HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order You know more Finnish than you think 130 148 5mo +2d dannybate.com/2025/08/03/you-know-more-finnish-than-you-think 1Git-fetch-file – Sync files from other repos with commit tracking and safety 18 50 5mo +42m github.com/andrewmcwattersandco/git-fetch-file 2Out-Fibbing CPython with the Plush Interpreter 1 44 5mo +7m pointersgonewild.com/2025-08-06-out-fibbing-cpython-with-the-plush-interpreter 3I'm tired of stupid people treating me like I'm an idiot 5 19 5mo +33m whatwelost.substack.com/p/im-tired-of-stupid-people-treating 4Compaq’s Rod Canion broke IBM's hold on the PC market 38 84 5mo +2d every.to/feeds/b0e329f3048258e8eeb7/the-man-who-beat-ibm 5The new shape of Mixxx 3.0 – Open Source DJing 35 103 5mo +7m mixxx.org/news/2025-08-06-qml-project 6Analyzing Control Flow More Like a Human [video] 1 14 5mo +8m wonks.github.iohttp:///germane/summer2025/2025/08/06/germane.html 740 Years of the Amiga, from Commodore 5 18 5mo +56m goto10retro.com/p/40-years-of-the-amiga-from-commodore 8Converting existing users to systemd-homed managed users 58 29 5mo +3d systemd.io/CONVERTING_TO_HOMED 9301party.com: Intentionally open redirect 15 91 5mo +30m 301party.com 10The Bluesky Dictionary 54 207 5mo +22m avibagla.com/blueskydictionary 11Consistency over Availability: How rqlite Handles the CAP theorem 0 15 5mo +3h philipotoole.com/consistency-over-availability-how-rqlite-handles-the-cap-theorem 12We'd be better off with 9-bit bytes 342 183 5mo +1h pavpanchekha.com/blog/9bit.html 13Project Hyperion: Interstellar ship design competition 315 357 5mo +8m projecthyperion.org 14The arcane alphabets of Black Sabbath 6 85 5mo +1h fontsinuse.com/uses/35835/the-arcane-alphabets-of-black-sabbath 15Show HN: Write lead sheets in a Markdown way and transpose in a second 3 28 5mo +3d cord.land/landing 16Anthropogenic warming drives earlier wildfire season onset in California 2 22 5mo +23m science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt2041 17How and Why to Ditch GitHub 19 36 5mo +48m taggart-tech.com/migrate-to-codeberg 18The History of F1 Design 59 79 5mo +9m espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/43832710/how-f1-evolved-1950-where-headed-2026 19Show HN: AsyncStatus CLI – post status updates from your terminal (open-source) 0 6 5mo +11m github.com/AsyncStatus/asyncstatus/tree/main/apps/cli 20Litestar is worth a look 82 337 5mo +18m b-list.org/weblog/2025/aug/06/litestar 21Is economics education fit for the 21st century? 53 20 5mo +35m rethinkeconomics.org/resources/educational-material/is-economics-education-fit-for-the-21st-century-executive-summary 22Vibe coding the MIT course catalog 21 96 5mo +1h stackdiver.com/posts/vibe-coding-the-mit-course-catalog 23Comptime.ts: compile-time expressions for TypeScript 41 144 5mo +3d comptime.js.org 2419% of California houses are owned by investors 172 114 5mo +18m ocregister.com/2025/07/21/19-of-california-houses-are-owned-by-investors 25Brennan Center for Justice Report: The Campaign to Undermine the Next Election 114 130 5mo +22m brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/trump-administrations-campaign-undermine-next-election 26"This question has been retired" 97 111 5mo +25m learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/009ae104-47ff-475c-adc1-d5f9604927de/can-i-open-16-bit-application-in-windows-8?forum=windows-all&referrer=answers 27States and cities decimated SROs, Americans' lowest-cost housing option 181 124 5mo +34m pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2025/07/how-states-and-cities-decimated-americans-lowest-cost-housing-option 28Congress Just Deleted Habeas Corpus from the Constitution on Its Website 41 58 5mo +5m abovethelaw.com/2025/08/congress-just-deleted-habeas-corpus-from-the-constitution-on-its-website 29Did we just lose $7 billion for solar? 