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31.
Global demand for sand spawned a worldwide boom in illegal mining (2015) (wired.com)
77 points by EndXA 21 days ago | 29 comments
32.
Some conservationists are helping to restore Africa’s wild dog populations (smithsonianmag.com)
78 points by speckx 19 days ago | 33 comments
33.
Interactive Warhammer 40k Galaxy Map (cartographia40k.com)
162 points by gbxyz 19 days ago | 59 comments
34.
Stopping the smart TV from being used against you (s-config.com)
205 points by speckx 18 days ago | 162 comments
35.
Bootstrappable Builds: How and Why (lwn.net)
100 points by signa11 19 days ago | 60 comments
36.
EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws (epa.gov)
260 points by Levitating 19 days ago | 264 comments
37.
Barrier lake continues to pose flood risk, China warns (kathmandupost.com)
90 points by r721 19 days ago | 23 comments
38.
Climate change is strengthening El Niño, coral records suggest (science.org)
121 points by shymaple 19 days ago | 126 comments
39.
USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida (cbsaustin.com)
125 points by cocacola1 19 days ago | 85 comments
40.
 [flagged] Chicken products recalled in five states due to “false marks of inspection” (thehealthy.com)
198 points by randycupertino 18 days ago | 168 comments
41.
Show HN: SubSmith – Turn your own videos into language-learning material (subsmith.app)
78 points by IbrahimF96 19 days ago | 51 comments
42.
Show HN: Sesame - a local-first, open-source password manager (usesesame.app)
66 points by d0mkaaa 18 days ago | 85 comments
43.
Interactive pattern discovery in binaries (FF-16-TUI) (github.com/hexlasso)
37 points by HexLasso 19 days ago | 3 comments
44.
HTTPX2 – A next-generation HTTP client for Python (github.com/pydantic)
132 points by tosh 19 days ago | 43 comments
45.
I used AWS cognito for a startup. I wouldn't do it again (joshkaramuth.com)
193 points by speckx 19 days ago | 132 comments
46.
Sloc Cloc and Code 4.0 (scc) – Finding the files that need the most attention (boyter.org)
46 points by boyter 23 days ago | 14 comments
47.
Please stop flooding our projects with AI slop to furnish your CV (neilalexander.dev)
213 points by signa11 19 days ago | 144 comments
48.
Show HN: IndexFlow – Open-source indexing infrastructure built with Rust (github.com/indexflowing)
22 points by mandarinclips 19 days ago | 6 comments
49.
Bhartrhari's Paradox (futilitycloset.com)
61 points by surprisetalk 19 days ago | 79 comments
50.
Debugging my new network, when 10 Gigabit Ethernet Runs at 300 Megabits (hanselman.com)
102 points by speckx 19 days ago | 60 comments
51.
“Weird” is a weird word (deadlanguagesociety.com)
91 points by pseudolus 19 days ago | 33 comments
52.
Don't use musl if you care about performance (brokk.ai)
109 points by jbellis 19 days ago | 77 comments
53.
Run Qwen3.8 27B locally: real numbers from my Mac Studio (terminalbytes.com)
140 points by speckx 19 days ago | 99 comments
54.
How Dactyl Works (dactyl.dev)
72 points by anorak27 19 days ago | 16 comments
55.
The Analytical AI Handbook (sutro.sh)
49 points by sethkim 19 days ago | 2 comments
56.
Autistici/Inventati's main .org domain goes dark after US terrorism designation (bida.im)
147 points by subvol 19 days ago | 108 comments
57.
ALMA Reveals Long-Lived Hotspots on Betelgeuse's Bubbling Surface (almaobservatory.org)
40 points by layer8 19 days ago | 4 comments
58.
Corporate profits hit highest share since WWII, as worker payouts wilt (ft.com)
138 points by marojejian 19 days ago | 55 comments
59.
Police officer arrested after tracking ex-girlfriend on Flock over 2k times (cnn.com)
104 points by cocacola1 19 days ago | 30 comments
60.
Advertisers Could Soon Demand 'Verified Clicks' (amediaoperator.com)
37 points by thm 19 days ago | 64 comments

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