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1.
I miss thinking hard (jernesto.com)
335 points by jernestomg 3 hours ago | 185 comments
2.
Data centers in space makes no sense (civai.org)
500 points by ajyoon 12 hours ago | 602 comments
3.
Show HN: Craftplan – I built my wife a production management tool for her bakery (github.com/puemos)
267 points by deofoo 2 days ago | 44 comments
4.
Petition for Recognition of Work on Open-Source as Volunteering in Germany (openpetition.de)
161 points by numeri 3 hours ago | 25 comments
5.
Resurrecting Crimsonland – Decompiling and preserving a cult 2003 classic game (banteg.xyz)
99 points by banteg 2 days ago | 26 comments
6.
The largest zip tie is nearly 4 feet long and $75 (thedrive.com)
75 points by PaulHoule 5 days ago | 35 comments
7.
 [flagged] Illinois joins WHO global outbreak network after U.S. withdraws (capitolnewsillinois.com)
115 points by doener 7 hours ago | 37 comments
8.
Why poor countries stopped catching up (davidoks.blog)
50 points by j-bos 6 hours ago | 101 comments
9.
High-Altitude Adventure with a DIY Pico Balloon (ieee.org)
12 points by jnord 3 days ago | 1 comment
10.
A programmer's guide to leaving GitHub (lord.io)
17 points by stackptr 5 hours ago | 6 comments
11.
Reimplementing Tor from Scratch for a Single-Hop Proxy (foxmoss.com)
23 points by Agreed3750 3 days ago | 4 comments
12.
The world is more equal than you think (economist.com)
4 points by andsoitis 16 minutes ago | 2 comments
13.
X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok (bbc.com)
315 points by vikaveri 21 hours ago | 517 comments
14.
Reference Target: having your encapsulation and eating it too (igalia.com)
12 points by todsacerdoti 4 days ago | discuss
15.
Exploring Different Keyboard Sensing Technologies (lttlabs.com)
11 points by viraptor 6 days ago | 2 comments
16.
Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food – study (theguardian.com)
51 points by jnord 6 hours ago | 35 comments
17.
Machinery and English Style (1904) (theatlantic.com)
8 points by danidiaz 2 days ago | 1 comment
18.
GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.2-Codex are now 40% faster (twitter.com/openaidevs)
54 points by davidbarker 7 hours ago | 30 comments
19.
The full history of Windows widgets, from 1997 to today (xakpc.dev)
19 points by thunderbong 1 hour ago | 9 comments
20.
Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians' biometric data, ID documents (crikey.com.au)
31 points by stuaxo 7 hours ago | 1 comment
21.
A Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime (2018) (miamiherald.com)
20 points by belter 7 hours ago | 5 comments
22.
How to setup an Android smartphone as a webcam – Camo Studio with OBS (tomshardware.com)
9 points by gnabgib 8 hours ago | 1 comment
23.
Texas Instruments in advanced talks to buy chip designer Silicon Laboratories (ft.com)
15 points by voxadam 6 hours ago | discuss
24.
Alphabet plans big India expansion as US restricts visas (bloomberg.com)
8 points by ajax33 4 hours ago | 2 comments
25.
"Superhuman": A 13 year old boy swims 2.5 miles to save family swept out to sea (cbsnews.com)
7 points by gurjeet 43 minutes ago | discuss
26.
Adobe Just Killed My Career [video] (youtube.com)
8 points by E-Reverance 7 hours ago | 3 comments
27.
Walmart hits $1T market cap (cnbc.com)
8 points by ChrisArchitect 9 hours ago | discuss
28.
A few thoughts about PayPal, nearly 12 years after I left (twitter.com/davidmarcus)
8 points by latchkey 1 hour ago | discuss
29.
36 Years in Making, GNU's Own Kernel Project Hurd Is Anything but Dead (itsfoss.com)
6 points by pkaeding 4 hours ago | discuss
30.
The Trump administration has rewritten nuclear safety rules (npr.org)
11 points by fibers 7 hours ago | 1 comment

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