Voyager 1 Is About to Reach One Light-Day from Earth

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Voyager 1 is about to reach 16.1 billion miles away from Earth, taking 24 hours for a radio signal to reach it. It's the most distant human-made object, traveling at 11 miles per second since 1977 and sending data until the 2030s.

A cell so minimal that it challenges definitions of life

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Scientists discovered a cell with a severely reduced genome that challenges the definition of life. The cell, named Sukunaarchaeum, lacks essential functions and relies on a host cell for survival.

Statistical Process Control in Python

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We will learn statistical process control in Python using pandas, plotnine, and scipy to measure variation and identify benchmarks in product quality over time. This workshop applies statistical process control to a case study of a Japanese Hot Springs bath economy, evaluating temperature, pH, and sulfur levels to ensure quality control and maintain reputation.

After 15 years, I use Outlook as my build pipeline

A developer is quitting after 15 years due to frustration with inefficient processes and lack of automation. They implemented a hacky solution to automate a tedious task, which surprisingly worked well and provided a sense of accomplishment.

I don't care how well your "AI" works

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The author is concerned about the over-reliance on AI tools, particularly LLMs, which can lead to a loss of human skills and autonomy. They argue that AI systems are designed to reinforce existing power structures and control people's thoughts and desires.

Is DWPD Still a Useful SSD Spec?

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NAND flash SSDs have limited write endurance due to degradation of the media itself, which can cause performance issues and eventually lead to failure. To extend drive longevity, wear leveling, usable capacity increase, and raw capacity increase can be used, and understanding the Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD) metric is essential for evaluating drive endurance.

Qiskit open-source SDK for working with quantum computers

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Qiskit is an open-source SDK for quantum computing that provides a core component for creating and working with quantum circuits and operators. It includes a transpiler for optimizing circuits and a quantum information toolbox for creating advanced operators.

Show HN: KiDoom – Running DOOM on PCB Traces

Image Diffusion Models Exhibit Emergent Temporal Propagation in Videos

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Researchers repurpose image diffusion models for object tracking in videos by interpreting self-attention maps as semantic label propagation kernels. They introduce DRIFT, a framework achieving state-of-the-art zero-shot performance on video object segmentation benchmarks.

I DM'd a Korean Presidential Candidate and Ended Up Building His Core Campaign

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The user, a 27-year-old developer, shares a story about how they became interested in politics and joined Lee Jun-seok's Reform Party, eventually working on a campaign called "Let's Eat Lunch On Campus" that went viral. The user reflects on the experience, which taught them about the importance of courage, trust, and empowerment in politics, and how it has made them a more honest and critical thinker.

Cekura (YC F24) Is Hiring

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Cekura is a fast-growing company building a reliability layer for conversational agents. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll partner with technical customers for long-term success, driving product feedback and proactive account management.

Surprisingly, Emacs on Android is pretty good

The user set up Emacs on their Android device, using Termux to access CLI tools, and customized the interface for touchscreen use. They also installed a virtual keyboard for easier typing and set up Syncthing to share notes across devices.

Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being 'AI free'

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Indie game developers are pushing back against the use of generative AI in game development, citing concerns over ethics, creativity, and personal pride. Some developers are using a "no AI" seal to declare their games were made by humans, while others are embracing the technology as a way to speed up production.

Copyparty, the FOSS file server [video]

Efficient solar cooking that stores heat in sand

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Space Truckin' – The Nostromo (2012)

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Ridley Scott and Dan O'Bannon drew inspiration from films like 2001 and Dark Star for Alien's claustrophobic corridors and industrial aesthetic. The design process involved multiple artists, including Ron Cobb and Chris Foss, but ultimately resulted in a ship that was largely different from their original concepts.

Trillions spent and big software projects are still failing

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The IT community has failed to learn from decades of software development and operational failures, resulting in a trillion-dollar cost to society. To reduce IT blunders, senior management must prioritize honesty, skepticism, and ethics, and treat software development with the respect it deserves.
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Mathematician Anton Bernshteyn discovered a connection between descriptive set theory and computer science, showing that problems about infinite sets can be rewritten as problems about network communication. This bridge between disciplines has opened new collaborations and insights into the nature of infinity.

CS234: Reinforcement Learning Winter 2025

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The class will use Sutton and Barto's Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction as a supporting reading and allow up to 2 late days for assignments.

Jakarta is now the biggest city in the world

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The world's population is increasingly urbanized with 45% living in cities, and Jakarta is home to nearly 42 million people. Megacities are expanding with 33 in 2025, and Dhaka is expected to become the world's largest city by the middle of the century.

Show HN: We built an open source, zero webhooks payment processor

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Flowglad simplifies internet money making by integrating billing logic into apps with a single line of code. It uses internal user IDs for billing and provides real-time billing status.

1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus is unearthed in Budapest

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Archaeologists in Budapest, Hungary, discovered a remarkably well-preserved Roman sarcophagus with a young woman's skeleton and dozens of artifacts. The find offers a rare glimpse into the life of the young woman and the world she inhabited around 1,700 years ago.

RunC Container Escape: What Docker and Kubernetes Users Need to Know

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Recently, three high severity vulnerabilities were disclosed in runC, the low-level container runtime used by Docker, containerd, Kubernetes, and other container platforms. By exploiting these vulnerabilities, it is possible to bypass container isolation boundaries and break out of the container to the underlying host. runC is the low-level container runtime that Docker, containerd, ...

How to repurpose your old phone into a web server

We aim to reduce e-waste by giving a second life to forgotten devices and encourage reuse. Follow the tutorial to set up a local digital garden on your device.

Launch HN: Onyx (YC W24) – Open-source chat UI

Chris and Yuhong from Onyx are building an open-source chat that works with any LLM, providing tools like RAG and web search. They aim to offer a secure, customizable, and user-friendly experience for teams to use LLMs.

FLUX.2: Frontier Visual Intelligence

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FLUX.2 is a powerful image generation model that offers high-quality images, consistency, and control. It's designed for real-world creative workflows and is available in various models for different needs and budgets.

Java Decompiler

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The Java Decompiler project develops tools to decompile and analyze Java byte code, including JD-GUI, JD-Eclipse, and JD-Core. These tools support Java 5 and later versions, including new features like annotations and generics.

Largest-Triangle-Three-Buckets and the Fourier Transform (2024)

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The Largest-Triangle-Three-Buckets (LTTB) algorithm reduces data volume while preserving visual properties by selecting significant points from equally sized buckets. It can be used for downsampling time series data, but may introduce distortion in the frequency domain.

New layouts with CSS Subgrid

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Css subgrid allows you to extend the parent grid through a <ul>. if you want to create an infinite supercomputer, you can use 'child' to add more rows and columns to the grid based on the content - and the size of the image you're displaying. you don't need to specify the exact number of rows, just the number that will fit your content. this is the most common use

BebboSSH: SSH2 implementation for Amiga systems (68000, GPLv3)

BebboSSH is an SSH2 implementation for Amiga systems with modern ciphers and optimized routines. It provides SSH2 client and server functionality, SCP transfers, and SFTP support for classic Amiga systems.