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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

92.

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: effectiveness, effectiveness mathematics, mathematics

93.

Lionsgate Is Trying to Bring ‘Leprechaun’ Back to Life (Again) (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: action, action reviving, coming

94.

Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Aug. 9, #1155 (cnet.com)

2026-08-08 | by Gael Cooper | tags: answers, books, connections

95.

Indie App Spotlight: ‘Pocket Jam’ helps you learn and practice your favorite songs (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-08 | by Michael Burkhardt | tags: apple, pocket, pocket jam

96.

Paper Goods Company Is Investigating an Alternative to Trees (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | by Posted | tags: clark, hesperaloe, kimberly clark

97.

Google Photos users report handy drag-to-select feature has disappeared (Update) (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: google photos, drag-to-select, pixel

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Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta and Oracle Expect a Negative Cash Flow of $125 Billion Next Year (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | by Posted | tags: amazon, cash, expected

99.

Wired vs. wireless CarPlay: How are they different & which is better to use? (engadget.com)

2026-08-08 | by Adnan Ahmed | tags: access, carplay, connection

100.

The X-Men Casting Rumors Just Keep on Coming (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: actors, actors marvel, cast

101.

Here’s how we played the massive rebound in AI stocks this week (cnbc.com)

2026-08-08 | by Alexa Lomonaco | tags: ai infrastructure, infrastructure, nvidia

102.

Triton: DirectX 11 Driver for QEMU (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | by Utm Team | tags: build, calls, directx

103.

The Apple Watch heart rate feature you probably didn't realize existed (engadget.com)

2026-08-08 | by Deven Mcclure | tags: apple, heart, rate

104.

Pulsar Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition Review: Extra cool (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | tags: button, buttons, edition

105.

Texas Avoids Blackout by the Grace of Solar Power (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: demand, electrical, grid

106.

Here Are the First Images of the Crater Left on the Moon by SpaceX’s Rocket (wired.com)

2026-08-08 | by Jorge Garay | tags: falcon, impact, korea

107.

Hardware researcher spins up 'CPU deoptimization' project to find the slowest single x86 instruction, creates hall of shame — worst offender takes 198 billion cycles spanning 62 seconds to execute (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Jake Roach | tags: cycles, domas, hardware

108.

DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: hurricane, jamaica, model

109.

Terafab could become the largest factory on the planet—or Elon Musk’s biggest failure (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: building, factory, million

110.

Timeline of the OpenAI accidental attack against Hugging Face (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | by Simon Willison | tags: agent, agents, artifactory

111.

Apple's rumored "Ultra" lineup would include a foldable iPhone, camera AirPods, and a touchscreen MacBook (techspot.com)

2026-08-08 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: airpods, apple, cameras

112.

Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: advance, advance directed, affected

113.

States with the least—and most—housing market inventory heading into the fall (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: active, active housing, crawl

114.

DeepMind's WeatherNext model achieves breakthrough forecasting cyclones (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | by Weathernext Team | tags: cyclones, forecasters, hurricane

115.

Hardware backdoors in some x86 CPUs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: backdoor, core, embedded

116.

Weird Town Begs for AI Data Center (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Frank Landymore | tags: center, data center, mcdonald

117.

Trump Administration To Pay German Firm $1.2 Billion To Halt US Wind Projects (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | tags: energy, offshore, offshore wind

118.

Kalshi and Polymarket Bets On Clinical Trials Criticized As 'Ghastly' (slashdot.org)

2026-08-07 | tags: clinical, clinical trials, kalshi

119.

We thought we wouldn't write about Overwatch characters anymore but D.Mon looks too sick not to (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Kris Holt | tags: beast, characters, mech

120.

Trump administration spends another $1.2 billion to kill offshore wind farm projects (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: administration, billion, energy