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New top story on Hacker News: Amazon allegedly resells damaged books

Amazon allegedly resells damaged books 31 by lepus | 9 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Google 0-day all Infostealer groups are exploiting

The Google 0-day all Infostealer groups are exploiting 13 by jsiepkes | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Emoji are legally actionable

Emoji are legally actionable 13 by chrisaycock | 15 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Downfall of Amazon: Top Ranking Electrical Fuses Show Dangerous Results [video]

The Downfall of Amazon: Top Ranking Electrical Fuses Show Dangerous Results [video] 21 by ericpp | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Emerge (YC W21) is hiring a Senior Android Engineer (remote, small team)

Emerge (YC W21) is hiring a Senior Android Engineer (remote, small team) 1 by jshchnz | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Challenges with semantic search on transcribed audio files

Challenges with semantic search on transcribed audio files 3 by notjoemartinez | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Intentionally buggy commits for fame and papers (2021)

Intentionally buggy commits for fame and papers (2021) 20 by mmsc | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Tallest wooden wind turbine starts turning

Tallest wooden wind turbine starts turning 13 by andsoitis | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Formally modeled Dreidel for no good reason

Formally modeled Dreidel for no good reason 14 by JNRowe | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Chinese villagers capture video of falling Long March rocket booster

Chinese villagers capture video of falling Long March rocket booster 46 by DamnInteresting | 23 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Pitfalls of Object Oriented Programming (2009) [pdf]

Pitfalls of Object Oriented Programming (2009) [pdf] 4 by davikr | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: NY Times copyright suit wants OpenAI to delete all GPT instances

NY Times copyright suit wants OpenAI to delete all GPT instances 14 by justinc8687 | 10 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: California Pizza Huts lay off all delivery drivers ahead of minimum wage increas

California Pizza Huts lay off all delivery drivers ahead of minimum wage increas 3 by MoBarouma | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Buzz: A lightweight statically typed scripting language

Buzz: A lightweight statically typed scripting language 3 by nateb2022 | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Imbue (FKA Generally Intelligent) (YC S17) Is Hiring a Technical Interviewer

Imbue (FKA Generally Intelligent) (YC S17) Is Hiring a Technical Interviewer 1 by kanjun | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Actually Portable Vim (With a Cute Vimrc)

Show HN: Actually Portable Vim (With a Cute Vimrc) 22 by csdvrx | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: High school student allegedly uses device to turn off nearby iPhones

High school student allegedly uses device to turn off nearby iPhones 16 by faccacta | 18 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Challenging projects every programmer should try

Challenging projects every programmer should try 14 by azhenley | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Do all roads lead to Rome?

Do all roads lead to Rome? 11 by gmays | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Code of silence: How one techie unmasked Silicon Valley's hypocrisy on Gaza

Code of silence: How one techie unmasked Silicon Valley's hypocrisy on Gaza 6 by hypeit | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Can flow batteries finally beat lithium?

Can flow batteries finally beat lithium? 30 by Turing_Machine | 15 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Philips recalls 340 MRI machines because they may explode in an emergency

Philips recalls 340 MRI machines because they may explode in an emergency 35 by LinuxBender | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: I made a Fallout inspired PIP-Boy portfolio

Show HN: I made a Fallout inspired PIP-Boy portfolio 15 by powerpurple | 1 comments on Hacker News. Hey, last year I started working on this high-on-the-midnight motivation and yesterday I decided to finally finish it. I hope you all like it :) It's only opitimised for desktops

New top story on Hacker News: Is Bach the greatest achiever of all time?

Is Bach the greatest achiever of all time? 20 by surprisetalk | 14 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Storyteller: Self-hosted platform to automatically sync ebooks and audiobooks

Storyteller: Self-hosted platform to automatically sync ebooks and audiobooks 4 by thunderbong | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Iowa state researchers claim Lk-99 really is a superconductor

Iowa state researchers claim Lk-99 really is a superconductor 8 by andyg_blog | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: "King of the Cannibals": How Sam Altman Took over Silicon Valley

"King of the Cannibals": How Sam Altman Took over Silicon Valley 6 by huckleberryfinn | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Dutch storm surge barrier closes automatically

Dutch storm surge barrier closes automatically 3 by casparz | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain: "It's Finally Happening'"

Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain: "It's Finally Happening'" 5 by ComplexSystems | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Software architecture pitfalls and how to avoid them

Software architecture pitfalls and how to avoid them 5 by chuckhend | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: I salute everyone on call/working production support through the holidays

I salute everyone on call/working production support through the holidays 23 by waynesoftware | 4 comments on Hacker News. Thank you for keeping systems available and safe. I've been there many times in the past, including having to fly at the last minute to a non-internet-connected data center in NJ to babysit an emergency production bug fix that took the entire holiday to create, install, verify, and monitor.

