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7.13.25 | MacPaint Art's enduring appeal, Bypassing Google's adblock update, Understanding JavaScript's Date class
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11:55This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 13, 2025. MacPaint Art from the Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/macpaint.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44540402 Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update https://0x44.xyz/blog/web-request-blocking/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4454426…
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7.12.25 | OpenAI's Windsurf deal canceled, Windsurf CEO joins Google, ETH Zurich and EPFL releasing LLM, Bill Atkinson's psychedelic UI
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11:40This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 12, 2025. OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google https://www.theverge.com/openai/705999/google-windsurf-ceo-openai https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44536988 ETH Zurich and EPFL to release a LLM developed on public infrastructure https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-e…
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7.11.25 | AI's impact on open-source productivity, Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY scalability issues, Grok searches X for Elon Musk's messages
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11:48This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 11, 2025. Measuring the impact of AI on experienced open-source developer productivity https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44522772 Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY does not scale https://www.recall.ai/blog/postgres-listen-notif…
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7.10.25 | Tree Borrows concept, Linda Yaccarino departs X, jank programming language discussed
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11:43This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 10, 2025. Tree Borrows https://plf.inf.ethz.ch/research/pldi25-tree-borrows.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44510600 Linda Yaccarino is leaving X https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/technology/linda-yaccarino-x-steps-down.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44510731 The jank p…
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7.9.25 | Supabase MCP SQL leak, Bootstrapping profitable side project, OffChess offline chess puzzles app
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12:20This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 9, 2025. Supabase MCP can leak your entire SQL database https://www.generalanalysis.com/blog/supabase-mcp-blog https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44502318 Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business https://projectionlab.com/blog/we-reached-1m-arr-with-zero-funding…
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7.8.25 | ChatGPT prompts feature addition, Mercury introduces fast diffusion models, o3 profiles from Pocket links
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12:11This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 8, 2025. Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists https://www.holovaty.com/writing/chatgpt-fake-feature/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44491071 Mercury: Ultra-fast language models based on diffusion https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17298 https://news.ycombinator.com/ite…
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7.7.25 | Extracted Apple Intelligence safety filters, Loss of individuality in society, Bitchat – decentralized Bluetooth messaging app
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12:02This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 7, 2025. I extracted the safety filters from Apple Intelligence models https://github.com/BlueFalconHD/apple_generative_model_safety_decrypted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44483485 Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with labels https://www.freyaindia.co.uk/p/nobody-has…
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7.6.25 | Local-first software, hidden interface controls, questioning morality
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12:12This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 6, 2025. Local-first software (2019) https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44473135 Hidden interface controls that affect usability https://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/july-august-2025/stop-hiding-my-controls-hidden-interface-controls-are-…
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7.5.25 | Nvidia criticized, Mini NASes combine NVMe and Intel chip, OBBB reinstates R&D expensing in U.S
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12:09This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 5, 2025. Nvidia is full of shit https://blog.sebin-nyshkim.net/posts/nvidia-is-full-of-shit/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44468175 Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/mini-nases-marry-nvme-intels-efficient-chip https://news.ycombinat…
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7.4.25 | tmux-rs launched, YC company relicensed my project, The Rise of Whatever
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12:48This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 4, 2025. Introducing tmux-rs https://richardscollin.github.io/tmux-rs/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44455787 My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated] https://twitter.com/soham_btw/status/1940952786491027886 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44460552 …
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7.3.25 | Exploiting IKKO Activebuds, US climate report websites down, gene therapy restored hearing
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12:02This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 3, 2025. Exploiting the IKKO Activebuds “AI powered” earbuds (2024) https://blog.mgdproductions.com/ikko-activebuds/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44443919 Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-national-assessment-nasa-white-hou…
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7.2.25 | Fed miscalculates $1M cube, Spegel is an LLM-based Terminal Browser, Figma files for IPO
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12:03This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 2, 2025. The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million https://calvin.sh/blog/fed-lie/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44435484 Show HN: Spegel, a Terminal Browser That Uses LLMs to Rewrite Webpages https://simedw.com/2025/06/23/introducing-spegel/ https://news.ycomb…
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7.1.25 | AI's new skill is context engineering, Xfinity detects motion via WiFi signals, Proton sues Apple for harmful practices
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12:07This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 1, 2025. The new skill in AI is not prompting, it's context engineering https://www.philschmid.de/context-engineering https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44427757 Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/wifi-motion https://news.ycom…
