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New top story on Hacker News: How the 1904 Marathon Became One of the Weirdest Olympic Events of All Time

How the 1904 Marathon Became One of the Weirdest Olympic Events of All Time 15 by mkl | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Small Businesses in Crisis as Rising Numbers Unable to Pay Rent

Small Businesses in Crisis as Rising Numbers Unable to Pay Rent 14 by rolph | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: All web "content" is freeware

All web "content" is freeware 9 by imadj | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition

Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition 5 by Thevet | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Open Source 'Eclipse Theia IDE' Exits Beta to Challenge Visual Studio Code

Open Source 'Eclipse Theia IDE' Exits Beta to Challenge Visual Studio Code 7 by avivallssa | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Einstein and his peers were 'irrationally resistant' to black holes

Einstein and his peers were 'irrationally resistant' to black holes 8 by tigerlily | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: ChatGPT is hallucinating fake links to its news partners' biggest investigations

ChatGPT is hallucinating fake links to its news partners' biggest investigations 39 by giuliomagnifico | 29 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: WA man set up fake free WiFi at Australian airports and on flights,police allege

WA man set up fake free WiFi at Australian airports and on flights,police allege 11 by cyberlimerence | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: FDA warns top U.S. bakery not to claim foods contain allergens when they don't

FDA warns top U.S. bakery not to claim foods contain allergens when they don't 19 by isaacfrond | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Why it takes NYC nearly 10 years to install 500 feet of pipes – Gothamist

Why it takes NYC nearly 10 years to install 500 feet of pipes – Gothamist 14 by raybb | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Nano DIP: the smallest complete Arduino board 33 x 10mm

Nano DIP: the smallest complete Arduino board 33 x 10mm 37 by rolph | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Wild Boar Has Five Times More PFAS Than Humans Allowed to Eat

Wild Boar Has Five Times More PFAS Than Humans Allowed to Eat 13 by Jimmc414 | 12 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Cloudflare automatically fixes Polyfill.io for free sites

Cloudflare automatically fixes Polyfill.io for free sites 20 by kylehotchkiss | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds Don't Reach Anyone

Millions of Taxpayers Call the IRS for Help. Two-Thirds Don't Reach Anyone 13 by impish9208 | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Paul Allen's Computer Museum to Be Auctioned

Paul Allen's Computer Museum to Be Auctioned 23 by RobertJaTomsons | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Ball: A ball that lives in your dock

Ball: A ball that lives in your dock 98 by Bluestein | 26 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Waymo's autonomous ride-hailing service now available to all in San Francisco

Waymo's autonomous ride-hailing service now available to all in San Francisco 11 by JumpCrisscross | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: To the Bored All Things Are Boring

To the Bored All Things Are Boring 10 by yamrzou | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Rheinmetall and Anduril join forces to develop C-sUAS system

Rheinmetall and Anduril join forces to develop C-sUAS system 14 by jdmark | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free

Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free 73 by amima | 34 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Carmakers File Challenge to Parts of New Automatic-Braking Rule

Carmakers File Challenge to Parts of New Automatic-Braking Rule 19 by JumpCrisscross | 33 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Benjamin Thorpe: The Man Who Translated Almost All Old English Texts

Benjamin Thorpe: The Man Who Translated Almost All Old English Texts 3 by stareatgoats | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Detecting hallucinations in large language models using semantic entropy

Detecting hallucinations in large language models using semantic entropy 14 by Tomte | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Singapore doubles down on lab-grown meat as Silicon Valley backs off

Singapore doubles down on lab-grown meat as Silicon Valley backs off 19 by Brajeshwar | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Start all of your commands with a comma

Start all of your commands with a comma 87 by vmbrasseur | 24 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Germany's autobahn bridges falling apart

Germany's autobahn bridges falling apart 21 by belter | 15 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Virtually Hawaii

Virtually Hawaii 4 by Tomte | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Richard Stallman, su, and the 'wheel' group (2004)

