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Start all of your commands with a comma

https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
194•theblazehen•2d ago•56 comments

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

https://openciv3.org/
679•klaussilveira•14h ago•203 comments

The Waymo World Model

https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simula...
954•xnx•20h ago•552 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
125•matheusalmeida•2d ago•33 comments

Jeffrey Snover: "Welcome to the Room"

https://www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/02/01/welcome-to-the-room/
25•kaonwarb•3d ago•21 comments

Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production

https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/
62•videotopia•4d ago•2 comments

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

https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo
235•isitcontent•15h ago•25 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
40•jesperordrup•5h ago•17 comments

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

https://github.com/pydantic/monty
227•dmpetrov•15h ago•121 comments

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

https://vecti.com
332•vecti•17h ago•145 comments

Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

https://hackers-1995.vercel.app/
499•todsacerdoti•22h ago•243 comments

Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
384•ostacke•21h ago•96 comments

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

https://github.com/microsoft/litebox
360•aktau•21h ago•183 comments

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

https://eljojo.github.io/rememory/
292•eljojo•17h ago•182 comments

Where did all the starships go?

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/science-fiction-decline
21•speckx•3d ago•10 comments

An Update on Heroku

https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/
413•lstoll•21h ago•279 comments

ga68, the GNU Algol 68 Compiler – FOSDEM 2026 [video]

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/PEXRTN-ga68-intro/
6•matt_d•3d ago•1 comments

Was Benoit Mandelbrot a hedgehog or a fox?

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01122
20•bikenaga•3d ago•10 comments

PC Floppy Copy Protection: Vault Prolok

https://martypc.blogspot.com/2024/09/pc-floppy-copy-protection-vault-prolok.html
66•kmm•5d ago•9 comments

Dark Alley Mathematics

https://blog.szczepan.org/blog/three-points/
93•quibono•4d ago•22 comments

How to effectively write quality code with AI

https://heidenstedt.org/posts/2026/how-to-effectively-write-quality-code-with-ai/
260•i5heu•17h ago•202 comments

Delimited Continuations vs. Lwt for Threads

https://mirageos.org/blog/delimcc-vs-lwt
33•romes•4d ago•3 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...
38•gmays•10h ago•13 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/
1073•cdrnsf•1d ago•459 comments

Introducing the Developer Knowledge API and MCP Server

https://developers.googleblog.com/introducing-the-developer-knowledge-api-and-mcp-server/
60•gfortaine•12h ago•26 comments

Understanding Neural Network, Visually

https://visualrambling.space/neural-network/
291•surprisetalk•3d ago•43 comments

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

https://infisical.com/blog/devops-to-solutions-engineering
150•vmatsiiako•19h ago•71 comments

Why I Joined OpenAI

https://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2026-02-07/why-i-joined-openai.html
155•SerCe•10h ago•144 comments

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/07/ai-spending-economy-shortages/
8•1vuio0pswjnm7•1h ago•0 comments

Learning from context is harder than we thought

https://hy.tencent.com/research/100025?langVersion=en
187•limoce•3d ago•102 comments
Open in hackernews

How LWN is faring in 2025

https://lwn.net/Articles/1019217/
133•leephillips•9mo ago

Comments

nu11ptr•9mo ago
Is this backlash against the US or indications of a recession that is starting?
abnercoimbre•9mo ago
I'm trying to figure out the same. Por que no los dos?
leephillips•9mo ago
I agree with the suggestions in the article that we are seeing the beginnings of a global economic slowdown caused by Trump’s trade policies and an understandable anti-US backlash.
mrweasel•9mo ago
There is certainly a backlash against certain US based businesses, but I doubt LWN is on the receiving side of that backlash. It could be, but I'd be surprised. I think it is much more likely that people are being more frugal in their spending, as a precaution. Sadly something like LWN is fairly easy to eliminate from your budget.

