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The symbolism of the magnifying glass is not universal

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250603-00/?p=111240
5•paulmooreparks•1d ago

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NAHWheatCracker•1d ago
These days I occasionally run into an app with no words and abstract symbols. I have to guess which one does what I want.

I mess up 50% of the time when I want to open the Google Maps app. I tap the M icon, but that's for Gmail.

sillywalk•1d ago
"The WinHelp team received a question from one of the overseas offices asking why the icon for Search was a frying pan."

After reading that, I realize it does look like a frying pan. This had me thinking about the "floppy" icon for saving, and that most people under .. X years old have never used one.

Elon Musk Suggests Trump Is in Epstein Files, a Source of Endless Conspiracy

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/us/elon-musk-trump-epstein-files.html
1•donsupreme•2m ago•0 comments

OriginUI

https://originui.com/
1•handfuloflight•4m ago•1 comments

Building a Smarter Chatbot – Why You Need FAQ-Links and RAG

https://00f.net/2025/06/04/rag/
2•bohinjc•8m ago•0 comments

Phasing out Bazaar code hosting

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/phasing-out-bazaar-code-hosting/62189
1•progval•10m ago•0 comments

Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity and Neuroimaging-Driven Brain Age

https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/hds.0257
1•gnabgib•11m ago•0 comments

You're not still using Windows XP, are you?

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2091600/youre-not-really-still-using-windows-xp-are-you.html
1•pipeline_peak•12m ago•0 comments

1k-year-old Native American fields defy limits of farming

https://phys.org/news/2025-06-archaeologists-uncover-massive-year-native.html
1•geox•12m ago•0 comments

Aurora – 500-watt SDR ham radio transceiver announced

https://www.flexradio.com/aurora/
1•cylinder714•19m ago•0 comments

Why I Let Wikipedia Block Me (So It Would Remember Me Forever)

https://lightcapai.medium.com/why-i-let-wikipedia-block-me-so-it-would-remember-me-forever-54300bee8e60
1•WASDAai•20m ago•0 comments

Woman sues IBM over lost job, claims she was passed over because she is white

https://www.universalhub.com/2025/boston-woman-charges-she-didnt-get-executive-job-ibm-because-shes
2•ilamont•21m ago•0 comments

Launching Kaizly – summer learning made simple for your child

https://kaizly.com
1•jetsrfast•25m ago•1 comments

Feds charge 12 more suspects in RICO case over crypto crime spree

https://therecord.media/feds-charge-12-suspects-in-rico-crypto-heist
3•PaulHoule•26m ago•0 comments

Show HN: String Flux – Simplify everyday string transformations for developers

https://stringflux.io
2•eaglepeak•28m ago•0 comments

Gleam JavaScript gets 30% faster

https://gleam.run/news/gleam-javascript-gets-30-percent-faster/
3•Alupis•30m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Dietnb – Prevent Jupyter notebooks from bloating with Base64 images

https://github.com/JinLover/dietnb
1•JinLover•31m ago•0 comments

How to Improve Data Quality

https://blog.engora.com/2025/03/how-to-improve-data-quality.html
2•Vermin2000•31m ago•0 comments

A short history of Greenland, in six maps

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/06/04/a-short-history-of-greenland-in-six-maps
1•bookofjoe•41m ago•1 comments

Don't Settle for Mediocre Front End Testing

https://blog.thinkst.com/2025/06/dont-settle-for-mediocre-frontend-testing-build-stable-reliable-systems-instead.html
2•mslaviero•42m ago•0 comments

CEO Sundar Pichai says Google to keep hiring engineers

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/ceo-sundar-pichai-says-google-to-keep-hiring-engineers-because-/articleshow/121647784.cms
2•msolujic•42m ago•0 comments

Facet: Reflection for Rust

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mqFCqw_XvI
1•todsacerdoti•45m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Is GPU nondeterminism bad for AI?

2•ramity•46m ago•0 comments

Discord's CTO Is Just as Worried About Enshittification as You Are

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/discords-cto-is-just-as-worried-about-enshittification-as-you-are-173049834.html
3•m463•48m ago•0 comments

What LLMss Don't Talk About: Empirical Study of Moderation & Censorship Practice

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03803
3•superpupervlad•53m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Should movie theaters allow you to watch movies in 30 minute chunks?

1•amichail•53m ago•6 comments

Soviet Radio Manufacturer Logos

http://oldradio.ru/logos/index.shtml
6•NaOH•1h ago•0 comments

Vapor: Swift, but on a Server

https://vapor.codes
3•nateb2022•1h ago•0 comments

$300 Ukrainian drones vs. $100M Russian bombers

https://www.gzeromedia.com/300-ukrainian-drones-vs-100-million-russian-bombers
11•WillDaSilva•1h ago•1 comments

Show HN: YOYO – AI Version Control for Vibe Coding

https://www.runyoyo.com/
3•itgelganbold•1h ago•0 comments

Trump and Musk enter bitter feud – and Washington buckles up

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wd2215q08o
9•mellosouls•1h ago•3 comments

Musk: SpaceX will ground Dragon spacecraft used to shuttle astronauts to ISS

https://thehill.com/business/5335638-musk-spacex-will-ground-spacecraft-used-to-shuttle-astronauts-cargo-to-iss/
14•ilamont•1h ago•2 comments