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Show HN: AI Agent Tool That Keeps You in the Loop

https://github.com/dshearer/misatay
1•dshearer•38s ago•0 comments

Why Every R Package Wrapping External Tools Needs a Sitrep() Function

https://drmowinckels.io/blog/2026/sitrep-functions/
1•todsacerdoti•1m ago•0 comments

Achieving Ultra-Fast AI Chat Widgets

https://www.cjroth.com/blog/2026-02-06-chat-widgets
1•thoughtfulchris•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Runtime Fence – Kill switch for AI agents

https://github.com/RunTimeAdmin/ai-agent-killswitch
1•ccie14019•5m ago•1 comments

Researchers surprised by the brain benefits of cannabis usage in adults over 40

https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/health/cannabis-may-benefit-aging-brains-study-finds/
1•SirLJ•7m ago•0 comments

Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist, apocalypse linked to the 'end of modernity'

https://fortune.com/2026/02/04/peter-thiel-antichrist-greta-thunberg-end-of-modernity-billionaires/
1•randycupertino•7m ago•1 comments

USS Preble Used Helios Laser to Zap Four Drones in Expanding Testing

https://www.twz.com/sea/uss-preble-used-helios-laser-to-zap-four-drones-in-expanding-testing
2•breve•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Animated beach scene, made with CSS

https://ahmed-machine.github.io/beach-scene/
1•ahmedoo•13m ago•0 comments

An update on unredacting select Epstein files – DBC12.pdf liberated

https://neosmart.net/blog/efta00400459-has-been-cracked-dbc12-pdf-liberated/
1•ks2048•13m ago•0 comments

Was going to share my work

1•hiddenarchitect•17m ago•0 comments

Pitchfork: A devilishly good process manager for developers

https://pitchfork.jdx.dev/
1•ahamez•17m ago•0 comments

You Are Here

https://brooker.co.za/blog/2026/02/07/you-are-here.html
3•mltvc•21m ago•0 comments

Why social apps need to become proactive, not reactive

https://www.heyflare.app/blog/from-reactive-to-proactive-how-ai-agents-will-reshape-social-apps
1•JoanMDuarte•22m ago•1 comments

How patient are AI scrapers, anyway? – Random Thoughts

https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/02/07/how-patient-are-ai-scrapers-anyway/
1•samtrack2019•22m ago•0 comments

Vouch: A contributor trust management system

https://github.com/mitchellh/vouch
2•SchwKatze•22m ago•0 comments

I built a terminal monitoring app and custom firmware for a clock with Claude

https://duggan.ie/posts/i-built-a-terminal-monitoring-app-and-custom-firmware-for-a-desktop-clock...
1•duggan•23m ago•0 comments

Tiny C Compiler

https://bellard.org/tcc/
1•guerrilla•25m ago•0 comments

Y Combinator Founder Organizes 'March for Billionaires'

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1•hidden80•25m ago•2 comments

Ask HN: Need feedback on the idea I'm working on

1•Yogender78•26m ago•0 comments

OpenClaw Addresses Security Risks

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2•vedantnair•26m ago•0 comments

Apple finalizes Gemini / Siri deal

https://www.engadget.com/ai/apple-reportedly-plans-to-reveal-its-gemini-powered-siri-in-february-...
1•vedantnair•27m ago•0 comments

Italy Railways Sabotaged

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5•vedantnair•27m ago•0 comments

Emacs-tramp-RPC: high-performance TRAMP back end using MsgPack-RPC

https://github.com/ArthurHeymans/emacs-tramp-rpc
1•fanf2•29m ago•0 comments

Nintendo Wii Themed Portfolio

https://akiraux.vercel.app/
2•s4074433•33m ago•2 comments

"There must be something like the opposite of suicide "

https://post.substack.com/p/there-must-be-something-like-the
1•rbanffy•35m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why doesn't Netflix add a “Theater Mode” that recreates the worst parts?

2•amichail•36m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Engineering Perception with Combinatorial Memetics

1•alan_sass•42m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Steam Daily – A Wordle-like daily puzzle game for Steam fans

https://steamdaily.xyz
1•itshellboy•44m ago•0 comments

The Anthropic Hive Mind

https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-anthropic-hive-mind-d01f768f3d7b
1•spenvo•44m ago•0 comments

Just Started Using AmpCode

https://intelligenttools.co/blog/ampcode-multi-agent-production
1•BojanTomic•45m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage

https://www.starlink.com/
71•thallium205•4mo ago

Comments

notorandit•4mo ago
Done
auggierose•4mo ago
I like the Bladerunner reference in your about.
t1E9mE7JTRjf•4mo ago
same
Joel_Mckay•4mo ago
Yeah, but the Blade Runner Replicants lived longer than most FANG coders churn positions.

One of the best Sci-Fi movies of all time. =3

auggierose•4mo ago
THE best.
152334H•4mo ago
what's supposed to be inferred from the link? I only see the homepage.
merlincorey•4mo ago
Was the website the only thing down?

