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31.
Xorg-server 26.1.0 rc1 (x.org)
139 points by st_goliath 2 days ago | 140 comments
32.
Sectorforth is a 16-bit x86 Forth that fits in a 512-byte boot sector (2020) (github.com/cesarblum)
53 points by sigalor 6 days ago | 16 comments
33.
Simulacra and Simulation (wikipedia.org)
87 points by soupspaces 10 days ago | 36 comments
34.
Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns (tidalcycles.org)
79 points by gjvc 2 days ago | 15 comments
35.
Bun 1.4 (bun.com)
256 points by meetpateltech 2 days ago | 181 comments
36.
The Chauffeur Problem (1999) (uh.edu)
60 points by leowoo91 6 days ago | 42 comments
37.
GitHub, autoscaling, and the component substitution fallacy (surfingcomplexity.blog)
53 points by jonemi 2 days ago | discuss
38.
Show HN: Open-source Stripe Connect alternative (zoneless.com)
82 points by tinyprojects 2 days ago | 36 comments
39.
Why Microsoft Entertainment Pack had a sticker announcing that it had Tetris? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
77 points by tybulewicz 2 days ago | 54 comments
40.
An elliptic curve of rank ≥ 30 (icarm.cloud)
103 points by robinhouston 2 days ago | 31 comments
41.
Why the Ocean Cleanup hasn't solved the plastic pollution crisis (therevelator.org)
96 points by sohkamyung 2 days ago | 86 comments
42.
Generic Methods in Go 1.27 (dominik.info)
70 points by EspressoGPT 2 days ago | 46 comments
43.
Error by AI scribe during medical appointment leaves patient devastated (abc.net.au)
157 points by ahonhn 8 days ago | 129 comments
44.
Show HN: We chased a weather balloon across Montana and never found it (radi8.dev)
60 points by radeeyate 2 days ago | 26 comments
45.
Universality of Gradient Descent Neural Network Training (arxiv.org)
39 points by E-Reverance 3 days ago | 2 comments
46.
Stop eating Lady Gaga's Oreos (experimental-history.com)
202 points by cwal37 2 days ago | 134 comments
47.
Show HN: Check if any of the $656M in unclaimed royalties at The MLC is yours (doub.ly)
76 points by knaught 2 days ago | 37 comments
48.
Rewriting in Rust (jetbrains.com)
84 points by worik 7 days ago | 61 comments
49.
Risk Engineering (risk-engineering.org)
80 points by throwaw12 2 days ago | 17 comments
50.
Nearly 1,400 live streams from Japan (tomarigi.me)
132 points by pajop 5 days ago | 27 comments
51.
Gardner police discontinue Flock cameras as license plate readers face scrutiny (kmbc.com)
134 points by cocacola1 3 days ago | 66 comments
52.
Why travellers are obsessed with foreign supermarkets (bbc.com)
53 points by edward 6 days ago | 61 comments
53.
What's missing to have reproducible builds on PyPI (snarky.ca)
25 points by Ravencentric 6 days ago | 10 comments
54.
Stwipe Acquires OpenWouter (stwipe.com)
218 points by eatonphil 2 days ago | 27 comments
55.
Seeing beyond BMI: Estimating cardiometabolic risk with smartphone imagery (research.google)
54 points by leanderjanssen 2 days ago | 33 comments
56.
Show HN: Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP (github.com/paulsp94)
56 points by paulsp 2 days ago | 44 comments
57.
The Citizen Developer (massdriver.cloud)
58 points by metal13 2 days ago | 87 comments
58.
Double-double: 31 digits of precision without leaving the FPU (marekfiser.com)
43 points by iliketrains 6 days ago | 11 comments
59.
The Wonders of the Male Human Pelvis (nautil.us)
44 points by littlexsparkee 2 days ago | 26 comments
60.
Theory of Fluids Enters the 21st Century (quantamagazine.org)
62 points by librasteve 5 days ago | 5 comments

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