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MenuetOS – a GUI OS that boots from a single floppy disk (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-03 | get Floppy Disk Operating System → | tags: audio, menuet, programming

92.

Unlocking high-performance PostgreSQL with key memory optimizations (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-02 | by Warda Bibi | get PostgreSQL → | tags: client, disk, does

93.

Apple's MacBook Pro DFU port documentation is wrong (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-02 | get DFU Port → | tags: disk, external, macos

94.

A web server on a single floppy disk (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-29 | get Floppy Disk Server → | tags: disk, floppy, floppy disk

95.

How to encrypt your PC's disk without giving the keys to Microsoft (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-26 | get SecureDisk → | tags: bitlocker, encryption, keys

96.

Booting from a vinyl record (2020) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-23 | get Vinyl Record Player → | tags: boot, cassette, disk

97.

Booting a PC from a Vinyl Record (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-23 | get CD Drive → | tags: boot, cassette, disk

98.

Show HN: Managed Postgres with native ClickHouse integration (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-22 | get ClickHouse → | tags: analytics, clickhouse, disk

99.

Accretion bursts crystallize silicates in a planet-forming disk (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-21 | by Lee | get Crystalline Silicate → | tags: astron, astron astrophys, astrophys

100.

Floppy disk drive converted into smart TV remote for kids — dev’s toddler inserts vividly labeled floppies to watch his favorite shows (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Mark Tyson | get Floppy disk drive → | tags: disk, floppy, floppy disk

101.

Show HN: A 10KiB kernel for cloud apps (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-14 | get Cloud OS → | tags: baremetal, baremetal sh, click

102.

Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-12 | get Discs → | tags: disks, disks turn, floppy

103.

What was the size of the first-generation floppy disk? (techspot.com)

2026-01-12 | get Floppy Disk → | tags: drive, drive read, entire

104.

Z80 Membership Card (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-12 | get Z80 → | tags: card, disk, membership

105.

Developer turns floppy disks into secret black-and-white picture canvases — pbm2track "paints" pixel art into the disk's magnetic timing diagram (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-05 | by Ben Stockton | get Pixel Art → | tags: diagram, disk, floppy

106.

Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin, usr/sbin split (2010) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-04 | get Unix → | tags: directories, disk, sbin

107.

Behold ‘Dracula’s Chivito,’ the Largest Planet Nursery Astronomers Have Ever Seen (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-31 | get Chivito → | tags: astronomers, confounding, confounding astronomers

108.

Taiwan's iPass Releases Floppy Disk Pre-Paid Cash Card (slashdot.org)

2025-12-27 | by Posted | get Floppy Disk → | tags: card, comes, disk

109.

Exe.dev (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-26 | get Cloudflare → | tags: dev disk, disk, disk persists

110.

Exe.dev/ (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-26 | get Cloudflare → | tags: dev disk, disk, disk persists

111.

Floppy disk pre-paid cash card launched in Taiwan — NFC payment method 'only has a card function' warns supplier, so keep it out of your FDD (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Mark Tyson | get Smartcard → | tags: card, cards, disk

112.

'Dracula's Chivito': Hubble reveals largest birthplace of planets ever observed (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-24 | by Amy C. Oliver | get Galaxy → | tags: disk, edge, hubble

113.

Here you can find the contents of the Unix v4 tape ready for bootstrapping (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-20 | get Unix → | tags: boot, conf, disk

114.

How to clear your Windows 11 PC cache (and put a stop to lag for good) (zdnet.com)

2025-12-19 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Cache Cleaner → | tags: cache, cleanup, disk

115.

These are the flying discs the government wants you to know about (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-19 | get Discs → | tags: aerospace, aerospace corporation, corporation

116.

Learn How to Master Hardware Upgrades and Data Security for $25 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-04 | get Smartphone → | tags: diskimage, lifetime, pcmover

117.

Ask HN: Scheduling stateful nodes when MMAP makes memory accounting a lie (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-24 | get Memory-Mapped Address Space → | tags: coordinator, count, disk

118.

How to clear your Windows 11 PC cache (and put an end to slow performance) (zdnet.com)

2025-11-21 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Cache Cleaner → | tags: cache, cleanup, disk

119.

How to clear your Windows 11 PC cache (and wipe out lag for good) (zdnet.com)

2025-11-21 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Cache cleaner → | tags: cache, cleanup, disk

120.

Building blobd: single-machine object store with sub-ms reads and 15 GB/s upload (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-04 | by Wilson Lin | get Object Store → | tags: disk, index, memory