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1.
Where the goblins came from (openai.com)
369 points by ilreb 3 hours ago | 176 comments
2.
Craig Venter has died (jcvi.org)
193 points by rdl 4 hours ago | 34 comments
3.
Cursor Camp (neal.fun)
832 points by bpierre 14 hours ago | 136 comments
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Be Alexandra Elbakyan (twitter.com/mushtaqbilalphd)
108 points by DanielleMolloy 7 hours ago | 13 comments
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The Zig project's rationale for their firm anti-AI contribution policy (simonwillison.net)
130 points by lumpa 4 hours ago | 47 comments
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Alignment whack-a-mole: Finetuning activates recall of copyrighted books in LLMs (github.com/cauchy221)
86 points by reconnecting 3 hours ago | 47 comments
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Vera: a programming language designed for machines to write (github.com/aallan)
78 points by unignorant 8 hours ago | 61 comments
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DRAM Crunch: Lessons for System Design (eetimes.com)
50 points by giuliomagnifico 1 day ago | 3 comments
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Consequences of passing too few register parameters to a C function (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
49 points by aragonite 2 days ago | 22 comments
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I benchmarked Claude Code's caveman plugin against "be brief." (maxtaylor.me)
84 points by max-t-dev 9 hours ago | 60 comments
11.
Creating a Color Palette from an Image (amandahinton.com)
50 points by evakhoury 1 day ago | 7 comments
12.
Claude.ai and API unavailable [fixed] (claude.com)
113 points by rob 5 hours ago | 107 comments
13.
Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans (noctua.at)
94 points by embedding-shape 2 days ago | 18 comments
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Mike: open-source legal AI (mikeoss.com)
63 points by noleary 5 hours ago | 19 comments
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Functional programmers need to take a look at Zig (pure-systems.org)
60 points by xngbuilds 3 hours ago | 42 comments
16.
A grounded conceptual model for ownership types in Rust (acm.org)
26 points by tkhattra 4 hours ago | 1 comment
17.
Joby kicks off NYC electric air taxi demos with historic JFK flight (flyingmag.com)
39 points by Jblx2 5 hours ago | 88 comments
18.
Biology is a Burrito: A text- and visual-based journey through a living cell (burrito.bio)
58 points by the-mitr 3 hours ago | 8 comments
19.
The Lingua Franca of LaTeX (2019) (increment.com)
20 points by ripe 1 day ago | 5 comments
20.
What can we gain by losing infinity? (quantamagazine.org)
24 points by Tomte 15 hours ago | 38 comments
21.
Zulip 12.0 Released (zulip.com)
40 points by tabbott 4 hours ago | 3 comments
22.
London to Calcutta by Bus (2022) (amusingplanet.com)
29 points by CGMthrowaway 1 day ago | 6 comments
23.
Claude.ai down again?
28 points by zh_code 5 hours ago | 20 comments
24.
Monad Tutorials Timeline (haskell.org)
10 points by brudgers 2 hours ago | 1 comment
25.
Show HN: Qumulator – quantum circuit simulator, 1000 qubits, no GPU (github.com/qumulator)
9 points by nnoorbakhsh 2 days ago | 3 comments
26.
 [dupe] Copy Fail: 732 Bytes to Root on Every Major Linux Distribution (xint.io)
19 points by eyalitki 1 hour ago | 2 comments
27.
Who Is That Knocking at My (SSH) Door? (sheep.horse)
14 points by speckx 2 days ago | discuss
28.
Your CEO is suffering from AI psychosis (handyai.substack.com)
76 points by sss111 10 hours ago | 27 comments
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On the stand, Elon Musk can't escape his own tweets (techcrunch.com)
41 points by jnord 4 hours ago | 1 comment
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Microsoft open sources DOS 1.00 on 45th anniversary (opensource.microsoft.com)
43 points by hackthemack 3 hours ago | 8 comments

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