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US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky had cocktail of drugs in system at death

https://nypost.com/2026/01/20/us-news/us-chess-grandmaster-daniel-naroditsky-had-cocktail-of-drugs-in-system-at-time-of-mysterious-death-toxicology-report-reveals/
3•perihelions•2h ago

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csense•1h ago
I am amazed that someone smart enough to be a chess grandmaster is apparently not smart enough to "Just say no" to drugs.

Or maybe he didn't take them voluntarily, and his death was foul play (a wild claim which is entirely speculation on my part, based on no evidence whatsoever).

DustinEchoes•1h ago
There’s a reason intelligence and wisdom are separate stats in D&D.

Trying to exercise my data privacy rights led me to build a small opt-out tool

https://privacypartnersapp.com/
1•longbread•46s ago•1 comments

We're Still Underestimating What AI Means

https://tinyclouds.org/underestimating-ai/
1•thegeomaster•53s ago•0 comments

Reacting to news is basically a cheat code for traffic

https://jackseo.io/
1•janekfollendorf•1m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Employment Dot Com Boom

2•_RPM•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A curated list of academic papers and resources on Physical AI

https://github.com/keon/awesome-physical-ai
1•kwk236•4m ago•0 comments

Anthropic CEO says selling AI chips to China like selling nukes to North Korea

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-20/anthropic-ceo-says-selling-advanced-ai-chips-t...
1•lateforwork•6m ago•1 comments

The Secretive VIP Programs That Keep Gamers Spending

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/arts/zynga-vip-video-games.html
1•reaperducer•6m ago•0 comments

The secret consultant: Your first steps to independence

https://bitfieldconsulting.com/posts/secret-consultant
1•jnord•8m ago•0 comments

Intelligent Laser Rust Removal Technology in Offshore Wind Power Operation

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/16/1/6
1•PaulHoule•8m ago•0 comments

Shared execution plan cache for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/using-the-shared-plan-cache-for-amazon-aurora-postgresql/
1•tanelpoder•10m ago•0 comments

SF founders training for a boxing match – anyone want in?

1•bananarabbit•11m ago•1 comments

'This Is Trump's Goon Squad, for Christ's Sake'

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/opinion/trump-vance-miller-ice.html
3•John7878781•11m ago•1 comments

Looking at the numbers, I'm less productive using AI

1•emerongi•12m ago•0 comments

DOGE employees may have improperly accessed social security data, DOJ says

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/20/doge-employees-social-security-information-court-filing
5•belter•13m ago•2 comments

Meadow Companion: so you can leave your phone

https://www.meadow.so/product
1•pwizzler•14m ago•0 comments

Email provider Rackspace triples the cost. Time to go European?

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/01/rackspace-raises-email-hosting-prices-by-a...
1•Flundstrom2•16m ago•0 comments

Steam "Offline" status leaks exact login timestamps (Valve: Won't Fix)

https://xmrcat.org/steam-invisibility-bypass
5•xmrcat•18m ago•4 comments

Show HN: Parallel Agentic Search on the Twitter Algorithm

https://www.morphllm.com/playground/na/warpgrep?repo=xai-org%2Fx-algorithm
1•bhaktatejas922•18m ago•0 comments

Why the "For You" Tab Sucks

https://blog.kaplich.me/why-the-for-you-tab-sucks/
1•skaplich•21m ago•0 comments

California is free of drought for the first time in 25 years

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-09/california-has-no-areas-of-dryness-first-time...
49•thnaks•22m ago•7 comments

A new way to "paint with light" to create radiant, color-changing items

https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-morphochrome-paints-objects-with-light-0120
1•gnabgib•23m ago•0 comments

The fastest human spaceflight mission in history crawls closer to liftoff

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/nasas-artemis-ii-rocket-rolls-to-launch-pad-but-key-test-lo...
2•rbanffy•24m ago•0 comments

Lunar Radio Telescope to Unlock Cosmic Mysteries

https://spectrum.ieee.org/lunar-radio-telescope
3•rbanffy•25m ago•0 comments

My agents are working. Are yours?

https://jack-clark.net/2026/01/19/import-ai-441-my-agents-are-working-are-yours/
1•arrowsmith•25m ago•0 comments

Solving the Pendulum Problem

https://ethansteere.net/blog/solving-the-pendulum-problem/
1•e253•25m ago•0 comments

Python Time and Space Complexity

https://pythoncomplexity.com/
2•BerislavLopac•25m ago•0 comments

The Disaster to Come: New York's Next Superstorm

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/25/nyregion/nyc-storm-hurricane-flooding.html
1•bookofjoe•27m ago•1 comments

Agentic Fitness Programs

https://www.supercomp.app/
1•smiru•31m ago•1 comments

How a Norwegian weather rocket almost sparked a nuclear war

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260116-how-a-norwegian-weather-rocket-almost-sparked-a-nucl...
1•rmason•32m ago•0 comments

Bypassing MEO's XGS-PON ONT with the Was-110 – With Black.Ink

https://withblack.ink/posts/meo-xgspon-bypass/meo-xgspon-bypass/
1•Daviey•32m ago•0 comments