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Google orders small modular nuclear reactors for its data centres

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Creating a tiny tensor library in C

github.com
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Drawing Graphics on Apple Vision with the Metal Rendering API

github.com
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A Brief History of Defragging

eclecticlight.co
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Show HN: MynaUI Icons – 1180 Beautifully Crafted Open Source Icons

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The Laurel Wreath

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In around 1630-1632, the Dutch artist Daniel Mytens, at the time in the employ of King...
In around 1630-1632, the Dutch artist Daniel Mytens, at the time in the employ of King Charles, was commissioned to paint a double portrait of the monarch and his queen, Henrietta Maria. On this canvas, now part of the Royal Collection, the King is being passed a laurel wreath by his wife, as ‘a symbol of their unio...
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Google Play Protect now asks for PIN in order to sideload some Android apps

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A History of Microwave Ovens

taylor.town
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SSL certificate lifetimes are going down. Dates proposed. 45 days by 2027

github.com
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The Retreat to Muskworld

niedermeyer.io

A totally real robotaxi, driving in an extremely normal town Almost eight years ago, Elon Musk...
A totally real robotaxi, driving in an extremely normal town Almost eight years ago, Elon Musk announced that every Tesla made from that moment forward would be capable of Level 5 autonomous driving with nothing more than a software update. It was a pivotal moment in Tesla’s history, committing the company to not ju...
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Making FreeDOS Smaller [video]

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Superstitious Users and the FreeBSD Logo

freebsd.org
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Turn Any Website Into an App in Seconds

mathix.dev
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Rodents remotely move matter using sound to enhance their sense of smell

buffalo.edu

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Scientists have debated the purpose of the ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) produced by rodents...
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Scientists have debated the purpose of the ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) produced by rodents since the discovery of these sounds in the 1950s. There’s a wide research consensus suggesting USVs are a form of social communication, a courtship display, which though inaudible to humans, might otherwise...

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Riots and the far right: the global network behind the violence

sky.com

The narrow medieval streets and canals of Strasbourg in France, on the border with Germany, have...
The narrow medieval streets and canals of Strasbourg in France, on the border with Germany, have little in common with Southport in the UK. Yet the stabbing of three little girls there resonated for one man here. And his subsequent posts on social media resonated around the world - and back to the UK Image: Strasbou...
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Transmutation of Uranium and Thorium by Neutrons (1939)

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Grandmaster Expelled from Team Chess Championship After Phone Found in Toilet

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22-year-old GM Kirill Shevchenko has been expelled from the 2024 Spanish Team Championship with his draw...
22-year-old GM Kirill Shevchenko has been expelled from the 2024 Spanish Team Championship with his draw against GM Bassem Amin in round one and win over GM Francisco Vallejo in round two turned into losses. When Shevchenko’s regular absence from the board aroused suspicion in round two a locked phone was found in t...
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Local TypeScript Super SDK to Call 200 LLMs

github.com
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Bar Part Time owner: Neil Mehta gaslighting about Fillmore land grab

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How to fork: Best practices and guide

joaquimrocha.com
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0 → 1, Shipping Threads in 5 Months

infoq.com

Malkani: I'm Zahan. I've been an engineer at Meta for over a decade. I'm here to...
Malkani: I'm Zahan. I've been an engineer at Meta for over a decade. I'm here to tell you about how we launched the Threads app last year. Let's start by talking about the opportunity that presented itself. It was January last year, and I'd just returned to work after a couple of months on leave. I was looking for s...

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Zapata AI Ceases Operations

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Cheating alleged after men's world conker champion found with steel chestnut

theguardian.com

The World Conker Championships is investigating cheating allegations after the men’s winner was found to have...
The World Conker Championships is investigating cheating allegations after the men’s winner was found to have a steel chestnut in his pocket.David Jakins won the annual title in Southwick, Northamptonshire, on Sunday for the first time after competing since 1977.But the 82-year-old was found to have a metal replica ...
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More NPM Packages on Cloudflare Workers

cloudflare.com

Today, we are excited to announce a preview of improved Node.js compatibility for Workers and Pages....
Today, we are excited to announce a preview of improved Node.js compatibility for Workers and Pages. Broader compatibility lets you use more NPM packages and take advantage of the JavaScript ecosystem when writing your Workers.Our newest version of Node.js compatibility combines the best features of our previous eff...

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