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Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better

https://www.gutenberg.org/

539•JSeiko•5h ago•144 comments

WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

https://github.com/ThroatyMumbo/WinCE64

85•xyru•2h ago•22 comments

Mitchellh – I strongly believe there are entire companies now under AI psychosis

https://twitter.com/mitchellh/status/2055380239711457578

160•reasonableklout•59m ago•43 comments

The Zulip Foundation

https://blog.zulip.com/2026/05/15/announcing-zulip-foundation/

83•boramalper•2h ago•27 comments

A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10

https://projectzero.google/2026/05/pixel-10-exploit.html

284•happyhardcore•7h ago•120 comments

Microscale Thermite Reaction

https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/microscale-thermite-reaction

26•krunck•1h ago•7 comments

California bill would require patches or refunds when online games shut down

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/05/bill-to-keep-online-games-playable-clears-key-hurdle-in-ca...

89•Lihh27•1h ago•43 comments

Palantir has hired more than 30 senior UK Government officials

https://www.thenational.scot/news/26055524.palantir-hired-30-senior-uk-government-officials/

73•Symbiote•1h ago•3 comments

Meta to receive $3.3B in tax breaks for its $10B Louisiana data center

https://fortune.com/2026/05/14/meta-data-center-tax-break-hyperion-louisiana/

92•logickkk1•1h ago•75 comments

U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app

https://macdailynews.com/2026/05/15/u-s-doj-demands-apple-and-google-unmask-over-100000-users-of-...

271•tencentshill•3h ago•156 comments

Waymo updates 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water'

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/waymo-recalls-3800-robotaxis-after-able-drive-into-standing-water...

109•drob518•3h ago•93 comments

The sigmoids won't save you

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-sigmoids-wont-save-you

82•Tomte•10h ago•113 comments

I designed a nibble-oriented CPU in Verilog to build a scientific calculator

https://github.com/gdevic/FPGA-Calculator

54•gdevic•4h ago•9 comments

Image-blaster: Creates 3D environments, SFX, and meshes from a single image

https://github.com/neilsonnn/image-blaster

92•MattRogish•5h ago•19 comments

Hightouch (YC S19) Is Hiring

https://hightouch.com/careers

1•joshwget•4h ago

ABC News has taken all FiveThirtyEight articles offline

https://twitter.com/baseballot/status/2055309076209492208

122•cmsparks•2h ago•58 comments

London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time

https://reclaimthenet.org/london-police-deploy-facial-recognition-at-protest-for-first-time

32•Cider9986•57m ago•10 comments

Echoes (Live at Pompeii)

https://genius.com/Pink-floyd-echoes-live-at-pompeii-lyrics

23•jruohonen•2h ago•10 comments

The nuclear-physics infrastructure behind PET scans

https://www.lanl.gov/media/publications/1663/proton-power-for-public-health

22•LAsteNERD•2d ago•1 comments

Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop

https://explorer.samismith.com/

445•smusamashah•12h ago•107 comments

O(x)Caml in Space

https://gazagnaire.org/blog/2026-05-14-borealis.html

215•yminsky•10h ago•51 comments

ASCII by Jason Scott

https://ascii.textfiles.com/

128•bookofjoe•7h ago•21 comments

Show HN: Watch a neural net learn to play Snake

https://ppo.gradexp.xyz/

91•c1b•1d ago•20 comments

Radicle: Sovereign {code forge} built on Git

https://radicle.dev/

195•KolmogorovComp•9h ago•57 comments

The day the Pintupi Nine entered the modern world

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30500591

5•ilamont•2d ago•0 comments

Zenith: a live local-first fixed viewport planetarium

https://smorgasb.org/zenith-tech/

60•surprisetalk•5h ago•14 comments

Judge Bars Kars4Kids from Broadcasting 'Misleading' Ads in California

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/kars4kids-advertising-banned-california.html

65•xnx•1h ago•30 comments

Building a UMatrix Replacement

https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/umatrix.html

21•taviso•3h ago•7 comments

High dimensional geometry is transforming the MRI industry (2017) [pdf]

https://www.ams.org/government/DonohoPresentation06-28-17Final.pdf

79•nill0•8h ago•29 comments

Feedr v0.8.0 – a TUI RSS reader, now read the full article from your terminal

https://github.com/bahdotsh/feedr

26•bahdotshxx•4h ago•12 comments

Open in hackernews

Microscale Thermite Reaction

https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/microscale-thermite-reaction

25•krunck•1h ago

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krunck•1h ago

Please try this at home. You all have rusty iron ball laying around, right?

fer•1h ago

It wouldn't be weird for someone in the south of France to have a rusty pétanque ball.

xattt•1h ago

Joining the thread to see where iron balls can be sourced.

Some vendor on AliExpress? Those Lucky Iron Fish?

lstodd•48m ago

I'd guess exact form wouldn't matter. Wrap a hammer in foil and beat up something rusty.

dgacmu•34m ago

This might work with old iron dumbbells (or modern iron kettle balls if left unpainted). Your gym might hate you for it though.

jcims•44m ago

Hammer faces would work (def wear goggles!!!). Hit the face of the disposable one with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, vinegar and salt and wait an hour.

imzadi•11m ago

Does the second rusty ball really need to be a rusty ball since it is covered in foil?