Author: mellosouls - Lobster Roll

Mermaid ASCII: Render Mermaid diagrams in your terminal (github.com)

HN 418 pts 66 comments by mellosouls Jan 29, 2026 Programming (General) thread

<a href="https://github.com/AlexanderGrooff/mermaid-ascii" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/AlexanderGrooff/mermaid-ascii</a><p><a href="https://mermaid-ascii.art/" rel="nofollow">https://mermaid-ascii.art/</a>

Software factories and the agentic moment (factory.strongdm.ai)

HN 304 pts 459 comments by mellosouls Feb 7, 2026 Programming (General) thread

See also <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/7/software-factory/" rel="nofollow">https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/7/software-factory/</a>

Rust compiler performance (kobzol.github.io)

HN 287 pts 260 comments by mellosouls Jun 10, 2025 Systems / Low-Level / OS thread

Is particle physics dead, dying, or just hard? (quantamagazine.org)

HN 212 pts 399 comments by mellosouls Feb 9, 2026 Science / Math / Physics thread

An attacker’s blunder gave us a look into their operations (huntress.com)

HN 183 pts 107 comments by mellosouls Sep 9, 2025 thread

Usenet personality (en.wikipedia.org)

HN 112 pts 84 comments by mellosouls Jan 26, 2026 thread

'Immediate red flags': questions raised over 'expert' much quoted in UK press (theguardian.com)

HN 103 pts 42 comments by mellosouls Apr 19, 2025 thread

Nightclub stickers over smartphone rule divides the dancefloor (bbc.co.uk)

HN 85 pts 90 comments by mellosouls Dec 7, 2024 thread

Large-scale online deanonymization with LLMs (arxiv.org)

HN 78 pts 2 comments by mellosouls Feb 25, 2026 thread

<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16800" rel="nofollow">https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16800</a>

The British sitcom that swept through the Balkans (2023) (blog.samizdata.co)

HN 67 pts 79 comments by mellosouls Apr 19, 2025 thread

Two Turntables and a Microphone (2006) (goodfuzzysounds.com)

HN 63 pts 44 comments by mellosouls Jan 3, 2025 thread

GitHub Copilot Pro+ (github.blog)

HN 59 pts 22 comments by mellosouls Apr 5, 2025 AI / Machine Learning Programming (General) thread

'Fear really drives him': is Alex Karp of Palantir the world's scariest CEO? (theguardian.com)

HN 53 pts 75 comments by mellosouls Nov 18, 2025 thread

BBC director general and News CEO resign in bias controversy (bbc.co.uk)

HN 47 pts 111 comments by mellosouls Nov 10, 2025 thread

Britain dances to JD Vance's tune as it renames AI institute (politico.eu)

HN 47 pts 39 comments by mellosouls Feb 20, 2025 AI / Machine Learning thread

US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules (bbc.co.uk)

HN 33 pts 10 comments by mellosouls Dec 24, 2025 Internet / Digital Culture thread

Stax Museum Bob Abrahamian Collection (bobacollection.staxmuseum.org)

HN 33 pts 7 comments by mellosouls May 16, 2025 thread

'No medical evidence' to support Lucy Letby's conviction, expert panel finds (theguardian.com)

HN 33 pts 15 comments by mellosouls Feb 4, 2025 thread

Trump and Musk enter bitter feud – and Washington buckles up (bbc.co.uk)

HN 32 pts 19 comments by mellosouls Jun 5, 2025 thread

The Times apologizes for fake De Blasio interview criticizing Mamdani (theguardian.com)

HN 29 pts 0 comments by mellosouls Oct 29, 2025 Productivity / Career / Business thread

I'd had several careers but no degree – then I became a palaeontologist at 62 (theguardian.com)

HN 26 pts 4 comments by mellosouls 2d ago thread

Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery despite Netflix deal (nbcnews.com)

HN 24 pts 1 comments by mellosouls Dec 8, 2025 thread

'It's over for us': release of AI video generator Seedance 2.0 spooks Hollywood (theguardian.com)

HN 23 pts 6 comments by mellosouls Feb 15, 2026 AI / Machine Learning thread

'It's an absolute bloodbath': Washington Post lays off workers (theguardian.com)

HN 23 pts 1 comments by mellosouls Feb 4, 2026 thread

X to stop Grok AI from undressing images of real people after backlash (bbc.co.uk)

HN 22 pts 8 comments by mellosouls Jan 15, 2026 AI / Machine Learning thread

Dave Ball has died (theguardian.com)

HN 21 pts 2 comments by mellosouls Oct 23, 2025 thread

Grok 4 (Thinking) achieves new SOTA on ARC-AGI-2 (X) (twitter.com)

HN 17 pts 0 comments by mellosouls Jul 10, 2025 thread

The reason states first emerged thousands of years ago – new research (theconversation.com)

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