HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order KOReader: Open-Source eBook Reader 102 411 9mo +3h github.com/koreader/koreader 1Everything is Ghibli 334 205 9mo +1h carly.substack.com/p/everything-is-ghibli 2Canada investigates whether Tesla helped itself to a subsidy-fueled sales boom 61 59 9mo +29m fortune.com/2025/03/26/elon-musk-tesla-under-investigation-canada-wrongfully-boosting-sales 3OpenAI closes $40B funding round, startup now valued at $300B 12 51 9mo +36m cnbc.com/2025/03/31/openai-closes-40-billion-in-funding-the-largest-private-fundraise-in-history-softbank-chatgpt.html 4New funding to build towards AGI 67 61 9mo +23m openai.com/index/march-funding-updates 5The Guardian flourishes without a paywall 501 607 9mo +2d nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-the-guardian-us-flourishes-without-a-paywall.html 6The US Assault on Science: National Academies Letter 41 95 9mo +6m nytimes.com/2025/03/31/science/trump-science-nas-letter.html 7Go Optimization Guide 157 474 9mo +1h goperf.dev 8'Water Is the New Oil' as Texas Cities Square Off over Aquifers 11 15 9mo +35m insideclimatenews.org/news/31032025/water-is-the-new-oil-as-texas-cities-square-off-over-aquifers 9LLM Workflows then Agents: Getting Started with Apache Airflow 40 128 9mo +2h github.com/astronomer/airflow-ai-sdk 10Doge accesses federal payroll system and punishes employees who objected 11 50 9mo +5m arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/doge-accesses-federal-payroll-system-and-punishes-employees-who-objected 11CVE-2025-24259: Leaking Bookmarks on macOS 4 17 9mo +4m wts.dev/posts/bookmarks-leak 12The Surprising History of Scientific Ballooning in 11 Missions 1 19 9mo +2d nautil.us/the-surprising-history-of-scientific-ballooning-in-11-missions-1200217 13OpenAI releasing new open model in coming months, seeks community feedback 77 106 9mo +22m openai.com/open-model-feedback 14JEP draft: Prepare to make final mean final 130 204 9mo +2m openjdk.org/jeps/8349536 15[dead] ? 26 9mo +32m thenation.com 16Kagi for Kids 166 196 9mo +35m help.kagi.com/kagi/plans/family-plan.html#kidslogin 17Show HN: I made a little puzzle game about a rogue chess knight 57 149 9mo +2d knightride.rakhim.org 18Notes on the Pentium's microcode circuitry 32 179 9mo +15m righto.com/2025/03/pentium-microcde-rom-circuitry.html 19Oregon abandoned its drug law. Then came the mass arrests 38 34 9mo +46m theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/oregon-new-drug-law-arrests 20Honey has now lost 4M Chrome users after shady tactics were revealed 314 654 9mo +16m 9to5google.com/2025/03/31/honey-extension-users-dropped-chrome-march-2025 21Chomsky: A "Study in Total Depravity" 0 5 9mo +41m bactra.orghttp:///chomsky.html 22The Average College Student Is Illiterate 11 85 9mo +15m persuasion.community/p/the-average-college-student-is-illiterate 23A Man Who Went to Fake Prison Also Went to Real Jail 3 6 9mo +3d nymag.com/intelligencer/article/william-banks-comedian-jail.html 24[dead] ? 22 9mo +32m rochesterfirst.com 25France fines Apple €150M for “excessive” pop-ups that let users reject tracking 205 248 9mo +6m arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/france-fines-apple-e150m-for-excessive-pop-ups-that-let-users-reject-tracking 26Launch HN: Augento (YC W25) – Fine-tune your agents with reinforcement learning 60 100 9mo +4m 27DeepSeek surpasses ChatGPT in new monthly visits 17 66 9mo +44m economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/deepseek-surpasses-chatgpt-in-new-monthly-visits-emerges-as-the-fastest-growing-ai-tool-report/articleshow/119754529.cms?from=mdr 