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Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels (scrollguard.app)
686 points by adrianhacar 8 days ago | 305 comments
2.
Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team (annas-archive.org)
1077 points by jerheinze 6 days ago | 533 comments
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Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust (github.com/epicenter-so)
587 points by braden-w 6 days ago | 151 comments
4.
FFmpeg Assembly Language Lessons (github.com/ffmpeg)
422 points by flykespice 6 days ago | 158 comments
5.
Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room (nytimes.com)
530 points by asnyder 6 days ago | 462 comments
6.
Obsidian Bases (help.obsidian.md)
692 points by twapi 6 days ago | 253 comments
7.
Left to Right Programming (graic.net)
443 points by graic 6 days ago | 355 comments
8.
Electromechanical reshaping, an alternative to laser eye surgery (medicalxpress.com)
299 points by Gaishan 7 days ago | 131 comments
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Tiny-tpu: A minimal tensor processing unit (TPU), inspired by Google's TPU (github.com/tiny-tpu-v2)
271 points by admp 6 days ago | 17 comments
10.
Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file (hyperclay.com)
641 points by pil0u 7 days ago | 233 comments
11.
Walkie-Textie Wireless Communicator (technoblogy.com)
182 points by chrisjj 9 days ago | 124 comments
12.
A gigantic jet caught on camera: A spritacular moment for NASA astronaut (nasa.gov)
395 points by acossta 10 days ago | 92 comments
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Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned into a Sims-style game (youtube.com)
155 points by maxraven 6 days ago | 76 comments
14.
Show HN: Doxx – Terminal .docx viewer inspired by Glow (github.com/bgreenwell)
259 points by w108bmg 7 days ago | 72 comments
15.
T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal–judges disagree (arstechnica.com)
389 points by Bender 6 days ago | 99 comments
16.
SystemD Service Hardening (roguesecurity.dev)
295 points by todsacerdoti 7 days ago | 116 comments
17.
The rising returns to R&D: Ideas are not getting harder to find (ssrn.com)
142 points by surprisetalk 10 days ago | 97 comments
18.
Google admits anti-competitive conduct involving Google Search in Australia (accc.gov.au)
298 points by Improvement 7 days ago | 239 comments
19.
Launch HN: Reality Defender (YC W22) – API for Deepfake and GenAI Detection (realitydefender.com)
92 points by bpcrd 6 days ago | 63 comments
20.
Clojure Async Flow Guide (clojure.github.io)
212 points by simonpure 7 days ago | 88 comments
21.
Show HN: I built a toy TPU that can do inference and training on the XOR problem (tinytpu.com)
134 points by evxxan 6 days ago | 24 comments
22.
The Lives and Loves of James Baldwin (newyorker.com)
101 points by Caiero 7 days ago | 19 comments
23.
Typechecker Zoo (sdiehl.github.io)
192 points by todsacerdoti 9 days ago | 31 comments
24.
Modifying other people's software (natkr.com)
89 points by todsacerdoti 11 days ago | 47 comments
25.
MS-DOS development resources (github.com/superilu)
126 points by mariuz 7 days ago | 42 comments
26.
GenAI FOMO has spurred businesses to light nearly $40B on fire (theregister.com)
245 points by rntn 6 days ago | 148 comments
27.
Mangle – a language for deductive database programming (github.com/google)
102 points by simonpure 7 days ago | 19 comments
28.
MCP doesn't need tools, it needs code (pocoo.org)
227 points by the_mitsuhiko 7 days ago | 140 comments
29.
Unification (2018) (thegreenplace.net)
77 points by asplake 7 days ago | 17 comments
30.
The Cutaway Illustrations of Fred Freeman (2016) (5wgraphicsblog.com)
88 points by Michelangelo11 9 days ago | 11 comments

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