HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order Shutting Down Clear Linux OS 113 128 5mo +3m community.clearlinux.org/t/all-good-things-come-to-an-end-shutting-down-clear-linux-os/10716 1I call them "Loop Bots" 2 5 5mo +3d imaurer.com/blog/posts/2025-07-15-i-call-them-loop-bots 2Ccusage: A CLI tool for analyzing Claude Code usage from local JSONL files 30 74 5mo +8m github.com/ryoppippi/ccusage 3How to write Rust in the Linux kernel: part 3 23 263 5mo +45m lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1026694/3413f4b43c862629 4EPA says it will eliminate its scientific research arm 280 258 5mo +8m nytimes.com/2025/07/18/climate/epa-firings-scientific-research.html 5Marathon fusion claims to invent alchemy, making 5000 kgs gold per gigawatt 97 56 5mo +27m marathonfusion.com 6Sage: An atomic bomb kicked off the biggest computing project in history 6 30 5mo +3d ibm.com/history/sage 7Wii U SDBoot1 Exploit “paid the beak” 30 166 5mo +1h consolebytes.com/wii-u-sdboot1-exploit-paid-the-beak 8Show HN: Simulating autonomous drone formations 8 22 5mo +3d github.com/sushrut141/ketu 9Silence Is a Commons by Ivan Illich (1983) 53 197 5mo +15m davidtinapple.comhttp://www./illich/1983_silence_commons.html 10Show HN: Molab, a cloud-hosted Marimo notebook workspace 21 119 5mo +2h molab.marimo.io/notebooks 11Hush: Holistic Panoramic 3D Scene Understanding Using Spherical Harmonics 1 15 5mo +38m vision3d-lab.github.io/hush 12Exhausted man defeats AI model in world coding championship 58 77 5mo +13m arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/exhausted-man-defeats-ai-model-in-world-coding-championship 13Broadcom to discontinue free Bitnami Helm charts 124 229 5mo +1h github.com/bitnami/charts/issues/35164 14Ring reintroduces video sharing with police 11 55 5mo +1h theverge.com/news/709836/ring-police-video-sharing-police-axon-partnership 15Multiplatform Matrix Multiplication Kernels 30 85 5mo +40m burn.dev/blog/sota-multiplatform-matmul 16Evolution Mail Users Easily Trackable Part 2 11 26 5mo +1h grepular.com/Evolution%20Mail%20Users%20Easily%20Trackable%20Part%202 17Making a StringBuffer in C, and questioning my sanity 48 45 5mo +3d briandouglas.ie/string-buffer-c 18Trying to send a sticker in Steam Chat burned through a month of mobile data 86 96 5mo +48m old.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1m000kp/trying_to_send_a_sticker_in_steam_chat_burned 19AI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics 346 358 5mo +16m paulkedrosky.com/honey-ai-capex-ate-the-economy 20Asynchrony is not concurrency 208 304 5mo +29m kristoff.it/blog/asynchrony-is-not-concurrency 21Show HN: I built library management app for those who outgrew spreadsheets 51 87 5mo +21m librari.io 22The year of peak might and magic 65 123 5mo +2h filfre.net/2025/07/the-year-of-peak-might-and-magic 23Benben: An audio player for the terminal, written in Common Lisp 8 80 5mo +3d chiselapp.com/user/MistressRemilia/repository/benben/home 24Cancer DNA is detectable in blood years before diagnosis 137 308 5mo +55m sciencenews.org/article/cancer-tumor-dna-blood-test-screening 25Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with a VIC-20, an Abacus, and a Dog 24 82 5mo +15m eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237 26Lookism 3 16 5mo +6m en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookism 27DHS: Filming Cops, ICE Officers Is a 'Violent Tactic' 33 111 5mo +3m techdirt.com/2025/07/18/dhs-filming-cops-ice-officers-is-a-violent-tactic 28Third patient dies from acute liver failure caused by a Sarepta gene therapy 73 166 5mo +52m biocentury.com/article/656520/third-death-from-a-sarepta-gene-therapy 29The Israeli "art student" mystery (2002) 28 109 5mo +1h salon.com/2002/05/07/students 30How I keep up with AI progress 116 277 5mo +34m blog.nilenso.com/blog/2025/06/23/how-i-keep-up-with-ai-progress 31Everything You Need to Know About Grok 4 15 15 5mo +11m forgecode.dev/blog/grok-4-initial-impression 32Mango Health (YC W24) Is Hiring 0 1 5mo +4s ycombinator.com/companies/mango-health/jobs/3bjIHus-founding-engineer 33How to Get Foreign Keys Horribly Wrong 33 65 5mo +3d hakibenita.com/django-foreign-keys 34Experts lay into Tesla safety in federal autopilot trial 18 38 5mo +1h arstechnica.com/cars/2025/07/experts-lay-into-tesla-safety-in-federal-autopilot-trial 35[dead] ? 6 5mo +17m zeteo.com 36Section 174 is reversed, mostly 95 157 5mo +21m newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-pulse-section-174-is-reversed 37Meta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement 502 324 5mo +13m cnbc.com/2025/07/18/meta-europe-ai-code.html 38[dead] ? 28 5mo +7m thejobchicksinsideredge.substack.com 39A New Geometry for Einstein's Theory of Relativity 22 135 5mo +2h quantamagazine.org/a-new-geometry-for-einsteins-theory-of-relativity-20250716 40Firefox-patch-bin, librewolf-fix-bin AUR packages contain malware 132 143 5mo +2m lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org/thread/7EZTJXLIAQLARQNTMEW2HBWZYE626IFJ 41LibreOffice slams Microsoft for locking in Office users w/ complex file formats 131 211 5mo +1h neowin.net/news/libreoffice-calls-out-microsoft-for-using-complex-file-formats-to-lock-in-office-users 42CoCo1 composite video 4 29 5mo +3d leadedsolder.com/2025/07/15/tandy-trs80-coco-composite-mod-aquarius.html 43Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot 52 37 5mo +11m techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/starbase-injury-rates-outpace-rivals-as-spacex-chases-its-mars-moonshot 44Show HN: Mock FedCM Integrations 0 11 5mo +3h mockfedcm.com 45Gmail's backup codes are useless to access account 99 113 5mo +18m 46DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results 59 154 5mo +1m techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/duckduckgo-now-lets-you-hide-ai-generated-images-in-search-results 47GH Killing Command Palette for "low usage" 4 31 5mo +1h github.com/orgs/community/discussions/166528 48Trying Guix: A Nixer's impressions 88 198 5mo +3d tazj.in/blog/trying-guix 49AirPods succeed by not selling you a new pair 81 30 5mo +54m victorwynne.com/airpods-succeed 50Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games 858 886 5mo +25m pcgamer.com/software/platforms/valve-confirms-credit-card-companies-pressured-it-to-delist-certain-adult-games-from-steam 51H-1B program grew 81 percent from 2011 to 2022 196 137 5mo +5m twitter.com/USTechWorkers/status/1945999773825196492 52Dear valued user, You have reached the error page for the error page 47 205 5mo +29m imgur.com/a/2H7HVcU 53The Number Go Up Rule: Why America Can't Fix Anything 6 16 5mo +3m thebignewsletter.com/p/the-number-go-up-rule-why-america 54Ask HN: GCP Outage? 42 86 5mo +25m 55The EU can be shut down with a few keystrokes 69 104 5mo +1h bitecode.dev/p/the-eu-can-be-shut-down-with-a-few 56In the long run, GPL code becomes irrelevant (2015) 156 42 5mo +9m josephg.com/blog/in-the-long-run-gpl-code-becomes-irrelevant 57The Art of Roland-Garros 10 62 5mo +3d garros.gallery 58ICE is getting unprecedented access to Medicaid data 288 262 5mo +20m wired.com/story/ice-access-medicaid-data 59The Number go up rule: Why America refuses to fix anything 55 74 5mo +3m thebignewsletter.com/p/the-number-go-up-rule-why-america 60Ask HN: Where do you guys find audiobooks? 