01
Lead
Techemails
techemails.com
WEIRD
Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker
Public discussion spiked. A business model is optional.
Why it's here
- Lobsters: score 150 — “Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker”
Archive
Viral 50 ·
A preserved board. Movement is compared with the previous saved day, when one exists.
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02
↑ 17
Cow Wm
cow-wm.codeberg.page
WEIRD
CoW — a stacking window manager for Wayland
It escaped one corner of the internet and kept walking.
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- Lobsters: score 127 — “CoW — a stacking window manager for Wayland”
03
↑ 15
Derekthompson
derekthompson.org
WEIRD
Everybody’s home. No one’s coming over
The timeline got there first. Productivity can wait.
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- Hacker News: 798 points, 708 comments — “Everybody’s home. No one’s coming over”
04
New
America
america.gov
WEIRD
America.gov
Public discussion spiked. A business model is optional.
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- Hacker News: 653 points, 539 comments — “America.gov”
05
New
EFF
eff.org
NEWS
DraftKings is using AI to behaviorally target chronic gamblers
A drone rule, a court, and the people who record things.
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- Hacker News: 545 points, 409 comments — “DraftKings is using AI to behaviorally target chronic gamblers”
06
↑ 41
Spectrum
spectrum.ieee.org
WEIRD
How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent
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- Hacker News: 542 points, 299 comments — “How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent”
07
New
Squareorbits
squareorbits.com
WEIRD
macOS Golden Gate Is a Buggy Mess
It escaped one corner of the internet and kept walking.
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- Hacker News: 462 points, 340 comments — “macOS Golden Gate Is a Buggy Mess”
08
↑ 24
Tomshardware
tomshardware.com
WEIRD
US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS
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- Hacker News: 381 points, 381 comments — “US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS”
09
↑ 15
Jorgegarciaherrero
jorgegarciaherrero.com
WEIRD
A Privacy Analysis of Web and Mobile Conversational AI Agents [pdf]
It escaped one corner of the internet and kept walking.
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- Hacker News: 419 points, 136 comments — “A Privacy Analysis of Web and Mobile Conversational AI Agents [pdf]”
10
New
Tomwojcik
tomwojcik.com
WEIRD
September 2026: The world today, as seen by one Polish guy
The timeline got there first. Productivity can wait.
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- Hacker News: 377 points, 252 comments — “September 2026: The world today, as seen by one Polish guy”
11
New
Compiler
compiler.club
DEV
Aho-Corasick Algorithm
People are arguing about it. That is the entire metric.
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- Lobsters: score 48 — “Aho-Corasick Algorithm”
12
New
Wolfgirl
wolfgirl.dev
DEV
Pining for Arc Downcasting in Rust
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- Lobsters: score 45 — “Pining for Arc Downcasting in Rust”
13
New
Prospect
prospect.org
WEIRD
Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man?
People are arguing about it. That is the entire metric.
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- Hacker News: 186 points, 165 comments — “Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man?”
- Hacker News: 91 points, 111 comments — “The End of a Fair Price: Dynamic Pricing and the Normalization of Gouging”
14
New
Lucumr
lucumr.pocoo.org
DEV
Deser: Rethinking Rust Serialization
It escaped one corner of the internet and kept walking.
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- Hacker News: 64 points, 7 comments — “Deser: Rethinking Rust Serialization”
- Lobsters: score 34 — “Deser: Rethinking Rust Serialization”
15
New
Nnethercote
nnethercote.github.io
DEV
How to speed up the Rust compiler in September 2026
The timeline got there first. Productivity can wait.
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- Lobsters: score 40 — “How to speed up the Rust compiler in September 2026”
16
New
Tcl Lang
tcl-lang.org
WEIRD
Tcl/Tk 9.1
Unusual attention. No visitor count attached, on purpose.
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- Hacker News: 284 points, 131 comments — “Tcl/Tk 9.1”
17
New
Space
space.bl2.net
WEIRD
Show HN: Real-time Solar System with 526k asteroids and all tracked satellites
People are arguing about it. That is the entire metric.
