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31.
When is your birthday? The math behind hash collisions (0xkrt26.github.io)
66 points by denismenace 24 days ago | 21 comments
32.
Bitter Lessons from the ISSpresso (mceglowski.substack.com)
136 points by zdw 27 days ago | 41 comments
33.
Forking the Web (dillo-browser.org)
145 points by wrxd 24 days ago | 146 comments
34.
Reviving the IBM Selectric Composer Fonts (2023) (kutilek.de)
79 points by tangus 27 days ago | 9 comments
35.
The soul of maintaining a new machine (worksinprogress.co)
97 points by akkartik 27 days ago | 8 comments
36.
Killswitch: Per-function short-circuit mitigation primitive (lwn.net)
87 points by signa11 24 days ago | 24 comments
37.
All my clients wanted a carousel, now it's an AI chatbot (pages.casa)
190 points by edent 24 days ago | 78 comments
38.
Making Julia as Fast as C++ (2019) (byu.edu)
86 points by d_tr 26 days ago | 62 comments
39.
I caught the car (undecidability.net)
55 points by holden_nelson 23 days ago | 59 comments
40.
Getting arrested in Japan (sundaicity.com)
259 points by bane 23 days ago | 324 comments
41.
PortalVR Motion – use any VR content in 2D with 3D tracked Joy-Cons (portalvr.io)
43 points by gfodor 27 days ago | 6 comments
42.
Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux (techrights.org)
165 points by esaym 24 days ago | 105 comments
43.
Read Programming as Theory Building (codeutopia.net)
85 points by birdculture 24 days ago | 19 comments
44.
The ROKR wooden typewriter: a closer look (writingball.blogspot.com)
34 points by speckx 26 days ago | 4 comments
45.
Show HN: Mochi.js: bun-native high-fidelity browser automation library (mochijs.com)
47 points by ccheshirecat 24 days ago | 20 comments
46.
Random tie knots (2014) (tieknots.how)
20 points by surprisetalk 27 days ago | 1 comment
47.
Introduction to Beaver Triples (stoffelmpc.com)
25 points by badcryptobitch 24 days ago | 12 comments
48.
Removing fsync from our local storage engine (fractalbits.com)
66 points by zzsheng 26 days ago | 78 comments
49.
Show HN: Free tool to mark points and polygon regions (tack.pics)
21 points by magikMaker 26 days ago | 7 comments
50.
Hosting a site on a Raspberry Pi (m4rt.nl)
21 points by swiftdust 26 days ago | 6 comments
51.
Human typing habits and token counts (pankajpipada.com)
30 points by ppipada 25 days ago | 6 comments
52.
Boosting multimodal inference performance by >10% with a single Python dict (modal.com)
16 points by jxmorris12 27 days ago
53.
How to Optimize MongoDB Query Performance with Indexes (visualeaf.com)
15 points by RoxiHaidi 27 days ago | 9 comments
54.
Bun ported to Rust in 6 days (twitter.com/jarredsumner)
104 points by qprofyeh 24 days ago | 5 comments
55.
Apple Is Holding My Pictures Hostage Until I Accept Their New Terms of Service (probablydance.com)
130 points by ibobev 25 days ago | 70 comments
56.
The context window has been shattered: Subquadratic debuts a 12M token window (thenewstack.io)
45 points by gmays 24 days ago | 13 comments
57.
The FCC wants your ID before you get a phone number (reclaimthenet.org)
81 points by delichon 24 days ago | 105 comments
58.
People Hate AI Art (mccue.dev)
153 points by 3dedb728-3f77 24 days ago | 176 comments
59.
Show HN: Create flashcards with Space CLI (getspace.app)
22 points by friebetill 24 days ago | 10 comments
60.
 [dupe] "Dirty Frag" (CVE-2026-43284): The Second Linux Root Exploit in Eight Days (copahost.com)
31 points by ggallas 24 days ago | 11 comments

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