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Show HN: I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work (github.com/arman-bd)
915 points by armanified 12 days ago | 134 comments
2.
What being ripped off taught me (belief.horse)
461 points by doctorhandshake 11 days ago | 225 comments
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Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted? (newyorker.com)
2201 points by adrianhon 11 days ago | 916 comments
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Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates (github.com/anthropics)
1364 points by StanAngeloff 11 days ago | 754 comments
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Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold (jsnover.com)
834 points by naves 12 days ago | 580 comments
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A cryptography engineer's perspective on quantum computing timelines (filippo.io)
551 points by thadt 11 days ago | 248 comments
7.
German police name alleged leaders of GandCrab and REvil ransomware groups (krebsonsecurity.com)
324 points by Bender 11 days ago | 160 comments
8.
France pulls last gold held in US (mining.com)
622 points by teleforce 11 days ago | 361 comments
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Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS (github.com/matthartman)
467 points by MattHart88 11 days ago | 200 comments
10.
Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game (wesnoth.org)
544 points by akyuu 11 days ago | 163 comments
11.
I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok (0xsid.com)
929 points by ssiddharth 11 days ago | 564 comments
12.
Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division (stephendiehl.com)
282 points by ibobev 11 days ago | 227 comments
13.
Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept (marketwatch.com)
467 points by thisislife2 12 days ago | 296 comments
14.
The cult of vibe coding is dogfooding run amok (bramcohen.com)
616 points by drob518 11 days ago | 513 comments
15.
Show HN: GovAuctions lets you browse government auctions at once (govauctions.app)
319 points by player_piano 11 days ago | 91 comments
16.
The Last Quiet Thing (terrygodier.com)
282 points by coinfused 13 days ago | 159 comments
17.
The 1987 game “The Last Ninja” was 40 kilobytes (twitter.com/exquizitely)
309 points by keepamovin 11 days ago | 192 comments
18.
AI singer now occupies eleven spots on iTunes singles chart (showbiz411.com)
244 points by flinner 11 days ago | 376 comments
19.
Launch HN: Freestyle – Sandboxes for Coding Agents (freestyle.sh)
322 points by benswerd 11 days ago | 156 comments
20.
An open-source 240-antenna array to bounce signals off the Moon (moonrf.com)
260 points by hillcrestenigma 11 days ago | 69 comments
21.
Sky – an Elm-inspired language that compiles to Go (github.com/anzellai)
183 points by whalesalad 11 days ago | 91 comments
22.
Show HN: I made a YouTube search form with advanced filters (playlists.at)
324 points by nevernothing 12 days ago | 203 comments
23.
Sheets: Terminal based spreadsheet tool (github.com/maaslalani)
208 points by _____k 13 days ago | 55 comments
24.
Show HN: Real-time AI (audio/video in, voice out) on an M3 Pro with Gemma E2B (github.com/fikrikarim)
298 points by karimf 12 days ago | 38 comments
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Show HN: Gemma Gem – AI model embedded in a browser – no API keys, no cloud (github.com/kessler)
155 points by ikessler 12 days ago | 21 comments
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Signals, the push-pull based algorithm (willybrauner.com)
170 points by mpweiher 13 days ago | 36 comments
27.
Adobe modifies hosts file to detect whether Creative Cloud is installed (osnews.com)
344 points by rglullis 11 days ago | 172 comments
28.
Show HN: Modo – I built an open-source alternative to Kiro, Cursor, and Windsurf (github.com/mohshomis)
103 points by mohshomis 12 days ago | 28 comments
29.
Show HN: Hippo, biologically inspired memory for AI agents (github.com/kitfunso)
128 points by kitfunso 11 days ago | 29 comments
30.
Show HN: Tusk for macOS and Gnome (shapemachine.xyz)
120 points by factorialboy 13 days ago | 50 comments

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