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31. Virginia Faulkner: Writer, Editor and Ghostwriter?
32. GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software '
He's just like me, for real.
33. Show HN: Tiny FOSS Compass and Navigation App (<2MB)
Modern FOSS Compass and Navigation app without Ads, IAP or Tracking - CompassMB/MBCompass
34. There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape
35. Digg.com relaunch public beta is live
Digg is where people go to look at cool things while they eat a big bowl of cereal
36. Never-before-seen Linux malware is "more advanced than typical"
VoidLink includes an unusually broad and advanced array of capabilities.
37. The Gleam Programming Language
Discover a friendly language for scalable, type-safe systems. Gleam comes with compiler, build tool, formatter, editor integrations, and package manager all built in.
38. FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home in 'highly unusual and aggressive' act
Agents searched Hannah Natanson’s Virginia home and seized devices in inquiry tied to a classified materials case
39. Putting the "You" in CPU (2023)
Curious exactly what happens when you run a program on your computer? Learn how multiprocessing works, what system calls really are, how computers manage memory with hardware interrupts, and how Linux loads executables.
40. Jeff Bezos hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud
A few years ago, Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos revealed how he thinks of local PC hardware as antiquated, ready to be replaced by cloud options from companies like AWS and Azure.
41. Texas Police Invested Millions in Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software
One sheriff who leads an anti-smuggling task force says the software helps “develop leads to eventually obtain probable cause.” Civil liberties experts say its use violates constitutional rights.
42. How have prices changed in a year? NPR checked 114 items at Walmart
We found the effects of tariffs and extreme weather, relief (finally!) in the egg cooler, plus one case of shrinkflation.
43. Tesla moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription
Tesla is lagging Waymo in autonomous mobility as the Alphabet-owned driverless car service topped 450,000 paid weekly rides in December.
44. Microsoft keeps reinstalling Copilot, so I found a way to rip it out for good
45. 1000 Blank White Cards
46. The $LANG Programming Language
47. US to suspend immigrant visa processing for 75 nations, State Department says
48. Why NUKEMAP isn't on Google Maps anymore
The top-secret story of why NUKEMAP switched from Google Maps to Mapbox+Leaflet.
49. Show HN: 1D-Pong Game at 39C3
A simple 1D-Pong game built with an ESP32 (WEMOS D1), a WS2812B LED strip, and two buttons - ogermer/1d-pong
50. Sorry, Eh
51. Remember when you owned stuff?
52. The Emacs Widget Library: A Critique and Case Study
Engineering manager, Emacs enthusiast, and open source maintainer. Writing about software, tooling, and personal productivity.
53. Matthew McConaughey trademarks himself to fight AI misuse
54. A 40-Line Fix Eliminated a 400x Performance Gap
A deep dive into an OpenJDK commit that replaced slow /proc file parsing with a single syscall, revealing obscure Linux kernel internals and a 20-year-old optimization opportunity.
55. India's Electric Two-Wheeler Market: Rise, Reset and What Comes Next
As of 2022, India had 263m two-wheeled vehicles on the road, making it the world’s largest two-wheeler market. In terms of annual sales, India has also leapfrogged China. However, the picture changes when we look at electric vehicle penetration in the two-wheeler segment. Annual electric two-wheeler sales in the two countries present a chalk-and-cheese contrast.
56. US tech giants allying with European far-right to strip back EU rules
Amid rising EU-US tensions, a new report has accused Big Tech of courting far-right MEPs to weaken the EU's regulatory power on AI and data.
57. Every GitHub Object Has Two IDs
How I reverse-engineered GitHub node IDs to avoid a database migration and discovered their dual ID system along the way.
58. Show HN: OSS AI agent that indexes and searches the Epstein files
Search the Epstein archive — an AI agent grounded in indexed emails, messages, and documents, powered by Nia
59. Handling secrets (somewhat) securely in shells
60. ASCII Clouds
Self-taught web developer and designer creating unique digital experiences