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SectorC: A C Compiler in 512 bytes

https://xorvoid.com/sectorc.html
89•valyala•4h ago•16 comments

The F Word

http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/02/friction.html
40•zdw•3d ago•6 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...
23•gnufx•2h ago•17 comments

Speed up responses with fast mode

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode
52•surprisetalk•3h ago•54 comments

Software factories and the agentic moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
93•mellosouls•6h ago•172 comments

Stories from 25 Years of Software Development

https://susam.net/twenty-five-years-of-computing.html
99•vinhnx•7h ago•13 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

https://www.spritely.institute/hoot/
143•AlexeyBrin•9h ago•26 comments

I write games in C (yes, C)

https://jonathanwhiting.com/writing/blog/games_in_c/
136•valyala•4h ago•106 comments

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

https://openciv3.org/
850•klaussilveira•1d ago•257 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-...
6•mbitsnbites•3d ago•0 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
68•samasblack•6h ago•51 comments

The Waymo World Model

https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simula...
1093•xnx•1d ago•618 comments

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

https://spillhistorie.no/2026/02/06/interview-with-sierra-veteran-al-lowe/
64•thelok•6h ago•10 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
235•jesperordrup•14h ago•80 comments

Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)

https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
518•theblazehen•3d ago•191 comments

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

https://rlhfbook.com/
94•onurkanbkrc•9h ago•5 comments

Selection Rather Than Prediction

https://voratiq.com/blog/selection-rather-than-prediction/
13•languid-photic•3d ago•4 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
30•momciloo•4h ago•5 comments

Coding agents have replaced every framework I used

https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/software-engineering-is-back
254•alainrk•8h ago•421 comments

The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/07/ai-spending-economy-shortages/
185•1vuio0pswjnm7•10h ago•260 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
48•rbanffy•4d ago•9 comments

We mourn our craft

https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/07/we-mourn-our-craft/
342•ColinWright•3h ago•409 comments

France's homegrown open source online office suite

https://github.com/suitenumerique
614•nar001•8h ago•271 comments

72M Points of Interest

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

Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production

https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/
124•videotopia•4d ago•39 comments

Where did all the starships go?

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/science-fiction-decline
97•speckx•4d ago•112 comments

Learning from context is harder than we thought

https://hy.tencent.com/research/100025?langVersion=en
211•limoce•4d ago•118 comments

History and Timeline of the Proco Rat Pedal (2021)

https://web.archive.org/web/20211030011207/https://thejhsshow.com/articles/history-and-timeline-o...
20•brudgers•5d ago•5 comments

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

https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo
287•isitcontent•1d ago•38 comments

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

https://github.com/sandys/kappal
32•sandGorgon•2d ago•15 comments
Open in hackernews

Lasagna Battery Cell

https://amazingribs.com/more-technique-and-science/more-cooking-science/reactive-pans/
124•nixass•7mo ago

Comments

wlkr•7mo ago
Interesting phenomenon I hadn't heard of before today. It looks like someone else thought to cross-post this from Reddit!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Weird/comments/1lwj0qy/weird_holes_...

extraduder_ire•7mo ago
Lasagne batteries hit the front page of reddit every couple of months. That's where I learned about galvanic corrosion in general a couple of years ago.
voiper1•6mo ago
I know tomato (acidic) will make holes in aluminum foil but I didn't know more than that.

I guess today's my day: https://xkcd.com/1053/

dcminter•6mo ago
On a related note and a slightly larger scale:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_anode

user____name•6mo ago
I would like to announce I am now working on a business plan to bring lasagna powered EVs to the masses.
chews•6mo ago
Garfield is probably a better CEO than the reigning EV one.
jagged-chisel•6mo ago
I don’t think we want a CEO that’s going to consume the entirety of a key ingredient in our product.

That said, your point stands.

moolcool•6mo ago
Surprised and delighted to see a Meathead post on hackernews.
MisterTea•6mo ago
I myself have found holes in foil covering acidic foods like a pot of sauce. I always assumed it was acid attack. I also switched to using the pot's lid or saran if I have no lid.

I'd like to know how much electrical energy a pan of lasagna contains and whether a discharged lasagna cell has a different flavor. Now I just need to invent a baking cell, a pan with insulated pockets so I keep my laptop and belly full ;-)

ryao•6mo ago
The lasagna is the electrolyte. The energy is contained in the metals.
leonfedden•6mo ago
I work at Literal Labs and I can confirm as of a few minutes ago, we are pivoting to powering our TinyML models by this exciting and delicious new technology!
joecool1029•6mo ago
Littoral labs were ahead of you powering their billion dollar ships: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Independence_(LCS-2)

Turns out using the ship's hull as an electrode was unsustainable and lead to an early decommissioning.

assbuttbuttass•6mo ago
Strange, this once happened to me with a tres leches cake that I made in a metal pan and covered with foil. The next morning the foil had tiny holes and the cake was covered in metal filings!
Jgrubb•6mo ago
I think that might be the single most hostile site I've ever tried to look at.
floatrock•6mo ago
The guy is a pitmaster, not a web designer.

This is a case of read the book, not the cover. The site is wealth of information on how to do all sorts of low-and-slow BBQ, both on techniques and the science behind what's going on. Pop a beer, try his Memphis Dust rub recipe, and just turn off your urge to rebuild everything in whatever flavor of javascript du jour. This isn't meant to be that kind of post.

owlninja•6mo ago
It is an excellent source of information! Coincidentally I looked at this site on mobile over the weekend when looking for a recipe and I do not have an ad-blocker - it is extremely hostile. Several pop-ups, auto-play videos and everything pops right back up even after you close them all. I had never noticed before using desktop but yeesh.
floatrock•6mo ago
unfortunately that's the enshittification reality of the proliferation of free food recipe sites. It's a rule of thumb that you need to use an adblocker anytime you look for anything recipe-related online.

Firefox Focus is an mobile firefox flavor that has built-in ad blocking and works quite well for cooking.

I do also sometimes open up a few physical cookbooks I bought with like real money.

stavros•6mo ago
What's wrong with it? I read the article pretty straightforwardly, the images are a bit janky but it was otherwise fine.
3acctforcom•6mo ago
Probably browsing without an adblocker. I do the same on my work laptop so that I don't have to factor that into troubleshooting front-end issues.

The non-ad-blocked web is fucking insane.

fryz•6mo ago
This is one of those joyful concepts you learn about as a homeowner, especially on older homes.

If you have plumbing that's done in different metal materials (copper, steel, lead, etc.) and any of your pipes touch, you have to perform regular maintenance and apply a dielectric grease (another one of those single-use materials that you have to buy and store away) or your pipes could corrode and cause a ton of damage.

sebazzz•6mo ago
So you need to regularly take your pipes apart?
jihadjihad•6mo ago
The same can happen in those double walled can coolers, depending on the alloys. I put a frosty can inside one and forgot to take it out. The next day, there was a ring of corrosion at the bottom of the can cooler.
1minusp•6mo ago
I recall way back in the day when Stephen Fry used to host QI, they did a bit about a lasagne battery. Sean Lock was on the panel if i remember and spun it out into a ipod-style "lasagne-pod"