HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order Mammals Evolved into Ant Eaters 12 Times Since Dinosaur Age, Study Finds 47 81 5mo +31m news.njit.edu/mammals-evolved-ant-eaters-12-times-dinosaur-age-study-finds 1Creating an autonomous system for fun and profit (2017) 1 20 5mo +3d blog.thelifeofkenneth.com/2017/11/creating-autonomous-system-for-fun-and.html 2People kept working, became healthier while on basic income: report (2020) 243 195 5mo +31m cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/basic-income-mcmaster-report-1.5485729 3Show HN: Easy alternative to giflib – header-only decoder in C 10 24 5mo +10h github.com/Ferki-git-creator/TurboStitchGIF-HeaderOnly-Fast-ZeroAllocation-PlatformIndependent-Embedded-C-GIF-Decoder 4Ask HN: Is HN Pro-Fascist? 80 65 5mo +28m 5Delaunay Mesh Generation (2012) 7 22 5mo +2d people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~jrs/meshbook.html 6Don't Fall for AI: Reasons for Writers to Reject Slop 67 77 5mo +33m mythcreants.com/blog/dont-fall-for-ai-nine-reasons-for-writers-to-reject-slop 7White House Prepares Executive Order Targeting 'Woke AI' 25 18 5mo +5m wsj.com/tech/ai/white-house-prepares-executive-order-targeting-woke-ai-e68e8e24 8What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women's Prison 0 17 5mo +7m vanityfair.com/news/story/rumeysa-ozturk-what-i-witnessed-inside-an-ice-womens-prison 9ICE's Supercharged Facial Recognition App of 200M Images 87 144 5mo +1h 404media.co/inside-ices-supercharged-facial-recognition-app-of-200-million-images 10OpenAI investor suspected to fall into ChatGTP-induced psychosis 13 49 5mo +55m twitter.com/GeoffLewisOrg/status/1945864963374887401 11Show HN: MapScroll – Map a story from one prompt 8 10 5mo +3d mapscroll.ai 12Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code without telling users 246 394 5mo +11m techcrunch.com/2025/07/17/anthropic-tightens-usage-limits-for-claude-code-without-telling-users 13[dead] ? 10 5mo +10m techdirt.com 14Running TypeScript Natively in Node.js 32 59 5mo +5m nodejs.org/en/learn/typescript/run-natively 15Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to? 134 117 5mo +19m 16Game of trees hub 9 31 5mo +2d gothub.org 17Smarter, workspace-aware code completions for C++ in VS Code 0 7 5mo +39m devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/smarter-workspace-aware-code-completions-for-c-in-vs-code 18Ad Blockers for Real Life Are Now a Thing, Thanks to AR Glasses 6 8 5mo +18m gizmodo.com/ad-blockers-for-real-life-are-now-a-thing-thanks-to-ar-glasses-2000629343 19Nintendo Switch 2 account bans continue: warning after buying old copy of Bayo 3 100 93 5mo +45m tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-switch-2-account-bans-continue-content-creator-with-over-a-million-subs-issues-warning-after-buying-an-old-copy-of-bayo-3-on-ebay 20[dead] ? 32 5mo +1h techdirt.com 21ChatGPT agent System Card [pdf] 4 18 5mo +3h cdn.openai.com/pdf/6bcccca6-3b64-43cb-a66e-4647073142d7/chatgpt_agent_system_card_launch.pdf 22The AI Replaces Services Myth 52 89 5mo +56m aimode.substack.com/p/the-ai-replaces-services-myth 23Perfume reviews 172 320 5mo +19h gwern.net/blog/2025/perfume 243D-printed living lung tissue 7 26 5mo +2h news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/07/15/ubco-researchers-create-3d-printed-living-lung-tissue 25The impact of file position on code review 36 54 5mo +1h arxiv.org/abs/2208.04259 26The (Unfinished) PDE Coffee Table Book 6 24 5mo +2h people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen/pdectb.html 27Run TypeScript code without worrying about configuration 82 99 5mo +1h tsx.is 28All AI models might