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Google broke reCAPTCHA for de-googled Android users

https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users

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All my clients wanted a carousel, now it's an AI chatbot

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207•christhecaribou•1d ago•136 comments

Wi is Fi: Understanding Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E/7/8 (802.11 n/AC/ax/be/bn)

https://www.wiisfi.com/

209•homebrewer•2d ago•55 comments

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333•willmeyers•15h ago•105 comments

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https://apnews.com/projects/pfas-forever-stained/

5•rawgabbit•2d ago•1 comments

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https://mceglowski.substack.com/p/bitter-lessons-from-the-isspresso

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https://www.colorado.edu/today/2026/05/06/light-without-electricity-glowing-algae-could-make-it-p...

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https://www.sigops.org/2026/can-llms-model-real-world-systems-in-tla/

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152•pretext•14h ago•76 comments

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43•akkartik•3d ago•5 comments

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https://btxx.org/posts/memory/

216•xngbuilds•16h ago•89 comments

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https://mojolang.org/

338•sbt567•1d ago•218 comments

PortalVR Motion – use any VR content in 2D with 3D tracked Joy-Cons

https://portalvr.io/motion

13•gfodor•2d ago•1 comments

All means are fair except solving the problem

https://yosefk.com/blog/all-means-are-fair-except-solving-the-problem.html

52•akkartik•2d ago•45 comments

US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos

https://www.war.gov/UFO/

287•david-gpu•19h ago•425 comments

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1•mmcclure•11h ago

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41•denismenace•11h ago•8 comments

Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

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133•esaym•4h ago•57 comments

Open in hackernews

What causes lightning? The answer keeps getting more interesting

https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-causes-lightning-the-answer-keeps-getting-more-interesting-20260506/

40•Tomte•2d ago

Comments

nomilk•25m ago

That 7 second video of a small rocket shot into a cloud to induce a lightning strike (about half way down the article) is incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BJIiX9_c_M

Any ideas why the lightning strike appears mostly green (and momentarily purple and orange)?

deepandmeaning•22m ago

I'm imagining it's something related to the copper wire.