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MuPDF WASM Viewer Demo (Score: 154+ in 5 hours)

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The Illustrated Word2Vec (2019) (❄️ Score: 150+ in 2 days)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66dhx
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Robotic arms that assemble panels on solar farms (Score: 150+ in 22 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66hgw
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Hey HN! We're a YC-backed company building robots that build solar farms. We recently completed the first commercial deployment of our system, and this is one of the first articles about it.
Here's a teaser video we put together too, if you're curious to see some more shots of the system in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ2fP1Y5Z2E

Quantum Algorithms for Lattice Problems – Update on April 18 (Score: 150+ in 22 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66gie
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Insatiable: A life without eating (Score: 150+ in 1 day)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66evZ
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Multipath TCP for Linux (2022) (Score: 151+ in 10 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66hFT
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Bitcoin Block 840000 (🔥 Score: 157+ in 2 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66iR9
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Valkey Is Rapidly Overtaking Redis (Score: 150+ in 4 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66iAB
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I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting $1.2B Israel contract (Score: 151+ in 11 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66gSr
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Tell HN: Ever think of applying to YC? Do it this weekend for S24 (🔥 Score: 152+ in 3 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/c/66ijQ

(Usually I put an "Apply to YC" thing in the HN footer [1] but I forgot this time, so here is my pitch to make up for it.)
If you've ever thought about applying to YC, here's a tip: just do it. It doesn't take long and could change your life, like it did for me and many others.
In particular, if you have either of these two bogus thoughts, ignore them pronto and just go to https://apply.ycombinator.com and apply:
(1) "probably not good enough / won't get in" - you'd be surprised at how many people feel that way, whether because of impostor syndrome, lack of credentials, whatever—and often they turn out to be among the best founders. So this a terrible reason not to apply!
The nice thing is, it's YC's job to evaluate that, not yours. They're looking for aptitude which doesn't look like what most people (probably including you) assume. You needn't look impressive, and you don't have to be a competent founder—you learn that from doing YC. Just be yourself as you are, fill out the application and don't worry about it.
(2) "too early" - there's no such thing. YC looks for good potential founders—meaning anyone who can learn what they teach—and nothing else. You're already yourself, which is all you need.
Some of YC's big successes start off as last-minute applications on a whim; and many start with totally different ideas than what ends up succeeding. It's YC's job to teach you how to develop in the startup way, and that can start at any time.
("Too far along already" is another bogus notion but I'll stick with the top 2 for today.)
If you know the game Snakes and Ladders [2], YC is a massive ladder in an area where there are no snakes. Sure it's a dice roll, but what reason do you have not to? If you're uninterested in the game, no problem—but if you have any impulse to participate, do it! If you're the "out of nowhere" type of founder YC loves to fund, your chances are likely a lot better than you imagine.
Apply by 8pm PT on Monday 4/22 to get a decision by May 29: https://apply.ycombinator.com.
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[1] like last October - https://web.archive.org/web/20231011022307/https://news.ycom...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_and_ladders

C-Macs – a pure C macOS application (Score: 150+ in 13 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66ghP
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The Curse of Monkey Island (Score: 152+ in 7 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66hqz
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Guy Callendar, the engineer who discovered human-caused global warming (❄️ Score: 150+ in 2 days)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66ass
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VASA-1: Lifelike audio-driven talking faces generated in real time (Score: 191+ in 1 day)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66c2U
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Quill v2 – Rich text editor (🔥 Score: 150+ in 3 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66hDe
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DuckDuckGo AI Chat (Score: 151+ in 4 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66gHD
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The state of AI for hand-drawn animation inbetweening (❄️ Score: 152+ in 2 days)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/668KP
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3rd Edition of Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ by Stroustrup (🔥 Score: 150+ in 3 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66gMm
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El Prado Museum – Virtual Tour (Score: 150+ in 21 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/66etE
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Daniel Dennett (1942-2024) (🔥 Score: 154+ in 1 hour)

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