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1.
VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage (github.com/microsoft)
1512 points by indrora 10 days ago | 850 comments
2.
Dav2d (videolan.org)
618 points by dabinat 10 days ago | 191 comments
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How fast is a macOS VM, and how small could it be? (eclecticlight.co)
279 points by moosia 10 days ago | 101 comments
4.
Do_not_track (donottrack.sh)
546 points by RubyGuy 10 days ago | 167 comments
5.
Inventions for battery reuse and recycling increase seven-fold in last decade (epo.org)
245 points by JeanKage 12 days ago | 40 comments
6.
Why does it take so long to release black fan versions? (noctua.at)
778 points by buildbot 10 days ago | 301 comments
7.
Six years perfecting maps on watchOS (david-smith.org)
455 points by valzevul 10 days ago | 120 comments
8.
Artemis II Photo Timeline (artemistimeline.com)
370 points by geerlingguy 13 days ago | 28 comments
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Neanderthals ran 'fat factories' 125k years ago (2025) (universiteitleiden.nl)
295 points by andsoitis 10 days ago | 164 comments
10.
NetHack 5.0.0 (nethack.org)
525 points by rsaarelm 10 days ago | 180 comments
11.
The USB Situation (randsinrepose.com)
161 points by herbertl 13 days ago | 230 comments
12.
The agent harness belongs outside the sandbox (mendral.com)
181 points by shad42 10 days ago | 121 comments
13.
Ask.com has closed (ask.com)
477 points by supermdguy 10 days ago | 240 comments
14.
Lib0xc: A set of C standard library-adjacent APIs for safer systems programming (github.com/microsoft)
192 points by wooster 11 days ago | 97 comments
15.
Barman – Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL (github.com/enterprisedb)
186 points by nateb2022 13 days ago | 27 comments
16.
To Restore an Island Paradise, Add Fungi (yale.edu)
142 points by Brajeshwar 13 days ago | 43 comments
17.
Clojurists Together – Q2 2026 Open Source Funding Announcement (clojuriststogether.org)
145 points by dragandj 10 days ago | 26 comments
18.
DeepSeek V4 – almost on the frontier (simonwillison.net)
677 points by indigodaddy 11 days ago | 397 comments
19.
Show HN: State of the Art of Coding Models, According to Hacker News Commenters (hnup.date)
168 points by yunusabd 10 days ago | 87 comments
20.
California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws (bbc.com)
326 points by geox 10 days ago | 359 comments
21.
Why are there both TMP and TEMP environment variables? (2015) (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
216 points by ankitg12 10 days ago | 97 comments
22.
A report on burnout in open source software communities (2025) [pdf] (mirandaheath.website)
135 points by susam 11 days ago | 66 comments
23.
Open Design: Use Your Coding Agent as a Design Engine (github.com/nexu-io)
230 points by steveharing1 10 days ago | 92 comments
24.
Little magazines are back (wsjfreeexpression.substack.com)
113 points by prismatic 12 days ago | 40 comments
25.
Roblox shares plummet 18% as child safety measures weigh on bookings (cnbc.com)
254 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 10 days ago | 151 comments
26.
Refusal in Language Models Is Mediated by a Single Direction (arxiv.org)
118 points by fagnerbrack 10 days ago | 45 comments
27.
Dotcl: Common Lisp Implementation on .NET (github.com/dotcl)
185 points by reikonomusha 12 days ago | 47 comments
28.
Show HN: DAC – open-source dashboard as code tool for agents and humans (github.com/bruin-data)
119 points by karakanb 13 days ago | 35 comments
29.
Uber wants to turn its drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies (techcrunch.com)
144 points by nickvec 10 days ago | 144 comments
30.
AI Self-preferencing in Algorithmic Hiring: Empirical Evidence and Insights (arxiv.org)
334 points by laurex 10 days ago | 178 comments

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