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We shall dwell amidst wonder and glory for ever: On weird fiction (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | by Robert Baskin | tags: weird fiction, penguin, china mieville

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Minecraft Java raises recommended memory to 16GB ahead of Vulkan transition (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: minecraft, mojang, vulkan

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WebGPU Unleashed: A Practical Tutorial (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: webgpu, opengl, directx 12

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Plants vs. Zombies for PlayStation 2 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: plants vs zombies, playstation 2, fork

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Vulkan Tutorial (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | by Alexander Overvoorde | tags: vulkan, khronos, opengl

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Learn OpenGL, extensive tutorial resource for learning Modern OpenGL (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: opengl, learnopengl, modern opengl

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Software rendering in 500 lines of bare C++ (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: opengl, vulkan, metal

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7-Zip patches a flaw that could run malware just from opening a bad file (techspot.com)

2026-07-20 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: 7-zip, cve-2026-14266, xz data

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The 6 wildest claims in Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI (theverge.com)

2026-07-13 | by Emma Roth | tags: allegedly, apple, confidential

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Microsoft's patch for a Windows Defender 0-day may have created a new attack path (techspot.com)

2026-07-12 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: defender, flaw, microsoft

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Engadget Indie Pitch: Penguin Colony (engadget.com)

2026-07-11 | by Jessica Conditt | tags: colony, game, games

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I built a GPU back end for Emacs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | get Emacs GPU Acceleration Plugin → | tags: emacs, gpu, metal

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Statistics that live in your SQL (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | get SQL Database Management Book → | tags: duckdb, statistics engine, bedevere

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UHF X11: X11 Built for VisionOS and Apple Vision Pro (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | get Apple Vision Pro Case → | tags: visionos, apple vision pro, x11

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Burn-9 makes an entire game out of Metal Gear's Codec scenes (engadget.com)

2026-06-06 | by Igor Bonifacic | get Metal Gear Codec Puzzle Book → | tags: agent, burn, colony

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Iran reportedly funneled billions through Binance to fund its military (engadget.com)

2026-05-22 | by Steve Dent | get Binance Cryptocurrency Trading Platform → | tags: binance, changpeng zhao, iran

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Customers say Trump Mobile is leaking their personal information (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-20 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get VPN Privacy Protection Kit → | tags: trump mobile, smartphone, data leak

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Anna's Archive Hit with $19.5M Default Judgment and Global Domain Takedown Order (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-20 | get Digital Rights Management Software → | tags: anna's archive, shadow library, penguin random house

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3D Gaussian Splatting in a Weekend (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-13 | by Benjamin Feldman | get 3D Splatting Art Kit → | tags: 3d gaussian splatting, 3dgs, kerbl et al. 2023

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Show HN: OpenGravity – A zero-install, BYOK vanilla JS clone of Antigravity (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-11 | get JavaScript Coding Kit → | tags: google antigravity, webcontainer api, gemini 3.1 pro

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Linux mascot Tux the penguin hits 30 years old — Linus Torvalds outlined the design of the 'slightly overweight penguin' on May 9, 1996 (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-09 | by Mark Tyson | get Linux Tux Penguin Figurine → | tags: linux, tux, linus torvalds

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Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-29 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get Government Contracting Guidebook → | tags: pursuit, opengov, bill gurley

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China announces CPU-only exascale supercomputer with 47,000 homemade processors, record 2 Exaflops of performance without GPUs — Lingshen super said to use Huawei Kunpeng servers and no foreign-made components (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-28 | by Luke James | get Huawei Kunpeng Server → | tags: huawei kunpeng, exascale supercomputer, ling shen

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Return to ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ With an Astarion Prequel Book (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-25 | get Baldur's Gate 3 Art Book → | tags: baldur's gate 3, penguin random house, astarian

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Vampire Crawlers, Peter Molyneux's return and other new indie games worth checking out (engadget.com)

2026-04-25 | get Indie Game Development Kit → | tags: playdate, panic, titanium court

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ggsql: A Grammar of Graphics for SQL (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | get SQL Data Visualization Book → | tags: ggsql, sql, ggplot

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MuJoCo – Advanced Physics Simulation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-19 | get MuJoCo Physics Simulator → | tags: mujoco, google deepmind, opengl

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Briefing Chat: Penguins pick up PFAS pollution (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-17 | by Thompson | get PFAS Testing Kit → | tags: penguins, pfas pollution, nature.com

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Sumida Aquarium Posts 2026 Penguin Relationship Chart, with Drama and Breakups (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | get Penguin Relationship Chart Puzzle → | tags: sumida aquarium, penguin, relationship chart

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Daily briefing: The air is full of DNA — here’s what it can teach us (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-14 | by Graham | get AirDNA Air Quality Monitor → | tags: airborne dna, magellanic penguins, forever chemicals