HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order Will AI systems perform poorly due to AI-generated material in training data? 144 113 8mo +9m cacm.acm.org/news/the-collapse-of-gpt 1The Connoisseur of Desire 0 5 8mo +40s nybooks.com/articles/2025/05/29/the-connoisseur-of-desire-the-annotated-great-gatsby 2They Were Identical 'Twinnies' Who Charmed Orwell, Camus and More 6 29 8mo +4m nytimes.com/2025/05/04/books/review/the-dazzling-paget-sisters-ariane-bankes.html 3Rustls Server-Side Performance 59 168 8mo +3d memorysafety.org/blog/rustls-server-perf 4Coding agent in 94 lines of Ruby 83 146 8mo +2d radanskoric.com/articles/coding-agent-in-ruby 5Moody’s strips U.S. of triple-A credit rating 328 308 8mo +17m ft.com/content/e456ea34-c6ad-43fe-abe9-d4ce781c07b4 6Getting AI to write good SQL 343 481 8mo +20m cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/techniques-for-improving-text-to-sql 7Show HN: Solidis – Tiny TS Redis client, no deps, for serverless 8 68 8mo +3m github.com/vcms-io/solidis 8The first year of free-threaded Python 1 16 8mo +3d labs.quansight.org/blog/free-threaded-one-year-recap 9ClojureScript 1.12.42 42 192 8mo +38m clojurescript.org/news/2025-05-16-release 10Data preparation for function tooling is boring 4 9 8mo +2d thehyperplane.substack.com/p/data-preparation-for-function-tooling 11Methodical Banality 12 41 8mo +6m aeon.co/essays/who-needs-ai-text-generation-when-theres-erasmus-of-rotterdam 12Chauffeur Knowledge and the Impending AI Crack-Up 7 14 8mo +17m ryanglover.net/blog/chauffeur-knowledge-and-the-impending-ai-crack-up 13Show HN: KVSplit – Run 2-3x longer contexts on Apple Silicon 40 269 8mo +2m github.com/dipampaul17/KVSplit 14Lawful kinematics link eye movements to the limits of high-speed perception 5 30 8mo +3d nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58659-9 15Detecting Malicious Unicode 7 37 8mo +12h daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/05/16/detecting-malicious-unicode 16Do It for 20 Minutes 3 7 8mo +6m 0x30.dev/posts/do-it-for-20-minutes/do-it-for-20-minutes 17ChatGPT can accurately estimate Body Fat Percentage from photos 11 34 8mo +18m annaleptikon.substack.com/p/can-chatgpt-accurately-estimate-body 18Making code last a long time 11 27 8mo +53m twitter.com/jonathan_blow/status/1923414922484232404 19Thoughts on thinking 410 660 8mo +11m dcurt.is/thinking 20You Don't Have a Right to a Bank Account 16 28 8mo +42m nytimes.com/2025/05/15/business/trump-debanking-crypto.html 21Taking a look at the next generation of telescopes 15 30 8mo +3d arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/tuesday-telescope-taking-a-look-at-the-next-generation-of-telescopes 22The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick 43 74 8mo +3m lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n09/david-thomson/cool-tricking 23New 'Superdiffusion' Proof Probes the Mysterious Math of Turbulence 11 51 8mo +1h quantamagazine.org/new-superdiffusion-proof-probes-the-mysterious-math-of-turbulence-20250516 24Returning to My Roots in Hardware 12 89 8mo +2d dancrimp.nz/2025/03/31/hardware 25Stax Museum Bob Abrahamian Collection 7 33 8mo +1m bobacollection.staxmuseum.org 26When encryption works perfectly and still fails 1 6 8mo +12m digitalseams.com/blog/when-encryption-works-perfectly-and-still-fails 27Foundry (YC F24) Is Hiring – Founding Engineer (ML × SWE) 0 1 8mo +28s ycombinator.com/companies/foundry/jobs/uwi8b6I-founding-engineer-ml-x-swe 28Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death 10 69 8mo +2d nick-lane.net/books/transformer-the-deep-chemistry-of-life-and-death 29Show HN: Workflow Use – Deterministic, self-healing browser automation (RPA 2.0) 22 68 8mo +52m github.com/browser-use/workflow-use 30The fastest Postgres inserts 25 58 8mo +2h docs.hatchet.run/blog/fastest-postgres-inserts 31Consumer sentiment slides to second-lowest on record 9 13 8mo +3m cnbc.com/2025/05/16/consumer-sentiment-may-inflation-expectations-tariffs.html 32Why Ups Trucks Don't Turn Left (2014) 2 7 8mo +5m priceonomics.com/why-ups-trucks-dont-turn-left 