HckrNews (First visit) All HN frontpage stories in chronological order Hashtable vs. A-list in Scheme, which to choose? 3 7 6d +6d nalaginrut.com/archives/2025/11/02/hashtable_vs_alist 1Making Democracy Work: Fixing and Simplifying Egalitarian Paxos 0 21 2h +1h arxiv.org/abs/2511.02743 2Friendly Attributes Pattern in Ruby 2 20 5d +5d brunosutic.com/blog/ruby-friendly-attributes-pattern 3Apple's "notarisation" – blocking software freedom of developers and users 40 90 4h +1h fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251105-01.en.html 4Blood, Brick and Legend: The Chemistry of Dracula's Castle 0 8 4d +4d news.research.gatech.edu/2025/10/31/blood-brick-and-legend-chemistry-draculas-castle 5How to find your ideal customer, right away 4 43 4d +4d reifyworks.com/writing/2023-01-30-iicp 6Local First Htmx 20 41 7h +2h elijahm.com/posts/local_first_htmx 7Oddest ChatGPT leaks yet: Cringey chat logs found in Google Analytics tool 15 53 6h +40m arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/oddest-chatgpt-leaks-yet-cringey-chat-logs-found-in-google-analytics-tool 8Can you save on LLM tokens using images instead of text? 8 21 6d +6d pagewatch.ai/blog/post/llm-text-as-image-tokens 9Running a 68060 CPU in Quadra 650 18 45 9h +2h github.com/ZigZagJoe/Macintosh-Q650-68060 10Show HN: Find matching acrylic paints for any HEX color 9 21 4d +4d acrylicmatch.com 11Cerebras Code now supports GLM 4.6 at 1000 tokens/sec 63 91 10h +3h cerebras.ai/code 12[dead] ? 14 7h +7m theguardian.com 13Why I love my Boox Palma e-reader 42 72 5d +5d minimal.bearblog.dev/why-i-love-my-boox-palma-e-reader 14Israel dumps millions into geo targeting evangelicals in churches and ChatGPT 19 43 8h +41m disclose.tv/id/wrbhq1fa5c 15Sam Altman's pants are on fire 82 165 8h +37m garymarcus.substack.com/p/sam-altmans-pants-are-totally-on 16Older Adults Outnumber Children in 11 States 70 59 9h +50m census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/older-adults-outnumber-children.html 17Mullvad: Shutting down our search proxy Leta 76 119 9h +1h mullvad.net/en/blog/shutting-down-our-search-proxy-leta 18Shell Grotto: England's mysterious underground seashell chamber 11 22 3d +3d boingboing.net/2025/09/05/shell-grotto-englands-mysterious-underground-seashell-chamber.html 19A new threat: Being replaced by someone who knows AI 41 37 10h +1h wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-work-use-performance-reviews-1e8975df 20Snapchat open-sources Valdi a cross-platform UI framework 88 265 10h +34m github.com/Snapchat/Valdi 21Immutable Software Deploys Using ZFS Jails on FreeBSD 31 76 9h +26m conradresearch.com/articles/immutable-software-deploy-zfs-jails 22FSF40 Hackathon 2 87 5d +4d fsf.org/events/fsf40-hackathon 23Analysis of Hedy Lamarr's Contribution to Spread-Spectrum Communication 40 54 10h +37m researchers.one/articles/24.01.00001v4 24He Jiankui PhD Thesis: Spontaneous Emergence of Hierarchy in Biological Systems (2010) 13 30 11h +1h repository.rice.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/85449216-b2ec-4519-87cf-83eafe4534e7/content 25Mind captioning: Evolving descriptive text of mental content of brain activity 14 17 11h +53m science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw1464 26How a devboard works (and how to make your own) 24 71 11h +1h kaipereira.com/journal/build-a-devboard 27Why is Zig so cool? 227 347 11h +32m nilostolte.github.io/tech/articles/ZigCool.html 28Show HN: VoxConvo – "X but it's only voice messages" 12 10 12h +1h voxconvo.com 29WinObjC – The Windows Bridge for iOS 10 44 5d +5d github.com/microsoft/WinObjC 30FAA to restrict commercial rocket launches to overnight hours 73 134 11h +19m