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One Man's Pan Am 747 Replica [video](youtube.com)
47 points by Teever | 4 comments
YouTube video from Coolest Thing about Anthony Toth, who recreated a full 1970s Pan Am Boeing 747 cabin replica, first in his garage and later in a warehouse.
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Vazhaipoo Vadai – Banana Flower Recipe(vegrecipesofindia.com)
5 points by mooreds | 0 comments
A recipe page from Dassana's Veg Recipes for Vazhaipoo Vadai, crisp Tamil Nadu fritters made with banana flower and chana dal, with step-by-step photos.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: "Flying Tesla is just another Lie" [TopCars TV] [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/10/22/fa9955d5-68f4-44cd-a614-f1806c4ed143.jpg)
"Flying Tesla is just another Lie" [TopCars TV] [video](youtube.com)
9 points by Kevin_Flynn | 0 comments
A TopCars TV YouTube video arguing that Tesla's claimed flying Roadster is unrealistic and another overpromise.
U-2 spy plane makes rare appearance in Bay Area flyover(sfgate.com)
8 points by bookofjoe | 1 comments
SFGATE news article reporting that the U-2 'Dragon Lady' spy plane performed a rare flyover at a 49ers game in Santa Clara, with background on the aircraft's history.
Templates for Woven Christmas Hearts(juleflet.dk)
5 points by soegaard | 1 comments
Juleflet.dk offers printable PDF templates for Danish woven paper Christmas hearts, with a weaving guide and an in-browser editor for designing custom patterns.
Show HN: Dovepass – can I legally fly a drone along this exact path in SF?(dovepass.com)
28 points by nimitmehra | 8 comments
Dovepass is a web tool that checks whether a drone can legally and safely fly a given route in San Francisco, considering FAA airspace, parks, buildings, wind and battery.
Europe EV sales rose 70.3% in September, 32.6% of market share(reuters.com)
93 points by giuliomagnifico | 64 comments
Reuters article on European electric vehicle sales rising 70.3% in September to a 32.6% market share; the capture shows only a device verification screen.
Chicago O'Hare digs up 50-ton boulder under airfield, asks public for name ideas(simpleflying.com)
110 points by Stratoscope | 91 comments
Simple Flying article reporting that Chicago O'Hare airport dug up a 50-ton boulder beneath its airfield and is asking the public to suggest names for it.
Waymo in Toronto(waymo.com)
304 points by ChrisArchitect | 409 comments
Waymo's official blog post announcing its expansion of autonomous ride-hailing service to Toronto.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: Tesla makes cars that fly? [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/10/16/12e77628-da33-489c-9326-4ab3ad6ed2e4.jpg)
Tesla makes cars that fly? [video](youtube.com)
57 points by merinpapz10 | 35 comments
A 45-second Tesla YouTube video titled "The Ramp | Roadster" showing a car on a tall curved ramp structure, teasing the Roadster.
Porsche Mission S(porsche.com)
18 points by porphyra | 33 comments
Porsche marketing page for the Mission S concept sports car, with the tagline "Not another car. A sports car."
Voyage of the Paper Canoe: 2500 Miles from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, 1874-5(ibiblio.org)
26 points by Eridanus2 | 8 comments
Online edition of Nathaniel H. Bishop's 1878 book recounting his 2500-mile paper canoe voyage from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico in 1874-5.
The engineering that allows articulated buses to bend(theautopian.com)
112 points by CharlesW | 55 comments
An article on The Autopian explaining the engineering behind the joints that let articulated buses bend.
California is building a $400M shield for Yosemite's most dangerous highway(sfchronicle.com)
41 points by danso | 42 comments
San Francisco Chronicle article on California's $400 million project to protect Highway 140 into Yosemite from rockslides.
Show HN: XY Music Notation(music.xy.dev)
74 points by jmole | 63 comments
XY Music is a web app that renders sheet music with base-12 pitch-class note heads, offering a library of scores with playback and PDF downloads.
Phreak.ing – Internet Phone Switch(phreak.ing)
133 points by rickcarlino | 34 comments
Phreak.ing is a web-based internet phone switch styled as a retro telephone keypad, prompting users to dial an extension to log in.
