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1.
Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels (scrollguard.app)
690 points by adrianhacar 3 months ago | 305 comments
2.
Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team (annas-archive.org)
1087 points by jerheinze 3 months ago | 534 comments
3.
Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust (github.com/epicenter-so)
591 points by braden-w 3 months ago | 152 comments
4.
FFmpeg Assembly Language Lessons (github.com/ffmpeg)
422 points by flykespice 3 months ago | 160 comments
5.
Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room (nytimes.com)
533 points by asnyder 3 months ago | 463 comments
6.
Obsidian Bases (help.obsidian.md)
695 points by twapi 3 months ago | 255 comments
7.
Left to Right Programming (graic.net)
447 points by graic 3 months ago | 357 comments
8.
Electromechanical reshaping, an alternative to laser eye surgery (medicalxpress.com)
300 points by Gaishan 3 months ago | 132 comments
9.
Tiny-tpu: A minimal tensor processing unit (TPU), inspired by Google's TPU (github.com/tiny-tpu-v2)
271 points by admp 3 months ago | 17 comments
10.
Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file (hyperclay.com)
646 points by pil0u 3 months ago | 233 comments
11.
Walkie-Textie Wireless Communicator (technoblogy.com)
182 points by chrisjj 3 months ago | 126 comments
12.
A gigantic jet caught on camera: A spritacular moment for NASA astronaut (nasa.gov)
395 points by acossta 3 months ago | 92 comments
13.
Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned into a Sims-style game (youtube.com)
156 points by maxraven 3 months ago | 76 comments
14.
Show HN: Doxx – Terminal .docx viewer inspired by Glow (github.com/bgreenwell)
261 points by w108bmg 3 months ago | 72 comments
15.
T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal–judges disagree (arstechnica.com)
391 points by Bender 3 months ago | 99 comments
16.
SystemD Service Hardening (roguesecurity.dev)
297 points by todsacerdoti 3 months ago | 116 comments
17.
The rising returns to R&D: Ideas are not getting harder to find (ssrn.com)
142 points by surprisetalk 3 months ago | 97 comments
18.
Google admits anti-competitive conduct involving Google Search in Australia (accc.gov.au)
298 points by _p2zi 3 months ago | 239 comments
19.
Launch HN: Reality Defender (YC W22) – API for Deepfake and GenAI Detection (realitydefender.com)
92 points by bpcrd 3 months ago | 64 comments
20.
Clojure Async Flow Guide (clojure.github.io)
213 points by simonpure 3 months ago | 89 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 3 months ago | 24 comments
22.
The Lives and Loves of James Baldwin (newyorker.com)
101 points by Caiero 3 months ago | 19 comments
23.
Typechecker Zoo (sdiehl.github.io)
193 points by todsacerdoti 3 months ago | 31 comments
24.
Modifying other people's software (natkr.com)
89 points by todsacerdoti 3 months ago | 47 comments
25.
MS-DOS development resources (github.com/superilu)
126 points by mariuz 3 months ago | 42 comments
26.
GenAI FOMO has spurred businesses to light nearly $40B on fire (theregister.com)
246 points by rntn 3 months ago | 148 comments
27.
Mangle – a language for deductive database programming (github.com/google)
103 points by simonpure 3 months ago | 19 comments
28.
MCP doesn't need tools, it needs code (pocoo.org)
228 points by the_mitsuhiko 3 months ago | 140 comments
29.
Unification (2018) (thegreenplace.net)
78 points by asplake 3 months ago | 17 comments
30.
The Cutaway Illustrations of Fred Freeman (2016) (5wgraphicsblog.com)
90 points by Michelangelo11 3 months ago | 11 comments

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