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- Why Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnight
Article URL: https://www.xda-developers.com/zip-drives-dominated-90s-vanished-almost-overnight/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47823362 Points: 10 # Comments: 1
- Changes in the system prompt between Claude Opus 4.6 and 4.7
Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/18/opus-system-prompt/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47823270 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
- Ask HN: How did you land your first projects as a solo engineer/consultant?
I’ve spent roughly the last decade and some change as a software engineer, and recently decided to start a solo consultancy.I’m focused on helping SMEs sort out the messy back-office parts of the business: spreadsheet glue, brittle internal workflows, poor reporting, awkward integrations, backend/platform problems, and AI workflows that need to do real work rather than just look good in a demo.I’m not really interested in becoming a generic agency. I’d rather work with businesses that already fe…
- SPEAKE(a)R: Turn Speakers to Microphones for Fun and Profit [pdf]
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot17/woot17-paper-guri.pdf">https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot17/woot17-paper-guri.pdf</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822805">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822805</…
- SPEAKE(a)R: Turn Speakers to Microphones for Fun and Profit [pdf] (2017)
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot17/woot17-paper-guri.pdf">https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot17/woot17-paper-guri.pdf</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822805">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822805</…
- SPEAKE(a)R: Turn Speakers to Microphones for Fun and Profit [pdf] (2017)
Article URL: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot17/woot17-paper-guri.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822805 Points: 40 # Comments: 16
- Binary GCD
Article URL: https://en.algorithmica.org/hpc/algorithms/gcd/#binary-gcd Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822737 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
- The seven programming ur-languages
Article URL: https://madhadron.com/programming/seven_ur_languages.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822486 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
- The seven programming ur-languages (2022)
Article URL: https://madhadron.com/programming/seven_ur_languages.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822486 Points: 43 # Comments: 14
- Android 15's hidden Linux Terminal is a real Debian VM – and it runs Claude Code
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://github.com/JoJa84/Codefone">https://github.com/JoJa84/Codefone</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822375">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822375</a></p> <p>Points: 3</p> <p># Comments: 0</p…
- Keep Pushing: We Get 10 More Days to Reform Section 702
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/keep-pushing-we-get-10-more-days-reform-section-702">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/keep-pushing-we-get-10-more-days-reform-section-702</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822356">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id&…
- Keep Pushing: We Get 10 More Days to Reform Section 702
Article URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/keep-pushing-we-get-10-more-days-reform-section-702 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822356 Points: 62 # Comments: 4
- Bipartisan Bill to Tighten Controls on Sensitive Chipmaking Equipment
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://baumgartner.house.gov/2026/04/02/baumgartner-introduces-bipartisan-bill-to-tighten-controls-on-sensitive-chipmaking-equipment/">https://baumgartner.house.gov/2026/04/02/baumgartner-introduces-bipartisan-bill-to-tighten-controls-on-sensitive-chipmaking-equipment/</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.y…
- The world in which IPv6 was a good design
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810">https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47821429">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47821429</a></p> <p>Points: 9</p> <p># Comments: 0</p>
- The world in which IPv6 was a good design
Article URL: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47821429 Points: 56 # Comments: 12
- Surely no brand is more hated by web users that Cloudflare
<p>The only time they see it is when it impedes their access to a site.<p>Yet still the operator emblazons this brand on the interstitial. Why?<p>Does he think he's Tony Stark in Sokovia, or what?</p> <hr> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=478212…
- NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyager/2026/04/17/nasa-shuts-off-instrument-on-voyager-1-to-keep-spacecraft-operating/">https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyager/2026/04/17/nasa-shuts-off-instrument-on-voyager-1-to-keep-spacecraft-operating/</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com&#…
- NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating
Article URL: https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyager/2026/04/17/nasa-shuts-off-instrument-on-voyager-1-to-keep-spacecraft-operating/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47820531 Points: 178 # Comments: 78
- Zero-Copy GPU Inference from WebAssembly on Apple Silicon
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://abacusnoir.com/2026/04/18/zero-copy-gpu-inference-from-webassembly-on-apple-silicon/">https://abacusnoir.com/2026/04/18/zero-copy-gpu-inference-from-webassembly-on-apple-silicon/</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47820195">https://news.ycombinator.co…
- Zero-Copy GPU Inference from WebAssembly on Apple Silicon
Article URL: https://abacusnoir.com/2026/04/18/zero-copy-gpu-inference-from-webassembly-on-apple-silicon/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47820195 Points: 83 # Comments: 31
- Show HN: Sostactic – polynomial inequalities using sums-of-squares in Lean
<p>Current support for nonlinear inequalities in Lean is quite limited. This package attempts to solve this. It contains a collection of Lean4 tactics for proving polynomial inequalities via sum-of-squares (SOS) decompositions, powered by a Python backend. You can use it via Python or Lean.<p>These tactics …
- Dad brains: How fatherhood rewires the male mind
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260417-fatherhood-how-the-male-brain-and-body-prepare-for-childcare">https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260417-fatherhood-how-the-male-brain-and-body-prepare-for-childcare</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47820046">https://news.ycombi…
- My first impressions on ROCm and Strix Halo
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://blog.marcoinacio.com/posts/my-first-impressions-rocm-strix-halo/">https://blog.marcoinacio.com/posts/my-first-impressions-rocm-strix-halo/</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47819823">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47819823</a></p>&#…
- My first impressions on ROCm and Strix Halo
Article URL: https://blog.marcoinacio.com/posts/my-first-impressions-rocm-strix-halo/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47819823 Points: 45 # Comments: 35
