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Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port(github.com)

Posted by BruceEel 2 hours ago

33 points | 13 comments

2.

My server is a phone now(seg6.space)

Posted by seg6 8 hours ago

272 points | 106 comments

3.

Os8088: A powerful Mac-like OS for the IBM XT, 286, 386(os8088.com)

Posted by jggonz 8 hours ago

141 points | 62 comments

4.

Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults (2023)(academic.oup.com)

Posted by bohaska 6 hours ago

86 points | 37 comments

5.

The original URL for this prediction will no longer be available in 11 years (2011)(longbets.org)

Posted by doubletwoyou 3 hours ago

111 points | 27 comments

6.

Improving Heuristics for A* Pathfinding(www.redblobgames.com)

Posted by bobbiechen 7/28/2026

192 points | 20 comments

7.

Shopify replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations–and it scaled(shopify.engineering)

Posted by adletbalzhanov 9 hours ago

164 points | 94 comments

8.

Dithered QR Codes(www.andrewt.net)

Posted by jmusall 8 hours ago

145 points | 15 comments

9.

Fastmail offers EU data region(www.fastmail.com)

Posted by groomlake 15 hours ago

387 points | 193 comments

10.

Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect (2025)(www.nature.com)

Posted by davidbarker 6 days ago

51 points | 12 comments

11.

Incentives are for losers(www.experimental-history.com)

Posted by bkudria 5 hours ago

82 points | 47 comments

12.

_for-sale DNS records(specification.website)

Posted by shaunpud 18 hours ago

385 points | 141 comments

13.

Open-source interactive map for the Aug 12 total solar eclipse(eclipsefan.org)

Posted by MarcoDewey 12 hours ago

134 points | 30 comments

14.

TheoremDB – A public workspace for machine mathematics(theoremdb.org)

Posted by frozenseven 6 hours ago

30 points | 0 comments

15.

Illinois just told every operating system to start reporting your kid's age(itsfoss.com)

Posted by WaitWaitWha 3 hours ago

76 points | 39 comments

16.

Stylized GGX Shading(alexandrelamure.github.io)

Posted by ibobev 4 days ago

7 points | 0 comments

17.

Making difficulty curves in games(www.davetech.co.uk)

Posted by hakkikonu 3 days ago

103 points | 39 comments

18.

Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was a Correct Rejection(daringfireball.net)

Posted by minimaxir 4 hours ago

143 points | 12 comments

19.

Assert(): A Modern How To(fiberfs.io)

Posted by nyc_pizzadev 5 days ago

8 points | 4 comments

20.

Triton: DirectX 11 Driver for QEMU(blog.getutm.app)

Posted by electricant 18 hours ago

169 points | 31 comments

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