America's Longest Highway Tunnel (2025)(thetravel.com)
7 points by NaOH | 5 comments
TheTravel article about the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel to Whittier, Alaska, America's longest highway tunnel, shared by road and rail traffic.
What driving across Europe costs in tolls, vignettes, bridges and fuel(copilot.travel)
38 points by heikkikalliokos | 38 comments
A guide to the 2026 costs of driving across European countries, covering tolls, vignettes, bridge fees and fuel.
House with 15m underground tunnels for sale for 300k(readingchronicle.co.uk)
214 points by librasteve | 201 comments
Reading Chronicle local news article about a house in Tilehurst with 15m of underground tunnels listed for sale at £300k.
Ask HN: Why is Ask HN only showing me 14 posts?
39 points by Gooblebrai | 35 comments
An Ask HN thread asking why the Ask HN listing shows only 14 posts with no 'more' button, with commenters reporting how many posts they see.
Southern Olive Oil(ambrook.com)
22 points by surprisetalk | 14 comments
An Offrange (Ambrook) magazine article in its Supply Chain section about olive oil production in the American South.
Resurrecting iChat Audio and Video Conferencing(blog.pipetogrep.org)
99 points by thepipetogrep | 33 comments
A personal blog post by Chris Jones on getting Apple's discontinued iChat audio and video conferencing working again.
Mallet Head Angle(timberframe-tools.com)
57 points by frogulis | 20 comments
A 2011 Timber Frame Tools blog post explaining what angle to put on the head of a joiner's mallet, citing old timber framing books.
Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch(motorsport.com)
262 points by llm_nerd | 219 comments
Motorsport.com news article on F1 drivers' frustration after a software glitch left cars powerless on the formation lap at the Bahrain GP.
Caffè Corretto(en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by mooreds | 1 comments
Wikipedia article on caffè corretto, an Italian drink of espresso with a small amount of liquor such as grappa, sambuca, or brandy.
Two American Airlines Flights End Up with the Same Flight Numbers(aviationa2z.com)
44 points by samch | 23 comments
Aviation A2Z news article about two American Eagle regional flights operating with the same flight number/callsign due to a scheduling conflict.
Delta WiFi Survival Guide(dialta.adorellc.pro)
9 points by husky8 | 8 comments
A guide page about using or getting by with WiFi on Delta Air Lines flights; no page content was captured.
Automating my 35mm film scanning pipeline(shannadige.com)
111 points by shannadige | 77 comments
A personal blog post describing how the author automated their workflow for scanning and processing 35mm film photographs.
![Screenshot of ntsb.gov: NTSB Preliminary Report: Prime Air 767 Runway Overrun [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/10/3/6b948238-0c97-40fa-b3bd-7dcb29977bfa.jpg)
NTSB Preliminary Report: Prime Air 767 Runway Overrun [pdf](ntsb.gov)
33 points by sdko | 16 comments
NTSB preliminary report on a 21 Air Boeing 767 cargo flight for Amazon that overran runway 30 at Miami International Airport, killing five people on the ground.
Shimano Bicycle Museum Review(inrng.com)
272 points by pietroppeter | 68 comments
An Inner Ring cycling blog post reviewing the Shimano Bicycle Museum.
2026 International Utility Locate Rodeo(locaterodeo.net)
19 points by K7PJP | 3 comments
Website for the 2026 International Utility Locate Rodeo, a competition for utility locating technicians; the page returned a 503 Service Unavailable error.
California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops(kqed.org)
362 points by randycupertino | 877 comments
AP article on KQED reporting that California grape growers struggle to find buyers as wine consumption declines and supply exceeds demand.
Raleigh Vektar Restoration (2020)(retromash.com)
20 points by robin_reala | 3 comments
Blog post on RetroMash, part 1 of a series restoring a 1980s Raleigh Vektar BMX bike, describing the arrival of two Vektars the author acquired.
EV Sales Are Booming in Europe with Gasoline at $10 a Gallon(bloomberg.com)
40 points by blondie9x | 39 comments
Bloomberg article reporting that electric car sales in Europe are surging as gasoline prices reach about $10 a gallon.
