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The Weird OS Built Around a Database [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWZBQMRmW7k
15•surprisetalk•3h ago

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zvrba•1h ago
I usually don't watch videos, but this one captured my attention.
andylynch•54m ago
I knew this would be PICK.

My uncle, a very tech-savvy accountant type, used it a lot back in the day and always had nice things to say about it.

wewewedxfgdf•46m ago
Created by Dick Pick, no less.

Firefox 148 Launches with AI Kill Switch Feature and More Enhancements

https://serverhost.com/blog/firefox-148-launches-with-exciting-ai-kill-switch-feature-and-more-en...
112•shaunpud•1h ago•61 comments

Terence Tao, at 8 years old (1984) [pdf]

https://gwern.net/doc/iq/high/smpy/1984-clements.pdf
196•gurjeet•16h ago•62 comments

Blood test boosts Alzheimer's diagnosis accuracy to 94.5%, clinical study shows

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-blood-boosts-alzheimer-diagnosis-accuracy.html
193•wglb•4h ago•66 comments

I Ported Coreboot to the ThinkPad X270

https://dork.dev/posts/2026-02-20-ported-coreboot/
150•todsacerdoti•7h ago•25 comments

Show HN: X86CSS – An x86 CPU emulator written in CSS

https://lyra.horse/x86css/
91•rebane2001•5h ago•24 comments

Show HN: enveil – hide your .env secrets from prAIng eyes

https://github.com/GreatScott/enveil
28•parkaboy•2h ago•22 comments

The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection

https://spectrum.ieee.org/age-verification
1392•oldnetguy•17h ago•1058 comments

Baby chicks pass the bouba-kiki test, challenging a theory of language evolution

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/baby-chicks-pass-the-bouba-kiki-test-challenging-a-the...
47•beardyw•4d ago•13 comments

Show HN: Steerling-8B, a language model that can explain any token it generates

https://www.guidelabs.ai/post/steerling-8b-base-model-release/
118•adebayoj•7h ago•15 comments

Making Wolfram Tech Available as a Foundation Tool for LLM Systems

https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/02/making-wolfram-tech-available-as-a-foundation-tool-fo...
138•surprisetalk•9h ago•70 comments

UNIX99, a UNIX-like OS for the TI-99/4A (2025)

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/380883-unix99-a-unix-like-os-for-the-ti-994a/
169•marcodiego•11h ago•53 comments

“Car Wash” test with 53 models

https://opper.ai/blog/car-wash-test
188•felix089•11h ago•204 comments

Intel XeSS 3: expanded support for Core Ultra/Core Ultra 2 and Arc A, B series

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/785597/intel-arc-graphics-windows.html
16•nateb2022•3h ago•3 comments

Unsung heroes: Flickr's URLs scheme

https://unsung.aresluna.org/unsung-heroes-flickrs-urls-scheme/
24•onli•2d ago•4 comments

A simple web we own

https://rsdoiel.github.io/blog/2026/02/21/a_simple_web_we_own.html
215•speckx•15h ago•148 comments

Show HN: PgDog – Scale Postgres without changing the app

https://github.com/pgdogdev/pgdog
243•levkk•16h ago•51 comments

Shatner is making an album with 35 metal icons

https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/william-shatner-announces-all-star-metal-album
164•mhb•7h ago•70 comments

Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI

https://ladybird.org/posts/adopting-rust/
1145•adius•20h ago•630 comments

FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook, so AI built one for me

https://vladimir.varank.in/notes/2026/02/freebsd-brcmfmac/
340•varankinv•9h ago•276 comments

Typed Assembly Language

https://www.cs.cornell.edu/talc/
25•luu•3d ago•13 comments

What it means that Ubuntu is using Rust

https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2026/02/23/ubuntu-rustnation/
127•zdw•14h ago•143 comments

Genetic underpinnings of chills from art and music

https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1012002
9•coloneltcb•1d ago•2 comments

Show HN: Babyshark – Wireshark made easy (terminal UI for PCAPs)

https://github.com/vignesh07/babyshark
98•eigen-vector•10h ago•39 comments

Writing code is cheap now

https://simonwillison.net/guides/agentic-engineering-patterns/code-is-cheap/
137•swolpers•14h ago•187 comments

Iowa farmers are leading the fight for repair

https://www.ifixit.com/News/115722/iowa-farmers-are-leading-the-fight-for-repair
100•gnabgib•6h ago•23 comments

SIM (YC X25) Is Hiring the Best Engineers in San Francisco

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sim/jobs/Rj8TVRM-software-engineer-platform
1•waleedlatif1•10h ago

The Weird OS Built Around a Database [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWZBQMRmW7k
15•surprisetalk•3h ago•3 comments

The challenges of porting Shufflepuck Cafe to the 8 bits Apple II

https://www.colino.net/wordpress/archives/2026/02/23/the-challenges-of-porting-shufflepuck-cafe-t...
70•homarp•10h ago•12 comments

Show HN: Sowbot – Open-hardware agricultural robot (ROS2, RTK GPS)

https://sowbot.co.uk/
149•Sabrees•15h ago•41 comments

Lords of the Ring

https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/lords-of-the-ring-joshua-hunt-cultural-politics-sumo-wrestling/
30•lermontov•3d ago•2 comments