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Tiny C Compiler

https://bellard.org/tcc/
59•guerrilla•1h ago•22 comments

SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes

https://xorvoid.com/sectorc.html
151•valyala•5h ago•25 comments

The F Word

http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/02/friction.html
81•zdw•3d ago•32 comments

Speed up responses with fast mode

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode
86•surprisetalk•5h ago•91 comments

LLMs as the new high level language

https://federicopereiro.com/llm-high/
26•swah•4d ago•19 comments

GitBlack: Tracing America's Foundation

https://gitblack.vercel.app/
19•martialg•58m ago•3 comments

Software factories and the agentic moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
120•mellosouls•8h ago•237 comments

FDA intends to take action against non-FDA-approved GLP-1 drugs

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-intends-take-action-against-non-fda-appro...
35•randycupertino•1h ago•33 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

https://www.spritely.institute/hoot/
160•AlexeyBrin•11h ago•28 comments

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

https://openciv3.org/
866•klaussilveira•1d ago•266 comments

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

https://susam.net/twenty-five-years-of-computing.html
116•vinhnx•8h ago•14 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
78•samasblack•8h ago•57 comments

Al Lowe on model trains, funny deaths and working with Disney

https://spillhistorie.no/2026/02/06/interview-with-sierra-veteran-al-lowe/
73•thelok•7h ago•13 comments

Show HN: A luma dependent chroma compression algorithm (image compression)

https://www.bitsnbites.eu/a-spatial-domain-variable-block-size-luma-dependent-chroma-compression-...
22•mbitsnbites•3d ago•1 comments

I write games in C (yes, C) (2016)

https://jonathanwhiting.com/writing/blog/games_in_c/
157•valyala•5h ago•136 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
253•jesperordrup•15h ago•82 comments

Brookhaven Lab's RHIC concludes 25-year run with final collisions

https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/brookhaven-labs-rhic-concludes-25-year-run-with-final-collis...
36•gnufx•4h ago•41 comments

Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
535•theblazehen•3d ago•197 comments

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

https://rlhfbook.com/
100•onurkanbkrc•10h ago•5 comments

Show HN: I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version

https://github.com/Momciloo/fun-with-clip-path
39•momciloo•5h ago•5 comments

Selection rather than prediction

https://voratiq.com/blog/selection-rather-than-prediction/
19•languid-photic•4d ago•5 comments

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/07/ai-spending-economy-shortages/
213•1vuio0pswjnm7•12h ago•326 comments

Microsoft account bugs locked me out of Notepad – Are thin clients ruining PCs?

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-locked-me-out-of-notepad-is-the-thin-...
54•josephcsible•3h ago•67 comments

72M Points of Interest

https://tech.marksblogg.com/overture-places-pois.html
42•marklit•5d ago•6 comments

Coding agents have replaced every framework I used

https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/software-engineering-is-back
276•alainrk•10h ago•454 comments

Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production

https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/
129•videotopia•4d ago•41 comments

A Fresh Look at IBM 3270 Information Display System

https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/a-fresh-look-at-ibm-3270-information-display-system
52•rbanffy•4d ago•14 comments

France's homegrown open source online office suite

https://github.com/suitenumerique
650•nar001•9h ago•284 comments

Show HN: Kappal – CLI to Run Docker Compose YML on Kubernetes for Local Dev

https://github.com/sandys/kappal
41•sandGorgon•2d ago•17 comments

Where did all the starships go?

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/science-fiction-decline
109•speckx•4d ago•149 comments
Open in hackernews

Show HN: Embedo – Word Equation Puzzle Game

13•sungchi•8mo ago
Hello HN, Embedo is a word-equation puzzle game where you guess the solution to expressions like A + B − C. After each guess you see how close your word embedding is to the correct answer, which helps you converge quickly.

Today's puzzle: pasta + noodle − lasagna = ?

I built this for fun. Enjoy!

https://plan9.kr/embedo/

Comments

lacker•8mo ago
I was surprised to get it right in a single guess, without quite being able to describe crisply why I thought that was the answer. It's not really like an SAT analogy problem, which you can reason through repeatedly to gain confidence. Interesting game.
raymondgh•8mo ago
Nice game. But if this is just for fun please take out those horrible ads
Crunch3r•8mo ago
It seems that it's case sensitive, is that correct?
Crunch3r•8mo ago
It also doesn't trim the input. But very enjoyable nevertheless!
kolpaque•8mo ago
Really cool! Felt like I had to think the way the AI might. Only took 5 minutes, but totally hooked me
w10-1•8mo ago
fun! thanks for that!

Consider A/B testing a non-techie alternative without the math or embedding gloss, sort of like analogy-completion, using words: e.g., "What's a pasta with noodles but nothing like lasagna?"

Part of my attraction to NYTimes Wordle is seeing how I do relative to other users, and how much was luck. In this game I do want to get it right, but I'm also interested in whether others made the same mistake/answer (for this answer, or similarity to others on a series of answers). This social aspect is catnip to game buyers, sites that want to add games to attract users.

I'd be particularly interested if, after observing my answers, it could start to predict my answers. I'm not sure, though, what UI would enable you to prove the machine made the prediction before I made my choice, without showing the prediction. Maybe display the prediction encrypted and then give the key to decrypt (even just for user keys like a rotation cypher)?

captn3m0•8mo ago
Fun puzzle. I got the last 4 days in 1 attempt each. The correct answer detection felt a bit slow, and the confetti could be a bit faster.
slig•8mo ago
Really nice game, thanks for sharing! Can you share which embedding are you using?

I've tried some on Gemini 2.5 Flash and it can solve them after giving one example.