1. Show HN: Automating my 35mm film scanning pipeline (shannadige.com)
A story about replacing a creative workflow and focusing on another.
2. Kolibri – Tech Report [pdf] (aleph-alpha.com)
3. Show HN: Thoreau BASIC – What if BASIC hadn't gone out of fashion? (thoreaubasic.com)
A free 64-bit BASIC for
Windows x64 and bare-metal x64 UEFI.
Windows x64 and bare-metal x64 UEFI.
4. Former SR-71 engineer talks NASA's Blackbird revival program (www.twz.com)
Insights into the current status of NASA's SR-71 #844, what it will take to fly it again, and what the agency may be looking to do with it.
5. Pop!_OS bans AI-generated code from much of its codebase (www.neowin.net)
6. Show HN: Offrun – manage every coding agent from one workspace (offrun.dev)
Isolated worktrees, shared project memory, and a second agent reviewing the diff before you ship. Runs on your own agent accounts.
7. New York City should carefully measure a new tree (blog.willmeye.rs)
New York City's tallest carefully measured tree is the Queens Giant (according to Wikipedia). It was measured at 133.8 feet (40.8 m) tall and a 19-foot (5.8 m) circumference IN 2004!
8. Show HN: Photoc – Command-line tools for photographers (github.com)
Command-line tools for photographers. Contribute to ahmetomerv/photoc development by creating an account on GitHub.
9. GitHub's new dashboard experience now the default (github.blog)
The new dashboard experience, previously available as a feature preview, is now the default view for everyone. The redesigned dashboard helps you focus on the work that matters most and…
11. Vx – One Language, Every Chip (vxlang.org)
A heterogeneous-systems programming language that puts placement and reachability in the type system.
12. Barcodes are about to go extinct (thehustle.co)
Why barcodes are about to go extinct and QR codes are set to take over, transforming the future of retail.
13. RSS Feed Best Practices (2022) (kevincox.ca)
15. The Nintendo 64 Partner-N64 Development Kit (www.behindthecode.ca)
16. Watson Jr. memo about CDC 6600 (1963) (www.computerhistory.org)
<p>Watson penned this scathing memo asking how IBM lost “our industry leadership” to a company with “34 people, including the janitor.” Also known as "The Janitor Memo," it shows the impact Control Data Corporation and its computers had on the leadership of IBM.</p>
17. How to hack time, with C2PA (www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk)
18. Billions of Triangles Redux (zeux.io)
In early September, NVIDIA released an update to their vk_lod_clusters open-source sample, that - among other things - featured a new impressive Zorah scene as a glTF file. The demo showcased the application of new driver-exposed raytracing features, specifically clustered raytracing, in combination with Nanite-like clustered LOD pipeline - allowing to stream and display a very highly detailed scene with full pathtracing. Naturally, this piqued my curiosity - and led me to spend some time to improve support for hierarchical clustered LOD in meshoptimizer.
… Wait, this sounds familiar.
… Wait, this sounds familiar.
19. Our AI Midwife (www.astralcodexten.com)
20. US killer's sentence quashed because of AI video of victim shown in court (www.bbc.com)
The Arizona appeals court ruled that airing an AI message from the dead victim "crossed that line".
21. Hair Loss Was Just the Start. Ozempic Users Are Also Reporting Nail Trouble (gizmodo.com)
A pair of studies have found evidence that GLP-1 users are more likely to lose their hair and nails.
22. Two American Airlines Flights End Up with the Same Flight Numbers (aviationa2z.com)
American Airlines duplicate callsign incident highlights ATC communication risks and dispatch procedures for regional flights.
23. Understanding Frontier Artificial Intelligence (casp.ac)
The Cambridge Programme on AI Science & Policy (CASP) is an interdisciplinary research programme on frontier AI at the University of Cambridge.
24. Holes (1996-2025) (plato.stanford.edu)
25. Why should I have to pay more for buses if I don't use a smartphone? (www.theguardian.com)
Letter: Owen Fraser responds to an article by Anna Tims on the price schoolchildren without smartphones pay on buses
26. Show HN: Entombed in a Raycaster (www.stelabouras.com)
Around a year ago (it might have been more, my memory can be spotty) I experienced the raycaster ...Continue reading →
27. Docker has always used microVMs (well since 2016) (dave.recoil.org)
Docker Desktop has always run containers inside a minimal, purpose-built VM. Here is why, and what it bought us.
28. <input type="password" maxlength="20"> prevents me from logging into Vanguard (tanin.nanakorn.com)
For the longest time, I couldn't login to my Vanguard account through web.
I reset the password maybe 3 times during the past year, and it still didn't work. I didn't have time to think about it more, so I assumed there was a glitch. I'd
I reset the password maybe 3 times during the past year, and it still didn't work. I didn't have time to think about it more, so I assumed there was a glitch. I'd
29. OKI Develops 124-Layer PCB Technology (www.oki.com)
OKI Circuit Technology, the OKI Group printed circuit board company, has successfully developed 124-layer PCB technology for wafer inspection equipment designed for next-generation high bandwidth memory, such as HBM mounted on AI semiconductors.