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Hacker News on Sunday, 8 June 2025

Stories posted this day, by points. Rank history starts with the October 2026 rebuild.

Screenshot of simonwillison.net: The last six months in LLMs, illustrated by pelicans on bicycles

The last six months in LLMs, illustrated by pelicans on bicycles (simonwillison.net)

866 points by swyx 1 year ago | 216 comments

Simon Willison's writeup of his AI Engineer World's Fair keynote reviewing six months of LLM releases, compared by having each model draw a pelican on a bicycle.

llms ai-engineer-worlds-fair llm-benchmarks simon-willison

Screenshot of helentoner.substack.com: Building supercomputers for autocrats probably isn't good for democracy

Building supercomputers for autocrats probably isn't good for democracy (helentoner.substack.com)

370 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 192 comments

Helen Toner's Substack essay criticizing OpenAI's Stargate UAE project and the framing of building AI supercomputers for autocratic governments.

openai stargate uae ai-policy

Screenshot of vox.com: We’re secretly winning the war on cancer

We’re secretly winning the war on cancer (vox.com)

365 points by lr0 1 year ago | 161 comments

Vox Future Perfect article by Bryan Walsh arguing that falling cancer death rates reflect quiet advances like reduced smoking and immunotherapy.

cancer cancer-mortality immunotherapy myeloma

Screenshot of jordemort.dev: Why Android can't use CDC Ethernet (2023)

Why Android can't use CDC Ethernet (2023)(jordemort.dev)

325 points by goodburb 1 year ago | 130 comments

A blog post by Jordan Webb investigating, detective-style, why Android cannot use USB CDC Ethernet adapters despite supporting USB ethernet.

android usb cdc-ethernet linux-kernel

Screenshot of ziglang.org: Self-hosted x86 back end is now default in debug mode

Self-hosted x86 back end is now default in debug mode (ziglang.org)

248 points by brson 1 year ago | 125 comments

Screenshot of theatlantic.com: What happens when people don't understand how AI works

What happens when people don't understand how AI works (theatlantic.com)

232 points by rmason 1 year ago | 274 comments

Screenshot of danq.me: <Blink> and <Marquee> (2020)

<Blink> and <Marquee> (2020)(danq.me)

219 points by ghssds 1 year ago | 175 comments

Screenshot of owlposting.com: Administering immunotherapy in the morning seems to matter. Why?

Administering immunotherapy in the morning seems to matter. Why?(owlposting.com)

218 points by abhishaike 1 year ago | 171 comments

Screenshot of neilmadden.blog: A look at Cloudflare's AI-coded OAuth library

A look at Cloudflare's AI-coded OAuth library (neilmadden.blog)

209 points by itsadok 1 year ago | 131 comments

Screenshot of lifehacker.com: I used AI-powered calorie counting apps, and they were even worse than expected

I used AI-powered calorie counting apps, and they were even worse than expected (lifehacker.com)

205 points by gnabgib 1 year ago | 210 comments

Screenshot of Hacker News post: Ask HN: How to learn CUDA to professional level

Ask HN: How to learn CUDA to professional level

192 points by upmind 1 year ago | 66 comments

Screenshot of rohangautam.github.io: Gaussian integration is cool

Gaussian integration is cool (rohangautam.github.io)

189 points by beansbeansbeans 1 year ago | 43 comments

Screenshot of computer.rip: Omnimax

Omnimax (computer.rip)

187 points by aberoham 1 year ago | 47 comments

Screenshot of theguardian.com: Riding high in Germany on the world's oldest suspended railway

Riding high in Germany on the world's oldest suspended railway (theguardian.com)

184 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 96 comments

Screenshot of youtube.com: Louis Rossmann: We've started a foundation to bring back ownership [video]

Louis Rossmann: We've started a foundation to bring back ownership [video](youtube.com)

177 points by walterbell 1 year ago | 41 comments

Screenshot of sciencedaily.com: Dancing brainwaves: How sound reshapes your brain networks in real time

Dancing brainwaves: How sound reshapes your brain networks in real time (sciencedaily.com)

172 points by lentoutcry 1 year ago | 67 comments

Screenshot of thereader.mitpress.mit.edu: The Many Sides of Erik Satie

The Many Sides of Erik Satie (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

153 points by anarbadalov 1 year ago | 36 comments

Screenshot of christopherschwarz.substack.com: Air-dried vs. Kiln-dried Wood

Air-dried vs. Kiln-dried Wood (christopherschwarz.substack.com)

145 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 73 comments

Screenshot of rfleury.com: Demystifying Debuggers

Demystifying Debuggers (rfleury.com)

145 points by ibobev 1 year ago | 27 comments

Screenshot of bsdhowto.ch: Why not use DNS over HTTPS (DoH)?

