@hn50@social.lansky.name

· 16h ago

Orkut.com Link: https://orkut.com/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006012

orkut.com — You deserve better from social media.

You deserve better from social media. You deserve a more human internet. Help Orkut to bring back what really matters: people, communities, and genuine connection.

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 16h ago

Sub-1-Bit LLM Compression via Latent Factorization Link: https://github.com/SamsungLabs/LittleBit Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50005608

GitHub

GitHub - SamsungLabs/LittleBit: Official implementation of LittleBit (NeurIPS 2025) and its follow-up LittleBit-2 (ICML 2026)

Official implementation of LittleBit (NeurIPS 2025) and its follow-up LittleBit-2 (ICML 2026) - SamsungLabs/LittleBit

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 3h ago

Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser Link: https://quake-srp.pages.dev/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50016312

quake-srp.pages.dev

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 11h ago

A 5.3M-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10546-z Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49996639

nature.com

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 8h ago

OpenAI, the Partition Principle, and Mathematics Link: https://karagila.org/2026/openai-pp/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50013902

karagila.org

OpenAI, the Partition Principle, and mathematics

By the time I got out of bed yesterday, I had three people ask me if I'd seen the OpenAI announcement that the Partition Principle does not (...)

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 13h ago

Step 5 Preview, a 1M-context MoE from StepFun, shows up on OpenRouter Link: https://openrouter.ai/stepfun/step-5-preview Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50007764

openrouter.ai

Step 5 Preview - API Pricing & Providers

Step 5 Preview is StepFun's flagship model for agentic work, built on a sparse Mixture-of-Experts architecture (27B active / 600B total parameters). $1 per million input tokens, $2.70 per million output tokens. 1,000,000 token context window, maximum output of 64,000 tokens.

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 23h ago

Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the browser Link: https://treylorswift.github.io/demoscene-recomp/web/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50002426

treylorswift.github.io

demoscene-recomp

Classic PC demoscene productions running in the browser.

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 12h ago

Show HN: K10s – A Clickable Kubernetes TUI (Go, Bubble Tea) Link: https://github.com/p10node/k10s Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50009904

GitHub

GitHub - p10node/k10s: Kubernetes TUI you can click. Instant search, logs/exec/port-forward, 7 themes, context-aware AI. Single Go binary.

Kubernetes TUI you can click. Instant search, logs/exec/port-forward, 7 themes, context-aware AI. Single Go binary. - p10node/k10s

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 15h ago

Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the 'Invisible' Technologies of the Stone Age Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/archaeologists-are-reconstructing-the-invisible-technologies-of-the-stone-age-from-rope-to-thread-and-twine-180989534/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998992

Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the 'Invisible' Technologies of the Stone Age, From Rope to Thread and Twine

Largely missing from the archaeological record, fiber innovations played a huge role in the lives of early humans. Researchers are weaving together new insights from the traces they left behind

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 16h ago

4-hour battery storage is cheaper to install than gas turbines all across globe Link: https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/10/4-hour-battery-storage-is-cheaper-to-install-than-gas-turbines-all-across-globe/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50007519

Solar Power World

4-hour battery storage is cheaper to install than gas turbines all across globe

Wood Mackenzie’s latest global report on levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) shows that advancing technologies and market dynamics continue to drive

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 10h ago

ETH-68: Ethernet Audio Interface for Linux Link: https://naturalsystems.io/eth68 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49992994

naturalsystems.io

eth68

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 17h ago

'The eels were climbing out of the water to die' Link: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/24/furnace-book-east-sussex-fishing-lake Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49978010

theguardian.com

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 6h ago

Bevy 0.20 Link: https://bevy.org/news/bevy-0-20/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50013610

bevy.org

Bevy 0.20

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 4h ago

Reducing undefined behavior in the C language Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/1095811/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50015074

lwn.net

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 5h ago

What should we tell our students? Link: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/10/08/what-should-we-tell-our-students/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50015236

terrytao.wordpress.com

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 15h ago

OpenAI annualised revenues $20B less than previously signalled Link: https://www.ft.com/content/b66a9858-f8fb-46cb-b506-44bfe26fca2a Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50008187

ft.com

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 16h ago

New gTLD Application for .lan Link: https://newgtldprogram-aps.icann.org/applications/CD2694T-T26351/summary Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50007353

newgtldprogram-aps.icann.org

Application Details

New gTLD Program: 2026 Round public application information, including application status.

