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31. Notes on Gamma
The nuance between seeing and perceiving, linearity and non-linearity, what EOTFs are – and how to draw nice smooth gradients against the odds
32. The Cost of a Closure in C
I had a vague idea that closures could have a variety of performance implications; I did not believe that so many of the chosen and potential designs for C and C++ extensions ones, however, were so…
33. An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2512.09643: An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions
34. How the Brain Parses Language
Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to LLMs.
35. Dependent Names with a Little Encouragement
36. Going Through Snowden Documents, Part 1
37. Deprecate Like You Mean It
38. How Geometry Is Fundamental for Chess
The development of geometry in humans
39. Python Workers redux: fast cold starts, packages, and a uv-first workflow
Recent advancements in Cloudflare Python Workers means fast cold starts, comprehensive package support, and a great developer experience. We explain how they were achieved and show how Python can be used to build serverless applications on Cloudflare.
40. Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration
41. A "Frozen" Dictionary for Python
42. You gotta push if you wanna pull
43. What Is the Nicest Thing a Stranger Has Ever Done for You?
One of the things I do when I'm feeling blue is to make a mental list of the nice things people have done for me over the years, including perfect strangers.
44. Patterns.dev
Learn JavaScript design and performance patterns for building more powerful web applications.
45. Handsdown one of the coolest 3D websites
46. Kicking Robots
Humanoids and the tech-­industry hype machine
47. GenTabs
Take the web for a fresh spin
48. Contact Sheet Prompting
Generating cohesive multi-frame narratives with Nano Banana Pro's reasoning capabilities.
49. Pop Goes the Population Count?
Compilers can take advantage of some very specific instructions
50. Humans were making fire 400k years ago, earlier than thought
Archaeologists in Britain say they have found the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making, dating to around 400,000 years ago.
51. The snail farm don: The most brazen tax avoidance scheme of all time
The long read: Terry Ball – renowned shoe salesman, friend to former mafiosi – has resolved to spend his last years finding ways to cheat authorities he feels have cheated him. His greatest ruse? A tax-dodging snail empire
52. Days since last GitHub incident
53. A 'Tatooine' Planet Directly Imaged
54. Terrain Diffusion: A Diffusion-Based Successor to Perlin Noise
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2512.08309: Terrain Diffusion: A Diffusion-Based Successor to Perlin Noise in Infinite, Real-Time Terrain Generation
55. Show HN: GPULlama3.java Llama Compilied to PTX/OpenCL Now Integrated in Quarkus
56. Common Lisp, ASDF, and Quicklisp: packaging explained
Common Lisp has good packaging tools, but they're different. Here we explain the what and how.
57. Google Maps allocates survival across London's restaurants
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
58. Incomplete List of Mistakes in the Design of CSS
59. RoboCrop: Teaching robots how to pick tomatoes
60. Ask HN: What are you buying your kids for Christmas?