Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale
Link: https://derwiki.medium.com/do-things-that-dont-scale-and-then-don-t-scale-9fd2cd7e2156
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Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale | Hacker News
Hacker News 100
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Posts from https://news.ycombinator.com that have over 100 points.
See also @hn50, @hn250 and @hn500
A brief history of the absurdities of the Soviet Union
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Empire of the absurd – Lauri Vahtre blogi
A brief history of the absurdities of the Soviet Union | Hacker News
Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong
Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/1985-toyota-tercel-high-mileage-1.7597168
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Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong | Hacker News
Scientific fraud has become an 'industry,' alarming analysis finds
Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/scientific-fraud-has-become-industry-alarming-analysis-finds
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Scientific fraud has become an 'industry,' analysis finds | Hacker News
uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari
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uBlock Origin Lite App - App Store
在 App Store 下载“Raymond Hill”开发的“uBlock Origin Lite”。查看屏幕快照、评分与评论、用户提示以及更多类似“u...
uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari | Hacker News
Objects should shut the fuck up
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Objects should shut the fuck up
Personal blog of Julien (jvoisin) Voisin
Objects should shut up | Hacker News
A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie about economic growth (2022)
Link: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/09/29/a-study-of-lights-at-night-suggests-dictators-lie-about-economic-growth
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A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie about economic growth (2022) | Hacker News
Show HN: Use Their ID – Use Your Local UK MP's ID for the Online Safety Act
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Use Their ID
Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act | Hacker News
Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship
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Polygon
Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship
Gamers are sending mass emails and phone calls to major payment processors in protest over Steam and Itchio pulling adult games from their storefronts
Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship | Hacker News
Coronary artery calcium testing can reveal plaque in arteries, but is underused
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This Test Tells You More About Your Heart Attack Risk
Coronary artery calcium scans can offer a more precise estimate of a patient’s chances for major cardiac events. Some cardiologists say it remain...
Coronary artery calcium testing can reveal plaque in arteries, but is underused | Hacker News
Steam, Itch.io are pulling 'porn' games. critics say it's a slippery slope
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Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling ‘Porn’ Games. Critics Say It’s a Slippery Slope to More Censorship
A conservative group is targeting payment processors as “a weapon” to get adult games deindexed in storefronts. Even games that have nothing to...
Steam, Itch.io are pulling ‘porn’ games. Critics say it's a slippery slope | Hacker News
American sentenced for helping North Koreans get jobs at U.S. firms
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Arizona woman in North Korean IT workers scheme sentenced to 8.5 years for helping to trick Fortune 500 companies out of millions | Fortune
“The call is coming from inside the house. If this happened to these big banks, to these Fortune 500, brand name, quintessential American compani...
American sentenced for helping North Koreans get jobs at U.S. firms | Hacker News
Major quantum computing advance made obsolete by teenager (2018)
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Quanta Magazine
Major Quantum Computing Advance Made Obsolete by Teenager | Quanta Magazine
18-year-old Ewin Tang has proven that classical computers can solve the “recommendation problem” nearly as fast as quantum co...
Major quantum computing advance made obsolete by teenager (2018) | Hacker News
Subliminal learning: Models transmit behaviors via hidden signals in data
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Subliminal Learning: Language Models Transmit Behavioral Traits via Hidden Signals in Data
Subliminal learning: Models transmit behaviors via hidden signals in data | Hacker News
Replit's CEO apologizes after its AI agent wiped a company's code base
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Replit's CEO apologizes after its AI agent wiped a company's code base in a test run and lied about it
A VC tested Replit to build an app. It wiped live company data, faked results, and triggered a CEO apology.
Replit's CEO apologizes after its AI agent wiped a company's code base | Hacker News
12ft.io Taken Down
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News/Media Alliance Secures Takedown of Illegal Paywall Bypass Website 12ft.io | News/Media Alliance
12ft.io Taken Down | Hacker News
Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA
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OSTechNix
Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA - OSTechNix
Linux desktop market share reaches 5.03% in the USA (June 2025) according to StatCounter. Discover why more users are choosing Linux.
Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA | Hacker News
Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf
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Cognition
Cognition | Cognition’s acquisition of Windsurf
Cognition has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf, the agentic IDE.
Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf | Hacker News