be the same 148 301 5mo +1h blog.jxmo.io/p/there-is-only-one-model 29Show HN: PlutoFilter- A single-header, zero-allocation image filter library in C 16 78 5mo +3d github.com/sammycage/plutofilter 30Vibe Check: OpenAI Enters the Browser Wars with ChatGPT Agent 1 5 5mo +1h every.to/vibe-check/vibe-check-openai-enters-the-browser-wars-with-chatgpt-agent 31My experience with Claude Code after two weeks of adventures 366 385 5mo +52m sankalp.bearblog.dev/my-claude-code-experience-after-2-weeks-of-usage 32Apple Intelligence Foundation Language Models Tech Report 2025 201 238 5mo +1h machinelearning.apple.com/research/apple-foundation-models-tech-report-2025 33[dead] ? 5 5mo +8m kiro.dev 34The patterns of elites who conceal their assets offshore 190 240 5mo +1m home.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/07/patterns-elites-who-conceal-their-assets-offshore 35[dead] ? 13 5mo +14m vanityfair.com 36Extreme skydiver Baumgartner dies in paragliding accident 55 48 5mo +2m dw.com/en/extreme-skydiver-baumgartner-dies-in-paragliding-accident/a-73317216 37Cookies Having Independent Partitioned State (Chips) 5 12 5mo +2h developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Privacy/Guides/Privacy_sandbox/Partitioned_cookies 38[dead] ? 11 5mo +30m youtube.com 39Delta moves to eliminate set prices, use AI to set your personal ticket price 90 75 5mo +20m fortune.com/2025/07/16/delta-moves-toward-eliminating-set-prices-in-favor-of-ai-that-determines-how-much-you-personally-will-pay-for-a-ticket 40What's going on with gene therapies? 61 73 5mo +2d nehalslearnings.substack.com/p/whats-going-on-with-gene-therapies 41Ask HN: Is the Ask HN algorithm broken? 10 14 5mo +8m 42Chrome's SSL Bypass Cheatcode 60 62 5mo +3h thomascountz.com/2025/07/17/chromes-ssl-bypass-cheatcode 43NYC's office-to-residential conversions could create 17,000 new homes 53 39 5mo +21m 6sqft.com/nycs-first-wave-of-office-to-residential-conversions-could-create-over-17000-new-homes-report-says 4415,000+ AI-generated fake podcasts 8 11 5mo +5m kaggle.com/datasets/listennotes/ai-generated-fake-podcasts-spams 45When is tech not hype? Tulips, toilets, trains and tabs 55 65 5mo +2d ajmoon.com/posts/when-is-tech-not-hype-tulips-toilets-trains-and-tabs 46[dead] ? 17 5mo +27m leaddev.com 47ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds 55 29 5mo +2m thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt-advises-women-to-ask-for-lower-salaries-finds-new-study 48ChatGPT agent: bridging research and action 478 668 5mo +4m openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-agent 49Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network 168 416 5mo +1h 50Molecule produced by gut bacteria causes atherosclerosis 56 125 5mo +15m english.elpais.com/health/2025-07-17/revolution-in-medicine-a-molecule-produced-by-gut-bacteria-causes-atherosclerosis-responsible-for-millions-of-deaths.html 51Ask HN: What are your current programming pet peeves? 102 28 5mo +14m 52How I Use Kagi 314 286 5mo +58m flamedfury.com/posts/how-i-use-kagi 53Mistral Releases Deep Research, Voice, Projects in Le Chat 143 640 5mo +1h mistral.ai/news/le-chat-dives-deep 54Stone blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria recovered from seafloor 30 128 5mo +3d archaeologymag.com/2025/07/lighthouse-of-alexandria-rises-again 55You're not a founder, you're a gig worker 11 29 5mo +15m 56Self-taught engineers often outperform (2024) 336 433 5mo +44m michaelbastos.com/blog/why-self-taught-engineers-often-outperform 57On doing hard things 101 285 5mo +3d parv.bearblog.dev/kayaking 58FDA Authorizes Juul E-Cigarettes 94 26 5mo +21m