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lumpa about 11 hours ago

Python 3.15’s interpreter for Windows x86-64 should hopefully be 15% faster

The article discusses the author's personal journey of moving past feelings of regret and embracing self-acceptance. It explores the challenges of overcoming past mistakes and the importance of learning from them to move forward in a positive and empowered way.

fidget-spinner.github.io
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CUDA Tile Open Sourced
JonChesterfield 6 days ago

CUDA Tile Open Sourced

The CUDA-Tile repository provides a high-performance tiled memory access library for CUDA, enabling efficient memory access patterns for GPU-accelerated applications. It offers a set of building blocks for tiled memory access, which can be used to accelerate a variety of algorithms on GPUs.

github.com
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The entire New Yorker archive is now digitized
thm 5 days ago

The entire New Yorker archive is now digitized

The New Yorker has fully digitized its entire magazine archive, making over 9,000 issues spanning back to 1925 available online. This significant achievement provides readers with comprehensive access to the iconic publication's extensive history and content.

newyorker.com
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Archiving Git branches as tags
octavore 3 days ago

Archiving Git branches as tags

This article explains how to archive Git branches as tags, which can be useful for preserving historical information and reducing repository clutter. The process involves creating a new tag that points to the commit of the branch you want to archive, and then deleting the branch.

etc.octavore.com
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Paperbacks and TikTok
zdw 3 days ago

Paperbacks and TikTok

The article discusses the rise of TikTok and the lasting appeal of physical books, highlighting the importance of focused attention and the value of slower, more contemplative forms of media consumption in an increasingly fast-paced digital world.

calnewport.com
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rurban about 5 hours ago

Fahrplan – 39C3

fahrplan.events.ccc.de
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UBlockOrigin and UBlacklist AI Blocklist
_____k about 4 hours ago

UBlockOrigin and UBlacklist AI Blocklist

This article presents a comprehensive blocklist for the uBlock Origin ad blocker, targeting a wide range of AI-related domains and services. The list aims to provide users with a powerful tool to prevent tracking and limit the influence of AI-driven advertising and content on their browsing experience.

github.com
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Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2 (2024)
andsoitis about 10 hours ago

Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2 (2024)

The article describes the author's experience installing Asahi Linux, a Linux distribution optimized for Apple M-series chips, on a MacBook Air M2. It focuses on the installation process and the use of the Sway window manager, highlighting the challenges and successes encountered during the setup.

daniel.lawrence.lu
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Evidlo 1 day ago

Show HN: Lamp Carousel – DIY kinetic sculpture powered by lamp heat (2024)

I wanted to share this fun craft activity for the holidays that I've been doing with my family over the last few years. I came up with these while cutting up some cans trying to make an aluminum version of paper spinners.

There are a variety of shapes that work, but generally bigger+lighter spinners are better. Also incandescent bulbs are the best, but LEDs work too.

They remind me of candle carousels I would see at my grandparents' house during Christmas. Let me know what you think!

evan.widloski.com
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I sell onions on the Internet (2019)
sogen about 8 hours ago

I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

This article tells the story of a man who started an online business selling onions, overcoming challenges to build a successful e-commerce venture. It explores his entrepreneurial journey, the strategies he used to stand out in a crowded market, and the lessons he learned along the way.

deepsouthventures.com
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All I Want for Christmas Is Your Secrets: LangGrinch hits LangChain Core
shahartal about 6 hours ago

All I Want for Christmas Is Your Secrets: LangGrinch hits LangChain Core

The article discusses a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-68664, found in the core of the Langchain library, a popular Python framework for building large language model (LLM) applications. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution, highlighting the importance of keeping software dependencies up-to-date and secure.

cyata.ai
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I-M-S 3 days ago

The Program 2025 annual review: How much money does an audio drama podcast make?

Hi, I'm the author of The Program audio series, a fairly successful fiction podcast that launched on HackerNews in 2018. Seven years later, this little sci-fi anthology is still ongoing, having released 37 (soon 38) episodes and surpasaing 1 million downloads.

I chronicle the ups and downs of creating a niche artistic product such as this in annual reports, the latest of which I just released last week. It offers a transparent view into what goes into making a creative project such as this, and also what you get out of it, because I share all the financial data down to specific revenue streams.

As such, I hope it can be of use to others who are undertaking a similar endeavour. Feel free to ask questions should you have any!

Cheers

programaudioseries.com
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Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address
geox about 3 hours ago

Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address

Google is planning to change Gmail addresses to a new format that will include users' names, making them more personalized and easier to remember. The change aims to provide users with a more recognizable and customized email experience.

