‘Virtual OS Museum’ Lets You Try 570 Extinct Operating Systems
You can try 570 extinct operating systems at a new “virtual museum,” according to a new article by ZDNet. Their reporter downloaded the ancient OS NeXTStep, and was “shocked” by how easy it was to run it, “and by the sheer number of operating systems to choose from.”
Essentially, what you do is download a zipped file, unzip it, change into the newly c … ⌘ Read more
1-Bit Bonsai Image 4B Image Generation for Local Devices
Article URL: https://prismml.com/news/bonsai-image-4b
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48346257
Points: 7
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Ohio Suspends Data Center Tax Break as Opposition Grows
The state of Ohio — one of America’s hot regions for data center construction — “is suspending a tax break that has been critical to its competition with other states,” reports the Associated Press.
The move “comes as tax breaks for energy-hungry AI data centers are increasingly playing a role in state budgets,” the article points out. But they also note the expan … ⌘ Read more
The people who actually want AI to replace humanity
Article URL: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/489976/ai-successionism-transhumanism-posthumanism
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345881
Points: 27
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I Put a Datacenter GPU in My Gaming PC for £200
Article URL: https://blog.tymscar.com/posts/v100localllm/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345694
Points: 7
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United Airlines 767 Returns to Newark After Bluetooth Name Sparks Alert
Article URL: https://simpleflying.com/united-airlines-767-returns-newark-bluetooth-name-alert/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345248
Points: 8
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Dav2d
Article URL: https://jbkempf.com/blog/2026/dav2d/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48344961
Points: 6
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Show HN: The Tired Engineer
Article URL: https://www.thetiredengineer.com/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48344930
Points: 3
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London’s Free Roof Terraces
Article URL: https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2026/05/londons-free-roof-terraces.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343714
Points: 5
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Telli (YC F24) is hiring in engineering, design, and GTM [Berlin, on-site]
Article URL: https://hi.telli.com/join-us
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343635
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Show HN: Komi-learn – continuous memory and self-improvement for coding agents
Article URL: https://github.com/kurikomi-labs/komi-learn
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343216
Points: 3
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Ahoy, DECmate II the little PDP-8 that could
Article URL: http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/05/ahoy-decmate-ii-little-pdp-8-that-could.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343078
Points: 3
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Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software – Rsync
Article URL: https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/issues/929
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48342705
Points: 13
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Anyone can build a platform now. Almost nobody can get people to find it
Article URL: https://claudefolio.com/blog/anyone-can-build-a-platform-now-almost-nobody-can-get-people-to-find-it
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48342097
Points: 20
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Microsoft degrades functionality of perpetually-licensed offline products
Article URL: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Microsoft_Office_2019_and_2021_for_Mac_view-only_conversion_(2026)
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48341578
Points: 14
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Custom Errors Are Non-Negotiable in My Rust Applications
Article URL: https://tristonarmstrong.com/blog/custom-errors-are-non-negotiable-in-my-rust-applications
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48341505
Points: 3
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Cheese Paper: a text editor specifically designed for writing
Article URL: https://brie.gay/cheese-paper/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48341407
Points: 12
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Republicans are trying to kill science in this country
Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5828768/science-funding-cuts-nih-trump-administration
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340944
Points: 13
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Kore: Binary File Format Optimized for Modern Data Systems (Open Source)
Article URL: https://github.com/arunkatherashala/Kore
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340528
Points: 4
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Domain expertise has always been the real moat
Article URL: https://www.brethorsting.com/blog/2026/05/domain-expertise-has-always-been-the-real-moat/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340411
Points: 5
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Dusklight – GC Twilight Princess Decompiled
Article URL: https://twilitrealm.dev/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340262
Points: 5
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Parallel Reconstruction of Lawful TLS Wiretapping
Article URL: https://remyhax.xyz/posts/reproducing-lawful-tls-wiretapping/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48339943
Points: 3
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Jef Raskin, the Visionary Behind the Mac
Article URL: https://lowendmac.com/2013/jef-raskin-the-visionary-behind-the-mac/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48339894
Points: 7
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Ernst & Young published cybersecurity report full of hallucinations
Article URL: https://gptzero.me/investigations/ey
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48339580
Points: 16
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Hormuz crisis side effect: a sharp rise in container shipping rates
Article URL: https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1157327/Hormuz-crisis-side-effect-a-sharp-rise-in-container-shipping-rates
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48339180
Points: 5
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Zig ELF Linker Improvements Devlog
Article URL: https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-05-30
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48338673
Points: 24
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OpenRouter raises $113M Series B
Article URL: https://openrouter.ai/announcements/series-b
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48338660
Points: 60
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Microcode inside the Intel 8087 floating-point chip: register exchange
Article URL: https://www.righto.com/2026/05/microcode-inside-intel-8087-floating.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48338656
Points: 10
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Tokyo wants you to wear shorts to work. Say no
By Gearoid Reidy
Japan has long relied on innovation to beat the heat. From the invention of sensu fans that could be folded up into a kimono in the Heian era more than 1,200 years ago, to parasols, which in recent years have found users among men as well as women, the country has learned to adapt. ⌘ Read more
My Net Worth: Andrew Lance, Simplicity CIO
Simplicity co-founder and chief investment officer Andrew Lance moved to New Zealand after more than 10 years working in the City of London bond market for investment banks during the Big Bang. He held a variety of roles in New Zealand before co-founding financial services provider Simplicity with Sam Stubbs in 2016.
