HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order ⚙ Prepare your apps for Google Play's 16 KB page size compatibility requirement 57 88 8mo +2h android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/prepare-play-apps-for-devices-with-16kb-page-size.html 1How the US built 5k ships in WWII 126 123 8mo +2h construction-physics.com/p/how-the-us-built-5000-ships-in-wwii 2Newsreels from the UCLA Film and Television Archive 3 26 8mo +48m newsreels.net 3Podfox: First Container-Aware Browser 17 113 8mo +1h val.packett.cool/blog/podfox 4Radiation Tolerant Software Framework for Space Applications 4 6 8mo +18m github.com/r0nlt/Space-Radiation-Tolerant 5Towards the Blank Search Bar 1 22 8mo +2d fi-le.net/recommendationless 6Fui: C library for interacting with the framebuffer in a TTY context 68 159 8mo +46m github.com/martinfama/fui 7Show HN: Req Update Check 3 11 8mo +7m github.com/ontherivt/req-update-check 8A flat pricing subscription for Claude Code 267 229 8mo +53m support.anthropic.com/en/articles/11145838-using-claude-code-with-your-max-plan 9A Brief History of Cursor's Tab-Completion 3 39 8mo +2d coplay.dev/blog/a-brief-history-of-cursor-s-tab-completion 10How to start a school with your friends 72 149 8mo +2h prigoose.substack.com/p/how-to-start-a-university 11IPinfo started offering free unlimited country-level geolocation and ASN details 16 53 8mo +5h ipinfo.io/lite 12DNA is maybe 60-750MB of data 31 56 8mo +5h dynomight.net/dna 13Implementing State Machines in PostgreSQL (2017) 6 29 8mo +59m felixge.de/2017/07/27/implementing-state-machines-in-postgresql 14The second birth of JMW Turner 1 13 8mo +2d newstatesman.com/culture/art-design/2025/04/the-second-birth-of-jmw-turner 15Why do LLMs have emergent properties? 106 83 8mo +19m johndcook.com/blog/2025/05/08/why-do-llms-have-emergent-properties 16Stability by Design 62 127 8mo +20m potetm.com/devtalk/stability-by-design.html 17Mathematical Problem Solving 7 92 8mo +3d cip.ifi.lmu.de/~grinberg/t/20f 18Show HN: Extension for full-text browser history search 11 29 8mo +7m rearview-ai.vercel.app 19Block Diffusion: Interpolating Autoregressive and Diffusion Language Models 14 71 8mo +1h m-arriola.com/bd3lms 20The Rise and Fall of the Visual Telegraph (2017) 8 37 8mo +3m parisianfields.com/2017/11/05/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-visual-telegraph 21Shape and topology morphing of closed surfaces integrating origami and kirigami 2 26 8mo +2d science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads5659 22From: Steve Jobs. "Great idea, thank you." 289 1142 8mo +17m blog.hayman.net/2025/05/06/from-steve-jobs-great-idea.html 23Static as a Server 110 115 8mo +29m overreacted.io/static-as-a-server 24UK rolls out passkeys across Gov.uk services 12 29 8mo +25m biometricupdate.com/202505/uk-govt-commits-to-passkeys-in-another-big-step-to-a-passwordless-world 25When Abandoned Mines Collapse 79 222 8mo +1d practical.engineering/blog/2025/5/6/when-abandoned-mines-collapse 26Brokk: AI for Large Codebases 22 49 8mo +8m brokk.ai 27Chicago native Cardinal Prevost elected pope, takes name Leo XIV 2 215 8mo +12m catholicreview.org/chicago-native-cardinal-prevost-elected-pope-takes-name-leo-xiv 28[dead] ? 14 8mo +9m nytimes.com 29How Google measures and manages tech debt 32 45 8mo +1h newsletter.techworld-with-milan.com/p/how-google-measures-and-manages-tech 30Reservoir Sampling 105 513 8mo +9m samwho.dev/reservoir-sampling 31Show HN: Using eBPF to see through encryption without a proxy 78 252 8mo +14m github.com/qpoint-io/qtap 32Notes on rolling out Cursor and Claude Code 104 186 8mo +28m ghiculescu.substack.com/p/nobody-codes-here-anymore 33Ciro (YC S22) is hiring a software engineer to build AI agents for sales 0 1 8mo +35s ycombinator.com/companies/ciro/jobs 34AI focused on brain regions recreates what you're looking at (2024) 37 78 8mo +1d newscientist.com/article/2438107-mind-reading-ai-recreates-what-youre-looking-at-with-amazing-accuracy 35Hypermode Model