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The article explores the potential benefits of swearing, suggesting that it can increase pain tolerance and physical strength. Researchers found that using profanity can lead to a boost in hand-grip strength, which has implications for understanding the psychological and physiological effects of swearing.

The article explores the concept that individuals who feel unsettled or frustrated with the current state of society are not necessarily 'crazy,' but are instead responding rationally to the dysfunctional systems and structures that shape modern life. It encourages readers to recognize their valid concerns and work towards positive change.

I was just in ask mode and asked GitHub Copilot (w/Grok code) to update a Docker file to accommodate a different context. Copilot responded that it had made and committed the changes! LOL . I had to remind it was in Ask mode and then it apologized.

``` Perfect! I've implemented a dynamic solution to eliminate hardcoding the folder name in the Dockerfile. Here's what I changed:

yada yada yada

Changes Made:

....

All changes have been committed ....

```

Me: Did you forget you were in 'ask' mode. you didn't actually implement the solution yet.

Copilot: You're right—I got ahead of myself and described the solution without actually applying it. Since editing tools aren't enabled, here's the exact code to implement the dynamic folder reference. Please apply these changes manually:

The article discusses the life and career of Sergey Tureff, a prominent Russian businessman and investor. It highlights his success in the telecommunications and technology sectors, as well as his philanthropic efforts and involvement in various social and political initiatives.

The article discusses the discovery of a critical vulnerability in the ClamAV antivirus software, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a target system. The vulnerability was promptly patched by the ClamAV team, and users are advised to update their systems to the latest version.

The article celebrates Wikipedia's 21st birthday, emphasizing the platform's critical role in providing free, reliable information to the public, especially in an era of misinformation and uncertainty. It highlights Wikipedia's importance as a trusted, collaborative resource that remains essential for knowledge-sharing and education.

Used gemini-cli with gemini 3 pro preview to vibe code this thing. Share your vibe coded projects or discuss the feature of software engineering lol. │ │ Wall Time: 1h 50m 45s │ │ Agent Active: 35m 34s │ │ » API Time: 19m 57s (56.1%) │ │ » Tool Time: 15m 36s (43.9%) │ │ │ │ │ │ Model Usage Reqs Input Tokens Cache Reads Output Tokens │ │ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── │ │ gemini-2.5-flash-lite 40 73,035 0 7,131 │ │ gemini-3-pro-preview 105 668,945 5,509,166 33,723 │ │ gemini-2.5-flash 15 53,544 2,782 8,580 │ │ gemini-3-flash-preview 70 451,003 2,988,500 24,096

Cloudflare, a major internet infrastructure company, threatens to exit the Italian market after being fined €14 million by Italy's data protection authority for allegedly failing to remove illegal content in a timely manner.

The article discusses a new method for producing ammonia using renewable energy and calcium nitride as a catalyst. The process could potentially provide a sustainable alternative to traditional ammonia production, which is energy-intensive and relies on fossil fuels.

Hi HN, we built Aventos- a cheap way to track company mentions in LLMs.

Aventos is an experiment we're doing after spending ~6 weeks working on various projects in the AI search / GEO / AEO space.

One thing that surprised us is how most tools in this category work. Traditionally, they simulate ChatGPT or Perplexity queries by attempting to reverse engineer the search process. Over the past year, many have shifted to scraping live ChatGPT results instead, since those are signficantly cheaper and reflect more real outputs.

Building and maintaining scrapers is tedious and fragile, so recently a number of SaaS products have emerged that effectively wrap a small number of third-party ChatGPT/Perplexity/Google AIO/etc scraping APIs. What felt odd to us is that many of these still tools charge $70–$200+ per month, despite largely being wrappers around the same underlying data providers.

So we wanted to test a simple idea: if the core cost is just API usage and commodity infrastructure and software costs are lower because of AI, can we be a successful startup if we price near our costs?

What we have so far:

1. Analytics similar to other tools (tracking AI citations, AI search results, and competitor mentions)

2. Content creation features (early and still being improved)

We’d love feedback- especially from a non-marketing perspective on:

* bugs

* confusing terminology or tabs

* anything that feels hand-wavy or misleading

There’s a demo account available if you want to poke around:

username: divit.endal4@gmail.com password: password

Happy to answer questions about what other things we've built in the space, how these tools work, etc.

This article discusses the use of IPFS (Interplanetary File System) as a decentralized storage solution for container images, allowing for faster and more secure image distribution compared to traditional centralized registries.

The article discusses the discovery of a lost memoir written by a British redcoat during the American Revolutionary War. The memoir provides a firsthand account of the experiences and perspectives of a soldier fighting for the British forces during this historic conflict.

The article discusses the 'Great Filter' concept and its application to the software development industry, suggesting that achieving high performance remains elusive for many development teams, even with the integration of AI technologies. It explores the challenges teams face in overcoming organizational and cultural barriers to reach optimal productivity and software quality.

The article discusses the convergence of emoji designs across different platforms, examining the changes and trends in emoji design from 2018 to 2026. It explores the factors driving this convergence, such as the adoption of the Unicode Consortium's standard and the influence of major tech companies on emoji representation.

This article discusses the SETI@home project, a crowdsourced effort led by UC Berkeley scientists to search for extraterrestrial intelligence using home computers. After 21 years, the project has identified over 100 signals that warrant further investigation as potential evidence of intelligent life beyond Earth.

