Making a game on a custom bytecode VM in 7 days and 3kB L:
Laurent Le Brun
Making a game on a custom bytecode VM in 7 days and 3kB
Laurent Le Brun's blog
 C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46325337 posted on 2025.12.19 at 08:00:47 (c=0, p=4)
Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi Games (Yields) Reduced Burnout Risk L:
JMIR Serious Games
Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi Games’ Affordance of Childlike Wonder and Reduced Burnout Risk in Young Adults: In-Depth Mixed Methods Cross-Sectional Study
Background: Unrelenting pressure and an “always-on” culture can leave no time for genuine rest among young adults. While playing video games ha...
 C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46375499 posted on 2025.12.24 at 08:43:46 (c=1, p=6)
AMD entered the CPU market with reverse-engineered Intel 8080 clone 50 years ago L:
Tom
AMD first entered the CPU market with reverse-engineered Intel 8080 clone 50 years ago — the Am9080 cost 50 cents apiece to make, but sold for $700
In 1975, AMD could make these processors for 50 cents and sell them for $700, providing a great financial springboard to establish the company in P...
 C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46375847 posted on 2025.12.24 at 09:28:35 (c=1, p=4)
New reactor produces clean energy and carbon nanotubes from natural gas L: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-reactor-energy-carbon-nanotubes-natural.html C:
New reactor produces clean energy and carbon nanotubes from natural gas | Hacker News
 posted on 2025.12.24 at 09:37:54 (c=0, p=3)
When Compilers Surprise You L:
When compilers surprise you — Matt Godbolt’s blog
Sometimes compilers can surprise and delight even a jaded old engineer like me
 C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46375384 posted on 2025.12.24 at 08:27:50 (c=0, p=4)
Show HN: Does Information Density Cause Time Dilation? C:
Show HN: Does Information Density Cause Time Dilation? | Hacker News
 posted on 2025.12.24 at 08:35:01 (c=1, p=3)
Your Inbox Is a Bandit L:
Your Inbox is a Bandit
Parenthetically Speaking: Articles by Shriram Krishnamurthi
 C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46351196 posted on 2025.12.21 at 23:04:04 (c=0, p=3)
The EU's Fine Against X Is Not About Speech or 'Censorship' L:
Tech Policy Press
The EU’s Fine Against X is Not About Speech or ‘Censorship’ | TechPolicy.Press
The €120 million fine under the Digital Services Act is just the EU enforcing some normal, boring requirements of its law, writes Stanford's Daph...
 C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46375470 posted on 2025.12.24 at 08:39:32 (c=0, p=5)
The Port I couldn't Ship L:
The port I couldn
Porting a venerable library on vibes. What started as a quick WebPerl success spiraled into weeks of failed attempts, mangled ASCII diagrams, and a...
 C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46318080 posted on 2025.12.18 at 15:17:37 (c=1, p=3)
Writing HTML by hand is easier than debugging your static site generator (2024) L:
the logic grimoire
Writing HTML by hand is easier than debugging your static site generator
As someone who has used a static site generator every day at work for years I am on the threshold of believing “actually just writing HTML by han...
 C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46374656 posted on 2025.12.24 at 06:29:12 (c=0, p=5)