space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/faa-restricts-commercial-rocket-launches-indefinitely-due-to-air-traffic-risks-from-government-shutdown 31Using the Web Monetization API for fun and profit 15 62 12h +1h blog.tomayac.com/2025/11/07/using-the-web-monetization-api-for-fun-and-profit 32Becoming a Compiler Engineer 95 222 12h +1h rona.substack.com/p/becoming-a-compiler-engineer 33Developers in C-Level Meetings 3 24 7d +6d radekmie.dev/blog/on-developers-in-c-level-meetings 34AI is Dunning-Kruger as a service 183 234 12h +24m christianheilmann.com/2025/10/30/ai-is-dunning-kruger-as-a-service 35Transducer: Composition, abstraction, performance (2018) 4 96 3d +3d funktionale-programmierung.de/en/2018/03/22/transducer.html 36YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm' 226 615 13h +23m news.itsfoss.com/youtube-removes-windows-11-bypass-tutorials 37Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire? 35 17 14h +1h economist.com/business/2025/11/06/should-facial-analysis-help-determine-whom-companies-hire 38VLC's Jean-Baptiste Kempf Receives the European SFS Award 2025 63 348 13h +14m fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251107-01.en.html 39Ribir: Non-intrusive GUI framework for Rust/WASM 11 64 13h +16m github.com/RibirX/Ribir 40Show HN: Three Emojis, a daily word puzzle for language learners 20 23 14h +1h threeemojis.com/en-US/play/hex/en-US/2025-11-07 41Understanding traffic 36 44 4d +4d dr2chase.wordpress.com 42How did I get here? 39 212 14h +16m how-did-i-get-here.net 43Apple is crossing a Steve Jobs red line 271 315 14h +11m kensegall.com/2025/11/07/apple-is-crossing-a-steve-jobs-red-line 44James Watson has died 182 308 14h +14m nytimes.com/2025/11/07/science/james-watson-dead.html 45Venn Diagram for 7 Sets 30 131 4d +3d moebio.com/research/sevensets 46Rockstar employee shares account of the company's union-busting efforts 330 480 15h +48m gtaforums.com/topic/1004182-rockstar-games-alleged-union-busting 47Angel Investors, a Field Guide 30 141 17h +2h jeanyang.com/posts/angel-investors-a-field-guide 48Ruby Solved My Problem 91 225 15h +16m newsletter.masilotti.com/p/ruby-already-solved-my-problem 49Myna: Monospace typeface designed for symbol-heavy programming languages 131 274 15h +29m github.com/sayyadirfanali/Myna 50Why Zig Is Quietly Doing What Rust Couldn't: Staying Simple 17 14 16h +26m freedium-mirror.cfd/@daxx5/why-zig-is-quietly-doing-what-rust-couldnt-staying-simple-a47f86b3a58a 51Sam Altman Subpoenaed on Stage 20 64 15h +4m twitter.com/KarluskaP/status/1986766915277140052 52Skeena Indigenous Typeface 12 66 5d +4d microsoft.github.io/Skeena-Indigenous-Typeface 53Gmail AI gets more intrusive 141 227 17h +1h daveverse.org/2025/11/07/gmail-ai-gets-even-more-intrusive 54Vodafone Germany is killing the open internet – one peering connection at a time 187 447 17h +57m coffee.link/vodafone-germany-is-killing-the-open-internet-one-peering-connection-at-a-time 55Notes on Being a Man 64 56 17h +12m profgalloway.com/notes-on-being-a-man 56Lose weight or lose your jobs, offshore workers told 13 10 17h +29m bbc.com/news/articles/cx274xp00zxo 57How to Keep Winning 27 55 5d +4d amasad.me/keep-winning 58Nasdaq 100 set for worst week since April meltdown 52 70 17h +16m fortune.com/2025/11/07/nasdaq-100-worst-week-since-april-bear-market-correction 59Pressured on Israel work, Microsoft asks employees to flag violations 3 36 18h +1h detroitnews.com/story/business/2025/11/07/pressured-on-israel-work-microsoft-asks-employees-to-flag-violations/87144653007 60Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media for children under 15 337 465 17h +46m apnews.com/article/denmark-social-media-ban-children-7862d2a8cc590b4969c8931a01adc7f4 