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EU calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" in age verification push

2026-05-09 @ 05:52:12Points: 278Comments: 210

Using Claude Code: The unreasonable effectiveness of HTML

2026-05-09 @ 04:53:52Points: 199Comments: 116

https://thariqs.github.io/html-effectiveness/

Related: https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/8/unreasonable-effectiven...

A recent experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro

2026-05-09 @ 02:41:42Points: 394Comments: 233

https://twitter.com/wtgowers/status/2052830948685676605

https://xcancel.com/wtgowers/status/2052830948685676605

Meta Shuts Down End-to-End Encryption for Instagram Messaging

2026-05-08 @ 21:47:47Points: 281Comments: 186

When is your birthday? The math behind hash collisions

2026-05-08 @ 20:18:39Points: 52Comments: 13

Roadside Attraction

2026-05-08 @ 19:43:04Points: 24Comments: 3

You gave me a u32. I gave you root. (io_uring ZCRX freelist LPE)

2026-05-08 @ 19:40:39Points: 194Comments: 111

Google broke reCAPTCHA for de-googled Android users

2026-05-08 @ 18:45:58Points: 1145Comments: 395

Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48039362

also: Google Cloud Fraud Defence is just WEI repackaged - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48063199

Teaching Claude Why

2026-05-08 @ 17:59:41Points: 186Comments: 87

AI is breaking two vulnerability cultures

2026-05-08 @ 17:55:08Points: 355Comments: 140

The React2Shell Story

2026-05-08 @ 16:39:48Points: 161Comments: 12

Cartoon Network Flash Games

2026-05-08 @ 16:29:52Points: 356Comments: 108

Can LLMs model real-world systems in TLA+?

2026-05-08 @ 16:21:56Points: 95Comments: 24

Serving a website on a Raspberry Pi Zero running in RAM

2026-05-08 @ 15:10:35Points: 228Comments: 92

US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos

2026-05-08 @ 12:10:25Points: 306Comments: 450

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ufos-uap-aliens-pentagon-re...

https://www.war.gov/UFO/#release

David Attenborough's 100th Birthday

2026-05-08 @ 12:03:26Points: 699Comments: 139

An Introduction to Meshtastic

2026-05-08 @ 11:22:11Points: 463Comments: 162

AWS North Virginia data center outage – resolved

2026-05-08 @ 03:31:58Points: 231Comments: 159

https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status?t=2026-05-07

https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/08/aws-warns-of...

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-clou...

OpenAI’s WebRTC problem

2026-05-07 @ 17:11:59Points: 351Comments: 87

Mythical Man Month

2026-05-07 @ 07:20:55Points: 194Comments: 137

Making Julia as Fast as C++ (2019)

2026-05-06 @ 21:36:42Points: 19Comments: 8

How to Optimize MongoDB Query Performance with Indexes

2026-05-06 @ 19:25:24Points: 14Comments: 4

Light without electricity? Glowing algae could make it possible

2026-05-06 @ 19:21:34Points: 81Comments: 25

Bitter Lessons from the ISSpresso

2026-05-06 @ 19:09:29Points: 109Comments: 30

PortalVR Motion – use any VR content in 2D with 3D tracked Joy-Cons

2026-05-06 @ 16:42:10Points: 26Comments: 2

Wi is Fi: Understanding Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E/7/8 (802.11 n/AC/ax/be/bn)

2026-05-06 @ 16:01:50Points: 276Comments: 70

All means are fair except solving the problem

2026-05-06 @ 15:52:25Points: 64Comments: 47

What causes lightning? The answer keeps getting more interesting

2026-05-06 @ 15:41:06Points: 86Comments: 18

America's carpet capital: an empire and its toxic legacy

2026-05-06 @ 15:17:44Points: 41Comments: 18

The soul of maintaining a new machine

2026-05-06 @ 04:01:42Points: 64Comments: 5

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