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211. High-performance header-only container library for C++23 on x86-64
Performance focused header-only container library. Currently primarily contains a fast B+Tree implementation. - kressler/fast-containers
212. Volkswagen Brings Back Physical Buttons
The new ID. Polo's interior is full of buttons on the steering wheel and dash, previewing a return to physical switchgear for future Volkswagens.
213. The Lottery Ticket Hypothesis: finding sparse trainable NNs with 90% less params
Abstract page for arXiv paper 1803.03635: The Lottery Ticket Hypothesis: Finding Sparse, Trainable Neural Networks
214. HTML Changes in ePub
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
215. My final message before I'm on an FBI watchlist: Palantir, Epstein, & the NYT
ICE brings the hybrid warfare and terror we brought to Gaza back home. It's time to learn where it comes from, how it works, who enables it, and how to fight back.
216. Supernova Remnant Video from NASA's Chandra Is Decades in Making
A new video shows the evolution of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over more than two and a half decades.
217. Dealing with abandonware (2024)
reverse engineering, abandonware
218. EU countries approve Mercosur trade deal after 25 years of talks
Latin America trade accord wins the required qualified majority, even as France, Poland, Austria, Ireland and Hungary express their opposition.
219. Observability's past, present, and future
In my last post, , I wrote about my career, my passion for dev tools, and my decision to start a new company focused on observability. I also wrote about ...
220. George H. Butler and the Limits of Being Right
The 38th Parallel Paper and the Failure of Strategic Restraint in Korea
221. Show HN: 48-digit prime numbers every git commit
222. Personal thoughts/notes from working on Zootopia 2
The home of Code & Visuals
223. A 'medical situation' is forcing NASA to end mission at ISS a month early
NASA says a crew member on the International Space Station is unwell. The agency canceled a planned spacewalk for Thursday and is taking the rare step of ending the Crew-11 mission early.
224. Two ways to crack a walnut, per Grothendieck (2025)
225. 65% of Hacker News Posts Have Negative Sentiment, and They Outperform
Analysis of 32,000 HN posts and 340K comments reveals negativity bias correlates with higher engagement. Data, methodology, and full paper available.
226. Can I start using Wayland in 2026?
Wayland is the successor to the X server (X11, Xorg) to implement the graphics stack on Linux. The Wayland project was actually started in 2008, a year before I created the i3 tiling window manager for X11 in 2009 — but for the last 18 years (!), Wayland was never usable on my computers. I don’t want to be stuck on deprecated software, so I try to start using Wayland each year, and this articles outlines what keeps me from migrating to Wayland in 2026.
227. Video Game Websites in the early 00s
Do you remember what video game developer websites and gaming websites looked like in the early 00s?
228. Everything You Need to Know About Email Encryption in 2026
If you think about emails as if they're anything but the digital equivalent of a postcard--that is to say, postcards provide zero confidentiality--then someone lied to you and I'm sorry you had to find out from a furry blog that sometimes talks about applied cryptography. CMYKat At the end of 2025, at the 39th Chaos…
229. Investigating and fixing a nasty clone bug
Recently I found myself battling with another nasty bug. It took me several hours to understand what is happening, and once I found it, it turned out that the cause of the bug is relevant to the Ergonomic cloning initiative that is currently being discussed a lot. So I thought that it would be a good candidate for a blog post.
230. The many advantages of dynamic languages (2020)
231. Loongarch Improvements with Box64
232. Server-rendered multiplayer games with Lua (no client code)
233. I'm making a game engine based on dynamic signed distance fields (SDFs) [video]
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
234. Amazon demands proof of productivity from employees, asking for accomplishments
The tech giant is asking its corporate employees to describe three to five accomplishments that reflect their work.
235. Oral microbiome sequencing after taking probiotics
236. It's hard to justify Tahoe icons
237. The Chicken Game and the Evolution of the DRAM Industry from 2006 to 2014 [pdf]
238. Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%
Brave has overhauled its Rust-based adblock engine to reduce memory consumption by 75%, bringing better battery life and smoother multitasking to all users.
239. SQL Studio
Modern, fast, and easy to use SQL Client. Enjoy a new era of SQL.
240. Long Covid may be fueled by inflammation and tiny clots
Long COVID affects an estimated 65 million people worldwide and can damage the brain, heart, blood vessels, and immune system long after infection. Researchers now link symptoms to lingering virus, inflammation, micro-clots, and disrupted energy metabolism. While structured rehab and pacing can improve quality of life, a growing list of experimental treatments—from antivirals and metformin to microbiome therapies and biologics—shows early promise. Clear answers, however, are still limited by small studies and the lack of large, definitive trials.