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Mindless Machines, Mindless Myths
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/mindless-machines-mindless-myths/
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lermontov
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5h ago
Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file
https://hyperclay.com/
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pil0u
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6h ago
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95 comments
Electromechanical reshaping, an alternative to laser eye surgery
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-alternative-lasik-lasers.html
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Gaishan
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3h ago
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14 comments
MCP doesn't need tools, it needs code
https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/8/18/code-mcps/
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the_mitsuhiko
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3h ago
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51 comments
MCP tools with dependent types
https://vlaaad.github.io/mcp-tools-with-dependent-types
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vlaaad
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2h ago
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3 comments
A gigantic jet caught on camera: A spritacular moment for NASA astronaut
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/a-gigantic-jet-caught-on-camera-a-spritacular-moment-for-nasa-astronaut-nicole-ayers/
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acossta
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3d ago
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57 comments
Sky Calendar
https://abramsplanetarium.org/SkyCalendar/index.html
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NaOH
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2d ago
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0 comments
Walkie-Textie Wireless Communicator
http://www.technoblogy.com/show?2AON
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chrisjj
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2d ago
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10 comments
The Lives and Loves of James Baldwin
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/baldwin-a-love-story-nicholas-boggs-book-review
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Caiero
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14h ago
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7 comments
SystemD Service Hardening
https://roguesecurity.dev/blog/systemd-hardening
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todsacerdoti
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7h ago
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34 comments
Claudia – Desktop companion for Claude code
https://claudiacode.com/
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zerealshadowban
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19h ago
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208 comments
8x19 Text Mode Font Origins
https://www.os2museum.com/wp/8x19-text-mode-font-origins/
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userbinator
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2d ago
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5 comments
Unification (2018)
https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2018/unification/
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asplake
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5h ago
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8 comments
The Enterprise Experience
https://churchofturing.github.io/the-enterprise-experience.html
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Improvement
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20h ago
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123 comments
Llama-Scan: Convert PDFs to Text W Local LLMs
https://github.com/ngafar/llama-scan
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nawazgafar
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15h ago
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73 comments
LLMs and coding agents are a security nightmare
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/llms-coding-agents-security-nightmare
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flail
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1h ago
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14 comments
Clojure Async Flow Guide
https://clojure.github.io/core.async/flow-guide.html
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simonpure
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12h ago
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69 comments
Scientists discover surprising language 'shortcuts' in birdsong – like humans
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/scientists-discover-surprising-language-shortcuts-in-birdsong--just-like-humans/
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gnufx
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3d ago
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9 comments
When you're asking AI chatbots for answers, they're data-mining you
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/opinion_column_ai_surveillance/
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rntn
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59m ago
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1 comments
Nvidia Tilus: A Tile-Level GPU Kernel Programming Language
https://github.com/NVIDIA/tilus
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ashvardanian
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3d ago
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23 comments
The circular economy could make demolition a thing of the past
https://theconversation.com/the-circular-economy-could-make-demolition-a-thing-of-the-past-heres-how-261678
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PaulHoule
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1h ago
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3 comments
It's the Housing, Stupid
https://ofdollarsanddata.com/its-the-housing-stupid/
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throw0101c
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57m ago
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43 comments
Mangle – a language for deductive database programming
https://github.com/google/mangle
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simonpure
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12h ago
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14 comments
Show HN: OverType – A Markdown WYSIWYG editor that's just a textarea
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panphora
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20h ago
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89 comments
Show HN: Doxx – Terminal .docx viewer inspired by Glow
https://github.com/bgreenwell/doxx
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w108bmg
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17h ago
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56 comments
Google admits anti-competitive conduct involving Google Search in Australia
https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/google-admits-anti-competitive-conduct-involving-google-search-in-australia
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Improvement
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10h ago
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151 comments
Viking-Age hoard reveals trade between England and the Islamic World
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/08/viking-age-hoard-reveals-trade-between-england-and-the-islamic-world/155786
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bookofjoe
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3d ago
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43 comments
Derivatives, Gradients, Jacobians and Hessians
https://blog.demofox.org/2025/08/16/derivatives-gradients-jacobians-and-hessians-oh-my/
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ibobev
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22h ago
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64 comments
Website is served from nine Neovim buffers on my old ThinkPad
https://vim.gabornyeki.com/
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todsacerdoti
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1h ago
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6 comments
Show HN: NextDNS Adds "Bypass Age Verification"
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nextdns
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22h ago
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155 comments
Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) is reshaping microservice placement
https://codemia.io/blog/path/NUMA-Is-the-New-Network-How-Per-Socket-Memory-Models-Are-Reshaping-Microservice-Placement
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signa11
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11h ago
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24 comments