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by zdw • 234 points • 70 comments • 5 hours ago
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by dban • 194 points • 81 comments • 5 hours ago
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by todsacerdoti • 220 points • 74 comments • 8 hours ago
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by vortex_ape • 87 points • 26 comments • 6 hours ago
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by crescit_eundo • 94 points • 27 comments • 9 hours ago
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by ingve • 66 points • 15 comments • 8 hours ago
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by belter • 38 points • 12 comments • 6 hours ago
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by muragekibicho • 28 points • 22 comments • 14 January 2025
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by chmaynard • 151 points • 58 comments • 20 hours ago
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by shinzub • 116 points • 61 comments • 14 January 2025
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by zfg • 13 points • 1 comments • 31 minutes ago
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by roflmaostc • 43 points • 8 comments • 9 hours ago
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by rohandehal • 108 points • 45 comments • 11 hours ago
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by homarp • 17 points • 3 comments • 14 January 2025
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by hilux • 39 points • 6 comments • 6 hours ago
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by simplegeek • 11 points • 3 comments • 14 January 2025
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by huhtenberg • 3 points • 0 comments • 14 January 2025
Show HN: GUI for editing Mermaid class diagrams (docs.mermaidchart.com) story
by knsv • 145 points • 40 comments • 10 hours ago
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by chinathrow • 644 points • 683 comments • 16 January 2025
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by curl-up • 99 points • 63 comments • 14 January 2025
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by chynkm • 232 points • 48 comments • 14 January 2025
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by geox • 95 points • 114 comments • 11 hours ago
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by hannesfur • 51 points • 24 comments • 14 January 2025
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by HAL3000 • 16 points • 4 comments • 1 hour ago
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by blendergeek • 638 points • 243 comments • 16 January 2025
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by rcarmo • 138 points • 10 comments • 17 hours ago
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by diodorus • 141 points • 46 comments • 13 January 2025
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by LinuxBender • 4 points • 0 comments • 18 minutes ago
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by zeristor • 34 points • 5 comments • 4 hours ago
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by westoncb • 38 points • 12 comments • 16 January 2025
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by arjvik • 188 points • 106 comments • 22 hours ago
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by paulgb • 294 points • 40 comments • 16 January 2025
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by todsacerdoti • 111 points • 63 comments • 18 hours ago
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by ezekg • 1494 points • 485 comments • 16 January 2025
Programming in Lua (first edition) (2003) (lua.org) story
by rednafi • 74 points • 61 comments • 13 January 2025
The Derelict (2015) (damninteresting.com) story
by EndXA • 33 points • 3 comments • 13 hours ago
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by aquastorm • 152 points • 122 comments • 18 hours ago
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by davekiss • 15 points • 1 comments • 11 hours ago
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by tipiirai • 159 points • 189 comments • 16 January 2025
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by benbreen • 236 points • 86 comments • 15 January 2025
Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation (pbr-book.org) story
by ahamez • 211 points • 63 comments • 13 January 2025
Titans: Learning to Memorize at Test Time (arxiv.org) story
by birriel • 99 points • 13 comments • 13 January 2025
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by ghoomketu • 35 points • 48 comments • 14 January 2025
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by crazylogger • 207 points • 83 comments • 16 January 2025
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by DearNarwhal • 682 points • 261 comments • 16 January 2025

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by kjhughes • 812 points • 2057 comments • 10 hours ago
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by toomuchtodo • 750 points • 401 comments • 15 January 2025
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by HelloUsername • 745 points • 958 comments • 16 January 2025
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by DearNarwhal • 682 points • 261 comments • 16 January 2025
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by xnhbx • 675 points • 1769 comments • 15 January 2025
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by racenis • 659 points • 238 comments • 7 January 2025
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by memalign • 612 points • 50 comments • 12 January 2025
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by pncnmnp • 537 points • 142 comments • 9 January 2025
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by omkar-foss • 524 points • 225 comments • 13 January 2025
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by stafford_beer • 501 points • 394 comments • 14 January 2025
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by astronautas • 498 points • 414 comments • 12 January 2025
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by simiones • 497 points • 285 comments • 14 January 2025
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by sschueller • 495 points • 69 comments • 13 January 2025
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by late • 486 points • 504 comments • 16 January 2025
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by medhir • 481 points • 413 comments • 12 January 2025
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