1750
1049
Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help
https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/
2 months ago
490
321
VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits
https://ipinfo.io/blog/vpn-location-mismatch-report
471
469
Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46255285
351
214
I tried Gleam for Advent of Code
https://blog.tymscar.com/posts/gleamaoc2025/
343
156
Linux Sandboxes and Fil-C
https://fil-c.org/seccomp
303
123
I fed 24 years of my blog posts to a Markov model
https://susam.net/fed-24-years-of-posts-to-markov-model.html
301
151
Recovering Anthony Bourdain's Li.st's
https://sandyuraz.com/blogs/bourdain/
290
65
Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order
https://torrentfreak.com/google-removes-sci-hub-domains-from-u-s-search-results-due-to-dated-court-order/
281
93
Computer animator and Amiga fanatic Dick van Dyke turns 100
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46252993
252
Why Twilio Segment moved from microservices back to a monolith
https://www.twilio.com/en-us/blog/developers/best-practices/goodbye-microservices
272
37
Purrtran – ᓚᘏᗢ – A Programming Language for Cat People
https://github.com/cmontella/purrtran
245
120
An off-grid, flat-packable washing machine
https://www.positive.news/society/flat-pack-washing-machine-spins-a-fairer-future/
224
89
1300 Still Images from the Animated Films of Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli (2023)
https://www.ghibli.jp/info/013772/
100
30 years of <br> tags
https://www.artmann.co/articles/30-years-of-br-tags
12
Essential Semiconductor Physics [pdf]
https://nanohub.org/resources/43623/download/Essential_Semiconductor_Physics.pdf
210
192
YouTube's CEO limits his kids' social media use – other tech bosses do the same
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/13/youtubes-ceo-is-latest-tech-boss-limiting-his-kids-social-media-use.html
202
167
LG TV's new software update installed MS Copilot, which cannot be deleted
https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1plldqo/my_lg_tvs_new_software_update_installed_microsoft/
188
174
Want to sway an election? Here’s how much fake online accounts cost
https://www.science.org/content/article/want-sway-election-here-s-how-much-fake-online-accounts-cost
186
205
Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZTOjd_bOQ
164
132
Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo
https://gabrielweinberg.com/p/some-surprising-things-about-duckduckgo
152
Lite^3, a JSON-compatible zero-copy serialization format
https://github.com/fastserial/lite3
145
21
From Zero to QED: An informal introduction to formality with Lean 4
https://sdiehl.github.io/zero-to-qed/01_introduction.html
143
31
Doxers posing as cops are tricking big tech firms into sharing people's data
https://www.wired.com/story/doxers-posing-as-cops-are-tricking-big-tech-firms-into-sharing-peoples-private-data/
138
218
Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/12/analysis-finds-anytime-electricity-from-solar-available-as-battery-costs-plummet/
136
76
The Rise of Computer Games, Part I: Adventure
https://technicshistory.com/2025/12/13/the-rise-of-computer-games-part-i-adventure/
133
47
We built another object storage
https://fractalbits.com/blog/why-we-built-another-object-storage/
119
2
Dick Van Dyke turns 100
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/13/dick-van-dyke-centenarian-100-mary-poppins-chitty-chitty-bang-bang
130
The state of the kernel Rust experiment
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1050174/63aa7da43214c3ce/
104
7
A Lisp Interpreter Implemented in Conway's Game of Life (2021)
https://woodrush.github.io/blog/posts/2022-01-12-lisp-in-life.html
103
346
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/high-school-english-teachers-assigning-books.html
28
Closures as Win32 Window Procedures
https://nullprogram.com/blog/2025/12/12/
94
19
Building an efficient hash table in Java
https://bluuewhale.github.io/posts/building-a-fast-and-memory-efficient-hash-table-in-java-by-borrowing-the-best-ideas/
38
The Checkerboard
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/650-the-checkerboard/
105
Workday project at Washington University hits $266M
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/12/washington_university_workday_costs_revealed/
87
Poor Johnny still won't encrypt
https://bfswa.substack.com/p/poor-johnny-still-wont-encrypt
81
Oliver Sacks put himself into his case studies. What was the cost?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/15/oliver-sacks-put-himself-into-his-case-studies-what-was-the-cost
73
59
RemoveWindowsAI
https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI
72
124
Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did it get so bad?
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/12/g-s1-100794/germany-train-rail-deutsche-bahn
66
60
Purdue University approves new AI requirement for all undergrads
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2025/12/13/purdue-university-approves-new-ai-requirement-for-all-undergrads/
52
Annual Production of 1/72 (22mm) scale plastic soldiers, 1958-2025
https://plasticsoldierreview.com/ShowFeature.aspx?id=27
27
Pope criticizes US bid to 'break apart' US-Europe alliance
https://apnews.com/article/vatican-russia-ukraine-trump-pope-leo-60c898afe3241ff67552f417a06900b0
64
The Coming Need for Formal Specification
https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/12/The-Coming-Need-for-Formal-Specification/
LG TV's new software update installed MS Copilot, which cannot be deleted