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The article explores the significance of the Machiavellian political philosophy, which emphasizes pragmatic and often ruthless tactics to acquire and maintain power, in contrast with traditional moral and ethical considerations.

Got perm banned for evading a ban I never even got, they didn’t even read my appeal and just gave “we do not accept” like ???

I built Pikai after using Cursor and Claude Code heavily in real production systems. These tools work well within a single repository, but once you’re working across multiple repos, microservices, and shared libraries, they start making changes with incomplete assumptions about the rest of the system.

Pikai provides a way to share relevant code and architectural context across repositories so tools like Cursor and Claude Code have a more accurate view of the system they’re modifying. The goal is fewer incorrect edits when changes span services.

This is an early beta shaped by day-to-day production use. I’m looking for developers working in multi-repo or microservice environments who want to try it and give direct feedback.

Happy to answer technical questions about how it works.

The article discusses the potential hazards of 'vibe coding' in the open-source community, where developers participate in projects without fully understanding the implications, leading to technical debt and security vulnerabilities. It highlights the need for more caution and accountability in open-source software development.

Apple has released a new software update for the iPhone 5s, which was released in 2013. The update includes performance improvements and bug fixes, ensuring ongoing support for this older iPhone model.

The article argues that intelligence is not a reliable indicator of wisdom, and that there are important differences between the two. It suggests that wisdom involves qualities like empathy, self-awareness, and the ability to make ethical decisions, which may not be directly correlated with high intelligence.

I built Runo after years of inconsistent marathon training. GPS watches tell you your pace AFTER it's too late. So I made a simple metronome that plays a beat at your target cadence (steps per minute).

New in 2.0: Apple Watch haptics (run to the beat without headphones), Strava sync, and social features.

4.7 on App Store, 10k+ runners. Would love feedback from the HN community.

Lawyer rates in the U.S. have surged, with top law firm partners charging up to $4,000 per hour. The article examines the factors contributing to the rise in hourly rates, including increased demand for legal services and the growing complexity of cases.

India's capital Delhi and surrounding regions face recurring episodes of severe air pollution during the winter months, exacerbated by a combination of factors including industrial and vehicle emissions, crop burning, and unfavorable weather conditions.

This article discusses the importance of thorough testing and attention to safety-critical systems, using the example of a 'Hello World' program failure in a medical device that resulted in patient harm. It highlights the need for robust software development practices and comprehensive testing, especially for applications with serious consequences.

A homeless beggar in China was discovered to actually own multiple homes, cars, and side businesses, surprising those who had previously given him money. The article explores the complex reasons behind his decision to live on the streets and beg despite his hidden wealth.

The article reports on a widespread outage affecting the TikTok social media platform, with users experiencing issues with the news feed and app functionality. The outage appears to be global in scale, impacting users across various regions.

Valve has released Proton 10.0-4, a major update to the Steam Play compatibility tool that enhances Windows game compatibility on Linux. The update includes improvements to DirectX 12 and Vulkan support, as well as bug fixes and other enhancements to improve the overall gaming experience on Linux.

The article explains how to group windows by application in Cinnamon, a desktop environment for Linux. It outlines the steps to enable this feature and customize the window grouping behavior to enhance productivity.

The article compares the performance of TiDBDB, an open-source distributed SQL database, with RocksDB, a popular embedded key-value store, on NVMe and SSD storage devices. It provides benchmarks and insights into the scalability and efficiency of these database systems on different storage media.

The article reports that all U.S. Border Patrol agents have been ordered to leave Minneapolis, Minnesota, due to concerns over their potential involvement in enforcing immigration laws during ongoing protests and civil unrest in the city.

By Archibald T. Scrivener, Editor-in-Chief

Let the rabble have their steam. Let the opportunists south of Fleet Street debase themselves with these infernal "Rotary Presses." Here at The Gazette, we shall not surrender the soul of publishing to a mindless cylinder.

I hear the whispers in the alehouses. You fear the roller. You fear the speed. You ask, "Archibald, how can we compete with a machine that prints ten thousand sheets while we are still justifying the left margin?" I tell you this: Speed is the enemy of Truth.

Consider the typesetter. A man of dignity. He selects the letter 'A' from the case. He feels the cold lead. He places it in the stick with intention. There is a connection between the hand and the word that a steam-valve can never replicate. This is "Hand-Setting." It is pure. It is honest.

Now look at these "Roller-Men." They do not set type; they feed a beast. They pour ink into a hopper and pray. And what happens? I saw it myself at the Morning Herald. A gear slipped. A plate shifted. And the machine—lacking the moral compass of a human compositor—printed "The Queen is a Harlot" instead of "The Queen is in Harlow" across five thousand copies before anyone could stop the wheel. They call it progress. I call it a disaster in the Fold.

They say these machines free us from drudgery. I say they detach us from the craft. When you let a cylinder decide the pressure, you lose the "vibe" of the page. The ink smears. The serif is lost. It is soulless output generated by a mindless engine that consumes paper like a glutton. Rest easy, gentlemen. As long as I draw breath, we will not pivot to "Steam-Publishing." We will continue to hand-set every comma, every period, and every spacer. Because when the world drowns in a deluge of fast, cheap, steam-pressed garbage, the discerning gentleman will always pay a premium for a paper that was built, letter by tedious letter, by a human being who actually knows how to spell.

Back to the cases, lads. The future is manual.

A rare network anomaly caused Microsoft's network to mishandle traffic destined for the example.com domain, leading to widespread service disruptions. The issue was eventually resolved through coordination between Microsoft and the operators of the example.com domain.

The article discusses the emerging concept of 'swarm coordinators' - software systems that coordinate the actions of autonomous entities, such as robots or drones, to achieve complex tasks more efficiently. It highlights the potential applications and benefits of this technology in various industries.

The Internet Archive announces a 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest, inviting creators to remix and reimagine films entering the public domain in 2026 to celebrate the expansion of the public domain and the creative opportunities it provides.

I’ve spent the last year watching agentic workflows break the moment a schema changes or an LLM returns a slightly unexpected format. Traditional "chains" are too brittle for production, so I built Aden to move away from static, hardcoded logic. Aden is an infrastructure layer that uses a "Queen Bee" coding agent to transform your natural language goals into a recursive graph of worker agents. When an agent fails or hits an edge case, the framework doesn't just throw an error; it captures the failure trace, uses the coding agent to refactor the underlying node logic or connection graph, and redeploys the fix in real-time. It’s built to be MCP-native with 100+ connectors and includes "Agentic P&L" guardrails to prevent token-burn from runaway loops. You can try it out by cloning the repo and running the quickstart script to build your first autonomous swarm. contact@adenhq.com

The article explores the complex and often misunderstood relationship between the United States and North Korea, examining the historical context, geopolitical tensions, and the ongoing challenges in achieving a stable and peaceful relationship between the two nations.

Turned A is a 1980s British sitcom that centered around the life of a young man named Alan, who struggles to adapt to the adult world after being treated like a child for most of his life. The show explores themes of growing up, independence, and family relationships.

The article explores the concept of 'sovereign AI', where nations develop their own artificial intelligence systems to maintain control and sovereignty. It discusses the potential risks and challenges associated with this approach, focusing on the disconnect between the 'map' (the AI system) and the 'territory' (the real-world environment).

This article provides an overview of AI tools for beginners, exploring popular AI assistants, language models, and other AI-powered applications that can help with various tasks such as writing, analysis, and automation.