New top story on Hacker News: Apple allows applications to track user locations without authorization

Apple allows applications to track user locations without authorization 70 by lloyds_barclays | 13 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Fireworks: Function Calling Model and API

Fireworks: Function Calling Model and API 3 by tosh | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: X: All Tweets Disappeared

X: All Tweets Disappeared 5 by greenSunglass | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Dyalog '18: Rectangles All the Way Down (2018) [video]

Dyalog '18: Rectangles All the Way Down (2018) [video] 4 by surprisetalk | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: All Our Patent Are Belong to You (2014)

All Our Patent Are Belong to You (2014) 30 by andsoitis | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Beeper's esoteric fix for iMessage access suggests why it's pushing politically

Beeper's esoteric fix for iMessage access suggests why it's pushing politically 4 by freeqaz | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Diablo 2 Parallax

Diablo 2 Parallax 19 by marginalia_nu | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: It All Started with a Mouse

It All Started with a Mouse 11 by teddyh | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: How many CPU cores can you use in parallel?

How many CPU cores can you use in parallel? 15 by itamarst | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: So you want custom allocator support in your C library

So you want custom allocator support in your C library 15 by nalgeon | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: High dose dietary Vitamin D allocates surplus calories to muscle and growth [pdf]

High dose dietary Vitamin D allocates surplus calories to muscle and growth [pdf] 24 by lxm | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: BC Supreme Court bars man from calling himself an 'engineer'

BC Supreme Court bars man from calling himself an 'engineer' 31 by whycome | 19 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Microsoft forced people to install their browser (2010)

Microsoft forced people to install their browser (2010) 55 by dannyw | 47 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: US begins review that could eventually lead to PVC ban

US begins review that could eventually lead to PVC ban 6 by jelliclesfarm | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: UK court allows ANN patent saying computer programs exclusion does not apply

UK court allows ANN patent saying computer programs exclusion does not apply 7 by alok-g | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Smallest USB-C MIDI Synth

Smallest USB-C MIDI Synth 24 by MaximilianEmel | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Measuring the size of the cache line empirically

Measuring the size of the cache line empirically 7 by ashvardanian | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Rise and Fall of the 'IBM Way'

The Rise and Fall of the 'IBM Way' 15 by samizdis | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: EU tweaks law to allow using spyware against journalists

EU tweaks law to allow using spyware against journalists 15 by miohtama | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: 'It's all gone': CAR-T therapy forces autoimmune diseases into remission

'It's all gone': CAR-T therapy forces autoimmune diseases into remission 32 by kevinmchugh | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Maybe Getting Rid of Your QA Team Was Bad, Actually.

Maybe Getting Rid of Your QA Team Was Bad, Actually. 7 by nlavezzo | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Ledger Wallet's LedgerHQ/connect-kit hit by supply chain attack

Ledger Wallet's LedgerHQ/connect-kit hit by supply chain attack 4 by raghavsood | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Microsoft releases Windows AI studio to run and fine tune models locally

Microsoft releases Windows AI studio to run and fine tune models locally 2 by Jayakumark | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The average store size in the US is the smallest it's been in at least 17 years

The average store size in the US is the smallest it's been in at least 17 years 34 by lxm | 24 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: How to Beat Silicon Valley Competitors (2018)

How to Beat Silicon Valley Competitors (2018) 11 by liumaiyi | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Vertical farming company raised $500M, and then it all but disappeared

Vertical farming company raised $500M, and then it all but disappeared 49 by doener | 37 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws

Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws 7 by gitgud | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Imbue (Formerly Generally Intelligent) (YC S17) Is Hiring a Research Scientist

Imbue (Formerly Generally Intelligent) (YC S17) Is Hiring a Research Scientist 1 by kanjun | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: 'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israeli arrest, torture

'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israeli arrest, torture 89 by wahnfrieden | 58 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Pascal for Small Machines

Pascal for Small Machines 13 by hollimolli | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Epic vs. Google Trial Verdict, a Win for All Developers

Epic vs. Google Trial Verdict, a Win for All Developers 24 by pr0zac | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: OpenBSD – pinning all system calls

OpenBSD – pinning all system calls 39 by g0xA52A2A | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Terminal Trove – A collection of CLIs, TUIs and all things in the terminal

Terminal Trove – A collection of CLIs, TUIs and all things in the terminal 22 by diazc | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A Big Small Leap Forward in Graph Theory

A Big Small Leap Forward in Graph Theory 24 by georgehill | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: $35 smart calculator for small shops

$35 smart calculator for small shops 15 by anujdeshpande | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Valley of the Cheese of the Dead

The Valley of the Cheese of the Dead 12 by AaronM | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What's the best hardware to run small/medium models locally?

Ask HN: What's the best hardware to run small/medium models locally? 8 by triyambakam | 3 comments on Hacker News. M2 MacBook? A certain graphics card? Running inference on CPU on my old Thinkpad isn't fun.

New top story on Hacker News: Locklin on science – Calling a bureaucrat by its name

Locklin on science – Calling a bureaucrat by its name 11 by olvy0 | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Ava PLS: open-source application for running language models locally

Ava PLS: open-source application for running language models locally 42 by cztomsik | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Is Grok Basically Just an OpenAI Wrapper?

