hacker news

Saturday, Jan 11, 2025

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Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things

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379 comments

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Ask HN: Work on robotics or agents?

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56 comments

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Ask HN: How do you backup your Android?

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209 comments

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Ask HN: A friend has brain cancer: any bio hacks that worked?

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320 comments

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Ask HN: What Process/Applications Do You Use for Todo/Knowledge Management?

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Ask HN: How can I learn to better command people's attention when speaking?

74 points

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4 days ago

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86 comments

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I'm a Programmer Who Bought a Typewriter

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3 comments

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Is it a good idea to start a company that competes with the one I currently work

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11 hours ago

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5 comments

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I Want to Build a Scalable IT Solution for Free in 2 Months as My Exam Project

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12 hours ago

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1 comment

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Ask HN: How to approach first days on a new job as a senior engineer?

91 points

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13 hours ago

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52 comments

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Ask HN: How are you reading (nonfiction) books/pdfs in 2025?

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13 comments

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Ask HN: Spending Tracking Tools

93 points

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5 days ago

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105 comments

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GitHub Experiencing Major Outages

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2 days ago

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9 comments

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Ask HN: Are there web-of-trust style online communities?

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6 comments

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Ask HN: If I want to compose my own music, how can I get started?

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Ask HN: Are there any real examples of AI agents doing work

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Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2024

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91 comments

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Ask HN: Who is accountable for cloud costs in your org?

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How do non-software engineers feel upon reflection, about their degrees?

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3 days ago

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37 comments

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Ask HN: How does my ISP know I am making a WhatsApp call?

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3 days ago

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8 comments

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Ask HN: Open-source AI Agents building platform?

24 points

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4 days ago

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6 comments

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Ask HN: Favorite blog in 2024?

210 points

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5 days ago

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86 comments

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Tell HN: ChatGPT can't show you a 5.25" floppy disk

3 points

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3 days ago

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3 comments

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Ask HN: How Do You Bookmark?

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26 comments

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Ask HN: Interpreters or JIT Compilers used in OS at runtime?

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Ask HN: Is HN used as AI dataset?

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3 comments

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Ask HN: How Do Google Willow's Results Affect Quantum Computing Timelines?

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Ask HN: Why do/don't you use C?

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5 days ago

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35 comments

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Ask HN: How to correctly search for jobs on LinkedIn?

10 points

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5 days ago

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Ask HN: What are some (weird) ways you're using ChatGPT?

12 points

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25 comments