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HN @hnws.bsky.social · 7m

4x faster LLM inference (Flash Attention guy's company)
L: https://www.together.ai/blog/adaptive-learning-speculator-system-atlas
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45556474
posted on 2025.10.12 at 04:37:01 (c=0, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 42m

Blossom – Heroku-like deploys on your servers; cheaper, no lock-in
L: https://www.blossom88.com
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45493480
posted on 2025.10.06 at 13:03:41 (c=0, p=3)

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HN @hnws.bsky.social · 52m

Video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown rolling out at airports
L: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/us/kristi-noem-tsa-video
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45556217
posted on 2025.10.12 at 03:53:08 (c=0, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 1h

'I realised I'd been ChatGPT-ed into bed'
L: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/12/chatgpt-ed-into-bed-chatfishing-on-dating-apps
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45555860
posted on 2025.10.12 at 02:44:16 (c=1, p=6)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 1h

Show HN: I made an esoteric programming language that's read like a spellbook
L: https://github.com/sirbread/spellscript
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45555523
posted on 2025.10.12 at 01:31:00 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 1h

Floating Electrons on a Sea of Helium
L: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/new-qubit-tech-traps-single-electrons-on-liquid-helium/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45515842
posted on 2025.10.08 at 09:18:25 (c=0, p=5)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 1h

Show HN: Sober not Sorry – free iOS tracker to help you quit bad habits
L: https://sobernotsorry.app/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45555873
posted on 2025.10.12 at 02:46:58 (c=0, p=5)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 2h

The Flummoxagon
L: https://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/blog/?p=9827
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45504540
posted on 2025.10.07 at 11:40:09 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 3h

The App Store Was Always Authoritarian
L: https://infrequently.org/2025/10/the-app-store-was-always-authoritarian/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45556032
posted on 2025.10.12 at 03:20:36 (c=0, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 3h

Show HN: A Lisp Interpreter for Shell Scripting
L: https://github.com/gue-ni/redstart
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45520585
posted on 2025.10.08 at 16:58:37 (c=0, p=30)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 4h

Pipelining in psql (PostgreSQL 18)
L: https://postgresql.verite.pro/blog/2025/10/01/psql-pipeline.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45555308
posted on 2025.10.12 at 00:46:57 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 4h

I/O Multiplexing (select vs. poll vs. epoll/kqueue)
L: https://nima101.github.io/io_multiplexing
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45523370
posted on 2025.10.09 at 00:06:43 (c=0, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 4h

Qatari diplomats killed in car crash while heading to Sharm el-Sheikh
L: https://apnews.com/article/egypt-qatar-car-crash-sharm-el-sheikh-67d68db5b92fbeb9fd0fba67791f4aeb
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45554921
posted on 2025.10.11 at 23:24:11 (c=0, p=11)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 4h

Major security breach at Austrian AI startup localmind.ai
L: https://localmind.ai/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45555053
posted on 2025.10.11 at 23:50:38 (c=1, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 4h

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors
L: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/10/spyware-maker-nso-group-confirms-acquisition-by-us-investors/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45555570
posted on 2025.10.12 at 01:39:22 (c=0, p=6)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 5h

Coral Protocol Open Infrastructure Connecting the Internet of Agents
L: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.00749
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45555012
posted on 2025.10.11 at 23:41:29 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 5h

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years
L: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article312442984.html?giftCode=44d98622506ff2b3ff180a1aa7e0aca3b2f09cf4ee6fa75f97d023c41d2a2b15
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45554959
posted on 2025.10.11 at 23:29:56 (c=0, p=5)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 5h

How Kyoto, Japan Became the Loveliest Tourist-Trap
L: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/kyoto-japan-tourism-attraction-travel-tourist-trap.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45533175
posted on 2025.10.09 at 17:15:33 (c=1, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 5h

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid
L: https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/10/neighbor-shielded-7-year-old-during-south-shore-federal-raid-i-didnt-want-them-to-take-her
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45555065
posted on 2025.10.11 at 23:53:53 (c=0, p=6)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 6h

Weird Operators in PHP
L: https://www.exakat.io/weird-operators-in-php/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45500142
posted on 2025.10.07 at 02:59:02 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 7h

CamoLeak: Critical GitHub Copilot Vulnerability Leaks Private Source Code
L: https://www.legitsecurity.com/blog/camoleak-critical-github-copilot-vulnerability-leaks-private-source-code
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45553422
posted on 2025.10.11 at 18:58:30 (c=1, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 7h

Hector (Cloud)
L: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_(cloud)
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45554528
posted on 2025.10.11 at 22:08:44 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 7h

SMS Pools and What the US Secret Service Found Around New York
L: https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2025/09/sms-pools-and-what-us-secret-service.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45552205
posted on 2025.10.11 at 15:59:55 (c=0, p=9)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 7h

The World's 2.75B Buildings
L: https://tech.marksblogg.com/building-footprints-gba.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45506055
posted on 2025.10.07 at 13:26:20 (c=1, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 8h

Heroin Addicts Often Seem Normal
L: https://justismills.substack.com/p/heroin-addicts-often-seem-normal
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45553296
posted on 2025.10.11 at 18:43:58 (c=1, p=6)