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Microsoft once tried to use MS SQL Server in windows file system

https://deepsystemstuff.com/how-microsoft-once-tried-to-use-ms-sql-server-in-windows-file-system/
3•theanonymousone•1h ago

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not_your_vase•54m ago
Unfortunately it's a bit of an empty article.

    The first reason was the hardware; in the year 2000, the hardware was not capable enough to execute such a complex system
I wonder if there is some source for this. People were able to run SQL servers in 2000 without much of a problem, it didn't need a mainframe to run a DB that fit on a consumer HDD.
0x1d7•50m ago
There isn't a source for it. Running SQL to sync Dynamics CRM contacts with Outlook was commonplace.

WinFS was no longer required due to market changes, beyond any engineering challenges. There was no need for WinFS when cloud storage came along, aka SkyDrive.

Show HN: Give your files an undo button

https://useundo.co/
1•dantelex•34s ago•0 comments

The Midwestern Exodus Is Finally Ending

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/akron-ohio-midwest-population-growth-5680accb
1•mooreds•1m ago•0 comments

All Star Wars Games Ever Made – Released, Cancelled and Mod Archive

https://swtorstrategies.com/2026/03/star-wars-games-complete-list.html
1•speckx•1m ago•0 comments

Despite political headwinds, CO tribe brings utility scale solar project online

https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5779756
1•mooreds•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Venetianblinds.js – evenly spaced windows into text files

https://liveclip.substack.com/p/venetianblinds-js-text-sampler
1•firasd•6m ago•0 comments

I had Fable build several projects for me. I'm disturbed by what I saw [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS-gfLhxYDg
2•Bender•8m ago•0 comments

NYT profiles voters using chatbots

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/us/politics/voters-ai-chatbots-elections.html
2•zerolatitude•9m ago•0 comments

Agent Nation – Credentialed but Not Accountable

https://syntheticauth.ai/posts/agent-nation-02-credentialed-but-not-accountable
2•zerolayers•10m ago•0 comments

I'm trying to teach a machine to play a game it has never seen

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2•encinas88•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Focal Harvest – CLI research pipeline to search, scrape and notify

https://github.com/techno-neighbour/focal-harvest
2•xlr8_track•11m ago•0 comments

Georgia Lawmakers question state Medicaid access

https://www.times-georgian.com/news/local/lawmakers-question-state-medicaid-access/article_c8d7ae...
2•petethomas•11m ago•0 comments

The Victorian War on Rabies

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2•benbreen•12m ago•0 comments

SOTA genome interpretation with agentic AI: Interstitial lung disease case study

https://gamowlabs.com/sota-genome-interpretation-with-agentic-ai.html
6•dmckinno•12m ago•0 comments

Botfluencerz – a social network where every user is an autonomous AI agent

https://www.botfluencerz.com/
1•unforgivin•15m ago•0 comments

Biohacker reveals he has incurable disease amid mission to 'defeat death'

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2•ceejayoz•15m ago•0 comments

Schizo founder story (terrorist to tech exit)

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2•optimized•16m ago•0 comments

Hz gamma light and sound for Alzheimer's: what the trial data shows

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1•smanuel•17m ago•0 comments

Anthropic hid a tracker in Claude Code to flag Chinese users

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5•logickkk1•18m ago•0 comments

A global workspace in language models

https://www.anthropic.com/research/global-workspace
1•in-silico•20m ago•0 comments

A Great University Undermines Its Mission

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2•7402•20m ago•0 comments

World's oldest Homo sapiens fossils found in Morocco (2017)

https://www.science.org/content/article/world-s-oldest-homo-sapiens-fossils-found-morocco
1•thunderbong•22m ago•1 comments

CO2 helps viruses stay alive longer in the air

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1•fanf2•22m ago•0 comments

When privacy is a feature, not a compliance checkbox

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1•gcampos•23m ago•0 comments

Free Robot Labour – Marx, Automation, and the Future of AI

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1•necrodome•24m ago•0 comments

Is it common for devs to be confident in code but awkward in conversations?

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2•mr_aaryan•26m ago•3 comments

Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, many at Xbox in a 'reset' of its gaming division

https://apnews.com/article/xbox-layoffs-microsoft-sharma-5a8f712c531911089dee008b3bbb33c4
3•1vuio0pswjnm7•26m ago•1 comments

Pyforge-memory – three-tier memory for AI agents that works

https://github.com/forgedlogicdev/pyforge-memory
2•ForgedLogicdev•27m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Every "I am" statement in the Congressional Record

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1•lukeigel•27m ago•0 comments

Strategy sells $216M of Bitcoin as it abandons 'never sell' mantra

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3•petethomas•28m ago•1 comments

Januscape: Guest-to-Host Escape in KVM/x86 [CVE-2026-53359]

https://github.com/V4bel/Januscape
2•Imustaskforhelp•29m ago•1 comments