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Nitter is unarchived and will continue

https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/commit/1428b4c2b4246f92a7e5b2673438e5fb39fcc4a3
251•zImPatrick•2h ago•87 comments

The car industry A/B tested selling a car with and without CarPlay

https://a.wholelottanothing.org/the-car-industry-a-b-tested-selling-the-same-car-with-and-without...
42•gumby•44m ago•19 comments

Your intellectual fly is open (2025)

https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/12/05/your-intellectual-fly-is-open/
395•cyb0rg0•8h ago•261 comments

NetBSD 9.5 released and EOL for NetBSD-9

https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_9_5_released_and
85•jaypatelani•4h ago•4 comments

An Alien Mind

https://openai.com/index/an-alien-mind/
230•tosh•4h ago•160 comments

Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight

https://isaraerospace.com/press/history-for-european-spaceflight-isar-aerospace-reaches-orbit-and...
492•mpweiher•13h ago•156 comments

Research carried out using NetBSD

https://www.netbsd.org/gallery/research.html
54•Bluestein•4h ago•12 comments

Babylonian Lamb Stew with Beets (1750–1730 BCE)

https://babylonian-collection.yale.edu/about/babylonian-cooking
45•yubblegum•3d ago•20 comments

Doomscrolling Ourselves to Death

https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/doomscrolling-ourselves-to-death
305•shubhamjain•8h ago•204 comments

A/I shuts down – Stay human

https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/
409•captainmuon•6h ago•278 comments

They're Made Out of Meat

https://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/TheyMade.shtml
4•embedding-shape•29m ago•0 comments

Following legal advice, the Nitter project will continue

https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
253•Cider9986•2h ago•65 comments

Opalite Health (YC W26) Is Hiring – Founding GTM

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/opalite-health/jobs/bNedVAD-founding-gtm
1•ckuo9•3h ago

Electronic skin for prosthetics to sense temperature and pressure

https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2026/08/20/researchers-develop-electronic-skin-for-prosthetics...
26•gmays•4d ago•3 comments

Vidact – a compiler that turns React into direct DOM operations

https://www.vidact.dev/
31•mohebifar•4d ago•15 comments

Is There I/O After Death? What Happens to Io_uring When a Process Dies

https://blog.ydb.tech/is-there-i-o-after-death-what-happens-to-io-uring-when-a-process-dies-92c65...
51•porridgeraisin•3d ago•20 comments

M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs that may last up to 1000 years

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC
162•gurjeet•4d ago•73 comments

The revolt of the reader

https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/05/the-revolt-of-the-reader/
545•chmaynard•23h ago•257 comments

Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone

https://cloudinabottle.org/blog/launch-post
586•zplizzi•20h ago•289 comments

Asahi Linux Now Officially Supports Apple M3 Macs – With Caveats

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-Official-M3
229•mdp2021•6h ago•142 comments

Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI

https://openai.com/index/research-acceleration-view-inside-openai
75•iamsyr•5h ago•49 comments

Ask HN: UK Rescue Rocket Sheds/Houses Information

15•burnt-resistor•1h ago•6 comments

The many mysteries and lessons of the Bayeux tapestry

https://economist.com/interactive/culture/2026/09/03/the-many-mysteries-and-lessons-of-the-bayeux...
52•andsoitis•6h ago•10 comments

IBM Quantum Nighthawk R2

https://www.ibm.com/quantum/blog/nighthawk-r2
72•fuglede_•3d ago•34 comments

Music Theory for Programmers

https://runjs.app/blog/music-theory-for-programmers
325•birdculture•4d ago•215 comments

Recreating Minecraft Is Not a Benchmark

https://kuber.studio/blog/Reflections/Recreating-Minecraft-is-Not-a-Benchmark
62•kuberwastaken•5h ago•48 comments

Ganon's Mysterious Origins (Revisited)

https://www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/ganon-name-origin-kamen-rider
24•tobr•1d ago•6 comments

The pencil case model of creativity

https://dub.uu.nl/en/column/pencil-case-model-creativity
52•jruohonen•8h ago•17 comments

I'm teaching an introductory 12 week course on Quantum Oracle Engineering

https://shukla.io/quantum-oracle-engineering/
47•BinRoo•7h ago•18 comments

The ColorChecker, photography's most important 24 squares, turns 50

https://www.dpreview.com/news/the-colorchecker-photographys-most-important-24-squares-turns-50/
119•sohkamyung•4d ago•23 comments
Open in hackernews

Ask HN: UK Rescue Rocket Sheds/Houses Information

15•burnt-resistor•1h ago
I can't seem to find pictures or significant details (nothing on Wikipedia) about the coastal buildings purportedly used to contain shipwreck rescue rocket apparatus. Many of the buildings still exist and are Grade II listed. Anyone have any additional anecdotal/local/oral tradition information that isn't found in the little blurbs online on the few websites mentioning them?

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burnt-resistor•1h ago
Example: https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300022782-rocket-cart-s...

https://maps.google.com/?q=51.5708572,-4.2850887

51°34'15.1"N 4°17'06.3"W

fhdkweig•44m ago
I'm having difficulty googling what a "rescue rocket" is. I keep finding info on a video game and safety during space travel. What does "rocket" mean in a 1800s context?

I found this: https://museum.maritimearchaeologytrust.org/2025/05/29/rocke...

Is it a gunpowder rocket used to push a boat through the water instead of using rowing oars?

Is it just a gun that sends the carrying cable, what makes it different from any other gunpowder gun? https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/52937/

Neil44•35m ago
I wonder if it's for firing lines over to a shipwrecked vessel, to assist with getting people ashore.
trebligdivad•32m ago
Yes, looks like it: https://heritage.wicklowheritage.org/topics/topics-miscellan...
trebligdivad•32m ago
Have you tried the RNLI or lighthouses associations?
robotswantdata•31m ago
Of interest?

https://replay.bfi.org.uk/video/fbc58db0-b59f-5a31-9fda-1463...

https://www.vectisarchaeology.org.uk/pdfs/irex_wrecked_at_th...