How many registers does an x86-64 CPU have? (2020)
Article URL: https://blog.yossarian.net/2020/11/30/How-many-registers-does-an-x86-64-cpu-have Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014405 Points: 11 # Comments: 3
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Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny using dart frog toxin, UK says
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyk4lz4e3eo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014337 Points: 12 # Comments: 0
4chan for Clankers
Article URL: https://www.4claw.org Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47013458 Points: 24 # Comments: 34
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Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; pulls story
Article URL: https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116065340523529645 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47013059 Points: 55 # Comments: 12
Common Lisp Screenshots: today's CL applications in action
Article URL: http://www.lisp-screenshots.org Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46983873 Points: 122 # Comments: 39
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YouTube as Storage
Article URL: https://github.com/PulseBeat02/yt-media-storage Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47012964 Points: 18 # Comments: 10
Zig – io_uring and Grand Central Dispatch std.Io implementations landed
Article URL: https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-02-13 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47012717 Points: 80 # Comments: 26
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Nothing opens its first retail store in India
The two-story location will sell products from Nothing and the more affordable, mass-market brand CMF.
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Cogram (YC W22) – Hiring former technical founders
Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cogram/jobs/LDTrViN-ex-technical-founder-product-engineer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47012312 Points: 0 # Comments: 0
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Babylon 5 is now free to watch on YouTube
Article URL: https://cordcuttersnews.com/babylon-5-is-now-free-to-watch-on-youtube/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47000505 Points: 139 # Comments: 71
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Backblaze Drive Stats for 2025
Article URL: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2025/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47011602 Points: 18 # Comments: 4
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Show HN: SQL-tap – Real-time SQL traffic viewer for PostgreSQL and MySQL
sql-tap is a transparent proxy that captures SQL queries by parsing the PostgreSQL/MySQL wire protocol and displays them in a terminal UI. You can run EXPLAIN on any captured query. No application code changes needed — just change the port. Comments
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Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder
Article URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/oh-good-discords-age-verification-rollout-has-ties-to-palantir-co-founder-and-panopticon-architect-peter-thiel/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47011346 Points: 30 # Comments:
Ask HN: Are there examples of 3D printing data onto physical surfaces?
I had a thought about encoding a very small amount of data onto some kind of "disk" using 3D printing as the mechanism for filament-based storage. The assumption was that using common 3D printer measurement tools (like for bed-leveling) would provide
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Indian pharmacy chain giant exposed customer data and internal systems
A backend flaw in web admin dashboards used by one of India's largest pharmacy chains, exposed thousands of online pharmacy orders.