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61.		How we made Python's packaging library 3x faster (iscinumpy.dev)
		43 points by rbanffy 3 days ago \| 6 comments
62.		Nuclear elements detected in West Philippine Sea (philstar.com)
		85 points by ksec 17 hours ago \| 32 comments
63.		Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data shows (techcrunch.com)
		143 points by toomanyrichies 7 hours ago \| 141 comments
64.		Show HN: Subth.ink – write something and see how many others wrote the same (subth.ink)
		59 points by sonnig 9 hours ago \| 41 comments
65.		Two Concepts of Intelligence (acm.org)
		57 points by 1970-01-01 6 days ago \| 70 comments
66.		Greenpeace pilot brings heat pumps and solar to Ukrainian community (pveurope.eu)
		58 points by doener 18 hours ago \| 63 comments
67.		Experiments with Kafka's head-of-line blocking (2023) (artur-rodrigues.com)
		13 points by teleforce 6 days ago \| discuss
68.		"Anyone else out there vibe circuit-building?" (twitter.com/beneater)
		133 points by thetrustworthy 12 hours ago \| 99 comments
69.		Cows can use sophisticated tools (nautil.us)
		86 points by Tomte 11 hours ago \| 50 comments
70.		West Midlands police chief quits over AI hallucination (theregister.com)
		105 points by YeGoblynQueenne 13 hours ago \| 113 comments
71.		Understanding C++ Ownership System (aiono.dev)
		44 points by todsacerdoti 8 hours ago \| 60 comments
72.		Nonviolence (stanford.edu)
		140 points by rkp8000 8 hours ago \| 110 comments
73.		I set all 376 Vim options and I'm still a fool (evanhahn.com)
		98 points by todsacerdoti 3 days ago \| 61 comments
74.		[flagged] Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds (wsj.com)
		152 points by throw0101d 8 hours ago \| 66 comments
75.		Vm0 (github.com/vm0-ai)
		69 points by handfuloflight 5 days ago \| 19 comments
76.		CD Projekt issue DMCA takedown notice against popular Cyberpunk VR mod (patreon.com)
		74 points by wjdp 1 day ago \| 45 comments
77.		Targeted Bets: An alternative approach to the job hunt (seanmuirhead.com)
		43 points by seany62 6 hours ago \| 55 comments
78.		Mammals have evolved into ant eaters 12 times since the dinosaur age – study (2025) (phys.org)
		50 points by MaysonL 7 hours ago \| 21 comments
79.		There is no comfortable reading position (slate.com)
		68 points by oumua_don17 9 hours ago \| 67 comments
80.		Fix macOS 26 (Tahoe) exaggerated rounded corners (github.com/makalin)
		52 points by guessmyname 8 hours ago \| 36 comments
81.		Fire Shuts GTA 6 Developer Rockstar North, Following Report of Explosion (ign.com)
		39 points by finnlab 15 hours ago \| 38 comments
82.		All your OpenCodes belong to us (johncodes.com)
		42 points by jpmcb 1 day ago \| 13 comments
83.		[flagged] Show HN: Kacet – a freelancer marketplace with crypto-native payments (kacet.com)
		23 points by wrux 17 hours ago \| 26 comments
84.		What it's like to be banned from the US for fighting online hate (technologyreview.com)
		74 points by HotGarbage 11 hours ago \| 61 comments
85.		Greenland Crisis (wikipedia.org)
		99 points by belter 8 hours ago \| 52 comments
86.		[flagged] US Places Arctic Airborne Troops on Standby as Greenland Dispute Escalates (thedefensenews.com)
		119 points by palata 9 hours ago \| 132 comments
87.		Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks (theconversation.com)
		29 points by pseudolus 11 hours ago \| 7 comments
88.		Study: Minimal evidence links social media, gaming to teen mental health issues (manchester.ac.uk)
		33 points by giuliomagnifico 5 days ago \| 47 comments
89.		I was a top 0.01% Cursor user, then switched to Claude Code 2.0 (silennai.com)
		52 points by SilenN 19 hours ago \| 103 comments
90.		[flagged] US believes its power matters more than international law, UN chief (bbc.co.uk)
		75 points by treadump 18 hours ago \| 56 comments
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