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Show HN: XKCD comic battle! (ELO rating)

https://www.xkcdcomicbattle.party/
1•sipsofchai•5h ago
As an xkcd fanboy, I always wanted to find out what peoples' favourite xkcd comic was. So, inspired by the Tom Scott video where he "finds out what the best thing is", here is my attempt to find the "best" comic using a 1v1 battle format.

Pairings are completely randomised, and it uses the Elo rating system to calculate the leaderboard.

Ancient pathogen became deadlier when humans started wearing wool

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01631-w
1•rntn•32s ago•0 comments

OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openai-release-web-browser-challenge-google-chrome-2025-07-09/
1•jmsflknr•1m ago•0 comments

LangChain is about to become a unicorn, sources say

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/08/langchain-is-about-to-become-a-unicorn-sources-say/
1•clemo_ra•2m ago•0 comments

Finding PBHs Using the LSST Will Be a Statistical Challenge – Universe Today

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/finding-pbhs-using-the-lsst-will-be-a-statistical-challenge
1•rbanffy•3m ago•0 comments

<Now Go Bang > the REM-Arkable Misadventures of List

https://www.masswerk.at/nowgobang/2025/the-remarkable-misadventures-of-list
1•rbanffy•4m ago•0 comments

brotab: Control your browser's tabs from the command line

https://github.com/balta2ar/brotab
1•pseudalopex•4m ago•0 comments

Desktop Publishing Tools That Didn't Make It

https://tedium.co/2022/10/12/forgotten-desktop-publishing-tools-history/
1•rbanffy•4m ago•0 comments

The Hungry, Hungry AI Model

https://tomtunguz.com/input-output-ratio/
1•speckx•5m ago•0 comments

Program for Framework 16 LED Matrix

https://boyne.dev/projects/fwmm.html
1•DedFishy•6m ago•1 comments

Strategic connection between JuliaHub, Dyad and Julia open source community

https://juliahub.com/blog/the-strategic-connection-between-juliahub-dyad-and-the-julia-open-source-community
1•darboux•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Browse Developer Portfolios

https://www.webportfolios.dev
1•yeahimjt•8m ago•0 comments

Generative Blocks World: Moving Things Around in Pictures

https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20703
2•PaulHoule•11m ago•0 comments

Pope Leo Signed a Popplio 'Pokémon' Card

https://gizmodo.com/pope-leo-signed-popplio-card-pokemon-2000626305
3•ulrischa•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI-powered simulations to practice real-life decisions (free sample)

https://promptquest.co/first-time-manager-simulation-free/
2•ronstark•13m ago•1 comments

AI Makes It Look Good. Craft Makes It Matter

https://story.vjy.me/53
2•realvjy•14m ago•0 comments

Solar becomes top source of electricity in California

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/07/09/solar-becomes-top-source-of-electricity-in-california/
8•martinpw•14m ago•3 comments

Researchers studied turtle necropsies for cancer to overturn theory

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/reptiles/study-finds-cancer-extremely-rare-in-turtles
1•thunderbong•16m ago•0 comments

Databricks-SQL at Your Agent's Fingertips via MCP in GitHub Copilot

https://aymenfurter.ch/articles/databricks-sql-at-your-agents-fingertips-via-mcp-in-github-copilot/
1•aymenfurter•16m ago•0 comments

Implantable device could save diabetes patients from dangerously low blood sugar

https://news.mit.edu/2025/implantable-device-could-save-diabetes-patients-low-blood-sugar-0709
3•gnabgib•19m ago•0 comments

Five Things to Know About Record Copper Prices

https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/copper-prices-tariffs-explained-a6644db7
5•sandwichsphinx•20m ago•0 comments

2025 in LLMs so far, illustrated by Pelicans on Bicycles – Simon Willison [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpY83-kA7Bo
2•swyx•20m ago•1 comments

Amelia Earhart Aircraft Expedition: Satellite Photos Spot Long-Lost Wreckage?

https://www.LeonardDavid.com/amelia-earhart-aircraft-expedition-satellite-photos-spot-long-lost-wreckage/
1•speckx•22m ago•1 comments

22 stone blocks, pieces Of Lighthouse Of Alexandria, pulled from sea

https://allthatsinteresting.com/lighthouse-of-alexandria-remains
1•bookofjoe•23m ago•0 comments

How US Export Controls Have (and Haven't) Curbed Chinese AI

https://ai-frontiers.org/articles/us-chip-export-controls-china-ai
3•jonbaer•23m ago•0 comments

Recipients of a U.S. Climate Science Fellowship Are Put on Unpaid Leave

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/climate/noaa-fellows-unpaid-leave.html
3•jmsflknr•25m ago•0 comments

The plight of the misunderstood atomic memory ordering

https://www.grayolson.me/blog/posts/misunderstood-memory-ordering/
3•fanf2•26m ago•0 comments

Show HN: KCast

https://github.com/Agundur-KDE/KCast
1•Agundur•27m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why do my posts sometimes become popular and sometimes invisible?

2•FerkiHN•29m ago•2 comments

Tech Philosophy and AI Opportunity

https://stratechery.com/2025/tech-philosophy-and-ai-opportunity/
1•jonbaer•29m ago•0 comments

HMQ: Principal Type Inference Under a Prefix

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/principal-type-inference-under-a-prefix/
1•ctenb•30m ago•0 comments