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- Hacker News: 297 points, 73 comments — “Show HN: Real-time Solar System with 526k asteroids and all tracked satellites”
18
New
Cbc
cbc.ca
WEIRD
1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds
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- Hacker News: 270 points, 140 comments — “1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds”
19
New
Reecoute
reecoute.fr
WEIRD
My experience writing automated tests for a SPA
Unusual attention. No visitor count attached, on purpose.
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- Lobsters: score 37 — “My experience writing automated tests for a SPA”
20
New
Thenationalnews
thenationalnews.com
WEIRD
AI needs $6T in annual revenue to justify data centre boom
Unusual attention. No visitor count attached, on purpose.
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- Hacker News: 210 points, 305 comments — “AI needs $6T in annual revenue to justify data centre boom”
21
New
Postalemployeenetwork
postalemployeenetwork.com
WEIRD
U.S. postal inspectors shut down website selling counterfeit postage labels
Unusual attention. No visitor count attached, on purpose.
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- Hacker News: 247 points, 144 comments — “U.S. postal inspectors shut down website selling counterfeit postage labels”
22
New
Aviationweek
aviationweek.com
WEIRD
NASA asked several former SR-71A staffers to help secret restart
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- Hacker News: 222 points, 213 comments — “NASA asked several former SR-71A staffers to help secret restart”
23
New
Earendil
earendil.com
WEIRD
Pi.dev: You Said No MCP
People are arguing about it. That is the entire metric.
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- Hacker News: 246 points, 113 comments — “Pi.dev: You Said No MCP”
24
New
Backblaze
backblaze.com
WEIRD
Backblaze drive stats for Q2 2026
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- Hacker News: 233 points, 72 comments — “Backblaze drive stats for Q2 2026”
25
New
Motif Central
motif-central.org
WEIRD
MotifCentral - All Things Motif/Xt/Xlib
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- Lobsters: score 31 — “MotifCentral - All Things Motif/Xt/Xlib”
26
New
Theregister
theregister.com
WEIRD
Google ending ChromeOS support two years early
It escaped one corner of the internet and kept walking.
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- Hacker News: 205 points, 138 comments — “Google ending ChromeOS support two years early”
27
↑ 6
Oilprice
oilprice.com
WEIRD
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Falls to Lowest Level Since 1982
It escaped one corner of the internet and kept walking.
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- Hacker News: 180 points, 228 comments — “U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Falls to Lowest Level Since 1982”
28
New
Cacm
cacm.acm.org
WEIRD
AI Didn’t Make Programming Easier. It Just Made It Differently Difficult
Public discussion spiked. A business model is optional.
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- Lobsters: score 27 — “AI Didn’t Make Programming Easier. It Just Made It Differently Difficult”
29
New
Mechanicalrabbit
mechanicalrabbit.github.io
DEV
Two Kinds of SQL Query Builders
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- Lobsters: score 26 — “Two Kinds of SQL Query Builders”
30
New
Postmarketos
postmarketos.org
WEIRD
Nura (postmarketOS): The road to daily-drivable mainline phones
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- Lobsters: score 26 — “Nura (postmarketOS): The road to daily-drivable mainline phones”
31
New
Hereticpleb
hereticpleb.vercel.app
TOOLS
Needed 1+1, built a functional programming language
People are arguing about it. That is the entire metric.
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- Hacker News: 125 points, 47 comments — “Needed 1+1, built a functional programming language”
- Hacker News: 50 points, 47 comments — “LinkedIn Larpmaxxing”
32
New
Blog
blog.conan.io
WEIRD
Using any C++ library in Godot
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- Hacker News: 166 points, 64 comments — “Using any C++ library in Godot”
33
New
Statmodeling
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
WEIRD
Nicholas Polson has authored 258 academic papers in 2026 so far
Unusual attention. No visitor count attached, on purpose.