Richard Stallman, su, and the 'wheel' group (2004) 26 by wannacboatmovie | 14 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: visionOS thermally throttles based on how much it hears the fans in the mics

visionOS thermally throttles based on how much it hears the fans in the mics 21 by anonred | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Eight million pixels and counting: improving texture atlas allocation in Firefox

Eight million pixels and counting: improving texture atlas allocation in Firefox 5 by fanf2 | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Smalltalk syntax in 7 minutes [video]

Smalltalk syntax in 7 minutes [video] 12 by surprisetalk | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Tesla owners file class-action alleging repair, parts monopoly

Tesla owners file class-action alleging repair, parts monopoly 35 by RickJWagner | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Many people don't pay full price, Most don't want to pay at all for news

Many people don't pay full price, Most don't want to pay at all for news 12 by sharpshadow | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Small claims court became Meta's customer service hotline

Small claims court became Meta's customer service hotline 75 by jmsflknr | 25 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Post office doxes all postmasters targeted in horizon scandal

Post office doxes all postmasters targeted in horizon scandal 31 by madaxe_again | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Proposed ballot measure to raise corporate taxes, give every Oregonian $750/year

Proposed ballot measure to raise corporate taxes, give every Oregonian $750/year 14 by docdeek | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Trealla Prolog: Compact and efficient Prolog interpreter

Trealla Prolog: Compact and efficient Prolog interpreter 10 by xelxebar | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Brain circuit scores identify clinically distinct biotypes in depression/anxiety

Brain circuit scores identify clinically distinct biotypes in depression/anxiety 23 by MBCook | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Willie Mays, SF Giants legend and MLB all-time great, is dead

Willie Mays, SF Giants legend and MLB all-time great, is dead 40 by coloneltcb | 13 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: SHAllenge – Compete to get the lowest hash

Show HN: SHAllenge – Compete to get the lowest hash 35 by quirino | 46 comments on Hacker News. I've always had an appreciation for the properties of hashing. I especially like the concept of Proof of Work, so I tried to make a little competition out of it.

New top story on Hacker News: Hitachi to Release PCs with Preinstalled BeOS for the Consumer Market (1998)

Hitachi to Release PCs with Preinstalled BeOS for the Consumer Market (1998) 9 by Lammy | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Pitfalls of Comparing BigDecimals in Java

The Pitfalls of Comparing BigDecimals in Java 9 by Igor_Wiwi | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: What Happens If You Swallow Gum?

What Happens If You Swallow Gum? 12 by gnabgib | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Monopolies across the grocery supply chain squeeze consumers, small businesses

Monopolies across the grocery supply chain squeeze consumers, small businesses 23 by cainxinth | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Meta won't train AI on Euro posts after all, as watchdogs put their paws down

Meta won't train AI on Euro posts after all, as watchdogs put their paws down 22 by nabla9 | 17 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Feds Arrest Telehealth Execs for Overprescribing Adderall

Feds Arrest Telehealth Execs for Overprescribing Adderall 17 by fortran77 | 13 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Unending Allure of High Mountains

The Unending Allure of High Mountains 3 by Thevet | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: I've compared nearly all Rust crates.io crates to contents of their Git repos

I've compared nearly all Rust crates.io crates to contents of their Git repos 21 by robin_reala | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Sharing wildlife sounds from all over the world

Sharing wildlife sounds from all over the world 6 by quakeguy | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: We Made The World's Smallest and Cheapest Network Switch

Show HN: We Made The World's Smallest and Cheapest Network Switch 10 by Hello9999901 | 0 comments on Hacker News. Hello, we're Max and Byran from MUREX Robotics, a high school robotics team from Exeter, New Hampshire. We are super proud to have made this open source piece of technology! I hope you like it.

