Quicksort explained IKEA-style(idea-instructions.com)
637 points by foehrenwald | 126 comments
An IKEA-style wordless assembly instruction illustration explaining the quicksort algorithm, part of the IDEA nonverbal algorithm instructions series.
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They Thought They Were Free (1955)(press.uchicago.edu)
500 points by nataliste | 298 comments
University of Chicago Press excerpt from Milton Mayer's 1955 book They Thought They Were Free, on how ordinary Germans gradually accepted Nazi rule.
Sj.h: A tiny little JSON parsing library in ~150 lines of C99(github.com)
445 points by simonpure | 218 comments
GitHub repository for sj.h, a tiny single-header JSON parsing library written in about 150 lines of C99 by rxi.
Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company(theguardian.com)
395 points by mindracer | 283 comments
Guardian exclusive reporting that Meta whistleblower author Sarah Wynn-Williams faces bankruptcy over a $50,000-per-breach order barring her from criticising Meta.
iFixit iPhone Air teardown(ifixit.com)
337 points by zdw | 185 comments
iFixit article tearing down Apple's iPhone Air and assessing its repairability, finding the thin phone still reasonably repairable.
LaLiga's Anti-Piracy Crackdown Triggers Widespread Internet Disruptions in Spain(reclaimthenet.org)
331 points by akyuu | 148 comments
Reclaim The Net article reporting that LaLiga's anti-piracy IP blocking in Spain is causing widespread disruptions to legitimate internet services.
Vibe coding cleanup as a service(donado.co)
198 points by sjdonado | 120 comments
UUIDv7 Comes to PostgreSQL 18(thenile.dev)
79 points by sierikov | 48 comments
Biconnected components(emi-h.com)
41 points by emih | 13 comments
Linkgraphs are fun(andregarzia.com)
20 points by soapdog | 3 comments
Kirkwood Gap Facts for Kids(kids.kiddle.co)
20 points by kamaraju | 3 comments
