The Alabama Landline That Keeps Ringing (Score: 150+ in 4 hours)
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Oxford American
The Alabama Landline That Keeps Ringing
At Auburn University, students at the Foy Information Desk have been answering questions for more than 70 years.
Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer (1987) [pdf] (Score: 150+ in 20 hours)
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Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy (Score: 152+ in 14 hours)
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Programmablemutter
Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy
Organizing and generating variety in politics
Design for 3D-Printing (🔥 Score: 153+ in 2 hours)
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blog.rahix.de
Design for 3D-Printing - Rahix' Blog
Deep dive into mechanical design that is optimized for 3d-printing.
I'd rather read the prompt (🔥 Score: 167+ in 2 hours)
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Claytonwramsey
I'd rather read the prompt
I have literally never seen LLM writing that actually improved my life.
Oberon Pi (Score: 150+ in 12 hours)
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Dummy's Guide to Modern LLM Sampling (Score: 150+ in 7 hours)
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rentry.co
Dummy's Guide to Modern Samplers
An idiot's comprehensive guide to modern sampling
Evidence of controversial Planet 9 uncovered in sky surveys taken 23 years apart (❄️ Score: 153+ in 2 days)
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Space
Evidence of controversial Planet 9 uncovered in sky surveys taken 23 years apart
If the object really is Planet Nine, it would be larger than Neptune and exist 700 times further from the sun than Earth.
Why Archers Didn't Volley Fire (Score: 154+ in 1 day)
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A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Collections: Why Archers Didn’t Volley Fire
This week we’re looking at a specific visual motif common in TV and film: the arrow volley. You know the scene: the general readies his archers, he orders them to ‘draw!’ and then…
Technical analysis of TM SGNL, the unofficial Signal app Trump officials used (❄️ Score: 150+ in 2 days)
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micahflee
TM SGNL, the obscure unofficial Signal app Mike Waltz uses to text with Trump officials
💡Update May 3, 2025: I have posted a follow-up, Here's the source code for the unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials.
Update May 4, 2025: Another followup, and a big one: The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
Yesterday, a Reuters photographer…
Update May 4, 2025: Another followup, and a big one: The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
Yesterday, a Reuters photographer…
AI code is legacy code? (Score: 150+ in 12 hours)
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Text Incubation
AI code is legacy code from day one - Text Incubation
It seems like there are a few stages in the life of a codebase (and/or parts of it), that dictate its likelihood of deep improvement. 1. When something is new, and you’re the one who built it: “Oh ye…
Ask HN: Hackathons feel fake now (Score: 151+ in 10 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/c/6tVp8
Been going to a bunch of hackathons in SF lately and honestly, everything feels fake. There are like 20 sponsors handing out credits for their tools that all do the same thing. Half the time, they can’t even explain what they’re for. They’re just hoping someone uses them so they can count it as adoption. Everyone jams these into projects to check a box, and what gets built is mostly BS with zero innovation.
Was it always like this and I'm noticing it now, or has something changed?
Link: https://readhacker.news/c/6tVp8
Been going to a bunch of hackathons in SF lately and honestly, everything feels fake. There are like 20 sponsors handing out credits for their tools that all do the same thing. Half the time, they can’t even explain what they’re for. They’re just hoping someone uses them so they can count it as adoption. Everyone jams these into projects to check a box, and what gets built is mostly BS with zero innovation.
Was it always like this and I'm noticing it now, or has something changed?
Graceful Shutdown in Go: Practical Patterns (Score: 150+ in 11 hours)
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VictoriaMetrics
Graceful Shutdown in Go: Practical Patterns
Go applications can implement graceful shutdown by handling termination signals (SIGTERM, SIGINT) via os/signal or signal.NotifyContext. Shutdown must complete within a specified timeout (e.g., Kubernetes’ terminationGracePeriodSeconds)…
On Not Carrying a Camera – Cultivating memories instead of snapshots (Score: 150+ in 9 hours)
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The Hedgehog Review
On Not Carrying a Camera
The ten thousand photographs stored on a cellphone are a dramatic refutation of my photographic diffidence.
AI Meets WinDBG (Score: 150+ in 5 hours)
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svnscha.de
The Future of Crash Analysis: AI Meets WinDBG
Because manually squinting at hex dumps is so last century. Let me show you how AI-assisted debugging is leaving WinDBG's command line in the dust.
Show HN: My AI Native Resume (Score: 153+ in 9 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6tVWf
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I've been deeply involved in working with AI agents and large language models (LLMs) for a while now. During a recent job search, I found myself repeatedly explaining my skills and experiences to various assistants. Around the same time, I was creating content for my website to help hiring teams understand my capabilities better and make informed decisions.
MCP had started to gain momentum and I saw a way to reduce my toil. So I built an MCP server that can effectively communicate my qualifications as a job candidate. This server acts as an AI-powered resume, providing an understanding of my professional background and a set of tools, prompts and resources to help explore my skills and experiences.
The code is open source, so you can create your own AI-driven resume server. Check it out here: https://github.com/jhgaylor/node-candidate-mcp-server.
During my job search I paired my mcp server with others such as notion, hirebase, and gmail to build a leads database, write cover letters, and track my job search.