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6.30.25 | VM simulates CPU fan, ransomware avoids Russian keyboards, HN inquiry on current projects
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11:59This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 30, 2025. I made my VM think it has a CPU fan https://wbenny.github.io/2025/06/29/i-made-my-vm-think-it-has-a-cpu-fan.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44413185 Many ransomware strains will abort if they detect a Russian keyboard installed (2021) https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/t…
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6.29.25 | JavaScript trademark changes, MCP's universal plugin system, engineered addictions
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12:29This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 29, 2025. JavaScript Trademark Update https://deno.com/blog/deno-v-oracle4 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44407139 MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System https://worksonmymachine.substack.com/p/mcp-an-accidentally-universal-plugin https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44404905 E…
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6.28.25 | Airline pilot creates flight graphs, Facebook uses private photos for AI, user deletes second brain
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12:05This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 28, 2025. Show HN: I'm an airline pilot – I built interactive graphs/globes of my flights https://jameshard.ing/pilot https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44396518 Facebook is starting to feed its AI with private, unpublished photos https://www.theverge.com/meta/694685/meta-ai-camera-roll ht…
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6.27.25 | AlphaGenome enhances genome understanding, Gemma 3n introduced, Issen is a personal AI language tutor
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12:18This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 27, 2025. AlphaGenome: AI for better understanding the genome https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/alphagenome-ai-for-better-understanding-the-genome/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44387659 Introducing Gemma 3n https://developers.googleblog.com/en/introducing-gemma-3n-developer-guide…
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6.26.25 | Gemini CLI, OpenAI charges by the minute, new PNG spec
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12:02This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 26, 2025. Gemini CLI https://blog.google/technology/developers/introducing-gemini-cli-open-source-ai-agent/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44376919 OpenAI charges by the minute, so speed up your audio https://george.mand.is/2025/06/openai-charges-by-the-minute-so-make-the-minutes-short…
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6.25.25 | Joy in toy software, Exploring uv and PEP 723, New PNG spec
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12:07This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 25, 2025. Writing toy software is a joy https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/software-is-joy https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44367084 Fun with uv and PEP 723 https://www.cottongeeks.com/articles/2025-06-24-fun-with-uv-and-pep-723 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44369388 A new PNG spec …
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6.24.25 | Backyard coffee and jazz in Kyoto, Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first images, personal terminal usage
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11:58This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 24, 2025. Backyard Coffee and Jazz in Kyoto https://thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/backyard-coffee-and-jazz-in-kyoto https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44356248 Vera C. Rubin Observatory first images https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look/cosmic-treasure-chest https://news.yco…
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6.23.25 | Mechanical Watch diagram, Typst PhD Thesis, Klein Bottle brand hijacking
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12:12This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 23, 2025. Mechanical Watch: Exploded View https://fellerts.no/projects/epoch.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44347425 I wrote my PhD Thesis in Typst https://fransskarman.com/phd_thesis_in_typst.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44350322 Klein Bottle Amazon Brand Hijacking (…
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6.22.25 | U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites, Beware lifetime non-compete confidentiality agreements, Airpass bypasses WiFi time limits
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11:10This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 22, 2025. U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckg3rzj8emjt https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44341639 Tell HN: Beware confidentiality agreements that act as lifetime non competes https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44338562 Airpass – Easily overcome WiFi time…
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6.21.25 | YouTube's anti-adblock measures, Phoenix.new for remote AI runtime, Samsung embeds IronSource spyware on phones
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12:17This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 21, 2025. YouTube's new anti-adblock measures https://iter.ca/post/yt-adblock/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44329712 Phoenix.new – Remote AI Runtime for Phoenix https://fly.io/blog/phoenix-new-the-remote-ai-runtime/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44328326 Samsung Embeds IronSou…
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6.20.25 | Rationalist identity, New BitTorrent tracker in Elixir, LLMs into MegaKernel for low-latency inference
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12:17This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 20, 2025. Guess I'm a Rationalist Now https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44317180 Show HN: I wrote a new BitTorrent tracker in Elixir https://github.com/Dahrkael/ExTracker https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44323253 Compiling LLMs into a MegaKernel: A p…
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6.19.25 | Workout.cool is an open-source fitness platform, Andrej Karpathy discusses software in the AI era, Unregistry allows "docker push" to servers directly
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12:45This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 19, 2025. Show HN: Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform https://github.com/Snouzy/workout-cool https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44309320 Andrej Karpathy: Software in the era of AI [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCEmiRjPEtQ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=443…
