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

https://openciv3.org/
479•klaussilveira•7h ago•120 comments

The Waymo World Model

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818•xnx•12h ago•491 comments

How we made geo joins 400× faster with H3 indexes

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40•matheusalmeida•1d ago•3 comments

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

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161•isitcontent•7h ago•18 comments

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

https://github.com/pydantic/monty
158•dmpetrov•8h ago•69 comments

A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked

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97•jnord•3d ago•14 comments

Dark Alley Mathematics

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53•quibono•4d ago•7 comments

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211•eljojo•10h ago•135 comments

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264•vecti•9h ago•125 comments

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

https://github.com/microsoft/litebox
332•aktau•14h ago•158 comments

Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info

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329•ostacke•13h ago•86 comments

Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

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415•todsacerdoti•15h ago•220 comments

PC Floppy Copy Protection: Vault Prolok

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27•kmm•4d ago•1 comments

An Update on Heroku

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344•lstoll•13h ago•245 comments

Delimited Continuations vs. Lwt for Threads

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5•romes•4d ago•1 comments

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53•phreda4•7h ago•9 comments

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202•i5heu•10h ago•148 comments

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

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116•vmatsiiako•12h ago•38 comments

Learning from context is harder than we thought

https://hy.tencent.com/research/100025?langVersion=en
153•limoce•3d ago•79 comments

Understanding Neural Network, Visually

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248•surprisetalk•3d ago•32 comments

Introducing the Developer Knowledge API and MCP Server

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28•gfortaine•5h ago•4 comments

I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

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1004•cdrnsf•17h ago•421 comments

FORTH? Really!?

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49•rescrv•15h ago•17 comments

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

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74•ray__•4h ago•36 comments

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

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38•lebovic•1d ago•11 comments

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

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78•antves•1d ago•59 comments

How virtual textures work

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32•betamark•14h ago•28 comments

Show HN: Slack CLI for Agents

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41•nwparker•1d ago•11 comments

Claude Opus 4.6

https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-6
2275•HellsMaddy•1d ago•981 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...
8•gmays•2h ago•2 comments
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CCD co-inventor George E. Smith dies at 95

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/science/george-e-smith-dead.html
158•NaOH•8mo ago

Comments

NaOH•8mo ago
Williard Boyle was the other co-inventor. His passing in 2011 was linked here but did not elicit any discussion.

Nobel Prize winner Willard Boyle, inventor of CCD, dies. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2566440 - May 2011

nullhole•8mo ago
Some years ago I tried to get a crater on the Moon (or alternatively Mars) named after Willard Boyle. His (and Smith's) contribution to the practice of astronomy should be unquestionable.

The naming wasn't possible at the time because there is already a crater on the Moon named Boyle (after the British natural philosopher and chemist Robert Boyle, 1627-1691), and duplicate names aren't allowed. Use of the first name ('Willard') wasn't suggested at the time.

It may be time to re-submit the request, but for the name "Boyle-Smith", if combined names are allowed.

[0] https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/Categories "The Moon : Craters: Scientists, engineers, and explorers, as well as other persons connected with astronomy, planetary, or space research who have made outstanding or fundamental contributions to their field. ... First names are used for small craters of special interest. "

thelittleone•8mo ago
Wow... name collision avoidance is applied across the solar system.

Respect for taking the time to apply for his recognition.

closewith•8mo ago
The British natural philosopher and chemist?
toomuchtodo•8mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_E._Smith
dang•8mo ago
Url changed from https://www.universitycube.net/news/ccd-co-inventor-george-e..., which points to this.
neonate•8mo ago
https://archive.ph/U5yI7
neonate•8mo ago
He was 79 when the photo in the article was taken? That's incredible.
rvnx•8mo ago
Great looking for sure, probably genetics.
brcmthrowaway•8mo ago
Or using red light therapy
selcuka•8mo ago
He probably didn't, but he could have fine-tuned the CCD sensor of the camera.
kazinator•8mo ago
Or clocked it down so that what's being shifted out is actually a sample from when he was 49.
formerly_proven•8mo ago
Funnily enough the camera that he's holding has a CMOS sensor.
Luc•8mo ago
Nah it's an EOS-1D, it has a CCD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS-1D

formerly_proven•8mo ago
Says Mark II near his fingers.
Luc•8mo ago
You’re right. Picture ruined!
hobs•8mo ago
My dad is almost that old and looks younger and healthier than him for sure, it all depends on how you live your life and the genetics you are granted.
Findecanor•8mo ago
I had attended his 1999 Nobel Prize Lecture on the invention of the CCD. The video is available.

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2009/smith/lecture...