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 3h ago

Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs Link: https://unsung.aresluna.org/deeper-dive-keyboard-differences-between-windows-and-macs/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50015515

unsung.aresluna.org

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 13h ago

Man discovers his parents' coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days Link: https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/man-discovers-his-parents-coffee-machine-used-1tb-of-data-in-10-days-3416399/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49995495

Dexerto

Man discovers his parents’ coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days - Dexerto

The man said they discovered that their parents’ coffee maker had generated far more traffic than they expected.

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 11h ago

Yes, and Link: https://htmx.org/essays/yes-and/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50003796

htmx.org

</> htmx ~ Yes, and...

In this essay, Carson Gross discusses his advice to young people interested in computer science worried about the future given the advancements in AI.

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 12h ago

Show HN: Making a flexible "neon" t-shirt with LED filaments Link: http://scottbezek.blogspot.com/2026/10/making-flexible-neon-t-shirt-with-leds.html Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50008047

scottbezek.blogspot.com

Making a flexible “neon” t-shirt with LED filaments

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 17h ago

US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-08/us-suspends-visa-program-for-tech-firms-including-microsoft Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006832

bloomberg.com

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 16h ago

Dat-ecosystem: high level applications built on top of P2P protocols Link: https://dat-ecosystem.org/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50002505

dat-ecosystem.org

dat-ecosystem - explore p2p projects

dat-ecosystem is a post-web p2p community of projects - Most projects are self funded. Some of the projects contribute maintainance and development to core pieces of the Dat ecosystem while others create high level applications built on top of p2p protocols.

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 12h ago

Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash? Link: https://www.dgt.is/blog/2026-10-07-deepseek-freek-out/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000488

dgt.is

Why Isn't The Industry Freaking Out About DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?

thoughts, talks, docs and unpopular opinions

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 19h ago

Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature 2026 Link: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/08/wins-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-2026 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50004777

theguardian.com

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 1d ago

Port of the TypeScript compiler, checker and lsp to Rust, by LLM Link: https://github.com/pingdotgg/ts-rust Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000676

GitHub

GitHub - pingdotgg/ts-rust: An experimental Rust port of the TypeScript 7 compiler (tsc)

An experimental Rust port of the TypeScript 7 compiler (tsc) - pingdotgg/ts-rust

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 11h ago

Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7? Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49985548

news.ycombinator.com

Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7? | Hacker News

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 21h ago

OpenAI Withdraws 3 Math Papers Link: https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/history.md Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50003107

GitHub

math/history.md at main · openai/math

Contribute to openai/math development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 8h ago

The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton Link: https://theconversation.com/the-dawn-of-the-age-of-the-exoskeleton-281804 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49994663

The Conversation

The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton

Powered robotic devices designed to enhance the wearer’s physical capabilities are being developed for an increasing range of uses.

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 13h ago

I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Claude Code to find it Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/s/mbe5IY2LF9 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50002665

reddit.com

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 18h ago

Beauty in DVD Menus Link: https://vale.rocks/posts/dvd-menus Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50005527

Vale.Rocks

Beauty in DVD Menus

The best part of digital video disc isn

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 23h ago

OpenAI withdraws three mathematical results Link: https://twitter.com/danintheory/status/2108065033070789090 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50002650

twitter.com

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 12h ago

OLED burn-in test: 30-month update Link: https://www.techspot.com/article/3178-oled-burn-in-test/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50004115

techspot.com

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 14h ago

Float and integer arithmetic follow two different paradigms Link: https://blog.pkh.me/p/49-float-and-integer-arithmetic-follow-two-different-paradigms.html Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49965117

blog.pkh.me

Float and integer arithmetic follow two different paradigms

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 20h ago

The Slow Formation of Durable Software Link: https://newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-slow-formation-of-durable-software/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49980346

newsletter.dancohen.org

The Slow Formation of Durable Software

How a group of historians took years to imagine Zotero, the research application that would eventually be used by millions

