Hacker News on Saturday, 25 January 2025

DeepSeek-R1: Incentivizing Reasoning Capability in LLMs via RL(arxiv.org)

1116 points by gradus_ad 1 year ago | 932 comments

arXiv abstract page for the DeepSeek-AI paper introducing DeepSeek-R1, which uses reinforcement learning to improve reasoning in large language models.

Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port(crastinator-pro.github.io)

789 points by sbarre 1 year ago | 230 comments

A GitHub Pages project describing the Steam Brick, a Steam Deck mod that removes the screen and controls, leaving only a power button and a USB port.

The impact of competition and DeepSeek on Nvidia(youtubetranscriptoptimizer.com)

596 points by eigenvalue 1 year ago | 419 comments

Jeffrey Emanuel's long blog essay arguing the short case for Nvidia stock, citing competition from custom chips and efficiency gains like DeepSeek.

OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era(openra.net)

586 points by tosh 1 year ago | 108 comments

OpenRA homepage, an open-source project that recreates classic Westwood RTS games like Red Alert, Command & Conquer, and Dune 2000 for modern systems.

CIA now favors lab leak theory to explain Covid's origins(nytimes.com)

469 points by doctaj 1 year ago | 578 comments

New York Times article reporting that the CIA now assesses a lab leak as the likely origin of Covid; the page loaded a captcha instead.

Every HTML Element(iamwillwang.com)

448 points by wxw 1 year ago | 126 comments

A single unstyled web page that demonstrates every HTML element by using each one in self-describing text.

Caltrain's electric fleet more efficient than expected(caltrain.com)

294 points by ssuds 1 year ago | 231 comments

An invalid 68030 instruction accidentally allowed the Mac Classic II to boot(downtowndougbrown.com)

284 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 63 comments

Pixelfed Hit 500K Users(fedidb.org)

255 points by doener 1 year ago | 64 comments

File Explorer is merged to Helix editor(github.com)

223 points by manusachi 1 year ago | 31 comments

The Mythical IO-Bound Rails App(byroot.github.io)

193 points by thunderbong 1 year ago | 53 comments

Searching for DeepSeek's glitch tokens(outsidetext.substack.com)

187 points by arithmoquine 1 year ago | 40 comments

Show HN: I built a DIY plane spotting system at home(pilane.obviy.us)

185 points by obviyus 1 year ago | 76 comments

TinyZero(github.com)

184 points by fzliu 1 year ago | 26 comments

First Look: Loops, by Pixelfed – Decentralised TikTok Competitor (2024)(wedistribute.org)

169 points by evolve2k 1 year ago | 102 comments

Hacker infects 18,000 "script kiddies" with fake malware builder(bleepingcomputer.com)

167 points by emschwartz 1 year ago | 66 comments

Wikenigma – an Encyclopedia of Unknowns(wikenigma.org.uk)

165 points by jgamman 1 year ago | 41 comments

SQLook – A free online SQLite database manager with a Windows 2000 interface(sqlook.com)

164 points by gringow 1 year ago | 60 comments

French police free kidnapped Ledger executive(moneycheck.com)

141 points by ilamont 1 year ago | 95 comments

You could have invented Fenwick trees(cambridge.org)

119 points by matt_d 1 year ago | 23 comments

Larry Ellison: vast AI surveillance can ensure citizens are on best behavior (2024)(businessinsider.com)

111 points by archagon 1 year ago | 81 comments

Why Northern England is poor(tomforth.co.uk)

98 points by paulpauper 1 year ago | 95 comments

Arsenal FC AI Research Engineer job posting(careers.arsenal.com)

93 points by pr337h4m 1 year ago | 100 comments

Immutability Changes Everything (2016) [pdf](cidrdb.org)

92 points by fire_lake 1 year ago | 30 comments

Wall Street banks prepare to sell up to $3B in X loans next week(reuters.com)

91 points by x11antiek 1 year ago | 61 comments

Doorbell camera catches rare footage of meteorite striking home's front walkway(cnn.com)

90 points by hodgesrm 1 year ago | 45 comments

Using AI to develop a fuller model of the human brain(magazine.ucsf.edu)

80 points by geox 1 year ago | 30 comments

Texas Is Enforcing Its State Data Privacy Law. So Should Other States(eff.org)

