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All AI-generated code should be Open Source

https://jakub.jankiewicz.org/blog/ai-code-open-source/
292•jcubic•1h ago•185 comments

The MacBook Pro's OLED PWM Problem: When a 'Better' Display Becomes Worse to Use

https://macanorak.com/the-macbook-pros-oled-pwm-problem-when-a-better-display-becomes-worse-to-use/
191•MacAnorak•3h ago•95 comments

Things That Turbo Pascal Is Smaller Than (2011)

https://prog21.dadgum.com/116.html
77•ksec•3h ago•24 comments

Emacs Is My Browser

https://joshblais.com/blog/emacs-as-my-browser/
27•nyc111•1h ago•5 comments

SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15

https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-15
1469•ls612•19h ago•993 comments

Understanding Positional Embeddings in Modern LLMs

https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/understanding-positional-embeddings
99•vismit2000•4h ago•1 comments

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol Status Code 483 (I'm Not a Freezer)

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-banffy-httpbis-not-a-freezer/
52•rbanffy•2h ago•23 comments

A NES emulator written in Odin

https://lucypero.com/lucynes.html
55•frostbyte7•3h ago•8 comments

Claude Code and Codex reverse engineered my 1994 Jeep's ECU over a $3 Arduino [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPj3aQ-xxpI
43•envoked•3d ago•17 comments

Court denies motion to dismiss DRAM price fixing case

https://litnews.ai/articles/garciaguirre-samsung-sk-hynix-micron-dram-conspiracy-suit-survives-di...
370•ybathaee•15h ago•156 comments

Why did some Apollo missions carry a grenade launcher?

https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/37775
140•Skyfall106•7h ago•100 comments

What thousands of conversations look like inside a language model

https://operator0x.com/field-notes/qwen-conversation-state-space/
59•josip208•2d ago•18 comments

The Telephone Changed the World

https://lithub.com/how-the-telephone-changed-the-world/
26•NaOH•17h ago•6 comments

Lutnick Pushed to Weaken Chip Rules That Overlap with His Family Business

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/15/us/politics/lutnick-pushed-to-weaken-chip-rules-that-overlap-w...
190•JumpCrisscross•5h ago•81 comments

Chasing an audio artifact on power loss

https://subalpinecircuits.com/chasing-an-audio-artifact-on-power-loss/
30•ireflect•2d ago•3 comments

Show HN: A tiny macOS app that turns off the MacBook display [free license]

https://blackoutapp.io/
5•sliqqq•1h ago•8 comments

20 Years of Pyrolog

https://pypy.org/posts/2026/11/20-years-of-pyrolog.html
16•lumpa•3d ago•0 comments

How to read codes from (many) IR remote controls with as little code as possible

https://bitbanksoftware.blogspot.com/2026/11/how-to-read-codes-from-many-ir-remote.html
19•speckx•3d ago•4 comments

Show HN: Carton Clock – A working pendulum clock made from empty drink cartons

https://www.niklasroy.com/carton-clock/
36•r0r0•2d ago•1 comments

'Duffy Lied': Controllers Refute Transportation Secretary's Ground Stop Story

https://www.commondreams.org/news/duffy-ground-stop-explanation
17•mikestew•59m ago•3 comments

How did Woz write the Apple 1 BASIC before building the computer?

https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/17957
276•Skyfall106•18h ago•144 comments

My favourite modern NES games

https://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/25-of-my-favourite-modern-nes-games/
171•jordigh•14h ago•23 comments

Handwritten 200-year-old dismissal notice found on roof tile

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6jdmdzv25r9o
51•nephihaha•2d ago•35 comments

Lovable apps expose passport details and more than 200K private messages

https://www.crissyfield.de/research/lovable-en/
941•armcat•23h ago•360 comments

Open-Source HF Communications for Remote Communities and Experimenters

https://www.ardc.net/rhizomaticas-hermes-and-mercury-expand-open-source-hf-communications-for-rem...
59•tejtm•4d ago•5 comments

A family tree of software job titles

https://zwischenzugs.com/2026/11/03/a-family-tree-of-software-job-titles/
386•umerf•22h ago•192 comments

Disk encryption on NetBSD – achieving secrecy

https://netbsd.org/~nia/disk-encrypt/
79•jaypatelani•11h ago•15 comments

Book list for streetfighting computer scientists

https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php?title=Book_list_for_streetfighting_computer_scientists
100•num42•9h ago•38 comments

Semicircle Packing

https://rorz.io/writing/semicircle-packing
71•sarreph•2d ago•8 comments

The Evolving Story of How Chemistry Became Biology

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-evolving-story-of-how-chemistry-became-biology-20261112/
85•pseudolus•2d ago•19 comments
Open in hackernews

Show HN: A tiny macOS app that turns off the MacBook display [free license]

https://blackoutapp.io/
5•sliqqq•1h ago
Hi, I made a tiny app that lets you turn off the MacBook screen when you work on external monitors.

It does NOT just dim the brightness to zero, the screen is actually turned off via the Apple hardware API, the according desktop is removed, so you have a clean "one big monitor" setup.

- Safe fallback if you turn off the external monitor(s), unplug the monitor cable(s), the app crashes or anything else happens. - Keyboard, touchpad and TouchID still work fine. - Automatic restart. 2 Megabyte size. - Totally niche, I know, but it helps me to concentrate.

The app is commercial ($9 once), but everybody who DMs me here gets a *FREE* lifetime license, and everybody who uses in the feedback form (to report if the apps works on your setup) gets a free lifetime license too.

Thanks ;)

https://blackoutapp.io

Comments

theplumber•14m ago
But you can just close the lid? What am I missing ?
bubblemoth•6m ago
LLM bros want to turn off The monitor but keep their LLMs running.
nsoam•6m ago
You save the 20 cents in tokens it would cost you to replicate this app.
gloxkiqcza•4m ago
> Keyboard, touchpad and TouchID still work fine

In case you close the lid those no longer work I suppose.

harikb•4m ago
My guess would be that it allows continued use of other things like finger-print sensor, or possibly camera?

Mac also cannot run with lid closed if power is not connected, but I am not sure if it will power display-out when power is not there.

QuantumNomad_•6m ago
What guarantees that the monitor comes back on if your app crashes?