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First, make me care

https://gwern.net/blog/2026/make-me-care
460•andsoitis•10h ago•138 comments

Scientists identify brain waves that define the limits of 'you'

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identify-brain-waves-that-define-the-limits-of-you
111•mikhael•5h ago•22 comments

A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch

https://github.com/tldev/posturr
527•dnw•13h ago•176 comments

Case study: Creative math – How AI fakes proofs

https://tomaszmachnik.pl/case-study-math-en.html
64•musculus•6h ago•37 comments

Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

https://restofworld.org/2026/iran-blackout-tiered-internet/
39•siev•1h ago•23 comments

The Science of Fermentation [audio]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002pqg6
27•fallinditch•2d ago•7 comments

Delta single handle ball faucets (1963)

https://archive.org/details/DeltaSingleHandleBallFaucets
34•userbinator•4d ago•16 comments

Doom has been ported to an earbud

https://doombuds.com
379•arin-s•17h ago•115 comments

Video Games as Art

https://gwern.net/video-game-art
14•andsoitis•3h ago•0 comments

Spanish track was fractured before high-speed train disaster, report finds

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1m77dmxlvlo
166•Rygian•10h ago•139 comments

Using PostgreSQL as a Dead Letter Queue for Event-Driven Systems

https://www.diljitpr.net/blog-post-postgresql-dlq
186•tanelpoder•13h ago•59 comments

Show HN: An interactive map of US lighthouses and navigational aids

https://www.lighthouses.app/
57•idd2•11h ago•18 comments

Guix for Development

https://dthompson.us/posts/guix-for-development.html
56•clircle•5d ago•20 comments

Environmentalists worry Google behind bid to control Oregon town's water

https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/mount-hood-water-google-21307223.php
23•voxadam•1h ago•0 comments

Clawdbot - open source personal AI assistant

https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdbot
177•KuzeyAbi•4h ago•108 comments

Web-based image editor modeled after Deluxe Paint

https://github.com/steffest/DPaint-js
195•bananaboy•16h ago•18 comments

Building a Real-Time HN Display for $15

https://medium.com/@lee.harding/building-a-real-time-hn-display-for-15-3ea1772051ff
11•kylegalbraith•3d ago•0 comments

Show HN: A small programming language where everything is pass-by-value

https://github.com/Jcparkyn/herd
61•jcparkyn•6h ago•35 comments

Turbopack: Building faster by building less

https://nextjs.org/blog/turbopack-incremental-computation
29•feross•5d ago•15 comments

The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world (2019)

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world
246•choult•7h ago•171 comments

Oneplus phone update introduces hardware anti-rollback

https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Oneplus_phone_update_introduces_hardware_anti-rollback
377•validatori•8h ago•225 comments

The future of software engineering is SRE

https://swizec.com/blog/the-future-of-software-engineering-is-sre/
47•Swizec•7h ago•19 comments

Microsoft suspects some PCs might not boot after Windows 11 January 2026 Update

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/01/25/microsoft-suspects-some-pcs-might-not-boot-after-windows...
41•nsoonhui•3h ago•25 comments

ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/report-ice-using-palantir-tool-feeds-medicaid-data
1038•JKCalhoun•11h ago•650 comments

Bitwise conversion of doubles using only FP multiplication and addition (2020)

https://dougallj.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/bitwise-conversion-of-doubles-using-only-floating-point...
26•vitaut•14h ago•2 comments

Show HN: Bonsplit – Tabs and splits for native macOS apps

https://bonsplit.alasdairmonk.com
223•sgottit•17h ago•28 comments

Infinite pancakes, anyone?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/science/infinite-pancake-math-puzzle.html
29•cainxinth•3d ago•11 comments

SF Microclimates

https://microclimates.solofounders.com/
4•rmason•2h ago•0 comments

A flawed paper in management science has been cited more than 6k times

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/22/aking/
656•timr•20h ago•337 comments

Optimizing GPU Programs from Java Using Babylon and Hat

https://openjdk.org/projects/babylon/articles/hat-matmul/hat-matmul
39•pjmlp•5d ago•2 comments
Open in hackernews

Tech CEOs attend Amazon-funded "Melania" screening at White House

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/white-house-vip-melania-screening-mike-tyson-tim-cook-1236484037/
67•camillomiller•2h ago

Comments

camillomiller•2h ago
On the night of Alex Pretti's execution by Border Patrol, big tech CEOs think it's a great idea to show up at the preview of the most pathetic movie in existence. This goes beyond "having to seat at the table" to change things, like Tim Cook often said. This is high level simping. I am so disgusted. These are the people y'all work for.
Trasmatta•1h ago
So many apologists for Tim Apple over the past year, but I think this is just who he is. Gladly embracing fascism and authoritarianism.
iJohnDoe•1h ago
Very true. This is why Hitler was surrounded by so many people. They went where the power was. Even if it’s not “who he is”, it is who he became.

