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1. Claude Design

   1075 points • 700 comments • apr 17, 2026

2. Isaac Asimov: The Last Question (1956)

   720 points • 284 comments • apr 17, 2026

3. Ban the sale of precise geolocation

   705 points • 180 comments • apr 17, 2026

4. Measuring Claude 4.7's tokenizer costs

   624 points • 441 comments • apr 17, 2026

5. US Bill Mandates On-Device Age Verification

   377 points • 303 comments • apr 17, 2026

6. All 12 moonwalkers had "lunar hay fever" from dust smelling like gunpowder (2018)

   350 points • 203 comments • apr 17, 2026

7. Show HN: Smol machines – subsecond coldstart, portable virtual machines

   348 points • 116 comments • apr 17, 2026

8. NASA Force

   281 points • 275 comments • apr 17, 2026

9. Ada, its design, and the language that built the languages

   263 points • 186 comments • apr 17, 2026

10. Middle schooler finds coin from Troy in Berlin

    241 points • 111 comments • apr 17, 2026