28Show HN: I made a C program to create a vanity SHA-1 hash for a text file 24 58 9mo +3d gist.github.com/o0101/77eb378b5076fe47c3336583330ac615 29Distro (YC S24) Is Hiring a Lead Solutions Engineer 0 1 9mo +18s ycombinator.com/companies/distro/jobs/hJQCfVH-lead-solutions-engineer 30Show HN: GuMCP – Open-source MCP servers, hosted for free 18 76 9mo +1h github.com/gumloop/guMCP 31Warner Bros Completes Worldwide Sale of 'Coyote vs Acme' 24 87 9mo +39m deadline.com/2025/03/coyote-vs-acme-warner-bros-sale-complete-ketchup-1236354552 32C and C++ prioritize performance over correctness (2023) 126 92 9mo +2d research.swtch.com/ub 33Automating Interactive Fiction Logic Generation with LLMs in Emacs 19 98 9mo +10m blog.tendollaradventure.com/automating-story-logic-with-llms 34Why I run FreeBSD for my home servers (2024) 238 185 9mo +2h aumont.fr/posts/FreeBSD-Home-Server 35MLB says Yankees’ new “torpedo bats” are legal and likely coming 411 300 9mo +20m thelibertyline.com/2025/03/30/yankees-new-torpedo-bat 36Turso SQLite Offline Sync Public Beta 66 220 9mo +35m turso.tech/blog/turso-offline-sync-public-beta 37Back From The Future: 1995's predictions of 2025 life 65 44 9mo +1h newslttrs.com/back-from-the-future-1995s-predictions-of-2025-life 38Runway Gen-4 23 78 9mo +15m runwayml.com/research/introducing-runway-gen-4 39Oracle attempt to hide cybersecurity incident from customers? 126 629 9mo +26m doublepulsar.com/oracle-attempt-to-hide-serious-cybersecurity-incident-from-customers-in-oracle-saas-service-9231c8daff4a 40Palma 2 69 93 9mo +6m shop.boox.com/products/palma2 41A streaming brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis to restore naturalistic communication 3 14 9mo +5m nature.com/articles/s41593-025-01905-6 42Debugging Lotus 1-2-3 by fax 19 94 9mo +3m blog.jgc.org/2025/03/debugging-lotus-1-2-3-by-fax.html 43Analysis of amplified ground motion in Bangkok from recent earthquakes (2023) 0 16 9mo +2d geoenvironmental-disasters.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40677-023-00259-0 44Browsercraft: Java Minecraft in the browser 100 161 9mo +16m browsercraft.cheerpj.com 45It’s not mold, it’s calcium lactate (2018) 223 405 9mo +10m thephcheese.com/theres-white-stuff-growing-on-your-cheese-that-isnt-mold 46AI agents: Less capability, more reliability, please 253 418 9mo +9m sergey.fyi/articles/reliability-vs-capability 47Amazon introduces Nova Chat 54 77 9mo +12m aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/amazon-nova-website-sdk 48[dead] ? 12 9mo +9m nytimes.com 49Symmetry between up and down quarks is more broken than expected 28 87 9mo +2d phys.org/news/2025-03-symmetry-quarks-broken.html 50Net migration into the UK has tripled post-Brexit 15 23 9mo +2h bigissue.com/opinion/brexit-net-migration-rishi-sunak-uk-immigration 51Why Login Failures Matter 5 17 9mo +5m fusionauth.io/articles/authentication/login-failures 52The <select> element can now be customized with CSS 182 496 9mo +4h developer.chrome.com/blog/a-customizable-select 53Nvidia's latest AI PC boxes sound great – for data scientists with $3k to spare 55 44 9mo +19m theregister.com/2025/03/31/can_nvidia_shakeup_pcs 54Unmasking a slow and steady password spray attack 33 63 9mo +2d petrasecurity.substack.com/p/unmasking-a-slow-and-steady-password 55Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride (2010) 119 267 9mo +2h science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-dioxygen-difluoride 56Ask HN: Finding Remote Enterprise SW Consulting Leads: