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Hacker News on Sunday, 13 July 2025

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

Screenshot of discourse.mozilla.org: Let me pay for Firefox

Let me pay for Firefox (discourse.mozilla.org)

673 points by csmantle 1 year ago | 513 comments

A Mozilla Discourse community forum post by a longtime supporter arguing that Mozilla should let users pay for Firefox to fund its development.

firefox mozilla browsers funding

Screenshot of djangoproject.com: Happy 20th Birthday, Django

Happy 20th Birthday, Django (djangoproject.com)

543 points by davepeck 1 year ago | 159 comments

Django project blog post celebrating the framework's 20th anniversary since Jacob Kaplan-Moss's first commit on July 13, 2005, and announcing celebration events.

django python web-frameworks anniversary

Screenshot of makingsoftware.com: How does a screen work?

How does a screen work?(makingsoftware.com)

529 points by chkhd 1 year ago | 101 comments

An illustrated explainer by Dan Hollick from Making Software on how display screens work, from CRT electron guns to LCD and OLED technology.

displays lcd oled crt

Screenshot of github.com: OpenCut: The open-source CapCut alternative

OpenCut: The open-source CapCut alternative (github.com)

417 points by nateb2022 1 year ago | 139 comments

GitHub repository for OpenCut, an MIT-licensed open-source video editor positioned as an alternative to CapCut.

video-editor capcut opencut github

Screenshot of glp1digest.com: GLP-1s are breaking life insurance

GLP-1s are breaking life insurance (glp1digest.com)

394 points by alexslobodnik 1 year ago | 481 comments

A GLP-1 Digest Substack post by Ashwin Sharma, MD arguing that GLP-1 drugs make applicants look healthy at underwriting while their risk later returns, disrupting life insurance.

glp-1 life-insurance ozempic weight-loss-drugs

Screenshot of gpfault.net: Let's Learn x86-64 Assembly (2020)

Let's Learn x86-64 Assembly (2020)(gpfault.net)

384 points by 90s_dev 1 year ago | 97 comments

First part of a blog tutorial series on learning x86-64 assembly, covering environment setup and first steps.

x86-64 assembly low-level-programming tutorial

Screenshot of mbh4h.substack.com: Reading Neuromancer for the first time in 2025

Reading Neuromancer for the first time in 2025 (mbh4h.substack.com)

376 points by keiferski 1 year ago | 327 comments

A Substack post by James Bareham reflecting on reading William Gibson's 1984 cyberpunk novel Neuromancer for the first time in 2025.

neuromancer william-gibson cyberpunk science-fiction

Screenshot of theregister.com: The North Korean fake IT worker problem is ubiquitous

The North Korean fake IT worker problem is ubiquitous (theregister.com)

276 points by rntn 1 year ago | 287 comments

Screenshot of zola.ink: A technical look at Iran's internet shutdowns

A technical look at Iran's internet shutdowns (zola.ink)

238 points by znano 1 year ago | 106 comments

Screenshot of marketsaintefficient.substack.com: Five companies now control over 90% of the restaurant food delivery market

Five companies now control over 90% of the restaurant food delivery market (marketsaintefficient.substack.com)

236 points by goinggetthem 1 year ago | 249 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Thunderbird: Fluent Windows 11 Design

Thunderbird: Fluent Windows 11 Design (github.com)

200 points by skipnup 1 year ago | 122 comments

Screenshot of arstechnica.com: AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds

AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds (arstechnica.com)

194 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 105 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Show HN: A Raycast-compatible launcher for Linux

Show HN: A Raycast-compatible launcher for Linux (github.com)

182 points by ByteAtATime 1 year ago | 57 comments

Screenshot of menerdu.vercel.app: Show HN: I built this to talk Danish to my girlfriend – works with any language

Show HN: I built this to talk Danish to my girlfriend – works with any language (menerdu.vercel.app)

173 points by lil_csom 1 year ago | 97 comments

Screenshot of lttlabs.com: Does showing seconds in the system tray actually use more power?

Does showing seconds in the system tray actually use more power?(lttlabs.com)

172 points by LorenDB 1 year ago | 146 comments

Screenshot of blog.johnluttig.com: Hypercapitalism and the AI talent wars

Hypercapitalism and the AI talent wars (blog.johnluttig.com)

171 points by walterbell 1 year ago | 179 comments

Screenshot of arxiv.org: Emergent Misalignment: Narrow finetuning can produce broadly misaligned LLMs

Emergent Misalignment: Narrow finetuning can produce broadly misaligned LLMs (arxiv.org)

168 points by martythemaniak 1 year ago | 43 comments

Screenshot of abcnews.go.com: Investors bought 27% of US homes in Q1, as traditional buyers struggle to afford

Investors bought 27% of US homes in Q1, as traditional buyers struggle to afford (abcnews.go.com)

161 points by MilnerRoute 1 year ago | 190 comments

Screenshot of newyorker.com: What's happening to reading?