Router Preview – OpenRouter Alternative 23 32 8mo +25m hypermode.com/blog/introducing-model-router 36Show HN: Checking Pope's election results with smoke test script for chimney 12 26 8mo +41m github.com/donobu-inc/donobu-papal-election-tests/blob/main/tests/papal_election_smoke.test.ts 37Void: Open-source Cursor alternative 337 884 8mo +17m github.com/voideditor/void 38More people are getting tattoos removed 173 101 8mo +11m gq.com/story/why-is-everyone-getting-their-tattoos-removed 39High tariffs become 'real' with our first $36K bill 1 14 8mo +7m blog.adafruit.com/2025/05/08/high-tariffs-become-real-with-our-first-36k-bill 40High tariffs become 'real' with our first $36K bill 388 464 8mo +9m blog.adafruit.com/2025/05/08/high-tariffs-become-real-with-our-first-36k-bill 41Progress toward fusion energy gain as measured against the Lawson criteria 133 228 8mo +45m fusionenergybase.com/articles/continuing-progress-toward-fusion-energy-breakeven-and-gain-as-measured-against-the-lawson-criteria 42First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV 1012 594 8mo +1m cnn.com/world/live-news/new-pope-conclave-day-two-05-08-25 43Using Coalton to implement a quantum compiler (2022) 4 57 8mo +3d coalton-lang.github.io/20220906-quantum-compiler 44Cybertruck owners won't get Autosteer feature 19 34 8mo +5m electrek.co/2025/05/07/tesla-bait-and-switch-cybertruck-owners-wont-get-autosteer-feature 45Standard Chartered apologizes for $120K Bitcoin price call, 'may be too low' 10 14 8mo +10m cnbc.com/2025/05/08/stanchart-analyst-apologizes-120k-bitcoin-price-call-too-low.html 46Microservices are a tax your startup probably can't afford 256 303 8mo +1h nexo.sh/posts/microservices-for-startups 47Huawei unveils laptop running self-developed HarmonyOS as Windows licence expire 63 88 8mo +39m scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3309569/huawei-unveils-first-laptop-running-self-developed-harmonyos-windows-licence-expires 48QueryHub 10 22 8mo +1h queryhub.ai/blog/introducing-queryhub 49Imagineers defend new Walt Disney robot 40 50 8mo +2d yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/keeps-walt-alive-medium-pioneered-170000117.html 50My new deadline: 20 years to give away virtually all my wealth 628 640 8mo +37m gatesnotes.com/home/home-page-topic/reader/n20-years-to-give-away-virtually-all-my-wealth 51Trump's NIH axed research grants even after a judge blocked the cuts 147 153 8mo +26m propublica.org/article/trump-nih-cuts-transgender-research-grants 52Why the rich paid less tax in the 1970s – despite 98% tax rates 19 44 8mo +39m taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/05/08/tax-rich-1970s-loopholes 53Google to back three new nuclear projects 348 287 8mo +37m esgtoday.com/google-to-back-three-new-advanced-nuclear-projects 54Engineered adipocytes implantation suppresses tumor progression in cancer models 0 26 8mo +1d nature.com/articles/s41587-024-02551-2 55[dead] ? 53 8mo +42m theguardian.com 56BYD Sealion 7 surpass Tesla Model Y to be Australia's best-selling electric car 4 21 8mo +1h drive.com.au/news/byd-sealion-7-surpasses-tesla-model-y-to-become-australias-new-best-selling-electric-car 57Mark Zuckerberg announces mind-control 15 48 8mo +16m pluralistic.net/2025/05/07/rah-rah-rasputin/#credulous-dolts 58Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)? 359 498 8mo +30m 59Will protein design tools solve the snake antivenom shortage? 27 63 8mo +1h owlposting.com/p/will-protein-design-tools-solve-the 60Globalization did not hollow out the American middle class 65 65 8mo +2m noahpinion.blog/p/globalization-did-not-hollow-out 61Yes, the Apple II MouseCard IRQ is synced to the VBL 28 63 8mo +39m colino.net/wordpress/en/archives/2025/05/08/yes-the-apple-ii-mousecard-irq-is-synced-to-the-vbl 62Bridging the gap between keyword and semantic search with SPLADE (2024) 2 23 8mo +2d arcturus-labs.comhttp:///blog/2024/10/09/bridging-the-gap-between-keyword-and-semantic-search-with-splade 63[dead] ? 