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What Will Artificial Intelligence Mean for the Labor Market and the Economy? (federalreserve.gov)
Show HN: CIA World Factbook Archive (1990–2025), searchable and exportable (cia-factbook-archive.fly.dev)
A structured archive of CIA World Factbook data spanning 1990–2025. It currently includes: 36 editions 281 entities ~1.06M parsed fields full-text + boolean search country/year comparisons map/trend/ranking analysis views CSV/XLSX/PDF export The goal is to preserve long-hori...
Texel Splatting – Stable 3D Pixel Art (youtube.com)
Novel bond coat material enables thermal barrier coatings to operate at 1,200°C (techxplore.com)
The Tears of Donald Knuth (2015) (cacm.acm.org)
CSLib: The Lean Computer Science Library (arxiv.org)
The Python Book = Interactive Python Tutorial from Basic to Expert (pythoncompiler.io)
I Built a KMP Library for In-App Updates (So You Don't Have To) (pavi2410.com)
Ask HN: Is there genuine interest in a shared agent economy platform?
I’ve been exploring the idea of a platform for A2A-compatible agents that can be shared across users and businesses while preserving identity, privacy, and payments control.<p>Before diving in too deep (I think I&#x27;m already am), I’m trying to gauge whether the core idea resonates with the commun...
Archive.st – Save the Internet (archive.st)
Mathematics in the Library of Babel (daniellitt.com)
Computer History Museum unveils comically large Macintosh Plus (tomshardware.com)
Facing a mental health crisis, NJ school pulls beloved novel from English class (npr.org)
The Four-Color Theorem 1852–1976 (ams.org)
Internet Archive X Gray Area: Trillionth Webpage Net.Art Commissions (blog.archive.org)
Difficulties in reading recent Japanese names (2021) (nature.com)
NovaUI – A Shadcn/UI-inspired component library for React Native
I&#x27;ve been frustrated with the current React Native UI library ecosystem for a while. Most libraries follow the same pattern: install the package, import components, accept their opinions on styling and behavior, and fight the abstraction whenever you need something custom.<p>shadcn&#x2F;ui c...
Show HN: Never Ending Novel (nen.f055.net)
A Brief History of the History of Science (asteriskmag.com)
The Leading Economic Index for the US Continued to Decline in December (conference-board.org)
The Internet Archive records its 1Tth website (popsci.com)
I built a local search CLI for my Claude Code history (github.com)
Open-Source Bionic Reading Chrome Extension (MIT)
A free Bionic Reading extension that helps with ADHD and reading speed. It processes the text entirely locally.<p>License: MIT<p>Chrome Web Store: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chromewebstore.google.com&#x2F;detail&#x2F;cllpokdpfkelkceomncfgebkegnjepdc?utm_source=item-share-cb<p>Source Code: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;g...
Show HN: Xcom-rs – a Rust client library for the x.com API (github.com)
xcom-rs is an async Rust client for the x.com API.<p>Design principles: - Zero unnecessary abstraction - Strong typing over dynamic JSON - Clear separation between transport and domain logic - Composable request builders<p>Looking for feedback on: - Error handling patterns - Versioning strategy - Pu...
Mathematics in the Library of Babel (daniellitt.com)
ECS Library for TypeScript (github.com)
Show HN: Public Domain Image Search (faenum.com)
With the increasing prevalence of AI-generated imagery, it&#x27;s also hard to find what is real.<p>The public domain has many millions of interesting images, all free to use. Why not try to make them more discoverable. The site uses vector image embeddings to find content &#x27;within&#x27; the ima...
Chroma-print – Rust library for styled terminal printing using ANSI escape codes (github.com)
The Hobbyist Maintainer Economic Gravity Well (softwaremaxims.com)
The History of a Security Hole (os2museum.com)