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155M US land parcel boundaries

https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/landrecordsus/us-parcel-layer
1•tjwebbnorfolk•4m ago•0 comments

Private Inference

https://confer.to/blog/2026/01/private-inference/
1•jbegley•7m ago•0 comments

Font Rendering from First Principles

https://mccloskeybr.com/articles/font_rendering.html
1•krapp•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Seedance 2.0 AI video generator for creators and ecommerce

https://seedance-2.net
1•dallen97•14m ago•0 comments

Wally: A fun, reliable voice assistant in the shape of a penguin

https://github.com/JLW-7/Wally
1•PaulHoule•15m ago•0 comments

Rewriting Pycparser with the Help of an LLM

https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/rewriting-pycparser-with-the-help-of-an-llm/
1•y1n0•17m ago•0 comments

Lobsters Vibecoding Challenge

https://gist.github.com/MostAwesomeDude/bb8cbfd005a33f5dd262d1f20a63a693
1•tolerance•17m ago•0 comments

E-Commerce vs. Social Commerce

https://moondala.one/
1•HamoodBahzar•18m ago•1 comments

Avoiding Modern C++ – Anton Mikhailov [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShSGHb65f3M
2•linkdd•19m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AegisMind–AI system with 12 brain regions modeled on human neuroscience

https://www.aegismind.app
2•aegismind_app•23m ago•1 comments

Zig – Package Management Workflow Enhancements

https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-02-06
1•Retro_Dev•25m ago•0 comments

AI-powered text correction for macOS

https://taipo.app/
1•neuling•28m ago•1 comments

AppSecMaster – Learn Application Security with hands on challenges

https://www.appsecmaster.net/en
1•aqeisi•29m ago•1 comments

Fibonacci Number Certificates

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/02/05/fibonacci-certificate/
1•y1n0•31m ago•0 comments

AI Overviews are killing the web search, and there's nothing we can do about it

https://www.neowin.net/editorials/ai-overviews-are-killing-the-web-search-and-theres-nothing-we-c...
3•bundie•36m ago•1 comments

City skylines need an upgrade in the face of climate stress

https://theconversation.com/city-skylines-need-an-upgrade-in-the-face-of-climate-stress-267763
3•gnabgib•37m ago•0 comments

1979: The Model World of Robert Symes [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmDxmxhrGDc
1•xqcgrek2•41m ago•0 comments

Satellites Have a Lot of Room

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/02/02/satellites-have-a-lot-of-room/
2•y1n0•42m ago•0 comments

1980s Farm Crisis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s_farm_crisis
4•calebhwin•42m ago•1 comments

Show HN: FSID - Identifier for files and directories (like ISBN for Books)

https://github.com/skorotkiewicz/fsid
1•modinfo•47m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Holy Grail: Open-Source Autonomous Development Agent

https://github.com/dakotalock/holygrailopensource
1•Moriarty2026•54m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Minecraft Creeper meets 90s Tamagotchi

https://github.com/danielbrendel/krepagotchi-game
1•foxiel•1h ago•1 comments

Show HN: Termiteam – Control center for multiple AI agent terminals

https://github.com/NetanelBaruch/termiteam
1•Netanelbaruch•1h ago•0 comments

The only U.S. particle collider shuts down

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/particle-collider-shuts-down-brookhaven
2•rolph•1h ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Why do purchased B2B email lists still have such poor deliverability?

1•solarisos•1h ago•3 comments

Show HN: Remotion directory (videos and prompts)

https://www.remotion.directory/
1•rokbenko•1h ago•0 comments

Portable C Compiler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_C_Compiler
2•guerrilla•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Kokki – A "Dual-Core" System Prompt to Reduce LLM Hallucinations

1•Ginsabo•1h ago•0 comments

Software Engineering Transformation 2026

https://mfranc.com/blog/ai-2026/
1•michal-franc•1h ago•0 comments

Microsoft purges Win11 printer drivers, devices on borrowed time

https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/microsoft-stops-distrubitng-legacy-v3-and-v4-pr...
4•rolph•1h ago•1 comments
Open in hackernews

RFK Jr.'s MAHA wants to make chemtrail conspiracy theories great again

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/10/rfk-jr-s-maha-wants-to-make-chemtrail-conspiracy-theories-great-again/
36•ndsipa_pomu•3mo ago

Comments

ndsipa_pomu•3mo ago
What bugs me about the chemtrail conspiracies that I've heard about is that distributing toxins from planes is probably about the worst practical way to distribute them. If you really want to put stuff into the water supplies then it's surely far more efficient and cheaper to hire a load of people to dump the chemicals straight into the reservoirs. It's also indiscriminate which isn't likely to be useful - why poison everyone within potentially wide areas subject to wind conditions?
DemocracyFTW2•3mo ago
chemtrails work surprisingly well on a flat globe
krapp•3mo ago
The smart way to do it is either in medication or the food supply. Far easier to target specific demographics.

But yeah, chemtrail people also think they're used for weather modification. These people don't think rationally.

ndsipa_pomu•3mo ago
Weather modification makes more sense to me as that would need to be done by plane (I wonder if balloons would work, but I suppose they're harder to position exactly). I'm not sure why they'd be modifying weather, but things like increasing rainfall over areas might be useful which raises the question of why does it need to be a conspiracy? If they've got a system that increases farm yields then why not make it public knowledge and even sell weather services to various states.
quantified•3mo ago
Contrails do modify weather a bit.