Given the uncertainty the Trump administration has generated, I think a recession could be a self-fulfilling prophesy. Technically the economy might be strong enough, but we don't know Trumps long term plans, or even his plans for next week, so precautionary spending restrictions may end up triggering a recession of sorts.

There are so many project and organisations, similar to LWN, that I want to support, but it adds up quickly if you're not careful.

mongol•9mo ago
It may be irrational but I cancelled a substack subscription of a US-based writer that was highly critical of Trump. On one hand, it is counter productive, but on another hand my spending is limited and I will do my utmost to support the European economy instead.
ofrzeta•9mo ago
Let's just donate or subscribe because something like LWN must be kept alive at all costs.
wood_spirit•9mo ago
People all around me seem to be cutting back on discretionary spending. These aren’t lwn subscribers, just normal people leading average lives, but I extrapolate that lwn subscribers are in the same boat.
Volundr•9mo ago
I have a number of home improvement projects that I had planned on tackling this year, but I've decided I prefer those funds liquid. Same with getting a newer car. While nothings harmed my economic situation yet my confidence in pretty much everything, the stability of the job market, the economy, the country itself it at an all time low.

Even here in red state territory that seems to be the general vibe.

massysett•9mo ago
^ This * millions of people = recession
Volundr•9mo ago
100%, and yet I don't think I can rationally act differently. It's not like if I just keep on like everything is normal that'll save the economy. It'll just put me in a worse spot if what I'm expecting does indeed come to pass.
KerrAvon•9mo ago
This is exactly right. If you’re old enough, you might recall George W. Bush insisting people should go shopping; the point was to encourage people to spend their way out of his recession. Didn’t work!
dragonwriter•9mo ago
The encouragement was mostly post-9/11 and the recession ended in November, so if it wasn't effective, it sure at least coincided with recovery.

(The recession started in March, well before 9/11, but the attempt to encourage shopping to deal with the perceived problem was a post-9/11 thing.)

The Bush recession is often perceived as longer and deeper than it was because of the poor distribution of gains (in part due to the tax burden shift of the Bush tax cuts) of the expansion that started in late 2001 and ended with the Great Recession.

nyarlathotep_•9mo ago
I think it's a fair assessment that we're in some sort of recession now. Things have been shaky for a while now, but it's getting hard to ignore the cracks, especially with the drops in the most inflated housing markets.
markvdb•9mo ago
Superb publication for anyone into free/open source software. You could do worse than get your employer to get a group subscription...
vlovich123•9mo ago
> Further attacks on global trade could make it more difficult for us to accept payments from outside the country, even when the buyer is willing.

Is this because of retaliatory tarrifs or is the US taxing services as part of the tarrifs? Would setting up a subsidiary help work around this?

ModernMech•9mo ago
It's probably a secondary effect of any tariffs. When people are uncertain about the future one of the first things they cut back on is entertainment subscriptions. LWN losing subs would be leading indicator of economic turmoil, so setting up subsidiaries is unlikely to help any.
vlovich123•9mo ago
That’s what the broader statement is about but this specific statement seems to be implying difficulty accepting payments.
baobun•9mo ago
Also sanctions and AML regulation, I would assume.
jgalt212•9mo ago
> that article feels like a distant memory, markets are falling,

That's incorrect.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/sp-500-liberation-day-recor...

qwe----3•9mo ago
They manage to pay Linus 1.5 million a year, spare me
jzb•9mo ago
The Linux Foundation pays Linus’s salary, not LWN.
GuestFAUniverse•9mo ago
1. Has nothing to do with LWN

2. Compared to a bunch of useless CEOs, that's not much for a leading role in one of the most important projects on the planet.

ary•9mo ago
Subscribed. All this money I’m saving boycotting spineless American companies is coming in handy.

If LWN is worth $16 a month, and it is, then so is The Atlantic, ProPublica, etc. We collectively need to make a habit of financially supporting actual journalism and doing so loudly.