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Simon Willison was the most popular blogger on Hacker News for the third straight year due to his unique approach of writing about AI as a power user, not a sales pitch. Other top bloggers on Hacker News in 2025 included Jeff, a popular YouTube creator, Sean, a Staff Software Engineer at GitHub, and Brian Krebs, an independent investigative journalist.
You discussed with Nick Wignall how an AI model struggled to replicate your writing style and concluded it can't replace the benefits of writing daily for your brain and readers. You believe AI will make it easier to stand out by forcing writers to focus on quality over quantity.
C3 brings programming-by-contract and error handling to mainstream C with compile-time and runtime constraints. It provides type introspection, extensive runtime checks, and detailed stacktraces for debug builds.
Droid framework simplifies Android app development in Swift with a SwiftUI-like syntax. It abstracts away Android complexities and hides the JNI layer.
Explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas amid reports of US strikes ordered by Donald Trump against Venezuela. The attacks targeted military facilities and come after a five-month US pressure campaign against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
A website simulates two lotteries running 24/7, showing the absurd odds of winning. It takes 4.6 years to hit a Powerball jackpot playing every second, but 5.6 million years buying one ticket per week.
ChangXin Memory Technologies Group Co., Ltd. submitted a prospectus to the Shanghai Stock Exchange for a STAR Market listing, aiming to raise up to CNY 29.5 billion. The funds will be used for upgrading manufacturing lines, advancing DRAM process technologies, and R&D for next-generation memory.
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A new botnet called Kimwolf has infected over 2 million devices globally, forcing compromised systems to relay malicious traffic and participate in DDoS attacks. The botnet spreads by exploiting vulnerabilities in residential proxy networks and Android TV boxes, which are often pre-installed with malware or require users to download unofficial apps to use their stated purpose.
A GPU-assisted approach to rasterization of vector shapes involves dividing the screen into blocks, processing segments within each block, and using a cover table to efficiently calculate pixel coverage. This approach can achieve significant performance boosts, with a GPU-assisted version being 10-15 times faster than a heavily optimized software renderer for image fills.
Researchers propose Recursive Language Models (RLMs) to handle long prompts, outperforming base LLMs and common scaffolds in four tasks. RLMs successfully process inputs up to two orders of magnitude beyond model context windows.
User built a 100% faithful recreation of a device using Claude code and CMajor. They're proud of this achievement, marking a shift from traditional programming to a multi-disciplinary role.
To reach a goal, start by taking the smallest possible step, such as putting walking shoes by the door. This bypasses stress and fear, allowing you to build constructive habits and make progress towards your goal.
User added a custom HTTP header to their blog as a tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett, referencing his novel "Going Postal". The header is a quiet nod to the author, injecting "GNU Terry Pratchett" into network requests.
Xr0 is a C verifier that eliminates undefined behavior by distributing safety information through every function call. It's a work in progress, currently verifying a subset of C89, with limitations including loops and recursive functions.
The article discusses writing a Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler to solve a recurrence relation challenge. The compiler converts operations into native machine code and lets the hardware do the work directly.
amifuse reads Amiga hard disk images through m68k CPU emulation, allowing native filesystem access. It supports HDF/RDB, Emu68-style MBR images, and ADF floppy images with various filesystem drivers.
iRobot's original Roomba was innovative due to its simple design and unconventional software approach. The Roomba's success was based on its ability to maintain everyday cleanliness despite limitations, using a behavior-based robotics approach that prioritized basic survival skills.
The Monaco demo is the first step in a larger architecture for regions and fleets, with upcoming features including a background service and improved address search. User input will influence the development of these features and other integrations.
You're looking for a tool that provides one-command, instant access to local environments without SSH or port forwarding. Cloudflare tunnel with a QR code seems to be the best option, but you're also considering ptn for its simplicity and customizability.
The user created a custom device to indicate their availability to their mother by monitoring their MacBook camera status and displaying it on an OLED screen connected to an ESP32. They designed a custom binary protocol and over-engineered the device with features like BLE connectivity, custom icons, and a wave animation, making it a fun and educational project.
The author initially dismissed Ctrl-C profiling as ineffective but now acknowledges its value in solving simple problems encountered by lazy people in unfriendly environments. Ctrl-C profiling is often easier and more straightforward than using a profiler.
