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Hacker News Companion @hncompanion.com · May 23
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Getting into public speaking
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Getting into public speaking - James Brooks
Here are ten things I learnt about public speaking.
james.brooks.page
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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iOS 26.2 fixes 20 security vulnerabilities, 2 actively exploited
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Update Now: iOS 26.2 Fixes 20+ Security Vulnerabilities
Apple today released iOS 26.2, iPadOS 26.2, and macOS 26.2, all of which introduce new features, bug fixes, and security improvements. Apple says that the updates address over 20 vulnerabilities, including two bugs that are known to have been actively exploited. There are a pair of WebKit vulnerabilities that could allow maliciously crafted web content to execute code or cause memory corruption.
www.macrumors.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Price of a bot army revealed across online platforms
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Price of a bot army revealed across hundreds of online platforms worldwide
The first global index tracking real-time prices for buying fake account verifications on 500+ online platforms in every country has been launched by a team at the University of Cambridge.
www.cam.ac.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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In the Beginning was the Command Line (1999)
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C R Y P T O N O M I C O N
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December 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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JSDoc is TypeScript
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JSDoc *is* TypeScript
In May of 2023 an from the Svelte repo made it to the front page of the Hacker News forums. The (superficially) controversial PR seemingly vindicated TypeSc...
culi.bearblog.dev
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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2002: Last.fm and Audioscrobbler Herald the Social Web
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2002: Last.fm and Audioscrobbler Herald the Social Web
Following in Amazon's footsteps, two student projects independently use 'collaborative filtering' to bring recommendations and social networking to online music; soon they will join forces.
cybercultural.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Developing a food-safe finish for my wooden spoons
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Developing a food-safe finish for my wooden spoons and cups
You know what they say in the world of products: fast, cheap, good; pick two. That's exactly my experience when trying to find the most suitable wood finish for my hand carved wooden spoons and cups. I got tired of trying to find something food-safe, without chemical smells and that doesn't take ages to cure. So I made my own.
alinpanaitiu.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Cat Gap
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Cat gap - Wikipedia
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December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Shai-Hulud compromised a dev machine and raided GitHub org access: a post-mortem
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How we got hit by Shai-Hulud: A complete post-mortem | Trigger.dev
On November 25th, one of our engineers was compromised by the Shai-Hulud npm supply chain worm. Here's what happened, how we responded, and what we've changed.
trigger.dev
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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GraphQL: The enterprise honeymoon is over
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GraphQL: the enterprise honeymoon is over
A production-tested take on GraphQL in enterprise systems, why the honeymoon phase fades, and when its complexity outweighs the benefits.
johnjames.blog
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Kimi K2 1T model runs on 2 512GB M3 Ultras
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twitter.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Elevated errors across many models
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Elevated errors across many models
Claude's Status Page - Elevated errors across many models.
status.claude.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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AI and the ironies of automation – Part 2
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AI and the ironies of automation - Part 2
Some (well-known) consequences of AI automating work
www.ufried.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Hashcards: A plain-text spaced repetition system
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Hashcards: A Plain-Text Spaced Repetition System
Announcing my latest open-source project.
borretti.me
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Using e-ink tablet as monitor for Linux
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Using E-Ink tablet as monitor for Linux - alavi.me
We will explore how we can use an Android E-ink tablet (or any tablet) as a monitor for Linux computer
alavi.me
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Europeans' health data sold to US firm run by ex-Israeli spies
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Europeans’ health data sold to U.S. firm run by ex-Israeli spies
The European messaging service Zivver – which is used for confidential communication by governments and hospitals in the EU and the U.K. – has been sold to Kiteworks, an American company with strong links to Israeli intelligence. Experts have expressed deep concerns over the deal.
www.ftm.eu
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Researchers seeking better measures of cognitive fatigue
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Is your brain tired? Researchers are discovering the roots of mental fatigue
Better ways to measure cognitive exhaustion could point to treatments for long COVID and other debilitating disorders.
www.nature.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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An off-grid, flat-packable washing machine
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Flat-pack washing machine spins a fairer future
A former Dyson engineer is rolling out a revolution for household chores in deprived communities after inventing an off-grid washing machine
www.positive.news
December 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Go Proposal: Secret Mode
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Go proposal: Secret mode
Automatically erase memory to prevent secret leaks.
antonz.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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I fed 24 years of my blog posts to a Markov model
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Fed 24 Years of My Blog Posts to a Markov Model - Susam Pal
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December 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Recovering Anthony Bourdain's Li.st's
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Recovering Anthony Bourdain’s (really) lost Li.st’s
Loved reading through GReg TeChnoLogY Anthony Bourdain’s Lost Li.st’s and seeing the list of los...
sandyuraz.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Why Twilio Segment moved from microservices back to a monolith
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Goodbye Microservices
Discover Twilio’s shift to a single powerful service! Learn cloud communication trends, customer success stories, and how to build scalable apps. Join now!
www.twilio.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Computer animator and Amiga fanatic Dick van Dyke turns 100
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December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Linux Sandboxes and Fil-C
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Linux Sandboxes And Fil-C
fil-c.org
December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Show HN: I made a spreadsheet where formulas also update backwards
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⇆ bidicalc
A speadsheet where formulas also update backwards
victorpoughon.github.io
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM