Zpdf: PDF text extraction in Zig – 5x faster than MuPDF
Article URL: https://github.com/Lulzx/zpdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437288 Points: 3 # Comments: 1...
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Why the Internet Is Bad for Democracy (2005)
Article URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/1089107.1089138 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46425769 Points: 3 # Comments: 0...
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CIA Star Gate Project: An Overview (1993) [pdf]
Article URL: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00789R002800180001-2.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46417110 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...
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Geometric Algorithms for Translucency Sorting in Minecraft [pdf]
Article URL: https://douira.dev/assets/document/douira-master-thesis.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46390667 Points: 3 # Comments: 10...
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RenderCV: Open-Source YAML-to-PDF Resume Generator
📋 Key Facts ✓ Open-source tool converts YAML resumes into pixel-perfect PDFs with one command ✓ Over 120,000 PyPI downloads and 100% te...
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The Epstein Files: Why Half the Internet Is Wrong About Those Redactions
Article URL: https://pdfa.org/a-case-study-in-pdf-forensics-the-epstein-pdfs/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46395208 Points: 12 # Comments: 1...
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Coase's Penguin, Or, Linux and the Nature of the Firm [pdf]
Article URL: https://www.benkler.org/CoasesPenguin.PDF Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46438642 Points: 6 # Comments: 0...
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Project Dropstone: A Neuro-Symbolic Runtime for Long-Horizon Engineering [pdf]
Found this on an open directory (blankline.org). It describes a 'Recursive Swarm' architecture designed to solve context saturation for 24+ hour engineering tasks. Two key claims stood out to me: D3 E...
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2 in 3 Americans think AI will cause major harm to humans in the next 20 years [pdf]
Article URL: https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2025/03/pi_2025.04.03_us-public-and-ai-experts_topline.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46412411 Points: 9 # ...
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Show HN: Cover letter generator with Ollama/local LLMs (Open source)
I built an open source web app that generates cover letters using local AI models (Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, etc.) so your resume and job application data never leaves your machine. No placeholders. No...
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