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Hacker News (04 Feb 2026)
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I miss thinking hard
173 points • 103 comments • feb 04, 2026
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Illinois joins WHO global outbreak network after U.S. withdraws
107 points • 36 comments • feb 04, 2026
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GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.2-Codex are now 40% faster
49 points • 27 comments • feb 04, 2026
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Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food – study
47 points • 31 comments • feb 04, 2026
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Why poor countries stopped catching up
46 points • 65 comments • feb 04, 2026
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Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians' biometric data, ID documents
26 points • 0 comments • feb 04, 2026
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Petition for Recognition of Work on Open-Source as Volunteering in Germany
22 points • 1 comment • feb 04, 2026
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Texas Instruments in advanced talks to buy chip designer Silicon Laboratories
14 points • 0 comments • feb 04, 2026
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A Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime (2018)
11 points • 4 comments • feb 04, 2026
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FDA approves first eye drop for age-related vision loss
8 points • 2 comments • feb 04, 2026