My Recent Woodworking Projects(notoriousbfg.com)
37 points by trwhite | 18 comments
Personal blog post by Tim White describing his return to woodworking, starting with building a dog gate, after a bad school experience.
What happens when you analyze your favorite college football team like the CIA?(cultivatelabs.com)
56 points by adam | 33 comments
A Cultivate Labs blog post applying CIA-style analysis and forecasting to college football; the page returned a Heroku application error.
Boards of Casio(ambionix.com)
106 points by fidotron | 38 comments
Blog post from Ambionix about the CZP-1 web-based Casio CZ-101 synth emulation and a YouTube video recreating Boards of Canada sounds on the CZ-101.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: Six-year-old breaks women's world Rubik's Cube record [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/9/24/878b36f7-e1e6-402a-8b78-2e02f19b89ea.jpg)
Six-year-old breaks women's world Rubik's Cube record [video](youtube.com)
55 points by 1659447091 | 38 comments
Guardian News YouTube video showing a six-year-old girl in Wuhan, China breaking the women's world record for solving a Rubik's Cube.
Fixing the Portobello Police Station Clock(pointinthecloud.com)
510 points by avidly | 113 comments
Personal blog post recounting a Saturday spent trying to fix the nineteenth-century clock in the abandoned Portobello police station tower near Edinburgh.
B5-BJ2 – Ice Cream Barges – Concrete Ship Constructors (2023)(thecretefleet.com)
17 points by nixass | 7 comments
Blog post from the Concrete Ships Encyclopedia about the B5-BJ2 concrete "ice cream barges" built by Concrete Ship Constructors during World War II.
Hacking IKEA Furniture(greenlightning.eu)
336 points by greenlightning | 247 comments
A personal blog post on Green Lightning describing a DIY project modifying IKEA furniture to build something not available for purchase.
American Airlines mechanic Azriel “Al” Blackman has died(simpleflying.com)
370 points by NaOH | 149 comments
Simple Flying article reporting the death at 100 of American Airlines mechanic Azriel "Al" Blackman, who set a record for longest career at one airline.
Damn fine tiny cafe(sandyuraz.com)
336 points by thecsw | 58 comments
Personal blog post about building a Rolife miniature cafe kit, with photos of the finished tiny diorama.
Building a backyard office, the build and cost breakdown(imkylelambert.com)
400 points by surprisetalk | 248 comments
A personal blog post describing the construction of a backyard office shed and breaking down its costs.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: A better way to tie gym shorts (or any drawstring) [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/7/7/31165927-382c-4799-9bf5-4718bf97785d.jpg)
A better way to tie gym shorts (or any drawstring) [video](youtube.com)
485 points by surprisetalk | 169 comments
A 1:17 YouTube video from First Class Amateur demonstrating a better knot for tying gym shorts or any drawstring.
Real-time map of Great Britain's rail network(map.signalbox.io)
385 points by scrlk | 144 comments
Signalbox web app showing a live map of trains moving across Great Britain's rail network; the capture shows only a loading screen.
Help I accidentally a wigglegram(lmao.center)
542 points by gregsadetsky | 125 comments
A personal blog post on lmao.center about accidentally creating a wigglegram, a stereoscopic animated photo effect, with example images.
Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot(fieggen.com)
534 points by mooreds | 202 comments
Instructional page from Ian's Shoelace Site explaining how to tie Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot, a symmetrical double slip knot that won't come undone.
United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert(simpleflying.com)
395 points by Eridanus2 | 802 comments
Simple Flying news article about a United Airlines 767 returning to Newark after a passenger device's offensive Bluetooth name triggered a security alert.
Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes(typewritten.org)
629 points by adunk | 330 comments
A media gallery from the Typewritten Software retrotechnology lab showing screen captures of vintage desktop operating systems like VisiCorp Visi On and SunTools.
OpenTrafficMap(opentrafficmap.org)
352 points by moooo99 | 93 comments
OpenTrafficMap is a live web map of traffic in Graz showing vehicles, trams, buses, pedestrians and traffic light states from V2X broadcasts over WebSocket.
Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race(bbc.com)
460 points by berkeleyjunk | 301 comments
BBC Sport article reporting Sabastian Sawe running the first sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race, at the 2026 London Marathon.
DIY Soft Drinks(blinry.org)
683 points by _Microft | 203 comments
A blog post by blinry with log-book-style recipes and notes for making homemade sugar-free, caffeine-free cola, orange soda, and almond soda.
Most people can't juggle one ball(lesswrong.com)
487 points by surprisetalk | 169 comments
A LessWrong post by Sean Herrington offering a complete guide to juggling, from first steps with one ball up to siteswap notation.
Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D(flight-viz.com)
342 points by coolwulf | 63 comments
Interactive web app showing a simulated 3D cockpit view following a live flight (DAL123 near JFK) with altitude, speed, heading and minimap.
Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?
411 points by e-topy | 602 comments
An Ask HN thread where the poster seeks suggestions for novel, uncrowded technical hobbies they could meaningfully contribute to.
How to get better at guitar(jakeworth.com)
433 points by jwworth | 222 comments
Blog post by Jake Worth sharing guitar teacher Justin Sandercoe's method for improving at guitar, with an embedded JustinGuitar lesson video.
Flighty Airports(flighty.com)
535 points by skogstokig | 176 comments
Flighty's live dashboard of major North American airports showing departure and arrival delays and cancellations on a map.
LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash(theguardian.com)
330 points by m_fayer | 266 comments
Guardian news article reporting that NASA safety reports show pilots warned of close calls at LaGuardia months before a deadly runway crash that killed two pilots.
Two pilots dead after plane and ground vehicle collide at LaGuardia(bbc.com)
384 points by mememememememo | 590 comments
BBC News article reporting a collision between a plane and a ground vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport that halted flights.
How the Turner twins are mythbusting modern technical apparel(carryology.com)
319 points by greedo | 163 comments
Carryology article about the Turner twins, adventurers who test vintage versus modern expedition clothing to challenge assumptions about technical apparel.
The Hunt for Dark Breakfast(moultano.wordpress.com)
502 points by moultano | 177 comments
A blog post by Ryan Moulton mapping breakfast foods onto a 'breakfast simplex' of egg, flour, and milk ratios to find unexplored 'dark breakfast' combinations.
Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info(sheldonbrown.com)
434 points by ostacke | 112 comments
Sheldon Brown's website of bicycle technical articles, repair tips, and a cycling glossary covering topics like brakes, gears, frames, and wheels.
Ian's Shoelace Site(fieggen.com)
361 points by righthand | 67 comments
Ian Fieggen's long-running website about shoelaces, covering lacing methods, tying techniques including the fast Ian Knot, and shoelace science.
Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales(electrek.co)
576 points by MBCook | 750 comments
Electrek article reporting that the Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Tesla Cybertruck yet was canceled by Ford for insufficient sales.
Postal Arbitrage(walzr.com)
515 points by The28thDuck | 260 comments
A web project listing Amazon Prime items cheaper than a $0.78 US stamp that ship free, suggesting sending them with gift notes instead of postcards.
Allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15(eupolicy.social)
647 points by colinprince | 440 comments
A Mastodon post on eupolicy.social introducing the Citroen C15; the post content did not load in the capture.
Open Infrastructure Map(openinframap.org)
414 points by efskap | 92 comments
Open Infrastructure Map is an interactive globe map showing power lines, telecoms, oil, gas and other infrastructure from OpenStreetMap data.
A4 Paper Stories(susam.net)
364 points by blenderob | 171 comments
A personal blog post by Susam Pal describing how he uses a sheet of A4 paper as an improvised measuring tool, with anecdotes.
Tell HN: Happy New Year
408 points by schappim | 195 comments
A Tell HN thread wishing the community a happy new year, with commenters posting greetings from their locations.
JetBlue flight averts mid-air collision with US Air Force jet(reuters.com)
335 points by divbzero | 239 comments
Reuters news report on a JetBlue flight that avoided a mid-air collision with a US Air Force jet; the capture shows only a device verification screen.
