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31. Visual Family Cosmos
One surname is not "where you're from".
32. Data Brokers Can Fuel Violence Against Public Servants
A new report from the Public Service Alliance finds state privacy laws offer public servants few ways to protect their private data, even as threats against them are on the rise.
33. Archive.today is directing a DDoS attack against my blog
Around January 11, 2026, archive.today (aka archive.is, archive.md, etc) started using its users as proxies to conduct a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack against Gyrovague, my personal blog. All users encountering archive.today's CAPTCHA page currently load and execute the following Javascript: setInterval(function() { fetch("https://gyrovague.com/?s=" + Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 3 + Math.random() * 8), { referrerPolicy: "no-referrer",…
34. The next steps for Airbus' big bet on open rotor engines
35. FERC: Renewables made up 88% of new US power generating capacity to Nov 2025
Renewables accounted for 88% of all new generating capacity to the end of November, while natural gas added just 11.8%, reports FERC.
36. Microsoft Campus Library Closes
Microsoft is closing its traditional employee libraries, including the longtime Redmond facility where authors gave talks and employees browsed books. The company calls it a shift to AI-powered learning.
37. Athena Parthenos: A Reconstruction (2000)
This page has a picture of a reconstruction of the Parthenos.
38. The Codex App
39. Carnegie Mellon Unversity Computer Club FTP Server
40. 3D-printed fan-less and pump-less liquid cooler can deliver 600 watts of cooling
Better watch out, Frore.
41. Ownership of open source flashcard app Anki transferred to for-profit AnkiHub
Hi all, Anki’s 19th birthday was about 4 months ago. It would have been a good time to pause and reflect on what Anki has become, and how it will grow in the future. But I ended up letting the moment come and go, as I d…
42. Defending the Apple Neural Engine (ANE)
Conversations on HN are full of hilarious misinformation about this subsystem
43. Underrated ways to change the world, part II
OR: why you should sell onions on the internet
44. Julia
An aphasic space station monitors an anomalous object, while keeping the last two humans alive.
45. Being sane in insane places (1973) [pdf]
46. 50 Years of the Jetsons: Why the Show Still Matters
Although it was on the air for only one season, The Jetsons remains our most popular point of reference when discussing the future.
47. Geologists may have solved mystery of Green River's 'uphill' route
48. Joedb, the Journal-Only Embedded Database
49. Vitalik: L2s Are Over
50. Ask HN: Is there anyone here who still uses slide rules?
51. Hexagonal Grids
Amit's guide to math, algorithms, and code for hexagonal grids
52. One machine can go pretty far if you build things properly (2022)
53. The browser catches homograph attacks. Your terminal doesn't
Your browser catches homograph attacks. Your terminal doesn't. Tirith guards the gate — intercepts suspicious URLs, ANSI injection, and pipe-to-shell attacks before they execute. - sheeki03/tirith
54. A WhatsApp bug lets malicious media files spread through group chats
Google’s Project Zero team found that WhatsApp can download a malicious media file without you doing anything at all.
55. ClickHouse Release 26.1
56. No Source Code == No Patent
How we know you "have' the invention
57. The largest number representable in 64 bits
58. The Frutiger Aero Archive
A website dedicated to the Frutiger Aero design aesthetic, featuring 4000+ downloadable wallpapers, a music player, videos, icons, history, and more.
59. The Hot Mess of AI
60. Phenakistoscopes (1833)
A popular Victorian parlour toy, generally marketed for children, which is widely considered to be among the earliest forms of animation and the precursor to modern cinema.