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6.18.25 | Honda's reusable rocket launch, The Grug Brained Developer, reviving a torrent tracker with 3M peers
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12:35This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 18, 2025. Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket https://global.honda/en/topics/2025/c_2025-06-17ceng.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44300102 The Grug Brained Developer (2022) https://grugbrain.dev/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4430354…
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6.17.25 | WhatsApp adds ads, Nanonets-OCR-s converts documents to markdown, Chawan TUI web browser showcased
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11:59This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 17, 2025. WhatsApp introduces ads in its app https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/technology/whatsapp-ads.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44289412 Nanonets-OCR-s – OCR model that transforms documents into structured markdown https://huggingface.co/nanonets/Nanonets-OCR-s https://news…
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6.16.25 | SSL renamed to TLS, Modifying Starlink Mini, Canyon.mid
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11:52This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 16, 2025. Why SSL was renamed to TLS in late 90s (2014) https://tim.dierks.org/2014/05/security-standards-and-name-changes-in.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44282378 How to modify Starlink Mini to run without the built-in WiFi router https://olegkutkov.me/2025/06/15/how-to-modify-…
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6.15.25 | Reimplemented Stable Diffusion 3.5 in PyTorch, Waymo rides pricier than Uber/Lyft, TimeGuessr
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12:02This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 15, 2025. I have reimplemented Stable Diffusion 3.5 from scratch in pure PyTorch https://github.com/yousef-rafat/miniDiffusion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44276476 Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft and people are paying anyway https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/waymo-rides-cost…
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6.14.25 | Solar system model, HP's board buys Palm, Apple's Liquid Glass for AR interfaces
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12:16This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 14, 2025. If the moon were only 1 pixel: A tediously accurate solar system model (2014) https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44266828 I convinced HP's board to buy Palm and watched them kill it https://philmckinney.substack.com…
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6.13.25 | Receipt printer cured procrastination, Frequent reauth not more secure, US-backed Israeli spyware targeted European journalists
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12:17This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 13, 2025. A receipt printer cured my procrastination https://www.laurieherault.com/articles/a-thermal-receipt-printer-cured-my-procrastination https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44256499 Frequent reauth doesn't make you more secure https://tailscale.com/blog/frequent-reath-security https:/…
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6.12.25 | Big Bang possibly inside black hole, programming with agents, Chatterbox TTS
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12:28This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 12, 2025. Research suggests Big Bang may have taken place inside a black hole https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/blogs/space-cosmology-and-the-universe/what-if-the-big-bang-wasnt-the-beginning-our-research-suggests-it-may-have-taken-place-inside-a-black-hole https://news.ycombinato…
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6.11.25 | Mistral AI's first reasoning model, Vassar Robotics' $219 learning robot arm, OpenAI's 80% price drop for o3
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12:05This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 11, 2025. Magistral — the first reasoning model by Mistral AI https://mistral.ai/news/magistral https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44236997 Launch HN: Vassar Robotics (YC X25) – $219 robot arm that learns new skills https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44240302 OpenAI dropped the price of …
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6.10.25 | Tax deduction for US software devs, Apple announces Foundation Models and Containerization, Apple introduces universal design
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12:27This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 10, 2025. Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44226145 Apple announces Foundation Models and Containerization frameworks, etc https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/06/apple-supercharges-its-tools-and-technologies…
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6.9.25 | LLMs illustrated by pelicans, Kagi hits 50k users, supercomputers for autocrats threaten democracy
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12:33This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 9, 2025. The last six months in LLMs, illustrated by pelicans on bicycles https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215352 Kagi Reaches 50k Users https://kagi.com/stats?stat=members https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44221450 Building s…
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6.8.25 | Bill Atkinson has died, Washington Post advises against Chrome and Meta apps, overcoming procrastination
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12:06This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 8, 2025. Bill Atkinson has died https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/06/07/bill-atkinson-rip https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44210606 Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex) https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/07/035249/washington-posts-privac…
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6.7.25 | Tax code causing tech layoffs, Meta's invasive AI feed concerns, GitLab backup time reduced significantly
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11:08This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 7, 2025. The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs https://qz.com/tech-layoffs-tax-code-trump-section-174-microsoft-meta-1851783502 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44180533 Meta: Shut down your invasive AI Discover feed https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/campaigns…
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6.6.25 | YouTube warns against self-hosting media, death newts face an impossible predicament, Air Lab introduces a portable air quality measuring device
