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ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering

https://alexharri.com/blog/ascii-rendering

584•alexharri•8h ago•70 comments

We put Claude Code in Rollercoaster Tycoon

https://labs.ramp.com/rct

226•iamwil•5d ago•126 comments

An Elizabethan mansion's secrets for staying warm

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260116-an-elizabethan-mansions-secrets-for-staying-warm

49•Tachyooon•3h ago•52 comments

The recurring dream of replacing developers

https://www.caimito.net/en/blog/2025/12/07/the-recurring-dream-of-replacing-developers.html

127•glimshe•5h ago•124 comments

There's no single best way to store information

https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-theres-no-single-best-way-to-store-information-20260116/

47•7777777phil•3h ago•19 comments

The Olivetti Company – By Bradford Morgan White

https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-olivetti-company

26•rbanffy•6d ago•7 comments

Canada's deal with China signals it is serious about shift from US

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm24k6kk1rko

48•breve•45m ago•11 comments

Common misunderstandings about large software companies

https://philipotoole.com/common-misunderstandings-about-large-software-companies/

12•otoolep•5d ago•1 comments

Counterfactual evaluation for recommendation systems

https://eugeneyan.com/writing/counterfactual-evaluation/

36•kurinikku•14h ago•2 comments

M8SBC-486 (Homebrew 486 computer)

https://maniek86.xyz/projects/m8sbc_486.php

31•rasz•6d ago•5 comments

East Germany balloon escape

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany_balloon_escape

641•robertvc•1d ago•274 comments

Show HN: What if your menu bar was a keyboard-controlled command center?

https://extrabar.app/

38•pugdogdev•2h ago•22 comments

The Dilbert Afterlife

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-dilbert-afterlife

353•rendall•1d ago•216 comments

ClickHouse acquires Langfuse

https://langfuse.com/blog/joining-clickhouse

171•tin7in•10h ago•77 comments

Apples, Trees, and Quasimodes

https://systemstack.dev/2025/09/humane-computing/

12•entaloneralie•3h ago•1 comments

16 Best Practices for Reducing Dependabot Noise

https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/10/16-best-practices-for-reducing-dependabot-noise.html

28•zdw•5d ago•18 comments

The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello'

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260113-hello-hiya-aloha-what-our-greetings-reveal

79•1659447091•8h ago•48 comments

Show HN: Minikv – Distributed key-value and object store in Rust (Raft, S3 API)

https://github.com/whispem/minikv

15•whispem•35m ago•8 comments

The Resonant Computing Manifesto

https://resonantcomputing.org/

31•sinak•3h ago•8 comments

Show HN: Streaming gigabyte medical images from S3 without downloading them

https://github.com/PABannier/WSIStreamer

118•el_pa_b•11h ago•41 comments

OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/01/openai-to-test-ads-in-chatgpt-as-it-burns-...

10•Terretta•43m ago•0 comments

Map To Poster – Create Art of your favourite city

https://github.com/originalankur/maptoposter

176•originalankur•10h ago•50 comments

The 'untouchable hacker god' behind Finland's biggest crime

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/17/vastaamo-hack-finland-therapy-notes

125•c420•12h ago•123 comments

Cursor's latest “browser experiment” implied success without evidence

https://embedding-shapes.github.io/cursor-implied-success-without-evidence/

669•embedding-shape•1d ago•294 comments

2025 was the third hottest year on record

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/01/14/2025-was-the-third-hottest-year-on-re...

138•andsoitis•2h ago•115 comments

High-Level Is the Goal

https://bvisness.me/high-level/

218•tobr•2d ago•105 comments

6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available

https://letsencrypt.org/2026/01/15/6day-and-ip-general-availability

468•jaas•1d ago•258 comments

US electricity demand surged in 2025 – solar handled 61% of it

https://electrek.co/2026/01/16/us-electricity-demand-surged-in-2025-solar-handled-61-percent/

291•doener•9h ago•271 comments

Show HN: I built a tool to assist AI agents to know when a PR is good to go

https://dsifry.github.io/goodtogo/

17•dsifry•10h ago•9 comments

PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/16/patch_tuesday_secure_launch_bug_no_shutdown/

199•smurda•9h ago•212 comments