860
92
Play snake in the URL address bar
https://demian.ferrei.ro/snake/
11 months ago
849
334
Privacy Badger is a free browser extension made by EFF to stop spying
https://privacybadger.org/
685
409
The AI coding trap
https://chrisloy.dev/post/2025/09/28/the-ai-coding-trap
594
367
When I say “alphabetical order”, I mean “alphabetical order”
https://sebastiano.tronto.net/blog/2025-09-28-alphabetic-order/
504
110
We bought the whole GPU, so we're damn well going to use the whole GPU
https://hazyresearch.stanford.edu/blog/2025-09-28-tp-llama-main
355
69
Farewell friends
https://humbledollar.com/forum/farewell-friends/
347
68
Bayesian Data Analysis, Third edition (2013) [pdf]
https://sites.stat.columbia.edu/gelman/book/BDA3.pdf
313
350
UK Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194
269
58
Show HN: Toolbrew – Free little tools without signups or ads
https://toolbrew.co/
243
137
Why I gave the world wide web away for free
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free
242
152
Go ahead, write the “stupid” code
https://spikepuppet.io/posts/write-the-stupid-code/
213
190
EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/
189
29
Scm2wasm: A Scheme to WASM compiler in 600 lines of C, making use of WASM GC
https://git.lain.faith/iitalics/scm2wasm
188
100
The Demon-Haunted World
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Demon-Haunted_World
185
161
A human-accelerated neuron type potentially underlying autism in humans
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/42/9/msaf189/8245036?login=false
176
165
Ask HN: What is nowadays (opensource) way of converting HTML to PDF?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45404760
172
218
Solar panels + cold = A potential problem
https://www.linspyre.com/ecoholics/temps.html
171
42
Linus Learns Analog Circuits
https://github.com/torvalds/GuitarPedal
170
90
The Weird Concept of Branchless Programming
https://sanixdk.xyz/blogs/the-weird-concept-of-branchless-programming
164
289
China is run by engineers. America is run by lawyers
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/china-is-run-by-engineers-america-is-run-by-lawyers/
157
112
Why I'm not rushing to take sides in the RubyGems fiasco
https://justin.searls.co/posts/why-im-not-rushing-to-take-sides-in-the-rubygems-fiasco/
154
257
Failing to Understand the Exponential, Again
https://www.julian.ac/blog/2025/09/27/failing-to-understand-the-exponential-again/
146
22
A replica of Citizen Quartz watch based on Harel's paper introducing statecharts
https://andyjakubowski.github.io/statechart-watch/
133
59
NJ theme park puts animatronic dinosaurs on Facebook Marketplace
https://gizmodo.com/new-jersey-theme-park-puts-animatronic-dinosaurs-on-facebook-marketplace-as-it-shuts-down-2000664489
129
36
Testing “Exotic” P2P VPN
https://blog.nommy.moe/blog/exotic-mesh-vpn/
127
31
Beyond OpenMP in C++ and Rust: Taskflow, Rayon, Fork Union
https://ashvardanian.com/posts/beyond-openmp-in-cpp-rust/
80
A 3K-year-old copper smelting site could be key to understanding origins of iron
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-year-copper-smelting-site-key.html
125
27
What’s New in PostgreSQL 18 – a Developer’s Perspective
https://www.bytebase.com/blog/what-is-new-in-postgres-18-for-developer/
123
38
VMScape and why Xen dodged it
https://virtualize.sh/blog/vmscape-and-why-xen-dodged-it/
118
71
Larry Ellison on AI-powered surveillance [video] (2024)
https://streamable.com/2xtyyd
117
35
Bonding twelve 56K modems together to set dial-up broadband records
https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/enthusiasts-bond-twelve-56k-dial-up-modems-together-to-set-dial-up-broadband-records-a-dozen-screeching-boxes-achieve-record-668-kbps-download-speeds
Dismissed as a joke, UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wgeq702dyo
102
She Sent Her iPhone to Apple. Repair Techs Uploaded Her Nudes to Facebook (2021)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/she-sent-her-iphone-to-apple-repair-techs-uploaded-her-nudes-to-facebook/
106
Ask HN: How Do I Get over My Existential Crisis?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45405977
95
Fred Dibnah shows how to erect a chimney scaffold at 200 feet (1982) [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ma9iYx4rg
88
49
IBM Intellistation 185 AIX workstation (2016)
http://www.ibmfiles.com/pages/intellipower185.htm
74
J-Link Compact USB-C Issues
https://alvarop.com/2025/09/j-link-compact-usb-c-issues/
87
18
Coding a new BASIC interpreter in 2025 to replace a slow one
https://nanochess.org/ecs_basic.html
Show HN: I built an MCP server using Cloudflare's code mode pattern
https://github.com/jx-codes/codemode-mcp
83
10
Run 14 vintage OSes (Windows 1.01→XP, ReactOS, Haiku) in the browser
https://oses.ioblako.com/
82
11
Show HN: Curated gamedev specific search engine
https://gamedevtorch.com/
32
The QMA Singularity
https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9183
77
25
Tai Lopez charged by SEC in ponzi scheme
https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26413
76
Plan 9 from User Space
https://github.com/9fans/plan9port
75
62
Reports: EA set to be sold to private investors for up to $50B
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/09/reports-ea-set-to-be-sold-to-private-investors-for-up-to-50-billion/
61
Use the Accept Header to Serve Markdown Instead of HTML to LLMs
https://www.skeptrune.com/posts/use-the-accept-header-to-serve-markdown-instead-of-html-to-llms/
72
67
Swiss voters back e-ID and abolish rental tax
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/swiss-voters-have-decided-on-electronic-id-and-abolishing-rental-tax/90057432
34
Show HN: Swapple, a little daily puzzle on linear reversible circuit synthesis
https://swapple.fuglede.dk
57
Ed Zitron is mad as hell
https://www.ft.com/content/4c8d6420-d088-4660-8973-c4996cd990fb
19
Make the most of compiled C loops on the 68000
https://dciabrin.net/posts/make-the-most-of-compiled-c-loops-on-the-68000/make-the-most-of-compiled-c-loops-on-the-68000/
People got together to stop a school shooting before it happened
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/nyregion/mass-shooting-prevention.html
66
20
"DSEG": Original 7-segment and 14-segment fonts (2014)
https://www.keshikan.net/fonts-e.html
60
44
How did we all miss the bacteria taking over her body?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/28/as-my-daughter-got-sicker-and-sicker-our-quest-for-answers-dragged-on-how-did-we-all-miss-the-bacteria-taking-over-her-body