Hacker News Digest · January 29, 2026

We can’t send mail farther than 500 miles (2002) web.mit.edu / 7 comments

Render Mermaid diagrams as SVGs or ASCII art github.com / 19 comments

Microsoft’s Azure Linux github.com / 6 comments

Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105 theguardian.com / 6 comments

Mecha Comet – Open Modular Linux Handheld Computer mecha.so / 16 comments

An Illustrated Guide to Hippo Castration science.org / 5 comments

Satellites encased in wood are in the works economist.com / 9 comments

Trinity large: An open 400B sparse MoE model arcee.ai / 45 comments

Airfoil (2024) ciechanow.ski / 51 comments

Questom (YC F25) is hiring an engineer ycombinator.com / 0 comments

Last updated: 2026-01-29 05:17:29 UTC