72 points by hn_acker 1 year ago | 15 comments

Crushing Jira tickets is a party trick, not a path to impact(seangoedecke.com)

72 points by scarface_74 1 year ago | 58 comments

Men lose half their emotional support networks between 30 and 90(psypost.org)

66 points by clockworksoul 1 year ago | 61 comments

Sony ends production of Blu-ray Disc, recordable MiniDisc, and MiniDV media(sony.jp)

63 points by layer8 1 year ago | 54 comments

Tool touted as 'first AI software engineer' is bad at its job, testers claim(theregister.com)

62 points by amichail 1 year ago | 38 comments

DOGE Takeover of USDS Allows Them to Surveil the US Government from the Inside(wired.com)

61 points by mmooss 1 year ago | 24 comments

Dual-Link QR Code Generator(dualqrcode.com)

53 points by redbell 1 year ago | 15 comments

Feeling Targeted: Executive Order Ending Wasteful DEIA Efforts(hartmans.dreamwidth.org)

49 points by pabs3 1 year ago | 15 comments

OpenAI just put the final nail in the coffin of the open World Wide Web(brids.bearblog.dev)

48 points by mindwok 1 year ago | 39 comments

Advent of Code 2024 and BQN(nrk.neocities.org)

46 points by ingve 1 year ago | 5 comments

Deadly and Imminent; The Pentagon's Mad Dash for Silicon Valley's AI Weapons(citizen.org)

45 points by cempaka 1 year ago | 38 comments

To make electricity cheaper and greener, connect the world's grids(economist.com)

45 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 59 comments

Fault Tolerance in Tandem Computer Systems (1986) [pdf](jimgray.azurewebsites.net)

44 points by sillywalk 1 year ago | 26 comments

Schrödinger: The Nvidia biotech partner Jensen Huang told to "think bigger"(hntrbrk.com)

41 points by impish9208 1 year ago | 22 comments

Show HN: I recovered one of my earliest ZX-Spectrum games from an audio cassette

36 points by codeguppy 1 year ago | 5 comments

Android SMS Gateway Using MQTT(github.com)

34 points by modinfo 1 year ago | 6 comments

Frustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads(androidauthority.com)

33 points by josephcsible 1 year ago | 34 comments

Show HN: Krita RGBA Tech – Exploring Filter Engines in Open-Source Art(github.com)

32 points by draneria 1 year ago | 5 comments

Show HN: Actionate – GitHub Actions for JetBrains IDEs(github.com)

29 points by revenate_ 1 year ago | 11 comments

My Impressions of Gleam(snarky.ca)

26 points by ingve 1 year ago | 35 comments

Poll: What is your preferred Search Engine?

26 points by georg-stone 1 year ago | 27 comments

Ask HN: Why are banks charging so many fees for accounts and cards?

23 points by Lopsii 1 year ago | 39 comments

Bloomberg Announces Effort to Ensure U.S. Honors Paris Agreement Commitments(bloomberg.org)

20 points by geox 1 year ago | 6 comments

Gongzilla: The collapsing cost of dumb ideas(everything.intellectronica.net)

20 points by intellectronica 1 year ago | 10 comments

Cal Newport: What Happened When an Offline Person Tried TikTok(newyorker.com)

19 points by mitchbob 1 year ago | 2 comments

Liberux Nexx: Linux smartphone (found on Galaxus, Swiss online reseller)(digitec.ch)

19 points by abricq 1 year ago | 14 comments

WebFFT – The Fastest Fourier Transform on the Web(github.com)

18 points by sonicrocketman 1 year ago | 4 comments

IEEE Credentialing Program(ieee.org)

18 points by adrian_mrd 1 year ago | 1 comments

AI isn't going to build your startup(justinjackson.ca)

15 points by mijustin 1 year ago | 2 comments

Show HN: Apple-like smooth corners for Tailwind CSS(github.com)

13 points by instagary 1 year ago | 7 comments

Dwarf Fortress Adventure Mode – Out Now – Official Release Trailer [video](youtube.com)

12 points by skibz 1 year ago | 4 comments

US Department of Labor to Cease and Desist All Investigation and Enforcement(dol.gov)

11 points by wahnfrieden 1 year ago | 4 comments

Do Russians Support the War in Ukraine?(newyorker.com)

10 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 1 comments