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61. Whole Earth Index
Here lies a nearly-complete archive of Whole Earth publications, a series of journals and magazines descended from the Whole Earth Catalog, published by Stewart Brand and the POINT Foundation between 1968 and 2002.
62. The grim truth behind the Pied Piper
Writers like the Grimm Brothers and Robert Browning may have shaped the Pied Piper legend into art, but it turns out the story is likely based on an actual historical incident.
63. Munich's surfers left stunned after famed river wave vanishes
Eisbach wave in the Bavarian city had been a surfing magnet for decades but disappeared after a recent cleanup
64. Shouldn't we trust Google and other pertinent questions
Exactly why Google does not deserve your trust
65. What Is a Manifold?
In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.
66. Epic vs. Google settlement: Opening up Android
67. Can friendship keep you young? Scientists say your social life might slow aging
68. You can't cURL a Border
Country borders don't return JSON, they return judgment. So I built a state machine for travel when governments won't expose your state.
69. Chaining FFmpeg with a Browser Agent
Record once, automate forever. 100X Bot transforms screen recordings into powerful automations for hiring, SEO, sales, and marketing teams.
70. iRobot Is in Trouble, but Roomba Is Already Dead
Here’s what went wrong for the pioneering robotics company behind the once-dominant Roomba.
71. My Truck Desk
October 29, 2025 – “Now that I had my Truck Desk, that vehicle was my very own rolling cubicle.”
72. Code execution with MCP: Building more efficient agents
Learn how code execution with the Model Context Protocol enables agents to handle more tools while using fewer tokens, reducing context overhead by up to 98.7%.
73. Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not
74. What Happened to Piracy? Copyright Enforcement Fades as AI Giants Rise
"Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught." -Balzac
75. WebAssembly (WASM) arch support for the Linux kernel
WebAssembly (Wasm) arch support for the Linux kernel - joelseverin/linux-wasm
76. XAI used employee biometric data to train Elon Musk's AI girlfriend
xAI employees were compelled to submit their biometric data to train Grok’s AI companion Ani and other avatars.
77. You are going to get priced out of the best AI coding tools
The best AI tools will become far more expensive. Andy Warhol famously said:
78. In a stunning comeback, Jared Isaacman is renominated to lead NASA
“I will do everything I can to live up to those expectations.”…
79. Deploying to Amazon's cloud is a pain in the AWS younger devs won't tolerate
80. AI's Dial-Up Era
It is 1995.
81. Maude 3 Manual
82. WASM 45% slower than Native Code
83. Things you can do with diodes
Paying homage to the component we usually don't think about.
84. Bloom filters are good for search that does not scale
Jonathan Arns's personal blog
85. When Stick Figures Fought
A story about Flash, plus news.
86. Narco-sub carrying 1.7 tonnes of cocaine seized in Atlantic
The semi-submersible vessel was bound for various European countries, officials say.
87. BoxLambda OS Software Architecture, First Draft
About six months ago, to my surprise, I completed the BoxLambda SoC’s gateware. Since then, I’ve explored various OS projects, programming languages, tools, and ideas for BoxLambda’s software environment. It’s time to commit to a software architecture.
88. Client ID Metadata Documents
Learn about Client ID Metadata Documents (CIMD) - a new OAuth approach that lets clients identify themselves using URLs instead of preregistration. Presented by Stytch.
89. Precompiled headers and why Squid won't be using them (2023)
First thing, what are precompiled headers? Once an entire dependency tree is exploded, a single c++ include file can become huge, and easily span tens if not hundreds of source files; these will need to be parsed for each compilation unit (c++ file), resulting in a large amount of duplicate work. So compiler writers came…
90. Post-heist report reveals the password of the Louvre's video system was 'Louvre'
Is leaving the safe combination on a post-it note that much worse?