Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine (2017)(longnow.org)

24 points by yankcrime 3 months ago | 11 comments

Shining a light on the digital dark age(longnow.org)

205 points by weird_science 3 years ago | 118 comments

The Heresy of Decline(longnow.org)

39 points by 2143 3 years ago | 41 comments

Everything Changes, and Nothing Changes(btao.org)

26 points by todsacerdoti 8 months ago | 19 comments

Zeit v1(xn--gckvb8fzb.com)

25 points by surprisetalk 9 months ago | 5 comments

Long live Xorg, I mean Xlibre(dedoimedo.com)

50 points by dxs 1 year ago | 42 comments

How many supernova explode every year?(badastronomy.beehiiv.com)

348 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 170 comments

Issue #447 of Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy Newsletter estimating how many supernovae explode in the universe every year.

Show HN: AstroHelm – Use your phone camera to aim a telescope or telephoto lens(astrohelm.app)

79 points by HeavenFox 22 days ago | 26 comments

Landing page for AstroHelm, a mobile app that plate-solves the sky through a phone camera mounted on a telescope or camera to guide users to celestial objects.

America's Longest Highway Tunnel (2025)(thetravel.com)

7 points by NaOH 15 days ago | 5 comments

TheTravel article about the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel to Whittier, Alaska, America's longest highway tunnel, shared by road and rail traffic.

The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide(sysprog21.github.io)

340 points by asicsp 3 years ago | 26 comments

Online edition of The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide by Salzman, Burian, Pomerantz, Mottram and Huang, with GitHub source and PDF download.

Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time(pv-magazine.com)

624 points by xbmcuser 9 days ago | 390 comments

pv magazine article reporting that global solar generation surpassed nuclear for the first time in 2025, according to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2026.

SpaceX bond worth 10% less than issue price – heading for junk bond status(ft.com)

474 points by youngtaff 3 months ago | 417 comments

FT Alphaville article on SpaceX bonds falling below issue price, with yields rising toward junk territory; shown behind a registration gate.