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61.		Sharp Hubble Images Confirm 3I/Atlas as Comet (sciencealert.com)
		28 points by Brajeshwar 10 months ago \| 7 comments
62.		ResurrectedGod: The Ruby Framework for Process Management (github.com/mishina2228)
		21 points by arguflow 10 months ago \| 3 comments
63.		PG Auto Upgrade – Docker (and K8s) container to auto upgrade your database (github.com/pgautoupgrade)
		27 points by justinclift 10 months ago \| 16 comments
64.		Cache of WW2 bombs found under a playground in Northumberland (bbc.co.uk)
		46 points by iamben 10 months ago \| 21 comments
65.		Hardening Systemd Services (jlcarveth.dev)
		30 points by zaik 10 months ago \| 8 comments
66.		Stylish Bugs (tedunangst.com)
		11 points by r4um 10 months ago \| 1 comment
67.		Americans Are Ignoring Their Student Loan Bills (bloomberglaw.com)
		53 points by paulpauper 10 months ago \| 138 comments
68.		Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users (ofcom.org.uk)
		88 points by HatchedLake721 10 months ago \| 85 comments
69.		[flagged] Simulator of the life of a 30-year-old in the UK (nicksimulator.com)
		105 points by kostyal 10 months ago \| 142 comments
70.		Israeli gov. official arrested in Nevada internet crimes against children sting (theguardian.com)
		115 points by NomDePlum 10 months ago \| 22 comments
71.		[flagged] When Fascism Comes Wrapped in the Flag and Carrying a Cross (wisewolfmedia.substack.com)
		85 points by douchecoded 10 months ago \| 61 comments
72.		Endoscopist deskilling risk after exposure to AI in colonoscopy (thelancet.com)
		38 points by smartmic 10 months ago \| 18 comments
73.		Flock Reports to Police If It Thinks Car Movement Patterns "Suspicious" (aclu.org)
		81 points by gscott 10 months ago \| 11 comments
74.		We Hit 100% GPU Utilization–and Then Made It 3× Faster by Not Using It (daft.ai)
		17 points by DISCURSIVE 10 months ago \| 11 comments
75.		CIA's 'Kryptos' sculpture, unsolved for 35 years, is up for sale (washingtonpost.com)
		24 points by joahua 10 months ago \| 10 comments
76.		[flagged] iOS 18.5 Bluetooth Privacy Vulnerabilities (github.com/jgoyd)
		78 points by FluGameAce007 10 months ago \| 25 comments
77.		Germany at it again: now trying to reopen the "adblockers are illegal" debate (theregister.com)
		57 points by star-glider 10 months ago \| 10 comments
78.		"Email is Easy" email address quiz (e-mail.wtf)
		47 points by samwho 10 months ago \| 33 comments
79.		[flagged] In one command use 500 open source tools (x-cmd.com)
		22 points by jcbhmr 10 months ago \| 12 comments
80.		"Mocha Dick," the White Whale of the Pacific (lithub.com)
		10 points by samclemens 10 months ago
81.		GPT-4o quoted deleted GPT-5 content. Model isolation appears brok
		16 points by amageingrace 10 months ago \| 6 comments
82.		New Cloudflare Pirate Site Blocking May Involve Domains (torrentfreak.com)
		35 points by gslin 10 months ago \| 8 comments
83.		Blackwater's Erik Prince Muscles Back into the Mercenary Business (wsj.com)
		44 points by bookofjoe 10 months ago \| 3 comments
84.		Show HN: A iOS Native Bluesky App (github.com/0xatrilla)
		20 points by acxtrilla 10 months ago \| 12 comments
85.		US wholesale prices jump 3.3% as Trump tariffs hit economy (ft.com)
		30 points by paulpauper 10 months ago \| 1 comment
86.		$3.1B annual cost estimated for fossil fuel plants DOE won't allow to retire (utilitydive.com)
		23 points by toomuchtodo 10 months ago \| 13 comments
87.		Ask HN: Tell me about the best programmer you worked with
		54 points by jvanderbot 10 months ago \| 28 comments
88.		The End of Tesla? (youtube.com)
		35 points by agnosticmantis 10 months ago \| 57 comments
89.		[flagged] The Zizians' deadly fusion of transgender ideology, rationalism and veganism (spiked-online.com)
		14 points by drankl 10 months ago \| 10 comments
90.		Programming in the Age of Abundance (guyren.me)
		31 points by 0x000042 10 months ago \| 3 comments
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