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How to Install Windows NT 4 Server on Proxmox (Score: 150+ in 19 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v3G7
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v3G7
At Amazon, some coders say their jobs have begun to resemble warehouse work (Score: 151+ in 8 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v4qy
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Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai collapses into insolvency (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v2ki
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v2ki
AI, Heidegger, and Evangelion (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v2yU
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Live facial recognition cameras may become 'commonplace' as police use soars (Score: 150+ in 19 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v2Sq
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v2Sq
Peer Programming with LLMs, for Senior+ Engineers (Score: 150+ in 20 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v2ub
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v2ub
Positional preferences, order effects, prompt sensitivity undermine AI judgments (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uYrE
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uYrE
Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears (Score: 153+ in 4 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v3qB
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v3qB
Good Writing (Score: 150+ in 9 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v2Dc
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v2Dc
The world of Japan's PC-98 computer (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uZ2p
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uZ2p
Show HN: DoubleMemory – more efficient local-first read-it-later app (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uYFD
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uYFD
DoubleMemory started as an experiment to see if I can somehow automatically save all double cmd + c, as I often do instinctively, so I don't need extensions to save links and text into an app, and avoiding flooding the capture history as regular clipboard managers does.
My motivation was not to create a read-it-later app, yet it evolved into this unique yet cohesive form of a read-it-later + bookmarking organizer + clipboard manager + card based note-taking app over the last 6 months. It also launches from the menu bar with a shortcut and navigates with keyboard shortcuts. My favorite part is instead of rendering a list of article titles, everything is rendered as pretty preview cards in a translucent Pinterest-like mood board. It also has a nifty iOS app, that will allow you to swipe with your thumbs between articles just like on iOS Safari...
Now that Pocket is closing, this is after Instapaper going back to indie and Omnivore and UpNext and numerous others closing over the years. All of these are cloud-hosted services, which got me reflecting: maybe this local-first architecture would be well positioned to build in this space.
Here is my not-so-scientific comparison:
## Domain
$10 vs $1M = 100,000x difference.
## Server running cost
No servers other than what's running by iCloud vs $1M per year = 1mX difference
## Platforms
Apple only (mac + iphone + ipad) vs Multi platforms (windows, linux, android also supported) = 20X maintenance cost difference
## Capturing
No browser extensions required v.s. maintain all extensions for various browsers and extension stores = 5x difference
## Architecture
App receives the link, Apple generates the rich preview cards for thousands of different types of links, app caches these preview cards.
vs.
Someone write some custom code for each link type or with Open Graph, one designer created one generic card that works for all links.
=
100x cost difference.
I know, Apple is coming for clipboards with more restrictions, which is basically a shared global state on Mac systems, DoubleMemory does also support other ways to capture: drag-n-drop to app/menubar icon/app icon, right click->Services menu, or Share sheet. We will add more auto-importers.
Also vibe coded some importers for Pocket, Omnivore and ReadWise here: https://doublememory.com/posts/tools
Everything in the app is free with no limits. Capturing is really step 0. You giving us a chance to save your content, doesn't mean you are getting any values out of it (ain't that the typical story of read-it-later apps? save-it and never-read-it). the eventual goal is to easily retrieve these content, and eventually consuming them. I hope to eventually launch paid features that aligns with these value generating workflows.
App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doublememory/id6737529034
Let me know what you think...
Show HN: Genetic Boids Web Simulation (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uYPR
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Show HN: I built a more productive way to manage AI chats (Score: 150+ in 23 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uYZt
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Show HN: Rotary Phone Dial Linux Kernel Driver (🔥 Score: 150+ in 3 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v2pd
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v2pd
A Linux kernel driver that turns a rotary phone dial into an evdev input device. You might be interested in this driver if you
- prefer the slow pace of dialing over typing numbers with your numpad,
- want to bring your old rotary phone into the digital era,
- are an educator looking for a simple example driver with a VM-based end-to-end development & test environment (no real hardware needed)
- have another creative use case in mind!
This driver was my introduction to embedded Linux years ago—and ultimately led to my career. However, it remained unfinished and unpublished until now. Initially, I intended to reimplement the driver in Rust to explore the state of the Rust for Linux project. Unfortunately, I soon realized that the necessary bindings simply are not available yet, so that part will have to wait.
Writing A Job Runner (In Elixir) (Again) (10 years later) (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uXt4
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uXt4
Denmark to raise retirement age to 70 (🔥 Score: 150+ in 3 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v4YP
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v4YP
Lottie is an open format for animated vector graphics (Score: 151+ in 4 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v4KA
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v4KA
Sketchy Calendar (❄️ Score: 150+ in 2 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uWne
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uWne
Lone coder cracks 50-year puzzle to find Boggle's top-scoring board (Score: 151+ in 17 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v34w
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v34w
Claude 4 System Card (Score: 153+ in 5 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v42A
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v42A
Why old games never die, but new ones do (Score: 151+ in 12 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v3nP
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v3nP
Hong Kong's Famous Bamboo Scaffolding Hangs on (For Now) (Score: 151+ in 14 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v2iF
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v2iF
Tachy0n: The Last 0day Jailbreak (Score: 150+ in 5 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v3dn
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v3dn
Reinvent the Wheel (Score: 152+ in 4 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v3eM
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v3eM
The Xenon Death Flash: How a Camera Nearly Killed the Raspberry Pi 2 (Score: 150+ in 9 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v2ip
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v2ip
You're a little company, now act like one (Score: 152+ in 6 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v2By
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v2By
I used o3 to find a remote zeroday in the Linux SMB implementation (Score: 161+ in 6 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6v2yL
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6v2yL
Ask HN: Go deep into AI/LLMs or just use them as tools? (Score: 151+ in 11 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/c/6uZUr
I'm a software engineer with a solid full-stack background and web development. With all the noise around LLMs and AI, I’m undecided between two paths:
1. Invest time in learning the internals of AI/LLMs, maybe even switching fields and working on them
2. Continue focusing on what I’m good at, like building polished web apps and treat AI as just another tool in my toolbox
I’m mostly trying to cut through the hype. Is this another bubble that might burst or consolidate into fewer jobs long-term? Or is it a shift that’s worth betting a pivot on?
Curious how others are approaching this—especially folks who’ve made a similar decision recently.
How to Make a Living as a Writer (Score: 150+ in 11 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uZKF
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uZKF
Caesar's Last Breath (Score: 152+ in 20 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uXXb
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uXXb