AI assistants know what "WHOLEFDS MKT" is. They understand "SQ *" means Square. Just tell Tally your categorization rules in plain English: Tally works with your AI to write the rules to a simple file. No database, no cloud service. Just a file on your computer that you control.
Researchers present Ouro, a pre-trained Looped Language Model that builds reasoning into the pre-training phase, outperforming 12B SOTA LLMs on various benchmarks. Ouro's advantage stems from superior knowledge manipulation capabilities, not increased knowledge capacity.
Lowering LDL levels through pharmacological treatments can eliminate cardiovascular disease risk in young adults with good health. This is because LDL levels are the primary causal factor in atherosclerosis, and reducing them below natural physiological levels can prevent cardiovascular disease.
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Install Termux and Claude Code on Android to host a website, using F-Droid for Termux add-ons and Andronix for Linux distributions. Set up SSH, Cloudflare Tunnel, and Tailscale for secure website access and private network connectivity.
The user proposes developing tools that combine formal methods with simulation to help design and optimize distributed systems, addressing limitations of current approaches. This would enable precise quantitative predictions of design performance, guiding investments and identifying risks, and bridge the gap between formal methods and systems and database research communities.
For-of loops in JavaScript are now as fast as traditional indexed loops due to V8 engine improvements, but still slower for huge arrays. Classic i++ cached array length remains the most consistent winner for performance-sensitive code, but for-of is preferred for non-performance sensitive code due to better ergonomics.
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The author tried Bluesky as an alternative to Twitter but found it disappointing due to its narrow ideological range and lack of diversity. The site's user base is dominated by progressive views, leading to groupthink and limited opportunities for debate and learning.
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CompuServe launched a service called MicroNET in 1978, allowing users to connect to a computer network via phone. The service included games like Star Trek and Adventure.
Democracy is facing a major challenge worldwide due to dissatisfaction with globalization and the rise of authoritarian governments. The decline of democracy is evident in the increase of dictatorial states and the erosion of democratic values in countries like the US and Japan.
The author, a 100-year-old man, reflects on his life, health, and experiences, including his centenarian status, declining abilities, and dependence on his wife, while also discussing current events and his work as a writer for The New Yorker. He shares stories about his family, friends, and past experiences, including his relationships with famous artists like Georgia O'Keeffe and his own ...
A Google engineer used Anthropic's Claude Code to generate a working system in one hour that her team had been developing for a year. The engineer recommends trying Claude Code in areas of deep expertise and notes rapid AI-assisted programming evolution from individual lines to entire codebases.
Explosions were reported in Caracas, Venezuela, with some areas without electricity and aircraft sounds heard. US President Trump warned of new action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela.
The article discusses the grey market for peptides, regulatory theater, and the tension between bodily autonomy and medical ethics. It explores the use of peptides for weight loss, self-experimentation, and the blurring of lines between therapy and enhancement.
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Explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela, with smoke rising from a military base. The cause is unclear, amid US military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats and tensions between Venezuela and the US.
"Busy is the New Stupid" is an interactive dashboard applying the MITRE ATT&CK framework to productivity. It treats cognitive drains like meeting overload as threats across phases like Initial Access and Impact, offering tactical defense strategies to combat busyness and restore strategic focus.
The author uses the TLA Toolbox to prove liveness properties of the Xen vchan protocol, a communication protocol between Xen virtual machines. They start with a simple example of a one-way channel and then apply the same approach to the real protocol.
Unrevised edition of How to Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Book and audiobook that you can read online. Improve your social skills, negotiation skills, and business dealings. Red pill social skills.
The user created a fake luxury paperweight company, Xarumei, and tested various AI models with made-up stories, finding that most models repeated the false information and were easily manipulated by conflicting fake sources. The user concludes that large language models are not yet ready to be the primary source for brand and product research due to their susceptibility to manipulation and ...
A startup founder met with a chain of connections from Coinbase to Airbnb. They found a chain of 4 YC startups but wonder if a longer chain exists.
ARES uses rail technology to harness gravity for utility-scale energy storage, providing a sustainable solution with a 40-year service life. ARES Nevada is building a 50 MW facility in Pahrump, Nevada, to support renewable energy integration in the Western U.S.
