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A cache-friendly IPv6 LPM with AVX-512 (linearized B+-tree, real BGP benchmarks)

https://github.com/esutcu/planb-lpm

64 points

23 comments

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/21/isra...

239 points

106 comments

The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker

https://www.righto.com/2026/04/B-52-star-tracker-a...

431 points

113 comments

Sudo for Windows (2024)

https://github.com/microsoft/sudo

79 points

96 comments

Show HN: Holos – QEMU/KVM with a compose-style YAML, GPUs and health checks

https://github.com/zeroecco/holos

55 points

23 comments

How does Shazam work?

https://perthirtysix.com/how-the-heck-does-shazam-...

160 points

38 comments

Iliad fragment found in Roman-era mummy

https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75877

3 points

0 comments

Desmond Morris, 98, Dies; Zoologist Saw Links Between Humans and Apes

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/science/desmond...

8 points

1 comments

Claude Code is not making your product better

https://ethanding.substack.com/p/claude-code-is-no...

20 points

1 comments

Context Is Software, Weights Are Hardware

https://www.aravindjayendran.com/writing/context-i...

18 points

13 comments

Got personal financial, medical data you'd like to keep private? Good luck

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/04/got...

12 points

1 comments

2,100 Swiss municipalities showing which provider handles their official email

https://mxmap.ch/

236 points

69 comments

Show HN: Aide – A customizable Android assistant (voice, choose your provider)

https://aideassistant.com/

7 points

5 comments

1-Bit Hokusai's "The Great Wave"

https://www.hypertalking.com/2023/05/08/1-bit-pixe...

5 points

0 comments

A Brief History of Fish Sauce

https://www.legalnomads.com/fish-sauce/

233 points

103 comments

The Bromine Chokepoint

https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/the-bromine-...

229 points

140 comments

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USVC: A new fund by AngelList that broadens access to venture capital

Ars Technica newsroom AI policy

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Chernobyl's last wedding

A cache-friendly IPv6 LPM with AVX-512 (linearized B+-tree, real BGP benchmarks)

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank

The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker

Sudo for Windows (2024)

Show HN: Holos – QEMU/KVM with a compose-style YAML, GPUs and health checks

How does Shazam work?

Iliad fragment found in Roman-era mummy

Desmond Morris, 98, Dies; Zoologist Saw Links Between Humans and Apes

Claude Code is not making your product better

Context Is Software, Weights Are Hardware

Got personal financial, medical data you'd like to keep private? Good luck

2,100 Swiss municipalities showing which provider handles their official email

Show HN: Aide – A customizable Android assistant (voice, choose your provider)

1-Bit Hokusai's "The Great Wave"

A Brief History of Fish Sauce

The Bromine Chokepoint