33X X^t can be faster 60 194 8mo +23m arxiv.org/abs/2505.09814 34LPython: Novel, Fast, Retargetable Python Compiler (2023) 23 56 8mo +3d lpython.org/blog/2023/07/lpython-novel-fast-retargetable-python-compiler 35Show HN: Rv, a Package Manager for R 31 75 8mo +6m github.com/A2-ai/rv 36MIT asks arXiv to withdraw preprint of paper on AI and scientific discovery 195 374 8mo +17m economics.mit.edu/news/assuring-accurate-research-record 37I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA 446 249 8mo +9m 38A Research Preview of Codex 425 494 8mo +8m openai.com/index/introducing-codex 39Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew with Duct Tape, Dies at 95 34 114 8mo +56m nytimes.com/2025/05/16/science/space/ed-smylie-dead.html 40Evolution of Rust Compiler Errors 35 159 8mo +1h kobzol.github.io/rust/rustc/2025/05/16/evolution-of-rustc-errors.html 41Tower Defense: Cache Control 26 68 8mo +3d jasonthorsness.com/26 42Show HN: Visual flow-based programming for Erlang, inspired by Node-RED 101 243 8mo +2m github.com/gorenje/erlang-red 43[dead] ? 5 8mo +32m rxjourney.net 44Java at 30: Interview with James Gosling 403 243 8mo +58m thenewstack.io/java-at-30-the-genius-behind-the-code-that-changed-tech 45British naval dominance during the age of sail 85 109 8mo +44m lesswrong.com/posts/YE4XsvSFJiZkWFtFE/explaining-british-naval-dominance-during-the-age-of-sail 46Common MVP mistakes: How to build smart without overbuilding 1 15 8mo +3d erlang-solutions.com/blog/common-mvp-mistakes-how-to-build-smart-without-overbuilding 47Show HN: SQL-tString a t-string SQL builder in Python 35 85 8mo +50m github.com/pgjones/sql-tstring 48Letsencrypt will kill SMTP server auth following Chrome CA policy change 60 61 8mo +4h social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/114516238307785904 49The Mortality Impacts of Usaid Cuts 1 17 8mo +1h asteriskmag.substack.com/p/forecast-series-the-mortality-impacts 50What were the MS-DOS programs that the moricons.dll icons were intended for? 164 306 8mo +3d devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250507-00/?p=111157 51Sci-Net 119 274 8mo +14m sci-hub.se/sci-net 52The Problem with Teens Isn't Smartphones–It's Their Families 63 69 8mo +1h grimoiremanor.substack.com/p/the-problem-with-teens-isnt-smartphones 53Jetrelay: A high-performance ATproto relay in 500 LOC 5 15 8mo +1h asayers.com/jetrelay 54Ground control to Major Trial 189 506 8mo +7m virtualize.sh/blog/ground-control-to-major-trial 55Prompts for our Grok chat assistant and grok bot on X 23 39 8mo +21m github.com/xai-org/grok-prompts 56Grok's white genocide fixation caused by 'unauthorized modification' 151 195 8mo +13m theverge.com/news/668220/grok-white-genocide-south-africa-xai-unauthorized-modification-employee 57Dalus (YC W25) is hiring an engineer for hardware system design software 0 1 8mo +9s ycombinator.com/companies/dalus/jobs/oFjdHjD-founding-software-engineer-1 58Calculating MRR in SQL 2 11 8mo +2d definite.app/blog/stripe-mrr-calculation 59The average workday increased during the pandemic’s early weeks (2020) 112 117 8mo +1h library.hbs.edu/working-knowledge/you-re-right-you-are-working-longer-and-attending-more-meetings 60Ollama violating llama.cpp license for over a year 68 195 8mo +43m github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/3185 61After months of coding with LLMs, I'm going back to using my brain 217 353 8mo +42m albertofortin.com/writing/coding-with-ai 62Thermoelectric generator based on a robust carbon nanotube/BiSbTe foam 3 27 8mo +2d onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cey2.650 63Apple Blocks Fortnite's Return to iOS App Store, Epic Claims 122 117 8mo +42m macrumors.com/2025/05/16/apple-blocks-fortnite-return-to-ios-app-store 64The first year of free-threaded Python 284 287 8mo +1h labs.quansight.org/blog/free-threaded-one-year-recap 65Beyond Text: On-Demand UI Generation for Better Conversational Experiences 38 77 8mo +1h blog.fka.dev/blog/2025-05-16-beyond-text-only-ai-on-demand-ui-generation-for-better-conversational-experiences 66Leeks and Leaks 