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I use zip bombs to protect my server 975 by foxfired | 423 comments on Hacker News.

Someone at YouTube needs glasses 997 by jaydenmilne | 548 comments on Hacker News.

Show HN: I built a hardware processor that runs Python 916 by hwpythonner | 241 comments on Hacker News. Hi everyone, I built PyXL — a hardware processor that executes a custom assembly generated from Python programs, without using a traditional interpreter or virtual machine. It compiles Python -> CPython Bytecode -> Instruction set designed for direct hardware execution. I’m sharing an early benchmark: a GPIO test where PyXL achieves a 480ns round-trip toggle — compared to 14-25 micro seconds on a MicroPython Pyboard - even though PyXL runs at a lower clock (100MHz vs. 168MHz). The design is stack-based, fully pipelined, and preserves Python's dynamic typing without static type restrictions. I independently developed the full stack — toolchain (compiler, linker, codegen), and hardware — to validate the core idea. Full technical details will be presented at PyCon 2025. Demo and explanation here: https://ift.tt/bL9CwhV Happy to answer any questions

Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal 934 by lleims | 759 comments on Hacker News. All of Spain is without energy. All systems have shut down immediately and are not coming back. Apparently the same has happened in Portugal.

Watching o3 guess a photo's location is surreal, dystopian and entertaining 885 by simonw | 392 comments on Hacker News.

Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney 836 by coloneltcb | 760 comments on Hacker News.

A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen 899 by kwindla | 847 comments on Hacker News.

AI Horseless Carriages 818 by petekoomen | 462 comments on Hacker News.

FBI arrests judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities 872 by eterps | 734 comments on Hacker News.

Careless People 838 by Aldipower | 436 comments on Hacker News.

DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower 823 by todsacerdoti | 439 comments on Hacker News.

You wouldn't steal a font 724 by todsacerdoti | 230 comments on Hacker News.

How a 20 year old bug in GTA San Andreas surfaced in Windows 11 24H2 705 by yett | 144 comments on Hacker News.

4chan Sharty Hack And Janitor Email Leak 701 by LookAtThatBacon | 973 comments on Hacker News.

Getting Forked by Microsoft 963 by phillebaba | 528 comments on Hacker News.

Gemini 2.5 Flash 819 by meetpateltech | 422 comments on Hacker News.

Show HN: Unsure Calculator – back-of-a-napkin probabilistic calculator 853 by filiph | 156 comments on Hacker News.

CVE program faces swift end after DHS fails to renew contract 900 by healsdata | 441 comments on Hacker News.

Cursor IDE support hallucinates lockout policy, causes user cancellations 786 by scaredpelican | 272 comments on Hacker News. Earlier today Cursor, the magical AI-powered IDE started kicking users off when they logged in from multiple machines. Like,you’d be working on your desktop, switch to your laptop, and all of a sudden you're forcibly logged out. No warning, no notification, just gone. Naturally, people thought this was a new policy. So they asked support. And here’s where it gets batshit: Cursor has a support email, so users emailed them to find out. The support peson told everyone this was “expected behavior” under their new login policy. One problem. There was no support team, it was an AI designed to 'mimic human responses' That answer, totally made up by the bot, spread like wildfire. Users assumed it was real (because why wouldn’t they? It's their own support system lol), and within hours the community was in revolt. Dozens of users publicly canceled thei...

Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes 732 by impish9208 | 586 comments on Hacker News.

Googler... ex-Googler 709 by namukang | 582 comments on Hacker News.

How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia? 688 by taubek | 985 comments on Hacker News.

Google Is Winning on Every AI Front 734 by vinhnx | 575 comments on Hacker News.

The “S” in MCP Stands for Security 725 by skilldeliver | 181 comments on Hacker News.

Thank HN: The puzzle game I posted here 6 weeks ago got licensed by The Atlantic 930 by brgross | 161 comments on Hacker News.

Apache ECharts 951 by tomtomistaken | 160 comments on Hacker News.

Middle-aged man trading cards go viral in rural Japan town 759 by PaulHoule | 145 comments on Hacker News.

Standard Ebooks: liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover 913 by tosh | 187 comments on Hacker News.

What If We Made Advertising Illegal? 898 by smnrg | 733 comments on Hacker News.

The Llama 4 herd 827 by georgehill | 387 comments on Hacker News.

AI 2027 780 by Tenoke | 510 comments on Hacker News.

AnimeJs v4 Is Here 754 by adrianvoica | 105 comments on Hacker News.

An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip 745 by participant3 | 501 comments on Hacker News.

TV Garden 741 by vkdelta | 123 comments on Hacker News.

The average college student today 747 by Jyaif | 972 comments on Hacker News.

US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU 1040 by belter | 1794 comments on Hacker News.

Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator 1014 by dang | 320 comments on Hacker News. Hi all, Tom Howard is going public as HN moderator today. He has been doing HN moderation work for years already and knows the site and its practices inside-out, so the only new thing you'll see is mod comments from Tom showing up in the threads the way mine do. I'm not going anywhere, so you'll have two of us to put up with going forward :) I've known Tom since he was sctb's and my batchmate back in YC W09. Many of you know him as the kind and thoughtful community member tomhoward ( https://ift.tt/BzxpPRr ). He's still kind and thoughtful, but he's going to post as tomhow from now on ( https://ift.tt/J6TrcLU ), the same way I switched to dang when I went through this rite of passage years ago. Below is a bit from Tom about himself. Please join me in welcoming him to this new status which he was crazy enough to say yes to! --- YC and HN have been a huge part of my...