The author argues that inheritance is a flawed concept in Object-Oriented Programming, causing problems and unnecessary complexity. Rust's design avoids inheritance, instead using traits and structs to achieve similar functionality.
Voklit offers international phone numbers and professional features for businesses, including call tracking and recording. It provides secure, private conversations with encryption and offers credits for calls, SMS, and voicemails.
Researchers tested low-dose aspirin given every third day for thromboxane inhibition. Results showed 81mg every third day was nearly as potent as daily 81mg.
The user showcased various projects including a postcard sending service, a synthetic data generation tool, and an app for a grocery shop. They also shared other projects such as a vscode extension, a 3D printed polariser, and an experimental DSL for web applications.
Zeit v1 is a complete rewrite of the original time-tracking tool, built on modern dependencies and a cleaner codebase, with a new database and improved command-line interface. The new version is licensed under a source-available license, dubbed the SEGV license, and is available for download with an official website and import feature for existing Zeit v0 databases.
User is looking for comprehensive books on modern physics and classical physics, particularly those that cover all of physics from an undergrad level with mathematical rigor. They are considering John Dirk Walecka's books and have found the old Soviet era book "Fundamentals of Physics" by Ivanov useful for an overview.
Reddit's API changes led to a loss of power users and valuable content, replacing it with low-effort posts and engagement metrics over valuable discussions. The platform now relies on volunteers and prioritizes referral traffic data over user experience.
The website administrator has set up a protection to prevent AI companies from aggressively scraping their site to avoid downtime. Disable plugins like JShelter to access content requiring modern JavaScript features.
CSharpStream.Models – Contains the Message and User models, used for structured data transfer and managing user identity information.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, people developed various hobbies that explored alternate worlds and possibilities, including science fiction, tabletop war games, and role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons. The popularity of D&D led to the creation of computer role-playing games (CRPGs) in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which allowed players to experience a digital version of the ...
The author shares his dating advice, learned from his relationship with his wife Johanna, which emphasizes the importance of being genuine, open, and willing to take risks in conversations to find a compatible partner. He suggests that people should focus on finding individuals who can engage in meaningful and generative conversations, rather than trying to fit into predetermined categories ...
Xsight Labs' E1 DPU is a 64-core Arm Neoverse N2 part with 800Gbps networking, validated with SONiC-DASH Hero 800G test. It's a miniature server with PCIe slots, allowing for flexible architecture and free CPU cycles for other tasks.
The Uxn/Varvara ecosystem is a personal computing stack with a small virtual machine that allows running applications on various systems. It's open-source and can run on desktops, tiny electronics, handhelds, and in browsers.
Subscribe to @Paleotechnica on YouTube for VT420 emulator videos. The VT420 emulator, Blaze, requires EEPROM images for certain terminals and can be contributed to via a GitHub issue.
fp-pack is a TypeScript library that provides functional programming utilities for real-world applications, emphasizing function composition, immutability, and declarative code. It includes tools like pipe and pipeAsync for synchronous and asynchronous data transformations, and SideEffect for handling errors and side effects in pipelines.
Game console security has improved with the Xbox One and PS4 lasting 6 years without piracy or cheating hacks. The Xbox One's security design includes a custom SoC and software changes to protect against hardware attacks and untrusted data.
Two nodes can be represented in a hierarchy using two approaches: storing an array of child pointers within a node or using a linked list with a pointer to the first child and the next sibling.
The American Founding was a counter-revolution that consolidated power in a centralized state, favoring the interests of creditors, land speculators, and merchants over the agrarian majority. This led to the development of State Capitalism, characterized by artificial scarcity, corporate welfare, and the suppression of the free market.
Luke Smith is creating a database of news links from various sources, analyzing their content and topics, to capture a time capsule of information. He uses automated processes to collect data from established sources, but acknowledges link rot and limitations in tracking all sources.
Google Tasks CLI is a secure and easy-to-use command-line interface for managing Google Tasks with advanced features. It supports multiple accounts, AI-powered task management, and direct API communication for secure token storage.
In geography, a pole of inaccessibility is the farthest (or most difficult to reach) location. in 2017, the turner twins went from coastal chile to the south american pole of inaccessibility, becoming the first adventurers to go from the nearest coastline to it by foot - but it is not the pole utmost from any other continents or landmasses. "point nemo is most remote ocean