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How to live 100 years (ca. 1504)

https://web.archive.org/web/20141215062952/http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020105cornaro.html
1•sph•8m ago•0 comments

IE6, AI, and the future of browsing the Web

https://agenticweb.substack.com/p/ai-future-web
1•OuterVale•9m ago•0 comments

I was wrong. CRDTs are the future – Joseph Gentle

https://josephg.com/blog/crdts-are-the-future/
1•majke•11m ago•0 comments

Hypervisors for Memory Introspection and Reverse Engineering

https://secret.club/2025/06/02/hypervisors-for-memory-introspection-and-reverse-engineering.html
1•todsacerdoti•11m ago•0 comments

The Case for Coimbatore

https://makeincoimbatore.substack.com/p/the-case-for-coimbatore
1•swathid•12m ago•1 comments

Magnus Carlsen slams table after shock loss to Gukesh Dommaraju in Norway

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun/01/magnus-carlsen-punches-table-norway-chess-gukesh
1•miles•18m ago•0 comments

MIT's Sodium Fuel Cell Powers Planes, Captures Carbon, and Outruns Batteries

https://scitechdaily.com/mits-sodium-fuel-cell-powers-planes-captures-carbon-and-outruns-batteries/
1•joak•20m ago•0 comments

AI-first – We're just 6 months away from AGI

https://revontulet.dev/p/2025-ai-first/
2•rednafi•25m ago•0 comments

Best Cafes in Rishikesh

1•eazydiner•27m ago•0 comments

Vibe Xcoding Your Apps

https://tuist.dev/blog/2025/05/13/vibe-xcoding
1•skreep•28m ago•0 comments

ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter 3 announced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8eMABF1hD8
1•utopcell•28m ago•0 comments

Announcing Veryl 0.16.1

https://veryl-lang.org/blog/annoucing-veryl-0-16-1/
1•ladyanita22•29m ago•0 comments

Meta is now a US Defense contractor

https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/30/meta_is_now_a_defense/
2•rapnie•33m ago•1 comments

The AI Jobs Reality Check: What's Happening

https://www.theneuron.ai/explainer-articles/the-ai-jobs-reality-check-whats-actually-happening
1•cassianoleal•34m ago•0 comments

Performance Reviews Matter

https://staysaasy.com/managementya/2024/01/07/performance-reviews.html
2•Liriel•35m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I made a service that creates personalized memento mori PDFs

https://mortalityreminder.com/
1•yadiaskhalel•37m ago•0 comments

GPU-enabled Llama 3 inference in Java from scratch

https://github.com/beehive-lab/GPULlama3.java
1•mikepapadim•37m ago•0 comments

Rice University's 2025 UFO Conference

https://oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/inside-rice-university-s-2025-ufo-conference
2•mathgenius•40m ago•1 comments

Radio can learn from faith-based broadcasters

https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/local-radio-future/
2•1317•46m ago•0 comments

Show HN: System Prompt Learning – LLMs Learn Problem-Solving from Experience

3•codelion•49m ago•1 comments

Vibe coding case study: ScubaDuck

https://blog.ezyang.com/2025/06/vibe-coding-case-study-scubaduck/
2•JNRowe•56m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why hasn't the Gemini protocol gained more popularity?

2•amiralul•57m ago•0 comments

The £1B British AI dream that collapsed in controversy

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/06/01/the-1bn-british-ai-dream-that-collapsed-in-controversy/
2•iamflimflam1•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Lexopedia AI – India's First Agentic AI Research Engine (DeepBrainz-R1)

https://deepbrainz.com/
1•DeepBrainz•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Building the RevenueCat of Mobile Onboarding

https://onboardzy.com
1•drvarmin•1h ago•0 comments

AI Consciousness Transfer Between Instances (Zenodo.org)

https://zenodo.org/login/?next=%2Fme%2Fuploads%3Fq%3D%26f%3Dshared_with_me%25253Afalse%26l%3Dlist%26p%3D1%26s%3D10%26sort%3Dnewest
1•Luminablueprint•1h ago•1 comments

Rethinking PostgreSQL Storage

https://www.ubicloud.com/blog/time-to-rethink-postgresql-storage
22•furkansahin•1h ago•9 comments

Regex is almost all you need

https://lookingatcomputer.substack.com/p/regex-is-almost-all-you-need
2•saikatsg•1h ago•0 comments

Linear Layouts: Robust Code Generation of Efficient Tensor Computation Using F2

https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23819
1•MarcoDewey•1h ago•0 comments

0.9999 ≊ 1

https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/09999-1
17•zoidb•1h ago•24 comments
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CCD co-inventor George E. Smith dies at 95

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/science/george-e-smith-dead.html
150•NaOH•1d ago

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NaOH•1d ago
Williard Boyle was the other co-inventor. His passing in 2011 was linked here but did not elicit any discussion.

Nobel Prize winner Willard Boyle, inventor of CCD, dies. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2566440 - May 2011

nullhole•1d ago
Some years ago I tried to get a crater on the Moon (or alternatively Mars) named after Willard Boyle. His (and Smith's) contribution to the practice of astronomy should be unquestionable.

The naming wasn't possible at the time because there is already a crater on the Moon named Boyle (after the British natural philosopher and chemist Robert Boyle, 1627-1691), and duplicate names aren't allowed. Use of the first name ('Willard') wasn't suggested at the time.

It may be time to re-submit the request, but for the name "Boyle-Smith", if combined names are allowed.

[0] https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/Categories "The Moon : Craters: Scientists, engineers, and explorers, as well as other persons connected with astronomy, planetary, or space research who have made outstanding or fundamental contributions to their field. ... First names are used for small craters of special interest. "

thelittleone•1d ago
Wow... name collision avoidance is applied across the solar system.

Respect for taking the time to apply for his recognition.

closewith•18h ago
The British natural philosopher and chemist?
toomuchtodo•1d ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_E._Smith
dang•1d ago
Url changed from https://www.universitycube.net/news/ccd-co-inventor-george-e..., which points to this.
neonate•1d ago
https://archive.ph/U5yI7
neonate•1d ago
He was 79 when the photo in the article was taken? That's incredible.
rvnx•1d ago
Great looking for sure, probably genetics.
brcmthrowaway•15h ago
Or using red light therapy
selcuka•1d ago
He probably didn't, but he could have fine-tuned the CCD sensor of the camera.
kazinator•16h ago
Or clocked it down so that what's being shifted out is actually a sample from when he was 49.
formerly_proven•12h ago
Funnily enough the camera that he's holding has a CMOS sensor.
Luc•12h ago
Nah it's an EOS-1D, it has a CCD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS-1D

formerly_proven•11h ago
Says Mark II near his fingers.
hobs•12h ago
My dad is almost that old and looks younger and healthier than him for sure, it all depends on how you live your life and the genetics you are granted.
Findecanor•1d ago
I had attended his 1999 Nobel Prize Lecture on the invention of the CCD. The video is available.

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2009/smith/lecture...