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Clojure on Heroku
We're very excited to announce official support for Clojure, going into public beta as of today. Clojure is the third official language supported by Heroku
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 31,686 posts.
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Are any words the same in all languages?
Languages can be so different from each other—but there are a few words nearly all languages have in common! Can you guess which ones?
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What will our economic future look like?
The Anthropic Economics Team models the effects of AI on the economy of 2030.
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Microsoft announces Surface Go
Today, Microsoft announces Surface Go: the most portable and affordable Surface product yet.
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No Fixed Address Bank Account
We're working with charities to help the homeless and customers with no fixed address open an HSBC bank account.
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Programming languages endorsed for server-side use at Meta
Supporting a programming language at Meta is a very careful and deliberate decision. We’re sharing our internal programming language guidance that helps our engineers and developers choose the best…
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You might not need an effect
The library for web and native user interfaces
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Making IRC better
sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists.
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Apple Intelligence Foundation Language Models Tech Report 2025
We introduce two multilingual, multimodal foundation language models that power Apple Intelligence features across Apple devices and…
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Don't bother creating a mobile app
Lessons learned spending one year creating and improving our mobile app.
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Coverage is not strongly correlated with test suite effectiveness
One of my recent hobby projects was a blocks-based tool for doing basic data science , and I was very pleased when its test suite reached 100% line coverage. However, Inozemtseva2014 found that code coverage is a poor predictor of how effective a test suite is at detecting bugs once the size of the test suite is…
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Computer use in Gemini 3.5 Flash
A look at the built-in computer use tool in Gemini 3.5 Flash.
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Java on Truffle – Going Fully Metacircular
Up until now, GraalVM has offered two ways to run Java programs: using the Java HotSpot VM with the GraalVM JIT (just-in-time) compiler…
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The SaaS Opportunity of Unbundling Excel
The unbundling of Excel is just as important as the unbundling of Craigslist. Here's what you need to know about the Excel Economy and how SaaS companies can take advantage of different verticals and use cases that Excel has dominated.
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Egyptian Circumnavigation of Africa ~600 BC
The Greek researcher and storyteller Herodotus of Halicarnassus (fifth century BCE) was the world's first historian. In The Histories , he describes the expansion of the Achaemenid empire under its kings Cyrus the Great , Cambyses and Darius I the Great , culminating in king Xerxes ' expedition in 480 BCE against the…
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The human ear detects half a millisecond delay in sound
Researchers discover how accurately the human ear can detect time delay in sounds in different frequencies.
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How to make quitting your addiction easier
There is one thing most people miss when they try to overcome their addiction. And they make it much more difficult for themselves.
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Rust and C++ Interoperability in Chrome
Chrome engineers are experimenting with Rust. For the foreseeable future, C++ is the reigning monarch in our codebase, and any use of Rust will need to fit in with C++ — not the other way around. This seems to present some C++/ Rust interoperability challenges which nobody else has faced.
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KeePassXC 2.7.0
KeePassXC Password Manager
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The Hardest chess problem in the world?
Hebden Bridge Chess Club members will be well acquainted with my passion for digging up chess curiosities from across the ‘interweb’. Recent...
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SoftBank Group to Acquire Ampere Computing for 6.5B
(TOKYO, Japan) and (Santa Clara, CA) – SoftBank Group Corp. (TSE: 9984, “SoftBank Group”) today announced that it will acquire Ampere® Computing, a leading independent silicon design company, in an all-cash transaction valued at $6.5 billion.
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Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams
Today, we’re launching Pitch to the world. Learn how we’re modernizing presentation software to help teams stay connected and do their best work.
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Standardizing OpenAI’s deep learning framework on PyTorch
We are standardizing OpenAI’s deep learning framework on PyTorch.
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Google’s Nest fiasco harms user trust and invades their privacy
Last month, Google announced that its Nest Secure would be updated to work with Google Assistant software. The problem? Google never told users its product had a microphone to begin with. Simple oversight or invasion of privacy? We break it down.
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YC W20 Online-Only Demo Day
Edit: YC W20 Demo Day is now on March 16. See here [https://blog.ycombinator.com/yc-w20-online-demo-day-now-on-march-16/] for more info. On March 23, YC will host our 30th Demo Day online. With the growing concern over COVID-19, we believe this is the right thing to do for the safety of all attendees, including our…
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OsmAnd’s Faster Offline Navigation (2025)
Offline navigation is a lifeline for travelers, adventurers, and everyday commuters. We demand speed, accuracy, and the flexibility to tailor routes to our specific needs. For years, OsmAnd has championed powerful, feature-rich offline maps that fit in your pocket. But as maps grew more detailed and user demands for…