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Hacker News Companion @hncompanion.com · May 23
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Automatic Programming
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Automatic programming - <antirez>
antirez.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Swift is a more convenient Rust (2023)
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Swift is a more convenient Rust
From the Archive: Thoughts on Swift, while learning Rust
nmn.sh
February 1, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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We have ipinfo at home or how to geolocate IPs in your CLI using latency
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We have ipinfo at home or how to geolocate IPs in your CLI using latency
TLDR: I made a CLI tool that can resolve an IP address to a country, US state and even a city. https://github.com/jimaek/geolocation-tool It works well and confirms ipinfo's findings. Recently, I read how ipinfo finally proved what most technical people assumed: VPN providers don't actually maintain
blog.globalping.io
February 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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Ask HN: Do you also "hoard" notes/links but struggle to turn them into actions?
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February 1, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Mobile carriers can get your GPS location
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Mobile carriers can get your GPS location
In iOS 26.3, Apple introduced a new privacy feature which limits “precise location” data made available to cellular networks via cell towers. The feature is only available to devices with Apple’s in-house modem introduced in 2025. The announcement1 says https://support.apple.com/en-us/126101 ↩
an.dywa.ng
February 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban on youth social media
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Finland looks to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with Australia-style ban on social media
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP), the Finnish public health authority THL and two-thirds of Finns are in favour of banning or restricting the use of social media by under-15s.
yle.fi
February 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Buttered Crumpet, a custom typeface for Wallace and Gromit
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Wallace and Gromit Font
jamieclarketype.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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My Mom and Dr. DeepSeek (2025)
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My mom and Dr. DeepSeek
In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.
restofworld.org
January 31, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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Code is cheap. Show me the talk
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Code is cheap. Show me the talk.
Linus Torvalds once said, 'Talk is cheap. Show me the code'. That is no longer the case.
nadh.in
January 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native
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Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native
Opinion: Just because you're paranoid about digital sovereignty doesn't mean they're not after you
www.theregister.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Show HN: I trained a 9M speech model to fix my Mandarin tones
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A 9M-parameter Mandarin pronunciation tutor
A tiny on-device speech model to grade Mandarin pronunciation and tones.
simedw.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Peerweb: Decentralized website hosting via WebTorrent
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PeerWeb - Decentralized Website Hosting
PeerWeb is a revolutionary way to host and share websites using WebTorrent technology. Instead of relying on centralized servers, websites are distributed across a peer-to-peer network, making them censorship-resistant and always available. 🌍✨
peerweb.lol
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon
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Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon – Wilsons Blog
wilsoniumite.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice
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January 31, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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Kimi K2.5 Technical Report [pdf]
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Kimi-K2.5/tech_report.pdf at master · MoonshotAI/Kimi-K2.5
Moonshot's most powerful model. Contribute to MoonshotAI/Kimi-K2.5 development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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HTTP Cats
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HTTP Cats
API for HTTP Cats
http.cat
January 31, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105
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Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105
Virginia ‘Ginny’ Oliver, had entered the business when she was eight and liked ‘being along the water’
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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Flameshot
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GitHub - flameshot-org/flameshot: Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :camera_flash:
Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :desktop_computer: :camera_flash: - GitHub - flameshot-org/flameshot: Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :camera_flash:
github.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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Microsoft 365 now tracks you in real time?
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RIP Privacy: Microsoft 365 Now Tracks Your Real-Time Location | ZTechTalk
Microsoft just handed bosses the ultimate tracking tool. Here is why the 'cover for me' excuse is officially dead and how 365 monitors you.
ztechtalk.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings
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AntiRender - Reality Hits Different
Transform idealized architectural renders into what they'll actually look like. No sunshine. No happy families. Just cold, honest reality.
antirender.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
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How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Netflix Animation Studios Joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron
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Netflix Animation Studios joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron — Blender
A historic first for the animation industry!
www.blender.org
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher tha human drivers
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Tesla's own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor
Tesla’s nascent robotaxi program is off to a rough start. New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of...
electrek.co
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client
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GOG calls Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client
Good for Good Old Games.
www.xda-developers.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Drug trio found to block tumour resistance in pancreatic cancer in mouse models
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Drug trio found to block tumour resistance in pancreatic cancer models
Explore groundbreaking research on pancreatic cancer treatment that shows promise in inducing complete tumour regression.
www.drugtargetreview.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM