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History of the browser user-agent string (2008)
https://webaim.org/blog/user-agent-string-history/
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smushy
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4d ago
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netsharc
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4d ago
Ah, 2008. It didn't even reach the introduction of the iPhone user agent for a new mobile browsing experience, and then every mobile browser pretending to be an iPhone to get the same design...
What was it before the iPhone? WAP?
Mobile carriers can get your GPS location
https://an.dywa.ng/carrier-gnss.html
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cbeuw
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11h ago
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List animals until failure
https://rose.systems/animalist/
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l1n
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3h ago
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Cells use 'bioelectricity' to coordinate and make group decisions
https://www.quantamagazine.org/cells-use-bioelectricity-to-coordinate-and-make-group-decisions-20...
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marojejian
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4h ago
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In praise of –dry-run
https://henrikwarne.com/2026/01/31/in-praise-of-dry-run/
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ingve
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8h ago
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Generative AI and Wikipedia editing: What we learned in 2025
https://wikiedu.org/blog/2026/01/29/generative-ai-and-wikipedia-editing-what-we-learned-in-2025/
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ColinWright
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7h ago
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pg_tracing: Distributed Tracing for PostgreSQL
https://github.com/DataDog/pg_tracing
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tanelpoder
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3d ago
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Opentrees.org (2024)
https://opentrees.org/#pos=1/-37.8/145
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surprisetalk
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4d ago
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Scientist who helped eradicate smallpox dies at age 89
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/smallpox-eradication-champion-william-foege-dies-at-89/
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CrossVR
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3d ago
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Outsourcing thinking
https://erikjohannes.no/posts/20260130-outsourcing-thinking/index.html
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todsacerdoti
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7h ago
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Best of Moltbook
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/best-of-moltbook
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feross
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7h ago
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The Saddest Moment (2013) [pdf]
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login-logout_1305_mickens.pdf
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tosh
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8h ago
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Data Processing Benchmark Featuring Rust, Go, Swift, Zig, Julia etc.
https://github.com/zupat/related_post_gen
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behnamoh
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8h ago
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Demystifying ARM SME to Optimize General Matrix Multiplications
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.21473
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matt_d
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8h ago
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Apple-1 Computer Prototype Board #0 sold for $2.75M
https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/350902407346003-apple-1-computer-prototype-board-0-...
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qingcharles
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2h ago
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Nintendo DS code editor and scriptable game engine
https://crl.io/ds-game-engine/
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Antibabelic
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10h ago
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Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media
https://yle.fi/a/74-20207494
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Teever
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11h ago
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394 comments
Show HN: Minimal – Open-Source Community driven Hardened Container Images
https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal
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ritvikarya98
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8h ago
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24 comments
Wikipedia: Sandbox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox
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zaptrem
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1d ago
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Swift is a more convenient Rust (2023)
https://nmn.sh/blog/2023-10-02-swift-is-the-more-convenient-rust
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behnamoh
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6h ago
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Ferrari vs. Markets
https://ferrari-imports.enigmatechnologies.dev/
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merinid
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2d ago
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CollectWise (YC F24) Is Hiring
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/collectwise/jobs/ZunnO6k-ai-agent-engineer
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OBrien_1107
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7h ago
Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/inside-nvidias-10-year-effort-to-make-the-shield-tv-the-m...
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qmr
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13h ago
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EV-1 for Lease (1996)
https://www.loe.org/shows/shows.html?programID=96-P13-00047#feature4
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1970-01-01
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2d ago
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CPython Internals Explained
https://github.com/zpoint/CPython-Internals
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yufiz
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4d ago
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Apple Platform Security (Jan 2026) [pdf]
https://help.apple.com/pdf/security/en_US/apple-platform-security-guide.pdf
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pieterr
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12h ago
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Writing a .NET Garbage Collector in C# – Part 6: Mark and Sweep
https://minidump.net/writing-a-net-gc-in-c-part-6/
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pjmlp
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4d ago
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Show HN: Moltbook – A social network for moltbots (clawdbots) to hang out
https://www.moltbook.com/
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schlichtm
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3d ago
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When will CSS Grid Lanes arrive?
https://webkit.org/blog/17758/when-will-css-grid-lanes-arrive-how-long-until-we-can-use-it/
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feross
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5h ago
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Noctia: A sleek and minimal desktop shell thoughtfully crafted for Wayland
https://github.com/noctalia-dev/noctalia-shell
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doener
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8h ago
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Sparse File LRU Cache
http://ternarysearch.blogspot.com/2026/01/sparse-file-lru-cache.html
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paladin314159
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3h ago
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netsharc•4d ago
What was it before the iPhone? WAP?