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Google is dead. Where do we go now?

Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn

Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn

What an unprocessed photo looks like

What an unprocessed photo looks like

What an unprocessed photo looks like

Maybe the default settings are too high

Maybe the default settings are too high

How uv got so fast

How uv got so fast

Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI

Related: <i>Rob Pike got spammed with an AI slop "act of kindness"</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46394867">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46394867</a>

Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI

Related: <i>Rob Pike got spammed with an AI slop "act of kindness"</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46394867">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46394867</a>

We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years

We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years

Tell HN: Merry Christmas

Different cultures celebrate Christmas at different days and time zones are a thing. But it's Christmas here, so:<p>Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope you get some rest and can spend time with people who are dear to you and get to focus on what's important rather than getting lost in stressing about everything having to be perfect.<p>Also much love to everyone who cannot spend their Christmas with dear people.<p>To make sure this post meets the relevancy criteria, here is a Wikipedia article about some Christmas (more precisely advent) tradition which I personally really like: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_market" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_market</a>

Tell HN: Merry Christmas

Different cultures celebrate Christmas at different days and time zones are a thing. But it's Christmas here, so:<p>Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope you get some rest and can spend time with people who are dear to you and get to focus on what's important rather than getting lost in stressing about everything having to be perfect.<p>Also much love to everyone who cannot spend their Christmas with dear people.<p>To make sure this post meets the relevancy criteria, here is a Wikipedia article about some Christmas (more precisely advent) tradition which I personally really like: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_market" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_market</a>

Some Epstein file redactions are being undone

Related: <a href="https://xcancel.com/vmfunc/status/2003292986650853825" rel="nofollow">https://xcancel.com/vmfunc/status/2003292986650853825</a><p><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1ptlms6/some_epstein_files_can_be_unredacted/" rel="nofollow">https://old.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1ptlms6/some_epstein_f...</a><p><a href="https://krassencast.com/p/breaking-we-just-unredacted-the-epstein" rel="nofollow">https://krassencast.com/p/breaking-we-just-unredacted-the-ep...</a>

Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS

Inside CECOT – 60 Minutes [video]

<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/12/23/60-minutes-inside-cecot-el-salvador-prison-cbs/87893327007/" rel="nofollow">https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/12/23/6...</a>

Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves

Archive Link: <a href="https://archive.ph/IWMKe" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/IWMKe</a><p>Also: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-uiUlHTo" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-uiUlHTo</a> – <i>This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers</i>