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1. Git commands I run before reading any code

   1079 points • 240 comments • apr 08, 2026

2. Veracrypt project update

   798 points • 297 comments • apr 08, 2026

3. OpenAI says its new model GPT-2 is too dangerous to release (2019)

   347 points • 99 comments • apr 08, 2026

4. US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology

   332 points • 168 comments • apr 08, 2026

5. Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones

   317 points • 412 comments • apr 08, 2026

6. Revision Demoparty 2026: Razor1911 [video]

   285 points • 96 comments • apr 08, 2026

7. I've sold out

   256 points • 160 comments • apr 08, 2026

8. Protect your shed

   253 points • 68 comments • apr 08, 2026

9. They're Made Out of Meat (1991)

   157 points • 50 comments • apr 08, 2026

10. MegaTrain: Full Precision Training of 100B+ Parameter LLMs on a Single GPU

    152 points • 34 comments • apr 08, 2026