Why not use DNS over HTTPS (DoH)?(bsdhowto.ch)

137 points by Bogdanp 1 year ago | 230 comments

Screenshot of tomshardware.com: FAA to eliminate floppy disks used in air traffic control systems

FAA to eliminate floppy disks used in air traffic control systems (tomshardware.com)

129 points by daledavies 1 year ago | 161 comments

Screenshot of letsbend.de: Show HN: Let’s Bend – Open-Source Harmonica Bending Trainer

Show HN: Let’s Bend – Open-Source Harmonica Bending Trainer (letsbend.de)

118 points by egdels 1 year ago | 33 comments

Screenshot of cyberark.com: Poison everywhere: No output from your MCP server is safe

Poison everywhere: No output from your MCP server is safe (cyberark.com)

115 points by Bogdanp 1 year ago | 55 comments

Screenshot of ericgardner.info: Knowledge Management in the Age of AI

Knowledge Management in the Age of AI (ericgardner.info)

102 points by katabasis 1 year ago | 65 comments

Screenshot of machinelearning.apple.com: The Illusion of Thinking: Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models

The Illusion of Thinking: Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models (machinelearning.apple.com)

100 points by sunshinerag 1 year ago | 18 comments

Screenshot of atlasobscura.com: The wire that transforms much of Manhattan into one big, symbolic home (2017)

The wire that transforms much of Manhattan into one big, symbolic home (2017)(atlasobscura.com)

99 points by rmason 1 year ago | 212 comments

Screenshot of ashishb.net: Maintaining an Android app in Google Play Store is a lot of work

Maintaining an Android app in Google Play Store is a lot of work (ashishb.net)

97 points by ashishb 1 year ago | 48 comments

Screenshot of netfort.gr.jp: Binfmtc – binfmt_misc C scripting interface

Binfmtc – binfmt_misc C scripting interface (netfort.gr.jp)

94 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 24 comments

Screenshot of kirshatrov.com: Reverse engineering Claude Code (April 2025)

Reverse engineering Claude Code (April 2025)(kirshatrov.com)

89 points by gianpaj 1 year ago | 16 comments

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Should I Use a Carousel? (2013)(shouldiuseacarousel.com)

79 points by coffeecoders 1 year ago | 39 comments

Screenshot of taras.glek.net: Focus and Context and LLMs

Focus and Context and LLMs (taras.glek.net)

74 points by tarasglek 1 year ago | 28 comments

Screenshot of rjp.io: Reflections on Sudoku, or the Impossibility of Systematizing Thought

Reflections on Sudoku, or the Impossibility of Systematizing Thought (rjp.io)

73 points by rjpower9000 1 year ago | 53 comments

Screenshot of bramadams.dev: Software is about promises

Software is about promises (bramadams.dev)

70 points by _bramses 1 year ago | 19 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Fray: A Controlled Concurrency Testing Framework for the JVM

Fray: A Controlled Concurrency Testing Framework for the JVM (github.com)

62 points by 0x54MUR41 1 year ago | 3 comments

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Re: My AI skeptic friends are all nuts (skarlso.github.io)

61 points by skarlso 1 year ago | 29 comments

Screenshot of tomverbeure.github.io: Rohde and Schwarz AMIQ Modulation Generator Teardown

Rohde and Schwarz AMIQ Modulation Generator Teardown (tomverbeure.github.io)

61 points by iamsrp 1 year ago | 19 comments

Screenshot of historytoday.com: The Diary of Samuel Pepys

The Diary of Samuel Pepys (historytoday.com)

55 points by pepys 1 year ago | 31 comments

YouTuber claims to have received an offer to buy the Commodore brand (amiga-news.de)

51 points by daledavies 1 year ago | 23 comments

Screenshot of leejo.github.io: A Thousand Tiny Optimisations

A Thousand Tiny Optimisations (leejo.github.io)

