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How to Write to SSDs [pdf]

https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol19/p1469-lee.pdf
22•matt_d•1h ago

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dofi4ka•43m ago
I feel fooled after clicking on the link and seeing that this PDF is downloading (or just literally writing to my SSD) until I realized that this is the point
itsthecourier•12m ago
this is the kind of research that creates new db types, or super optimized postgres im not sure yet

Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better

https://www.gutenberg.org/
666•JSeiko•7h ago•165 comments

I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis

https://twitter.com/mitchellh/status/2055380239711457578
602•reasonableklout•3h ago•271 comments

The Zulip Foundation

https://blog.zulip.com/2026/05/15/announcing-zulip-foundation/
182•boramalper•5h ago•47 comments

How to Write to SSDs [pdf]

https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol19/p1469-lee.pdf
22•matt_d•1h ago•2 comments

Naturally Occurring Quasicrystals

https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/naturally-occurring-quasicrystals/
30•lukeplato•1d ago•2 comments

A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10

https://projectzero.google/2026/05/pixel-10-exploit.html
321•happyhardcore•10h ago•146 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...
253•Lihh27•4h ago•140 comments

The sigmoids won't save you

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-sigmoids-wont-save-you
123•Tomte•13h ago•154 comments

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

https://github.com/gdevic/FPGA-Calculator
74•gdevic•6h ago•24 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-...
330•tencentshill•6h ago•224 comments

Microscale Thermite Reaction

https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/microscale-thermite-reaction
46•krunck•3h ago•17 comments

Spectre Programming Language

https://spectre-docs.pages.dev
3•asdkop•41m ago•0 comments

Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop

https://explorer.samismith.com/
479•smusamashah•15h ago•111 comments

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

https://github.com/neilsonnn/image-blaster
120•MattRogish•8h ago•25 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...
144•drob518•5h ago•136 comments

ABC News has taken all FiveThirtyEight articles offline

https://twitter.com/baseballot/status/2055309076209492208
201•cmsparks•4h ago•96 comments

O(x)Caml in Space

https://gazagnaire.org/blog/2026-05-14-borealis.html
224•yminsky•13h ago•51 comments

A SQL-Inspired Query Language Designed for Event Sourcing (2025)

https://yoeight.github.io/blog/2025/12/21/EventQL_A_SQL_Inspired_Query_Language_Designed_For_Even...
7•goloroden•2d ago•0 comments

Show HN: Watch a neural net learn to play Snake

https://ppo.gradexp.xyz/
110•c1b•1d ago•27 comments

Hightouch (YC S19) Is Hiring

https://hightouch.com/careers
1•joshwget•6h ago

The nuclear-physics infrastructure behind PET scans

https://www.lanl.gov/media/publications/1663/proton-power-for-public-health
32•LAsteNERD•2d ago•2 comments

ASCII by Jason Scott

https://ascii.textfiles.com/
137•bookofjoe•9h ago•21 comments

London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time

https://reclaimthenet.org/london-police-deploy-facial-recognition-at-protest-for-first-time
83•Cider9986•3h ago•59 comments

Radicle: Sovereign {code forge} built on Git

https://radicle.dev/
207•KolmogorovComp•11h ago•68 comments

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

https://github.com/bahdotsh/feedr
39•bahdotshxx•6h ago•15 comments

The day the Pintupi Nine entered the modern world (2014)

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30500591
16•ilamont•2d ago•2 comments

Steve Jobs in Exile – New book on Steve Jobs’s years at NeXT Computer

https://spectrum.ieee.org/steve-jobs-next-computer
171•rbanffy•13h ago•144 comments

Building a UMatrix Replacement

https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/umatrix.html
34•taviso•5h ago•11 comments

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

https://www.ams.org/government/DonohoPresentation06-28-17Final.pdf
88•nill0•10h ago•33 comments

Zenith: a live local-first fixed viewport planetarium

https://smorgasb.org/zenith-tech/
61•surprisetalk•8h ago•20 comments