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An American Privacy Emergency
Article URL: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9902 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48768992 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
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crustc: entirety of `rustc`, translated to C
Article URL: https://github.com/FractalFir/crustc Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48768464 Points: 81 # Comments: 12
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Mystery identity of 'Green Boots' climber is finally solved after DNA test
Article URL: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15943905/Mystery-identity-Green-Boots-climber-macabre-landmark-frozen-ice-dying-Everest-finally-solved-DNA-test.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48768336 Points: 25 # Comments
Simple, beautiful Emacs modeline: modusregel
Article URL: https://codeberg.org/jjba23/modusregel Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48767834 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
The short leash AI coding method for beating Fable
Article URL: https://blog.okturtles.org/2026/07/short-leash-ai-method/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48766026 Points: 54 # Comments: 53
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This is my attempt to get Vulkan going on NetBSD
Article URL: https://github.com/segaboy/vulkan-netbsd Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48765607 Points: 79 # Comments: 14
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Show HN: ctx – Search the coding agent history already on your machine
Coding agents don't have long-term memory. But you do have months of full-fidelity agent transcripts stored on your machine. A simple solution that goes a long way: ingest those transcripts and logs into a structured SQLite database, then search them
Flexible metaprogramming with Rhombus
Article URL: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1079001/67840550991151ed/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48763291 Points: 15 # Comments: 1
Show HN: Inkwell – An RSS reader for e-ink devices
Article URL: https://kendal.codeberg.page/inkwell/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48763222 Points: 17 # Comments: 0
FoundationDB's Flow – Bringing Actor-Based Concurrency to C++11
Article URL: https://apple.github.io/foundationdb/flow.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48762372 Points: 20 # Comments: 3
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Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections
Selby's VC firm Copper Sky Capital is currently raising a $300 million second fund, according to a regulatory filing.
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IQM, Europe’s first public quantum company, admits the future of the tech is uncertain
IQM, a full-stack quantum company out of Finland, went public on the Nasdaq today at a valuation of about $1.9 billion.
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Newly discovered PamStealer isn't your typical macOS malware
The discovery underscores the increased effort being poured into Mac infostealers.
BlastRadar – paste a Git diff, get a production risk score in 10 seconds
Article URL: https://blastradar.vercel.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48767515 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
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Virginia bans sale of geolocation data
Article URL: https://www.hunton.com/privacy-and-cybersecurity-law-blog/virginia-bans-sale-of-geolocation-data Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48767347 Points: 136 # Comments: 16