Pope Leo XIV denounces the ‘delusion of omnipotence’ he says fuels the US-Israeli war in Iran
“Enough of the idolatry of self and money!” the pontiff said. “Enough of the display of power! Enough of war!”
🥳 Behold, the tech genius who can run a fleet of
#MRR companies on a budget that couldn't buy you a decent dinner in Silicon Valley! 🌮 Who needs funding when you've got a $20 stack and a LinkedIn hustle? 🚀 Let's all take notes from this pioneer of
#penny-pinching
#entrepreneurship. 🙄
https://stevehanov.ca/blog/how-i-run-multiple-10k-mrr-companies-on-a-20month-tech-stack #techgenius #budgethacks #LinkedInhustle #HackerNews #ngated
How I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack
Ah, yes, the thrill of downgrading from modern cryptographic marvels to hash functions that even your toaster would mock. 🤦♂️ Why settle for the robust
#security of SHA256 when you can embrace the "cheapest, stupidest" algorithms that even a toddler could outsmart? 🙃🔐
https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/simplest-hash-functions/ #cryptography #hashfunctions #downgrade #techhumor #toasteralgorithms #HackerNews #ngated
Simplest hash functions
What came to your mind when you read “hash functions” in the title?
If you’re pragmatic, you probably remembered SHA-256 or MD5. Those are cryptographic hash functions, and they work fast and well for arbitrary inputs, even if they are supplied by malicious actors. Or at least they’re designed to.
That’s the exact opposite of what I want to talk about. I want to talk about the cheapest, stupidest, most ridiculous hash functions you can get away with.
Why meaningful days look like a 404 error: Because life’s greatest moments are best spent staring at
#CAPTCHA challenges and Firewalls. 🤦♂️✨ If
#enlightenment is one cookie click away, count me out. 🍪🚫
https://pilgrima.ge/p/the-grand-line #meaningfuldays #404error #digitalwellbeing #cookieclicks #HackerNews #ngated
The Grand Line
On bronze pirates, cloudy days, and the roads we do not know we are walking
Apparently, all you need in life are Toffoli gates, because who needs complex algorithms or real-world applications when you have...math equations! 🙄🤓 In a twist, this article turns into a mind-numbing
#listicle of everything you'd rather avoid at a party. 🎉🔢
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/04/06/tofolli-gates/ #ToffoliGates #MathEquations #PartyFails #QuantumComputing #HackerNews #ngatedToffoli gates are all you need
Any Boolean function can be computed with Tofolli gates, and Tofolli gates are reversible, and so any Boolean function can be computed reversibly.
Welcome to "The Brainrot Industrial Complex," where you can revel in the groundbreaking discovery that internet slang is ruining our brains! 🙄 Remember, it's not your fault you're distracted—you're just a victim of digital processes, apparently. 🧠✨
https://jshamsul.com/essays/2026-04-12-brainrot-industrial-complex #BrainrotIndustrialComplex #InternetSlang #DigitalDistraction #GroundbreakingDiscovery #SocialMediaImpact #HackerNews #ngated
The Brainrot Industrial Complex
You Are Not Distracted. You Are Being Processed.
🎉BREAKING: A US court finally realized that a law older than the light bulb might need a rethink. 🍾 Apparently, Americans can now distill hooch in their bathtubs without fearing the ghost of
#Prohibition past—good luck explaining that to your AI bartender. 🥂
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/11/appeals-court-ruling-home-distilling-ban-unconstitutional #breakingnews #distillinglaws #reform #techandlaw #bathtubhooch #HackerNews #ngated
US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional
Judge said ban, which originated in Reconstruction era to thwart liquor tax evasion, actually reduced tax revenue
🎩🔧 Oh, the joy of resurrecting the Z-machine in a language so absurdly unsuitable that it's like knitting a sweater with uncooked spaghetti. 🙃 This article is a delightful blend of
#nostalgia and masochism—because who wouldn't want to recreate 1980s tech struggles in the most convoluted way possible? 🕰️💔
https://whitebeard.blog/posts/building-a-z-machine-in-elm/ #Zmachine #TechStruggles #AbsurdProgramming #1980sRevival #HackerNews #ngatedBuilding a Z-Machine in the worst possible language
In which a 1980s virtual machine for text adventures is reimplemented in a pure functional language, against all better judgement, and somehow emerges working.
🥱 Oh wow, "Excellence Is a Habit" - we're really uncovering groundbreaking revelations here, folks! Who knew quoting historians and Aristotle would lead to such earth-shattering insights about habits? 🌕🚀 Meanwhile, Artemis II gets half a sentence while we bask in philosophical clichés like they're the last cookies in the jar. 🍪
https://www.flyingbarron.com/2026/04/excellence-is-habit.html #ExcellenceIsAHabit #PhilosophicalClichés #AristotleQuotes #HackerNews #ArtemisII #HackerNews #ngated
Excellence Is a Habit
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit .” -- Historian Will Durant, simplifying part of Aristotle...
🧠💃 Oh, look! A dancer with ALS used
#brainwaves to perform live, because apparently, we needed another way for tech bloggers to cram VR, IoT, and quantum buzzwords into a single paragraph. 🚀🤖 Who knew a heartwarming story could become an SEO keyword jamboree? 🎉
https://www.electronicspecifier.com/products/sensors/how-a-dancer-with-als-used-brainwaves-to-perform-live/ #dancerwithALS #liveperformance #techblogging #innovation #heartwarmingstory #HackerNews #ngated
How a dancer with ALS used brainwaves to perform live | Electronic Specifier
Dentsu Lab’s Project Humanity is building interfaces that translate minute muscle signals and brainwaves into full digital expression
