Get the location of the ISS using DNS

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/get-the-location-of-the-iss-using-dns/

37•8organicbits•1h ago•10 comments

Overthinking GIS (2024)

https://scottsexton.co/post/overthinking_gis/

60•todsacerdoti•5h ago•15 comments

Hidden interface controls that affect usability

https://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/july-august-2025/stop-hiding-my-controls-hidden-interface-controls-are-affecting-usability

481•cxr•14h ago•303 comments

Local-first software (2019)

https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first/

740•gasull•22h ago•243 comments

Serving 200M requests per day with a CGI-bin

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/5/cgi-bin-performance/

201•mustache_kimono•13h ago•140 comments

Take Two: Eshell

http://yummymelon.com/devnull/take-two-eshell.html

49•nanna•3d ago•27 comments

July 5, 1687: When Newton explained why you don't float away

https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com/blog/when-newton-explained-why-you-dont-float-away/

63•TMEHpodcast•9h ago•56 comments

Show HN: I made Logic gates using CSS if() function

https://yongsk0066.github.io/css_if_logic_gate/

37•yongsk0066•3d ago•7 comments

Eastern Baltic cod grow much smaller than they did due to overfishing

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-cod-have-been-shrinking-dramatically-for-decades-now-scientists-say-theyve-solved-the-mystery-180986920/

216•littlexsparkee•18h ago•70 comments

What a Hacker Stole from Me

https://mynoise.net/blog.php

215•wonger_•15h ago•53 comments

How to Network as an Introvert

https://aginfer.bearblog.dev/how-to-network-as-an-introvert/

236•agcat•16h ago•87 comments

The Mystery of People Who Speak Languages

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/09/03/the-mystery-of-people-who-speak-dozens-of-languages

9•rbanffy•3d ago•1 comments

Can we test it? Yes, was can [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqC3tudPH6w

22•zdw•3d ago•28 comments

Development of a transputer ISA board

https://nanochess.org/transputer_board.html

39•nanochess•2d ago•3 comments

Six months into congestion pricing, more cars are off the road

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/traffic_and_transit/2025/07/05/six-months-into-congestion-pricing--more-cars-are-off-the-road--report-says

9•geox•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: BreakerMachines – Modern Circuit Breaker for Rails with Async Support

https://github.com/seuros/breaker_machines

7•seuros•3h ago•1 comments

Europe's first geostationary sounder satellite is launched

https://www.eumetsat.int/europes-first-geostationary-sounder-satellite-launched

199•diggan•23h ago•43 comments

macOS Icon History

https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/macos-icon-history

204•ksec•22h ago•79 comments

"Swiss Cheese" Failure Model

https://www.bookofjoe.com/2025/07/swiss-cheese-failure-model.html

16•surprisetalk•3d ago•10 comments

Volvo delivers 5,000th electric semi

https://electrek.co/2025/06/29/volvo-delivers-5000th-electric-semi-with-little-fanfare-sending-a-big-message/

189•JumpCrisscross•11h ago•108 comments

The force-feeding of AI features on an unwilling public

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-force-feeding-of-ai-on-an-unwilling

144•imartin2k•7h ago•134 comments

ClojureScript from First Principles [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An-ImWVppNQ

84•puredanger•3d ago•19 comments

Optimizing Tool Selection for LLM Workflows with Differentiable Programming

https://viksit.substack.com/p/optimizing-tool-selection-for-llm

103•viksit•16h ago•34 comments

Speeding up PostgreSQL dump/restore snapshots

https://xata.io/blog/behind-the-scenes-speeding-up-pgstream-snapshots-for-postgresql

130•tudorg•20h ago•33 comments

The most otherworldly, mysterious forms of lightning on Earth

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/lightning-sprites-transient-luminous-events-thunderstorms

6•Anon84•47m ago•1 comments

Yet Another Zip Trick

https://hackarcana.com/article/yet-another-zip-trick

70•todsacerdoti•4d ago•20 comments

On latency, measurement, and optimization in algorithmic trading systems

https://www.architect.co/posts/how-fast-is-it-really

38•auc•3d ago•18 comments

Techno-feudalism and the rise of AGI: A future without economic rights?

https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14283

175•lexandstuff•16h ago•146 comments

Four integers are enough to write a Snake Game

https://www.andreinc.net/2022/05/01/4-integers-are-enough-to-write-a-snake-game

10•wonger_•3d ago•4 comments

Are we the baddies?

https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2025/07/05/are-we-the-baddies.html

432•AndrewSwift•8h ago•268 comments

Open in hackernews

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/texas-floods-warnings-vacancies.html

13•geox•9h ago

Comments

solfox•9h ago

Classic "fire the IT security team, what do they do anyway??" >> get hacked >> "who could have seen this coming??"

ungreased0675•9h ago

The weather warnings that went out were timely and specifically mentioned danger to campers. This headline is an attempt to politicize a tragedy.