This community Starlink Status page doesn't seem to show any outage: https://starlinkstatus.space/

mlyle•4mo ago
The funny thing with the community status page is that stations can't report they're down when they're down :P There's big holes in individual stations' history and it looks normal.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/ paints a different picture

Perhaps due to geomagnetic storms, though stronger ones have not caused outages. Possibly just because.

thallium205•4mo ago
Looks like they restored service.
Joel_Mckay•4mo ago
The solar flares in the 11-year cycle are at their peak activity.

There will be random outages for any space based equipment for awhile. =3

WJW•4mo ago
Solar flares are not anywhere near their peak. The NOAA indicates the peak activity was actually in August 2024 with a total of ~245 "flux units". Activity for this month is predicted to be only around 167 units, so almost a full third down from the peak. Total numbers of sunspots is also down dramatically from their peak in August 2024.

See the graphs of https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression for more info.

Joel_Mckay•4mo ago
Indeed, we can't know the maxima for sure until passing through the entire peak prediction model period. The expectation of sun spot frequency and intensity only alluded to the average behavior rather than what we have partially observed in cycle 25 so far. Have fun =3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cycle_25

buyucu•4mo ago
Everything I heard about Starlink indicates that it's very fickle and unreliable.
mrweasel•4mo ago
Really, everyone I've talked to has loved it. Granted they've all either live or work in remote areas where it has completely changed their lives. Those who live in remote areas can now actually work from home reliably and those who work on ships or in remote parts of world can now call home daily.

It's probably down to your expectations. Starlink won't replace a fiber connection, but if you only have a satellite connection or dial up, I can't see it being anything other than an improvement.

One concern I do have is if Starlink is down, there aren't really any backup. On the other hand I also only have one fiber connection at home. It's just that I could get a COAX hookup by tomorrow.

madaxe_again•4mo ago
I use starlink and find it fast and reliable - far more reliable than any cabled connection I ever had elsewhere, and faster than the fibre that’s available around me, which is contended to hell and back. Yes, it’s gigabit in theory, but in practice you get 20Mb/s, and any time there’s a power outage, which is often, it’s down.
cubix•4mo ago
And if you live a rural, mostly wooded area like I do, fallen trees are constantly taking out the fiber services for days at a time.
SirHumphrey•4mo ago
They aren’t buried? Or do the roots tear the fibre?
mrweasel•4mo ago
A lot of countries still uses poles for cables, and fiber. It's always super weird to see when you're from an area that buries everything except high voltage powerlines.

For areas with frequent earthquakes I think poles are preferred because it's easier to fix broken cables.

SirHumphrey•4mo ago
From the part of the Europe where I am from power lines are rarely buried, however fiber is universally buried so I haven’t even considered it could not be.
cubix•4mo ago
They’re not buried around here for the most part. I think the population density is just too low to justify the cost.
GJim•4mo ago
The technology, or the business owner?

Because the fickleness and unreliability of the latter is a serious concern. Once other LEO constellations come online, who is going to stick with Starlink, knowing they may pull the plug at anytime on a whim of "Space Karen"?

mschuster91•4mo ago
> Once other LEO constellations come online

... it's time to "pick one's poison" again. It's either Amazon which is US based (and thus vulnerable to the same kind of political pressure that Starlink is) or it's IRIS2 (which is good if you're European, but might not be that optimal if US-EU relations go catastrophically sour).

On top of that, Kuiper isn't live yet (IIRC scheduled until 2026 for minimal coverage) and IRIS2 is only predicted for 2029 (and everyone who knows a thing about European cooperation projects knows that this is a seriously optimistic example - we don't even have a flight proven cheap rocket yet).

Gustomaximus•4mo ago
Not my experience or people around me (rural area so it's common). WFH with no fibre and patchy mobile so starlink is a godsend.

The most common outage is a regular 3am reboot. Otherwise outages are infrequent and typically a few seconds.

Also the latency is surprisingly good, it's not fibre but can game FPS on it.

inglor_cz•4mo ago
Maybe this is what you wanted to hear?

Because that is not the general experience at all. For a service whose necessary parts (the satellites) move in a rather hostile space environment, Starlink doesn't have that many outages.

I am on a Vodafone backbone buried optic cable here in CZ and yet there are a few unplanned short outages each month. Sometimes as short as 10 seconds, but working on a remote screen like my wife does, you definitely notice it.

sidcool•4mo ago
They don't have a status page?
stanac•4mo ago
(Unrelated to main topic) Why is number of dead comments so high here? Do bots search for keywords that may increase views like "starlink" or something?
euLh7SM5HDFY•4mo ago
I choose to believe HN flame wars are still 100% organic. It is "just" immigration from Reddit. Ars Technica also has more trolls in comments under any Musk related topics.
croisillon•4mo ago
it's just 2 users, no?
stanac•4mo ago
You are right, 5 comments by 2 new users. But looking at "Why We Spiral", which has a similar number of comments, it has a single dead comment by an older account.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45240146

duxup•4mo ago
I see just 2 users with dead comments at the moment, one of them (a brand new account) just spammed a bunch of posts.
crossroadsguy•4mo ago
NextDNS gaming category filter blocks starlink.com. Bizarre.
6510•4mo ago
I would have thought one could design such thing without a single point of failure.