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31.
FFmpeg moves to Forgejo (ffmpeg.org)
364 points by whataguy 8 months ago | 353 comments
32.
For Iris Murdoch, morality is about love, not duties and rules (aeon.co)
49 points by prismatic 8 months ago | 55 comments
33.
Hyundai wants loniq 5 customers to pay for cybersecurity patch in baffling move (neowin.net)
250 points by duxup 8 months ago | 218 comments
34.
Show HN: unsafehttp – tiny web server from scratch in C, running on an orange pi (unsafehttp.benren.au)
87 points by GSGBen 8 months ago | 52 comments
35.
Dispelling misconceptions about RLHF (aerial-toothpaste-34a.notion.site)
120 points by fpgaminer 8 months ago | 32 comments
36.
HN Search isn't ingesting new data since Friday (github.com/algolia)
200 points by busymom0 8 months ago | 50 comments
37.
LLMs tell bad jokes because they avoid surprises (danfabulich.medium.com)
140 points by dfabulich 8 months ago | 145 comments
38.
Who does your assistant serve? (xeiaso.net)
171 points by todsacerdoti 8 months ago | 103 comments
39.
When did AI take over Hacker News? (zachperk.com)
308 points by zachperkel 8 months ago | 224 comments
40.
Review of Anti-Aging Drugs (scienceblog.com)
179 points by XzetaU8 8 months ago | 170 comments
41.
Does OLAP Need an ORM (clickhouse.com)
75 points by craneca0 8 months ago | 51 comments
42.
Counting Words at SIMD Speed (healeycodes.com)
58 points by healeycodes 8 months ago | 15 comments
43.
Running Wayland Clients as Non-Root Users on Yocto (embeddeduse.com)
33 points by jandeboevrie 8 months ago | 9 comments
44.
VictoriaLogs Practical Ingestion Guide for Message, Time and Streams (victoriametrics.com)
60 points by func25 8 months ago | 17 comments
45.
ClickHouse vs PostgreSQL UPDATE performance comparison (clickhouse.com)
106 points by truth_seeker 8 months ago | 42 comments
46.
Carved stone mask – Pre-pottery, Neolithic B period (imj.org.il)
49 points by webmaven 8 months ago | 24 comments
47.
Nuvistor Valves (r-type.org)
36 points by userbinator 8 months ago | 20 comments
48.
The Photographic Periodic Table of the Elements (2017) (periodictable.com)
41 points by surprisetalk 8 months ago | 17 comments
49.
AI doesn't lighten the burden of mastery (playtechnique.io)
194 points by gwynforthewyn 8 months ago | 74 comments
50.
Comparison of different C libraries providing generic containers capabilities (github.com/p-p-h-d)
43 points by lemper 8 months ago | 4 comments
51.
Show HN: Rust macro utility for batching expensive async operations (github.com/hackermondev)
28 points by hackermondev 8 months ago | 10 comments
52.
Microsoft's latest Windows 11 24H2 update breaks SSDs/HDDs, may corrupt data (neowin.net)
138 points by bundie 8 months ago | 110 comments
53.
Good multipliers for congruential pseudorandom number generators (arxiv.org)
19 points by luu 8 months ago | 3 comments
54.
Clinical genetics and the problem of uncertain significance (stetson.substack.com)
14 points by pluripote 8 months ago | 3 comments
55.
Dynasties, Selection, and Talent Allocation Among Classical Composers (ssrn.com)
18 points by surprisetalk 8 months ago | 1 comment
56.
Secure Boot, TPM and Anti-Cheat Engines (andrewmoore.ca)
62 points by gm678 8 months ago | 118 comments
57.
'Safety Today Is a Luxury,' Giorgetto Giugiaro Says After His Crash (jalopnik.com)
37 points by rntn 8 months ago | 62 comments
58.
Robin Lakoff has died (nytimes.com)
45 points by drankl 8 months ago | 8 comments
59.
Modern Cars Wreak Havoc on Radar Detectors (thedrive.com)
62 points by PaulHoule 8 months ago | 96 comments
60.
US state department stops issuing visas for Gaza’s children to get medical care (theguardian.com)
134 points by NomDePlum 8 months ago | 125 comments

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