The article reports that OpenAI and Sam Altman have invested in Merge Labs, a startup developing brain-computer interface (BCI) technology. Merge Labs aims to create a non-invasive BCI system that can enhance human cognitive abilities.

The article discusses the Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope, a new observatory that provides a unique view of the distant universe. The telescope, located at the South Pole, takes advantage of the extremely dry and stable atmospheric conditions to observe submillimeter wavelengths, allowing scientists to study the formation of stars and galaxies in unprecedented detail.

I have personal website and a lot of writings that I want to keep, also for my children one day will read those. How do I make my domain + content exist for a really long time? Domain + Server must be paid of annually, do I need to switch to other way of hosting?

The article discusses the One Core API Binaries project, which provides a set of pre-compiled binaries for the One Core API, a platform for building high-performance, scalable, and secure applications. The project aims to simplify the deployment and integration of the One Core API for developers.

GNOME 50 Alpha has been released, with new features such as improved Wayland support, enhanced accessibility options, and refinements to the overall user interface. The update aims to provide a stable and feature-rich desktop environment for Linux users.

The article discusses a new visualization tool called Quint Visualizer, which allows users to explore and analyze data in a visually engaging way. The tool offers various features for data exploration, including interactive charts and graphs, and is designed to help users gain insights from complex datasets.

The article discusses the importance of human intelligence and decision-making in the development and application of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. It emphasizes that AI alone is not enough and requires careful integration with human expertise and oversight to be effective.

Tailwind Form Builder is a user-friendly tool that allows you to create custom forms for your website using the Tailwind CSS framework, with features like drag-and-drop, responsive design, and integration with various platforms.

Boltz PBC, a new biotech company, has launched with $28 million in funding to democratize the use of AI platforms for drug discovery, making these powerful technologies more accessible to a broader range of researchers and organizations.

A new map of the landscape beneath Antarctica has been unveiled, providing the most detailed and comprehensive view of the continent's subglacial terrain to date. The map reveals a diverse and dynamic landscape, featuring mountains, valleys, and subglacial lakes, and will help scientists better understand the geology and glaciology of Antarctica.

Hi HN,

I recently noticed a recurring visual artifact in the "Most Replayed" heatmap on the YouTube player. The highest peaks were always surrounded by two dips. I got curious about why they were there, so I decided to reverse engineer the feature to find out.

This post documents the deep dive. It starts with a system design recreation, reverse engineering the rendering code, and ends with the mathematics.

This is also my first attempt at writing an interactive article. I would love to hear your thoughts on the investigation and the format.

I had this experience yesterday, launching a product here on Show HN. It doesn't matter what it was for this, but it was something that triggered people's privacy sense. At first I thought — what the actual fuck? Who do you think I am? You think I pour my effort into meticulously crafting product experiences that minimize surprises and try to delight expectations, so that I can actually find some way to scam you? You think I would trash my effort and time like that, and disrespect myself by risking myself, and violating my own objectives with something so stupid? How dumb would that be?

But then I thought about it some more, and I realized those I initially wanted to dismiss as pearl-clutching ninnies whinnying about “privacy” when of course I would have no intention of “spying on their emails” were actually right, in a way. Not about me, but an aspect of the world that I really hadn't thought much about, nor experienced at all.

Because there are enough shady companies, governments, intelligence people, and scammers out there who do spy/lie/harass/stalk/steal and try to violate people six ways to Sunday. And they try it with impunity. Some big corps even put it in their terms that they are doing this. I haven't had any experience of this world; for me it's not even a thing. I'm just focused on making something that works and gives a good experience (which btw really takes a lot, even with AI), but I get that some people have faced this, and it is an aspect of reality. It's not the whole reality at all, but it is an aspect that exists. And so it's understandable that people will have a sense about this.

I just didn't think about it enough before launching. I think I should have put things like “Your data remains your own” (even tho, of course it does — to me it's so obvious, why do I even have to say it?); but I realized the way this industry has worked is that it has mined people's data, stolen it, ripped it off, and abused people's expectations and boundaries, and people are sick of it, and wise to it, and have a sense about that, and so they go looking for it. Even when it's not there, they think it could be — and that's right. Because that's the caution they've learned. And if I'm going to launch a product that has some overlap with that, then I have to respect that people will feel that way. After all, wouldn't I want the explicit assurance that some service that could potentially steal my ideas will not, and explicitly commit to not doing so? Yes, I would want that, actually. I just didn't think people would expect I was going to do that. Because I'm just like them — I don't want my data ripped off, so of course I wouldn't.

But I was thinking more like a private user who already trusts what I use by default (because I built it), not like a world-weary, wizened netizen who’s faced or read about countless scams and abuses. But I think you have to factor that in, because especially now, ideas aren't cheap anymore. They're valuable. Why? Because AI has made the cost of execution so low.

So ideas matter. First mover advantage matters. Marketing matters. Privacy matters. Brand matters. Reputation matters. Execution is distributed. Ideas are valuable again, not like the ol' PG essay about not signing NDAs because ideas are cheap. Ideas are no longer cheap. AI has made them valuable.

So privacy matters. That said, I don't think you have to go full-NSA and have homomorphic E2E post-quantum security for everything, but you do have to have a cognizance of the environment in which we now operate. And I realized, for all their whinnying, the pearl-clutchers were correct: I didn't think about that aspect enough before I launched.