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Three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics

(openai.com/index/building-scientific-understanding-with-academic-communities/)

814 points by jonluca 10 hours ago | loading comments

The Mythical Man-Month in the Age of AI

(j11g.com/the-mythical-man-month-in-the-age-of-ai)

31 points by ilreb 2 hours ago | loading comments

The Exponential Time Hypothesis Is False [pdf]

(github.com/openai/math/blob/main/preprints/The-Exponential-Time-Hypothesis-is-False-October-25-2026/paper.pdf)

574 points by vok 10 hours ago | loading comments

A simplified proof of ETH is False [pdf]

(shivakintali.github.io/papers/ETH.pdf)

19 points by porridgeraisin an hour ago | loading comments

New 'Circadian' Subtype of Depression Affecting 1 in 4 Patients

(www.sciencealert.com/researchers-identify-new-circadian-subtype-of-depression-affecting-1-in-4-patients)

11 points by gmays 5 days ago | loading comments

Sebastian Raschka's from-scratch video course on building reasoning models

(magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/building-reasoning-models)

676 points by sgiannopoulos 17 hours ago | loading comments

Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11

(blog.enlyth.com/posts/oldest-windows-gui-app-win-11/)

391 points by enlyth 14 hours ago | loading comments

I still teach OpenGL ES 3.0

(eliasfarhan.ch/graphics/cpp/2026/01/27/why-i-teach-opengles.html)

47 points by majorchord 6 hours ago | loading comments

16-bit Windows (Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, 3.1, etc.) on 64-bit Windows

(github.com/otya128/winevdm)

80 points by doener 7 hours ago | loading comments

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Type Server Protocol

(github.com/microsoft/pylance-release/blob/main/docs/tsp/type-server-protocol.md)

233 points by adamnemecek 14 hours ago | loading comments

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Cross-request KV cache exposure in the GLM-5.3 Workers AI model (155 responses)

(blog.cloudflare.com/kv-cache-exposure-remediation/)

125 points by wondersky 9 hours ago | loading comments

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CSS-Tricks has a new owner

(css-tricks.com/css-tricks-has-a-new-owner/)

441 points by edent 16 hours ago | loading comments

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Writing about pratt parsing so I remember it

(www.unix.dog/~yosh/blog/2026-10-25_pratt-parsing.html)

12 points by dverlaeckt80 2 hours ago | loading comments

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Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear

(www.bbc.com/future/article/20261023-how-solar-became-bigger-than-nuclear)

260 points by geox 17 hours ago | loading comments

15.

A Printer Printing onto Paper

(twitter.com/macrofying/status/2112904628509528219)

113 points by MrBuddyCasino 4 days ago | loading comments

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Chemists, Chemical Engineers, and Plant Managers

(www.seeingthesystem.com/p/chemists-chemical-engineers-and-plant)

7 points by TinyBig 5 days ago | loading comments

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APC says let there be light, with standards to speed up photonics manufacturing

(www.nextplatform.com/connect/2026/10/23/apc-says-let-there-be-light-with-raft-of-standards-to-speed-up-photonics-manufacturing/5304950)

32 points by rbanffy 2 days ago | loading comments

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Txoko: Basques' traditional feast a gastronomic peek into a culture (2024)

(johnhendersontravel.com/txoko/)

15 points by jxub 4 days ago | loading comments

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Nietzschian Debugger

(github.com/DilawarShafiq/nietzschian-debugger)

168 points by dilawargopang 15 hours ago | loading comments

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New iPad mini

(www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/apple-gives-ipad-mini-its-biggest-update-ever/)

189 points by soheilpro 19 hours ago | loading comments

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How to grow a cacao tree at home (2024)

(www.cocoterra.com/guide-on-how-to-grow-chocolate-at-home/)

55 points by felipevb a day ago | loading comments

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A Man from the Future: Why Johnny Can't Stop Abstracting

(muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-man-from-future-why-johnny-cant.html)

160 points by aray07 14 hours ago | loading comments

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Anthropic S-1

(www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2130357/000162828026067168/anthropicpbc-sx1.htm)

1589 points by SiNTEx 19 hours ago | loading comments

24.

Websites Should Be Printable

(brennenputh.me/blog/printable-websites/)

321 points by bagatelle 21 hours ago | loading comments

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Blaise Pascal invented fixed route public transport (2024)

(humantransit.org/2024/12/one-of-the-greatest-inventions-in-the-history-of-human-transport.html)

281 points by skadamat 5 days ago | loading comments

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Virtual and Real World Combine at LAN Party (1998)

(www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-10-mn-11870-story.html)

43 points by npunt 2 days ago | loading comments

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LISPy things you can do in 64K bytes of core (2019)

(t3x.org/lisp64k/index.html)

53 points by andsoitis 2 days ago | loading comments

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SIMD-accelerated computer vision on a $2 microcontroller

(shraiwi.com/blog/simd-fast-esp32s3/)

199 points by zdw a day ago | loading comments

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GPT-6.1 Terra

(openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-1-terra/)

576 points by meetpateltech 14 hours ago | loading comments

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Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce

(www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/microsoft-offers-mass-buyouts-for-roughly-a-quarter-of-its-workforce/)

907 points by doctorzook 16 hours ago | loading comments