- NIST scientists create 'any wavelength' lasers
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/04/any-color-you-nist-scientists-create-any-wavelength-lasers-tiny-circuits">https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/04/any-color-you-nist-scientists-create-any-wavelength-lasers-tiny-circuits</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
- NIST scientists create 'any wavelength' lasers
Article URL: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/04/any-color-you-nist-scientists-create-any-wavelength-lasers-tiny-circuits Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47819453 Points: 311 # Comments: 134
- Optimizing Ruby Path Methods
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://byroot.github.io/ruby/performance/2026/04/18/faster-paths.html">https://byroot.github.io/ruby/performance/2026/04/18/faster-paths.html</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47819369">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47819369</a…
- Optimizing Ruby Path Methods
Article URL: https://byroot.github.io/ruby/performance/2026/04/18/faster-paths.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47819369 Points: 101 # Comments: 36
- Thoughts and feelings around Claude Design
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260418-claude-design/">https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260418-claude-design/</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818700">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818700</a></p> <p>Points: 180</p>…
- Thoughts and feelings around Claude Design
Article URL: https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260418-claude-design/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818700 Points: 308 # Comments: 197
- College instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://sentinelcolorado.com/uncategorized/a-college-instructor-turns-to-typewriters-to-curb-ai-written-work-and-teach-life-lessons/">https://sentinelcolorado.com/uncategorized/a-college-instructor-turns-to-typewriters-to-curb-ai-written-work-and-teach-life-lessons/</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/i…
- College instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work
Article URL: https://sentinelcolorado.com/uncategorized/a-college-instructor-turns-to-typewriters-to-curb-ai-written-work-and-teach-life-lessons/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818485 Points: 285 # Comments: 276
- Traders placed over $1B in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-war-bets-ethics-concerns">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-war-bets-ethics-concerns</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818305">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818305</…
- Traders placed over $1B in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-war-bets-ethics-concerns Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818305 Points: 300 # Comments: 204
- 4-bit floating point FP4
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/04/17/fp4/">https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/04/17/fp4/</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817639">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817639</a></p> <p>Points: 35&l…
- Graphs that explain the state of AI in 2026
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/state-of-ai-index-2026">https://spectrum.ieee.org/state-of-ai-index-2026</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817581">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817581</a></p> <p>Points: 66</p> <p># Comm…
- UpCodes (YC S17) is hiring SDRs to help make construction more productive
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://up.codes/careers?utm_source=HN">https://up.codes/careers?utm_source=HN</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817473">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817473</a></p> <p>Points: 0</p> <p># Comments: 0&l…
- UpCodes (YC S17) is hiring SDRs to help make construction more productive
Article URL: https://up.codes/careers?utm_source=HN Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817473 Points: 0 # Comments: 0
- PgQue: Zero-Bloat Postgres Queue
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://github.com/NikolayS/pgque">https://github.com/NikolayS/pgque</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817349">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817349</a></p> <p>Points: 66</p> <p># Comments: 6</p&…
- The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.righto.com/2026/04/B-52-star-tracker-angle-computer.html">https://www.righto.com/2026/04/B-52-star-tracker-angle-computer.html</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817132">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817132</a></p> <p…
- The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker
Article URL: https://www.righto.com/2026/04/B-52-star-tracker-angle-computer.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817132 Points: 336 # Comments: 91
- Anonymous request-token comparisons from Opus 4.6 and Opus 4.7
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://tokens.billchambers.me/leaderboard">https://tokens.billchambers.me/leaderboard</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816960">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816960</a></p> <p>Points: 387</p> <p># Comments: 4…
- Anonymous request-token comparisons from Opus 4.6 and Opus 4.7
Article URL: https://tokens.billchambers.me/leaderboard Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816960 Points: 520 # Comments: 509
- Opus 4.7 to 4.6 Inflation is ~45%
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://tokens.billchambers.me/leaderboard">https://tokens.billchambers.me/leaderboard</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816960">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816960</a></p> <p>Points: 386</p> <p># Comments: 4…
- Show HN: MDV – a Markdown superset for docs, dashboards, and slides with data
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://github.com/drasimwagan/mdv">https://github.com/drasimwagan/mdv</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816629">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816629</a></p> <p>Points: 82</p> <p># Comments: 29</…
- Show HN: MDV – a Markdown superset for docs, dashboards, and slides with data
Article URL: https://github.com/drasimwagan/mdv Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816629 Points: 115 # Comments: 43
- Fuzix OS
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.fuzix.org/">https://www.fuzix.org/</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816625">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816625</a></p> <p>Points: 70</p> <p># Comments: 25</p>
- Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://isayeter.com/posts/digitalocean-to-hetzner-migration/">https://isayeter.com/posts/digitalocean-to-hetzner-migration/</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47815774">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47815774</a></p> <p>Points:…
- Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner
Article URL: https://isayeter.com/posts/digitalocean-to-hetzner-migration/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47815774 Points: 784 # Comments: 394
- Why Japan has such good railways
Article URL: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-japan-has-such-good-railways/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47815395 Points: 414 # Comments: 380