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A Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

https://scrollprize.org/firstscroll
27•verditelabs•1h ago

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verditelabs•1h ago
I am on the vesuvius challenge team that did the segmentation, unwrapping, and ink detection, so feel free to ask any questions.
helterskelter•18m ago
Given the current rate of progress, how long do you think it will take to decipher the entire collection?
jimbob45•12m ago
Are the fragments destroyed in ‘69 and ‘80 available to be read similarly? Or were they disposed of?
adriand•5m ago
What are the wildest, most exciting but plausible things that might be discovered in these documents?

Grotesque 'zombie squirrels' with oozing flesh pods spark alarm across the US

https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15929639/zombie-squirrels-sores-florida-north-carol...
1•Bender•42s ago•0 comments

Self-accelerating R&D – Mirendil $200M Seed Raise

https://a16z.com/announcement/investing-in-mirendil/
1•ageofattention•1m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: How to Germinate Ideas?

1•bhollan•1m ago•0 comments

"Your role has been made redundant"

https://aayushsahu.com/blog/layoffs
1•speckx•1m ago•0 comments

Xonotic (arena FPS) in a web browser

https://www.xonotic.gg/
3•astlouis44•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Retrace fork a failed AI agents run, replay it, prove the fix

https://retraceai.tech
1•Yashwanthbogam•2m ago•0 comments

Fruit fly sperm are almost as the the fly. How do they stay untangled?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/science/giant-fruit-fly-sperm-untangled.html
1•marojejian•2m ago•1 comments

PixelSmash – Critical FFmpeg Vulnerability

https://jfrog.com/blog/pixelsmash-critical-ffmpeg-vulnerability-turns-media-files-into-weapons/
1•stymaar•3m ago•0 comments

Tesla, Sunrun team up on 16 GW virtual power plant for data centers

https://electrek.co/2026/06/24/tesla-sunrun-16gw-vpp-data-centers/
1•dakna•5m ago•0 comments

Politico owner Axel Springer doubles down on corporate principles

https://jewishinsider.com/2026/04/politicos-owner-axel-springer-doubles-down-on-corporate-princip...
2•Tomte•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Pythond, Persistent Python daemon where state survives across calls

https://pythond.sh/
1•rangersui•8m ago•0 comments

Deploying AI at a $2B fraud fighting Unicorn

https://aibuilderseries.substack.com/p/lessons-on-deploying-ai-at-scalehttps://aibuilderseries.su...
1•seantheviking•8m ago•0 comments

Build a Cult

https://build-a-cult.com/
1•tcp_handshaker•8m ago•0 comments

Podman 6 Configuration File Changes

https://blog.podman.io/2026/06/podman-6-configuration-file-changes/
1•mroche•8m ago•0 comments

Quarterly planning is an outdated scarcity ritual

https://readtheinference.substack.com/p/quarterly-planning-is-a-scarcity
2•mmayernick•8m ago•0 comments

Creating SVGs with AI

https://furstenheim.substack.com/p/creating-svgs-with-ai
1•furstenheim•8m ago•1 comments

More billing options and lower service fees on Google Play

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/06/play-expanded-billing.html
2•mtlebe•11m ago•0 comments

The Dumb House: In Praise of an Analog Home

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/in-praise-of-a-dumb-house
2•speckx•11m ago•0 comments

Hoisting Expressions

https://blog.yoshuawuyts.com/hoisting-expressions/
1•dabinat•12m ago•0 comments

Medicare's ACCESS model: outcome-based payment for health technologies

https://phti.org/cms-access-model-in-context/
1•brandonb•12m ago•0 comments

The Great Moon Hoax of 1835: Where "Fake News" Began

https://www.openculture.com/2026/06/the-great-moon-hoax-of-1835-where-fake-news-began.html
1•Brajeshwar•12m ago•0 comments

A Dusty Gaming PC and a 2AM Basement Spiral

https://www.droppedasbaby.com/posts/hl1/
1•offbyone42•13m ago•0 comments

Protecting Supabase projects from NPM supply chain attacks

https://supabase.com/blog/protecting-your-supabase-projects-from-npm-supply-chain-attacks
1•andrewstetsenko•13m ago•0 comments

My Advertising Is So Efficient It No Longer Works (2017) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtCG-Jo51d4
1•1317•16m ago•0 comments

Steam Machine Vs $770 Gaming Laptop [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wVPRVjxm1I
1•joe_mamba•16m ago•0 comments

Masayoshi Son dismisses Musk's idea for orbital data centers

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/23/companies/softbank-dismissal-musk-idea-data-cent...
2•mudil•16m ago•1 comments

Being introverted isn't an excuse to be socially inept

https://harsehaj.substack.com/p/being-introverted-isnt-an-excuse
1•harsehaj•17m ago•0 comments

Micron locks in historically high memory prices for five years

https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/06/25/micron-locks-in-historically-high-memory-prices-fo...
2•dmitrygr•18m ago•1 comments

Europe and North Africa are getting their first undersea power link

https://electrek.co/2026/06/25/europe-and-north-africa-are-getting-their-first-undersea-power-link/
1•Bender•18m ago•0 comments

CATL chief: solid-state batteries at 'level 4 of 9,' no leap until 2030

https://electrek.co/2026/06/25/catl-solid-state-battery-level-4-2030/
1•Bender•18m ago•0 comments