

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User is teaching a course on using LLMs for search and will show how to implement it in days, not months, using simple LLMs in infrastructure. They will guide through creating a Kubernetes pod with a Docker image, deploying to GKE, and implementing caching and load testing for the LLM.

The New Legislators of Silicon Valley

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Evgeny morozov: oligarch-intellectuals are spectacularly wealthy, celebrity-conscious. they manufacture ideas with assembly-line efficiency, he writes, and are ideologically shameless - mr. sanchez argues a new archetype beckons: the sober analyst of the cold war era yields to spectacular, self-centered figures, the author writes tue

Pinball Brothers – A Swedish-Italian Pinball Company

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Pinball Brothers was founded by pinball enthusiasts to revive the classic game with new technology and a broader audience. They aim to bring a fresh perspective to the nostalgic world of pinball.

It's all fun and games until somebody loses their retirement savings

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Private company share trading through SPVs allows companies to stay private longer but exposes investors to opaque funding vehicles with hefty fees. This phenomenon relies on public market information to value companies, making a robust public market essential for private market investors.

Rolex Caliber 7135: new indirect impulse escapement and high frequency movement

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Rolex introduces the Land-Dweller, a new watch featuring a proprietary Dynapulse escapement and a 5 Hz mechanical high-frequency movement. The watch is a significant leap forward in precision and accuracy, with a unique case shape and integrated bracelet design.

Doge 'didn't test' Social Security fraud detection tool at appropriate scale

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The US Social Security Administration's website has been experiencing outages and inaccuracies due to high demand and old infrastructure. Elon Musk's DOGE unit is being blamed, but the SSA claims it's unrelated and that DOGE will fix the issue.

DeepCoder: An Open-Source 14B Coder at O3-Mini Level

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We introduce DeepCoder-14B-Preview, a 14B model achieving 60.6% Pass@1 accuracy on LiveCodeBench, matching o3-mini performance.

Meta II a syntax-oriented compiler writing language (1964)

META II is a compiler writing language that translates syntax equations into assembly language commands. It was used to write compilers for VALGOL I and VALGOL II, and influenced later compiler writing methods.

Doing the Prospero-Challenge in RPython

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The user participated in the Prospero Challenge by Matt Keeter, which involves rendering a 1024x1024 image of a quote from The Tempest by Shakespeare using a mathematical formula with 7866 operations. The user implemented several optimizations, including demanded information, quadtrees, and interval analysis, and achieved significant performance improvements, eventually rewriting the ...

Show HN: Dynomate– Fast, Git-Friendly DynamoDB GUI Client (Dynobase Alternative)

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Dynomate is a developer-friendly DynamoDB interface with SSO, multi-session support, and more. It automatically detects AWS config and CLI credentials for effortless switching and logging.

Show HN: LLM Based Spark Profiler

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Smart resource allocation that automatically scales your Spark clusters based on workload patterns and performance metrics. AI-driven query optimization that helps you spend less and get more out of your Spark infrastructure.

Grappling with Infinity in Constraint Solvers

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The author discusses Sentient, a programming language, and its limitations when dealing with infinite search spaces and approximations. They propose using incrementality and a protocol to change approximations over time, potentially making Sentient more powerful and Turing complete.

Show HN: Accessing a website you never visited before while being offline [demo]

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NNN: Next-Generation Neural Networks for Marketing Mix Modeling

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NNN is a Transformer-based neural network for Marketing Mix Modeling that captures complex interactions and long-term effects using rich embeddings and attention mechanisms. It improves sales attribution accuracy and provides valuable insights through model probing.

In Guatemala, painted altar found at Tikal adds new context to Maya history

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Researchers found a 2,400-year-old painted altar at Tikal, Guatemala, which was likely created by a Teotihuacan artisan. The discovery suggests Teotihuacan's influence on Tikal was significant and involved occupation or surveillance.

Bye bye 3 way handshake

OpenSSL 3.5.0 supports 0-RTT, allowing clients to reconnect without a 3-way handshake. This reduces connection time but also increases security risks like replay attacks.

ProtoGS: Efficient and High-Quality Rendering with 3D Gaussian Prototypes

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ProtoGS proposes a method to learn Gaussian prototypes for efficient rendering in novel view synthesis, reducing Gaussian amount without sacrificing quality. It uses SfM points to group primitives, clustering prototypes with K-means for optimized memory efficiency.

Trump's DOJ will no longer prosecute cryptocurrency fraud

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The Trump administration is ending a Department of Justice unit enforcing cryptocurrency fraud and instead focusing on prosecuting individual crimes. This move is seen as a deregulation of the crypto industry, benefiting Trump's donors and supporters.

Soil from the moon's far side suggests drier conditions than side facing Earth

Domain Sniped on Launch Day

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The user's open source SaaS project was compromised when their GitHub repository was scraped and their desired domain was bought by someone else on the same day. The user contacted Namecheap support and Domain Agents, but ultimately decided to contact the domain owner directly with a positive email.

Work Simplification and the History of Government Efficiency and Management

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Dave deek: i've been working to make the irs much better. he says congress approved reorganization plans that got rid of most patronage at irs. each of those agencies had a narrow technical focus, hawickhorst says. the key is to get people thinking about the fact that they were responsible for fixing problems. daek: we need to look at how other countries do things, and how we can improve

Modern Babylon: Ziggurat Skyscrapers and Hugh Ferriss' Retrofuturism

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Pedde: in early 20th century, architects turned to a newly discovered past. the advent of the airplane and skyscraper in 1920s and 30s offered the population new way to look at the past, from above, she says - and it's not just the ancient past that inspires modern architecture'pedde says that enduringly powerful forms of ancient civilizations can be reimagined in new ways if they are

Nintendo confirms you will have to pay to use the Switch 2's C button

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Nintendo Switch 2's C button will require a paid Nintendo Switch Online membership after March 31, 2026. Without a subscription, the C button will be inactive, but users can learn about the service and its features.

Doge 'didn't test' Social Security fraud detection tool at appropriate scale

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The US Social Security Administration's website has been experiencing outages and inaccuracies due to high demand and old infrastructure. Elon Musk's DOGE unit is being blamed, but the SSA claims it's unrelated and that DOGE will fix the issue.

MapStructur – Self-hosted map editor with draggable markers and Docker support

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MapStruct is a tool for creating custom, interactive maps with background images, multiple pages, and markers. It's available as a Docker container for easy deployment on systems with Docker support.