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1.Cognitive load is what matters (minds.md)
1769 points by zdw on Dec 22, 2024 | 721 comments
2.Portspoof: Emulate a valid service on all 65535 TCP ports (github.com/drk1wi)
420 points by nateb2022 on Dec 25, 2024 | 141 comments
3.This open problem taught me what topology is [video] (youtube.com)
509 points by surprisetalk on Dec 25, 2024 | 83 comments
4.Merry Christmas Everyone
1503 points by joshagilend on Dec 25, 2024 | 383 comments
5.Show HN: FixBrowser – a lightweight web browser created from scratch (fixbrowser.org)
320 points by jezek2 on Dec 25, 2024 | 147 comments
6.Show HN: I made a website to semantically search ArXiv papers (mitanshu.tech)
324 points by Quizzical4230 on Dec 25, 2024 | 104 comments
7.F*: A proof oriented general purpose programming language (fstar-lang.org)
254 points by akkad33 on Dec 25, 2024 | 61 comments
8.A new learning experience on MDN (developer.mozilla.org)
215 points by Vinnl on Dec 23, 2024 | 50 comments
9.The software you need for holiday overdecoration (dbos.dev)
209 points by KraftyOne on Dec 23, 2024 | 61 comments
10.CRT Simulation in a GPU Shader, Looks Better Than Black Frame Insertion (blurbusters.com)
222 points by bangonkeyboard on Dec 25, 2024 | 88 comments
11.Ruby 3.4.0 (ruby-lang.org)
418 points by aaronbrethorst on Dec 25, 2024 | 274 comments
12.The Swedish cabin on the frontline of a possible hybrid war (theguardian.com)
211 points by Sami_Lehtinen on Dec 23, 2024 | 101 comments
13.T * sin (t)' ≈ Ornamented Christmas Tree (2013) (wolfram.com)
401 points by ryeguy_24 on Dec 25, 2024 | 44 comments
14.Are Immutable Linux Distros right for you? (linuxblog.io)
219 points by ashitlerferad on Dec 23, 2024 | 238 comments
15.Into CPS, Never to Return (bernsteinbear.com)
137 points by g0xA52A2A on Dec 25, 2024 | 57 comments
16.Bit Vectors and my first steps into assembly (smidt.dev)
114 points by thunderbong on Dec 22, 2024 | 43 comments
17.Server-Sent Events (SSE) Are Underrated (igorstechnoclub.com)
338 points by Igor_Wiwi on Dec 25, 2024 | 150 comments
18.Exploring LoRA – Part 1: The Idea Behind Parameter Efficient Fine-Tuning (medium.com/inspiredbrilliance)
166 points by aquastorm on Dec 23, 2024 | 15 comments
19.Trying out QvQ – Qwen's new visual reasoning model (simonwillison.net)
236 points by simonw on Dec 24, 2024 | 82 comments
20.Unforgeable Quantum Tokens Delivered over Fiber Network (ieee.org)
63 points by pseudolus on Dec 22, 2024 | 25 comments
21.Gordon Mah Ung has died (pcworld.com)
161 points by EA-3167 on Dec 24, 2024 | 22 comments
22.Navtive FlameGraphViewer (laladrik.xyz)
100 points by laladrik on Dec 23, 2024 | 35 comments
23.When power cycling your (x86) server isn't enough to recover it (utcc.utoronto.ca)
115 points by zdw on Dec 22, 2024 | 57 comments
24.Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks (sherlockproject.xyz)
266 points by leonry on Dec 25, 2024 | 158 comments
25.Spectral Imaging Made Easy: A Powerful Python Library (github.com/siapy)
62 points by janezla on Dec 23, 2024 | 34 comments
26.Will that hub or dock slow your SSDs, or even make them faster? (eclecticlight.co)
105 points by zdw on Dec 23, 2024 | 123 comments
27.Jujutsu Megamerges and jj Absorb (chriskrycho.com)
82 points by chriskrycho on Dec 24, 2024 | 63 comments
28.A pilot raced through the airport to surprise the woman who saved his life (cnn.com)
127 points by ValentineC on Dec 25, 2024 | 28 comments
29.Converting shopping malls into apartments [video] (youtube.com)
46 points by debo_ on Dec 23, 2024 | 62 comments
30.Earth's subsurface may hold up to 5.6 × 10⁶ million metric tons of hydrogen (phys.org)
57 points by wglb on Dec 23, 2024 | 71 comments

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