Hacker News 100 9 months ago

A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot' Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/technology/personaltech/ai-social-media-brain-rot.html Discussion:

A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot' | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 9 months ago

Munich's surfers left stunned after famed river wave vanishes Link:

the Guardian

Munich

Eisbach wave in the Bavarian city had been a surfing magnet for decades but disappeared after a recent cleanup

Discussion:

Munich's surfers left stunned after famed river wave vanishes | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 9 months ago

Chat Control proposal fails again after public opposition Link:

Andrea Fortuna

Chat control proposal fails again after massive public opposition

The European Union’s controversial Chat Control proposal has been withdrawn once again following intense public pressure. This marks another defe...

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45783114

Hacker News 100 9 months ago

Vitamin D reduces incidence and duration of colds in those with low levels Link:

The Role Of Vitamin D Supplementation In The Prevention Of Acute Respiratory Infections: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

<p><strong>Background: </strong>Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) remain among the most common causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, parti...

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45732670

Hacker News 100 10 months ago

Pwning the Entire Nix Ecosystem Link:

Pwning the Entire Nix Ecosystem - ptrpaws&#39;s blog 🌸

ptrpaws

Discussion:

Pwning the Nix ecosystem | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 10 months ago

California Will Stop Using Coal as a Power Source Next Month Link:

California Will Stop Using Coal as a Power Source Next Month - Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this excerpt from a Los Angeles Times newsletter: One of the most consequential moments in California

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45567645

Hacker News 100 11 months ago

Germany is not supporting ChatControl – blocking minority secured Link:

digitalcourage.social

Patrick Breyer (@echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social)

Attached: 1 image 🇪🇺YES: Germany is not supporting the EU's #ChatControl bill as proposed! The blocking minority needed to stop this illegal...

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45209366

Hacker News 100 11 months ago

The Scam Called "You Don't Have to Remember Anything" Link:

The Scam Called “You Don't Have to Remember Anything” &bull; Zettelkasten Method

Debunking the myth that search engines and AI eliminate the need for memory. Building deep knowledge through active learning remains essential for ...

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45198420

Hacker News 100 11 months ago

Show HN: Term.everything – Run any GUI app in the terminal Link:

GitHub

GitHub - mmulet/term.everything: Run any GUI app in the terminal❗

Run any GUI app in the terminal❗. Contribute to mmulet/term.everything development by creating an account on GitHub.

Discussion:

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Hacker News 100 11 months ago

Guy running a Google rival from his laundry room Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/91396271/searcha-page-seekninja-diy-search-engines Discussion:

Guy running a Google rival from his laundry room | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 11 months ago

Supabase OrioleDB Patent: now freely available to the Postgres community Link:

OrioleDB Patent: now freely available to the Postgres community

Supabase is explicitly making available a non-exclusive license of the OrioleDB patent to all OrioleDB users in accordance with the OrioleDB license.

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45196173

Hacker News 100 11 months ago

Hypervisor in 1k Lines Link:

Hypervisor in 1,000 Lines

Write your first hypervisor from scratch, in 1K LoC.

Discussion:

Hypervisor in 1k Lines | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 11 months ago

Made for People, Not Cars: Reclaiming European Cities Link:

Made for people, not cars: reclaiming European cities

Discussion:

Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a &quot;reduced traffic zone&quot; | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 11 months ago

All clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity Link:

Ars Technica

All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity

Finding working copies of the last few titles was an "especially cursed" journey.

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171733

Hacker News 100 11 months ago

Show HN: Bottlefire – Build single-executable microVMs from Docker images Link:

Bottlefire - Build single-executable microVMs from Docker images

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45158118

Hacker News 100 11 months ago

NASA finds Titan's lakes may be creating vesicles with primitive cell walls Link:

ScienceDaily

NASA finds Titan’s alien lakes may be creating primitive cells

Saturn’s moon Titan may be more alive with possibilities than we thought. New NASA research suggests that in Titan’s freezing methane and ethan...

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45191347

Hacker News 100 11 months ago

Go for Bash Programmers – Part II: CLI Tools Link:

GitHub

GitHub - go-monk/from-bash-to-go-part-ii: Go for Bash Programmers II - CLI Tools

Go for Bash Programmers II - CLI Tools. Contribute to go-monk/from-bash-to-go-part-ii development by creating an account on GitHub.

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45167436

Hacker News 100 11 months ago

Things you can do with a debugger but not with print debugging Link:

Things you can do with a debugger but not with print debugging

Discussion:

Things you can do with a debugger but not with print debugging | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 11 months ago

Axial twist theory Link:

Axial twist theory - Wikipedia

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45154142

Hacker News 100 11 months ago

I replaced Animal Crossing's dialogue with a live LLM by hacking GameCube memory Link: https://joshfonseca.com/blogs/animal-crossing-llm Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45192655