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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 31,670 posts.
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“Stop Designing Languages. Write Libraries Instead” (2016)
I had a friend tell me recently that all programming languages seem very similar to each other. They all have variables, and arrays, a few loop constructs, functions, and some arithmetic constructs. Sure, some languages have fancier features like first-class functions or coroutines, but he doesn't consider himself an…
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LMArena is a cancer on AI
Would you trust a medical system whose only metric was “which doctor wins the Internet?” No, you'd call that malpractice. Yet that's LMArena.
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Most websites don't need cookie consent banners
Learn why most websites don't need cookie consent banners and how privacy-first design can improve user experience while simplifying compliance with GDPR…
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A 30B Qwen model walks into a Raspberry Pi and runs in real time
ByteShape's device-optimized release showing superior TPS-quality tradeoffs across edge and datacenter hardware.
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Locating a Photo of a Vehicle in 30 Seconds with GeoSpy
This is just a short description for your post which you can edit depending on your needs via the Framer CMS.
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State of the Fin 2026-01-06
Happy New Year and welcome to the State of the Fin!
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C Is Best (2025)
Since its inception on 2000-05-29, SQLite has been implemented in generic C. C was and continues to be the best language for implementing a software library like SQLite. There are no plans to recode SQLite in any other programming language at this time.
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Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Debut as First Built on Intel 18A
Intel ushers in the next generation of AI PCs with exceptional performance, graphics and battery life; available this month
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There were BGP anomalies during the Venezuela blackout
The Low Orbit Security Radar is a weekly security newsletter from an offensive practitioner's perspective. One idea, curated news, and links worth your time. News: There Were BGP Anomalies During The Venezuela Blackout When watching the situation in Venezuela unfold, the phrase "It was dark, the lights of Caracas
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Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%
Brave has overhauled its Rust-based adblock engine to reduce memory consumption by 75%, bringing better battery life and smoother multitasking to all users.
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During Helene, I just wanted a plain text website
We recently passed the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene and its devastating impact on Western North Carolina. As a web developer, I am thinking again about my experience with the mobile web on the day after the storm.
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Eurostar AI vulnerability: When a chatbot goes off the rails
TL;DR Introduction I first encountered the chatbot as a normal Eurostar customer while planning a trip. When it opened, it clearly told me that “the answers in this chatbot are generated by AI”, which is good disclosure but immediately raised my curiosity about how it worked and what its limits were. Eurostar…
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The PGP problem (2019)
The PGP problem
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China DRAM Maker CXMT Targets $4.2B IPO as It Takes on Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron
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Chinese memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has filed for an IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market, seeking to raise up to CNY 295 billion (about USD 42.2 billion) to upgrade DRAM manufacturing, advance next-generation memory technologies, and strengthen China’s position in the global memory supply chain.
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Take One Small Step
Think smaller–then act.
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Punkt. Unveils MC03 Smartphone
Punkt. unveils MC03, its latest smartphone designed to give users full control over personal data, privacy, and device usage.
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Pebble Round 2
We’ve finally gotten around to it The entire Pebble relaunch would not be complete without revisiting one of our most iconic watches from 2015 Pebble Time Ro...
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Standard Ebooks: Public Domain Day 2026 in Literature
Read about the new ebooks Standard Ebooks is releasing for Public Domain Day 2026!
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50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player
The Great Return: From Digital Abundance to Analog Meaning
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ACM Is Now Open Access
As of January 1, 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library are now open access. This change reflects the long-standing and growing call across the global computing community for research to be more accessible, discoverable, and reusable.
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We found cryptography bugs in the elliptic library using Wycheproof
Trail of Bits discovered and disclosed two vulnerabilities in the widely used elliptic JavaScript library that could allow signature forgery or prevent valid signature verification, with one vulnerability still unfixed after the 90-day disclosure window.
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Pixar's True Story
The true story of Pixar's IPO and the Silicon Valley investment bankers who took a chance on Steve Jobs' passion project.
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Stardew Valley developer made a $125k donation to the FOSS C# framework MonoGame
One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games
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Efficient method to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
The method is based on a recyclable filtration fluid consisting of a superbase-alcohol compound. One gram of the new compound can absorb 156 milligrams of carbon dioxide.
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Quality of drinking water varies significantly by airline
A 2026 Airline Water Study released today by the Center for Food as Medicine and Longevity reveals that the quality of drinking water varies significantly by airline, and many airlines…