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Towards Self-Driving Codebases

https://cursor.com/blog/self-driving-codebases
1•edwinarbus•19s ago•0 comments

VCF West: Whirlwind Software Restoration – Guy Fedorkow [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLoXodz1N9A
1•stmw•1m ago•1 comments

Show HN: COGext – A minimalist, open-source system monitor for Chrome (<550KB)

https://github.com/tchoa91/cog-ext
1•tchoa91•1m ago•0 comments

FOSDEM 26 – My Hallway Track Takeaways

https://sluongng.substack.com/p/fosdem-26-my-hallway-track-takeaways
1•birdculture•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Env-shelf – Open-source desktop app to manage .env files

https://env-shelf.vercel.app/
1•ivanglpz•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Almostnode – Run Node.js, Next.js, and Express in the Browser

https://almostnode.dev/
1•PetrBrzyBrzek•6m ago•0 comments

Dell support (and hardware) is so bad, I almost sued them

https://blog.joshattic.us/posts/2026-02-07-dell-support-lawsuit
1•radeeyate•7m ago•0 comments

Project Pterodactyl: Incremental Architecture

https://www.jonmsterling.com/01K7/
1•matt_d•7m ago•0 comments

Styling: Search-Text and Other Highlight-Y Pseudo-Elements

https://css-tricks.com/how-to-style-the-new-search-text-and-other-highlight-pseudo-elements/
1•blenderob•9m ago•0 comments

Crypto firm accidentally sends $40B in Bitcoin to users

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-firm-accidentally-sends-40-055054321.html
1•CommonGuy•9m ago•0 comments

Magnetic fields can change carbon diffusion in steel

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260125083427.htm
1•fanf2•10m ago•0 comments

Fantasy football that celebrates great games

https://www.silvestar.codes/articles/ultigamemate/
1•blenderob•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Animalese

https://animalese.barcoloudly.com/
1•noreplica•11m ago•0 comments

StrongDM's AI team build serious software without even looking at the code

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/7/software-factory/
2•simonw•11m ago•0 comments

John Haugeland on the failure of micro-worlds

https://blog.plover.com/tech/gpt/micro-worlds.html
1•blenderob•11m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Velocity - Free/Cheaper Linear Clone but with MCP for agents

https://velocity.quest
2•kevinelliott•12m ago•2 comments

Corning Invented a New Fiber-Optic Cable for AI and Landed a $6B Meta Deal [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3KLbc5DlRs
1•ksec•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: XAPIs.dev – Twitter API Alternative at 90% Lower Cost

https://xapis.dev
2•nmfccodes•14m ago•1 comments

Near-Instantly Aborting the Worst Pain Imaginable with Psychedelics

https://psychotechnology.substack.com/p/near-instantly-aborting-the-worst
2•eatitraw•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Nginx-defender – realtime abuse blocking for Nginx

https://github.com/Anipaleja/nginx-defender
2•anipaleja•21m ago•0 comments

The Super Sharp Blade

https://netzhansa.com/the-super-sharp-blade/
1•robin_reala•22m ago•0 comments

Smart Homes Are Terrible

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/smart-homes-technology/685867/
1•tusslewake•23m ago•0 comments

What I haven't figured out

https://macwright.com/2026/01/29/what-i-havent-figured-out
1•stevekrouse•24m ago•0 comments

KPMG pressed its auditor to pass on AI cost savings

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/02/06/kpmg-pressed-its-auditor-to-pass-on-ai-cost-savings/
1•cainxinth•24m ago•0 comments

Open-source Claude skill that optimizes Hinge profiles. Pretty well.

https://twitter.com/b1rdmania/status/2020155122181869666
3•birdmania•24m ago•1 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
8•samasblack•26m ago•3 comments

I squeezed a BERT sentiment analyzer into 1GB RAM on a $5 VPS

https://mohammedeabdelaziz.github.io/articles/trendscope-market-scanner
1•mohammede•28m ago•0 comments

Kagi Translate

https://translate.kagi.com
2•microflash•28m ago•0 comments

Building Interactive C/C++ workflows in Jupyter through Clang-REPL [video]

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QX3RPH-building_interactive_cc_workflows_in_jupyter_throug...
1•stabbles•30m ago•0 comments

Tactical tornado is the new default

https://olano.dev/blog/tactical-tornado/
2•facundo_olano•31m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

2025 MacArthur Fellows

https://www.macfound.org/programs/awards/fellows/
57•bookofjoe•4mo ago

Comments

oatsandsugar•4mo ago
I love that these grants go to such an incredible variety of impressive folk—from music to astrophysics.
oatsandsugar•4mo ago
One of the works:

> In early work, El-Badry developed a method for identifying binary stars in spectrographic datasets. More than half of stars exist in binary systems, but they are often too close together to be differentiated with available technology. El-Badry overcame this challenge through targeted statistical analysis of existing spectral data.

Another

> Porras-Kim selected fragmented objects of unknown origins from the storage shelves of the Fowler Museum at UCLA, whose collections span the arts and cultures of Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Indigenous Americas. Her resulting installation, entitled Reconstructions, brought together the artifacts with drawings and sculptures that prompted viewers to consider how the textile fragments, pottery shards, and other orphaned objects functioned and came to be acquired by the museum.

