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Slint: Cross Platform UI Library

https://slint.dev/
1•Palmik•1m ago•0 comments

AI and Education: Generative AI and the Future of Critical Thinking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7PvscqGD24
1•nyc111•1m ago•0 comments

Maple Mono: Smooth your coding flow

https://font.subf.dev/en/
1•signa11•2m ago•0 comments

Moltbook isn't real but it can still hurt you

https://12gramsofcarbon.com/p/tech-things-moltbook-isnt-real-but
1•theahura•5m ago•0 comments

Take Back the Em Dash–and Your Voice

https://spin.atomicobject.com/take-back-em-dash/
1•ingve•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: 289x speedup over MLP using Spectral Graphs

https://zenodo.org/login/?next=%2Fme%2Fuploads%3Fq%3D%26f%3Dshared_with_me%25253Afalse%26l%3Dlist...
1•andrespi•7m ago•0 comments

Teaching Mathematics

https://www.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~spurny/doc/articles/arnold.htm
1•samuel246•9m ago•0 comments

3D Printed Microfluidic Multiplexing [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2ZcOzLnGg
2•downboots•10m ago•0 comments

Abstractions Are in the Eye of the Beholder

https://software.rajivprab.com/2019/08/29/abstractions-are-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/
2•whack•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Routed Attention – 75-99% savings by routing between O(N) and O(N²)

https://zenodo.org/records/18518956
1•MikeBee•10m ago•0 comments

We didn't ask for this internet – Ezra Klein show [video]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ve02F0gyfjY
1•softwaredoug•11m ago•0 comments

The Real AI Talent War Is for Plumbers and Electricians

https://www.wired.com/story/why-there-arent-enough-electricians-and-plumbers-to-build-ai-data-cen...
2•geox•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: MimiClaw, OpenClaw(Clawdbot)on $5 Chips

https://github.com/memovai/mimiclaw
1•ssslvky1•14m ago•0 comments

I Maintain My Blog in the Age of Agents

https://www.jerpint.io/blog/2026-02-07-how-i-maintain-my-blog-in-the-age-of-agents/
2•jerpint•14m ago•0 comments

The Fall of the Nerds

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-fall-of-the-nerds
1•otoolep•16m ago•0 comments

I'm 15 and built a free tool for reading Greek/Latin texts. Would love feedback

https://the-lexicon-project.netlify.app/
2•breadwithjam•19m ago•0 comments

How close is AI to taking my job?

https://epoch.ai/gradient-updates/how-close-is-ai-to-taking-my-job
1•cjbarber•19m ago•0 comments

You are the reason I am not reviewing this PR

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/479442
2•midzer•21m ago•1 comments

Show HN: FamilyMemories.video – Turn static old photos into 5s AI videos

https://familymemories.video
1•tareq_•22m ago•0 comments

How Meta Made Linux a Planet-Scale Load Balancer

https://softwarefrontier.substack.com/p/how-meta-turned-the-linux-kernel
1•CortexFlow•23m ago•0 comments

A Turing Test for AI Coding

https://t-cadet.github.io/programming-wisdom/#2026-02-06-a-turing-test-for-ai-coding
2•phi-system•23m ago•0 comments

How to Identify and Eliminate Unused AWS Resources

https://medium.com/@vkelk/how-to-identify-and-eliminate-unused-aws-resources-b0e2040b4de8
3•vkelk•24m ago•0 comments

A2CDVI – HDMI output from from the Apple IIc's digital video output connector

https://github.com/MrTechGadget/A2C_DVI_SMD
2•mmoogle•24m ago•0 comments

CLI for Common Playwright Actions

https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli
3•saikatsg•25m ago•0 comments

Would you use an e-commerce platform that shares transaction fees with users?

https://moondala.one/
1•HamoodBahzar•27m ago•1 comments

Show HN: SafeClaw – a way to manage multiple Claude Code instances in containers

https://github.com/ykdojo/safeclaw
3•ykdojo•30m ago•0 comments

The Future of the Global Open-Source AI Ecosystem: From DeepSeek to AI+

https://huggingface.co/blog/huggingface/one-year-since-the-deepseek-moment-blog-3
3•gmays•30m ago•0 comments