The nazis were prosecuted decades later. Tim Cook’s actions shouldn’t be magically forgotten once Trump is out of office.

This pattern has historical precedent. Adolf Hitler’s inner circle included people like Albert Speer, a trained architect who was not an early ideologue but aligned himself with power as the regime consolidated control. Speer benefited professionally, became Minister of Armaments, and later claimed political detachment. These claims were rejected at Nuremberg, where he was convicted for his role in the Nazi state.

The fact that alignment can be opportunistic rather than ideological did not absolve responsibility then, and it should not automatically do so now. Accountability is not erased simply because a political era ends.

dissent•22m ago
There's a big difference between being a party member actually in a government position (war related, no less), and being a businessman surviving under that regime. You're not only making an absurd comparison, you're calling for punishment for somebody who hasn't even remotely broken any laws. Can't you see you're being authoritarian?
codyb•1h ago
Yea, Apple's decision to have its CEO embrace fascism has really destroyed a ton of my goodwill towards the company and I'm actively looking for alternatives, delaying further purchases, and encouraging others to do the same.

Doesn't help that they appear to have shot all of their UX designers into the sun judging by the most recent iOS and MacOS upgrades.

bigyabai•20m ago
Don't forget that he did it for Trump's first admin too. Cooperation with the government seems to be an imperative beyond the CEO's control.
smrtinsert•1h ago
It's pathetic on many levels but I cant shake the most obvious one to me, the nerds are being forced to worship the school bully and his girl
tecoholic•1h ago
Wow. That’s a breakdown I will remember for a long time.
greyface-•1h ago
> being forced to

Choosing to.

mikeyouse•1h ago
Forced means something else when you’re among the most rich and powerful people on earth - they chose to do this. It’s far more demeaning and should haunt them to their graves.
CamperBob2•1h ago
Bezos can afford anything on Earth, but he can't afford to alienate Trump. Tariffs could end Amazon overnight.

Same is true for Musk, whose fortune hinges on government largesse and regulatory collegiality.

But Apple? Screw those asshats, they have no such excuses.

mayneack•1h ago
They absolutely can afford to be a-political. It may not maximize their wealth, but they can afford a little less maximizing.
mikeyouse•1h ago
I’m sure that’s what Bezos tells himself. Which is both wrong and absolutely ignominious.

And if Elon’s X feed contains his real thoughts, his brain has turned to pudding and he earnestly believes a bunch of really vile racist garbage, so I guess it makes sense he’s hanging out with the rest of the deplorables in this administration.

jp_nc•28m ago
End Amazon overnight and see what the response is from the people. What I don’t get about these guys is that they have their OWN power base - their customers. Just look at the leverage TikTok had because of their users
deaux•20m ago
> What I don’t get about these guys is that they have their OWN power base - their customers

What do you not get about these guys? It's very simple. The likes of Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos are the exact same as Peter Thiel and Elon Musk. The last two are just louder about it. They have their own power base, but relying on it doesn't maximize their wealth. In a best case scenario, they could achieve maybe 50% of the wealth by relying on their own power base, compared to kowtowing to The Party. They don't want 50%, they want 100%, and there's absolutely nothing that they won't do for it.

com2kid•9m ago
Each round of Chinese tariffs had an exception for smartphones.

That wasn't by chance. iPhones going up in price 50% would kill Apple very quickly.

Supermancho•1h ago
Adam from Adam Does Movies can't wait to do a recrap of Melania and my family is excited to see THAT.
treetalker•1h ago
Please, God, let Mel Brooks make one more film after Spaceballs 2.
7e•1h ago
What could possibly be in this movie other than Melania constantly suing news outlets who ran reports she was a sex worker?
jsbisviewtiful•3m ago
and she’s an immigrant.
codyb•1h ago
Boycott all these goobers.
deaux•17m ago
Would be easier if half of HN didn't work for them. There's a reason why these posts get maybe 20 comments on here whereas ones showing similar allegiance to the Party by companies half of HN doesn't work at get 600.

But hey, vests too juicy.

duxup•56m ago
I was on a website and got a “sign Melania’s birthday card” advertisement. Super creepy.
zmmmmm•9m ago
All I can say is remember. Remember the hypocrisy, the spineless lack of values, the willingness to engage, effectively, in corruption. That should be the permanent understanding you now have of these people.

Next time they are up on stage telling you how great their new product or service is - make sure your first thought is, the person selling me this put corruptly pandering to an authoritarian wannabe dictator ahead of their own integrity. If they have no integrity, why should I trust anything they say about this product they are now pitching to me?