9to5google.com
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snvzz 1 day ago

Phoenix: A modern X server written from scratch in Zig

git.dec05eba.com
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Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed in animal models? Study
thunderbong about 9 hours ago

Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed in animal models? Study

A new study shows that Alzheimer's disease can be reversed and full neurological recovery can be achieved, not just prevented or slowed, in animal models. This finding offers hope for developing effective treatments for the devastating neurodegenerative condition.

case.edu
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Memory Safety
pmaddams about 3 hours ago

Memory Safety

memorysafety.org
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HeliumHydride 7 days ago

Geometric Algorithms for Translucency Sorting in Minecraft [pdf]

douira.dev
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Clearspace (YC W23) Is Hiring a Founding Network Engineer (VPN and Proxy)
anteloper about 7 hours ago

Clearspace (YC W23) Is Hiring a Founding Network Engineer (VPN and Proxy)

ClearSpace is looking for a Founding Network Engineer to build and maintain a robust and scalable network infrastructure to support the company's operations. The role involves designing, implementing, and troubleshooting network systems, as well as ensuring the security and reliability of the network.

ycombinator.com
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rajeshrajappan about 14 hours ago

We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years

The article discusses the growing trend of companies offering employees 'unlimited' vacation time, highlighting both the potential benefits and concerns surrounding this policy, such as employee burnout and the need for proper implementation.

bbc.co.uk
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basilikum 1 day ago

Tell HN: Merry Christmas

Different cultures celebrate Christmas at different days and time zones are a thing. But it's Christmas here, so:

Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope you get some rest and can spend time with people who are dear to you and get to focus on what's important rather than getting lost in stressing about everything having to be perfect.

Also much love to everyone who cannot spend their Christmas with dear people.

To make sure this post meets the relevancy criteria, here is a Wikipedia article about some Christmas (more precisely advent) tradition which I personally really like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_market

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Toys with the highest play-time and lowest clean-up-time
surprisetalk 7 days ago

Toys with the highest play-time and lowest clean-up-time

This article explores the toys that children play with the most, highlighting the factors that contribute to their high play time, such as open-ended design, versatility, and ability to spark imagination.

joannabregan.substack.com
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thunderbong about 4 hours ago

URL Pattern API

The URL Pattern API allows developers to match and manipulate URLs using a powerful and flexible pattern syntax. This new API provides a more advanced and standardized way to work with URLs in web applications, improving functionality and accessibility.

developer.mozilla.org
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lukekim 7 days ago

Show HN: Spice Cayenne – SQL acceleration built on Vortex

Hi HN, we’re Luke and Phillip, and we’re building Spice.ai OSS - a lightweight, portable data and AI engine and powered by Apache DataFusion & Ballista for SQL query, hybrid-search, and LLM-inference across disaggregated-storage used by enterprises like Barracuda Networks and Twilio.

We first introduced Spice [1] on HN in 2021 and re-launched it on HN [2] in 2024 re-built from the ground up in Rust.

Spice includes the concept of a Data Accelerator [3], which is a way to materialize data from disparate sources, such as other databases, in embedded databases like SQLite and DuckDB.

Today we’re excited to announce a new Ducklake-inspired Data Accelerator built on Vortex [3], a highly performant, extensible columnar data format that claims 100x faster random access, 10-20x faster scans, 5x faster writes with a similar compression ratio vs. Apache Parquet.

In our tests with Spice, Vortex performs faster than DuckDB with a third of the memory usage, and is much more scalable (multi-file). For real-world deployments, we see the DuckDB Data Accelerator often capping out around 1TB, but Spice Cayenne can do Petabyte-scale.

You can read about it at https://spice.ai/blog and in the Spice OSS release notes [4].

This is just the first version, and we’d love to get your feedback!

GitHub: https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28448887

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39854584

[3] https://github.com/vortex-data/vortex

[4] https://spiceai.org/blog/releases/v1.9.0

spice.ai
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The First Photographs of Snowflakes Discover the Groundbreaking Microphotography (2017)
_____k 7 days ago

The First Photographs of Snowflakes Discover the Groundbreaking Microphotography (2017)

The article discusses the pioneering work of 19th-century photographer Wilson Bentley, who was the first to successfully photograph individual snowflakes, revealing their intricate and unique crystalline structures. It highlights Bentley's dedication to capturing the beauty and complexity of these natural wonders.

openculture.com
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Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL
medv 1 day ago

Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL

I wanted to see how far I could go building a notes app using only what modern browsers already provide – no frameworks, no storage APIs, no build step.

What it does:

Single HTML file, no deps, 111 loc

Notes live in the URL hash (shareable links!)

Auto-compressed with CompressionStream

Plain-text editor (contenteditable)

History support

Page title from first # heading

Respects light/dark mode

No storage, cookies, or tracking

The entire app is the page source.

https://textarea.my/

github.com
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Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS
Aissen 2 days ago

Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS

mquickjs is a lightweight, embeddable JavaScript engine that aims to provide a fast and efficient runtime for various applications. It is designed to be easily integrated into other projects and offers features such as a small footprint, support for multiple platforms, and a simple API.

github.com
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notgloating about 24 hours ago

Who Watches the Waymos? I do [video]

https://x.com/fulligin/status/2003925653113184498

https://xcancel.com/fulligin/status/2003925653113184498

youtube.com
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YouTube
Andrew2565 6 days ago

Show HN: Exploring Mathematics with Python

coe.psu.ac.th
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Asterisk AI Voice Agent
akrulino 1 day ago

Asterisk AI Voice Agent

The article describes the development of an AI-powered voice agent using the Asterisk open-source VoIP platform. It discusses the integration of natural language processing and text-to-speech technologies to create an intelligent virtual assistant capable of engaging in conversational interactions.

github.com
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lioeters 1 day ago

Fabrice Bellard: Biography (2009) [pdf]

ipaidia.gr
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