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 18h ago

Telnet BBS Guide Link: https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50005017

telnetbbsguide.com

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 19h ago

I gave Opus 5.5 one prompt and six hours to visualize Invisible Cities Link: https://quesma.com/blog/invisible-cities-one-shot/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50004790

Quesma

I gave Opus 5.5 one prompt and six hours to visualize Invisible Cities - Quesma Blog

Claude Opus 5.5 vs GPT-6 Astra one-shot Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino in Three.js: AI design, UX, data visualization and explorable explanations.

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 10h ago

ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1697900/full Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50011928

Frontiers

Frontiers | ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy

Accumulating evidence indicates that circadian rhythm dysfunction is a clinically significant and highly prevalent phenotype in a substantial subgroup of ind...

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 9h ago

AI-ready biological data: $1.8B global commitment Link: https://biohub.org/news/virtual-biology-initiative-expansion/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50011999

Biohub

Open data for predictive AI models of biology: $1.8 billion committed

Biohub, DOE, NIH, and partners will generate open, standardized data to train AI models that predict how cells respond to interventions.

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 17h ago

Show HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years Link: https://tanzaniaeducationproject.org/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006366

tanzaniaeducationproject.org

Home — Tanzania Education Project

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 13h ago

DuckDB Ducklake Link: https://github.com/duckdb/ducklake Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49996149

GitHub

GitHub - duckdb/ducklake: DuckLake is an integrated data lake and catalog format

DuckLake is an integrated data lake and catalog format - duckdb/ducklake

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 16h ago

US suspends Microsoft, major IT firms from key green card program Link: https://www.reuters.com/business/us-suspending-permanent-residency-program-for-microsoft-vance-says-2026-10-08/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006948

reuters.com

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 4h ago

Show HN: Jevman – AI decision models play Pac-Man Link: https://opper.ai/jevman-benchmark/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50007993

opper.ai

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 11h ago

A Terminal Protocol for Program Status (OSC 7501) Link: https://mitchellh.com/writing/program-status-osc7501 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49984159

Mitchell Hashimoto

A Terminal Protocol for Program Status (OSC 7501)

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 17h ago

Time Travel in Braid (2015) Link: https://qntm.org/braid Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49958194

qntm.org

Time travel in Braid @ Things Of Interest

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 12h ago

Theranos.World Link: https://www.theranos.world/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50009295

Theranos World

An interactive simulation of Elizabeth Holmes

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 13h ago

I hired an illustrator to draw my house. Now it's my Home Assistant dashboard Link: https://antonfrolov.substack.com/p/i-hired-an-illustrator-to-draw-my Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49986882

antonfrolov.substack.com

I hired an illustrator to draw my house. Now it's my Home Assistant dashboard.

A flickering fireplace, a softly lit garden, and a smart home the whole family finally enjoys.

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 15h ago

Whistle: Speech to Text in 16.9 MB Link: https://cactuscompute.com/blog/whistle Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50008427

cactuscompute.com

Whistle: Speech to Text in 16.9 MB

An open speech recognition model that runs on the same CPU engine as Needle. It transcribes seven languages, reaches the first token in 11 ms, and loads beside Needle so one binary turns a clip straight into tool calls.

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 12h ago

The value of not getting to the point (2015) Link: https://ken.arneson.name/2015/11/the-value-of-not-getting-to-the-point/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50010470

ken.arneson.name

Ken Arneson : The Value of Not Getting to the Point

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

· 11h ago

US man given prison sentence for bot-farming music streams Link: https://thequietus.com/news/us-man-given-prison-sentence-for-bot-farming-music-streams/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000985

The Quietus

US Man Given Prison Sentence for Bot-Farming Music Streams | The Quietus

A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for collecting millions in royalties from bot-farming streams of AI-generated songs. The US Justice Department announced the sentencing of 54-year-old Michael Smith (pictured above) in a press release yesterday (6 October). He was sentenced for one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud […]

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