58 27 5mo +15m 61Britain is lowering the voting age to 16. It's getting a mixed reaction 49 12 5mo +6m apnews.com/article/uk-voting-age-16-criticism-debate-f85d8675acbf4bd9ceece51135c369e5 62I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA 263 160 5mo +15m 63Travelers to the U.S. must pay a new $250 'visa integrity fee' – what to know 97 86 5mo +1h cnbc.com/2025/07/18/visa-integrity-fee-what-to-know-about-new-travel-fee-to-enter-the-us-.html 64UC divests hedge funds as CIO criticizes high fees, low returns 2 13 5mo +43m pionline.com/institutional-investors/endowments-foundations/pi-university-california-hedge-funds-endowment-asset-allocation 65An average human breathes out roughly 1kg of carbon dioxide a day 54 36 5mo +36m twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1945948569246027934 66Row Polymorphic Programming 28 52 5mo +3d stranger.systems/posts/by-slug/row-polymorphic-programming.html 67Exposed MCP servers across the internet 30 78 5mo +59m knostic.ai/blog/mapping-mcp-servers-study 68French villages have no more drinking water. The reason? PFAS pollution 103 119 5mo +13m lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2025/07/18/these-french-villages-have-no-more-drinking-water-the-reason-pfas-pollution_6743479_114.html 69What’s on offer at a luxury Bay Area longevity clinic 53 33 5mo +19m sfchronicle.com/health/aging-longevity/article/human-longevity-health-clinic-20277643.php 70NYPD bypassed facial recognition ban to ID pro-Palestinian student protester 171 295 5mo +50m thecity.nyc/2025/07/18/nypd-fdny-clearview-ai-ban-columbia-palestinian-protest 71ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year 161 130 5mo +21m npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/07/18/nx-s1-5471281/aca-health-insurance-premiums-obamacare-bbb-kff 72HathiTrust Digital Library 18 67 5mo +2d hathitrust.org 73Ask HN: Any active COBOL devs here? What are you working on? 182 238 5mo +11m 74I Never Cared Much for Swords. Then I Had to Fight with One 54 45 5mo +12m thewalrus.ca/i-never-cared-much-for-swords-then-i-had-to-fight-with-one 75Fair software licensing group brands Microsoft EU concessions 'stalling tactic' 1 22 5mo +51m theregister.com/2025/07/18/cispe_microsoft_concessions 76lsr: ls with io_uring 168 346 5mo +23m rockorager.dev/log/lsr-ls-but-with-io-uring 7715 Years of Building Jefit 33 59 5mo +3d jefit.com/our-story 78Resolve (YC W15) Is Hiring an Operations and Billing Lead for Construction VR 0 1 5mo +10s 79CP/M creator Gary Kildall's memoirs released as free download 142 257 5mo +1h spectrum.ieee.org/cpm-creator-gary-kildalls-memoirs-released-as-free-download 80Hundred Rabbits – Low-tech living while sailing the world 74 244 5mo +3d 100r.co/site/home.html 81The Most Powerful Server Embiggens a Bit with Power11 15 27 5mo +20m nextplatform.com/2025/07/16/the-worlds-most-powerful-server-embiggens-a-bit-with-power11 82Psilocybin decreases depression and anxiety in cancer patients (2016) 284 268 5mo +14m pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5367557 83Servo Web Engine Further Tuning Performance 6 70 5mo +20m phoronix.com/news/Servo-June-2025-Highlights 84Crypto's Wild West Era Is Over 93 23 5mo +8m gizmodo.com/cryptos-wild-west-era-is-over-2000631148 85Fighting Brandolini's Law with Sampling 16 30 5mo +2d brady.fyi/fact-checking 86Netflix uses generative AI in one of its shows for first time 23 24 5mo +17m theguardian.com/media/2025/jul/18/netflix-uses-generative-ai-in-show-for-first-time-el-eternauta 87Inspect ANSI control codes and escape sequences 49 109 5mo +3d ansi.tools 88Ask HN: Is Linux for laptop worth the trouble? 