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Donkey.bas is 45 Years Old – 131 line of Glory (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: donkey.bas, ibm pc, bill gates

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This school security system displays safe evacuation routes during shootings and disasters (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: school security system, evacuation routes, active shooting

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Databricks wraps $5 billion funding round at $190 billion valuation (cnbc.com)

2026-08-13 | by Samantha Subin | tags: databricks, ai agents, lakebase

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Time to Move On: Querying Without Nulls and Bags (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: null handling, bag data structure, database queries

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Ordinary abundance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: spotify, electric light, wabash indiana

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Ordinary Abundance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: spotify, electric light, museum

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New York City Council Opens Investigation Into Prediction Markets Over Predatory Marketing Practices (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: new york city, prediction markets, kalshi

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Tailscale Traces Database Corruption to 16y/o SQLite WAL-Reset Bug (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: tailscale, sqlite, wal-reset

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System lag (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-12 | by Kamei | tags: mount oba, drones, turnstiles

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Neural basis of compositional control (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-12 | by Chericoni | tags: neural basis, hierarchical motor control, decision-making

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Cascading continental-scale floods across Europe in 1342–1343 (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-12 | by Kiss | tags: flood database, europe floods, 1342–1343

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A ‘super’ El Niño could transform the Amazon. Is the world’s biggest rainforest doomed? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-11 | by Septer | tags: el niño, amazon rainforest, climate change

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Why are brands suddenly all about wicker on social media? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: wicker, social media, brands

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Metabase SQL Zero-Day Attacks Could Have Wide Blast Radius (darkreading.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: metabase, sql, zero-day

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After Weeks of Inactivity, Federal Forecasters Eye 3 Potential Cyclones in the Atlantic (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: federal forecasters, atlantic basin, cyclone formation

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SpaceX stock rebounds, closing above $135 IPO price for first time in weeks (cnbc.com)

2026-08-10 | by Ashley Capoot | tags: spacex, elon musk, starbase

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Apple announces live Immersive Video MLB games for Vision Pro (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-10 | by Chance Miller | tags: apple, vision pro, mlb

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Companies Are Adopting a Controversial Method for Increasing Pay, Leading Some Workers to Quit (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-10 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: payscale, peanut butter raises, employee compensation

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SpaceX stock rebounds to near $135 IPO price (cnbc.com)

2026-08-10 | by Ashley Capoot | tags: spacex, starbase, elon musk

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Tl;dv: Over 180k meetings left wide open (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: firestore, google meet, tl;dv

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Over 181,000 AI meeting recordings left wide open in note taking app (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: firestore, tl;dv, google meet

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Apple will stream Friday Night Baseball live in Vision Pro (theverge.com)

2026-08-10 | by David Imel | tags: apple vision pro, friday night baseball, apple tv app

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How the Women’s Pro Baseball League designed itself from the ground up (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: women’s pro baseball league, major league baseball, baseball tradition

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LexisNexis shuts down services after suspicious activity on servers (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: lexisnexis, diligenc, metabase api

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Data-Center Backlash Leads to New Land Rush in Texas Oil Patch (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-10 | tags: permain basin, texas, oil industry

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Data-Center Backlash Leads to a New Land Rush in the Texas Oil Patch (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-10 | tags: permanent basin, texas oil, data center

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Framework’s Data Breach Revealed Customer Data: Here’s What to Know (cnet.com)

2026-08-09 | by Ajay Kumar | tags: access, breach, framework

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We replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations and it scaled (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: connections, database, inventory

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Shopify replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations–and it scaled (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: connections, database, inventory

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Atari ST Public Floppy Database now open for everyone — online archive originally designed for ST flash cart packed with classics and homebrew (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Mark Tyson | tags: atari, atari st, database