Hacker News Today — 2026-08-16

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The quirky personal homepages of programming language creators

▲ 43 💬 13 breck.lol by cjlm discuss ↗

Asynchronous I/O in DuckDB: Work, Thread, Work

▲ 99 💬 7 duckdb.org by pdet discuss ↗

Semaglutide linked to lower predicted dementia risk

▲ 393 💬 275 alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com by randycupertino discuss ↗

Patterns and problems in emerging multi-agent systems

▲ 33 💬 8 anthropic.com by maxutility discuss ↗

Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born (2023)

▲ 128 💬 32 henrikkarlsson.xyz by felixbraun discuss ↗

Show HN: Mic Drop, a real-time multiplayer karaoke game

▲ 42 💬 16 micdrop.gg by johnsillings Show HN discuss ↗

Guiding Ships with Moire Patterns

▲ 24 💬 7 tinkerings.org by Eridanus2 discuss ↗

Software Engineering fundamentals matter more

▲ 66 💬 12 rhonabwy.com by ingve discuss ↗

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At-home test for infected ticks could improve Lyme Disease diagnosis

▲ 244 💬 85 smithsonianmag.com by gmays discuss ↗

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Numba in the Browser: Unlocking a New Scientific Python Stack in JupyterLite

▲ 23 💬 5 notebook.link by xalfotis discuss ↗

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Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead Winter

▲ 153 💬 93 severe-weather.eu by dgellow discuss ↗

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AI in drug discovery – what it is, where we stand and the path forward

▲ 123 💬 62 science.org by AnodicElegy discuss ↗

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Zapping Rocks Unlocks Stimulated Geologic Hydrogen

▲ 12 💬 3 spectrum.ieee.org by adm4 discuss ↗

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RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better

▲ 273 💬 331 dmitry.gr by dmitrygr discuss ↗

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Tea5767-Radio-Tuner

▲ 35 💬 2 github.com by turtushig22 discuss ↗

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