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I wrote a Pong game in a 512-byte boot sector

https://akshatjoshi.com/i-wrote-a-pong-game-in-a-512-byte-boot-sector/
29•akshat666•4d ago

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akshat666•4d ago
Built this as a personal challenge. No OS, no drivers — just x86 assembly and BIOS. 512 bytes exactly. Boots in QEMU.

Run it: nasm -f bin pong.asm -o boot.bin qemu-system-x86_64 boot.bin

GitHub: https://github.com/akshat666/-bootponggame

Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025 post mortem

https://blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-2025-outage/
916•eastdakota•9h ago•490 comments

A down detector for down detector's down detector

https://downdetectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com/
63•SeanAnderson•1h ago•17 comments

Exploring the Limits of Large Language Models as Quant Traders

https://nof1.ai/blog/TechPost1
19•rzk•58m ago•4 comments

Gemini 3

https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-3/
1387•preek•17h ago•863 comments

Google Antigravity

https://antigravity.google/
857•Fysi•16h ago•841 comments

Show HN: Browser-based interactive 3D Three-Body problem simulator

https://trisolarchaos.com/?pr=O_8(0.6)&n=3&s=5.0&so=0.00&im=rk4&dt=1.00e-4&rt=1.0e-6&at=1.0e-8&bs...
107•jgchaos•17h ago•35 comments

I wrote a Pong game in a 512-byte boot sector

https://akshatjoshi.com/i-wrote-a-pong-game-in-a-512-byte-boot-sector/
29•akshat666•4d ago•1 comments

Pebble, Rebble, and a path forward

https://ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-rebble-and-a-path-forward/
385•phoronixrly•15h ago•188 comments

Blender 5.0

https://www.blender.org/download/releases/5-0/
714•FrostKiwi•10h ago•219 comments

I made a down detector for down detector

https://downdetectorsdowndetector.com
82•gusowen•8h ago•20 comments

Mojo-V: Secret Computation for RISC-V

https://github.com/toddmaustin/mojo-v
20•fork-bomber•6d ago•2 comments

Bluetooth Channel Sounding: The Next Leap in Bluetooth Innovation

https://www.embedded.com/bluetooth-channel-sounding-the-next-leap-in-bluetooth-innovation?_gl=1*8...
37•JoachimS•5d ago•12 comments

Ultima VII Revisited

https://github.com/ViridianGames/U7Revisited
67•erickhill•1w ago•6 comments

Gemini 3 Pro Model Card [pdf]

https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/Model-Cards/Gemini-3-Pro-Model-Card.pdf
219•virgildotcodes•21h ago•316 comments

The code and open-source tools I used to produce a science fiction anthology

https://compellingsciencefiction.com/posts/the-code-and-open-source-tools-i-used-to-produce-a-sci...
141•mojoe•16h ago•19 comments

Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues

https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8gmgl950y3h7
2360•imdsm•21h ago•1604 comments

I just want working RCS messaging

https://wt.gd/i-just-want-my-rcs-messaging-to-work
96•joecool1029•6h ago•75 comments

I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/
461•Tomte•14h ago•305 comments

Strace-macOS: A clone of the strace command for macOS

https://github.com/Mic92/strace-macos
32•signa11•7h ago•1 comments

OrthoRoute – GPU-accelerated autorouting for KiCad

https://bbenchoff.github.io/pages/OrthoRoute.html
158•wanderingjew•13h ago•18 comments

Google boss says AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy7vrd8k4eo
235•jillesvangurp•1d ago•439 comments

Show HN: RowboatX – open-source Claude Code for everyday automations

https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat
84•segmenta•13h ago•18 comments

Solving a million-step LLM task with zero errors

https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09030
176•Anon84•16h ago•54 comments

GitHub: Git operation failures

https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/5q7nmlxz30sk
361•wilhelmklopp•11h ago•294 comments

What I learned about creativity from a man painting on a treadmill (2024)

https://quinnmaclay.com/texts/lets-paint
47•8organicbits•4d ago•13 comments

Rebecca Heineman – from homelessness to porting Doom (2022)

https://corecursive.com/doomed-to-fail-with-burger-becky/
194•birdculture•9h ago•26 comments

Bild AI (YC W25) is hiring – Make housing affordable

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bild-ai/jobs/m2ilR5L-founding-engineer-applied-ai
1•rooppal•11h ago

Short Little Difficult Books

https://countercraft.substack.com/p/short-little-difficult-books
172•crescit_eundo•18h ago•95 comments

Nearly all UK drivers say headlights are too bright

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j8ewy1p86o
757•YeGoblynQueenne•18h ago•748 comments

Lucent 7 R/E 5ESS Telephone Switch Rescue (2024)

http://kev009.com/wp/2024/07/Lucent-5ESS-Rescue/
45•gjvc•8h ago•19 comments