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OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III

https://openciv3.org/
499•klaussilveira•8h ago•138 comments

The Waymo World Model

https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simula...
836•xnx•13h ago•503 comments

How we made geo joins 400× faster with H3 indexes

https://floedb.ai/blog/how-we-made-geo-joins-400-faster-with-h3-indexes
53•matheusalmeida•1d ago•10 comments

A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/a-century-of-hair-samples-proves-leaded-gas-ban-worked/
110•jnord•4d ago•18 comments

Monty: A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust for use by AI

https://github.com/pydantic/monty
164•dmpetrov•8h ago•76 comments

Show HN: Look Ma, No Linux: Shell, App Installer, Vi, Cc on ESP32-S3 / BreezyBox

https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo
166•isitcontent•8h ago•18 comments

Dark Alley Mathematics

https://blog.szczepan.org/blog/three-points/
59•quibono•4d ago•10 comments

Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use

https://vecti.com
279•vecti•10h ago•127 comments

Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OS

https://github.com/microsoft/litebox
339•aktau•14h ago•163 comments

Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?

https://eljojo.github.io/rememory/
222•eljojo•11h ago•139 comments

Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
332•ostacke•14h ago•89 comments

Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

https://hackers-1995.vercel.app/
421•todsacerdoti•16h ago•221 comments

PC Floppy Copy Protection: Vault Prolok

https://martypc.blogspot.com/2024/09/pc-floppy-copy-protection-vault-prolok.html
34•kmm•4d ago•2 comments

Show HN: ARM64 Android Dev Kit

https://github.com/denuoweb/ARM64-ADK
11•denuoweb•1d ago•0 comments

An Update on Heroku

https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/
360•lstoll•14h ago•248 comments

Female Asian Elephant Calf Born at the Smithsonian National Zoo

https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/female-asian-elephant-calf-born-smithsonians-national-zoo-an...
15•gmays•3h ago•2 comments

Delimited Continuations vs. Lwt for Threads

https://mirageos.org/blog/delimcc-vs-lwt
9•romes•4d ago•1 comments

Show HN: R3forth, a ColorForth-inspired language with a tiny VM

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58•phreda4•8h ago•9 comments

How to effectively write quality code with AI

https://heidenstedt.org/posts/2026/how-to-effectively-write-quality-code-with-ai/
209•i5heu•11h ago•156 comments

Introducing the Developer Knowledge API and MCP Server

https://developers.googleblog.com/introducing-the-developer-knowledge-api-and-mcp-server/
33•gfortaine•6h ago•8 comments

I spent 5 years in DevOps – Solutions engineering gave me what I was missing

https://infisical.com/blog/devops-to-solutions-engineering
121•vmatsiiako•13h ago•51 comments

Learning from context is harder than we thought

https://hy.tencent.com/research/100025?langVersion=en
159•limoce•3d ago•80 comments

Understanding Neural Network, Visually

https://visualrambling.space/neural-network/
257•surprisetalk•3d ago•33 comments

I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

https://kirkville.com/i-now-assume-that-all-ads-on-apple-news-are-scams/
1013•cdrnsf•17h ago•422 comments

FORTH? Really!?

https://rescrv.net/w/2026/02/06/associative
51•rescrv•16h ago•17 comments

I'm going to cure my girlfriend's brain tumor

https://andrewjrod.substack.com/p/im-going-to-cure-my-girlfriends-brain
93•ray__•5h ago•43 comments

Evaluating and mitigating the growing risk of LLM-discovered 0-days

https://red.anthropic.com/2026/zero-days/
44•lebovic•1d ago•12 comments

WebView performance significantly slower than PWA

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40817676
10•denysonique•5h ago•0 comments

How virtual textures work

https://www.shlom.dev/articles/how-virtual-textures-really-work/
35•betamark•15h ago•29 comments

Show HN: Smooth CLI – Token-efficient browser for AI agents

https://docs.smooth.sh/cli/overview
81•antves•1d ago•59 comments
Open in hackernews

1,700 year old egg never broke

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/liquid-inside-ancient-egg
100•demadog•9mo ago

Comments

fifilura•9mo ago
I guess they are scientists and know better than me, but my bet is that is will just contain sludge.

