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The back cover of C++: The Language raises questions not answered by front cover

Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260605-01/?p=112391 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48421079 Points: 63 # Comments: 10

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Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part I: Why They Fight

Article URL: https://acoup.blog/2026/06/05/collections-pre-modern-armies-for-worldbuilders-part-i-why-they-fight/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48421171 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Lockdown Mode

Article URL: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001061-lockdown-mode Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48421145 Points: 15 # Comments: 6

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Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?

Genuine question. Over the past six months, there hasn’t been a single day where I’ve checked the HN Best RSS feed without seeing a post about how AI “writes bad code,” “introduces bugs,” “creates technical debt,” or something along those lines. I’ll

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Nordstjernen 1.0

Article URL: https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/nordstjernen/releases/tag/1.0.0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48419821 Points: 25 # Comments: 11

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Show HN: ABC Classic 100 Rankings visualised

This weekend is the ABC Classic FM countdown, which prompted me to dust off an old un-published data visualisation of rankings from previous years. I've considered adding a search function, but I also kind of like that it requires a bit of exploratio

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Alzheimer's patient gets back speech, bladder control and memory in drug trial

Article URL: https://nypost.com/2026/06/04/health/alzheimers-patient-recovers-speech-continence-and-memory-with-this-drug/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48420481 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

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The intracies of modern camera lens repair (2024)

Article URL: https://salvagedcircuitry.com/sigma-45mm.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48420148 Points: 52 # Comments: 5

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Nordstjernen Web Browser 1.0.0 released

Article URL: https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/nordstjernen/releases/tag/1.0.0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48419821 Points: 11 # Comments: 3

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The perils of UUID primary keys in SQLite

Article URL: https://andersmurphy.com/2026/06/05/the-perils-of-uuid-primary-keys-in-sqlite.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48419571 Points: 24 # Comments: 11

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Transformers are inherently succinct

This paper is being published at ICLR 2026 (top AI conference), and was selected as one of three outstanding papers. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48416635 Points: 93 # Comments: 30

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The Quiet Numbers Station: Decoding Nineteen Years of GPS Cryptography

https://lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=... PDF: https://cdn.coverstand.com/61061/865273/2c88ea662e2b57478723... (article is on page 62) Related: https://www.404media.co/the-u-s-military-quietly-turned-gps-... Comments URL: https:

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Reid Hoffman is leaving Microsoft’s board to go ‘founder mode’ with startup Manus

After a very profitable decade on Microsoft's board, Reid Hoffman is stepping down to focus on his AI drug discovery startup Manus.

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Baby botulism outbreak: FDA still doesn't know cause—or how to prevent it

In the end, the three companies involved all point the finger at each other.

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How a USB-connected speaker can infect a PC without ever being touched

Seller of the Sound Blaster Katana V2X doesn't consider the behavior a vulnerability.