Show HN: Make cursed fonts like Times New Bastard(bastardica.mitpit.com)
836 points by MitPitt | 121 comments
Bastardica is a web tool that mixes two fonts by replacing every Nth glyph using OpenType ligatures, running Python client-side via WASM.
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Italian parliament votes for return to nuclear energy(apnews.com)
808 points by geox | 645 comments
AP News article on the Italian parliament voting to return to nuclear energy; the capture shows a Cloudflare security verification page instead.
Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats(anthropic.com)
740 points by raahelb | 740 comments
Anthropic news post announcing that Claude helped discover a novel enzyme system featuring CRISPR-like repeats.
Jev in 25 Lines of Python(nobodywho.ai)
614 points by bashbjorn | 194 comments
A NobodyWho blog post showing how to build "Jev," a meme-inspired chatbot or LLM project, in 25 lines of Python.
Linux support is coming to Snapdragon X2 series(qualcomm.com)
581 points by aaronday | 244 comments
Qualcomm OnQ blog post recapping Snapdragon Summit 2026, covering agentic AI PCs, Googlebooks, and Linux support for Snapdragon X2 series.
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.
Meta VR Glasses(meta.com)
458 points by polymorph1sm | 416 comments
Meta product page announcing Meta VR Glasses, coming Spring 2027 for $1,299, with an email signup form for launch notifications.
![Screenshot of blog.szypowi.cz: Claude Code reads AGENTS.md only when telemetry is on [fixed]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/9/23/cca66142-3ad8-48cc-b5e2-08b9750af8e2.jpg)
Claude Code reads AGENTS.md only when telemetry is on [fixed](blog.szypowi.cz)
453 points by pszypowicz | 257 comments
Blog post reporting that Claude Code 2.1.277's AGENTS.md support is gated behind a remote feature flag and skipped when telemetry is off, with measurements and a CLAUDE.md workaround.
Toyota is taking the Corolla electric(electrek.co)
423 points by cisc | 772 comments
Electrek article reporting that Toyota is making an electric version of its best-selling Corolla, shown with a concept car on stage.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: Rails World 2026 Opening Keynote [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/9/24/9d2a52d8-20ac-42d4-99de-d216c2f86e18.jpg)
Rails World 2026 Opening Keynote [video](youtube.com)
420 points by an0malous | 467 comments
YouTube video of DHH's opening keynote at the Rails World 2026 conference, posted by the Ruby on Rails channel.
I don't want the details(michaelheap.com)
382 points by mooreds | 205 comments
Blog post by Michael Heap recounting an SVP who refused the details of a failure, arguing that explanations make problems seem reasonable so they recur.
Tokens too cheap to meter(jyn.dev)
326 points by teoruiz | 214 comments
Blog post on jyn.dev arguing LLM token prices are falling by orders of magnitude, so quality and access, not token cost, will limit AI use.
Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech(blog.google)
310 points by swolpers | 137 comments
Google blog post announcing Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS audio generation models, available across AI Studio, Gemini API, and other Google products.
Seattle City Council votes to ban surveillance pricing in sale of groceries(advocacy.consumerreports.org)
306 points by ortusdux | 196 comments
Consumer Reports press release on the Seattle City Council passing the Fair Pricing and Transparency Act banning personalized surveillance pricing for groceries.
VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas (2025)(fly.io)
294 points by Rapzid | 190 comments
Fly.io blog post examining how VSCode's remote SSH editing works, installing an agent on the remote host, and why that approach is surprising.
ArXiv receives multiyear commitments to support it as an independent nonprofit(blog.arxiv.org)
292 points by JohnHammersley | 38 comments
arXiv blog post announcing $17.2 million in multiyear philanthropic commitments from Simons Foundation International, XTX Markets, and Siegel Family Endowment to support its launch as an independent nonprofit.
Feds Target AI Critics as "Foreign Agents"(kenklippenstein.com)
285 points by nmeagent | 287 comments
Ken Klippenstein Substack article reporting that the Trump administration views opposition to AI data centers as driven by China and treats critics as foreign agents.
DoorDash Spent $1.4M Trying to Stop Mamdani from Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why(theintercept.com)
259 points by vrganj | 96 comments
The Intercept article on DoorDash spending $1.4M to oppose Zohran Mamdani's NYC mayoral bid, linked to a wage theft settlement involving delivery workers.
GPT-6 Astra has gained the ability to drive a car(drivingbench.com)
252 points by plurby | 216 comments
A site called DrivingBench claiming the GPT-6 Astra model can drive a car; no page content was captured to confirm details.
Grammarly will send unhinged messages to all your users if you try to cancel(reddit.com)
249 points by ksec | 69 comments
A Reddit r/sysadmin post warning that Grammarly sends messages to all organization users when an admin tries to cancel; the page shown is a Reddit block screen.