Egg shells are more organic than you expect.

This is why you use stuff like waterglass https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_silicate to seal them.

mulmen•9mo ago
> Egg shells are more organic than you expect.

I expect them to be completely organic. What else would they be?

fifilura•9mo ago
Mostly calcium carbonate.
parl_match•9mo ago
namespace collision: to the layperson, it's organic because it came from an organism. from a chemical perspective, it's considered non-organic

i admit i read ops comment and was confused for a second until it clicked. they're mostly calcium carbonate

mulmen•9mo ago
I wondered about that but then in context wasn’t sure of the relevance. I’m aware that even fresh eggs are somewhat porous and wouldn’t expect the contents to last beyond a week before beginning to break down.
foxyv•9mo ago
Calcium carbonate. So a salt I guess?
mulmen•9mo ago
So eggs shells are less organic than I would think.
ars•9mo ago
I think they should not pierce it, but instead leave it for future humans to study.
timschmidt•9mo ago
Forbidden breakfast!
teruakohatu•9mo ago
Science funding requires doing something. Nobody funds you to not do something.

Regardless of getting funding, I don't see why our level of technology is not adequate to study an egg.

sdwr•9mo ago
It might be the only 1700 year old egg in the world. Surely the prudent thing to do is wait some fraction of its age (200 years?) and reevaluate. What are the chances that, out of all of history, now is the best time to open it?
lazide•9mo ago
It’s already been removed from it’s protective environment and will degrade long before 200 years.
yumraj•9mo ago
Depending on how you look at it, the ones studying it are future humans.
creatonez•9mo ago
Don't worry, I'll find another one
nyanpasu64•9mo ago
The eggshell looks like a century egg, but as mentioned by the comment the contents may have decomposed if the mud wasn't alkaline like the century egg production process.
phinnaeus•9mo ago
It’s a 17 century egg, to be precise
anshumankmr•9mo ago
I dare them to make an omelette wit that.
a3w•9mo ago
Can't make science without breaking an egg!
foreigner•9mo ago
Fry it up with bog butter!
fsckboy•9mo ago
>Scientists are eager to use DNA testing to establish the species that laid the egg

how much DNA is in an egg, isn't it just a single cell with a single nucleus? and if unfertilized is haploid?

fbn79•9mo ago
In addition to the single nucleus the egg can contains trace of DNA from the mother
mseepgood•9mo ago
Of course they are going to break it.
slow123_•9mo ago
duke dennis must’ve saved the egg for breakfast but forgot about it loll
shrx•9mo ago
I wonder why they don't put it in a CT scanner first before breaking it.
Cyphase•9mo ago
> A Micro CT scan showed that this ancient egg is still full of liquid.

> “Researchers are planning to carefully extract the liquid to better study it,” stated Edward Biddulph, Senior Project Manager, who oversaw the site excavation. “It’s a controlled process similar to egg blowing, where a tiny hole is made in its shell after creating a 3D model.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_microtomography

metalman•9mo ago
I think it is a mistake not to cut the top off the egg and just look inside as ancient egg shell has no value after it drys out and the visual information may be unique,so off with its top, and then take samples of the "liquid" and the inner shell lining, if it's present, and then see if there is any remaining structure of an embryo or the egg as laid.
shrx•9mo ago
Apologies, apparently I missed this part in the article since the large ad banner immediately next to it distracted me.
coldpie•9mo ago
Install an ad blocker, friend!
efilife•9mo ago
ublock origin to be specific
robofanatic•9mo ago
Story of an egg that never hatched.
knighthack•9mo ago
I'm willing to bet there's a dragon in that egg.