61Toxic Salton Sea dust triggers changes in lung microbiome after just one week 43 101 17h +20m phys.org/news/2025-10-toxic-salton-sea-triggers-lung.html 623I/ATLAS shows perihelion burst and radial-only non-gravitational acceleration 13 44 17h +19m old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1oqfau8/3iatlas_shows_perihelion_burst_and_radialonly 63My Experience of building Bytebeat player in Zig 12 92 3d +3d blog.karanjanthe.me/posts/zig-beat 64Why I love OCaml (2023) 235 329 20h +1h mccd.space/posts/ocaml-the-worlds-best 65A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot' 177 209 18h +18m nytimes.com/2025/11/06/technology/personaltech/ai-social-media-brain-rot.html 66When did people favor composition over inheritance? 3 13 22h +4h sicpers.info/2025/11/when-did-people-favor-composition-over-inheritance 67Claude Is Down 71 65 19h +1h status.claude.com/incidents/tgtw1sqs9ths 68Revisiting Interface Segregation in Go 60 57 6d +5d rednafi.com/go/interface-segregation 69I Work Best Under Stress (and My Family Pays for It) 33 22 20h +55m codecabin.dev/post/i-work-best-under-stress 70Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls his company the first to be 'completely anti-woke' 35 44 19h +24m businessinsider.com/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-calls-company-anti-woke-revenue-surge-2025-11 71Majority of teens hold negative views of news media, says report 99 47 23h +4h niemanlab.org/2025/11/biased-boring-chaotic-and-bad-a-majority-of-teens-hold-negative-views-of-news-media-report-finds 72Comparison Traits – Understanding Equality and Ordering in Rust 11 55 6d +5d itsfoxstudio.substack.com/p/comparison-traits-understanding-equality 73I'm making a small RPG and I need feeback regarding performance 71 78 20h +11m jslegenddev.substack.com/p/im-making-a-small-rpg-and-i-need 74Show HN: OSS implementation of Test Time Diffusion that runs on a 24gb GPU 0 20 22h +1h github.com/eamag/MMU-RAG-competition 75OpenMW 0.50.0 Released – open-source Morrowind reimplementation 95 283 20h +3m openmw.org/2025/openmw-0-50-0-released 76Subway sandwich thrower found not guilty in D.C. jury rebuke 24 37 21h +34m npr.org/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5600772/trump-justice-federal-surge-subway-sandwich 77Is Software the UFOlogy of Engineering Disciplines? 168 95 21h +14m codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/is-software-the-ufology-of-engineering-disciplines 781973 implementation of Wordle was published by DEC (2022) 36 92 7d +6d troypress.com/1973-implementation-of-wordle-was-published-by-dec 79We chose OCaml to write Stategraph 110 155 21h +6m stategraph.dev/blog/why-we-chose-ocaml 80From Memorization to Reasoning in the Spectrum of Loss Curvature 14 58 21h +24m arxiv.org/abs/2510.24256 81Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams 488 679 21h +15m sherwood.news/tech/meta-projected-10-of-2024-revenue-came-from-scams-and-banned-goods-reuters 82Itiner-E – The Digital Atlas of Ancient Roads 2 14 1d +3h itiner-e.org 83Parents say ChatGPT encouraged son to kill himself 108 79 21h +18m edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/us/openai-chatgpt-suicide-lawsuit-invs-vis 84Video games can alter reality 57 60 23h +1h particle.scitech.org.au/tech/video-games-can-alter-reality 85Helion: A high-level DSL for performant and portable ML kernels 46 140 6d +5d pytorch.org/blog/helion 86Sweep (YC S23) is hiring to build autocomplete for JetBrains 0 1 22h +6s ycombinator.com/companies/sweep/jobs/8dUn406-founding-engineer-intern 87Machine Scheduler in LLVM – Part II 0 31 6d +5d myhsu.xyz/llvm-machine-scheduler-2 88OpenTelemetry: Escape Hatch from the Observability