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First electronic-photonic quantum chip manufactured in commercial foundry
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/07/first-electronic-photonic-quantum-chip-manufactured-in-commercial-foundry/
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gmays
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3d ago
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gblargg
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3h ago
Apparently a "quantum light" can generate single photons of light, a quanta of light.
The bewildering phenomenon of declining quality
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-07-20/the-bewildering-phenomenon-of-declining-quality.html
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geox
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5h ago
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The Big LLM Architecture Comparison
https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/the-big-llm-architecture-comparison
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mdp2021
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6h ago
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Async I/O on Linux in databases
https://blog.canoozie.net/async-i-o-on-linux-and-durability/
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jtregunna
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7h ago
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A Tour of Microsoft's Mac Lab (2006)
https://davidweiss.blogspot.com/2006/04/tour-of-microsofts-mac-lab.html
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ingve
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3h ago
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Coding with LLMs in the summer of 2025 (an update)
https://antirez.com/news/154
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antirez
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2h ago
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Show HN: ggc – A terminal-based Git CLI written in Go
https://github.com/bmf-san/ggc
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bmf-san
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3d ago
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Behind the ballistics of the 'explosive' squirting cucumber
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-ballistics-explosive-squirting-cucumber.html
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PaulHoule
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2d ago
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Terence Tao: A human metaphor for evaluating AI capability
https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/114881418225852441
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bertman
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5h ago
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Show HN: MCP server for Blender that builds 3D scenes via natural language
https://blender-mcp-psi.vercel.app/
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prono
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7h ago
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I'm betting against AI agents, despite building them
https://utkarshkanwat.com/writing/betting-against-agents/
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Dachande663
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4h ago
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Hungary's oldest library is fighting to save books from a beetle infestation
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5467062/hungary-library-books-beetles
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smollett
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3d ago
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How the 'Minecraft' Score Became Big Business for Its Composer
https://www.billboard.com/pro/how-minecraft-score-became-big-business-for-composer/
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tunapizza
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4d ago
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Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scripts
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/07/18/make-your-own-backup-system-part-1-strategy-before-scripts/
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Bogdanp
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17h ago
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The Secrets We Keep
https://blog.bl00cyb.org/2025/07/the-secrets-we-keep/
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luu
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3d ago
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How Tesla is proving doubters right on why its robotaxi service cannot scale
https://www.aol.com/elon-gambling-tesla-proving-doubters-090300237.html
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Bluestein
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14m ago
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Robot metabolism: Toward machines that can grow by consuming other machines
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu6897
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XzetaU8
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5h ago
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Death by AI
https://davebarry.substack.com/p/death-by-ai
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ano-ther
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22h ago
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Nobody knows how to build with AI yet
https://worksonmymachine.substack.com/p/nobody-knows-how-to-build-with-ai
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Stwerner
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21h ago
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I tried vibe coding in BASIC and it didn't go well
https://www.goto10retro.com/p/vibe-coding-in-basic
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ibobev
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4d ago
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Beyond Meat fights for survival
https://foodinstitute.com/focus/beyond-meat-fights-for-survival/
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airstrike
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13h ago
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Local LLMs versus offline Wikipedia
https://evanhahn.com/local-llms-versus-offline-wikipedia/
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EvanHahn
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20h ago
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How to run an Arduino for years on a battery (2021)
https://makecademy.com/arduino-battery
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thunderbong
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3d ago
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Roman Roads Research Association (UK)
https://www.romanroads.org/index.html
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countrymile
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6h ago
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Scientists reveal a widespread but unidentified psychological phenomenon
https://www.psypost.org/scientists-reveal-a-widespread-but-previously-unidentified-psychological-phenomenon/
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thunderbong
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1h ago
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Borg – Deduplicating archiver with compression and encryption
https://www.borgbackup.org/
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rubyn00bie
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10h ago
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Mushroom learns to crawl after being given robot body (2024)
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/robot-mushroom-biohybrid-robotics-cornell-b2610411.html
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Anon84
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3d ago
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Matterport walkthrough of the original Microsoft Building 3
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=SZSV6vjcf4L
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uticus
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3d ago
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What were the earliest laws like?
https://worldhistory.substack.com/p/what-were-the-earliest-laws-really
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crescit_eundo
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4d ago
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Rethinking CLI interfaces for AI
https://www.notcheckmark.com/2025/07/rethinking-cli-interfaces-for-ai/
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20h ago
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Ring introducing new feature to allow police to live-stream access to cameras
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/amazon-ring-cashes-techno-authoritarianism-and-mass-surveillance
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xoa
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15h ago
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