Is Grok Basically Just an OpenAI Wrapper? 25 by bundie | 17 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Balkan genomes trace the rise/fall of Roman Empire's frontier, migrations

Balkan genomes trace the rise/fall of Roman Empire's frontier, migrations 6 by wglb | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Amazon's humanoid robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate

Amazon's humanoid robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate 33 by Matrixik | 20 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Kagi Search – Paywalled articles indicator and improved weather widget

Kagi Search – Paywalled articles indicator and improved weather widget 11 by mroche | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A genetically modified bacterium that outcompetes bacteria causing tooth decay

A genetically modified bacterium that outcompetes bacteria causing tooth decay 27 by vwoolf | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Google calls Drive data loss "fixed," locks forum threads saying otherwise

Google calls Drive data loss "fixed," locks forum threads saying otherwise 90 by coloneltcb | 13 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets

The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets 18 by Vagantem | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Efficient Parallelization of an Ubiquitous Sequential Computation

Efficient Parallelization of an Ubiquitous Sequential Computation 13 by cs702 | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: AMD leaps after launching AI chip that could challenge Nvidia dominance

AMD leaps after launching AI chip that could challenge Nvidia dominance 10 by ek750 | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: New Legislation Proposes to Take Wall Street Out of the Housing Market

New Legislation Proposes to Take Wall Street Out of the Housing Market 34 by goplayoutside | 19 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Microsoft Outlook Blocking All Email from Tutanota.com Domain as Spam

Microsoft Outlook Blocking All Email from Tutanota.com Domain as Spam 31 by grammers | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: All my favorite tracing tools: eBPF, QEMU, Perfetto, new ones I built and more

All my favorite tracing tools: eBPF, QEMU, Perfetto, new ones I built and more 14 by trishume | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Magicoder: Source Code Is All You Need

Magicoder: Source Code Is All You Need 11 by tosh | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: YouTuber who intentionally crashed plane is sentenced to 6 months in prison

YouTuber who intentionally crashed plane is sentenced to 6 months in prison 12 by grecy | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: An usable and maximally efficient C standard library

An usable and maximally efficient C standard library 26 by ssklash | 9 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Llamafile – The easiest way to run LLMs locally on your Mac

Llamafile – The easiest way to run LLMs locally on your Mac 3 by paolop | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Where do non-primitive recursive functions come up naturally?

Where do non-primitive recursive functions come up naturally? 8 by furcyd | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Typehero: All you need to become a TypeScript menace

Typehero: All you need to become a TypeScript menace 17 by meatjuice | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Report Phone Spam – Shut down robocallers and text spammers

Show HN: Report Phone Spam – Shut down robocallers and text spammers 10 by troydavis | 1 comments on Hacker News. Do you receive unsolicited phone calls or SMS/text spam? I made a free public service site explaining how to find the telecom carrier that is responsible for the spammer's (real) phone number and report the abuse to them – so the carrier can terminate their service. It works, and it feels like magic. Background: Earlier this year, I wrote an HN comment[1] explaining how to find the telecom carrier responsible for a robocall or SMS spam campaign. Those steps aren't documented anywhere else, even though they're actually pretty easy. This info deserved to be much more visible, so now it is: https://ift.tt/Ydrfx0C As my site says, most reputable telecom carriers don't want unsolicited messages on their network or phone numbers. In order to disconnect their abusive customers, they need to hear about the abuse. That's where you come in. In a few minutes, yo...

New top story on Hacker News: All the hominins made tools

All the hominins made tools 9 by anticorporate | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Why Life Does Not Really Exist (2013)

Why Life Does Not Really Exist (2013) 9 by bookofjoe | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Brain waves usually found in sleep can protect against epileptic activity

Brain waves usually found in sleep can protect against epileptic activity 8 by wglb | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Modeling CRDTs in Alloy – Counters

Modeling CRDTs in Alloy – Counters 7 by PaulHoule | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Designing a Distributed SQL Engine: Challenges and Decisions

Designing a Distributed SQL Engine: Challenges and Decisions 7 by pykello | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Calling 'Fake' on the iPhone Computational Photography Glitch

Calling 'Fake' on the iPhone Computational Photography Glitch 6 by yowzadave | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Parrots learn to make video calls to chat with other parrots: study

Parrots learn to make video calls to chat with other parrots: study 29 by sni | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Automakers must build cheaper, smaller EVs to spur adoption, report says

Automakers must build cheaper, smaller EVs to spur adoption, report says 12 by rntn | 15 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Buggy animation in Atlassian Bitbucket is wasting half a CPU core at all times

Buggy animation in Atlassian Bitbucket is wasting half a CPU core at all times 81 by user5994461 | 19 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Case for Challenging Music

The Case for Challenging Music 4 by tintinnabula | 1 comments on Hacker News.