Cartel 65 70 3d +2d oneuptime.com/blog/post/2025-11-03-opentelemetry-escape-from-observability-cartel/view 89The Silent Scientist: When Software Research Fails to Reach Its Audience 51 76 6d +5d cacm.acm.org/opinion/the-silent-scientist-when-software-research-fails-to-reach-its-audience 90A startup’s quest to store electricity in the ocean 51 64 1d +1m techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/one-startups-quest-to-store-electricity-in-the-ocean 91Text case changes the size of QR codes 49 165 6d +5d johndcook.com/blog/2025/10/31/smaller-qr-codes 92Lessons from Growing a Piracy Streaming Site 176 264 1d +44m prison.josh.mn/lessons 93Time Immemorial turns 750: The Medieval law that froze history at 1189 16 63 1d +6h ianvisits.co.uk/articles/time-immemorial-turns-750-the-medieval-law-that-froze-history-at-1189-84893 94A File Format Uncracked for 20 Years 11 54 1d +5h landaire.net/a-file-format-uncracked-for-20-years 95JermCAD: Browser-Based CAD Software 39 57 1d +2h github.com/jeremyaboyd/jerm-cad 96[dead] ? 10 1d +1h youtube.com 97JavaScript Just Leveled Up: ES2025 – You'll Fall in Love With 22 13 1d +29m jsdevspace.substack.com/p/javascript-just-leveled-up-es2025 98Word2Vec-style vector arithmetic on docs embeddings 6 41 7d +6d technicalwriting.dev/embeddings/arithmetic/index.html 99Photoroom (YC S20) Is Hiring a Senior AI Front End Engineer in Paris 0 1 1d +6s jobs.ashbyhq.com/photoroom/7644fc7d-7840-406d-a1b1-b9d2d7ffa9b8 100Leaving Meta and PyTorch 166 692 1d +9m soumith.ch/blog/2025-11-06-leaving-meta-and-pytorch.md.html 101Cryptography 101 with Alfred Menezes 18 111 4d +3d cryptography101.ca 102$40M 3D printing factory open for business on Guam, will produce parts for Navy 3 25 1d +4h guampdn.com/news/40m-3d-printing-factory-now-open-for-business-on-guam-will-produce-parts-of-navy/article_0bff0888-b760-4eb4-868a-9bcb46eb507f.html 103My tutorial and take on C++20 coroutines (2021) 8 34 1d +3h scs.stanford.edu/~dm/blog/c++-coroutines.html 104We built a cloud GPU notebook that boots in seconds 31 85 5d +4d modal.com/blog/notebooks-internals 105Dead Framework Theory 139 103 1d +1h aifoc.us/dead-framework-theory 106HTML Slides with notes 38 84 1d +2h nbd.neocities.org/slidepresentation/Slide%20presentation%20about%20slides 107A Fond Farewell 201 558 1d +50m farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewell-from-farmers-almanac 108From web developer to database developer in 10 years 73 171 4d +2d notes.eatonphil.com/2025-02-15-from-web-developer-to-database-developer-in-10-years.html 109A prvalue is not a temporary 62 37 1d +6m blog.knatten.org/2025/10/31/a-prvalue-is-not-a-temporary 110GT – Experimental multiplexing tensor framework for distributed GPU computing 1 30 6d +4d github.com/bwasti/gt 111A Note on Fil-C 196 229 1d +1h graydon2.dreamwidth.org/320265.html 112IRS halts Direct File and points to other free services 41 67 1d +51m wsj.com/politics/policy/irs-direct-file-tax-program-ended-00172148 113The secret campaign to silence critics of a hospital real estate empire 8 133 1d +1h motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/medical-properties-trust-mpt-steward-health-care-ed-aldag-secret-campaign-critics-surveillance-reit 114The APM paradox: Too much data, too few answers 0 8 5d +3d honeybadger.io/blog/apm-paradox 115Scientists find ways to boost memory in aging brains 52 171 1d +32m news.vt.edu/articles/2025/10/cals-jarome-improving-memory.html 116The Geometry of Schemes [pdf] 18 60 7d +6d webhomes.maths.ed.ac.uk/~v1ranick/papers/eisenbudharris.pdf 117Show HN: Ambient light sensor control of keyboard and screen brightness in Linux 2 24 5d +4d github.com/donjajo/als-led-backlight 118 More... 2025.11.06