wsj.com/business/fda-authorizes-juul-e-cigarettes-6ad37963 59Celtuce 19 34 5mo +2d en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtuce 60The rise of AI as a threat to the S&P 500 [pdf] 87 115 5mo +1h autonomy.work/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Sp-500-capital-at-risk_-3.pdf 61Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election 91 42 5mo +3h theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/17/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16-in-england-and-northern-ireland 62BB(6) Is Hard (Antihydra) (2024) 11 34 5mo +3d sligocki.com//2024/07/06/bb-6-2-is-hard.html 63Texas has banned talking on college campuses at night. Seriously 25 38 5mo +2m houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/texas-ban-universities-speech-talking-night-20361753.php 64My bank keeps on undermining anti-phishing education 249 325 5mo +48m moritz-mander.dehttp:///blog/my_bank_keeps_on_undermining_anti-phishing_education 65Hand: open-source Robot Hand 104 432 5mo +39m github.com/pollen-robotics/AmazingHand 66How the brain wakes up from sleep – and produces that morning feeling 2 17 5mo +12m nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02225-2 67We've got to stop sending files to each other 83 44 5mo +5m shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/weve-got-to-stop-sending-files-to-each-other 68Writing a competitive BZip2 encoder in Ada from scratch in a few days (2024) 62 107 5mo +3d gautiersblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/writing-bzip2-encoder-in-ada-from.html 69N8n vs. node-red 67 32 5mo +1h daniel-payne-keldan-systems.medium.com/n8n-vs-node-red-485e8382b971 70The AI bubble today is bigger than the IT bubble in the 1990s 164 115 5mo +1h apolloacademy.com/ai-bubble-today-is-bigger-than-the-it-bubble-in-the-1990s 71Rejoy Health (YC W21) Is Hiring 0 1 5mo +3s ycombinator.com/companies/rejoy-health/jobs/DCsxNgv-software-engineer 72Upcoming coordinated security fix for all Matrix server implementations 91 172 5mo +45m matrix.org/blog/2025/07/security-predisclosure 73Retro gaming YouTuber Once Were Nerd sued and raided by the Italian government 252 253 5mo +11m androidauthority.com/once-were-nerd-youtuber-copyright-lawsuit-3577995 74Archaeologists discover tomb of first king of Caracol 40 151 5mo +3d uh.edu/news-events/stories/2025/july/07102025-caracol-chase-discovery-maya-ruler.php 75Gmail/Google starts disabling features unless you agree to data processing 66 59 5mo +41m bsky.app/profile/victor.earth/post/3lu5ovm2oy22g 76The limits of our personal experience and the value of statistics 0 12 5mo +13m ourworldindata.org/limits-personal-experience 77Economists made a model of the U.S. economy. Our debt crashed the model 119 48 5mo +35m marketplace.org/story/2025/07/14/how-our-debt-crashed-a-model-of-the-us-economy 78Voting age to be lowered to 16 by next general election 153 46 5mo +18m bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c628ep4j5kno 79FOSS4G Europe 2025 live streaming [video] 9 78 5mo +52m 2025.europe.foss4g.org/livestream 80New battery has life so long you may never have to recharge 58 55 5mo +21m neowin.net/news/this-amazing-new-battery-has-life-so-long-you-may-never-have-to-recharge 81A Tale of Two Red-Bearded Visionaries 5 28 5mo +2d nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-red-bearded-visionaries 82NINA: Rebuilding the original AIM, AOL Desktop, Yahoo and ICQ platforms 48 84 5mo +2h nina.chat 83[dead] ? 