Of course, funny how they don't modify it enough to put rain or snow where it's needed.

dekhn•3mo ago
Are you referring to this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrail#Impacts_on_climate I think that's considered an actual legitimate scientific phenomenon.
krapp•3mo ago
No, I'm referring to the conspiracy theory[0,1] whereby it's believed that various chemicals and "chaff" are being deployed by commercial airliners as part of an active and intentional effort to "geoengineer" the climate. I am not referring to the incidental and mundane environmental effects of contrails.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemtrail_conspiracy_theory

[1]https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/tennessee-lawmak...

quantified•3mo ago
Hence fluoridation. You're onto them.
D-Coder•3mo ago
That's what the boattrails are for.

https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1668403778611-4f20c4afc816...

metalman•3mo ago
unfortunatly absurdism has languished until very recently with the youngest generation comming up, though they are faced with a dificult task in differentiating there humor from actual official press releases
techblueberry•3mo ago
Why do people focus on stuff like this? Why not more direct and obvious harms to society like wealth consolidation or AI or whatever? Even if I thought vaccines were dangerous, there are so many things ahead of vaccines that keep me up at night.
fennec-posix•3mo ago
It's all a distraction. Since a lot of these guys peddling this benefit from the actual harms to society.
techblueberry•3mo ago
I don't mean RFK Jr, I think this stuff comes up because there are like everyday people who care? Why do those people care!
krapp•3mo ago
It's possible to focus on more than one thing at a time as a society, and we do.

But the medical regulatory establishment of the US being taken over by anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists is worth at least a single article, I think, and it does directly and obviously harm society. Funding for research, education, trust in and access to vaccines are all going to be negatively affected, the destruction of medical infrastructure and knowledge will have long-term consequences beyond a single administration.

Yizahi•3mo ago
Fortunately Arstechnica has provided an answer for that question too:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/believing-misinforma...

Basically conspiracy heads like to be in opposition to the "establishment", and will look for and spread anything fitting this theme. It gives them sense of own worth, and a sense of community - a small circle of "people who have the secret knowledge".

janice1999•3mo ago
While the modern "chemtrails" conspiracy makes no sense, it's interesting how like many conspiracies there is a grain of truth, however twisted, at the center. During the Cold War the US (and Canada and the UK and others) carried out experiments on large population centers by, among other things, dispersing chemicals from planes to simulate nuclear fallout and biological weapon attacks.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_LAC

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sea-Spray

RickJWagner•3mo ago
You know what?

RFK is a mixed bag. Some of his ideas are kooky. But he’s also getting harmful gook taken out of food, and he’s setting a good example of how aging adults can keep themselves healthy. ( Check out RFK and Pete Hegseth doing pull ups and push ups. They’re both obviously good about exercise. )

I’m giving RFK good marks for some, but not all, of his program. Some of what he’s pushing is good stuff.

tylerflick•3mo ago
A broken clock is right twice a day.
krapp•3mo ago
Doing pullups and pushups is not a signifier of good health, or even a good exercise regimen. The Liver King can probably do plenty of both and he probably aligns with a lot of RFK's "holistic" views and he's a mess.
RickJWagner•3mo ago
Can you do 50 pull ups and 100 push ups in less than 10 minutes?

RFK did, and he’s 71 years old.

Just curious if you, as a critic, can match it.

krapp•3mo ago
Yes.
RickJWagner•3mo ago
Good for you, that’s awesome. I wish everybody were in that kind of shape.
rapjr9•3mo ago
Fortunately the solution is easy, cloudbusters:

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

Basically a metal rod/pipe with a good earth ground pointed at the sky. How conductive are trees? Maybe trees already act as cloudbusters, so we should plant more trees! Someone should apply for an NIH grant to try this. Don't know if I'm being sarcastic, it might actually have health benefits, there doesn't seem to have been much independent research.

OutOfHere•3mo ago
Don't small planes spread aersolized lead? Also, isn't there a history of the military spreading biological weapons on multiple occasions, basically deadly germs and ticks?
cosmicgadget•3mo ago
Ergo jet contrails are mind control chemicals? Wow.
OutOfHere•3mo ago
Lead pollution does affect cognition adversely.
cosmicgadget•3mo ago
The best way to eliminate leaded aviation fuel is to say it is evidenced by contrails linked to a government mind control program.
cosmicgadget•3mo ago
> In June, Kennedy hired Delany to be the HHS’s director of MAHA implementation. But Delany was fired in early August, reportedly due to in-fighting with other Kennedy devotees.

Well certainly after that little dust up this guy will have no pull with the administration

> In an April 28, 2025, appearance on Dr. Phil Primetime, an audience member asked Kennedy what he would do about “stratospheric aerosol injections,” which she claimed are “continuously peppered on us every day.” Kennedy responded: “It’s done, we think by DARPA [a research agency in the Department of Defense] and a lot of it now is coming out of the jet fuel. … I am going to do everything in my power to stop it.

Gdi.

Yizahi•3mo ago
Technically he is right. USA is the main chemtrail country on a planet, legally spraying lead on its own citizens for decades how. Maybe this is how RFK got his brain damage :)