New top story on Hacker News: SQLite is likely used more than all other database engines combined

SQLite is likely used more than all other database engines combined 59 by ysabri | 22 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The challenge of writing a on-demand transcoder

The challenge of writing a on-demand transcoder 14 by zoriya | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Exponentially Better Rotations

Exponentially Better Rotations 3 by fanf2 | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The rise and fall of Koo, India’s once-thriving Twitter alternative

The rise and fall of Koo, India’s once-thriving Twitter alternative 5 by vinnyglennon | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Microsoft's Recall AI feature is now indefinitely delayed

Microsoft's Recall AI feature is now indefinitely delayed 113 by retskrad | 39 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Snapdragon X Elite in the wild is allegedly slower than iPhone 12

Snapdragon X Elite in the wild is allegedly slower than iPhone 12 8 by z_ | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Lamini Memory Tuning: 10x Fewer Hallucinations

Lamini Memory Tuning: 10x Fewer Hallucinations 2 by galeos | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Pay $1 to Hear Wu-Tang Clan’s Secret Album (Eventually)

Pay $1 to Hear Wu-Tang Clan’s Secret Album (Eventually) 29 by throwawaycities | 11 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: NASA accidentally broadcasts simulation of distressed astronauts

NASA accidentally broadcasts simulation of distressed astronauts 18 by donohoe | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: YouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block ads

YouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block ads 16 by ta8645 | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Roughly 5 Percent of All Cybertrucks Are for Sale Online

Roughly 5 Percent of All Cybertrucks Are for Sale Online 14 by iancmceachern | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Waymo issues software and mapping recall after robotaxi crashes into a pole

Waymo issues software and mapping recall after robotaxi crashes into a pole 21 by parker-3461 | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Silicon Valley salaries are shrinking, leaving workers in the lurch

Silicon Valley salaries are shrinking, leaving workers in the lurch 3 by jarsin | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Making iron gall ink from oak galls

Making iron gall ink from oak galls 5 by LorenDB | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Rise and Fall of BNN Breaking, an AI-Generated News Outlet

The Rise and Fall of BNN Breaking, an AI-Generated News Outlet 4 by bookofjoe | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Anti-Cheat Expert: all your pixels are belong to us

Anti-Cheat Expert: all your pixels are belong to us 10 by skilled | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Malicious VSCode extensions with installs discovered

Malicious VSCode extensions with installs discovered 15 by leeny | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Controversial pesticide research all but vanished from a major conference

Controversial pesticide research all but vanished from a major conference 25 by stareatgoats | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: "How people fall apart": The Neuroscience of Burnout

"How people fall apart": The Neuroscience of Burnout 23 by yamrzou | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Spreadsheet Is All You Need

Spreadsheet Is All You Need 16 by beefman | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Finding out where syscalls are called from: Stack traces with strace

Finding out where syscalls are called from: Stack traces with strace 24 by aheck | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: It's all unraveling at OpenAI (again)

It's all unraveling at OpenAI (again) 30 by Bluestein | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Piku: Allows git push deployments to your own servers

Piku: Allows git push deployments to your own servers 399 by tosh | 109 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: AI Appears to Rapidly Be Approaching Brick Wall Where It Can't Get Smarter

AI Appears to Rapidly Be Approaching Brick Wall Where It Can't Get Smarter 23 by joe_the_user | 14 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Building a SaaS product with Htmx – Are you sure you need all the complexity?

Building a SaaS product with Htmx – Are you sure you need all the complexity? 13 by tanner49 | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Tokyo's Government Is Building Its Own Dating App to Combat Falling Birthrates

Tokyo's Government Is Building Its Own Dating App to Combat Falling Birthrates 15 by aheck | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Slow-spinning radio neutron star breaks all the rules

Slow-spinning radio neutron star breaks all the rules 11 by doener | 10 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: How Mount Everest killed George Mallory

How Mount Everest killed George Mallory 8 by nobet | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Windows Recall: Microsoft has lost trust with its users

Windows Recall: Microsoft has lost trust with its users 7 by uxcolumbo | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: 'Washington Post' publisher tried to kill a story about allegations against him

