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

https://openciv3.org/
471•klaussilveira•7h ago•115 comments

The Waymo World Model

https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simula...
809•xnx•12h ago•487 comments

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

https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo
157•isitcontent•7h ago•17 comments

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

https://github.com/pydantic/monty
154•dmpetrov•7h ago•67 comments

How we made geo joins 400× faster with H3 indexes

https://floedb.ai/blog/how-we-made-geo-joins-400-faster-with-h3-indexes
31•matheusalmeida•1d ago•1 comments

A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/a-century-of-hair-samples-proves-leaded-gas-ban-worked/
91•jnord•3d ago•12 comments

Dark Alley Mathematics

https://blog.szczepan.org/blog/three-points/
50•quibono•4d ago•6 comments

Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use

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260•vecti•9h ago•122 comments

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

https://github.com/microsoft/litebox
328•aktau•13h ago•158 comments

Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?

https://eljojo.github.io/rememory/
204•eljojo•10h ago•134 comments

Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info

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327•ostacke•13h ago•86 comments

Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

https://hackers-1995.vercel.app/
411•todsacerdoti•15h ago•219 comments

An Update on Heroku

https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/
336•lstoll•13h ago•241 comments

PC Floppy Copy Protection: Vault Prolok

https://martypc.blogspot.com/2024/09/pc-floppy-copy-protection-vault-prolok.html
21•kmm•4d ago•1 comments

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52•phreda4•6h ago•9 comments

Delimited Continuations vs. Lwt for Threads

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4•romes•4d ago•0 comments

How to effectively write quality code with AI

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195•i5heu•10h ago•144 comments

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

https://infisical.com/blog/devops-to-solutions-engineering
115•vmatsiiako•12h ago•38 comments

Learning from context is harder than we thought

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

Understanding Neural Network, Visually

https://visualrambling.space/neural-network/
243•surprisetalk•3d ago•32 comments

I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

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994•cdrnsf•16h ago•419 comments

Introducing the Developer Knowledge API and MCP Server

https://developers.googleblog.com/introducing-the-developer-knowledge-api-and-mcp-server/
25•gfortaine•4h ago•3 comments

FORTH? Really!?

https://rescrv.net/w/2026/02/06/associative
45•rescrv•15h ago•17 comments

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

https://andrewjrod.substack.com/p/im-going-to-cure-my-girlfriends-brain
66•ray__•3h ago•27 comments

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

https://red.anthropic.com/2026/zero-days/
37•lebovic•1d ago•11 comments

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

https://docs.smooth.sh/cli/overview
78•antves•1d ago•59 comments

Female Asian Elephant Calf Born at the Smithsonian National Zoo

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6•gmays•2h ago•2 comments

Show HN: Slack CLI for Agents

https://github.com/stablyai/agent-slack
41•nwparker•1d ago•11 comments

How virtual textures work

https://www.shlom.dev/articles/how-virtual-textures-really-work/
29•betamark•14h ago•28 comments

The Oklahoma Architect Who Turned Kitsch into Art

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-31/oklahoma-architect-bruce-goff-s-wild-home-desi...
21•MarlonPro•3d ago•4 comments
Open in hackernews

Solving the Nostr web clients attack vector

https://fiatjaf.com/6829ad8b.html
39•evanjrowley•5mo ago

Comments

evanjrowley•5mo ago
I did not create this article but was intrigued to see an attack vector for the Nostr protocol being highlighted.
RainyDayTmrw•5mo ago
See also: Zooko's triangle[1], a fundamental limitation and trade-offs for names.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooko%27s_triangle

paride5745•5mo ago
I’m confused.

What’s the point of the article?

How’s the author compromised by the Mossad?

What would the attack be?

hackernudes•5mo ago
The article is about accessing a service (nostr) through a hosted web app. The domain or server that is hosting the app could be compromised and serve a bad app.

Posts on nostr use a key pair so when you see a post from foo you know it's the same foo you knew from last week. Also, posts are shared to and stored on multiple independent servers (called relays).

A compromised app could serve you fake posts or censor stuff.

beefnugs•5mo ago
Seems like the age old ease of using a website, vs running your own copy of open source software after reading and understanding it in its entirety (unsolvable mess)
jazzyjackson•5mo ago
Agreed it’s not a great article because it expects the reader to have context and a little imagination, but last I checked what the nostrilfolk were up to it was typical for a web app to ask for your private key (Nsec) and you’re just supposed to trust that app to take actions on your behalf (why nostr isn’t a browser extension that simply signs transactions clientside I don’t know)

So the attack vector is you change what you do once you get a nostridumbass to enter their nsec, Mossad is just mentioned as a catchall for potential attackers.

evbogue•5mo ago
The specific attack is not being highlighted in this article. Are we worried about keypairs being stolen and used to push malicious messages to the network? Lightning wallets emptied? Direct messages being read?
mmmmbbbhb•5mo ago
I'd say this is the least of nostr's problems right now.