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Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 30m

Show HN: rift – a tiling window manager for macOS | Discussion

GitHub - acsandmann/rift: a tiling window manager for macos

a tiling window manager for macos. Contribute to acsandmann/rift development by creating an account on GitHub.

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 50m

China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten US Defense Supply Chains | Discussion

China’s New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U.S. Defense Supply Chains

China has imposed its most stringent rare earth and magnet export controls yet, restricting products with even trace Chinese content. This bolsters its leverage ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting and heightens risks to U.S. defense and semiconductor supply chains.

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 1h

Is Odin Just a More Boring C? | Discussion

Is Odin Just a More Boring C?

Exploring Odin Through a Tiny Key-Value Store with Pub/Sub

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 1h

LineageOS 23 | Discussion

Changelog 30 - Sleek Sixteen, Streamlined Suite, Future Flow

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 1h

Vancouver Stock Exchange: Scam capital of the world (1989) [pdf] | Discussion

scamcouver.wordpress.com

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 2h

Google blocks Android hack that let Pixel users enable VoLTE anywhere | Discussion

Google blocks Android hack that let Pixel users enable VoLTE anywhere

An app that let Pixel phones use VoLTE and VoWiFi in any region has been blocked with the latest Android update. Here's what to know.

www.androidauthority.com

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 2h

We Found a Hidden Camera in the Bathroom of Our Airbnb | Discussion

www.nytimes.com

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 2h

A Guide for WireGuard VPN Setup with Pi-Hole Adblock and Unbound DNS | Discussion

pSYoniK - Software, Hardware and Tech - In.That.Order.

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 3h

Meta Superintelligence's surprising first paper | Discussion

Meta Superintelligence’s surprising first paper

Long awaited first paper from Meta Superintelligence Labs is not a model layer innovation. What does this mean?

paddedinputs.substack.com

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 3h

The Murder That Made Skip Hollandsworth a True Crime Writer | Discussion

The Murder That Made Me a True Crime Writer

The legendary Skip Hollandsworth revisits the case that launched his lifelong obsession. An exclusive excerpt from his new book, ‘She Kills.’

www.texasmonthly.com

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 3h

ElementaryOS - The thoughtful, capable and ethical replacement for Windows/macOS | Discussion

The thoughtful, capable, and ethical replacement for Windows and macOS ⋅ elementary OS

The thoughtful, capable, and ethical replacement for Windows and macOS

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 4h

Diane Keaton has died | Discussion

www.nytimes.com

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 4h

Datastar response to allegations | Discussion

Greedy Developer?

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 4h

How much revenue is needed to justify the current AI spend? | Discussion

Last month, I chose to strip away all the hubris around AI and ask one simple question, one that oddly no one had really bothered to ask; how much revenue is needed to justify the current level of capex spend and give AI investors a return on their capital?? I clearly hit a nerve in […]

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 5h

People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads | Discussion

People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads

“I’m about to just toss the whole thing…”…

arstechnica.com

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 5h

All-New Next Gen of UniFi Storage | Discussion

All-New Next Gen of UniFi Storage

Discover the next generation of UniFi storage appliances, from the compact UNAS-2 to the enterprise-ready UNAS-Pro-8. Explore features like PoE-powered setup, NVMe SSD support, high-availability networking, and UniFi Drive with cloud backup integrations.

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 6h

Microsoft only lets you opt out of AI photo scanning 3x a year | Discussion

Microsoft's OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) - Slashdot

I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft's "OneDrive" file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. "OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos..." And... "You can only turn off this setting 3 times a year." If I moved the slidebar for t...

hardware.slashdot.org

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 6h

Discord hack shows risks of online age checks | Discussion

Discord hack shows risks of online age checks as internet policing hopes put to the test

As the drive for age verification grows, so does the pressure on online companies to keep users' data safe and, as the Discord hack shows, that cannot be guaranteed.

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 6h

Rating 26 years of Java changes | Discussion

Rating 26 years of Java changes

I first started programming Java at IBM back in 1999 as a Pre-University Employee. If I remember correctly, we had Java 1.1.8 installed at that time, but were moving to Java 1.2 (“Java 2”), which w…

neilmadden.blog

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 7h

Building a JavaScript Runtime from Scratch using C | Discussion

Your source for developer logs, guides, tutorials, and insights.

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 7h

Apple Designs a Virtual Knob | Discussion

How Apple Designs a Virtual Knob

jherrm.github.io

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 7h

Tennessee Man Arrested, Gets $2M Bond for Posting Facebook Meme | Discussion

Tennessee man arrested, gets $2 million bond for posting Facebook meme

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 8h

How to Check for Overlapping Intervals | Discussion

How to check for overlapping intervals - zayenz.se

Personal website with research, publications, and blog

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 8h

Crypto-Current (2021) | Discussion

Bitcoin and Philosophy, Part-0

zerophilosophy.substack.com

Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 8h

Show HN: Gnokestation Is an Ultra Lightweight Web Desktop Environment | Discussion

Gnoke Station - The Ultra-Lightweight Industrial Desktop Environment by edmundsparrow

gnokestation.netlify.app