68 35 5mo +2h 89When root meets immutable: OpenBSD chflags vs. log tampering 44 147 5mo +7m rsadowski.de/posts/2025/openbsd-immutable-system-logs 90DIY Telescope Mods That Transformed My Astrophotography 18 81 5mo +3d youtube.com/watch?v=Efmzr_K4ApQ 91Fixing a Direct3D9 bug in Far Cry (2018) 15 65 5mo +5h houssemnasri.github.io/2018/07/07/farcry-d3d9-bug 92Arva AI (YC S24) Is Hiring an AI Research Engineer (London, UK) 0 1 5mo +10s arva.ai/careers/ai-research-engineer 93The Pigeon River Is Perched, Which Is Geologically Bad News (2020) 3 27 5mo +3d princegeology.com/the-pigeon-river-is-perched-which-is-geologically-bad-news-for-it 94TCP-in-UDP Solution (eBPF) 20 86 5mo +2d blog.mptcp.dev/2025/07/14/TCP-in-UDP.html 95Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration 252 244 5mo +2h lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1029767/08f1d17c020e8292 96Why is AI so slow to spread? 183 71 5mo +17m economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/07/17/why-is-ai-so-slow-to-spread-economics-can-explain 97Apple bans entire dev account, no reason given 144 152 5mo +13m twitter.com/rameerez/status/1945784476723810739 98Meta Poaches Two More Apple AI Executives 24 23 5mo +15m macrumors.com/2025/07/17/meta-poaches-two-more-apple-ai-executives 99Apple is ruining the open web 10 33 5mo +1h victorwynne.com/apple-open-web 100The End of Windows 10: a toolkit for community repair groups 89 65 5mo +3d therestartproject.org/end-of-windows-10-toolkit-for-repair-groups 101Data on How America Sold Out Its Computer Science Graduates 84 77 5mo +47m ifspp.substack.com/p/data-on-how-america-sold-out-its 102Claude Code Unleashed 114 155 5mo +2d ymichael.com/2025/07/15/claude-code-unleashed 103Fully homomorphic encryption and the dawn of a private internet 195 438 5mo +15m bozmen.io/fhe 104Modular Interpreters and Visitors in Rust with Extensible Variants and CGP 1 25 5mo +2d contextgeneric.dev/blog/extensible-datatypes-part-2 105NIH is cheaper than the wrong dependency 197 306 5mo +30m lewiscampbell.tech/blog/250718.html 106CBS Canceling 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' After Next Season 70 82 5mo +33m nytimes.com/2025/07/17/business/stephen-colbert-late-show-ending.html 107RisingWave: An Open‑Source Stream‑Processing and Management Platform 25 66 5mo +2d github.com/risingwavelabs/risingwave 108USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021) 176 194 5mo +12m overengineer.dev/blog/2021/04/25/usb-c-hub-madness 109Out Run: Amiga Edition – Launch Trailer [video] 4 26 5mo +49m youtube.com/watch?v=WZzTp3vSC0g 110Astronomers Discover Rare Distant Object in Sync with Neptune 19 55 5mo +1h pweb.cfa.harvard.edu/news/astronomers-discover-rare-distant-object-sync-neptune 111Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from edge of space, dies in paragliding accident 2 16 5mo +51m theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul/18/skydive-pioneer-felix-baumgartner-who-jumped-from-edge-of-space-dies-in-paragliding-accident 112Louisiana cancels $3B coastal repair funded by oil spill settlement 29 117 5mo +44m apnews.com/article/louisiana-coastal-restoration-gulf-oil-spill-affaae2877bf250f636a633a14fbd0c7 113Extending That XOR Trick to Billions of Rows 22 102 5mo +3d nochlin.com/blog/extending-that-xor-trick 114A look at IBM's short-lived "butterfly" ThinkPad 701 of 1995 48 107 5mo +2d fastcompany.com/91356463/ibm-thinkpad-701-butterfly-keyboard 11523andMe is out of bankruptcy and it still hasn’t substantially changed its ways 82 109 5mo +1h washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/17/23andme-bankruptcy-privacy 116My favorite use-case for AI is writing logs 176 255 5mo +31m newsletter.vickiboykis.com/archive/my-favorite-use-case-for-ai-is-writing-logs 117 More... 2025.07.17