hcker.news — day · exclude: AI

More German than many Germans

2026-08-03T06:00:14Z

350 points by mertbio | 291 comments

Article: https://mertbulan.com/more-german-than-many-germans/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49151734

Show HN: Isopolis – Isometric pixel map of SF

2026-08-03T00:46:38Z

323 points by nuwandavek | 72 comments

Article: https://sf.isopolis.city/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49149966

Taylor Farms has rewritten its cyclospora statement four times in sixteen days

2026-08-03T15:31:32Z

259 points by speckx | 180 comments

Article: https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/taylor-farms-has-rewritten-its-cyclospora-statement-four-times-in-sixteen-days-it-still-has-not-said-what-changed-at-that-plant-after-2013-or-why-two-thousand-negative-tests-should-mean-an/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49157128

Bonsai: Janestreet's UI Library

2026-08-03T08:29:57Z

247 points by KolmogorovComp | 94 comments

Article: https://github.com/janestreet/bonsai
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49152842

Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in Germany for the first time

2026-08-03T13:13:02Z

224 points by just_some_user | 120 comments

Article: https://www.intellinews.com/wind-and-solar-overtake-fossil-fuels-in-germany-for-the-first-time-ever-458379/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49155359

ICE Collected Nearly 1M People's DNA Last Year–Including Young Children

2026-08-03T11:16:33Z

222 points by BlueBerry2001 | 101 comments

Article: https://www.wired.com/story/ice-dna-collection-fbi-codis/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49154237

EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation

2026-08-02T20:44:24Z

219 points by RobotToaster | 174 comments

Article: https://linuxiac.com/eu-age-verification-project-mandates-hardware-bound-attestation/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49148128

Andy Pavlo joins ClickHouse to establish ClickHouse Labs

2026-08-03T14:09:00Z

183 points by nikolay_sivko | 41 comments

Article: https://clickhouse.com/blog/andy-pavlo-joins-clickhouse
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49156011

Show HN: ssh ssh.place

2026-08-03T00:23:21Z

165 points by jeninh | 96 comments

Article: https://ssh.place
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49149805

Californians' data deletion requests, DROP, become enforceable Aug. 1

2026-08-02T22:16:34Z

141 points by MilnerRoute | 94 comments

Article: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/nbc-7-responds-2/californians-data-deletion-requests-drop-become-enforceable-aug-1/4054771/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49148987

Why Book Corners won't sync contributions back to OpenStreetMap

2026-08-03T00:12:16Z

137 points by pizzaiolo | 90 comments

Article: https://www.andreagrandi.it/posts/why-book-corners-wont-sync-contributions-back-to-openstreetmap/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49149746

Octane – React’s programming model, compiled

2026-08-03T08:04:04Z

113 points by nnx | 40 comments

Article: https://octanejs.dev
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49152640

Apple engineer says he was fired after refusing to send cust. device IDs to AT&T

2026-08-03T03:00:52Z

111 points by ryanmerket | 35 comments

Article: https://runtimewire.com/article/exclusive-apple-engineer-says-he-was-fired-after-refusing-to-send-customer-devic
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49150738

What DMARC Protects You From, and What It Does Not

2026-08-03T09:29:46Z

110 points by adulion | 29 comments

Article: https://senderledger.com/articles/what-dmarc-actually-protects-you-from
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49153361

Utah produced more power from solar than any other source in May, a new first

2026-08-03T14:13:24Z

99 points by toomuchtodo | 69 comments

Article: https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2026/08/03/utah-sets-solar-power-record/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49156071

CP/M-386 – CP/M for 386 protected mode, derived from CP/M‑68K

2026-08-03T00:38:10Z

91 points by TMWNN | 46 comments

Article: https://github.com/johnsonjh/cpm386
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49149898

Show HN: Make your Framework 12 sound like a creaky door

2026-08-02T20:33:01Z

91 points by arcaege | 18 comments

Article: https://github.com/ArcaEge/creakwork12
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49148048

Xkcd: Earth Temperature Timeline

2026-08-03T11:25:12Z

91 points by thunderbong | 10 comments

Article: https://xkcd.com/1732/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49154304

9front "This Was Supposed to Be Fun" Released

2026-08-03T11:17:56Z

81 points by birdculture | 38 comments

Article: https://9front.org/releases/2026/08/02/0/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49154249

Why does Mail app contact iCloud when sending a non-iCloud email?

2026-08-03T14:29:51Z

74 points by cdrnsf | 43 comments

Article: https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/8/2.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49156299

The true power of regular expressions (2012)

2026-08-03T08:47:23Z

70 points by uneven9434 | 53 comments

Article: https://www.npopov.com/2012/06/15/The-true-power-of-regular-expressions.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49152973

TinyNES Review – A Super Niche NES Console

2026-08-02T20:01:37Z

68 points by throwoutway | 20 comments

Article: https://blog.lon.tv/2023/02/05/tinynes-review-a-super-niche-nes-console/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49147760

The Computational Theory of Mind (2015)

2026-08-02T22:35:35Z

66 points by cyanregiment | 60 comments

Article: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computational-mind/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49149125

Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermit Release in 15 Years

2026-08-03T17:02:10Z

66 points by roryirvine | 18 comments

Article: https://changelog.complete.org/archives/44456-celebrating-45-years-of-kermit-with-the-first-new-c-kermit-release-in-15-years-and-working-with-a-decades-old-c-codebase
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49158474

