Ask HN: What cool skill or project interests you, but feels out of reach?

1•akktor•39s ago•0 comments

A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR

https://www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discovery-in-yellowstone-national-park-led-to-the-renowned-technique-of-dna-amplification-pcr

1•detaro•57s ago•0 comments

Show HN: Durablefetch – add resumability to any fetch request

https://github.com/remorses/durablefetch

1•xmorse•1m ago•0 comments

Running vdirsyncer automatically using a systemd timer

https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/06/running-vdirsyncer-automatically-using-a-systemd-timer/

1•ColinWright•3m ago•0 comments

Defiant Loyalists Paid Dearly for Choosing Wrong Side in the American Revolution

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-the-defiant-loyalists-who-paid-dearly-for-choosing-the-wrong-side-in-the-american-revolution-180986716/

1•bookofjoe•3m ago•0 comments

Cisco Patches Identity Services Engine Flaw Affecting AWS, Azure, OCI

https://www.scworld.com/news/cisco-patches-identity-services-engine-flaw-affecting-aws-azure-oci

1•Bender•4m ago•0 comments

Goodbye WordPress: A Eulogy

https://robertdevore.com/goodbye-wordpress-a-eulogy/

4•eamann•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: CompactLog: Solving CT Scalability with LSM-Trees, Not New Standards

https://github.com/Barre/compact_log

2•Eikon•6m ago•1 comments

LayerPeeler: Autoregressive Peeling for Layer-Wise Image Vectorization

https://layerpeeler.github.io

1•yorwba•6m ago•0 comments

Fake NPM utilities remotely delete entire app directories

https://www.scworld.com/news/fake-npm-utilities-remotely-delete-entire-app-directories

1•Bender•6m ago•0 comments

Telemetry Is Not Acceptable

https://github.com/koverstreet/bcachefs-tools/issues/388

3•rendaw•10m ago•0 comments

Mochi – programming language built using OpenAI Codex

https://github.com/mochilang/mochi/issues

1•scapbi•10m ago•0 comments

Why OpenAI and the Tech World Are Shifting from Node.js for Rust

https://medium.com/@Fredtaylor1/the-rust-renaissance-why-openai-and-the-tech-world-are-shifting-from-node-js-d252efe79009

2•Michael9876•12m ago•0 comments

Sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/09/sea-acidity-ecosystems-ocean-acidification-planetary-health-scientists

1•ndsipa_pomu•15m ago•0 comments

Makefile.md – Possibly Use(Ful|Less) Polyglot Synthesis of Makefile and Markdown

https://zoo.dev/blog/polyglot-makefile-markdown

1•fallat•17m ago•0 comments

ChatGPT modified BIOS dump to disable SecureBoot in locked-down device

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-used-to-disable-secureboot-in-locked-down-device-modded-bios-reflash-facilitated-fresh-windows-and-linux-installs

1•LorenDB•18m ago•0 comments

Kubernetes README

https://chrisshort.net/kubernetes-readme/

1•gpi•18m ago•0 comments

The Flynn Effect tells us we have been getting education all wrong

https://betterschooling.in/collection/the-flynn-effect-tells-us-we-have-been-getting-education-all-wrong

1•ChaitanyaSai•18m ago•0 comments

Tony Soprano and the Jungian Death Mother

https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/tony-soprano-and-the-jungian-death

1•pelagicAustral•18m ago•0 comments

Railroad Picture Archives

https://www.rrpicturearchives.net/

1•Mr_Minderbinder•20m ago•0 comments

Iterators: Signs of Weakness in Object-Oriented Languages (By H. G. Baker, 1992)

http://xahlee.info/comp/iterator_oop_lang_weak.html

1•Qem•21m ago•0 comments

Can Tim Cook stop Apple going the same way as Nokia?

https://www.economist.com/business/2025/06/08/can-tim-cook-stop-apple-going-the-same-way-as-nokia

1•samizdis•22m ago•0 comments

The high-level OS challenge

https://ochagavia.nl/blog/the-high-level-os-challenge/

2•Bogdanp•23m ago•0 comments

Google DeepMind's CEO Thinks AI Will Make Humans Less Selfish

https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepminds-ceo-demis-hassabis-thinks-ai-will-make-humans-less-selfish/

1•01-_-•27m ago•0 comments

Industry reacts to DuckDB's Lakehouse architecture reorg

https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/05/ducklake_db_industry_reacts/

