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helloplanets
4 days ago
What Is Ruliology?
Stephen Wolfram explains the science of ruliology--studying what abstract rules do--and integral applications of the science in his own work....
5 DAYS AGO
KMM
PC Floppy Copy Protection: Vault Prolok
17 HOURS AGO
I5HEU
How to effectively write quality code with AI
A DAY AGO
CDRNSF
I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams
4 DAYS AGO
SURPRISETALK
Understanding Neural Network, Visually
2 DAYS AGO
ANTVES
Show HN: Smooth CLI – Token-efficient browser for AI agents
7 HOURS AGO
NEOGOOSE
Zlob.h 100% POSIX and glibc compatible globbing lib that is faste and better
A DAY AGO
GIULIOMAGNIFICO
A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content
4 DAYS AGO
EVGENIYZH
Stay Away from My Trash
11 HOURS AGO
MEETVELDE
Bash scripts are brittle – simple error handling in bash
A DAY AGO
DAGURP
Invention of DNA "page numbers" opens up possibilities for the bioeconomy
matheusalmeida
2 days ago
How we made geo joins 400× faster with H3 indexes
Using H3 indexes to greatly speed up geospatial SQL Queries. Orders of magnitude improvements can be gained with the right data structures
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isitcontent
14 hours ago
Show HN: Look Ma, No Linux: Shell, App Installer, Vi, Cc on ESP32-S3 / BreezyBox
BreezyBox shell demo for esp32s3. Contribute to valdanylchuk/breezydemo development by creating an account on GitHub....
aktau
21 hours ago
Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OS
A security-focused library OS supporting kernel- and user-mode execution - microsoft/litebox...
lstoll
21 hours ago
An Update on Heroku
Today, Heroku is transitioning to a sustaining engineering model focused on stability, security, reliability, and support. Heroku remains an actively supported, production-ready platform, wi...
kaonwarb
4 days ago
Jeffrey Snover: "Welcome to the Room"
A lesson in leadership by Satya Nadella When I was Promoted to Technical Fellow, I was “invited to the room”, joining Microsoft’s other Senior Executives.  It was really something. Achieving...
dmpetrov
15 hours ago
Monty: A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust for use by AI
A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust for use by AI - pydantic/monty...
eljojo
17 hours ago
Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?
An offline tool that encrypts files and splits the decryption key among trusted friends using Shamir's Secret Sharing. Open source....
videotopia
4 days ago
Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production
Well, its been a hot minute since I’ve updated the blog. Life decided that it had other plans for me over the past 18 months or so. The good news though, dear reader, is that we are back and...
https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/
bikenaga
4 days ago
Was Benoit Mandelbrot a hedgehog or a fox?
Benoit Mandelbrot's scientific legacy spans an extraordinary range of disciplines, from linguistics and fluid turbulence to cosmology and finance, suggesting the intellectual temperament of ...
speckx
4 days ago
Where did all the starships go?
In this Weekly Chart, we look for sci-fi books and their changing titles....
vmatsiiako
19 hours ago
I spent 5 years in DevOps – Solutions engineering gave me what I was missing
After 5 years in DevOps, I moved into Solutions Engineering. Here’s what I was missing, what changed, and who this path might be for....
phreda4
14 hours ago
Show HN: R3forth, a ColorForth-inspired language with a tiny VM
r3 programing language - ColorForth inspired. Contribute to phreda4/r3 development by creating an account on GitHub....
HellsMaddy
2 days ago
Claude Opus 4.6
We’re upgrading our smartest model. Across agentic coding, computer use, tool use, search, and finance, Opus 4.6 is an industry-leading model, often by wide margin. ...
denuoweb
2 days ago
Show HN: ARM64 Android Dev Kit
Android development on Linux ARM64. Contribute to denuoweb/ARM64-ADK development by creating an account on GitHub....
okchildhood
4 days ago
DNS Explained – How Domain Names Get Resolved
Learn how DNS works: hierarchy, records, TTL caching, and the full resolution process with diagrams....
andsoitis
4 days ago
Evolution of car door handles over the decades
In some ways, the humble door handles we use to open our vehicles haven’t changed much in over five decades. In others, today’s modern handles represent a leap forward in technology....