I was born and raised in West London, grew up in a very middle-class family. Dad worked at a law firm; mum was or … ⌘ Read more
Ferrari launches $1m, Jony Ive-designed, glass-clad electric speedster
By Stephen Wilmot
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The man behind some of NZ’s best-known companies reveals his inspiration for success
You might not know of Grant Baker, yet you’ve heard of his businesses. Bluestar, 42 Below, Turners, the list goes on.
His record speaks for itself in his newly published autobiography, yet there is plenty more [to learn about the man](https://b … ⌘ Read more
RBG: Of Many, One – ‘Sharp, intelligent and emotionally bruising’
Auckland Theatre Company’s 2026 season continues, in collaboration with Sydney Theatre Company, with RBG: Of Many, One, written by Suzie Miller and directed by Priscilla Jackman.
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Werner Herzog in conversation with Paul Cronin (2014)
Article URL: https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2014/09/26/insignificant-bullets-evil-poachers-and-l-a-culture/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48337808
Points: 4
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A Probabilistic Algorithm for Repairing All Roads in Lebanon via Papal Visits
Article URL: https://sigbovik.org/2026/proceedings.pdf#%5B%7B%22num%22%3A13%2C%22gen%22%3A0%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22XYZ%22%7D%2C72%2C720%2Cnull%5D
Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48337137](https://news.y … ⌘ Read more
Probabilistic, Reformative Justice
Article URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/dqbhcm6g7CMWvhoid/probabilistic-reformative-justice
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48336882
Points: 3
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Voxel Space
Article URL: https://s-macke.github.io/VoxelSpace/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48336564
Points: 7
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Anthropic surpasses OpenAI to become most valuable AI startup
Article URL: https://qazinform.com/news/anthropic-surpasses-openai-to-become-worlds-most-valuable-ai-startup
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48336233
Points: 9
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Corporate America Is Starting to Ration AI as Cost Skyrockets
Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/corporate-america-is-starting-to-ration-ai-as-cost-skyrockets-1eb99d7a
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48335388
Points: 6
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Leo’s first encyclical attacks technological messianism
Article URL: https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/05/28/leos-first-encyclical-attacks-technological-messianism
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334710
Points: 8
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The Kaiser and a “Mediocre Man” Theory of History
Article URL: https://www.deadcarl.com/p/the-kaiser-and-a-mediocre-man-theory
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334283
Points: 6
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Hausse du baril : plus de production, moins de voiture et d’avion
Un article de Henry Bonner Selon les résultats de TotalEnergies pour son premier trimestre, la multinationale génère des hausses de production de 2 % via une augmentation du rythme d’extraction. Des entreprises du pétrole aux États-Unis mettent aussi en marche des puits pour des hausses de production, après l’envolée du baril. Selon Baker Hughes, le […] ⌘ Read more
Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and valuation
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/danish-pension-fund-excludes-spacex-citing-governance-valuation-2026-05-29/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48333820
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Company accidentally blows $500M on Claude AI in one month
Article URL: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/company-accidentally-blows-500-000-000-on-claude-ai-in-one-month/ar-AA24nahv
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48333177
Points: 5
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Perry Compiles TypeScript directly to executables using SWC and LLVM
Article URL: https://www.perryts.com/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48332151
Points: 3
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WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants
Article URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/white-house-proposes-new-rules-giving-political-appointees-final-say-on-research-grants/
Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48331511](https://news.ycomb … ⌘ Read more
What Is a Dickover?
Article URL: https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/what_is_a_dickover
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48330882
Points: 23
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MCP Is Dead
Article URL: https://www.quandri.io/engineering-blog/mcp-is-dead
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48330436
Points: 15
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EV Stupidity Checklist
Article URL: http://hypercritical.co/2026/05/29/ev-stupidity-checklist
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48329549
Points: 6
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Canada in Technical Recession
Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/recession-gdp-may-2026-statscan-9.7216352
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48328718
Points: 7
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