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The 26,000-Year Astronomical Monument Hidden in Plain Sight

https://longnow.org/ideas/the-26000-year-astronomical-monument-hidden-in-plain-sight/
91•mkmk•1h ago•14 comments

The Unix Pipe Card Game

https://punkx.org/unix-pipe-game/
84•kykeonaut•2h ago•22 comments

Show HN: wxpath – Declarative web crawling in XPath

https://github.com/rodricios/wxpath
26•rodricios•6d ago•2 comments

Unconventional PostgreSQL Optimizations

https://hakibenita.com/postgresql-unconventional-optimizations
130•haki•5h ago•14 comments

IP Addresses Through 2025

https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2026-01/addr2025.html
123•petercooper•5h ago•66 comments

Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher

https://novalauncher.com/nova-is-here-to-stay
9•KORraN•23m ago•2 comments

Nvidia Stock Crash Prediction

https://entropicthoughts.com/nvidia-stock-crash-prediction
200•todsacerdoti•3h ago•161 comments

I'm addicted to being useful

https://www.seangoedecke.com/addicted-to-being-useful/
332•swah•8h ago•181 comments

De-dollarization: Is the US dollar losing its dominance? (2025)

https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/global-research/currencies/de-dollarization
427•andsoitis•3h ago•532 comments

The Zen of Reticulum

https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum/blob/master/Zen%20of%20Reticulum.md
69•mikece•5h ago•43 comments

Linux kernel framework for PCIe device emulation, in userspace

https://github.com/cakehonolulu/pciem
175•71bw•11h ago•66 comments

Show HN: Ocrbase – pdf → .md/.json document OCR and structured extraction API

https://github.com/majcheradam/ocrbase
64•adammajcher•6h ago•21 comments

Level S4 solar radiation event

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g4-severe-geomagnetic-storm-levels-reached-19-jan-2026
565•WorldPeas•23h ago•184 comments

Everyone's a Gangster, Till You Get Bundled in G-Suite

https://twitter.com/keropillay/status/2013454666244481244
30•keroshanpillay•1h ago•15 comments

Apple testing new App Store design that blurs the line between ads and results

https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/16/iphone-apple-app-store-search-results-ads-new-design/
568•ksec•1d ago•469 comments

IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service (1999)

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2549.html
54•mig4ng•8h ago•23 comments

Channel3 (YC S25) Is Hiring

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/channel3/jobs/3DIAYYY-backend-engineer
1•aschiff1•7h ago

Reticulum, a secure and anonymous mesh networking stack

https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum
303•brogu•19h ago•73 comments

The Alignment Game (2023)

https://dmvaldman.github.io/alignment-game/
38•dmvaldman•4d ago•7 comments

Running Claude Code dangerously (safely)

https://blog.emilburzo.com/2026/01/running-claude-code-dangerously-safely/
212•emilburzo•7h ago•178 comments

Google co-founder reveals that "many" of the new hires do not have a degree

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/google-cofounder-reveals-tons-recent-231500103.html
44•01-_-•1h ago•42 comments

Increasing the performance of WebAssembly Text Format parser by 350%

https://blog.gplane.win/posts/improve-wat-parser-perf.html
88•gplane•5d ago•30 comments

What came first: the CNAME or the A record?

https://blog.cloudflare.com/cname-a-record-order-dns-standards/
435•linolevan•1d ago•149 comments

How Hightouch built their long-running agent harness

https://www.amplifypartners.com/blog-posts/how-hightouch-built-their-long-running-agent-harness
38•thecr0w•58m ago•1 comments

Kiss Launcher – fast launcher for Android

https://kisslauncher.com/
68•ifh-hn•9h ago•36 comments

The coming industrialisation of exploit generation with LLMs

https://sean.heelan.io/2026/01/18/on-the-coming-industrialisation-of-exploit-generation-with-llms/
231•long•1d ago•145 comments

Nanolang: A tiny experimental language designed to be targeted by coding LLMs

https://github.com/jordanhubbard/nanolang
212•Scramblejams•21h ago•167 comments

Benchmarking a Baseline Fully-in-Place Functional Language Compiler [pdf]

https://trendsfp.github.io/papers/tfp26-paper-12.pdf
30•matt_d•4d ago•3 comments

3D printing my laptop ergonomic setup

https://www.ntietz.com/blog/3d-printing-my-laptop-ergonomic-setup/
145•kurinikku•19h ago•67 comments

Prediction markets are ushering in a world in which news becomes about gambling

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/america-polymarket-disaster/685662/
442•krustyburger•2d ago•431 comments
Open in hackernews

A Pro Meticulously Restores a Damaged Oil Painting [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQbZIyo-SgM
26•surprisetalk•4d ago

Comments

gus_massa•3d ago
[rabbit hole warning]

Just in case the algorithm has not send you down there, https://www.youtube.com/@BaumgartnerRestoration

Arainach•2h ago
It's hard to pick one representative example, but the whole channel is a better example than the video linked in this HN post. Where this video says things such as "using precision tools and carefully selected materials", Baumgartner walks you through what tools, what materials, and how/why he decides to use those materials in a way this video does not.
christogreeff•1h ago
Been following him for a while. The recent one about the brush company was great.
flowerthoughts•1h ago
> materials

I'd say he's always been very secretive about the chemicals he use, what type of varnish was on the painting, etc.

gus_massa•45m ago
I agree. For example, in this video they say "1% peroxide" to clean the circular ¿mould? marks. I don't remember any specific detail like that in the videos by Baumgartner, just "a mix of solvents", "some cleaners", ...
EvanAnderson•1h ago
Baumgartner's videos are wonderful demonstrations of his skill and knowledge, as well as being entertaining. I can't imagine a significant fraction of prospective fine art restoration Customers would go seek out videos like these, but if one was considering Baumgartner a quick look at his videos would go a long way to closing the deal.
cannolicannon•1h ago
I'm supposed to be finishing up a changelog entry for a software release, but this is fascinating. Watching someone execute their craft at this level is mesmerizing.

You did warn us though.

s1mplicissimus•1h ago
Was just about to recommend that same channel. In comparison to the article video, I find Baumgartners style much more educating and soothing. Though the process they use for restoring paintings seems pretty similar, it's always interesting to see new ways of doing things.
adriand•2h ago
I really needed this watch. What a lovely change from the steady drumbeat of insanity that has taken grip of this world. A beautiful reminder that amidst the chaos, so many people - I think many of us included! - continue to practice their craft with care, precision, discipline and consideration.
amelius•2h ago
The hitting of the nails at 7:19 didn't look like true craftsmanship.
rationalist•13m ago
Lots of details irked me, that was the biggest.

The most evident part was where they showed a close-up of the new canvas, and the corner cuts did not line up.

JadeNB•1h ago
While those interested probably already know about them, amateur restorations can be decidedly less felicitous, with probably the most famous example being Ecce Homo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecce_Homo_(Garc%C3%ADa_Mart%C3....