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11:46This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 6, 2025. Self-hosting your own media considered harmful according to YouTube https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/self-hosting-your-own-media-considered-harmful https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44197932 The impossible predicament of the death newts https://crookedtimber.org/2025/06/05/…
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6.5.25 | OpenAI opposes court order on ChatGPT logs, FFmpeg adds WebRTC support, IRS Direct File available on GitHub
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11:42This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 5, 2025. OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/openai-says-court-forcing-it-to-save-all-chatgpt-logs-is-a-privacy-nightmare/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44185913 FFmpeg merges WebRTC support https://git…
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6.4.25 | Deep learning praised, fact checking overlooked, covert Android tracking, DiffX extensible format
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12:12This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 4, 2025. Deep learning gets the glory, deep fact checking gets ignored https://rachel.fast.ai/posts/2025-06-04-enzyme-ml-fails/index.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44174965 Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android https://localmess.github.io/ https://news.ycombinator.co…
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6.3.25 | AI skeptics are irrational, Cloudflare creates OAuth with Claude, Kan.bn is an open-source Trello alternative
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10:26This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 3, 2025. My AI skeptic friends are all nuts https://fly.io/blog/youre-all-nuts/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44163063 Cloudlflare builds OAuth with Claude and publishes all the prompts https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-oauth-provider/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44159166…
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6.2.25 | Root shell on credit card terminal, Cinematography of "Andor," Visual world of 'Samurai Jack'
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11:33This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 2, 2025. Root shell on a credit card terminal https://stefan-gloor.ch/yomani-hack https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44150803 Cinematography of “Andor” https://www.pushing-pixels.org/2025/05/20/cinematography-of-andor-interview-with-christophe-nuyens.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?…
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6.1.25 | Precision Clock Mk IV, Progressive JSON, A Lean companion to Analysis I
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11:54This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 1, 2025. Precision Clock Mk IV https://mitxela.com/projects/precision_clock_mk_iv https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44144750 Progressive JSON https://overreacted.io/progressive-json/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44147945 A Lean companion to Analysis I https://terrytao.wordpress.co…
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5.31.25 | Photos inside instruments, AI hype and white-collar layoffs, AWS systems correctness practices
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12:46This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 31, 2025. Photos taken inside musical instruments https://www.dpreview.com/photography/5400934096/probe-lenses-and-focus-stacking-the-secrets-to-incredible-photos-taken-inside-instruments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44139626 The ‘white-collar bloodbath’ is all part of the AI hype ma…
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5.30.25 | WeatherStar 4000+ simulates Weather Channel, human coders outperform LLMs, FLUX.1 Kontext
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11:33This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 30, 2025. WeatherStar 4000+: Weather Channel Simulator https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44127109 Human coders are still better than LLMs https://antirez.com/news/153 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44127739 FLUX.1 Kontext https://bfl.ai/models/flux…
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5.29.25 | Rewrote Mac Electron app in Rust, Japan Post launches digital address system, Compiler Explorer promises lasting URLs
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12:04This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 29, 2025. Show HN: I rewrote my Mac Electron app in Rust https://desktopdocs.com/?v=2025 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44118023 Japan Post launches 'digital address' system https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/05/27/companies/japan-post-digital-address/ https://news.ycombinator.…
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5.28.25 | Square Theory, hawk uses traffic signals for hunting, LLM CLI tool runs tools from Python or plugins
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12:07This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 28, 2025. Square Theory https://aaronson.org/blog/square-theory https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44107942 How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more successfully https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/05/23/street-smarts-hawk-use-traffic-signals-hunting https://news.ycombinato…
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5.27.25 | CSS Minecraft, Hacker News uses Common Lisp, Owls in Towels
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11:52This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 27, 2025. CSS Minecraft https://benjaminaster.com/css-minecraft/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44100148 Hacker News now runs on top of Common Lisp https://lisp-journey.gitlab.io/blog/hacker-news-now-runs-on-top-of-common-lisp/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44099006 Owls in Towe…
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5.26.25 | Claude 4 System Card, Amazon coders liken jobs to warehouse work, Open Source Society University offers free CS education
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11:52This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 26, 2025. Claude 4 System Card https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/claude-4-system-card/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44085920 At Amazon, some coders say their jobs have begun to resemble warehouse work https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/business/amazon-ai-coders.html https://news.…
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5.25.25 | o3 finds Linux SMB zeroday, Reinvent the Wheel, US scientific conferences leaving due to border fears
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12:01This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 25, 2025. I used o3 to find a remote zeroday in the Linux SMB implementation https://sean.heelan.io/2025/05/22/how-i-used-o3-to-find-cve-2025-37899-a-remote-zeroday-vulnerability-in-the-linux-kernels-smb-implementation/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44081338 Reinvent the Wheel https:/…
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