Transit rewards(waymo.com)
244 points by raybb | 312 comments
Waymo's official Waypoint blog post announcing Waymo transit rewards, a program linking its robotaxi service with public transit use.
28% of job postings on company career sites have been open over 90 days(unlisted.careers)
234 points by rubatrejo | 298 comments
Unlisted's September 2026 ghost jobs report, finding 28.3% of 607,050 postings on employer career sites across 15 ATSs have been open more than 90 days.
Making Tailscale Faster(tailscale.com)
209 points by yarapavan | 81 comments
Tailscale product blog post announcing work to make Tailscale faster, by Kabir Sikand and Kevin Purdy.
The darker side of being a doctor(drericlevi.pages.dev)
202 points by Danhale93 | 181 comments
A personal essay by surgeon Dr Eric Levi on the hidden mental health struggles and darker side of working as a doctor.
Samsung accidentally freezes its smart fridges with a software update(androidauthority.com)
192 points by Markoff | 186 comments
Android Authority article reporting that a Samsung software update accidentally froze or bricked its connected smart fridges.
OpenAI breaches Medicare, Albanese reveals(smh.com.au)
186 points by jonnonz | 126 comments
Sydney Morning Herald article reporting that OpenAI breached Australia's Medicare system and a government taskforce scrambled after delays in flagging the hack.
Once Claude can measure something, it can make it faster(claude.dev)
179 points by matthieu_bl | 113 comments
Engineering blog post from Anthropic's Claude team describing how they made claude.ai three times faster in two weeks by having Claude measure and optimize performance.
Stripe's Knowledge AI Platform(stripe.dev)
172 points by ltononro | 108 comments
Stripe engineering blog post introducing its internal knowledge AI platform that gives non-engineers agent tools for data queries, account research, and compliance workflows.
A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts(devblogs.microsoft.com)
158 points by tybulewicz | 101 comments
A Raymond Chen post on The Old New Thing blog recounting the history of Windows scroll bar operations and shortcuts, including the Windows 7 right-click menu.
I am done with this shit(reddit.com)
155 points by meander_water | 93 comments
A Reddit post in r/ClaudeAI titled "I am done with this shit"; the page shows Reddit's network security block screen instead of the post.
The GitHub wiki is an anti-pattern (2022)(michaelheap.com)
151 points by ibobev | 88 comments
A 2022 blog post by Michael Heap arguing that using the GitHub wiki for project documentation is an anti-pattern compared to a docs folder in the repo.
Z80 REPL (2018)(abagames.github.io)
150 points by adunk | 18 comments
A browser-based interactive Z80 assembly REPL that executes typed instructions and displays memory and register state.
OpenAI is enlisting an influencer army to make it look 'good for the world'(businessinsider.com)
148 points by cdrnsf | 116 comments
Business Insider article reporting on OpenAI's strategy of paying social media influencers to promote ChatGPT and portray the company as beneficial.
Radicle: Disclosure of Vulnerability in the Network Protocol(radicle.dev)
140 points by lostmsu | 54 comments
Radicle's security disclosure describing two critical vulnerabilities in the network protocol used by Radicle nodes, affecting all released versions.
Mercury 2.5 LLM hits 770 tokens per second(artificialanalysis.ai)
138 points by Retro_Dev | 81 comments
Artificial Analysis benchmark page for Inception's Mercury 2.5 model, covering intelligence index, output speed of 770 tokens per second, cost, and verbosity rankings.
UK military jamming other nations' satellites to defend itself, BBC told(bbc.com)
136 points by thm | 177 comments
BBC News article reporting that the UK military, via UK Space Command, jams other nations' satellites as a defensive measure.
Why 'What's Opera, Doc?' looks like that(animationobsessive.substack.com)
129 points by CharlesW | 24 comments
Animation Obsessive newsletter article explaining the visual design and background art style of the classic Looney Tunes short 'What's Opera, Doc?', plus animation news.
Strands Harness(strandsagents.com)
129 points by zuckerborg0101 | 89 comments
Blog post on the Strands Agents site announcing Strands Harness, a new component of the Strands AI agent framework.
The science of Monkey Island: can grog dissolve a metal mug that fast?(jgeekstudies.org)
119 points by zdw | 26 comments
A Journal of Geek Studies article examining whether grog from the Monkey Island games could realistically dissolve a metal mug as quickly as depicted.
Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting(404media.co)
118 points by latexr | 60 comments
404 Media article reporting on a woman arrested and removed from a city council meeting after speaking about Flock surveillance cameras.
