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NASA plane makes belly landing at Ellington Airport

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/ellington-field-nasa-plane-belly-landing-houston-texas/285-0a56be62-e0cd-4489-a418-130e2cc90a4e
4•ortusdux•1h ago

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ortusdux•1h ago
Reddit has a mirror of the video - https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1qos6...
ggm•59m ago
A 1970s era licenced remake of the English Electric Canberra first introduced in 1951 (first flight 1949), from WW2 design imperatives. Obviously, significantly enhanced. But we're looking at technology which in significant ways is an over 70 years old design with modern accoutrements shoehorned in.

Noting it just had a problem, Perhaps this isn't a bad way to use robust tech to do research.

What I found more surprising, is that they have been flown in combat contexts in Afghanistan for RF work. You would not expect other 70s warbirds to be routinely used that way, but the A10 was used in the same conflict, and it is also a 1970s era aircraft, so perhaps the surprise is a mistake?

shawn_w•39m ago
The F-15 and F-16 are 1970s era aircraft that are still used in front line combat roles.

Then there's the B-52...

Gallagher Security Python SDK and Tools

https://github.com/anomaly/gallagher
1•devmukherjee•2m ago•0 comments

The discrepancy between developers satisfied and dissatisfied with AI

https://unixdigest.com/articles/the-reasons-for-the-big-discrepancy-between-satisfied-vs-dissatis...
1•Curiositry•2m ago•0 comments

Slim Chance for Permanent Weight Loss (2018)

https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2018-40989-001.html
1•paulpauper•2m ago•0 comments

Taming Claude Code

https://thisalex.com/posts/claude-taming/
1•indeyets•2m ago•0 comments

Physical Tesla Buttons Retrofit for Model 3 and Y – Installation Tutorial [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmVZsnxXAQE
1•fenced_load•3m ago•0 comments

I Track Space Debris as It Crashes to Earth

https://nautil.us/i-track-space-debris-as-it-crashes-to-earth-1263197/
1•Bender•3m ago•0 comments

Gen Z is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents

https://www.upworthy.com/gen-z-technology-schools
1•myth_drannon•3m ago•0 comments

All-in-one console with PS5, Xbox Series X, & Switch 2 in a single system

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/modder-builds-all-in-one-console-with-ps5...
1•gnabgib•4m ago•0 comments

Nearly 20 years ago, the makers of Age of Empires tried to make a Halo MMO

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/nearly-20-years-ago-the-makers-of-age-of-empires-tried-to-make-...
1•HardwareLust•6m ago•1 comments

Meta blocks posts sharing database of ICE agents

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/meta-blocks-sharing-database-ice-00750449
1•rurp•7m ago•0 comments

WhyFi

https://twitter.com/jamespotter/status/2014977962890936523
1•drpancake•7m ago•0 comments

Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet (2014)

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/why-email-will-never-die/375973/
2•sonicrocketman•7m ago•1 comments

Did a Celebrated Researcher Obscure a Baby's Poisoning?

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/02/did-a-celebrated-researcher-obscure-a-fatal-poisoning
1•littlexsparkee•9m ago•0 comments

There's a rash of scam spam coming from a real Microsoft address

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/01/theres-a-rash-of-scam-spam-coming-from-a-r...
1•jnord•9m ago•0 comments

Tech companies and those who work for them have a decision to make

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-lines-have-been-drawn
2•megamike•10m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Using machine learning to detect steganography

https://www.khao2.com
1•oding•11m ago•0 comments

London became the rest of the startup capital

https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/01/26/how-london-became-the-rest-of-the-worlds-startup-cap...
1•ellieh•11m ago•0 comments

Cortical Labs – Detecting Agency

https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03498
1•bwjx•11m ago•0 comments

Various and Sundry

https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=15355
1•jjgreen•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Time-Shards – hash-verifiable evidence packs from milestone logs

https://time-shards.skreeb.io
1•Speykey•13m ago•2 comments

Woman Creates Super Console Containing PS5, Xbox, and Switch 2

https://kotaku.com/woman-creates-super-console-containing-ps5-xbox-and-switch-2-2000661391
1•PaulHoule•15m ago•1 comments

Digital Tools for Conviviality

https://habla.news/hodlbod/digital-tools-for-conviviality
1•jonstaab•17m ago•0 comments

Fast food isn't only culprit in expanding waistlines – DNA is also to blame

https://www.uclahealth.org/news/release/fast-food-isnt-only-culprit-in-expanding-waistlines
1•paulpauper•18m ago•0 comments

New Intel Linux Driver Workaround Halves Initial Game Load Time for MHW

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Vulkan-DriConf-LTO
1•Bender•20m ago•0 comments

Illegal Frequencies: How Pirate Radio Gave Voice to the Underground (2025)

https://www.decodedmagazine.com/illegal-frequencies-how-pirate-radio-gave-voice-to-the-undergroun...
2•dijksterhuis•22m ago•0 comments

Défi à la Cryptanalyse Classique

https://ttu-bounty-challenge.streamlit.app/
1•BANGEBE•22m ago•2 comments

What Would Marx Say Today?

https://tantaman.substack.com/p/what-would-marx-say-today
2•tantaman•32m ago•1 comments

The Robotics Data Pareto Frontier

https://vincentliu.org/the-robotics-data-pareto-frontier
1•lairv•34m ago•0 comments

Intra: Design notes on an LLM-driven text adventure

https://ianbicking.org/blog/2025/07/intra-llm-text-adventure
1•wellpast•39m ago•0 comments

Why Are There No Holes Around Trees? [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHJIhxZEoxg
1•gmays•39m ago•0 comments