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The History of Acer

https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-history-of-acer
4•achairapart•3h ago

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theandrewbailey•2h ago
> They then reached out to Ogilvy & Mather whose art director in Australia suggested Acer. Shih enjoyed one of the meanings of the word in Latin, energetic, and the name was chosen. The company quickly became Acer Inc.

Here I was, thinking it was named after maple trees.

Show HN: Engineering.fyi – Search across tech engineering blogs in one place

https://engineering.fyi/
5•indiehackerman•3m ago•0 comments

What to Do When Your Manager Doesn't Work

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/business/manager-performance-work-advice.html
1•anonu•4m ago•0 comments

Synchron vs. Neuralink: BCI Brain Implants for Thought-Control [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGj4pYfgr5w
1•mgh2•9m ago•0 comments

Consent for Hackers, Negotiating consent based on the HTTP protocol [video]

https://media.ccc.de/v/why2025-3-consent-for-hackers-negotiating-consent-based-on-the-http-protocol
1•marvinborner•10m ago•0 comments

Effects of Anthropogenic Vibratory Noise on Plant Development and Herbivory

https://www.mdpi.com/2624-599X/7/3/45
1•PaulHoule•14m ago•0 comments

Try and

https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/try-and
2•treetalker•15m ago•1 comments

Wall Street and AI Startups Are Fighting over Entry-Level Quants

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-08/open-ai-perplexity-make-pitch-to-recruit-quant-traders-from-banks
1•Terretta•15m ago•1 comments

The rise of America's intangible economy

https://www.ft.com/content/38c3ccd8-3aa0-4dbb-a832-00177c40996c
2•hhs•16m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Advice for someone who wants to try AI-assisted coding?

1•inglor_cz•16m ago•2 comments

Design Patterns for Securing LLM Agents Against Prompt Injections

https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08837
1•pyman•18m ago•0 comments

The Ottoman Mirror

https://worldhistory.substack.com/p/the-ottoman-mirror
1•crescit_eundo•18m ago•0 comments

DEF CON hackers plug security holes in US water systems amid tsunami of threats

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/10/def_con_hackers_water_security/
1•rntn•21m ago•0 comments

Buy now pay later for your annual software subscriptions

1•bfayyumii•21m ago•1 comments

Mesmerizing Hypnoloid, a Kinetic Desktop Sculpture

https://www.core77.com/posts/138054/This-Mesmerizing-Hypnoloid-a-Kinetic-Desktop-Sculpture
1•surprisetalk•27m ago•0 comments

I'll pay you $100k to get me married

https://aella.substack.com/p/ill-pay-you-100k-to-get-me-married
1•surprisetalk•28m ago•1 comments

Angus Willows designs a better coat hanger

https://www.core77.com/posts/137963/Product-Design-Students-Self-Project-Leads-to-Massive-Business-Success
1•surprisetalk•28m ago•0 comments

Platform/community for passionate hobby OS enthusiasts

https://oshub.org
3•joexbayer•28m ago•1 comments

Site Scout

https://github.com/hashhooshy/site-scout
1•hashhooshys•31m ago•0 comments

Inside OS/2

https://gitpi.us/article-archive/inside-os2/
17•rbanffy•32m ago•4 comments

Mixing Regolith with Polymer Saves Mass for 3D Printing – Universe Today

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/mixing-regolith-with-polymer-saves-mass-for-3d-printing
1•rbanffy•32m ago•0 comments

Can we just have one day when no one mentions AI?

https://www.ft.com/content/94481c96-03f2-420e-a17c-64394804bd04
2•bookofjoe•34m ago•2 comments

The Tycoons Who Profit from India's Thirst for Russian Oil

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/business/india-russian-oil-ambani.html
1•ripe•38m ago•0 comments

Computer Networking Resources for DevOps and Software Engineers

https://leandromoreira.com/2021/12/16/computer-networking-resources-for-devops-and-software-engineers/
2•dreampeppers99•41m ago•0 comments

Avatarl: Training langauge models from scratch with pure RL

https://tokenbender.com/post.html?id=avatarl
2•krkartikay•43m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Interactive Map and Smart Search – Explore Wonosobo

https://explorewonosobo.com/
1•harimurti•44m ago•0 comments

Fermi Question of the Day: How many babies were born worldwide in 2024?

https://www.fermiquestions.org/#/2025-08-10
1•danielfetz•49m ago•0 comments

Sex is getting scrubbed from the internet; billionaires can sell you AI nudes

https://www.theverge.com/internet-censorship/756831/grok-spicy-videos-nonconsensual-deepfakes-online-safety
8•microsoftedging•50m ago•2 comments

Show HN: QRCodes Shaped with Text/Images – NitroQR

https://nitroqr.com
1•bhasinanant•50m ago•2 comments

Venomous Lionfish invading the Mediterranean. Best control may be to eat it

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/09/lionfish-invasive-mediterranean-diet-food/
2•perihelions•54m ago•0 comments

MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System

https://worksonmymachine.ai/p/mcp-an-accidentally-universal-plugin
4•azhenley•54m ago•1 comments