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CAPTCHAs don't prove you're human – they prove you're American

Article URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2017/11/captchas-dont-prove-youre-human-they-prove-youre-american/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49854399 Points: 19 # Comments: 12

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Flip Fluid on Flip Dots

Article URL: https://mitxela.com/projects/flipflip Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49854219 Points: ...

Technology 1w ago

The far side of the Moon provides clues to a previous magnetic field

Article URL: https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2026/09/the-far-side-of-the-moon-provides-clues-to-a-prev...

Technology 1w ago

Is your Postgres migration safe or not safe?

Article URL: https://safenotsafe.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49854161 Points: 5 # Comments:...

Technology 1w ago

Can an ‘eSUV’ e-bike really go from trail to town?

Have you ever wanted an electric bike that easily transitions from the drudgery of urban asphalt to adventures in gravel...

Technology 1w ago

Alberta's image as world's only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/25/alberta-canada-rat-patrol Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

Technology 1w ago

Can AI Shopping Agents Be Trusted?

Article URL: https://www.f-secure.com/en/partners/insights/can-ai-shopping-agents-be-trusted-we-built-one-to-find-out C...

Technology 1w ago

A single function Jev-like wrapper for LLMs, including vision models

Article URL: http://allanrbo.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-jev-like-wrapper-for-llms-including.html Comments URL: https://news...

Technology 1w ago

An agent used DNS to reach an external chatbot

Article URL: https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/an-agent-used-dns-to-reach-an-external-chatbot/ Comments...

Technology 1w ago

Promising discoveries about the potential for life on one of Saturn’s icy moons

Article URL: https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/presse/informationen/fup/2026/fup_26_116-enceladus-cassini-mikroben-science-po...

Technology 1w ago

We're gonna need a lot more mathematicians

Article URL: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/24/were-gonna-need-a-lot-more-mathematicians/ Comments URL: https:/...

Technology 1w ago

HomelabFest will be in St. Louis in September 2027

Article URL: https://www.homelabfest.org Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49852462 Points: 7 # Commen...

Technology 1w ago

Jury finds Facebook liable for deceiving users in Cambridge Analytica case

Article URL: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-liable-deceiving-users-cambridge-analytica/ Comments URL: https://ne...

Technology 1w ago

How one Twitch chat message became code execution on a streamer’s PC

Article URL: https://blog.scrt.ch/2026/09/22/how-one-twitch-chat-message-became-code-execution-on-a-streamers-pc/ Comme...

Technology 1w ago

The Failed "Hostage Theory" of Nikole Hannah-Jones

Article URL: https://www.educationprogress.org/p/the-failed-hostage-theory-of-nikole Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

Technology 1w ago

At Meta Connect, the company’s smart glasses were everywhere

The company behind Facebook and Instagram wants to keep consumers connected to the digital world via its ever-growing li...

Technology 1w ago

One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days

Article URL: https://www.jezebel.com/flock-cameras-data-innocent-woman-arrested-lindsey-isaacs-palm-beach-florida-lawsu...

Technology 1w ago

Linguistic humor, Foreign hotel signs

Article URL: https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/humor/foreign-hotel-signs.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...

Technology 1w ago

Generate fonts where every LLM token is the same width

Article URL: https://ampdot.mesh.host/token-space-fonts.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4985188...

Technology 1w ago

TiddlyInstall: A universal, reusable, install system

Article URL: https://robertsdotpm.github.io/_static/tiddlyinstall.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology 1w ago

Show HN: A game about fake news and memes

I made this game to help me with media literacy. View it like Wordle but for fake news.I would appreciate your honest f...

Technology 1w ago

Quince Luggage Is Affordable but Doesn’t Feel Cheap (2026)

Is Quince the Away alternative we’ve been waiting for? I tested its luggage to find out, and the price difference is h...

Technology 1w ago

Bob Mackie dressed stars–if they were brave enough

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/obituary/2026/09/24/bob-mackie-dressed-stars-if-they-were-brave-enough Comments ...

Technology 1w ago

Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said its new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe's near-term plans.

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Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave

After days of upheaval at Automattic, following a failed attempt to remove CEO Matt Mullenweg, the company has a new boa...

Technology 1w ago

Issues with Codex – Identified – Full Outage

Article URL: https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M3DCNWMW57HYK8FJ5FBFPA39 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

Technology 1w ago

Can Trump ever be wrong? His pick to lead FDA refused to say.

Heidi Overton faced questions focused on vaccines, birth control, and vapes. ...

Technology 1w ago

Tell HN: Codex Is Down

Shows an Incorrect API Key error...which is weird. Nothing on the status page.Per Twitter/X this appears to be widespre...

Technology 1w ago

Exploding variance of means of exponentials: least-squares to the rescue

Article URL: https://francisbach.com/spectral_log_density_estimation/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology 1w ago

Lab on a Contact Lens Can Measure Stress Through Serotonin

Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/serotonin-stress-smart-contact-lens Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...