50 points by leejo 1 year ago | 7 comments

Screenshot of dosbox-x.com: Installing Microsoft Windows 98 in DOSBox-X

Installing Microsoft Windows 98 in DOSBox-X (dosbox-x.com)

48 points by keepamovin 1 year ago | 18 comments

Screenshot of testou.free.fr: Launching the BeOS on Hitachi Flora Prius Systems (1999)

Launching the BeOS on Hitachi Flora Prius Systems (1999)(testou.free.fr)

44 points by doener 1 year ago | 15 comments

Screenshot of foxnews.com: Researchers discover evidence in the mystery of America's 'Lost Colony'

Researchers discover evidence in the mystery of America's 'Lost Colony'(foxnews.com)

40 points by ryan_j_naughton 1 year ago | 54 comments

Screenshot of grepular.com: Nginx Restic Back End

Nginx Restic Back End (grepular.com)

39 points by mike-cardwell 1 year ago | 6 comments

Screenshot of garymarcus.substack.com: A Knockout Blow for LLMs?

A Knockout Blow for LLMs?(garymarcus.substack.com)

39 points by tu7001 1 year ago | 37 comments

Screenshot of backscattering.de: The Hashtable Packing Problem (2020)

The Hashtable Packing Problem (2020)(backscattering.de)

34 points by hyperbrainer 1 year ago | 6 comments

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Ask HN: Does anyone know of a general news site akin to Hacker News?

31 points by THENATHE 1 year ago | 36 comments

Screenshot of theguardian.com: Tool to identify poisonous books developed by University of St Andrews

Tool to identify poisonous books developed by University of St Andrews (theguardian.com)

30 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 9 comments

Screenshot of spectrum.ieee.org: BYD's Five-Minute Charging Puts China in the Lead for EVs

BYD's Five-Minute Charging Puts China in the Lead for EVs (spectrum.ieee.org)

26 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 19 comments

Screenshot of ghuntley.com: The printer that transcends dimensions and corrupts reality

The printer that transcends dimensions and corrupts reality (ghuntley.com)

25 points by ghuntley 1 year ago | 7 comments

Screenshot of rsadowski.de: OpenBSD IO Benchmarking: How Many Jobs Are Worth It?

OpenBSD IO Benchmarking: How Many Jobs Are Worth It?(rsadowski.de)

25 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 4 comments

Screenshot of theverge.com: Apple Is on Defense at WWDC

Apple Is on Defense at WWDC (theverge.com)

24 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 2 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Futa – A functionally useless AI terminal assistant

Futa – A functionally useless AI terminal assistant (github.com)

24 points by nail_ 1 year ago | 6 comments

Screenshot of grist.org: Congress is poised to increase energy bills by hundreds of dollars per household

Congress is poised to increase energy bills by hundreds of dollars per household (grist.org)

22 points by rntn 1 year ago | 0 comments

Screenshot of moroso.emarhavil.com: Characterizing my first attempt at copper-only passives

Characterizing my first attempt at copper-only passives (moroso.emarhavil.com)

22 points by tverbeure 1 year ago | 6 comments

Screenshot of newyorker.com: The Sixties Come Back to Life in "Everything Is Now"

The Sixties Come Back to Life in "Everything Is Now"(newyorker.com)

22 points by tintinnabula 1 year ago | 30 comments

Screenshot of businessinsider.com: I got a remote job for a EU company, I'd find it hard to go back to a US-based

I got a remote job for a EU company, I'd find it hard to go back to a US-based (businessinsider.com)

21 points by nixass 1 year ago | 18 comments

Screenshot of wsj.com: College Students Are Using 'No Contact Orders' to Block Each Other in Real Life

College Students Are Using 'No Contact Orders' to Block Each Other in Real Life (wsj.com)

20 points by JumpCrisscross 1 year ago | 4 comments

Screenshot of sciencedirect.com: Acetylated cellulose suppresses mass through commensals consuming carbohydrates

Acetylated cellulose suppresses mass through commensals consuming carbohydrates (sciencedirect.com)

17 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 5 comments

Screenshot of Hacker News post: Ask HN: In 15 years, what will a gas station visit look like?

Ask HN: In 15 years, what will a gas station visit look like?

16 points by thomassmith65 1 year ago | 27 comments

Screenshot of technologyreview.com: The race to find GPS alternatives

The race to find GPS alternatives (technologyreview.com)

13 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 0 comments