The Evolution of the Interface

https://www.asktog.com/columns/038MacUITrends.html
2•dhruv3006•32m ago•1 comments

Azure: Virtual network routing appliance overview

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-routing-appliance-overview
3•mariuz•32m ago•0 comments

Seedance2 – multi-shot AI video generation

https://www.genstory.app/story-template/seedance2-ai-story-generator
2•RyanMu•36m ago•1 comments
Open in hackernews

Volkswagen to close German plant, a first in their company history

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/business/volkswagen-dresden-factory-closed.html
32•OgsyedIE•1mo ago

Comments

TheChaplain•1mo ago
Tariffs, labour- and energy costs. Is it just me or do EU seem to lack a competitive edge?
tonyedgecombe•1mo ago
BMW seem to be fine with that. VW’s problem is too many staff, they need to slim down to become competitive again.
Reubachi•1mo ago
I assure you, there is no more layoffs to do at any auto manufacturer that will effect the bottom line. IF that is the problem, the brands dead anyways.

I assure you that the biggest cost to VW, Ford, JLR, Renault etc is: 1. Building/investing in Chinese domestic market (IE, building plants in china to sell to their market) 2. lobbying governments to dissalow chinese branded/manufactured OEMs in western markets 3. Litigation on IP against those same chinese manufacturers they are both working with in chinese market, and preventing entry into their western market.

These problems "can be gotten around", by simply accepting this is reality. VW is doing such unfortunatley, while a company like BMW REALLY pretends "it's fine", as they have way too much cash doing nothing.

tonyedgecombe•1mo ago
VW has 680,000 employees to make 9 million vehicles a year. Toyota does the same with just 375,000. VW is bloated and needs to slim down.
_aavaa_•1mo ago
Add to that insane competition from Chinese EVs, and the chips debacle from earlier this year.
flohofwoe•1mo ago
This specific plant employed less than 500 people in its heyday and never had a 'competitive edge' because it was originally built to manufacture luxury cars mostly via manual labor (specifically the doomed VW Phaeton).
tom86150•1mo ago
If we become the same shithole as the US of A, we could produce very cheap cars. But for that goal, we have start or fuel some foreign wars, making the own population poorer and dumber every day. At least we have a residue of normality these days.
dang•1mo ago
Can you please not post in the flamewar style to HN? We're trying for something else here.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

thedrbrian•1mo ago
Germans are missing that cheap Russian energy.
rsynnott•1mo ago
To be clear, it was this 'factory': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparent_Factory

It never really made sense after the Phaeton, which it was built for, comprehensively failed (expected production 20k/year, demand never went over 10k/year); it has been effectively closed before, and honestly it's kind of surprising it wasn't closed a decade ago.

flohofwoe•1mo ago
This was the 'Glaeserne Manufaktur', more like a vanity project for VWs failed luxury car adventure than an actual manufacturing plant. I'm kinda surprised that VW didn't close the plant when it stopped building the Phaeton.

To give you an idea how insignificant this plant was for VW: about 160k vehicles were built there (mostly by hand) over its entire lifetime since 2000 and employed at most around 500 people (down to 230 in 2025).

stockresearcher•1mo ago
I took a tour back when it was making the Phaeton and the Bentley Continental and it was a great tour and experience. Kind of like a flagship location rather than just another factory.
ProllyInfamous•1mo ago
I live next to their Chattanooga (US) production facility. Lots of my neighbors work there, both on the lines and in the offices.

They silo'd the entire third shift, this past summer. Hours are weakening. The recently-won UAW (union) membership is up for a challenge vote to dissolve it — before ever ratifying a contract.

Wouldn't surprise me that if UAW remains in place, VW will close down this facility (moving it elsewhere, if at all).

Fingers crossed VW starts making better vehicles, because they are a major employer in this city. Suggestions: hybrid drivetrains (not full EV).