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We've made the world too complicated

Article URL: https://user8.bearblog.dev/the-world-is-too-complicated/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158065 Points: 14 # Comments: 12

Hacker News • May 16, 2026 • James72689
Technology May 16, 2026

Sense Humans with WiFi – Ruview

Article URL: https://cognitum.one/RuView#capabilities Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48157639 Point...

Technology May 16, 2026

The CTF scene is dead

Article URL: https://kabir.au/blog/the-ctf-scene-is-dead Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48157559 Po...

Technology May 16, 2026

A Good Lemma Is Worth a Thousand Theorems

Article URL: https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/Opinion82.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Technology May 16, 2026

Sportsman's Warehouse Promo Code: Save in May 2026

Whether you are hunting for firearms, camping supplies, or boating gear, use these Sportsman’s Warehouse coupons to ma...

Technology May 16, 2026

California's Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants

Article URL: https://zolairenergy.com/californias-battery-array-is-as-powerful-as-12-nuclear-power-plants-heres-whats-o...

Technology May 16, 2026

Magical Realism: “Northern Exposure” 25 Years Later (2015)

Article URL: https://www.rogerebert.com/streaming/magical-realism-nothern-exposure-25-years-later Comments URL: https:/...

Technology May 16, 2026

'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Package Manager Where This Regularly Happens

Article URL: https://kevinpatel.xyz/posts/no-way-to-prevent-this/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48...

Technology May 16, 2026

I broke AppLovin's mediation cipher protocol

Article URL: https://www.buchodi.com/i-broke-applovins-mediation-cipher-protocol/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...

Technology May 16, 2026

Show HN: Epiq – Distributed Git based issue tracker TUI

Issue trackers typically live outside of your workflow, with poor ergonomics. Epiq aims to solve that, bringing issue t...

Technology May 16, 2026

NYT and Vaping: How to Lie by Saying Only True Things

Article URL: https://gwern.net/vaping Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155555 Points: 16 # Comments...

Technology May 15, 2026

The main thing about P2P meth is that there's so much of it (2022)

Article URL: https://dynomight.net/p2p-meth/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155324 Points: 8 # Co...

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Erlang/OTP 29.0

Article URL: https://www.erlang.org/news/188 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155297 Points: 4 # Co...

Technology May 15, 2026

SQL patterns I use to catch transaction fraud

Article URL: https://analytics.fixelsmith.com/posts/sql-fraud-patterns/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology May 15, 2026

How Diamonds Are Made

Article URL: https://diamond.jaydip.me/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155185 Points: 5 # Comment...

Technology May 15, 2026

Spectre Programming Language

Article URL: https://spectre-docs.pages.dev Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155159 Points: 4 # Com...

Technology May 15, 2026

Xbox is now XBOX

Xbox just allcapsmaxxed: meet XBOX. This isn't a joke, Microsoft appears to be actually rebranding Xbox to XBOX. Asha Sh...

Technology May 15, 2026

Orthrus-Qwen3: up to 7.8×tokens/forward on Qwen3, identical output distribution

Article URL: https://github.com/chiennv2000/orthrus Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48154865 Points:...

Technology May 15, 2026

YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to all adult users

YouTube is expanding its AI likeness detection program to all users over the age of 18 - meaning just about anyone can h...

Technology May 15, 2026

How to Write to SSDs [pdf]

Article URL: https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol19/p1469-lee.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48154711...

Technology May 15, 2026

Russia pressures university students to become wartime drone pilots

Universities promise no frontline duty and perks if students enlist in military. ...

Technology May 15, 2026

Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement is getting messy as judge delays approval

Lawyers accused of rushing historic settlement to seize $320 million in fees. ...

Technology May 15, 2026

Waymo driverless cars become trapped in Atlanta suburb after glitch

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/czx20g00ly1o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48154371 P...

Technology May 15, 2026

US hantavirus case was false positive; outbreak cases drop from 11 to 10

WHO announced today that the operation to safely transfer passengers is complete. ...

Technology May 15, 2026

Review: Good Omens finale sticks the landing

Truncated third season feels rushed, but also gives us a fitting end to a love story for the ag...

Technology May 15, 2026

Windows 11 tests an adjustable taskbar and resizable Start menu

Microsoft's latest Windows 11 test will allow you to reposition the taskbar and change the size of the Start menu. The u...

Technology May 15, 2026

The Best Outdoor Deals From the REI Anniversary Sale 2026

It’s the best time of year to pick up all the outdoor gadgets, tents, sleeping bags, and other gear you’ll need for ...

Technology May 15, 2026

ArXiv will ban researchers who upload papers full of AI slop

ArXiv, a popular platform for preprint academic research, is taking a new step to attempt to reduce the volume of papers...

Technology May 15, 2026

Solar power production undercut by coal pollution

Each year, some of the power solar could have produced is blocked by aerosols. ...

Technology May 15, 2026

RJ Scaringe has raised more than $12 billion across three startups and investors still want more

Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has a knack for raising money. So far, his three startups have raised more than $12.3 billio...