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151. Bitwise conversion of doubles using only FP multiplication and addition (2020)
In the words of Tom Lehrer, "this is completely pointless, but may prove useful to some of you some day, perhaps in a somewhat bizarre set of circumstances." The problem is as follows: suppose you're working in a programming environment that provides only an IEEE-754 double-precision floating point ("double") type, and no operations that can…
152. Show HN: TUI for managing XDG default applications
TUI for managing XDG default applications. Contribute to mitjafelicijan/xdgctl development by creating an account on GitHub.
153. Pwn2own: Escaping VMware Workstation
On the clock: Escaping VMware Workstation at Pwn2Own Berlin 2025
154. Kubernetes Remote Code Execution via Nodes/Proxy Get Permission
An authorization bypass in Kubernetes RBAC allows for nodes/proxy GET permissions to execute commands in any Pod in the cluster.
155. Clawdbot - open source personal AI assistant
Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞 - GitHub - moltbot/moltbot: Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞
156. 150k lines of vibe coded Elixir: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
150,000 lines of production Elixir, written entirely by AI. Here's what worked and what didn't.
157. Sony Data Discman
Let's look at this little gizmo Sony produced in the early 1990s.
158. Six JavaScript zero-day bugs lead to fears of supply chain attack
Tools used to protect users in the aftermath of Shai-Hulud may no longer work, security pros say.
159. The Science of Fermentation (The Food Programme)
Fermented foods are more popular than ever, but what's the science? Dan Saladino reports.
160. Washington State Bill Seeks to Add Firearms Detection to 3D Printers
161. David Patterson: Challenges and Research Directions for LLM Inference Hardware
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2601.05047: Challenges and Research Directions for Large Language Model Inference Hardware
162. Scaling PostgreSQL to power 800M ChatGPT users
163. Maze Algorithms (2017)
164. Amazon bungles Wednesday layoff plan with misfired internal email
165. Meta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
166. iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch
Alongside iOS 26.2.1, Apple today released an updated version of iOS 12 for devices that are still running that operating system update, eight years after the software was first released. iOS 12.5.8 is available for the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 6, meaning Apple is continuing to support these devices for 13 and 12 years after launch, respectively. The iPhone 5s came out in September 2013, while the iPhone 6 launched in September 2014.
167. Ask HN: What's the Point Anymore?
168. OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse
169. Amazon inadvertently announces cloud unit layoffs in email to employees
Amazon sent a notice out to staffers in an apparent error acknowledging "organizational changes" at the company.
170. Rust's Culture of Semantic Precision
Explaining how Rust's culture of semantic precision pays dividends for system robustness while complicating adoption in projects like Linux.
171. Using PostgreSQL as a Dead Letter Queue for Event-Driven Systems
Learn how to use PostgreSQL as a Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) for event-driven systems. Case study from Wayfair showing how to handle failures in Kafka consumers with PostgreSQL for better observability and retry mechanisms.
172. Ice Drives Unmarked Cars. This Public Database Tracks Their License Plates
ICE is terrorizing communities in unmarked cars. These Pacific Northwest activists built a public database that tracks their license plates.
173. Trump raises US tariffs on South Korea imports to 25%
Trump has accused Seoul of "not living up" to a trade deal that was reached last year.
174. You can just port things to Cloudflare Workers
Vibecoding, Vibeporting?
175. Introduction to PostgreSQL Indexes
Who’s this for Basics How data is stored in disk How indexes speedup access to data Costs associated with indexes Disk Space Write operations Query planner Memory usage Types of Indexes Btree Hash BRIN GIN GiST & SP-GiST Conclusion Who’s this for This text is for developers that have an intuitive knowledge of what database indexes are, but don’t necessarily know how they work internaly, what are the tradeoffs associated with indexes, what are the types of indexes provided by postgres and how you can use some of its more advanced options to make them more optimized for your use case.
176. Web-based image editor modeled after Deluxe Paint
Webbased image editor, modeled after the legendary Deluxe Paint with a focus on retro Amiga file formats: read and write Amiga icon files and IFF ILBM images - steffest/DPaint-js
177. "People are going to stop and ask you, 'How can I help?' Let them."
Connie Sherburne lost her husband to a plane accident in 2020. A small bit of advice she got from an insurance company employee made a huge difference in her life for years after that.
178. BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp
We are excited to share that BirdyChat is the first chat app in Europe that can exchange messages with WhatsApp under the Digital Markets Act. This is a big step forward for anyone using BirdyChat for work.
179. Hands-On with Two Apple Network Server Prototype ROMs
180. Notice of Collective Action Lawsuit Against Workday, INC
Workday Case Website