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So Long and Thanks for All the Words: A Toast to Douglas Adams

https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com/blog/adams-...

Briar: Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging

https://briarproject.org/how-it-works/

Transformers Without Normalization

https://jiachenzhu.github.io/DyT/

RubyLLM: A delightful Ruby way to work with AI

https://github.com/crmne/ruby_llm

Show HN: Metacheck – preview how any link appears on social media and chat apps

https://metacheck.appstate.co/

Tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action Compromised – used by over 23K repos

https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/harden-runner-det...

Athena landed in a dark crater where the temperature was -280° F / -173° C

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/athena-lande...

Show HN: Fashion Shopping with Nearest Neighbors

https://vibewall.shop/

Why do transit agencies keep falling for the hydrogen bus myth?

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/13/why-do-transi...

Kerning, the Hard Way

https://home.octetfont.com/blog/kerning-hard.html

A Polyomino Tiling Algorithm (2018)

https://gfredericks.com/blog/99

Mayo Clinic's secret weapon against AI hallucinations: Reverse RAG in action

https://venturebeat.com/ai/mayo-clinic-secret-weap...

I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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Decrypting encrypted files from Akira ransomware using a bunch of GPUs

https://tinyhack.com/2025/03/13/decrypting-encrypt...

The curious surge of productivity in U.S. restaurants

https://bfi.uchicago.edu/working-papers/the-curiou...

Ozempic for Sleep

https://isaak.net/sleepless/

Ask HN: Any insider takes on Yann LeCun's push against current architectures?

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Hexagon Spiral Coordinates

https://www.redblobgames.com/blog/2025-03-12-hexag...

Amazon Is Discontinuing the "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" Feature on Echo

https://www.resetera.com/threads/amazon-is-discont...

Decoding JSON sum types in Go without panicking

https://nicolashery.com/decoding-json-sum-types-in...

'Once in a Century' Proof Settles Math's Kakeya Conjecture

https://www.quantamagazine.org/once-in-a-century-p...

Atul Gawande: Hundreds of Thousands Will Die

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-r...

For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/techn...

D-Wave quantum annealers solve problems classical algorithms struggle with

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/d-wave-qua...

Using a graphics tablet as a programming tool (2018)

https://jeandavidmoisan.com/posts/using-a-graphics...

Block Diffusion: Interpolating between autoregressive and diffusion models

https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.09573

Can a Geothermal Startup Vaporize Rock to Drill the Deepest Holes?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/can-a-geot...

How many artists' careers did the Beatles kill?

https://www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/how-many-artis...

How to learn a new language like a baby

https://theconversation.com/how-to-learn-a-languag...

The Day Hobie Made Nixon a Surfboard

https://www.surfer.com/culture/the-day-hobie-made-...