hacker news

Friday, May 1, 2026

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Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables

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63 points

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2 hours ago

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15 comments

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Show HN: Perfect Bluetooth MIDI for Windows

21 points

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an hour ago

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2 comments

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Auto Polo

en.wikipedia.org

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55 points

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3 days ago

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14 comments

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If I could make my own GitHub

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54 points

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4 hours ago

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36 comments

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How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

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605 points

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18 hours ago

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200 comments

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New copy of earliest poem in English, written 1,3k years ago, discovered in Rome

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67 points

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giuliomagnifico

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2 days ago

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35 comments

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The Rotary Un-Smartphone

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11 points

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an hour ago

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0 comments

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For Linux kernel vulnerabilities, there is no heads-up to distributions

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509 points

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18 hours ago

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398 comments

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Grok 4.3

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81 points

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2 hours ago

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87 comments

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OpenWarp

openwarp.zerx.dev

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96 points

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8 hours ago

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78 comments

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Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library

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397 points

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19 hours ago

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141 comments

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Opus 4.7 knows the real Kelsey

theargumentmag.com

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356 points

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2 days ago

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185 comments

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Maladaptive Frugality

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106 points

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2 days ago

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85 comments

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Softmax, can you derive the Jacobian? And should you care?

idlemachines.co.uk

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48 points

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smaddrellmander

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4 days ago

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3 comments

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CPanel and WHM Authentication Bypass – CVE-2026-41940

labs.watchtowr.com

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109 points

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12 hours ago

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42 comments

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Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

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1171 points

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20 hours ago

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641 comments

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How an oil refinery works

construction-physics.com

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426 points

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21 hours ago

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133 comments

18.

I built a Game Boy emulator in F#

nickkossolapov.github.io

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280 points

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17 hours ago

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66 comments

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Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?

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634 points

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14 hours ago

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263 comments

20.

How we run iSCSI over the internet

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13 points

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2 days ago

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6 comments

21.

You can beat the binary search

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321 points

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4 days ago

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143 comments

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Canonical/Ubuntu have been under DDoS for more than 15h

status.canonical.com

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51 points

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3 hours ago

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14 comments

23.

Reverse Engineering SimTower

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205 points

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3 days ago

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44 comments

24.

New mechanical panoramic film camera from Jeff Bridges

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150 points

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3 days ago

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68 comments

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Roboticist-Turned-Teacher Built a Life-Size Replica of Eniac

spectrum.ieee.org

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30 points

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2 days ago

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8 comments

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The Hearts of the Super Nintendo (2024)

fabiensanglard.net

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29 points

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9 hours ago

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5 comments

27.

Using a 1978 terminal in 2026 (DEC VT-100)

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36 points

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3 days ago

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11 comments

28.

Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants

dpa-international.com

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826 points

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a day ago

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839 comments

29.

Full-Text Search with DuckDB

peterdohertys.website

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140 points

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16 hours ago

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31 comments

30.

Apple Says Mac Studio and Mac Mini Will Be in Short Supply for Months

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80 points

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4 hours ago

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62 comments