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Deepnote (YC S19) is hiring engineers to build an AI-powered data notebook
https://deepnote.com/join-us
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Equiet
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13h ago
Researchers develop ‘transparent paper’ as alternative to plastics
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/science-nature/technology/20250605-259501/
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anigbrowl
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3h ago
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48 comments
A year of funded FreeBSD development
https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2025-06-06-A-year-of-funded-FreeBSD.html
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cperciva
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6h ago
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47 comments
How we decreased GitLab repo backup times from 48 hours to 41 minutes
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2025/06/05/how-we-decreased-gitlab-repo-backup-times-from-48-hours-to-41-minutes/
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immortaljoe
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9h ago
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130 comments
Medieval Africans Had a Unique Process for Purifying Gold with Glass (2019)
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-african-gold
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mooreds
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3h ago
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19 comments
The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs
https://qz.com/tech-layoffs-tax-code-trump-section-174-microsoft-meta-1851783502
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booleanbetrayal
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2d ago
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348 comments
Dear High Schoolers, Time Is Precious
https://byronsharman.com/blog/dear-high-schoolers
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chilipepperhott
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2h ago
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5 comments
Highly efficient matrix transpose in Mojo
https://veitner.bearblog.dev/highly-efficient-matrix-transpose-in-mojo/
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timmyd
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6h ago
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26 comments
The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Limitations of Reasoning LLMs [pdf]
https://ml-site.cdn-apple.com/papers/the-illusion-of-thinking.pdf
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amrrs
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7h ago
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38 comments
Sandia turns on brain-like storage-free supercomputer
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/06/06/sandia-turns-on-brain-like-storage-free-supercomputer/
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rbanffy
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10h ago
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51 comments
What "Working" Means in the Era of AI Apps
https://a16z.com/revenue-benchmarks-ai-apps/
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Brysonbw
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3h ago
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10 comments
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Aviation
https://flightaware.engineering/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-aviation/
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cratermoon
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3h ago
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2 comments
I Read All of Cloudflare's Claude-Generated Commits
https://www.maxemitchell.com/writings/i-read-all-of-cloudflares-claude-generated-commits/
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maxemitchell
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3h ago
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0 comments
Odyc.js – A tiny JavaScript library for narrative games
https://odyc.dev
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achtaitaipai
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11h ago
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41 comments
A masochist's guide to web development
https://sebastiano.tronto.net/blog/2025-06-06-webdev/
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sebtron
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11h ago
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23 comments
Onyx (YC W24) – AI Assistants for Work Hiring Founding AE
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/onyx/jobs/Gm0Hw6L-founding-account-executive
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yuhongsun
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4h ago
A leaderless NASA faces its biggest-ever cuts
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/06/04/a-leaderless-nasa-faces-its-biggest-ever-cuts
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libraryofbabel
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7h ago
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28 comments
Smalltalk, Haskell and Lisp
https://storytotell.org/smalltalk-haskell-and-lisp
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todsacerdoti
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4h ago
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13 comments
Meta: Shut down your invasive AI Discover feed
https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/campaigns/meta-shut-down-your-invasive-ai-discover-feed-now/
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speckx
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10h ago
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187 comments
Series C and scale
https://www.cursor.com/en/blog/series-c
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fidotron
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8h ago
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43 comments
Workhorse LLMs: Why Open Source Models Dominate Closed Source for Batch Tasks
https://sutro.sh/blog/workhorse-llms-why-open-source-models-win-for-batch-tasks
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cmogni1
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6h ago
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11 comments
Too Many Open Files
https://mattrighetti.com/2025/06/04/too-many-files-open
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furkansahin
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10h ago
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81 comments
Curate your shell history
https://esham.io/2025/05/shell-history
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todsacerdoti
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11h ago
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62 comments
United States Digital Service Origins
https://usdigitalserviceorigins.org/
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ronbenton
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5h ago
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50 comments
SaaS is just vendor lock-in with better branding
https://rwsdk.com/blog/saas-is-just-vendor-lock-in-with-better-branding
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pistoriusp
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7h ago
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81 comments
Wendelstein 7-X sets new fusion record
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wendelstein-7-X-sets-new-fusion-record-10422955.html
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doener
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3d ago
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12 comments
What you need to know about EMP weapons
https://www.aardvark.co.nz/daily/2025/0606.shtml
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flyingkiwi44
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14h ago
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135 comments
4-7-8 Breathing
https://www.breathbelly.com/exercises/4-7-8-breathing
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cheekyturtles
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10h ago
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80 comments
Supreme Court allows DOGE to access social security data
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-trump-doge-social-security-data-access-elon-musk-rcna206515
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anigbrowl
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4h ago
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54 comments
Researchers find a way to make the HIV virus visible within white blood cells
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/05/breakthrough-in-search-for-hiv-cure-leaves-researchers-overwhelmed
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colinprince
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8h ago
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23 comments
A Rippling Townhouse Facade by Alex Chinneck Takes a Seat in a London Square
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/alex-chinneck-a-week-at-the-knees/
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surprisetalk
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6h ago
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14 comments