Show HN: Waycore – an open-source, offline-first modular field computer
Hi HN, I’m building Waycore, an open-source project exploring what a flexible, offline-first field computer should look like for outdoor, survival, and off-grid scenarios. The core goals are adaptability and resilience: modular hardware (external sensor/tool modules) extensible OS with support for external apps (guidelines in progress) no required internet connection — maps, models, and knowledge […]
White House pushes to dismantle leading climate and weather research center
William Brangham: The Trump administration says it plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, which is the nation’s premier atmospheric science center. In announcing the closing, Budget Director Russell Vought called the center — quote — ”one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country.” NCAR, as the center […]
How we lost communication to entertainment
by Ploum on 2025-12-15 All our communication channels are morphed into content distribution networks. We are more and more entertained but less and less connected. A few days ago, I did a controversial blog post about Pixelfed hurting the Fediverse. I defended the theory that, in a communication network, you hurt the trust in the […]
Rainbow Six Siege hacked as players get billions of credits and random bans
Rainbow Six Siege is currently facing a major crisis, with mounting evidence pointing to a large scale hack or exploit, even as Ubisoft continues to describe the situation as a server incident. The disruption has now escalated into full service outages across all platforms, according to Ubisoft’s own service status page. Players across PC and […]
Windows 2 for the Apricot PC/Xi
(and Word, and Excel, and so much more) by Nina Kalinina, December 27th, 2025 (rev. 1.01 2025-12-27) I bought my first Apricot PC about three years ago, when I realised I wanted an 8086-based computer. At the time, I knew nothing about it and simply bought it because it looked rad and the price was […]
Nvidia’s $20B Antitrust Loophole (Not an Acquisition)
”You’re taking on a giant. What gives you the audacity?” On November 5th, 2025, Groq CEO Jonathan Ross was asked why he was even bothering to challenge Nvidia. He didn’t blink: ”I think that was a polite way to ask why in the world are we competing with Nvidia, so we’re not. Competition is a […]
Gpg.fail
”in the hurry of leaving i forgot the sites src at home, sorry, had to rewrite the whole thing. expect a nicer site by tomorrow. im patching as we speak.” – crackticker (
Nvidia Just Paid $20B for a Company That Missed Its Revenue Target by 75%
If you’ve heard “Grok” thrown around lately, you’re probably thinking of Elon’s chatbot from xAI. We’re not talking about that one. That model isn’t particularly good, but its whole value prop is being politically incorrect so you can get it to say edgy things. The company Nvidia bought is Groq (with a Q). Totally different […]
We Automated Federal Retirements
Imagine retiring after a lifetime of public service — as a veteran, air traffic controller, or first responder — only to wait six months in financial limbo because a decades-old government process can’t handle your application. That was the reality for thousands of federal retirees every year since the 60’s, having to apply for retirement […]
NMH BASIC
T3X.ORG nmhbasic/index Download: nmhbas23c.zip (version 1.2, 74KB) | nmhbas25c.zip (version 2.1, 90KB) | man page This is a small BASIC interpreter that I wrote in the early 1990s. For some reason I think it is one of the coolest programs I have ever written. Maybe because it is just a bit under 5K bytes large and still does something useful. Maybe […]