12 18 5mo +19m vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/422456/trump-epa-solar-panels-grants-funding-attack 30AI in Search is driving more queries and higher quality clicks 129 93 5mo +1h blog.google/products/search/ai-search-driving-more-queries-higher-quality-clicks 31Cognitive decline can be slowed down with lifestyle changes 88 92 5mo +11m smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cognitive-decline-can-be-slowed-down-with-lifestyle-changes-from-diet-to-exercise-and-social-time-new-study-suggests-180987077 32A fast, growable array with stable pointers in C 85 213 5mo +16m danielchasehooper.com/posts/segment_array 33Realizing we needed two sorts of alerts for our temperature monitoring 7 23 5mo +2d utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/MachineRoomTempTwoSortsOfAlerts 34Gleam v1.12 83 164 5mo +30m github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/main/changelog/v1.12.md 35Blocking LLMs from your website cuts you off from next-generation search 75 59 5mo +46m johnjianwang.medium.com/why-blocking-llms-from-your-website-is-dumb-3dc7c3c9097d 3680 Years Ago, Nuclear Annihilation Came to Japan 9 16 5mo +11m nytimes.com/2025/08/05/world/asia/hiroshima-nagasaki-japan-nuclear-photos.html 37Multics 29 132 5mo +47m multicians.org/multics.html 38Wild pigs' flesh turning neon blue in California 91 122 5mo +8m phys.org/news/2025-08-wild-pigs-flesh-neon-blue.html 39Why is it worth spending time on type theory? (2013) 45 88 5mo +2d math.stackexchange.com/questions/567265/why-is-it-worth-spending-time-on-type-theory 40Show HN: When is the next Caltrain? (minimal webapp) 27 42 5mo +1h erikschluntz.com/caltrain 41Jules, our asynchronous coding agent 227 337 5mo +1h blog.google/technology/google-labs/jules-now-available 42The internet wants to check your ID 178 125 5mo +1m newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-internet-wants-to-check-your-id 43Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government's website 28 72 5mo +4m techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/key-sections-of-the-us-constitution-deleted-from-governments-website 44The Real Origin of Cisco Systems (1999) 24 90 5mo +2d tcracs.org/tcrwp/1origin-of-cisco 45The Future of Small Presses in the Aftermath of the NEA Grant Chaos 0 19 5mo +4h lithub.com/on-the-future-of-small-presses-in-the-aftermath-of-the-nea-grant-chaos 46Show HN: Sinkzone DNS – Forwarder that blocks everything except your allowlist 43 93 5mo +11m github.com/berbyte/sinkzone 47Qwen3-4B-Thinking-2507 60 192 5mo +28m huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-4B-Thinking-2507 48You May Get Future Vaccines via Dental Floss 3 16 5mo +42m news.ncsu.edu/2025/07/vaccines-via-dental-floss 49Writing a Rust GPU kernel driver: a brief introduction on how GPU drivers work 38 290 5mo +7m collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2025/08/06/writing-a-rust-gpu-kernel-driver-a-brief-introduction-on-how-gpu-drivers-work 50Zig Error Patterns 52 154 5mo +47m glfmn.io/posts/zig-error-patterns 51We shouldn't have needed lockfiles 283 144 5mo +15m tonsky.me/blog/lockfiles 52NetBird Is Embracing the AGPLv3 License 78 86 5mo +31m netbird.io/knowledge-hub/netbird-agpl-announcement 53Diffuse-CLoC: Guided Diffusion for Physics-Based Character Look-Ahead Control 0 6 5mo +1h diffusecloc.github.io/website 54How to Scale Proteomics 10 32 5mo +1h asimov.press/p/proteomics 55Providing ChatGPT to the U.S. federal workforce 173 146 5mo +1h openai.com/index/providing-chatgpt-to-the-entire-us-federal-workforce 56Breaking the sorting barrier for directed single-source shortest paths 50 164 5mo +17m quantamagazine.org/new-method-is-the-fastest-way-to-find-the-best-routes-20250806 57Gödel's Loophole 11 21 5mo +47m en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_Loophole 58The militarization of Silicon Valley 75 85 5mo +27m nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/google-meta-openai-military-war.html 59Dotfiles feel too personal to share 143 178 5mo +4m hamatti.org/posts/dotfiles-feel-too-intimate-and-personal-to-share 60Meta violated privacy laws by collecting menstrual health data 1 8 5mo +9m techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/jury-rules-meta-violated-california-privacy-laws-by-collecting-menstrual-health-data-from-flo 61Constitution.congress.gov/constitution 6/8/25 –> 8/4/25 Diff 73 150 5mo +18m web.archive.org/web/diff/20250601021212/20250806023110/https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution 62The 1090 Megahertz Riddle: A Guide to Decoding Mode S and ADS-B Signals 