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31.
A lost decade chasing distributed architectures for data analytics? (duckdb.org)
215 points by andreasha on May 19, 2025 | 113 comments
32.
When good pseudorandom numbers go bad (djnavarro.net)
71 points by chewxy on May 19, 2025 | 38 comments
33.
Why does Debian change software? (liw.fi)
279 points by tapanjk on May 22, 2025 | 205 comments
34.
Trade Secrecy in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory (2009) (ssrn.com)
50 points by NaOH on May 22, 2025 | 21 comments
35.
Problems in AI alignment: A scale model (muldoon.cloud)
49 points by hamburga on May 22, 2025 | 43 comments
36.
Hotspot: Linux `perf` GUI for performance analysis (github.com/kdab)
114 points by jez on May 19, 2025 | 17 comments
37.
Direct TLS can speed up your connections (marc-bowes.com)
91 points by tanelpoder on May 22, 2025 | 48 comments
38.
Tales from Mainframe Modernization (oppi.li)
65 points by todsacerdoti on May 22, 2025 | 31 comments
39.
Show HN: Curved Space Shader in Three.js (via 4D sphere projection) (github.com/bntre)
68 points by bntr on May 22, 2025 | 23 comments
40.
Near-infrared spatiotemporal color vision enabled by upconversion contact lenses (cell.com)
70 points by ArnoVW on May 22, 2025 | 44 comments
41.
How we made our OCR code more accurate (pieces.app)
58 points by thunderbong on May 21, 2025 | 46 comments
42.
Show HN: DockFlow – Switch between multiple macOS Dock layouts instantly (appitstudio.com)
65 points by pugdogdev on May 22, 2025 | 47 comments
43.
MCP explained without hype or fluff (nilenso.com)
168 points by captn3m0 on May 22, 2025 | 70 comments
44.
London’s water pumps: Where strange history flows freely (2024) (londonist.com)
32 points by joebig on May 18, 2025
45.
Async from scratch 3: Pinned against the wall (natkr.com)
44 points by todsacerdoti on May 22, 2025
46.
Strengths and limitations of diffusion language models (seangoedecke.com)
72 points by rbanffy on May 22, 2025 | 7 comments
47.
The Philosophy of Byung-Chul Han (2020) (newintrigue.com)
59 points by -__---____-ZXyw on May 22, 2025 | 27 comments
48.
Dijkstra on Ada (craftofcoding.wordpress.com)
65 points by cpeterso on May 22, 2025 | 47 comments
49.
I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it (greg.technology)
185 points by gregsadetsky on May 21, 2025 | 223 comments
50.
Practicing graphical debugging using visualizations of the Hilbert curve (akkartik.name)
34 points by akkartik on May 22, 2025 | 1 comment
51.
The Annotated Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (Kan) (alexzhang13.github.io)
36 points by jxmorris12 on May 22, 2025 | 2 comments
52.
Everything’s a bug (or an issue) (bozemanpass.com)
65 points by dboreham on May 19, 2025 | 28 comments
53.
Research Uncovers Parthenon Spectacular Lighting Effects for Athena in Antiquity (arkeonews.net)
30 points by bookofjoe on May 19, 2025 | 3 comments
54.
Benchmarking Crimes Meet Formal Verification (microkerneldude.org)
37 points by snvzz on May 19, 2025 | 6 comments
55.
U.S. Spy Agencies–One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Personal Data (theintercept.com)
141 points by LAsteNERD on May 22, 2025 | 69 comments
56.
The "AI 2027" Scenario: How realistic is it? (garymarcus.substack.com)
129 points by NotInOurNames on May 22, 2025 | 222 comments
57.
Show HN: Hsdlib – A C Library for Vector Similarity with SIMD Acceleration
38 points by habedi0 on May 19, 2025
58.
Kangaroo: A flash cache optimized for tiny objects (2021) (fb.com)
22 points by PaulHoule on May 22, 2025 | 1 comment
59.
Show HN: Whenish – Plan Group Events in iMessages (apps.apple.com)
40 points by devgoth on May 22, 2025 | 56 comments
60.
JEP 519: Compact Object Headers (openjdk.org)
73 points by Skinney on May 22, 2025 | 10 comments

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