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1.
Combining 15s interval whole-sky-camera photos to form a 4y spanning keogram (astrodon.social)
531 points by nebalee 32 days ago | 83 comments
2.
How to draw an outline in a video game (ameye.dev)
555 points by alexanderameye 32 days ago | 70 comments
3.
Self driving 1993 Volvo with open pilot (practicapp.com)
650 points by trainsarebetter 32 days ago | 145 comments
4.
Phase behavior of Cacio and Pepe sauce (arxiv.org)
381 points by rev13013 33 days ago | 192 comments
5.
B-Trees: More Than I Thought I'd Want to Know (2021) (benjamincongdon.me)
319 points by hochmartinez 33 days ago | 16 comments
6.
Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app (pimosa.app)
526 points by anshrathodfr 33 days ago | 293 comments
7.
One Dog vs. the Windows 3.1 Graphics Stack (wuffs.org)
234 points by todsacerdoti 32 days ago | 92 comments
8.
ELKS: Linux for 16-bit Intel Processors (github.com/ghaerr)
213 points by emersonrsantos 31 days ago | 114 comments
9.
Meta is killing off its AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles (theguardian.com)
386 points by n1b0m 32 days ago | 549 comments
10.
In Colorado, a marriage of solar energy and farming (ksjd.org)
191 points by dr_dshiv 32 days ago | 115 comments
11.
F-Droid Fake Signer PoC (github.com/obfusk)
234 points by pabs3 32 days ago | 90 comments
12.
Parasitic worms 'manipulate' mantises onto asphalt roads, say researchers (mainichi.jp)
154 points by anigbrowl 32 days ago | 107 comments
13.
Programming as Theory Building (1985) [pdf] (wisc.edu)
211 points by beryilma 32 days ago | 44 comments
14.
Breaking Up with Long Tasks or: how I learned to group loops and wield the yield (perfplanet.com)
203 points by jcbhmr 32 days ago | 71 comments
15.
The DIY Multideck (mauri.app)
147 points by vlugorilla 33 days ago | 50 comments
16.
Do Files want to be Actors? (lewiscampbell.tech)
120 points by LAC-Tech 32 days ago | 87 comments
17.
Hacking yourself a satellite – recovering BEESAT-1 [video] (ccc.de)
182 points by Duke_Pixie 34 days ago | 15 comments
18.
A Return to Polymathy (2015) [pdf] (paulrcohen.github.io)
144 points by mirawelner 31 days ago | 73 comments
19.
A mole infiltrated the highest ranks of American militias (propublica.org)
454 points by colinprince 32 days ago | 312 comments
20.
Yemeni Coffee Shops in Texas (texasmonthly.com)
242 points by Geekette 33 days ago | 200 comments
21.
A Billion Pixels a Second: Inside Apple's iPhone 16 Camera Labs (cnet.com)
123 points by marban 36 days ago | 112 comments
22.
Swc4j: SWC for Java (github.com/caoccao)
70 points by stefankuehnel 32 days ago | 17 comments
23.
Show HN: Pretty-print your chess games using Prettier (github.com/gmasclet)
103 points by gmasclet 32 days ago | 10 comments
24.
Elektročas HH3 – the most accurate pendulum clock on the planet (cern.ch)
109 points by tverbeure 36 days ago | 42 comments
25.
The Unisys Icon: One Canadian Xennial's Memories of Ontario's Obscure Computer (postgamecontent.com)
80 points by ecolonsmak 32 days ago | 35 comments
26.
Transcendental Syntax (github.com/engboris)
81 points by 4ad 32 days ago | 34 comments
27.
"AI" on a Calculator (2023) (z80.me)
70 points by mariuz 33 days ago | 19 comments
28.
XORShift for Magic Bitboards (strydr.net)
47 points by chilipepperhott 32 days ago | 5 comments
29.
Ask HN: How are you using LLMs for traversing decompiler output?
105 points by mjbale116 34 days ago | 45 comments
30.
US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering subjects a 'clean slate' (theguardian.com)
209 points by bookofjoe 32 days ago | 366 comments

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