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1.
VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage (github.com/microsoft)
1497 points by indrora 2 days ago | 837 comments
2.
Dav2d (videolan.org)
613 points by dabinat 2 days ago | 181 comments
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How fast is a macOS VM, and how small could it be? (eclecticlight.co)
277 points by moosia 2 days ago | 101 comments
4.
Do_not_track (donottrack.sh)
537 points by RubyGuy 2 days ago | 164 comments
5.
Inventions for battery reuse and recycling increase seven-fold in last decade (epo.org)
242 points by JeanKage 4 days ago | 42 comments
6.
Why does it take so long to release black fan versions? (noctua.at)
766 points by buildbot 2 days ago | 298 comments
7.
Artemis II Photo Timeline (artemistimeline.com)
369 points by geerlingguy 5 days ago | 28 comments
8.
Six years perfecting maps on watchOS (david-smith.org)
443 points by valzevul 2 days ago | 118 comments
9.
Neanderthals ran 'fat factories' 125k years ago (2025) (universiteitleiden.nl)
289 points by andsoitis 2 days ago | 163 comments
10.
NetHack 5.0.0 (nethack.org)
517 points by rsaarelm 2 days ago | 178 comments
11.
The USB Situation (randsinrepose.com)
159 points by herbertl 5 days ago | 223 comments
12.
The agent harness belongs outside the sandbox (mendral.com)
176 points by shad42 2 days ago | 117 comments
13.
Ask.com has closed (ask.com)
471 points by supermdguy 2 days ago | 237 comments
14.
Lib0xc: A set of C standard library-adjacent APIs for safer systems programming (github.com/microsoft)
191 points by wooster 3 days ago | 96 comments
15.
Barman – Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL (github.com/enterprisedb)
183 points by nateb2022 5 days ago | 24 comments
16.
To Restore an Island Paradise, Add Fungi (yale.edu)
139 points by Brajeshwar 5 days ago | 43 comments
17.
Clojurists Together – Q2 2026 Open Source Funding Announcement (clojuriststogether.org)
139 points by dragandj 2 days ago | 20 comments
18.
DeepSeek V4 – almost on the frontier (simonwillison.net)
658 points by indigodaddy 3 days ago | 385 comments
19.
Show HN: State of the Art of Coding Models, According to Hacker News Commenters (hnup.date)
155 points by yunusabd 2 days ago | 86 comments
20.
California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws (bbc.com)
324 points by geox 2 days ago | 351 comments
21.
Why are there both TMP and TEMP environment variables? (2015) (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing)
214 points by ankitg12 2 days ago | 94 comments
22.
A report on burnout in open source software communities (2025) [pdf] (mirandaheath.website)
132 points by susam 3 days ago | 66 comments
23.
Open Design: Use Your Coding Agent as a Design Engine (github.com/nexu-io)
228 points by steveharing1 2 days ago | 92 comments
24.
Little magazines are back (wsjfreeexpression.substack.com)
110 points by prismatic 4 days ago | 40 comments
25.
Roblox shares plummet 18% as child safety measures weigh on bookings (cnbc.com)
250 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 2 days ago | 150 comments
26.
Refusal in Language Models Is Mediated by a Single Direction (arxiv.org)
116 points by fagnerbrack 2 days ago | 45 comments
27.
Dotcl: Common Lisp Implementation on .NET (github.com/dotcl)
183 points by reikonomusha 4 days ago | 47 comments
28.
Show HN: DAC – open-source dashboard as code tool for agents and humans (github.com/bruin-data)
113 points by karakanb 5 days ago | 35 comments
29.
Uber wants to turn its drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies (techcrunch.com)
141 points by nickvec 2 days ago | 145 comments
30.
AI Self-preferencing in Algorithmic Hiring: Empirical Evidence and Insights (arxiv.org)
332 points by laurex 2 days ago | 178 comments

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