13 8mo +34m sandel.scholars.harvard.edu 64My stackoverflow question was closed so here's a blog post about CoreWCF 186 122 8mo +21m richardcocks.github.io/2025-05-08-CoreWCF.html 65Xenon is an open source universal game cheating framework C++ 18 26 8mo +1h github.com/kiocode/xenon-cheats 66Artifact (YC W25) Is Hiring 0 1 8mo +25s ycombinator.com/companies/artifact-2/jobs/8j2BXI0-forward-deployed-software-engineer 67How to harden GitHub Actions 71 213 8mo +2d wiz.io/blog/github-actions-security-guide 68How Obama’s BlackBerry got secured (2013) 82 216 8mo +3d electrospaces.net/2013/04/how-obamas-blackberry-got-secured.html 69Using NASA’s SMAP satellite to detect L-band interference 69 305 8mo +1h radioandnukes.substack.com/p/how-dare-you-transmit-at-14-ghz 70Egyptologist uncovers hidden messages on Paris’s iconic obelisk 104 122 8mo +2h news.artnet.com/art-world/hidden-messages-paris-luxor-obelisk-2636508 71Heat stress mitigation by trees and shelters at bus stops 128 144 8mo +2d sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136192092500063X 72Extending a Language – Writing Powerful Macros in Scheme 5 90 8mo +3d mnieper.github.io/scheme-macros/README.html 73I can’t understand Apple’s Critical Alert policy (2023) 69 98 8mo +4h jhan.bearblog.dev/i-cant-understand-apples-critical-alert-policy 74Hyper-Typing 13 18 8mo +2d pscanf.com/s/341 75Thunder Compute (YC S24) Is Hiring a C++ Low-Latency Systems Developer 0 1 8mo +33s ycombinator.com/companies/thunder-compute/jobs/6nKTbsu-systems-engineer 76Mass spectrometry method identifies pathogens within minutes instead of days 45 133 8mo +1d phys.org/news/2025-05-mass-spectrometry-method-pathogens-minutes.html 77Mycoria is an open and secure overlay network that connects all participants 117 330 8mo +26m mycoria.org 78Why Intel Deprecated SGX? 21 22 8mo +35m hardenedvault.net/blog/2022-01-15-sgx-deprecated 79Wikidive – AI guided rabbitholes in Wikipedia 16 32 8mo +3d wikidive.tulv.in 80How linear regression works intuitively and how it leads to gradient descent 101 332 8mo +2d briefer.cloud/blog/posts/least-squares 81Gmail will soon stop support for the 3DES encryption cipher for incoming SMTP 57 48 8mo +1h workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2025/05/update-for-gmail-support-for-the-3des-encryption-cipher-for-incoming-smtp-connections.html 82We have reached the "severed fingers and abductions" stage of crypto revolution 114 126 8mo +29m arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/we-have-reached-the-severed-fingers-and-abductions-stage-of-the-crypto-revolution 83Ask HN: How much better are AI IDEs vs. copy pasting into chat apps? 132 135 8mo +1h 84Ancient DNA from the green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage 6 53 8mo +3d nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08793-7 85Docs like code in basic terms 59 66 8mo +2d deborahwrites.com/blog/docs-like-code-basic-intro 86Radiation-tolerant ML framework for space 6 7 8mo +1h github.com/r0nlt/Space-Radiation-Tolerant 87Bootstrapping Lisp in a Boot Sector 6 104 8mo +2d github.com/jart/sectorlisp 88Inheritance was invented as a performance hack (2021) 237 192 8mo +1d catern.com/inheritance.html 89Show HN: Ductape – Build back end integrations once, reuse them anywhere 11 29 8mo +2d ductape.app 90Luna Parc Home and Studio 2 6 8mo +23h lunaparc.com 91NSA spied through Angry Birds, other apps: report (2014) 154 277 8mo +1d nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/nsa-spied-through-angry-birds-other-apps-report-flna2d12006530 92Examining problematic speech and behavior in World of Warcraft (2022) 30 18 8mo +12m tcjournal.org/vol8/jackson 93Show HN: US Routing – Python library for fast local routing in the US 26 114 8mo +38m github.com/ivanbelenky/us-routing 94Parametric Modeling with Grasshopper 9 37 8mo +28m baharmon.github.io/basics 95Yggdrasil is an experimental compact routing scheme that is fully decentralised 53 192 8mo +32m yggdrasil-network.github.io/about.html 96 More... 2025.05.07