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1.
Tell HN: John Friel my father, internet pioneer and creator of QModem, has died
1092 points by AaronFriel 30 days ago | 98 comments
2.
MiceWine – run Windows applications and games on Android smartphones (github.com/kreitinnsoftware)
213 points by bj-rn 31 days ago | 67 comments
3.
“A Course of Pure Mathematics” – G. H. Hardy (1921) [pdf] (gutenberg.org)
317 points by bikenaga 30 days ago | 97 comments
4.
Curl-Impersonate (github.com/lexiforest)
425 points by jakeogh 31 days ago | 111 comments
5.
Short Message Compression Using LLMs (bellard.org)
261 points by chunkles 34 days ago | 116 comments
6.
Learning Solver Design: Automating Factorio Balancers (gianlucaventurini.com)
266 points by kolui 33 days ago | 50 comments
7.
AI companies cause most of traffic on forums (geraspora.de)
770 points by ta988 31 days ago | 437 comments
8.
Dumping Memory to Bypass BitLocker on Windows 11 (noinitrd.github.io)
310 points by supermatou 30 days ago | 176 comments
9.
The Zombocom Problem (squishy.computer)
258 points by headalgorithm 31 days ago | 79 comments
10.
From Pegasus to Predator – The evolution of commercial spyware on iOS [video] (ccc.de)
384 points by cookiengineer 31 days ago | 154 comments
11.
The Cody Computer (codycomputer.org)
235 points by classichasclass 31 days ago | 41 comments
12.
'Obelisks': New class of life has been found in human digestive system (sciencealert.com)
476 points by unkeen 31 days ago | 134 comments
13.
Jack Elam and the Fly in 'Once Upon a Time in the West' (au.dk)
123 points by chimpanzee 30 days ago | 28 comments
14.
KAG – Knowledge Graph RAG Framework (github.com/openspg)
230 points by taikon 31 days ago | 80 comments
15.
Execution units are often pipelined (xoria.org)
165 points by ingve 34 days ago | 95 comments
16.
Nikon reveals a lens that captures wide and telephoto images simultaneously (digitalcameraworld.com)
191 points by giuliomagnifico 35 days ago | 100 comments
17.
Ts_zip: Text Compression Using Large Language Models (bellard.org)
184 points by signa11 31 days ago | 68 comments
18.
PolyDye: Full color printer mod for Marlin 3D printers (github.com/cooljjj33)
137 points by utopcell 33 days ago | 38 comments
19.
Passkey technology is elegant, but it's most definitely not usable security (arstechnica.com)
377 points by Flimm 31 days ago | 361 comments
20.
Fun facts about SQLite (avi.im)
393 points by avinassh 30 days ago | 191 comments
21.
Show HN: Chorus, a Mac app that lets you chat with a bunch of AIs at once (melty.sh)
139 points by Charlieholtz 31 days ago | 73 comments
22.
Neuters: Lightweight front end to Reuters News (neuters.de)
135 points by walterbell 31 days ago | 59 comments
23.
The history of twisted-pair Ethernet [video] (youtube.com)
121 points by thecybernerd 35 days ago | 23 comments
24.
The Homa Network Protocol (lwn.net)
115 points by harporoeder 30 days ago | 16 comments
25.
A simple way to explore data through a Tableau-like UI directly in your data app (github.com/panel-extensions)
123 points by loa_observer 31 days ago | 13 comments
26.
Beyond BLE: Cracking Open the Black-Box of RF Microcontrollers [video] (ccc.de)
111 points by hcadam 31 days ago | 25 comments
27.
YouTuber won DMCA fight with fake Nintendo lawyer by detecting spoofed email (arstechnica.com)
264 points by isaacfrond 30 days ago | 97 comments
28.
OpenAI’s board, paraphrased: ‘All we need is unimaginable sums of money’ (daringfireball.net)
325 points by ajuhasz 31 days ago | 313 comments
29.
Archibald Low's ‘ruthlessly imaginative’ 1925 predictions come true, mostly (theguardian.com)
59 points by ggm 31 days ago | 20 comments
30.
Brave Care Has Closed (bravecare.com)
71 points by godisdad 31 days ago | 155 comments

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