6 5mo +7m marketplace.visualstudio.com 84ESA’s Moonlight programme: Pioneering the path for lunar exploration (2024) 19 83 5mo +2d esa.int/Applications/Connectivity_and_Secure_Communications/ESA_s_Moonlight_programme_Pioneering_the_path_for_lunar_exploration 85Open, free, and ignored: the afterlife of Symbian 30 66 5mo +23m theregister.com/2025/07/17/symbian_forgotten_foss_phone_os 86What I'm working on – at work and on the side – aswin's blog 0 12 6mo +3d aswinc.blog/blog/work-2 87Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhouse-gas emissions 141 67 5mo +1h economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/10/02/treating-beef-like-coal-would-make-a-big-dent-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions 88TikTok, AliExpress and WeChat ignore your GDPR rights 25 41 5mo +11m noyb.eu/en/how-tiktok-aliexpress-wechat-ignore-your-gdpr-rights 89A bionic knee integrated into tissue can restore natural movement 6 55 5mo +2d news.mit.edu/2025/bionic-knee-integrated-into-tissue-can-restore-natural-movement-0710 90Code execution through email: How I used Claude to hack itself 69 136 5mo +24m pynt.io/blog/llm-security-blogs/code-execution-through-email-how-i-used-claude-mcp-to-hack-itself 91Wttr: Console-oriented weather forecast service 86 262 5mo +43m github.com/chubin/wttr.in 92Task Runner Census 2025 14 29 5mo +2d aleyan.com/blog/2025-task-runners-census 93Show HN: Linux CLI tool to provide mutex locks for long running bash ops 20 34 5mo +54m github.com/bigattichouse/waitlock 94Metaflow: Build, Manage and Deploy AI/ML Systems 24 123 5mo +8h github.com/Netflix/metaflow 95Where the Horses Swim: On Barbados' Pebbles Beach, Racehorses Train in the Ocean 1 12 5mo +2d thedial.world/articles/news/issue-30/horse-racing-barbados 96Ask HN: What are your favorite one-liner shell commands you use? 41 22 5mo +31m 97[dead] ? 3 5mo +46m github.com 98Xbox Hacks: The A20 (2021) 21 105 5mo +44m connortumbleson.com/2021/07/19/the-xbox-and-a20-line 99Inside the box: Everything I did with an Arduino starter kit 43 155 5mo +1d lopespm.com/hardware/2025/07/15/arduino.html 100Show HN: Cobble – A hard daily word game 18 28 5mo +1h wilf.live/cobble 101A 1960s schools experiment that created a new alphabet 140 116 5mo +1d theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/06/1960s-schools-experiment-created-new-alphabet-thousands-children-unable-to-spell 102Pull Interactions from POSSEd Content 0 9 6mo +3d ggirelli.info/blog/2025/07/13/inter-pull 103Remembrance of Scents Past 1 19 5mo +2d newyorker.com/culture/onward-and-upward-with-the-arts/remembrance-of-scents-past 104The battle for Britain’s first book of the month club 2 9 5mo +2d historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/battle-britains-first-book-month-club 105Mistakes Microsoft made in the Xbox security system (2005) 38 101 5mo +1h xboxdevwiki.net/17_Mistakes_Microsoft_Made_in_the_Xbox_Security_System 106Onlycats 26 61 5mo +1h onlycats.gg 107I was wrong about robots.txt 201 169 5mo +1h evgeniipendragon.com/posts/i-was-wrong-about-robots-txt 108“Reading Rainbow” was created to combat summer reading slumps 218 339 5mo +1h smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/to-combat-summer-reading-slumps-this-timeless-childrens-television-show-tried-to-bridge-the-literacy-gap-with-the-magic-of-stories-180986984 109Blue Pencil no. 18–Some history about Arial 15 41 5mo +2d paulshawletterdesign.com/2011/09/blue-pencil-no-18%e2%80%94some-history-about-arial 110[dead] ? 20 5mo +15m substack.perfectunion.us 111Gaslight-driven development 109 138 5mo +17m tonsky.me/blog/gaslight-driven-development 112AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds 158 241 6mo +3d arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/ai-therapy-bots-fuel-delusions-and-give-dangerous-advice-stanford-study-finds 113 More... 2025.07.16