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What does Software Engineering mean when machine writes the code

https://www.shayon.dev/post/2026/19/software-engineering-when-the-machine-writes-code/
1•shayonj•3m ago•0 comments

Black Horror on the Rhine (Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Horror_on_the_Rhine
1•subjektivation•3m ago•0 comments

We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is how they start

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/21/ice-minnesota-trump
1•Teever•3m ago•0 comments

AdGuard VPN protocol goes open-source – meet TrustTunnel

https://adguard-vpn.com/en/blog/adguard-vpn-protocol-goes-open-source-meet-trusttunnel.html
1•kumrayu•4m ago•0 comments

Open source server code for the BitCraft MMORPG

https://github.com/clockworklabs/BitCraftPublic
1•sfkgtbor•4m ago•0 comments

A Malicious Push Network: What 57M Logs Taught Us

https://www.infoblox.com/blog/threat-intelligence/inside-a-malicious-push-network-what-57m-logs-t...
1•aa_is_op•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Aiwaf now supports local Geo-blocking and country-level rules

https://github.com/aayushgauba/aiwaf
1•aayushgauba•6m ago•0 comments

TidesDB v7.3.1 vs. RocksDB v10.9.1 Performance Benchmark

https://tidesdb.com/articles/tidesdb-7-3-1-vs-rocksdb-10-9-1-benchmark/
1•alexpadula•7m ago•0 comments

CEOs Say AI Is Making Work More Efficient. Employees Tell a Different Story

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/ceos-say-ai-is-making-work-more-efficient-employees-tell-...
1•_tk_•9m ago•0 comments

Please Please Please Let Me Code How I Want

https://csmeyer.substack.com/p/please-please-please-let-me-code
1•csmeyer•12m ago•0 comments

Clean Energy in Data Centers Could Avoid Trillions in Climate and Health Costs

https://blog.ucs.org/steve-clemmer/powering-data-centers-with-clean-energy-could-avoid-trillions-...
1•giuliomagnifico•12m ago•0 comments

Incremental AI Adoption for E-Commerce – Arcturus Labs

http://arcturus-labs.com/blog/2026/01/18/incremental-ai-adoption-for-e-commerce/
1•dep4b•12m ago•0 comments

I Turned This Handheld into My 90s Childhood – Part 1 (Amiga, MS-DOS and Win98) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AUlKefFXVk
1•doener•13m ago•0 comments

How North Carolina erased medical debt for 2.5M people

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/nx-s1-5678541/north-carolina-undue-medical-debt-erased
1•rbanffy•14m ago•0 comments

Get Good at Agents

https://www.interconnects.ai/p/get-good-at-agents
1•Philpax•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I studied gender bias by creating a fake AI girlfriend on Twitter

https://github.com/jaylenhester/aiasuka-data-project
2•jaylenhester•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Burnt out and failing, I built an AI that gives a shit

https://zropi.com
1•silentorbit•15m ago•1 comments

Do Cows Use Tools? This One Does

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/science/animals-cows-intelligence-tools.html
2•elsewhen•16m ago•0 comments

Ukraine offers allies combat data to train AI

https://www.ft.com/content/ab121d67-c823-40d4-808f-861f42145404
2•marojejian•16m ago•1 comments

Memory semiconductor supercycle set to run through 2028

https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/21/the-memory-supercycle/
1•rbanffy•18m ago•0 comments

My Neighbor Pays $1k in Taxes on a $2M Home

https://datastream.substack.com/p/my-neighbor-pays-1000-in-taxes-on
2•racketracer•19m ago•1 comments

10GbE in 2026 Is Finally Hitting the Tipping Point

https://www.servethehome.com/10gbe-in-2026-is-finally-hitting-the-tipping-point/
1•speckx•19m ago•0 comments

Databases Are Magic Until

https://silvestreperret.com/posts/databases-are-magic-until-they-are-not/
1•silverret•20m ago•0 comments

Rigetti to Supply 108-Qubit Quantum Computer as India Expands Capabilities

https://www.hpcwire.com/2026/01/20/rigetti-to-supply-108-qubit-quantum-computer-as-india-expands-...
2•rbanffy•21m ago•0 comments

LG Energy Solution to Sell Ohio Battery Facility to Honda for $2.85B

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/LG-Energy-Solution-To-Sell-Ohio-Battery-Facili...
1•PaulHoule•22m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Community-driven, blind comparison of search engine results

https://searchbench.xyz
1•maltsev•22m ago•0 comments

RustCast: Free, open-source Raycast-style launcher written in Rust

https://rustcast.umangsurana.com/
2•adamnemecek•23m ago•0 comments

Genie AI Is Hiring a Founding Engineer/ CTO(AI Social Media Copywriting Systems)

1•paulhilse•25m ago•0 comments

When U.S. Troops Fought Nazis in the Arctic: The Forgotten Battle for Greenland

https://www.military.com/feature/2025/10/13/when-us-troops-fought-nazis-arctic-forgotten-battle-g...
1•abixb•27m ago•0 comments

Show HN: WaitButWhy-Style Year-Goal-Life Calendar as an Auto-Updating Wallpaper

https://thecalendarwallpaper.com/
1•TheOmkarBirje•27m ago•0 comments
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We compiled the Torah into 183KB of binary data. It acts as a simulation seed

https://github.com/consigcody94/genesis-protocol
4•sentinelowl•1h ago

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sentinelowl•1h ago
Hi HN,

I've spent the last few weeks building a Python workbench to analyze the Masoretic Text (the Hebrew Bible) not as a linguistic narrative, but as a hexadecimal instruction set (Base-22).

*The Hypothesis:* If the text is a "simulation" or "creation" guide, does it carry executable data?

*The Findings:* 1. *Entropy:* The extracted binary (`tanakh_full.bin`) has an entropy of *7.5 bits/byte*. (Random is ~8, Text is ~4.4). This suggests high-density compression or compiled code. 2. *Anomalies:* A forensic hex-scan revealed the ASCII strings *"IPv6"*, *"DNA"*, and *"AI"* clustered in the bitstream. 3. *Visualization:* I built a browser-based "System Monitor" that uses the binary as a seed for a Rule 30 Cellular Automaton. It generates coherent, non-collapsing structures.

*The Stack:* Python (analysis), HTML5 Canvas (visualization), GitHub Pages (hosting).

*Live Demo:* https://consigcody94.github.io/genesis-protocol/ *Repo:* https://github.com/consigcody94/genesis-protocol

Would love feedback on the entropy analysis methodology or if anyone recognizes the Instruction Set Architecture (my tool labels it "Aleph-Zero RISC").

andsoitis•1h ago
> hexadecimal instruction set

> A forensic hex-scan revealed the ASCII strings "IPv6", "DNA", and "AI" clustered in the bitstream.

Is your thesis that the text somehow encodes how the future will unfold?

To be rigorous, you consider:

a) taking other stories (e.g. a couple of novels) and see if you can see similar patterns

b) see whether there's other text that's clearly in English (like your examples) but are of technologies or circumstances that don't yet exist

Otherwise, I think you're in a trap of confirmation bias.

debo_•1h ago
Do you want Shin Megami Tensei to happen? Because this is how you get Shin Megami Tensei to happen.