28 94 5mo +2d books.open.tudelft.nl/home/catalog/book/11 63Coffee-shop pitch change helped founder unlock traction for laptop campers 90 50 5mo +55m iwantproductmarketfit.substack.com/p/how-one-pitch-change-helped-this 64Google suffers data breach in ongoing Salesforce data theft attacks 92 206 5mo +9m bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-suffers-data-breach-in-ongoing-salesforce-data-theft-attacks 65Qwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index 2 22 5mo +31m techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/qwant-and-ecosia-debut-staan-a-european-search-index-that-aims-to-take-on-big-tech 66EU proposal to scan all private messages gains momentum 210 237 5mo +45m cointelegraph.com/news/eu-chat-control-plan-gains-support-threatens-encryption 67Omarchy, a Linux Distribution by DHH 76 149 5mo +15m omarchy.org 68[dead] ? 18 5mo +11m slrpnk.net 69Show HN: An open-source e-book reader for conversational reading with an LLM 61 84 5mo +49m github.com/shutootaki/bookwith 70303Gen – 303 acid loops generator 83 221 5mo +1h 303-gen-06a668.netlify.app 71Constitution of the United States Website has removed sections 155 254 5mo +17m reddit.com/r/law/comments/1mj3ttx/constitution_of_the_united_states_website_has 72Speedhunters was a car culture juggernaut 5 20 5mo +1d thedrive.com/news/speedhunters-was-a-car-culture-juggernaut-this-is-how-it-died 73Ask HN: Do you struggle with flow state when using AI assisted coding tools? 53 56 5mo +15m 74Claude Code IDE integration for Emacs 258 768 5mo +5m github.com/manzaltu/claude-code-ide.el 75First edition copy of the Hobbit found in England 2 18 5mo +1h nytimes.com/2025/08/04/world/europe/the-hobbit-first-edition-bristol-auction.html 76Show HN: YouTube to NotebookLM – Send YouTube channels to chat with content 2 4 5mo +4m chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youtube-to-notebooklm/kobncfkmjelbefaoohoblamnbackjggk 77Electric bikes might just be the healthiest thing to ever happen to teenagers 83 35 5mo +4m electrek.co/2025/08/05/electric-bikes-might-just-be-the-healthiest-thing-to-ever-happen-to-teenagers 78Grok generates fake Taylor Swift nudes without being asked 128 78 5mo +22m arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/grok-generates-fake-taylor-swift-nudes-without-being-asked 79Automerge 3.0 35 346 5mo +2d automerge.org/blog/automerge-3 80NautilusTrader: Open-source algorithmic trading platform 125 204 5mo +1h nautilustrader.io 81Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians 49 133 5mo +36m theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/microsoft-israeli-military-palestinian-phone-calls-cloud 82Wired Called Our AirGradient Monitor 'Not Recommended' over a Broken Display 102 133 5mo +28m airgradient.com/blog/wired-review-of-airgradient-one-not-recommended 83Slopsquatting 49 104 5mo +7m en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slopsquatting 84LLM Inflation 149 186 5mo +1h tratt.net/laurie/blog/2025/llm_inflation.html 85Zigzag Number Spiral - Closed Form Expression 0 8 5mo +3d susam.net/zigzag-number-spiral.html 86Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December 343 436 5mo +1h open-web-advocacy.org/blog/japan-apple-must-lift-engine-ban-by-december 87You can now uv run a GitHub gist 29 33 5mo +1h github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/15058/files 88About the BLOBs in Ventoy 55 129 5mo +12m github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/3224 89UR5 with Robotiq 85 Gripper: Object Grasping and Placement Simulation 6 23 5mo +3d github.com/leesweqq/ur5_grasp_object_pybullet 90Python performance myths and fairy tales 210 240 5mo +1h lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1031707/73cb0cf917307a93 91Show HN: FFlags – Feature flags as code, served from the edge 36 40 5mo +1d fflags.com 92C++26 Reflections adventures and compile time UML 1 11 5mo +3d reachablecode.com/2025/07/31/c26-reflections-adventures-compile-time-uml 93Why there are so many more South Asian CEOs than East Asian CEOs in the US 60 34 5mo +1h davelu.com/p/learn-to-embrace-conflict 94Some thoughts on journals, refereeing, and the P vs NP problem 36 66 5mo +44m blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2025/08/some-thoughts-on-journals-refereeing.html 95Rethinking DOM from first principles 222 233 5mo +58m acko.net/blog/html-is-dead-long-live-html 96Fire hazard of WHY2025 badge due to 18650 Li-Ion cells 66 65 5mo +1h wiki.why2025.org/Badge/Fire_hazard 97I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me 392 795 5mo +10m grell.dev/blog/ai_rejection 98[dead] ? 