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Finger: Social network that never died

https://en.andros.dev/blog/54572bc7/finger-the-1971-social-network-that-never-died/
13•andros•4h ago

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smalltorch•33m ago
I like it.

Just one cell.

Heck, you could probably make a little program for HN to use the about box as the service and achieve the same thing.

ur-whale•25m ago
finger is the best-named utility of the Unix world.

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Rethinking Database Programming

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GPT-5.6 Sol Pricing Cut by 50%

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484•Topfi•14h ago•304 comments

Google buys crashed airline Spirit's data at auction, because AI

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77•pseudolus•1h ago•33 comments

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371•shdon•13h ago•158 comments

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Fairphone 6 and PostmarketOS working main camera

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223•pizzaiolo•13h ago•48 comments

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34•moultano•2d ago•3 comments

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A Preview of DuckDB v2.0

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653•ibotty•21h ago•116 comments

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5•meehow•2d ago•0 comments

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46•newsomix9xl•6h ago•13 comments

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602•DeepLogin•14h ago•373 comments

The Benchmarkpocalypse

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125•cyndunlop•9h ago•34 comments

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Olo (Color)

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GPU Offload in Rust: Portable, Safe, and Fast

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343•plurby•23h ago•163 comments

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23•zbycz•2d ago•10 comments

Finger: Social network that never died

https://en.andros.dev/blog/54572bc7/finger-the-1971-social-network-that-never-died/
14•andros•4h ago•3 comments

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307•ColinWright•21h ago•182 comments

Sun Clock

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240•Gecko4072•18h ago•80 comments

Judge sets framework for Nine PBS to retrieve archival data

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170•qingcharles•19h ago•65 comments

AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)

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918•mooreds•15h ago•557 comments

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153•bookofjoe•17h ago•54 comments