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74•robtherobber•5h ago•85 comments

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116•janandonly•3d ago•18 comments

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738•eustoria•18h ago•339 comments

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316•UglyToad•15h ago•185 comments

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183•Khaine•2d ago•53 comments

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82•mitchbob•12h ago•122 comments

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25•justusw•3d ago•3 comments

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77•thunderbong•5h ago•61 comments

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154•car•14h ago•39 comments

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40•xrayarx•3h ago•46 comments

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218•hosolmaz•13h ago•182 comments

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42•Bluestein•3h ago•2 comments

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85•lumpa•21h ago•59 comments

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http://ithare.com/c-model-of-the-hardware-vs-model-of-the-compiler/

22•oumua_don17•4d ago•21 comments

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67•todsacerdoti•11h ago•28 comments

Nonogram: Complexity of Inference and Phase Transition Behavior

https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07283

9•PaulHoule•3d ago•1 comments

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https://www.science.org/content/article/human-speech-may-have-universal-transmission-rate-39-bits-second

53•Bluestein•15h ago•47 comments

Open in hackernews

Lightning on Earth is sparked by a powerful chain reaction from outer space

https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/lightning-on-earth-is-sparked-by-a-powerful-chain-reaction-from-outer-space-simulations-show

42•Bluestein•3h ago

Comments

semi-extrinsic•2h ago

Link to full paper, which has a much better popular language summary:

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JD04...

trumbitta2•1h ago

Popular language summary: "avalanche multiplication of relativistic electrons accelerated by force exerted by electric field"