13 5mo +3d devin.ai 99Teacher AI use is already out of control and it's not ok 170 190 5mo +1h reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/1mhntjh/unpopular_opinion_teacher_ai_use_is_already_out 100Kart – Distributed version-control for geospatial and tabular data 8 64 5mo +1d kartproject.org 101Whitehouse Moves to Destroy Satellite That Monitors Greenhouse Gases 26 72 5mo +1h gizmodo.com/trump-administration-moves-to-destroy-satellite-that-monitors-greenhouse-gases-2000639234 102An AI Company Just Fired Someone for Endorsing Human Extinction 16 9 5mo +1h realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/did-an-ai-company-just-fire-someone 103Bourdain, My Camera, and Me (2021) 0 18 5mo +2d melaniedunea.com/essays/blog-post-title-one-phd62 104Show HN: Kitten TTS – 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source TTS Model 352 950 5mo +1m github.com/KittenML/KittenTTS 105'We didn't vote for ChatGPT': Swedish PM under fire for using AI in role 5 16 5mo +7m theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/05/chat-gpt-swedish-pm-ulf-kristersson-under-fire-for-using-ai-in-role 106PlayReady DRM leak triggers Microsoft takedown and Amazon account suspensions 9 43 5mo +43m torrentfreak.com/playready-drm-leak-triggers-microsoft-takedown-and-amazon-account-suspensions 107Fun with MeshBlend 0 5 5mo +1d c0de517e.com/024_meshblend.htm 108The Amaranth hardware description language 34 83 5mo +2m amaranth-lang.org/docs/amaranth/latest/intro.html#the-amaranth-language 109I'm Archiving Picocrypt 152 230 5mo +36m github.com/Picocrypt/Picocrypt/issues/134 110Marines now have an official drone-fighting handbook 179 119 5mo +34m marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2025/08/04/the-marines-now-have-an-official-drone-fighting-handbook 111If you're a direct employee of HP/Compaq you're not allowed to look at this code 2 13 5mo +1h ukcert.org.uk/repository/exploits/NETSYS_COM%20-%20The%20Intelligent%20Hacker%27s%20Choice%20-%20http--www_netsys_com-library-alerts-2002-08-05-dxchpwd.txt 112Software Rot 238 231 5mo +1h permacomputing.net/software_rot 113I built a tool to help people remove their info from the Tea App 12 27 5mo +39m suetea.com 114When Disney Went Digital 2 21 5mo +1d animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-disney-went-digital 115Drivers who appeal school speed zone camera fines almost guaranteed to lose 56 22 5mo +1h abcactionnews.com/news/state/theres-no-point-in-fighting-drivers-who-appeal-school-speed-zone-camera-fines-almost-guaranteed-to-lose 116US tech rules the European market 90 93 5mo +35m proton.me/blog/us-tech-rules-europe 117Resistance to Politically-Ordered Gerrymandering in Texas 0 10 5mo +14m riggedredistricting.com 118What if technology is our weakness? 19 15 5mo +1h 119Termagotchi – A terminal-based Tamagotchi simulation written in Go 6 20 5mo +3d github.com/ezeoleaf/termagotchi 120Science Titan sub firm used intimidation tactics and flawed safety practices 1 20 5mo +39m bbc.com/news/live/cdjxp4n2371t 121Model Collapse and the Need for Human-Generated Training Data 3 16 5mo +1h glthr.com/model-collapse-and-the-need-for-human-generated-training-data 122Meta eavesdropped on period-tracker app's users, SF jury rules 3 59 5mo +1h sfgate.com/tech/article/meta-eavesdropped-period-tracker-app-20803399.php 123Kitten TTS: 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source Voice Model 33 193 5mo +17m algogist.com/kitten-tts-the-25mb-ai-voice-model-thats-about-to-change-everything-runs-on-a-potato 124Injecting Java from native libraries on Android 2 16 5mo +2d octet-stream.net/b/scb/2025-08-03-injecting-java-from-native-libraries-on-android.html 125Using Dspy to Detect Document Boundaries 1 14 5mo +2d kmad.ai/Using-DSPy-to-Detect-Document-Boundaries 126Plain Text. 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