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The Revolution Will Not Make the Hacker News Front Page

https://soatok.blog/2025/12/17/the-revolution-will-not-make-the-hacker-news-front-page/
17•blackhole•8h ago

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nieve•8h ago
> Fediverse users should be able to have private chats with each other, that not even their instance admins can snoop on. > This encryption should be accessible to mere mortals, without sophisticated training or discipline.

E2EE seems like it should be table stakes in 2025, but it's just one or two people making it happen.

cr125rider•8h ago
I always enjoy your articles.

I always know it’s you by your theme and character drawings. I like them. Thanks for writing.

abnercoimbre•4h ago
Very commendable, I'll keep tabs on this initiative. If you'll forgive the plug our community is tackling the same issue [0] but from an offline angle (read: meatspace > cyber)

Good luck to the rebels.

[0] https://abner.page/post/exit-the-feed/

pella•3h ago
> Comparatively, almost nobody on Hacker News ever saw it.

imho: if you want more HN eyeballs next time, consider a "Show HN"[1] submission with the github repo link upfront.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html [2] https://github.com/fedi-e2ee/pkd-server-php

How did IRC ping timeouts end up in a lawsuit?

https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/73777.html
1•susam•1m ago•0 comments

America's Dirtiest Carbon Polluters, Mapped to Ridiculous Precision

https://gizmodo.com/americas-dirtiest-carbon-polluters-mapped-to-ridiculous-precision-2000700924
1•ourmandave•2m ago•0 comments

Ancient hunter-gatherer DNA may explain why some people live 100 years or more

https://phys.org/news/2025-12-ancient-hunter-dna-people-years.html
1•pseudolus•4m ago•0 comments

There Has to Be a Way

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/there-has-to-be-a-way
1•ArmageddonIt•5m ago•0 comments

Test scores in U.S. schools are down. Are smartphones to blame?

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/14/nx-s1-5587585/is-decline-in-test-scores-linked-to-cell-phones
1•pseudolus•7m ago•0 comments

Why the Shipping Forecast Endures

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/radio-podcasts/2025/12/why-the-shipping-forecast-endures
1•bookofjoe•8m ago•0 comments

CEO-CTO Therapy (Part 1): Communication

https://avivbenyosef.com/ceo-cto-therapy-part-1-communication/
1•avivby•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Email Expiration Manager Thunderbird Add-On

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/email-expiration-manager/
1•pydubreucq•11m ago•0 comments

We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-ai-vending-machine-agent-b7e84e34
1•lukaspetersson•12m ago•1 comments

Who needs a NAS? Just use your old phone

https://www.xda-developers.com/phone-as-nas-home-server-guide/
1•sipofwater•12m ago•4 comments

Show HN: Save For Later – AI-powered bookmark manager that resurfaces your saves

https://saveforlater.pro
1•aria-sfl•15m ago•0 comments

Updates to GitHub Actions Pricing

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/182186
1•choult•15m ago•0 comments

Slowness Is a Virtue

https://blog.jakobschwichtenberg.com/p/slowness-is-a-virtue
2•jakobgreenfeld•19m ago•0 comments

Why are sperm donors having hundreds of children?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg8mge23leo
1•0in•21m ago•0 comments

Tomlin7/KeePassDiff: A diff/merge tool for KeePassXC databases

https://github.com/tomlin7/KeePassDiff
1•rcarmo•21m ago•0 comments

Windows 3.1's 'Hot Dog Stand' UI Color Scheme

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/17/windows-3-1-hot-dog-stand
1•tosh•22m ago•0 comments

One Big Server Is Probably Enough: Why You Don't Need the Cloud for Most Things

https://oneuptime.com/blog/post/2025-12-12-one-big-server-is-enough/view
1•stanislavb•25m ago•0 comments

Saudi Arabia wants to host the cheapest data centres

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/12/17/saudi-arabia-wants-to-host-the-worlds...
1•Brajeshwar•26m ago•0 comments

Reinventing the Wheel with In-Wheel Motors

https://www.electrichybridvehicletechnology.com/uncategorized/feature-reinventing-the-wheel-with-...
1•Kaibeezy•32m ago•0 comments

2025 was the year we lived alt-2016 and debated everything

https://thesocialjuice.substack.com/p/2025-was-the-year-we-lived-alt-2016
1•jaskaransainiz•32m ago•0 comments

Natilus Enters India with Bold SpiceJet Deal

https://airinsight.com/natilus-enters-india-with-bold-spicejet-deal/
1•Brajeshwar•33m ago•0 comments

Japan App Store Gets Alternative Marketplaces, Third-Party Payments and More

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/17/japan-app-store-feature-updates/
1•akyuu•34m ago•0 comments

Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results

https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/17/apple-announces-more-ads-are-coming-to-app-store-search-results/
2•akyuu•34m ago•0 comments

Encrypted Client Hello Approved for Publication

https://www.feistyduck.com/newsletter/issue_127_encrypted_client_hello_approved_for_publication
1•maxloh•36m ago•0 comments

After Ruining a Treasured Water Resource, Iran Is Drying Up

https://e360.yale.edu/features/iran-water-drought-dams-qanats
4•YaleE360•36m ago•0 comments

AI is making dangerous lab work accessible to novices, UK's AISI finds

https://www.transformernews.ai/p/aisi-ai-security-institute-frontier-ai-trends-report-biorisk-sel...
1•llabwons•39m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What are some interesting papers I could read during vacations?

2•znpy•44m ago•1 comments

Understanding Power BI Engine Architecture: A Deep Dive

https://medium.com/microsoft-power-bi/understanding-power-bi-engine-architecture-a-deep-dive-c162...
1•janandonly•47m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built an Animated UI Library with drag and drop components

https://ogblocks.dev/
2•ogsome•47m ago•0 comments

A New Chapter for Cowboy

https://cowboy.com/blogs/stories/a-new-chapter-for-cowboy
2•terabytest•48m ago•0 comments