DTF:HN for May 22, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for May 22, 2026. Featuring: The case against boolean logic, Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart, Slumber a TUI HTTP Client, CODA: Rewriting Transformer Blocks as GEMM-Epilogue Programs, Cleve Moler has died, and more. Stories covered: 1. The case against boolean logic https://abuseofnotation.github.io/boolean-thinking/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234128 2. Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart https://valhovey.github.io/gaia-mary/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48225297 3. Slumber a TUI HTTP Client https://slumber.lucaspickering.me HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48231938 4. CODA: Rewriting Transformer Blocks as GEMM-Epilogue Programs https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19269 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48232118 5. Cleve Moler has died https://www.mathworks.com/company/aboutus/founders/clevemoler.html HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48231319 6. The surprising story behind the first British person in space https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260518-helen-sharman-the-story-behind-the-first-british-person-in-space HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48209691 7. The memory shortage is causing a repricing of consumer electronics https://davidoks.blog/p/ai-is-killing-the-cheap-smartphone HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48229319 8. Blog ran on Ubuntu 16.04 for 10 years. I migrated it to FreeBSD https://crocidb.com/post/this-blog-ran-on-ubuntu-16-04-for-10-years-i-migrated-it-to-freebsd/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48227397 9. Steve Wozniak cheered after telling students they have AI – actual intelligence https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-wozniak-apple-ai-graduation-speech-2026-5 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48233563 10. Was my $48K GPU server worth it? https://rosmine.ai/2026/05/13/was-my-48k-gpu-worth-it/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48184402