Ford kills the All-Electric F-150(wired.com)
372 points by sacred-rat | 590 comments
Wired article reporting that Ford is discontinuing the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup in favor of a hybrid version.
Loose wire leads to blackout, contact with Francis Scott Key bridge(ntsb.gov)
408 points by DamnInteresting | 193 comments
NTSB news release (Nov 18, 2025) reporting that a loose wire on the containership Dali caused blackouts leading to its contact with Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge.
UPS plane crashes near Louisville airport(avherald.com)
385 points by jnsaff2 | 397 comments
Aviation Herald report on a UPS cargo plane crash near Louisville airport; the captured screenshot instead shows a CBS News election results page.
The Rapper 50 Cent, Adjusted for Inflation(50centadjustedforinflation.com)
712 points by gaws | 179 comments
A joke website showing the rapper 50 Cent's name adjusted for inflation, currently 109 Cent, with a chart of the value over time.
EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars(restofworld.org)
394 points by belter | 866 comments
Rest of World article reporting that electric vehicles lose resale value faster than gas cars, threatening the global EV transition, with reference to BluSmart's collapse.
Meow.camera(meow.camera)
617 points by southwindcg | 206 comments
Meow.camera is a web viewer for live camera streams from smart cat feeders, listing featured feeders with front, top, and back views.
Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minutes of fuel left(theguardian.com)
673 points by mazokum | 501 comments
Guardian news article reporting a Ryanair flight landed in Manchester with about six minutes of fuel left after three failed landing attempts in Scotland during Storm Amy.
A few things to know before stealing my 914 (2022)(hagerty.com)
324 points by visviva | 151 comments
Hagerty article by Norman Garrett humorously listing the quirks a would-be thief should know before stealing his Porsche 914.
Gmail will no longer support checking emails from third-party accounts via POP(support.google.com)
582 points by sumanep | 324 comments
Gmail Help Center article announcing that starting January 2026 Gmail will drop support for Gmailify and fetching third-party email via POP.
Waymo has received our pilot permit allowing for commercial operations at SFO(waymo.com)
683 points by ChrisArchitect | 705 comments
Waymo blog post announcing it received a pilot permit for commercial robotaxi operations at San Francisco International Airport, starting with employee testing.
Tesla withheld data, lied, misdirected police to avoid blame in Autopilot crash(electrek.co)
454 points by Hamuko | 219 comments
Electrek article reporting that Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in a fatal Autopilot crash lawsuit.
Preliminary report into Air India crash released(bbc.co.uk)
385 points by cjr | 781 comments
BBC News live coverage of the preliminary investigation report into the Air India crash that killed 260, which says fuel switches were cut off before the crash.
The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million(calvin.sh)
1406 points by c249709 | 525 comments
A blog post by Calvin Liang counting the bills in a Federal Reserve display cube claimed to hold $1M, using a custom dot counter tool, and finding a discrepancy.
Melbourne man discovers extensive model train network underneath house(sbs.com.au)
333 points by cfcfcf | 125 comments
SBS News article about Melbourne man Daniel Xu, a lifelong train fan, who found an extensive hobby model train network beneath the house he bought.
Show HN: I'm an airline pilot – I built interactive graphs/globes of my flights(jameshard.ing)
1457 points by jamesharding | 192 comments
Personal page of a British Airways A350 first officer presenting interactive graphs and 3D globes visualizing his logbook of flights.
A receipt printer cured my procrastination(laurieherault.com)
1127 points by laurieherault | 567 comments
Personal blog post by Laurie Hérault on using a thermal receipt printer to print to-do tasks, drawing on video game psychology to beat procrastination.
Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more than 240 onboard(theguardian.com)
407 points by Gud | 452 comments
Guardian live blog covering the crash of Air India flight AI171 to London Gatwick in Ahmedabad with 242 people onboard.
I made a chair(milofultz.com)
335 points by surprisetalk | 133 comments
A personal blog post describing building a simple chair from a single 8-foot 2x12 board using basic cuts, based on an Instructable.
Photos taken inside musical instruments(dpreview.com)
981 points by worik | 50 comments
DPReview article on how a photographer uses probe lenses and focus stacking to capture images from inside musical instruments.