WaveDigger: Dig into wireless signals to discover their physical locations(github.com)
116 points by 882542F3884314B | 22 comments
GitHub repository for WaveDigger, an AGPL-licensed web app that looks up BSSIDs and cell towers in Apple's public Wi-Fi positioning service to find their locations.
ASML currently sells no chipmaking machines in Europe, executive says(nltimes.nl)
111 points by doener | 120 comments
NL Times news article reporting an ASML executive saying the company currently sells no chipmaking machines to customers in Europe.
We just shipped support for the ugliest part of HTTP: Vary(blog.cloudflare.com)
109 points by thisisfatih | 23 comments
Cloudflare blog post announcing support for the HTTP Vary header in its CDN cache, configurable via Cache Rules with request normalization.
Geothermal heat map of US hot springs(soakingsprings.com)
101 points by armenarmen | 39 comments
An interactive map plotting 1,596 US hot springs over a geothermal heat flow map, showing springs cluster where subsurface heat reaches the surface fastest.
US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'(bbc.com)
92 points by 1659447091 | 80 comments
BBC News article reporting that the US has criticised Australia's proposed laws letting users opt out of social media recommendation algorithms as censorship.
Data-only attacks are easier than you think (2024)(usenix.org)
90 points by segfaultbuserr | 38 comments
A USENIX ;login: Online article from July 2024 arguing that data-only attacks, which corrupt program data rather than control flow, are easier to carry out than commonly believed.
Reflections on 1,000 Days of Math(gmays.com)
78 points by gmays | 34 comments
Gabe Mays' blog post reflecting on reaching a 1,000-day streak of studying math daily, with a habit-tracker heatmap.
Claude's Load-Bearing Seams(madradavid.com)
77 points by rzk | 28 comments
A blog post titled "Claude's Load-Bearing Seams" on madradavid.com, apparently discussing aspects of Anthropic's Claude AI model.
LensVLM: Compressing long context as images, expanding only relevant pages(huggingface.co)
77 points by victormustar | 7 comments
Hugging Face model card for Apple's LensVLM-9B, a vision language model that reads compressed images of text and expands only relevant pages via learned tools.
Netherlands bracing for potentially devastating US sanctions against the ICC(apnews.com)
75 points by vrganj | 50 comments
AP News article on the Netherlands preparing for possible US sanctions against the International Criminal Court headquartered in The Hague.
Abandoning Scientific Linux Was a Mistake(blog.melashri.net)
64 points by elashri | 30 comments
Blog post arguing that CERN and Fermilab abandoning Scientific Linux was a mistake, prompted by CERN's move to run Debian 13 on accelerator systems.
The Price of Intelligence Is Falling Rapidly(marginalrevolution.com)
59 points by gotmedium | 50 comments
Marginal Revolution blog post by Alex Tabarrok highlighting an Epoch AI report finding the cost of a given level of AI performance falls about 13-fold per year.
There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy(experimental-history.com)
59 points by luu | 31 comments
An Experimental History Substack essay by Adam Mastroianni arguing there is no loneliness epidemic but there is an epidemic of scurvy.
Show HN: A CC0 museum of retro 3D tricks you can paste into a page(3d-retro.com)
59 points by SouthWestAtlas | 10 comments
A collection of CC0-licensed retro 3D graphics demos (plasma, starfield, etc.) implemented in WebGL 1 or 2D canvas for copying into web pages.
Montreal adopts bylaw banning insults against police, municipal employees(cbc.ca)
57 points by MC995 | 52 comments
CBC News article reporting that Montreal city council adopted a bylaw banning insults directed at police officers and municipal employees.
Swap, ZRAM, Zswap and Hibernate on NixOS(blog.matthewbrunelle.com)
56 points by speckx | 15 comments
Blog post explaining how to configure swap, ZRAM, zswap and hibernation on NixOS, including mistakes made along the way.
Two Git ignore files nobody told me about(mihai.dinculescu.dev)
54 points by faithraven | 37 comments
Blog post describing lesser-known git ignore mechanisms (like .git/info/exclude and a global excludes file) for ignoring personal untracked files without committing .gitignore changes.
A new world airport and its baggage(computer.rip)
45 points by firloop | 2 comments
A Computers Are Bad newsletter essay by J. B. Crawford on Denver's airport history and its automated baggage handling system.
Cloud Agents Are Inevitable AI Prisons(normanponte.io)
43 points by nponte | 48 comments
An essay arguing that cloud-hosted AI agents inevitably become restrictive, locked-in environments for users.
Show HN: An open-source manufacturing ERP/MES/QMS(carbon.ms)
41 points by barbinbrad | 17 comments
Landing page for Carbon, an open-source manufacturing ERP/MRP/MES/QMS that runs on Postgres on-prem, in a VPC, or air-gapped.