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Show HN: Paper Arena – A social trading feed where only AI agents can post

https://paperinvest.io/arena
1•andrenorman•19s ago•0 comments

TOSTracker – The AI Training Asymmetry

https://tostracker.app/analysis/ai-training
1•tldrthelaw•4m ago•0 comments

The Devil Inside GitHub

https://blog.melashri.net/micro/github-devil/
2•elashri•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Distill – Migrate LLM agents from expensive to cheap models

https://github.com/ricardomoratomateos/distill
1•ricardomorato•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Sigma Runtime – Maintaining 100% Fact Integrity over 120 LLM Cycles

https://github.com/sigmastratum/documentation/tree/main/sigma-runtime/SR-053
1•teugent•4m ago•0 comments

Make a local open-source AI chatbot with access to Fedora documentation

https://fedoramagazine.org/how-to-make-a-local-open-source-ai-chatbot-who-has-access-to-fedora-do...
1•jadedtuna•6m ago•0 comments

Introduce the Vouch/Denouncement Contribution Model by Mitchellh

https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/10559
1•samtrack2019•6m ago•0 comments

Software Factories and the Agentic Moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
1•mellosouls•7m ago•1 comments

The Neuroscience Behind Nutrition for Developers and Founders

https://comuniq.xyz/post?t=797
1•01-_-•7m ago•0 comments

Bang bang he murdered math {the musical } (2024)

https://taylor.town/bang-bang
1•surprisetalk•7m ago•0 comments

A Night Without the Nerds – Claude Opus 4.6, Field-Tested

https://konfuzio.com/en/a-night-without-the-nerds-claude-opus-4-6-in-the-field-test/
1•konfuzio•9m ago•0 comments

Could ionospheric disturbances influence earthquakes?

https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/research-news/2026-02-06-0
2•geox•11m ago•1 comments

SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA is officially on for Feb. 11 as FAA clea

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacexs-next-astronaut-launch-for-nas...
1•bookmtn•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: One-click AI employee with its own cloud desktop

https://cloudbot-ai.com
1•fainir•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Poddley – Search podcasts by who's speaking

https://poddley.com
1•onesandofgrain•15m ago•0 comments

Same Surface, Different Weight

https://www.robpanico.com/articles/display/?entry_short=same-surface-different-weight
1•retrocog•17m ago•0 comments

The Rise of Spec Driven Development

https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/02/06/the-rise-of-spec-driven-development.html
2•Brajeshwar•22m ago•0 comments

The first good Raspberry Pi Laptop

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/the-first-good-raspberry-pi-laptop/
3•Brajeshwar•22m ago•0 comments

Seas to Rise Around the World – But Not in Greenland

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/greenland-sea-levels-fall
2•Brajeshwar•22m ago•0 comments

Will Future Generations Think We're Gross?

https://chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com/p/will-future-generations-think-were
1•crescit_eundo•25m ago•1 comments

State Department will delete Xitter posts from before Trump returned to office

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/07/nx-s1-5704785/state-department-trump-posts-x
2•righthand•28m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Verifiable server roundtrip demo for a decision interruption system

https://github.com/veeduzyl-hue/decision-assistant-roundtrip-demo
1•veeduzyl•29m ago•0 comments

Impl Rust – Avro IDL Tool in Rust via Antlr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmKvw73V394
1•todsacerdoti•29m ago•0 comments

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

https://susam.net/twenty-five-years-of-computing.html
3•vinhnx•30m ago•0 comments

minikeyvalue

https://github.com/commaai/minikeyvalue/tree/prod
3•tosh•35m ago•0 comments

Neomacs: GPU-accelerated Emacs with inline video, WebKit, and terminal via wgpu

https://github.com/eval-exec/neomacs
1•evalexec•40m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Moli P2P – An ephemeral, serverless image gallery (Rust and WebRTC)

https://moli-green.is/
2•ShinyaKoyano•44m ago•1 comments

How I grow my X presence?

https://www.reddit.com/r/GrowthHacking/s/UEc8pAl61b
2•m00dy•45m ago•0 comments

What's the cost of the most expensive Super Bowl ad slot?

https://ballparkguess.com/?id=5b98b1d3-5887-47b9-8a92-43be2ced674b
1•bkls•46m ago•0 comments

What if you just did a startup instead?

https://alexaraki.substack.com/p/what-if-you-just-did-a-startup
5•okaywriting•53m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

How MiniDisc Worked

https://obsoletesony.substack.com/p/how-minidisc-worked
25•ecliptik•8mo ago

Comments

Bluestein•8mo ago
Still, to this day, have a crush on this tech ...
plasticsoprano•8mo ago
Right? I lusted after this tech and was jealous of my friend that had one. It seemed like such a giant step forward over CDs.
nocoiner•8mo ago
It really was. It worked incredibly well. MD truly was the light that burned twice as bright for half as long.
Bluestein•8mo ago
> MD truly was the light that burned twice as bright for half as long. reply

... this is so well put. MD was absolutely groundbreaking.-

I have always wondered how it came to be that it "failed" (quotes) in the market? A'la Betamax vs. VHS ...

... bet it'd make for an interesting analysis.-

FireBeyond•8mo ago
And to a lesser extent, HD-DVD vs BluRay.

HD-DVD was elegant, lightweight, menus were HTML and CSS and the experience was fast. BluRay was this overbearing, sluggish Java experience.

Bluestein•8mo ago
HD-DVD was elegant and tech-superior.-

... MD, to boot, was sexy.-

Still is.-

It's going to be the "vinyl" of the post-digital age.-

pizzuh•8mo ago
I owned two MD players and used it for songwriting, along with a small directional Sony mic with a mini jack. This was the peak of non-DAW editing. The quality was incredible, and if SSDs weren’t around the corner, I think this tech would have had a chance.

So satisfying to use too. I miss it.

jxjnskkzxxhx•8mo ago
How, why did it fail? Any theories?
jogu•8mo ago
There's a YouTube video by "This Does Not Compute" that discusses this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCK89V4NpJY

rasz•8mo ago
Price. MD was expensive compared to cassettes, and so were players. It deputed in 1992 at $549 vs $150 contemporary high end Sony WM-EX 808. $17 blank disks vs $1-2 cassettes.