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A Renaissance gambling dispute spawned probability theory
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-renaissance-gambling-dispute-spawned-probability-theory/
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sohkamyung
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2d ago
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skywal_l
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1h ago
> a French gambler and intellectual socialite enlisted the help
Imagine Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat teaming together to solve your problem.
Show HN: Honker – Postgres NOTIFY/LISTEN Semantics for SQLite
https://github.com/russellromney/honker
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russellthehippo
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3h ago
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I am building a cloud
https://crawshaw.io/blog/building-a-cloud
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bumbledraven
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10h ago
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Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price
https://wheelfront.com/this-alberta-startup-sells-no-tech-tractors-for-half-price/
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Kaibeezy
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22h ago
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Your hex editor should color-code bytes
https://simonomi.dev/blog/color-code-your-bytes/
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tobr
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2d ago
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Investigation uncovers two sophisticated telecom surveillance campaigns
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/surveillance-vendors-caught-abusing-access-to-telcos-to-track-p...
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mentalgear
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2h ago
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Modern Board Games: and why you should play them (2022)
https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/10755/blogpost/124992/modern-board-games-and-why-you-should-play-them
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maayank
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2d ago
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A Renaissance gambling dispute spawned probability theory
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-renaissance-gambling-dispute-spawned-probability...
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sohkamyung
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2d ago
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Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/apple-fixes-bug-that-cops-used-to-extract-deleted-chat-messages...
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cdrnsf
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18h ago
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Writing a C Compiler, in Zig (2025)
https://ar-ms.me/thoughts/c-compiler-1-zig/
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tosh
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5h ago
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Work with the garage door up
https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Work_with_the_garage_door_up
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jxmorris12
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1d ago
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We found a stable Firefox identifier linking all your private Tor identities
https://fingerprint.com/blog/firefox-tor-indexeddb-privacy-vulnerability/
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danpinto
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21h ago
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Jiga (YC W21) Is Hiring
https://jiga.io/about-us/
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grmmph
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2h ago
The Onion to Take over InfoWars
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/business/infowars-alex-jones-the-onion.html
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lxm
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2d ago
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Isopods of the world
https://isopod.site/
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debesyla
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2d ago
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5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
https://maurycyz.com/projects/mcufont/
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zdw
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3d ago
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Arch Linux Now Has a Bit-for-Bit Reproducible Docker Image
https://antiz.fr/blog/archlinux-now-has-a-reproducible-docker-image/
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maxloh
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12h ago
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The end of responsive images
https://piccalil.li/blog/the-end-of-responsive-images/
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OuterVale
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1h ago
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Raylib v6.0
https://github.com/raysan5/raylib/releases/tag/6.0
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rydgel
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2h ago
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Our newsroom AI policy
https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/04/our-newsroom-ai-policy/
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zdw
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9h ago
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A True Life Hack: What Physical 'Life Force' Turns Biology's Wheels?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-physical-life-force-turns-biologys-wheels-20260420/
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Prof_Sigmund
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2d ago
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Spam in conversational replies to blog posts
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/04/sneaky-spam-in-conversational-replies-to-blog-posts/
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ColinWright
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3h ago
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US Department of Justice has officially reclassified cannabis as less dangerous
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxd0xxp0jko
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kaycebasques
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1h ago
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Over-editing refers to a model modifying code beyond what is necessary
https://nrehiew.github.io/blog/minimal_editing/
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pella
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21h ago
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An amateur historian's favorite books about the Silk Road
https://bookdna.com/best-books/silk-road
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bwb
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2d ago
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Website streamed live directly from a model
https://flipbook.page/
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sethbannon
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20h ago
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Highlights from Git 2.54
https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-54/
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ingve
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2d ago
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Technical, cognitive, and intent debt
https://martinfowler.com/fragments/2026-04-02.html
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theorchid
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22h ago
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Ping-pong robot beats top-level human players
https://www.reuters.com/sports/ping-pong-robot-ace-makes-history-by-beating-top-level-human-playe...
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wslh
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23h ago
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Parallel agents in Zed
https://zed.dev/blog/parallel-agents
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ajeetdsouza
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21h ago
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140 comments
Books are not too expensive
https://www.millersbookreview.com/p/no-books-are-not-remotely-too-expensive
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herbertl
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2d ago
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Imagine Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat teaming together to solve your problem.