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A visual history of Visual C++ (2017)
http://www.malsmith.net/blog/visual-c-visual-history/
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rayanboulares
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2h ago
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8 comments
Show HN: JavaScript-free (X)HTML Includes
https://github.com/Evidlo/xsl-website
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Evidlo
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11h ago
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50 comments
Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 33x in one year
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/google-says-it-dropped-the-energy-cost-of-ai-queries-by-33x-in-one-year/
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ksec
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2h ago
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23 comments
The theory and practice of selling the Aga cooker (1935) [pdf]
https://comeadwithus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/the-theory-and-practice-of-selling-the-aga-cooker.pdf
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phpnode
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2d ago
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7 comments
Shader Academy: Learn computer graphics by solving challenges
https://shaderacademy.com/
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pykello
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2d ago
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14 comments
I run a full Linux desktop in Docker just because I can
https://www.howtogeek.com/i-run-a-full-linux-desktop-in-docker-just-because-i-can/
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redbell
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3d ago
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30 comments
The first Media over QUIC CDN: Cloudflare
https://moq.dev/blog/first-cdn/
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kixelated
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11h ago
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89 comments
Nitro: A tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor
https://git.vuxu.org/nitro/about/
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todsacerdoti
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10h ago
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59 comments
Developer sentenced to prison for activating “kill switch” to avenge his firing
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/developer-gets-4-years-for-activating-network-kill-switch-to-avenge-his-firing/
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Volundr
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1h ago
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35 comments
Top Secret: Automatically filter sensitive information
https://thoughtbot.com/blog/top-secret
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thunderbong
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1d ago
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5 comments
My tips for using LLM agents to create software
https://efitz-thoughts.blogspot.com/2025/08/my-experience-creating-software-with_22.html
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efitz
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4h ago
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4 comments
Glyn: Type-safe PubSub and Registry for Gleam actors with distributed clustering
https://github.com/mbuhot/glyn
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TheWiggles
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7h ago
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3 comments
Japan city drafts ordinance to cap smartphone use at 2 hours per day
https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/59582
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Improvement
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3h ago
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24 comments
FFmpeg 8.0
https://ffmpeg.org/index.html#pr8.0
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gyan
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14h ago
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175 comments
Computer fraud laws used to prosecute leaking air crash footage to CNN
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/22/investigators-used-terrible-computer-fraud-laws-to-ensure-people-were-punished-for-leaking-air-crash-footage-to-cnn/
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BallsInIt
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5h ago
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58 comments
Popular Japanese smartphone games have introduced external payment systems
https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/59689
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anigbrowl
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5h ago
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55 comments
Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law
https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-goes-dark-in-mississippi-age-verification/
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BallsInIt
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6h ago
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45 comments
Why is this hard?
https://programmersstone.blog/posts/why-is-this-hard/
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Bogdanp
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2d ago
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7 comments
The use of LLM assistants for kernel development
https://lwn.net/Articles/1032612/
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Bogdanp
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6h ago
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1 comments
Now, Together
https://natashajaffe.substack.com/p/now-together
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mooreds
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2d ago
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0 comments
Launch HN: BlankBio (YC S25) – Making RNA Programmable
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antichronology
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12h ago
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25 comments
From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent
https://www.ssp.sh/blog/macbook-to-arch-linux-omarchy/
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articsputnik
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3d ago
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69 comments
LabPlot: Free, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis
https://labplot.org/
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turrini
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20h ago
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37 comments
Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org
https://giuliomagnifico.blog/post/2025-08-18-leaving-gmail/
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giuliomagnifico
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12h ago
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246 comments
Transcribe music in abc with syntax highlighting
https://fugue-state.io/app?project=24024aab-22f1-43cc-abef-c1647cc59597
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jonzudell
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7h ago
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5 comments
The issue of anti-cheat on Linux (2024)
https://tulach.cc/the-issue-of-anti-cheat-on-linux/
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todsacerdoti
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1d ago
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190 comments
It’s not wrong that "\u{1F926}\u{1F3FC}\u200D\u2642\uFE0F".length == 7 (2019)
https://hsivonen.fi/string-length/
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program
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23h ago
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229 comments
Closing the Nix gap: From environments to packaged applications for rust
https://devenv.sh/blog/2025/08/22/closing-the-nix-gap-from-environments-to-packaged-applications-for-rust/
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domenkozar
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13h ago
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24 comments
U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/22/intel-goverment-equity-stake.html
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givemeethekeys
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8h ago
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570 comments
What Happened to Egghead Software
https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-egghead-software/
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zdw
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3d ago
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13 comments