Animats•4mo ago
Almost all copies of the critical biography of John MacArthur, "The Stockholder", have disappeared. The Library of Congress' one copy is stored offsite. The New York Public Library's copy is still available for on-site reading. But there's still a used paperback on Amazon for $149.

Now that's a successful cover-up.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Stockholder-William-Hoffman/dp/B0006B...

sanj•4mo ago
117 in libraries: https://search.worldcat.org/title/1068506288
Animats•4mo ago
Ah, Worldcat is back up. Stanford Libraries have a copy.
jacobolus•4mo ago
You can get a fair condition used hardback for $65 or a good one for $83 on Abebooks.
allturtles•4mo ago
It's a 55-year-old book about a businessman who was modestly famous in his lifetime and now is pretty much unknown. Was it some mega-hit at the time? If not, then <10K were ever printed. How many do you expect to still be floating around vs. being in landfill? How many people do you think are clamoring for a copy at their local library? FWIW, you can buy one on eBay right now for ~$15.
chimeracoder•4mo ago
> a businessman who was modestly famous in his lifetime and now is pretty much unknown.

This is quite an understament about who John MacArthur was and what is impact and legacy has been. You're talking about a guy whose name appears in multiple US history textbooks.

I haven't read that biography, so I can't speak to it, but I wouldn't call him "pretty much unknown".

zamadatix•4mo ago
I'd hazard to guess that most of the names (by volume) which appear in history textbooks are pretty much unknown. Who knows, maybe I'm just one of today's lucky 10,000 - but this is the first time I've ever heard of anyone actually talk about this guy.

I have heard "MacArthur Fellows" before, so to me this is a bit like the only reason I can tell you Alfred Nobel invented dynamite is because people mention it in connection with the Nobel prize - so maybe they both succeeded in the end!

spacechild1•4mo ago
This is about John Donald MacArthur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._MacArthur. From reading the wikipedia article I wouldn't know why he would appear in US history textbooks.
runako•4mo ago
Destroying all copies of a critical biography is a recurring theme in the novel Trust.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_(novel)

bookofjoe•4mo ago
$12 here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/155399954450?_skw=the+stockholder+w...
bookofjoe•4mo ago
I just bought it.
jancsika•4mo ago
> Almost all copies of the critical biography of John MacArthur, "The Stockholder", have disappeared.

After an intense 30 second investigation into this mystery, I have discovered a physical copy on campus at UCLA. Do I dare check it out?

> Now that's a successful cover-up.

You seem to have only sent one small piece of evidence for your claim.

Is it possible that you are keeping the rest of the pieces of evidence together so you can send them all at once, for the sake of efficiency?

If so, please send them now that I've acknowledged receipt of the first small piece of evidence. :)

sanj•4mo ago
Hahrie was my neighbor for many years! She's amazing. Completely deserved.
gcy•4mo ago
Wow Madison, WI got 2!
lapcat•4mo ago
They're both professors at the University of Wisconsin.

"As of March 2023, 20 Nobel laureates, 41 Pulitzer Prize winners, 2 Fields medalists, and 1 Turing Award recipient have been affiliated with UW–Madison as alumni, faculty, or researchers. It is also a leading producer of Fulbright Scholars and MacArthur Fellows." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin–Madiso...

georgeburdell•4mo ago
Just an observation, but I've noticed that the white people of "elite" distinction have a preponderance of unusual surnames. I have noticed this having grown up working class, then attending both an elite/non-elite universities and then working at both elite and non-elite employers. Given the hereditary nature of most white surnames, it's thought provoking to think that one's eliteness was predestined hundreds of years ago, even in a society such as ours.
paleotrope•4mo ago
Not sure what you mean here, but you know, you can change your last name if you want to. It's not uncommon to change your surname to a prestige name if you want.
_dain_•4mo ago
It is quite uncommon.
paleotrope•4mo ago
Historically it's not uncommon. An easy example is Nguyen. The British isles are another great example, of nobility and upward movers, adapting the most advantageous surname, hence all those long lived Norman names. Also, all the the angle-saxon strivers that adapted Norman names after the conquest.
daseiner1•4mo ago
I'm a fan of nominative determinism as much as the next guy, but I'm not sure what you're referring to, exactly? None of the surnames here strike me as particularly unusual.
_dain_•4mo ago
Not sure why you're being downvoted, this has actually been studied and the broader historical data matches your observations:

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691162546/th...

Funny-sounding elite names in English-speaking countries are often Norman or Huguenot in origin.

spacechild1•4mo ago
800,000$ over 5 years! :-O For an artist that's like winning the lottery.
djsavvy•4mo ago
One of my old math professors — Lauren Williams — got one! What a pleasant surprise. She was a delight to study under and an inspiration; I'm glad that she got recognized in an avenue like this.
Q6T46nT668w6i3m•4mo ago
Yeah! Lauren is the best.
levocardia•4mo ago
What does she work on? Can you explain to non-math people why her work is interesting/cool? Would also love to see more comments from people familiar with the other genius grantees' works filling us in on "here's what they do and why it's cool."
maroonblazer•4mo ago
"Uncovering transformative connections between algebraic combinatorics and problems in other areas of math and physics."

https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2025/lauren-k-will...

kurtis_reed•4mo ago
Not exactly the most impressive set of people
tclancy•4mo ago
Who would you have recommended?
another_twist•4mo ago
I am so happy something like this is making the front page. Its a great thing.