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The seven programming ur-languages (2022)

Article URL: https://madhadron.com/programming/seven_ur_languages.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822486 Points: 90 # Comments: 35

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Blue Origin successfully re-uses a New Glenn rocket for the first time ever

It's a major milestone for the company's new mega-rocket system, putting it in position to challenge SpaceX's dominance of the global launch market.

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I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers—here’s what a shot day looks like

The laser was used to study the physics of stellar interiors and fusion energy, among other things.

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Why Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnight

Article URL: https://www.xda-developers.com/zip-drives-dominated-90s-vanished-almost-overnight/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47823362 Points: 19 # Comments: 11

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Changes in the system prompt between Claude Opus 4.6 and 4.7

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/18/opus-system-prompt/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47823270 Points: 28 # Comments: 5

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Ask HN: How did you land your first projects as a solo engineer/consultant?

I’ve spent roughly the last decade and some change as a software engineer, and recently decided to start a solo consultancy. I’m focused on helping SMEs sort out the messy back-office parts of the business: spreadsheet glue, brittle internal workflow

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Binary GCD

Article URL: https://en.algorithmica.org/hpc/algorithms/gcd/#binary-gcd Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822737 Points: 10 # Comments: 0

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The seven programming ur-languages

Article URL: https://madhadron.com/programming/seven_ur_languages.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822486 Points: 26 # Comments: 9

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SPEAKE(a)R: Turn Speakers to Microphones for Fun and Profit [pdf] (2017)

Article URL: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot17/woot17-paper-guri.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822805 Points: 40 # Comments: 16

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What are skiplists good for?

Article URL: https://antithesis.com/blog/2026/skiptrees/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806021 Points: 82 # Comments: 21

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The RAM shortage could last years

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914672/the-ram-shortage-could-last-years Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822414 Points: 12 # Comments: 2

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Keep Pushing: We Get 10 More Days to Reform Section 702

Article URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/keep-pushing-we-get-10-more-days-reform-section-702 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822356 Points: 21 # Comments: 1

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The world in which IPv6 was a good design

Article URL: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47821429 Points: 25 # Comments: 3

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Bipartisan Bill to Tighten Controls on Sensitive Chipmaking Equipment

Article URL: https://baumgartner.house.gov/2026/04/02/baumgartner-introduces-bipartisan-bill-to-tighten-controls-on-sensitive-chipmaking-equipment/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47821603 Points: 14 # Comments: 6

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What Are Skiplists Good For?

Article URL: https://antithesis.com/blog/2026/skiptrees/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806021 Points: 25 # Comments: 4

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