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Autonomous agent to query the Reddit hive mind

https://github.com/jashvira/reddit-consensus
1•soz404•1m ago•0 comments

Picking the Best AI Model for Cost and Freshness (Lesson from Building My Site)

https://steamid.one/
1•alexcolewrites•1m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Downalytics – Track OSS binary downloads via custom domains

1•rumno0•2m ago•0 comments

Gitlab scaled to 30M users with transparency, remote work, and ultimate handbook [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwIgig1Gonk
1•tosh•2m ago•0 comments

'Swiss army knife of PC gaming' dev deletes their 20 year-old Steam account

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/modder-behind-the-swiss-army-knife-of-pc-gaming-deletes-their-20-year-old-steam-account-with-anti-valve-manifesto-by-the-end-of-my-bitter-dealings-with-valve-there-was-zero-hope/
1•evo_9•2m ago•0 comments

Annual Subscription Discounts Usually Aren't Worth It

https://mdickens.me/2025/07/07/annual_subscription_discounts/
1•OuterVale•2m ago•0 comments

AI Is Creating Peak Software, Media Is the Best Analogy

https://www.fabricatedknowledge.com/p/ai-is-creating-peak-software-media
1•stenlix•3m ago•0 comments

Amplitude Acquires Kraftful (YC S19)

https://amplitude.com/blog/amplitude-acquires-kraftful
1•FinnLobsien•4m ago•0 comments

Microsoft pledges $4B to AI education

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/a-week-after-layoffs-linked-to-ai-cost-microsoft-pledges-4b-to-ai-education/
1•vladyslavfox•5m ago•0 comments

Tim Hunkin takes a last look at his The Secret Life of the Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqpvl-YGFD4
1•brudgers•6m ago•0 comments

LGND wants to make ChatGPT for the Earth

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/10/lgnd-wants-to-make-chatgpt-for-the-earth/
1•brunosan•7m ago•0 comments

Dropbox Started as a Python Script on a Bus Ride

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69HHFdoz34M
1•nabi_nafio•7m ago•0 comments

X's CEO is out after failing at basically everything she claimed she wanted

https://www.theverge.com/twitter/703606/x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-elon-musk-out-step-down-twitter
2•pseudolus•10m ago•0 comments

To spur the construction of affordable, resilient homes, the future is concrete

https://theconversation.com/to-spur-the-construction-of-affordable-resilient-homes-the-future-is-concrete-254561
2•PaulHoule•11m ago•0 comments

Phil Spencer: Xbox has 'never looked stronger,' announces yet more layoffs

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/our-platform-hardware-and-game-roadmap-have-never-looked-stronger-phil-spencer-says-as-microsoft-announces-another-round-of-mass-layoffs-at-its-gaming-division/
1•stalfosknight•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: GhostCV – embed AI-readable text in your resume (without losing design)

https://www.ghost-cv.com/
1•kirchoni•13m ago•0 comments

Intel's former CEO launches a new AI benchmark that focuses on human flourishing

https://thenewstack.io/former-intel-ceos-new-ai-benchmark-focuses-on-human-flourishing/
1•flardinois•15m ago•0 comments

Chemical Process Produces Critical Battery Metals with No Waste

https://spectrum.ieee.org/nmc-battery-aspiring-materials
1•pseudolus•15m ago•0 comments

Gen Z glossary for Gen X managers: Here's what 'menty B' and 'cozzie livs' means

https://fortune.com/article/gen-z-glossary-gen-x-bosses/
2•Bluestein•15m ago•0 comments

Swipe, Scroll, Repeat: The Engineered Addiction

https://nabraj.com/blog/swipe-scroll-repeat-addiction/
1•coffeecoders•15m ago•0 comments

Red Hat Technical Writing Style Guide

https://stylepedia.net/style/
3•jumpocelot•17m ago•0 comments

Kawa: ECS – A fast and modern ECS for C++20 Looking for Feedback and Testers

https://github.com/superPuero/kawa_ecs
2•super_puero•20m ago•1 comments

Executed Chinese prisoners likely used in UK exhibition (2021)

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/01/25/executed-chinese-prisoners-likely-used-in-uk-exhibition
12•Michelangelo11•23m ago•0 comments

Tariffs turn techies topsyturvy as US braces for PC tax: American shipments flat

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/10/tariffs_deadline_us_pc_effects/
1•rntn•24m ago•0 comments

Layers of Lawyers and Liars

https://matthewbutterick.com/chron/layers-of-lawyers-and-liars.html
2•blueridge•24m ago•0 comments

Strategy

https://rohitgupta.in/blog/2025/07/10/Strategy/
1•reader12•24m ago•0 comments

The Middle Ages are making a political comeback

https://jewishworldreview.com/0725/wooldridge070825.php3
1•speckx•27m ago•0 comments

The AI startup frenzy: 'Everyone's pivoting, then pivoting again'

https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/699840/ellis-hamburger-meaning-ai-startup-consulting-snap-browser-company
2•Bluestein•29m ago•0 comments

Causal effect of video gaming on mental well-being in Japan 2020–2022 (2024)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01948-y
1•alphabetatango•30m ago•0 comments

Assessing Public Reach of the 2023 National Test of the Wireless Emergency Alert [pdf]

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA2400/RRA2451-1/RAND_RRA2451-1.pdf
2•bkraz•30m ago•1 comments
Open in hackernews

The Ancient History of Compression Algorithms

https://www.cs4fn.org/compression/tiro.php
2•jruohonen•7h ago

Comments

andsoitis•7h ago
> The first practical and widely used compression algorithm, though, was invented by a Roman slave, Tiro.

Fascinating character and privilege he enjoyed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Tullius_Tiro