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6tVWf
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I've been deeply involved in working with AI agents and large language models (LLMs) for a while now. During a recent job search, I found myself repeatedly explaining my skills and experiences to various assistants. Around the same time, I was creating content for my website to help hiring teams understand my capabilities better and make informed decisions.
MCP had started to gain momentum and I saw a way to reduce my toil. So I built an MCP server that can effectively communicate my qualifications as a job candidate. This server acts as an AI-powered resume, providing an understanding of my professional background and a set of tools, prompts and resources to help explore my skills and experiences.
The code is open source, so you can create your own AI-driven resume server. Check it out here: https://github.com/jhgaylor/node-candidate-mcp-server.
During my job search I paired my mcp server with others such as notion, hirebase, and gmail to build a leads database, write cover letters, and track my job search.
Jakegaylor
Jake Gaylor – Teach your LLM about me
Comprehensive guide for connecting AI assistants to Jake Gaylor's MCP server via Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed and HTTP.
Modern Latex (Score: 151+ in 6 hours)
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GitHub
GitHub - mrkline/modern-latex: A short guide to LaTeX that avoids legacy cruft.
A short guide to LaTeX that avoids legacy cruft. Contribute to mrkline/modern-latex development by creating an account on GitHub.
Show HN: Driverless print server for legacy printers, profit goes to open-source (Score: 150+ in 18 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6tUX7
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This is a device, to which you connect your older USB printer, and use it from any PC or smartphone without installing drivers (AirPrint/Mopria), wirelessly. As easy as that!
The printer driver is run inside the device. It comes with lots of open-source and official proprietary drivers. x86-only drivers are running under box86 emulation, with little visible performance impact, ensuring wide compatibility with many printers and MFPs.
All of this is bundled in a retail-like device, with simple web interface[1][2]. No tinkering and no DIY required, it's safe to plug off the power cord every time, and you can do factory reset.
The print server is secure by default: it conforms to most of the IoT Device Security Specification 1.0[3] best practices, has built-in firewall to ensure LAN-only operation, and does not include anti-consumer features.
All devices come with technical support, where I act as a middleman between all the involved projects and printer drivers. If there's a bug, I first try to debug the issue remotely, and if it's not possible, end up buying the same printer and debug it until the issue is resolved.
All the fixes made during the development are contributed back to the origin projects, and there were many bugs fixed: almost every package has additional patches compared to original Debian 12 disto state.
[1]: https://printserver.ink/webface-main.png
[2]: https://printserver.ink/webface-other.png
[3]: https://csa-iot.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/23-80986-013-...
P.S. Brother printer lovers, the latest Brother L2800dw (2024) laser comes with the chipped cartridge, which you can't refill and reset forever anymore. The printer allows to continue printing with an "empty" cartridge with a special menu item, but it does so only to fixed amount of pages, and then stops. It doesn't allow to use cartridges without chips.
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6tUX7
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This is a device, to which you connect your older USB printer, and use it from any PC or smartphone without installing drivers (AirPrint/Mopria), wirelessly. As easy as that!
* Supports all OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android. No drivers needed. Windows-on-ARM and Apple M1/2/3/4 also supported.
* Supports the majority of printers released before ≈2018
* Profit from sold devices is shared between CUPS, SANE, AirSane open-source printing and scanning projects
* Surplus and donations are accumulated to improve current open-source drivers and develop new ones
The printer driver is run inside the device. It comes with lots of open-source and official proprietary drivers. x86-only drivers are running under box86 emulation, with little visible performance impact, ensuring wide compatibility with many printers and MFPs.
All of this is bundled in a retail-like device, with simple web interface[1][2]. No tinkering and no DIY required, it's safe to plug off the power cord every time, and you can do factory reset.
The print server is secure by default: it conforms to most of the IoT Device Security Specification 1.0[3] best practices, has built-in firewall to ensure LAN-only operation, and does not include anti-consumer features.
All devices come with technical support, where I act as a middleman between all the involved projects and printer drivers. If there's a bug, I first try to debug the issue remotely, and if it's not possible, end up buying the same printer and debug it until the issue is resolved.
All the fixes made during the development are contributed back to the origin projects, and there were many bugs fixed: almost every package has additional patches compared to original Debian 12 disto state.
[1]: https://printserver.ink/webface-main.png
[2]: https://printserver.ink/webface-other.png
[3]: https://csa-iot.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/23-80986-013-...
P.S. Brother printer lovers, the latest Brother L2800dw (2024) laser comes with the chipped cartridge, which you can't refill and reset forever anymore. The printer allows to continue printing with an "empty" cartridge with a special menu item, but it does so only to fixed amount of pages, and then stops. It doesn't allow to use cartridges without chips.
printserver.ink
UoWPrint: Wireless printing for USB-only printers
Modern USB→Wi-Fi print server for driverless printing and scanning
Matrix-vector multiplication implemented in off-the-shelf DRAM for Low-Bit LLMs (Score: 151+ in 13 hours)
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arXiv.org
MVDRAM: Enabling GeMV Execution in Unmodified DRAM for Low-Bit LLM...
General matrix-vector multiplication (GeMV) remains a critical latency bottleneck in large language model (LLM) inference, even with quantized low-bit models. Processing-Using-DRAM (PUD), an...
Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’ (Score: 150+ in 4 hours)
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the Guardian
Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’
President calls films ‘national security threat’ and claims he called on commerce department to immediately enact tariff