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The Fancy Rug Dilemma

https://epan.land/essays/2025-8_FancyRugDilemma
4•ericpan64•5h ago

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ericpan64•5h ago
Hey HN - long-time lurker and decided to start writing essays (inspired by PG and many of y'all as well). This one came from months of joking with my friends about different "fancy rug" problems which led me to think about my own "fancy rugs". Enjoy!

Battery-powered train breaks distance record

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2l7ry7zp5po
1•tonyedgecombe•3m ago•0 comments

Future of Tech Labor: How Workers Are Organizing and Transforming the Industry

https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12579
1•Improvement•4m ago•0 comments

Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix

https://tidewave.ai/blog/tidewave-web-phoenix-rails
1•kieloo•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: CLI to generate MCP servers with OAuth2 included

1•JianYangbachman•13m ago•0 comments

DeepSeek v3.1 is Here, 685B parameters

https://xcancel.com/deepsseek/status/1957886077047566613
2•Alifatisk•14m ago•0 comments

Database Branching: The Antidote to Production Surprises

https://www.simplyblock.io/blog/database-branching-the-antidote-to-production-surprises/
1•panrobo•16m ago•0 comments

A Fake Tech Company Scam

https://newsletter.eng-leadership.com/p/a-fake-tech-company-scam-heres-how
1•edweis•16m ago•0 comments

Language Models as Thespians

https://jstrieb.github.io/posts/llm-thespians/
1•thunderbong•17m ago•0 comments

Food Irradiation Is Not as Bad as It Sounds

https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/food-irradiation-is-not-as-bad-as-it-sounds/
3•WithinReason•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Capshot – AI app that generates perfect captions for your photos

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.capshot.app&hl=en_US
1•kyoagun•22m ago•1 comments

Show HN: LiftMRR – a lightweight tool for Stripe users run automated campaigns

https://liftmrr.com/
2•gagarwal123•34m ago•1 comments

It Is Hard to Catch AWS on the Clouds

https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/08/19/it-is-very-hard-to-catch-aws-on-the-clouds/
2•ankitg12•34m ago•0 comments

From Geo to AIVO, the Evolution of Digital Visibility Standards in AI Search

https://geostandard.org
1•businessmate•36m ago•1 comments

Cook hot Seven stage course,on any topic that you want to learn

1•harshith5032•38m ago•0 comments

Chatbots Can Go into a Delusional Spiral

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology/ai-chatbots-delusions-chatgpt.html
4•flancian•38m ago•3 comments

Intel ghosts researcher who found web apps spilled 270K staff records

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/intel_website_flaws/
4•beardyw•39m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A Lambda Deployment Tool

https://github.com/aanesn/lambda
1•aanesn•43m ago•1 comments

French streamer dies live on air after months of humiliation and abuse

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/08/20/french-streamer-dies-live-on-air-after-months-of-humiliation-and-abuse_6744540_7.html
2•Freak_NL•43m ago•3 comments

Primary school pupils in white working-class regions 'among worst performing'

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/20/primary-school-pupils-white-working-class-performance/
1•mhga•45m ago•0 comments

The Civilian Death Toll Russia Caused in Ukraine

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/why-putin-wont-answer-the-alaska-question-the-massive-civilian-death-toll-russia-caused-in-ukraine-10838
1•mhga•46m ago•1 comments

Show HN: 10 days vape-free thanks to this

https://www.iquitvape.com/
1•jayqinohboi•46m ago•0 comments

Founderly: An AI cofounder to take you from idea to launch

1•arunbhatia•47m ago•0 comments

Show HN: The best IPA signer there is – May not be online for long

https://prostore-978h.onrender.com/
1•SuperGamer474•57m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Live BTC Arbitrage Monitor (South Africa vs. Global)

https://www.zarbitrage.co.za
1•teruza•58m ago•0 comments

Elon Musk Pledged to Start a Political Party. He Is Already Pumping the Brakes

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/elon-musk-third-political-party-69bf9bd8
6•doener•1h ago•0 comments

The Future of Overwork in the Age of AI

https://plumshell.com/2025/08/20/the-future-of-overwork-in-the-age-of-ai/
2•NonUmemoto•1h ago•0 comments

DOM-Based Extension Clickjacking: Your Password Manager Data at Risk

https://marektoth.com/blog/dom-based-extension-clickjacking/
1•supermatou•1h ago•0 comments

Former ORNL and NCI Director Accuses Uni of Workplace Misconduct

https://anu-observer.org/2025/06/20/negligence-and-brutality-former-nci-director-accuses-anu-of-workplace-misconduct/
2•yetanothersmith•1h ago•0 comments

MIT 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mit-report-95-generative-ai-105412686.html
2•arnon•1h ago•0 comments

Xiaomi sells almost 3 times more EVs compared to last year [pdf]

https://ir.mi.com/system/files-encrypted/nasdaq_kms/assets/2025/08/19/5-36-23/25Q2%20AC_ENG.pdf
1•teekert•1h ago•0 comments