'Washington Post' publisher tried to kill a story about allegations against him 15 by rntn | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Kiosk mode bypass for an Ariane Allegro Scenario Player based hotel check-in te

Kiosk mode bypass for an Ariane Allegro Scenario Player based hotel check-in te 5 by todsacerdoti | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: I learned Vulkan and wrote a small game engine with it (in 3 months)

I learned Vulkan and wrote a small game engine with it (in 3 months) 9 by eliasdaler | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Night-vision lenses so thin and light that we can all see in the dark

Night-vision lenses so thin and light that we can all see in the dark 30 by bookofjoe | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Microsoft Research chief scientist has no issue with Recall

Microsoft Research chief scientist has no issue with Recall 18 by beardyw | 12 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected by Windows' New Recall AI

Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected by Windows' New Recall AI 8 by LookAtThatBacon | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: TotalRecall: Windows 11 Recall Pwned

TotalRecall: Windows 11 Recall Pwned 4 by lsde | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Job openings fall to lowest level since February 2021

Job openings fall to lowest level since February 2021 18 by belter | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Allocate poker chips optimally with mixed-integer nonlinear programming

Show HN: Allocate poker chips optimally with mixed-integer nonlinear programming 17 by jstrieb | 3 comments on Hacker News. Every time I play a casual cash poker game with friends, we spend the first several minutes struggling to figure out chip denominations. I built this to automate that process. Try it out here (the submitted link goes to the GitHub repo): https://ift.tt/KwgoLG3 It turns out that picking chip denominations optimally—such that as many chips are distributed as possible, and such that the denominations are nice—is hard (in the computational complexity sense). Upon reflection, the problem seemed to be a perfect fit for constrained optimization. I first got a CLI prototype working with Z3 (an SMT solver with optimization capabilities https://ift.tt/37ueMvY ) in Python. Then, I cross-compiled SCIP ( https://ift.tt/AQaCG5i ) to web assembly, and ported my code to use SCIP instead of Z3 so it could run in the browser. The web interface is designed to be fast and easy to ...

New top story on Hacker News: Netflix is finally killing off support for 2nd and 3rd generation Apple TVs

Netflix is finally killing off support for 2nd and 3rd generation Apple TVs 5 by miles | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Security researcher discovers Microsoft's Recall tool is woefully insecure

Security researcher discovers Microsoft's Recall tool is woefully insecure 14 by pjmlp | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Psychedelics are challenging the standard of randomized controlled trials

Psychedelics are challenging the standard of randomized controlled trials 12 by chapulin | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Rise and Fall of a 17th-Century Status Symbol (2015)

The Rise and Fall of a 17th-Century Status Symbol (2015) 8 by jihadjihad | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: DAK Industries Catalog, Early Fall 1985

DAK Industries Catalog, Early Fall 1985 4 by tmoertel | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Statistics of the Negro Leagues officially enter the Major League record

Statistics of the Negro Leagues officially enter the Major League record 7 by Tomte | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A self-published book broke 'all the rules' and became a best seller

A self-published book broke 'all the rules' and became a best seller 6 by higgins | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Boeing and NASA call off Starliner crew launch minutes before liftoff

Boeing and NASA call off Starliner crew launch minutes before liftoff 22 by shinryudbz | 16 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Japanese 'My Number Card' Digital IDs Coming to Apple's Wallet App

Japanese 'My Number Card' Digital IDs Coming to Apple's Wallet App 9 by tosh | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Engines of Sacrality: A Footnote on Randall Collins' Interaction Ritual Chains (2013)

Engines of Sacrality: A Footnote on Randall Collins' Interaction Ritual Chains (2013) 4 by yamrzou | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Recall: Stealing everything you've ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC

Recall: Stealing everything you've ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC 83 by todsacerdoti | 32 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Small Modular Reactors: Still Too Expensive, Too Slow, and Too Risky [pdf]

Small Modular Reactors: Still Too Expensive, Too Slow, and Too Risky [pdf] 6 by gnabgib | 2 comments on Hacker News.