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Converting a $3.88 analog clock from Walmart into a ESP8266-based Wi-Fi clock

https://github.com/jim11662418/ESP8266_WiFi_Analog_Clock
179•tokyobreakfast•2h ago•64 comments

Why is the sky blue?

https://explainers.blog/posts/why-is-the-sky-blue/
156•udit99•3h ago•47 comments

Sleeper Shells: Attackers Are Planting Dormant Backdoors in Ivanti EPMM

https://defusedcyber.com/ivanti-epmm-sleeper-shells-403jsp
88•waihtis•3h ago•23 comments

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
216•x01•4h ago•241 comments

UEFI Bindings for JavaScript

https://codeberg.org/smnx/promethee
137•ananas-dev•4h ago•75 comments

Game Boy Advance Audio Interpolation

https://jsgroth.dev/blog/posts/gba-audio-interpolation/
13•ibobev•1h ago•2 comments

Thoughts on Generating C

https://wingolog.org/archives/2026/02/09/six-thoughts-on-generating-c
140•ingve•4h ago•29 comments

The Traffic Mimes of Bogotá

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/traffic-mimes-of-colombia
39•IgorPartola•4d ago•4 comments

Information Is Beautiful

https://informationisbeautiful.net/
24•surprisetalk•5d ago•0 comments

Show HN: Algorithmically Finding the Longest Line of Sight on Earth

https://alltheviews.world
288•tombh•8h ago•121 comments

The Markets of Old London

https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/06/20/the-markets-of-old-london-i/
3•zeristor•24m ago•0 comments

Medieval Monks Wrote over Ancient Star Catalog – Particle Accel Reveals Original

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-monks-wrote-over-a-copy-of-an-ancient-star-cat...
49•bookofjoe•5d ago•23 comments

GitHub is down again

https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/54hndjxft5bx
275•MattIPv4•2h ago•312 comments

Like Game-of-Life, but on Growing Graphs, with WASM and WebGL

https://znah.net/graphs/
101•znah•1d ago•14 comments

Long-Sought Proof Tames Some of Math's Unruliest Equations

https://www.quantamagazine.org/long-sought-proof-tames-some-of-maths-unruliest-equations-20260206/
50•ibobev•4h ago•8 comments

Art of Roads in Games

https://sandboxspirit.com/blog/art-of-roads-in-games/
537•linolevan•21h ago•177 comments

Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)

218•david927•23h ago•756 comments

AT&T, Verizon blocking release of Salt Typhoon security assessment reports

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/senator-says-att-verizon-blocking-release-salt-typ...
184•redman25•4h ago•45 comments

Vouch

https://github.com/mitchellh/vouch
1029•chwtutha•1d ago•443 comments

Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/09/irish-man-seamus-culleton-ice-detention
22•n1b0m•16m ago•5 comments

From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/bezos-washington-post-trump-6950317-Feb2026/
23•DyslexicAtheist•57m ago•10 comments

Nobody knows how the whole system works

https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/02/08/nobody-knows-how-the-whole-system-works/
198•azhenley•13h ago•145 comments

Humans peak in midlife: A combined cognitive and personality trait perspective

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289625000649
96•Brajeshwar•4h ago•37 comments

Show HN: Printable Classics – Free printable classic books for hobby bookbinders

https://printableclassics.com
48•bookman10•6h ago•19 comments

Eddie Bauer, venerable outdoor apparel retailer, declares bankruptcy

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eddie-bauer-bankrupt-outdoor-apparel/
9•mgh2•31m ago•1 comments

Hard-braking events as indicators of road segment crash risk

https://research.google/blog/hard-braking-events-as-indicators-of-road-segment-crash-risk/
66•aleyan•1h ago•65 comments

Roman industrial hub discovered on banks of River Wear

https://www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2026/01/roman-industrial-hub-discovered-on-banks...
60•andsoitis•4d ago•11 comments

Offpunk 3.0

https://ploum.net/2026-02-09-offpunk3.html
156•todsacerdoti•8h ago•33 comments

Sandboxels

https://neal.fun/sandboxels/
6•2sf5•3h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Browse Internet Infrastructure

https://www.wirewiki.com
99•pul•6h ago•15 comments
Open in hackernews

The Traffic Mimes of Bogotá

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/traffic-mimes-of-colombia
39•IgorPartola•4d ago

Comments

jp191919•36m ago
>blistering Colombian sun.

I'm pretty sure the sun is never "blistering" in Bogota.

sophacles•26m ago
It's at an altitude of 8500+ ft - UV is much stronger and the sunburns can be bad if you're not prepared.
ciroduran•23m ago
Bogotá is 4 degrees north of the equator. Its climate is a bit temperate due to being in a high altitude plateau. But you better wear sunscreen anyway under tropical sun.
shanekandy•5m ago
I have enjoyed Atlas Obscura for 15 years probably, but the site is now unusable on my phone unless I’m at home on the pi-hole. I can’t get halfway through an article without the page reloading, shifting boxes, and various other things that make it literally impossible to finish reading. What is the point