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121. Confidential Compute Open Network
122. Men Who Made America's Self-Made Man
123. Our Phosphorescent World
This life-giving element, stored in rock and organic material, moves around Earth in an ancient cycle we have just broken
124. Learning Feynman's Trick for Integrals
125. The Math of Why You Can't Focus at Work
Interruptions, recovery time, and task size: three numbers that determine if you'll get real work done. Interactive visualizations show the math behind bad days.
126. The Origins of Scala (2009)
127. Post-mortem of Shai-Hulud attack on November 24th, 2025
At 4:11 AM UTC on November 24th, a number of our SDKs and other packages were compromised, with a malicious self-replicating worm - Shai-Hulud 2.…
128. Running a Business Means Contact with Reality
129. Language is primarily a tool for communication rather than thought [pdf]
130. In Re: 23andMe, Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation
Generated by create next app
131. NFCGate flagged as malware even after multiple followups saying it isn't
May I kindly ask to take a look at VT for the latest release? With two major engines agreeing and being supported by 2 others, I'm not 100% sure to call it a "false positive" (maybe something slipped in?). I'll remove this update from Iz...
132. Testing Shows Automotive Glassbreakers Can't Break Modern Automotive Glass
It's easy to convince EDC people to buy EDC things. But how do you convince non-EDC folks to buy your product? Simple: Fear. The global "car escape tool market," according to market research firm Data Insights Market, is valued at $500 this year, projected to grow 7% a year and
133. Hardening the C++ Standard Library at scale
134. Show HN: Downloadable Extensions for Postgres.app
Postgres.app is a full featured PostgreSQL installation packaged as a standard Mac app.
135. Tell HN: It's now impossible to disable all AI features in Firefox 145 (latest)
136. System 7 natively boots on the Mac mini G4
System 7 natively boots on the Mac mini G4!
137. Dynamic Skillset Reference Architecture
A reference architecture for an AI agent that dynamically selects and utilizes skillsets based on user intent.
138. Mint Is Not TeX
139. Imgur Geo-Blocked the UK, So I Geo-Unblocked My Network
Imgur started blocking UK users. Rather than installing a VPN on every device, I set up a network-wide proxy that tunnels Imgur traffic through a VPN automatically.
140. Don't tug on that, you never know what it might be attached to
141. The reality of life after getting your brand stocked in a national retailer
142. Iceland declares ocean-current instability a national security risk
Iceland has classified the potential collapse of a major Atlantic current system as a national security threat, citing new scientific warnings that such a change could radically alter the country’s climate and economy. Officials say the risk represents an “existential” challenge that demands a coordinated, top-level response.
143. Stopping bad guys from using my open source project (feedback wanted)
I maintain a sorta-popular open source package, and I want to prevent big corporations and "bad guys" from using it. I want feedback on how to do this.
144. DeepSeek-v3.2-Speciale
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
145. WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration. Hard fork of https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps/ - winapps-org/winapps
146. Stal/IX: declarative statically linked Linux distribution
landing page
147. Let go of StackOverflow; communities must take ownership
Despite the title this is less a directive and more a description of what has already happened, and how I came to realize it. Still, there are many who remember StackOverflow as a revelation in the mid-2010s and think some vestige of those times remain. They think if they make an effort to distill their confusion into a question and post it there they will be rewarded. Perhaps some scarce few will, but a better way exists.
148. Voyager 1 Is About to Reach One Light-Day from Earth
After nearly 50 years in space, NASA’s Voyager 1 is about to hit a historic milestone. By November 15, 2026, it will be 16.1 billion miles (25.9 billion km)
149. Effective Altruists Use Threats and Harassment to Silence Their Critics
How does the Effective Altruist community respond to critics? With threats and harassment. Even people who still call themselves "Effective Altruists" are afraid to openly criticize the community.
150. SQLite as an Application File Format