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New ask Hacker News story: LinkedIn uses 65GB of RAM with 7 tabs opened

LinkedIn uses 65GB of RAM with 7 tabs opened 6 by daniele_dll | 4 comments on Hacker News. https://ibb.co/605p8bP3 A couple of months ago my machine became totally unusable and wasn't understanding why, however after a quick check I discovered the ram was full and the swap as well. After discovering that chrome ate more than half of my ram I checked out the ram consumption on chrome and I was shocked 65GB it's just insane. (ram bought a couple of years ago)

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Is there any founder building non AI startup in 2026?

Ask HN: Is there any founder building non AI startup in 2026? 2 by daudmalik06 | 0 comments on Hacker News. Ask HN: Is there any founder building non AI startup in 2026 ? Just curious to know what other founders are building around and what are current challenges.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Does anyone else notice that gas runs out faster than usual

Ask HN: Does anyone else notice that gas runs out faster than usual 5 by cat-turner | 8 comments on Hacker News. - gas smells less like gas - not getting as much mileage as usual I filled up my car and I have a habit of resetting my mileage tracker (next to odometer) to see how many miles I get out of a full tank. I've noticed that I get much less gas than usual for the same number of bars. What can I do to make this more concrete? Has anyone else noticed this?

New ask Hacker News story: Are you team MCP or team CLI?

Are you team MCP or team CLI? 2 by sharath39 | 3 comments on Hacker News. Bonus point is you say why.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Who needs contributors? (March 2026)

Ask HN: Who needs contributors? (March 2026) 5 by Kathan2651 | 0 comments on Hacker News. Looking for contributors to your project? Feel free to post any project that may interest HN readers, with a strong preference towards open source. Please follow this general format: Project name Project description What do you hope to build this month? What kind of skills do you need? Link to your GitHub or somewhere else you'd like to onboard new contributors, like your project management software or chat room.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Release Path for 'Transformers Alternatives'?

Ask HN: Release Path for 'Transformers Alternatives'? 2 by adinhitlore | 0 comments on Hacker News. So, a side project I've spent/wasted ~1000 hours on, with 2 goals set in mind: 1. faster than transformers on CPU; 2. smarter than transformers. couple of screenshots below (the black/red part are censored on purpose...for now): https://ift.tt/XCRrD2q https://ift.tt/m4M6xHC https://ift.tt/ku2pTXF Summary: what the hell is this? Two architectures - 1. Linear RNN which solves the long memory problem in current front-runner RNN transformer alternatives (RWKV, Mamba), in addition to being cpu friendly and entirely in C from scratch, but not too big: ~4000 lines. 2. 2 SNN experimental programs (in C originally but also ported to C# and F#) that turned out to be better than expected but unfortunately for the time being: dumber than the linear RNN one (i need more tests). The question is: what to do with them? google gemini pro 3.1/sonnet 4.6 told me to patent, IP, estimating val...

New ask Hacker News story: Uni feels so usless, I cant focus anymore

Uni feels so usless, I cant focus anymore 2 by EteenSMASH | 0 comments on Hacker News. Im a 18 y/o first year student, and I honestly have always liked school, been super passionate about CS forever, loved school sports and all that jazz. Dont get me wrong I love my uni, its a great school, very good global recognition and stuff, and lots of cool opportunities and stuff going on. I'm a really passionate guy and I love building, and so I literally on the first day just walked into the CS professors office hours, and was showing him stuff I built. I got offered a research position, joined in on the research meetings for a bit, and then got told that they dont pay right now, so I stopped. I want to make capital, and I dont want to build for someone else to own it just so that I can put it on my resume. It makes me feel like a cuck, and then the prof claims the work. I literally asked him, if students come to you with these ideas why dont they just build it themselves, and struggle ...