Non-US Resident Edition 26 38 9mo +20m 57Gemini 2.5 Pro vs. Claude 3.7 Sonnet: Coding Comparison 323 466 9mo +30m composio.dev/blog/gemini-2-5-pro-vs-claude-3-7-sonnet-coding-comparison 58Tiniest Flying Robot (Wingspan <1cm) Soars Thanks to Magnets 10 18 9mo +20h spectrum.ieee.org/flying-robot-2671447539 59Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-year sentence 388 210 9mo +9m theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/31/france-marine-le-pen-embezzlement-verdict-europe-news-live 60Technical Analysis – Improper Use of Private iOS APIs in Vietnamese Banking Apps 22 87 9mo +3d blog.verichains.io/p/technical-analysis-improper-use-of 61The Egg (2009) 91 221 9mo +20m galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg.html 62There is no Vibe Engineering 67 69 9mo +1h serce.me/posts/2025-31-03-there-is-no-vibe-engineering 63Bell Labs Holmdel Complex 7 29 9mo +16m en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex 64Compiler Options Hardening Guide for C and C++ 69 225 9mo +42m best.openssf.org/Compiler-Hardening-Guides/Compiler-Options-Hardening-Guide-for-C-and-C++.html 65Eco Cycles or How I Feel About Technology 57 59 9mo +28m maksimizmaylov.com/writing/eco-cycles 66Aptera's First Solar Road Trip. 300 Miles, One Charge 9 13 9mo +24m aptera.us/apteras-first-solar-road-trip 67Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app 69 61 9mo +3d noteux.com 68The demoscene as a UNESCO heritage in Sweden 85 631 9mo +22m goto80.com/the-demoscene-as-a-unesco-heritage-in-sweden 69James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise 302 352 9mo +10m smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/james-webb-space-telescope-reveals-that-most-galaxies-rotate-clockwise-180986224 70Nvidia GPU roadmap confirms it: Moore's Law is dead and buried 61 67 9mo +16m theregister.com/2025/03/29/nvidia_moores_law 71Show HN: WhatsApp MCP Server 137 222 9mo +47m github.com/lharries/whatsapp-mcp 72ToS;DR 42 295 9mo +24m tosdr.org/en 73In the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio 146 286 9mo +2d newslttrs.com/yes-in-the-1980s-we-downloaded-games-from-the-radio 74Custom AI Chatbot Development Services: Restrictions and Opportunities 1 3 9mo +1h belitsoft.com/chatbot-development-services/custom-ai 75UK poll: Work and money worry young people more than culture wars or climate 80 41 9mo +30m theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/31/work-and-money-worries-young-people-more-than-culture-wars-or-climate-uk-poll-finds 76GPT-4o draws itself as a consistent type of guy 9 19 9mo +9m newsletter.danielpaleka.com/p/gpt-4o-draws-itself-as-a-consistent 77You're protecting your data wrong – Introducing the Protected Query Pattern 21 33 9mo +2h kilpi.vercel.app/blog/2025-03-27-introducing-the-protected-query-pattern 78ACLU Obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide" 28 16 9mo +1h bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3llmbqkgghc2a 79How IMAP works under the hood 75 230 9mo +2d blog.lohr.dev/imap-introduction 80How to Secure Existing C and C++ Software Without Memory Safety [pdf] 86 130 9mo +59m arxiv.org/abs/2503.21145 81The surprising powerhouse behind rapid V2X growth: electric school buses 48 37 9mo +2d electrek.co/2025/03/27/v2x-growth-electric-school-buses 82HTTPS RR in Curl 12 58 9mo +20m daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/03/31/https-rr-in-curl 83One Last Ride for Antarctica's 'Ivan the Terra Bus' 22 91 9mo +2d atlasobscura.com/articles/antarctica-ivan-the-terra-bus-retired 84Talkin’ about a Revolution 294 