Hacker Wisdom
A collection of wisdom found in the answers to Ask HN questions.
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Gentoo Linux might be the best desktop Linux distro for advanced Linux users
https://www.gentoo.org/get-started/
How Do I Get over My Existential Crisis?
https://www.scottrlarson.com/services/computer/repair/
"AI-Powered" Is a Red Flag. Here's a Dev's Guide to Calling Bullshit
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Everyone's trying vectors and graphs for AI memory. We went back to SQL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_understanding
https://github.com/gitsense/chat/blob/129210302ec06985bbd1031652460cb0649b7596/data/analyze/README.md?plain=1#L63
https://github.com/gitsense/chat/blob/main/packages/chat/widgets/app/components/chat-builder/trees/help/documentation/understanding-your-personalized-ai-search-assistant/1.md
https://github.com/gitsense/chat/blob/main/packages/chat/widgets/app/components/search/docs/gitsense/search-strategy.md
https://github.com/gitsense/chat/tree/main/data/analyze
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39273954
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45274440
https://pg-memories.netlify.app/
https://supabase.com/docs/guides/ai
Does any search engine support returning 100 results at a time?
https://serpapi.com/blog/solution-to-scrape-100-search-results-on-google-google-fast-light-api/
Local hostnames without root/admin
https://anyz.one
https://cwrap.org/nss_wrapper.html
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QQkqehw8umtAgz5z0um7THx-aoU251p705FbIQjDuGs/view
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_rebinding
https://github.com/Riant/host-switch-plus
https://lando.dev/
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/gethostbyname.3.html
https://nip.io/
https://superuser.com/questions/184643/override-dns-in-firefox
Anyone else's short-term memory gone to hell?
https://doi.org/10.3389/frsle.2023.1082253
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45379292
I downloaded the german 8 pm news every day since 2014: Ask me anything
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_time#Germany
Useful Keylogger for Recall
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_keylogger
WTF is up with everything using Android?
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/meta-and-yandex-are-de-anonymizing-android-users-web-browsing-identifiers/
https://developer.android.com/ndk
Are there any non-SPA front end developers left?
https://htmx.org/
https://sveltekit-template.vercel.app/sverdle
Where can I genetically test myself without risking privacy?
https://www.color.com/genomics
https://nanoporetech.com/products/sequence/minion
https://vishakh.blog/2025/07/08/using-mpc-for-anonymous-and-private-dna-analysis/
Radar and radio failures at Dallas area airports
https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/cut-cables-trigger-dallas-flight-disruptions
https://www.rand.org/pubs/articles/2018/paul-baran-and-the-origins-of-the-internet.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/20/heathrow-airport-delays-cyber-attack-berlin-brussels-cancelled-delays
https://youtube.com/watch?v=iDbyYGrswtg