15 121 8mo +47m daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/05/16/leeks-and-leaks 67Logitloom: Explore token trajectory trees on instruct and base models 1 9 8mo +2d github.com/vgel/logitloom 68Compressed music might be harmful to the ears 49 41 8mo +18m economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/05/07/compressed-music-might-be-harmful-to-the-ears 69Welcome to the land that no country wants (2016) 4 21 8mo +24m theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/03/welcome-to-the-land-that-no-country-wants-bir-tawil 70Zinc Microcapacitors Are the Best of Both Worlds 7 71 8mo +2d spectrum.ieee.org/zinc-microcapacitor 71Show HN: A free AI risk assessment tool for LLM applications 12 36 8mo +19h gettavo.com/app 72You're misunderstanding DDD in Angular (and Front end) 6 6 8mo +8m angularspace.com/youre-misunderstanding-ddd-in-angular-and-frontend 73Material 3 Expressive 545 351 8mo +2d design.google/library/expressive-material-design-google-research 74Coinbase 8K SEC filing for breach 1 81 8mo +3m sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1679788/000167978825000094/coin-20250514.htm 75Wasmer (YC S19) Is Hiring a Rust Compiler Engineer 0 1 8mo +8s workatastartup.com/jobs/15822 76Archisuits (2005–2006) 1 34 8mo +2d insecurespaces.net/archisuits-2005-2006 77BuyMeACoffee silently dropped support for many countries (2024) 308 338 8mo +6m zverok.space/blog/2024-08-08-bmac-snafu.html 78Comma 3X: Initial Impressions 55 76 8mo +3d beesbuzz.biz/blog/14719-Comma-3X-Initial-impressions 79Bringing 3D shoppable products online with generative AI 22 45 8mo +2d research.google/blog/bringing-3d-shoppable-products-online-with-generative-ai 80Huawei is spamming open source community for its Harmony ecosystem (See Comment) 20 64 8mo +35m github.com/search?q=%22Proposal+for+OpenHarmony+Adaptation+of%22&type=issues 81"Goodwill", key member of the SoCal Python Community has passed away 8 47 8mo +38m socalpython.org/in-memoriam-michael 82Náhuatl and Mayan Language Renaissance Occurring in Mexico 65 153 8mo +2d yucatanmagazine.com/mayan-language-renaissance 83The Awful German Language (1880) 471 195 8mo +15m faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/texts/twain.german.html 84Meta Battles an 'Epidemic of Scams' as Criminals Flood Instagram and Facebook 54 74 8mo +39m wsj.com/tech/meta-fraud-facebook-instagram-813363c8 85Dia – An Early Review 20 32 8mo +2d fldr.zip/blog/dia-review 86Ollama's new engine for multimodal models 83 350 8mo +1h ollama.com/blog/multimodal-models 87Cracked – Method chaining/CSS-style selector web audio library 23 92 8mo +16m github.com/billorcutt/i_dropped_my_phone_the_screen_cracked 88I was a Theranos whistleblower. Here's what I think Elizabeth Holmes is up to 91 132 8mo +1h statnews.com/2025/05/15/theranos-whistleblower-tyler-shultz-commentary-elizabeth-holmes-billy-evans-haemanthus-startup 89Lock-Free Rust: How to Build a Rollercoaster While It's on Fire 59 128 8mo +2d yeet.cx/blog/lock-free-rust 90Sitting for a long time shrinks your brain even if you exercise 54 98 8mo +2h alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/alz.70157 91"You Knew What You Were Signing Up For" – A Harmful Narrative in DFIR? 4 10 8mo +1h forensicfocus.com/articles/you-knew-what-you-were-signing-up-for-a-harmful-narrative-in-dfir 92How and Why to Disappear from the Attention Economy 8 13 8mo +29m indignified.substack.com/p/how-to-disappear-from-the-attention 93Rolling Highway 40 55 8mo +2d en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_highway 94British ICC chief prosecutor lost access to email and has bank accounts frozen 29 55 8mo +52m lbc.co.uk/world-news/british-icc-chief-prosecutor-lost-email-bank-accounts-frozen-trump-sanctions 95Teal – A statically-typed dialect of Lua 167 225 8mo +9m teal-language.org 96NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix 86 339 8mo +18m theregister.com/2025/05/15/voyager_1_survives_with_thruster_fix 97Show HN: I made a platform to debug Puppeteer (JS) crashes visually 2 18 8mo +2d buglesstack.com 98 More... 2025.05.15