66 9mo +2d drb.ie/articles/talkin-about-a-revolution 85Taming the UB Monsters in C++ 122 87 9mo +55m herbsutter.com/2025/03/30/crate-training-tiamat-un-calling-cthulhutaming-the-ub-monsters-in-c 86Station: Travel Through the Four Seasons (1994) 0 20 9mo +10h blog.gingerbeardman.com/2025/03/30/station-travel-through-the-four-seasons-1994 87Why Norway is edging towards a fresh EU membership bid 88 23 9mo +37m ft.com/content/3c2516a5-7066-40f8-afce-1a529fad2955 88DOGE's Marko Elez is back on U.S. payroll 3 27 9mo +24m politico.com/news/2025/03/29/doge-marco-elez-software-engineer-us-payroll-00259303 89Compress Better, Compute Bigger 0 19 9mo +2d ironarray.io/blog/compute-bigger 90Wondercraft (YC S22) Is Hiring 0 1 9mo +28s 91Cover Your Tracks 4 22 9mo +1h coveryourtracks.eff.org 92Agentic AI Needs Its TCP/IP Moment 11 22 9mo +40m anup.io/p/architecting-the-internet-of-agents 93RPCEmu is an emulator of classic Acorn computer systems 6 63 9mo +41m marutan.net/rpcemu/index.php 94[dead] ? 5 9mo +34m 95Lapham's Quarterly Announces New Stewardship 6 45 9mo +1h laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/laphams-quarterly-announces-new-stewardship 96Win98-quickinstall: A framework and installer to quickly install Windows 98 120 205 9mo +1h github.com/oerg866/win98-quickinstall 97United States Disappeared Tracker 20 80 9mo +57m public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map 98Finalizers are tricker than you might think. Part 2 7 37 9mo +2d sergeyteplyakov.github.io/Blog/2025/03/27/Finalizers_are_tricker_than_you_might_think_p2.html 99A decision to eject from a failing F-35B fighter and the betrayal in its wake 206 244 9mo +27m postandcourier.com/news/special_reports/marine-fighter-jet-eject-north-charleston/article_80d55e4a-f600-11ef-8ef4-03f14319ce57.html 100Village Roadshow Entertainment has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection 75 75 9mo +26m latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-03-17/joker-matrix-studio-village-roadshow-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy 101Fiber optic drones are changing combat operations 54 49 9mo +11m youtube.com/watch?v=JcB4dR_8xPo 102Orphan tsunami of 1700–Japanese clues to a parent earthquake in America (2015) 13 48 9mo +2d pubs.usgs.gov/publication/pp1707 103[dead] ? 1 9mo +21s ycombinator.com 104Fragments of a rare Merlin manuscript from c. 1300 37 135 9mo +1h cam.ac.uk/stories/merlin-manuscript-discovered-cambridge 105How each pillar of the First Amendment is under attack 898 1142 9mo +9m krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-each-pillar-of-the-1st-amendment-is-under-attack 106Installing air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits (2020) 141 305 9mo +1h vox.com/2020/1/8/21051869/indoor-air-pollution-student-achievement 107Fish odor syndrome – A rare metabolic condition that makes sweat smell like fish 14 36 9mo +3d livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/fish-odor-syndrome-a-rare-metabolic-condition-that-makes-sweat-smell-like-rotten-fish 108Ambermoon Advanced 1 17 9mo +42m github.com/Pyrdacor/Ambermoon-Advanced 109Executive order phases out U.S. Treasury paper checks 15 14 9mo +11m bankingjournal.aba.com/2025/03/executive-order-phases-out-u-s-treasury-paper-checks 110BreezeWiki makes wiki pages on Fandom readable 66 136 9mo +8m breezewiki.com 111Digital cuneiforms: Updated tool expands access to ancient Hittite texts 18 35 9mo +3d phys.org/news/2025-03-digital-cuneiforms-tool-access-ancient.html 112Oka.wiki 32 106 9mo +9m oka.wiki 113 More... 2025.03.30