What's happening to reading?(newyorker.com)

160 points by Kaibeezy 1 year ago | 289 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Show HN: Learn LLMs LeetCode Style

Show HN: Learn LLMs LeetCode Style (github.com)

155 points by Exorust 1 year ago | 18 comments

Screenshot of howtomarketagame.com: Most people who buy games on Steam never play them

Most people who buy games on Steam never play them (howtomarketagame.com)

151 points by 3Samourai 1 year ago | 148 comments

Screenshot of loremgibson.com: Lorem Gibson

Lorem Gibson (loremgibson.com)

148 points by DyslexicAtheist 1 year ago | 32 comments

Screenshot of wiomoc.de: Hacking Coroutines into C

Hacking Coroutines into C (wiomoc.de)

148 points by jmillikin 1 year ago | 37 comments

Screenshot of github.com: APKLab: Android Reverse-Engineering Workbench for VS Code

APKLab: Android Reverse-Engineering Workbench for VS Code (github.com)

142 points by nateb2022 1 year ago | 11 comments

Screenshot of openice.org: OpenICE: Open-Source US Immigration Detention Dashboard

OpenICE: Open-Source US Immigration Detention Dashboard (openice.org)

127 points by supermaxman 1 year ago | 71 comments

Screenshot of bleuje.com: Algorithms for making interesting organic simulations

Algorithms for making interesting organic simulations (bleuje.com)

115 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 10 comments

Screenshot of djangoproject.com: Happy 20th Birthday Django

Happy 20th Birthday Django (djangoproject.com)

115 points by spapas82 1 year ago | 19 comments

Screenshot of mcgill.ca: Big Data was used to see if TCM was scientific (2023)

Big Data was used to see if TCM was scientific (2023)(mcgill.ca)

113 points by mgh2 1 year ago | 75 comments

Screenshot of newyorker.com: Edward Burtynsky's monumental chronicle of the human impact on the planet

Edward Burtynsky's monumental chronicle of the human impact on the planet (newyorker.com)

104 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 16 comments

Screenshot of archaeologymag.com: Stone blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria recovered from seafloor

Stone blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria recovered from seafloor (archaeologymag.com)

103 points by gnabgib 1 year ago | 20 comments

Screenshot of sfgate.com: Fine dining restaurants researching guests to make their dinner unforgettable

Fine dining restaurants researching guests to make their dinner unforgettable (sfgate.com)

102 points by borski 1 year ago | 201 comments

Screenshot of thereader.mitpress.mit.edu: Gaming cancer: How citizen science games could help cure disease

Gaming cancer: How citizen science games could help cure disease (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

97 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 41 comments

Screenshot of 0xdeadtype.theden.sh: Show HN: 0xDEAD//TYPE – A fast-paced typing shooter with retro vibes

Show HN: 0xDEAD//TYPE – A fast-paced typing shooter with retro vibes (0xdeadtype.theden.sh)

95 points by theden 1 year ago | 24 comments

Screenshot of atopile.io: Atopile – Design circuit boards with code

Atopile – Design circuit boards with code (atopile.io)

88 points by poly2it 1 year ago | 24 comments

Screenshot of muthuishere.medium.com: Understanding Tool Calling in LLMs – Step-by-Step with REST and Spring AI

Understanding Tool Calling in LLMs – Step-by-Step with REST and Spring AI (muthuishere.medium.com)

83 points by muthuishere 1 year ago | 20 comments

Screenshot of hackacad.net: Local Chatbot RAG with FreeBSD Knowledge

Local Chatbot RAG with FreeBSD Knowledge (hackacad.net)

79 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 8 comments

Screenshot of scp-wiki.wikidot.com: SCP-055 is an "antimeme" – it erases itself from memory when observed

SCP-055 is an "antimeme" – it erases itself from memory when observed (scp-wiki.wikidot.com)

72 points by rcpt 1 year ago | 74 comments

Screenshot of arxiv.org: The JPEG XL Image Coding History, Features, Coding Tools, Design Rationale

The JPEG XL Image Coding History, Features, Coding Tools, Design Rationale (arxiv.org)

72 points by ksec 1 year ago | 31 comments

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Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?(theguardian.com)