1•rbanffy•28m ago•0 comments

Gadget Review: Treedix USB Cable Tester

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/06/gadget-review-treedix-usb-cable-tester/

1•robin_reala•28m ago•0 comments

Estate of woman who died in 2021 heat dome sues Big Oil for wrongful death

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05062025/the-estate-of-a-woman-who-died-in-the-2021-pacific-northwest-heat-dome-sues-big-oil-for-wrongful-death/

3•rbanffy•28m ago•0 comments

ComReg pre-registers 7k Sender IDs to prevent scam texts

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0604/1516647-comreg-scam-text/

1•austinallegro•29m ago•0 comments

Cultivating Right Livelihood

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-05-10/cultivating-right-livelihood/

1•squircle•30m ago•0 comments

US lawmakers say UK has 'gone too far' by attacking Apple's encryption

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366625614/US-lawmakers-say-UK-has-gone-too-far-by-attacking-Apples-encryption

3•beardyw•32m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: What cool skill or project interests you, but feels out of reach?

A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR

Show HN: Durablefetch – add resumability to any fetch request

Running vdirsyncer automatically using a systemd timer

Defiant Loyalists Paid Dearly for Choosing Wrong Side in the American Revolution

Cisco Patches Identity Services Engine Flaw Affecting AWS, Azure, OCI

Goodbye WordPress: A Eulogy

Show HN: CompactLog: Solving CT Scalability with LSM-Trees, Not New Standards

LayerPeeler: Autoregressive Peeling for Layer-Wise Image Vectorization

Fake NPM utilities remotely delete entire app directories

Telemetry Is Not Acceptable

Mochi – programming language built using OpenAI Codex

Why OpenAI and the Tech World Are Shifting from Node.js for Rust

Sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study

Makefile.md – Possibly Use(Ful|Less) Polyglot Synthesis of Makefile and Markdown

ChatGPT modified BIOS dump to disable SecureBoot in locked-down device

Kubernetes README

The Flynn Effect tells us we have been getting education all wrong

Tony Soprano and the Jungian Death Mother

Railroad Picture Archives

Iterators: Signs of Weakness in Object-Oriented Languages (By H. G. Baker, 1992)

Can Tim Cook stop Apple going the same way as Nokia?

The high-level OS challenge

Google DeepMind's CEO Thinks AI Will Make Humans Less Selfish

Industry reacts to DuckDB's Lakehouse architecture reorg

Gadget Review: Treedix USB Cable Tester

Estate of woman who died in 2021 heat dome sues Big Oil for wrongful death

ComReg pre-registers 7k Sender IDs to prevent scam texts

Cultivating Right Livelihood

US lawmakers say UK has 'gone too far' by attacking Apple's encryption

Lisp Machines: A Cult AI Computer's Boom and Bust [video]

Ask HN: What cool skill or project interests you, but feels out of reach?

A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR

Show HN: Durablefetch – add resumability to any fetch request

Running vdirsyncer automatically using a systemd timer

Defiant Loyalists Paid Dearly for Choosing Wrong Side in the American Revolution

Cisco Patches Identity Services Engine Flaw Affecting AWS, Azure, OCI

Goodbye WordPress: A Eulogy

Show HN: CompactLog: Solving CT Scalability with LSM-Trees, Not New Standards

LayerPeeler: Autoregressive Peeling for Layer-Wise Image Vectorization

Fake NPM utilities remotely delete entire app directories

Telemetry Is Not Acceptable

Mochi – programming language built using OpenAI Codex

Why OpenAI and the Tech World Are Shifting from Node.js for Rust

Sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study

Makefile.md – Possibly Use(Ful|Less) Polyglot Synthesis of Makefile and Markdown

ChatGPT modified BIOS dump to disable SecureBoot in locked-down device

Kubernetes README

The Flynn Effect tells us we have been getting education all wrong

Tony Soprano and the Jungian Death Mother

Railroad Picture Archives

Iterators: Signs of Weakness in Object-Oriented Languages (By H. G. Baker, 1992)

Can Tim Cook stop Apple going the same way as Nokia?

The high-level OS challenge

Google DeepMind's CEO Thinks AI Will Make Humans Less Selfish

Industry reacts to DuckDB's Lakehouse architecture reorg

Gadget Review: Treedix USB Cable Tester

Estate of woman who died in 2021 heat dome sues Big Oil for wrongful death

ComReg pre-registers 7k Sender IDs to prevent scam texts

Cultivating Right Livelihood

US lawmakers say UK has 'gone too far' by attacking Apple's encryption