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1. Everyday life improvements since the 90s (2022) (gwern.net)
86 points by james_impliu 15 days ago | 100 comments
2. Tracing the thoughts of a large language model (anthropic.com)
1072 points by Philpax 41 days ago | 394 comments
3. Goblin.tools: simple, single-task tools to help neurodivergent people with tasks (goblin.tools)
346 points by ValentineC 44 days ago | 234 comments
4. Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser (github.com/kern)
606 points by keepamovin 56 days ago | 257 comments
5. Elon Musk ridiculed a blind person on X. Then a mob went to work (washingtonpost.com)
28 points by reaperducer 79 days ago | 10 comments
6. NESFab – A new programming language for creating NES games (pubby.games)
219 points by redbell 86 days ago | 23 comments
7. Should we use AI and LLMs for Christian apologetics? (2024) (lukeplant.me.uk)
170 points by hwayne 3 months ago | 252 comments
8. In my life, I've witnessed three elite salespeople at work (slate.com)
504 points by mooreds 4 months ago | 287 comments
9. We need visual programming. No, not like that (sbensu.com)
1178 points by stopachka 10 months ago | 494 comments
10. Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read the first scroll (scrollprize.org)
1374 points by amrrs on Feb 5, 2024 | 215 comments
11. The Tyranny of the Marginal User (nothinghuman.substack.com)
1576 points by ivee on Sept 14, 2023 | 815 comments
12. Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do (2021) (thewhyaxis.substack.com)
480 points by wahnfrieden on Aug 2, 2023 | 286 comments
13. Why Aren't American Kids Old Enough? (tamingcomplexity.substack.com)
2 points by andai on July 13, 2023 | 1 comment
14. Square where Julius Caesar was killed opens to the public in Rome (cnn.com)
102 points by DamonHD on June 20, 2023 | 109 comments
15. I may be the only evil (bit) user on the internet (2015) (benjojo.co.uk)
390 points by luu on June 14, 2023 | 61 comments
16. Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, files for bankruptcy (cbc.ca)
290 points by colinprince on June 13, 2023 | 346 comments
17. Instant Pot and Pyrex Maker Instant Brands Files for Bankruptcy (bloomberg.com)
88 points by kamaraju on June 12, 2023 | 56 comments
18. Ohio cryptic lineage update (twitter.com/solidevidence)
161 points by ano-ther on June 7, 2023 | 115 comments
19. Deepmind Alphadev: Faster sorting algorithms discovered using deep RL (nature.com)
783 points by anjneymidha on June 7, 2023 | 318 comments
20. Helplessness is not learned (2022) (neurofrontiers.blog)
145 points by robtherobber on June 5, 2023 | 73 comments
21. Preparing for the Incoming Computer Shopper Tsunami (textfiles.com)
575 points by kencausey on June 6, 2023 | 141 comments
22. Brute.Fail: Watch brute force attacks fail in real time (brute.fail)
728 points by mike_d on June 2, 2023 | 259 comments
23. The explosive legacy of the hand sanitizer boom (wired.com)
143 points by brk on June 2, 2023 | 296 comments
24. Why Are There So Many Asian American Women Named Connie? (nytimes.com)
8 points by sizzle on May 23, 2023 | 3 comments
25. Growing Up Alyssa (rosenzweig.io)
163 points by kevincox on May 22, 2023 | 76 comments
26. Envisioning a Simplified Intel Architecture (intel.com)
117 points by ruik on May 19, 2023 | 85 comments
27. Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
1901 points by l2silver on April 27, 2023 | 1792 comments
28. Space Elevator (neal.fun)
1456 points by nivethan on April 19, 2023 | 207 comments
29. [flagged] Missouri restricts adults from seeking gender-affirming care (businessinsider.com)
22 points by 1attice on April 14, 2023 | 18 comments
30. Crooks’ mistaken bet on encrypted phones (newyorker.com)
159 points by jbegley on April 17, 2023 | 187 comments

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