Bitcoin cold-wallet attack spreads to 4,500 addresses as losses near $89M

2026-08-02T22:49:37Z

65 points by rbanffy | 17 comments

Article: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/08/02/bitcoin-cold-wallet-attack-spreads-to-4-500-addresses-as-losses-near-usd89-million
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49149222

Show HN: We Fixed UniFi's Slow PPPoE Performance with PPPoE Half-Bridge

2026-08-03T08:34:24Z

60 points by uneven9434 | 34 comments

Article: https://arcbox.dev/blog/unifi-pppoe-half-bridge-acceleration
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49152871

Less Coffee, Better Sleep

2026-08-03T09:10:07Z

47 points by edward | 73 comments

Article: https://www.marginalia.nu/log/a_109_sleep2/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49153158

RFC 9851: TLS 1.2 is in Feature Freeze

2026-08-03T01:23:26Z

44 points by Jimmc414 | 24 comments

Article: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9851.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49150181

The fading American Dream: Visa uncertainty drives Indian tech workers back home

2026-08-03T10:58:12Z

42 points by alephnerd | 3 comments

Article: https://thefederal.com/category/news/h1b-visa-indian-tech-workers-return-india-us-jobs-245525
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49154050

Sharing an X11 Server Across Hosts with FamilyWild

2026-08-02T20:26:47Z

41 points by shirozuki | 17 comments

Article: https://dobrowolski.dev/article/sharing-an-x-server-across-hosts-with-familywild/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49147978

MPs demand answers on Fujitsu's inclusion in lucrative frameworks

2026-08-03T09:25:15Z

36 points by latein | 19 comments

Article: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366646721/MPs-demand-answers-on-Fujitsus-inclusion-in-lucrative-frameworks
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49153308

SPF Record Syntax: Mechanisms, Qualifiers, Modifiers, and Macros

2026-08-03T13:34:25Z

35 points by meysamazad | 8 comments

Article: https://dmarcguard.io/blog/spf-record-syntax/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49155626

RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak

2026-08-02T23:30:38Z

35 points by doener | 7 comments

Article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/02/rfk-jr-measles-vaccination
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49149466

How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking

2026-08-03T07:39:52Z

31 points by baranul | 3 comments

Article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/02/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49152464

Ask HN: What are the viable alternatives to DuckDuckGo?

2026-08-03T13:22:44Z

30 points by ldng | 68 comments

Article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49155492
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49155492

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2026)

2026-08-03T15:00:54Z

28 points by whoishiring | 60 comments

Article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49156683
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49156683

SearXNG in Rust

2026-08-03T16:41:40Z

28 points by dluuuu | 10 comments

Article: https://github.com/MikeLuu99/searxng-rust
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49158141

Games at the press of a button: The Rip-O-Bot (1989)

2026-08-02T20:19:16Z

26 points by msephton | 6 comments

Article: https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2026/08/02/games-at-the-press-of-a-button-the-rip-o-bot/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49147907

Trump Crypto Tie-Up Fueled Family Windfall, Investor Losses

2026-08-02T22:35:51Z

24 points by paulpauper | 1 comments

Article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-30/how-a-trump-crypto-deal-enriched-the-family-while-investors-lost
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49149127

Use Task Runners for Common Coding Tasks

2026-08-03T16:51:51Z

23 points by speckx | 5 comments

Article: https://hamvocke.com/blog/task-runners/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49158287

Let kids be kids: When collectibles lose their playfulness

2026-08-02T21:25:27Z

23 points by capitain | 3 comments

Article: https://quarters.captaintouch.com/blog/posts/2026-08-02-let-kids-be-kids:-when-collectibles-lose-their-playfulness.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49148500

Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal from 2005

2026-08-03T07:36:33Z

22 points by thinkingemote | 8 comments

Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49152441

SpaceX wins $1.6B Space Force contract for 18 Falcon 9 launches

2026-08-03T13:33:04Z

21 points by MarcoDewey | 50 comments

Article: https://spacenews.com/spacex-wins-1-6-billion-in-launch-orders-for-military-satellite-networks/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49155606

Help wanted

2026-08-03T16:46:41Z

21 points by whwhyb | 3 comments

Article: https://lake.computer/blog/help-wanted/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49158214

Saying 'Google It' Makes You Sound Old

2026-08-02T19:32:54Z

20 points by bookofjoe | 41 comments

Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/magazine/google-it-search-it-up.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49147541

Adding Go's Defer to the TypeScript Compiler

2026-08-02T20:12:39Z

20 points by healeycodes | 28 comments

Article: https://healeycodes.com/adding-defer-to-the-typescript-compiler
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49147853

New spinning drone hides in plain sight

2026-08-02T23:11:59Z

19 points by defrost | 4 comments

Article: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026/07/new-spinning-drone-hides-in-plain-sight
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49149359

Logic and Ontology

2026-08-03T00:44:04Z

19 points by nill0 | 0 comments

Article: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-ontology/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49149942

US Schools Are Ditching Chromebooks for MacBooks by the Thousands

2026-08-03T16:16:19Z

18 points by thunderbong | 15 comments

Article: https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/articles/us-schools-ditching-chromebooks-macbooks-233015401.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49157782

30 years of CPUs at Tom's Hardware – looking back on three decades of processors

2026-08-03T13:26:06Z

18 points by speckx | 6 comments

Article: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/30-years-of-cpus-at-toms-hardware-looking-back-on-three-decades-of-processors-from-the-pentium-ii-to-ryzen-9-9950x3d2
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=49155534