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- Hacker News: 146 points, 108 comments — “Nicholas Polson has authored 258 academic papers in 2026 so far”
34
New
Electrek
electrek.co
WEIRD
Tesla takes on $30B in credit as it approaches unprofitability
It escaped one corner of the internet and kept walking.
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- Hacker News: 130 points, 157 comments — “Tesla takes on $30B in credit as it approaches unprofitability”
35
New
Appleinsider
appleinsider.com
AI
Unsurprisingly, Meta's new Muse AI agent blatantly ignores users permissions
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- Hacker News: 158 points, 41 comments — “Unsurprisingly, Meta's new Muse AI agent blatantly ignores users permissions”
36
New
Frostyard
frostyard.github.io
DEV
Show HN: NSL – WSL for Linux
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- Hacker News: 145 points, 92 comments — “Show HN: NSL – WSL for Linux”
37
New
Jardo
jardo.dev
DEV
Hardly Promethean
People are arguing about it. That is the entire metric.
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- Lobsters: score 21 — “Hardly Promethean”
38
New
Withouthotair
withouthotair.com
WEIRD
Sustainable energy without the hot air (2008)
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- Hacker News: 145 points, 85 comments — “Sustainable energy without the hot air (2008)”
39
New
Ely Gpui
ely-gpui.zacharyzhang.com
WEIRD
A component library for GPUI, in light and dark. Every component runs live in the browser.
The timeline got there first. Productivity can wait.
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- GitHub: ZacharyZhang-NY/Ely-GPUI-Components has 164 stars and links here
40
New
Exyr
exyr.org
WEIRD
Solving Factorio Quality
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- Hacker News: 153 points, 42 comments — “Solving Factorio Quality”
41
New
Magazine
magazine.sebastianraschka.com
WEIRD
Language models for text classification: From bag-of-words to Jev
It escaped one corner of the internet and kept walking.
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- Hacker News: 155 points, 7 comments — “Language models for text classification: From bag-of-words to Jev”
42
New
Railcode
railcode.dev
DEV
How our vibe coded website looks like a designer made it
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- Hacker News: 121 points, 68 comments — “How our vibe coded website looks like a designer made it”
43
New
Gamersnexus
gamersnexus.net
WEIRD
Memory Companies Have Destroyed the Consumer Market
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- Hacker News: 114 points, 95 comments — “Memory Companies Have Destroyed the Consumer Market”
44
New
Theconversation
theconversation.com
WEIRD
When oil prices spike, where does the money go?
Unusual attention. No visitor count attached, on purpose.
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- Hacker News: 112 points, 98 comments — “When oil prices spike, where does the money go?”
45
New
Blog
blog.mozilla.org
CREATIVE
The new Firefox design is here
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- Hacker News: 95 points, 145 comments — “The new Firefox design is here”
46
New
Nltimes
nltimes.nl
WEIRD
Most data centers refusing to say how much water, electricity they use
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- Hacker News: 104 points, 95 comments — “Most data centers refusing to say how much water, electricity they use”
47
New
Lfm
lfm.xiffy.nl
WEIRD
RSS Feeds for Last.fm
Public discussion spiked. A business model is optional.
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- Hacker News: 98 points, 29 comments — “RSS Feeds for Last.fm”
48
New
Blog
blog.nns.ee
TOOLS
Getting root on OnePlus 15 from an untrusted app
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- Lobsters: score 13 — “Getting root on OnePlus 15 from an untrusted app”
49
New
Devforum
devforum.play.date
GAMES
Dirty Optimization Secrets (C for Playdate)
People are arguing about it. That is the entire metric.
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- Lobsters: score 12 — “Dirty Optimization Secrets (C for Playdate)”
50
New
Artificial Analysis
artificialanalysis.ai
AI
GPT-6.1 Sol replaces GPT-6 Sol after just 7 days, with near-Astra intelligence
The spreadsheet people use to decide which oracle to trust this week.
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- Hacker News: 64 points, 81 comments — “GPT-6.1 Sol replaces GPT-6 Sol after just 7 days, with near-Astra intelligence”