68 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 60 comments

Screenshot of nbcnews.com: Hungary's oldest library fighting to save 100k books from a beetle infestation

Hungary's oldest library fighting to save 100k books from a beetle infestation (nbcnews.com)

65 points by rntn 1 year ago | 20 comments

Screenshot of en.wikipedia.org: Clashes between web and X11 colors in the CSS color scheme

Clashes between web and X11 colors in the CSS color scheme (en.wikipedia.org)

62 points by mmoogle 1 year ago | 21 comments

Screenshot of embedded.com: Lua beats MicroPython for embedded devs

Lua beats MicroPython for embedded devs (embedded.com)

62 points by willhschmid 1 year ago | 55 comments

Screenshot of cbsnews.com: Amazon CEO says AI agents will soon reduce company's corporate workforce

Amazon CEO says AI agents will soon reduce company's corporate workforce (cbsnews.com)

58 points by djcollier 1 year ago | 63 comments

Screenshot of forums.insertcredit.com: What Was Cyberpunk? In Memoriam: 1980-2020 (2020)

What Was Cyberpunk? In Memoriam: 1980-2020 (2020)(forums.insertcredit.com)

57 points by Bluestein 1 year ago | 39 comments

Screenshot of science.org: The Decipherment of the Dhofari Script

The Decipherment of the Dhofari Script (science.org)

55 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 16 comments

Screenshot of Hacker News post: Ask HN: How much of OpenAI code is written by AI?

Ask HN: How much of OpenAI code is written by AI?

54 points by growbell_social 1 year ago | 37 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer

Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer (github.com)

52 points by hexomancer 1 year ago | 39 comments

Screenshot of github.com: Show HN: BloomSearch – Keyword search with hierarchical Bloom filters

Show HN: BloomSearch – Keyword search with hierarchical Bloom filters (github.com)

51 points by dangoodmanUT 1 year ago | 12 comments

Screenshot of hillspace.justindujardin.com: Hill Space: Neural nets that do perfect arithmetic (to 10⁻¹⁶ precision)

Hill Space: Neural nets that do perfect arithmetic (to 10⁻¹⁶ precision)(hillspace.justindujardin.com)

48 points by peili7 1 year ago | 6 comments

Screenshot of marksimonson.com: The Scourge of Arial (2001)

The Scourge of Arial (2001)(marksimonson.com)

47 points by andsoitis 1 year ago | 37 comments

Screenshot of uninformativ.de: A quick look at unprivileged sandboxing

A quick look at unprivileged sandboxing (uninformativ.de)

47 points by zdw 1 year ago | 20 comments

Screenshot of gizmodo.com: Black hole merger challenges our understanding of black hole formation

Black hole merger challenges our understanding of black hole formation (gizmodo.com)

47 points by Bluestein 1 year ago | 42 comments

Screenshot of garymarcus.substack.com: o3 and Grok 4 accidentally vindicate neurosymbolic AI

o3 and Grok 4 accidentally vindicate neurosymbolic AI (garymarcus.substack.com)

46 points by NotInOurNames 1 year ago | 14 comments

Screenshot of blog.ivnj.org: Zig's new I/O: function coloring is inevitable?

Zig's new I/O: function coloring is inevitable?(blog.ivnj.org)

45 points by ivanjermakov 1 year ago | 30 comments

Screenshot of nytimes.com: Drones Are Key to Winning Wars Now. The U.S. Makes Hardly Any

Drones Are Key to Winning Wars Now. The U.S. Makes Hardly Any (nytimes.com)

43 points by perihelions 1 year ago | 58 comments

Screenshot of arxiv.org: Nuclear Explosion for Carbon Sequestration

Nuclear Explosion for Carbon Sequestration (arxiv.org)

36 points by energy123 1 year ago | 37 comments

Screenshot of nytimes.com: A.I. Is Making Sure You Pay for That Ding on Your Rental Car

A.I. Is Making Sure You Pay for That Ding on Your Rental Car (nytimes.com)

33 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 37 comments

Screenshot of rybakov.com: Pixel Piranhas

Pixel Piranhas (rybakov.com)

31 points by spython 1 year ago | 11 comments

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'Europe Must Ban American Big Tech and Create a European Silicon Valley'(tilburguniversity.edu)

30 points by taubek 1 year ago | 18 comments

Screenshot of cse.iitb.ac.in: VMware Workstation: Bringing Virtualization to the x86 Architecture (2012) [pdf]

VMware Workstation: Bringing Virtualization to the x86 Architecture (2012) [pdf](cse.iitb.ac.in)

30 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 7 comments