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3151.

Rickey Henderson, Baseball's Flamboyant 'Man of Steal,' Dies at 65 (nytimes.com)

12 points by mitchbob on Dec 21, 2024 | 3 comments

3152.

XDG Base Directory Specification (specifications.freedesktop.org)

12 points by arunc on Dec 23, 2024 | 3 comments

3153.

The most stunning portrait that I have ever seen (bbc.com)

12 points by cc101 on Dec 28, 2024 | 3 comments

3154.

From Pegasus to Predator – The Evolution of Commercial Spyware on iOS (Relive) [video] (media.ccc.de)

12 points by doener on Dec 28, 2024 | 3 comments

3155.

Pirate Party – a political party in Iceland (and in many other countries) (en.wikipedia.org)

12 points by alentred on Dec 29, 2024 | 3 comments

3156.

Painstaking work to conserve Ireland's oldest paper documents begins (theguardian.com)

12 points by bookofjoe on Dec 30, 2024 | 3 comments

3157.

Apple Speaks the Truth About AI. It's Not Good (medium.com)

12 points by mgh2 on Dec 1, 2024 | 2 comments

3158.

A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Be One of the Most Foreseeable Catastrophes in History (nytimes.com)

12 points by Anon84 on Dec 1, 2024 | 2 comments

3159.

Show HN: Simtown: A 2D Role-Playing Game Where Characters Talk, Move, and Act (app.simtown.ai)

12 points by syzmony on Dec 1, 2024 | 2 comments

3160.

Positioning single atoms with a scanning tunnelling microscope (1990) (nature.com)

12 points by sandwichsphinx on Dec 2, 2024 | 2 comments

3161.

The Art of Failure Analysis 2024 (spectrum.ieee.org)

12 points by rbanffy on Dec 2, 2024 | 2 comments

3162.

Russia uses civilians as 'target practice' for killer drones (ft.com)

12 points by metabagel on Dec 4, 2024 | 2 comments

3163.

Return To Office mandates and brain drain (papers.ssrn.com)

12 points by ssivark on Dec 4, 2024 | 2 comments

3164.

UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down (theguardian.com)

12 points by n1b0m on Dec 7, 2024 | 2 comments

3165.

The Death of the Stubborn Developer (steve-yegge.medium.com)

12 points by Uhhrrr on Dec 11, 2024 | 2 comments

3166.

Reentry, by Eric Berger (thepsmiths.com)

12 points by davidvaughan on Dec 11, 2024 | 2 comments

3167.

FBI Official Reluctantly Touts Encryption Due to Chinese Hack of US Telecoms (techdirt.com)

12 points by hn_acker on Dec 11, 2024 | 2 comments

3168.

Founder who built Snap's AI launches a snappy new take on video chatbots (techcrunch.com)

12 points by jeffspinny on Dec 11, 2024 | 2 comments

3169.

Meta Urges California Attorney General to Stop OpenAI from Becoming For-Profit (wsj.com)

12 points by jack_hanford on Dec 14, 2024 | 2 comments

3170.

People who refused to go back to the office and lost their jobs (wsj.com)

12 points by rustoo on Dec 15, 2024 | 2 comments

3171.

Meta joins forces with Elon Musk to try to block OpenAI's for-profit transition (siliconangle.com)

12 points by kungfudoi on Dec 16, 2024 | 2 comments

3172.

Making Apple Watch functional with Android (github.com)

12 points by thunderbong on Dec 17, 2024 | 2 comments

3173.

Effectful – Build Fast and Reliable Haskell Applications (haskell-effectful.github.io)

12 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 17, 2024 | 2 comments

3174.

Mozilla partners with Ecosia for a better web (blog.mozilla.org)

12 points by raybb on Dec 17, 2024 | 2 comments

3175.

Building Anthropic: A conversation with our co-founders [video] (youtube.com)

12 points by ingve on Dec 20, 2024 | 2 comments

3176.

Show HN: Zipshare – one-step Android screen sharing for support teams (getzipshare.com)

12 points by mlaux on Dec 18, 2024 | 2 comments

3177.

Elon Musk doubles down on support for Afd (bloomberg.com)

12 points by dlx on Dec 28, 2024 | 2 comments

3178.

The rock houses of England's last cave people (bbc.co.uk)

12 points by gnufx on Dec 25, 2024 | 2 comments

3179.

Show HN: GitHub repository through a Podcast (gitpodcast.com)

12 points by mkagenius on Dec 31, 2024 | 2 comments

3180.

Show HN: Convert your text or CSV to infographics to 10x the engagement (chartsnotchapters.com)

12 points by lyogavin on Dec 2, 2024 | 1 comments