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4951.

The terrifying mechanics of the Nepali flash flood (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: nepal, flash flood, hydrology

4952.

Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk after more than 20 years (techspot.com)

2026-08-27 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get Logitech MX Master 3S wireless mouse → | tags: amazon mechanical turk, aws, ai platforms

4953.

Nvidia projects $673B in sales as AI demand widens (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | get ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card → | tags: nvidia, ai demand, hyperscalers

4954.

Peter Cullen, Voice of Optimus Prime in 'Transformers,' Dies at 85 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | by Etan Vlessing | get Transformers Optimus Prime action figure → | tags: transformers, optimus prime, voice acting

4955.

Decompiling a Nintendo 64 game in 84 days (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | get Retro-Bit Tribute64 N64 controller → | tags: nintendo 64, snowboarding games, decompilation

4956.

Decompiling a Nintendo 64 Game in 84 Days (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | get Retro-Bit Tribute64 N64 controller → | tags: nintendo 64, snowboarding, speedrunning

4957.

The UK has legalized plug-in solar (but don't rush to buy a kit) (engadget.com)

2026-08-27 | by Daniel Cooper | get EcoFlow RIVER 3 portable power station → | tags: plug-in solar, uk standards, residual current devices

4958.

Long-Time Optimus Prime Voice Actor Peter Cullen Has Died (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: transformers, optimus prime, peter cullen

4959.

Meta Working on “Kill Switch” in Face of Overwhelming Disgust With Its “Pervert Glasses” (futurism.com)

2026-08-27 | by Victor Tangermann | get Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses Wayfarer → | tags: meta, google glass, ray ban

4960.

Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open source duck robot, Microduck (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-27 | by Rebecca Bellan | get Raspberry Pi 5 8GB → | tags: hugging face, microduck, pollen robotics

4961.

Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open-source duck robot, Microduck (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-27 | by Rebecca Bellan | get Raspberry Pi 5 8GB → | tags: hugging face, microduck, pollen robotics

4962.

Panic refunds illegal tariffs customers paid on its Playdate gaming handheld (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-27 | get Playdate handheld console → | tags: playdate, panic, tariffs

4963.

Samsung’s Revised Odyssey Monitors Opt for Excess in Every Direction (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-27 | get Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 ultrawide gaming monitor → | tags: samsung, odyssey oled g9, ultrawide

4964.

Make a Portable Wide-screen Mechanical TV (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-27 | by James Brown | get Raspberry Pi Pico W → | tags: scanwheel, raspberry pi pico, john logie baird

4965.

Launching Route 53 Files (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | get DNS and BIND O'Reilly book → | tags: route 53, dns, aws

4966.

Nvidia is bolstering support for Chinese open AI models as it warns of White House crackdown (cnbc.com)

2026-08-27 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit → | tags: nvidia, chinese ai models, openai

4967.

Sprains, pain, and whiplash: Waymo and Zoox test drivers are getting hurt as robotaxis scale (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-27 | by Sean O'Kane | get memory foam car headrest neck pillow → | tags: waymo, zoox, occupational safety

4968.

Google tells Android app developers to cool it on memory use, or else (theverge.com)

2026-08-27 | by Allison Johnson | get Google Pixel 10 Pro → | tags: android 17, pixel phones, google play store

4969.

Software engineering is about managing complexity (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | get A Philosophy of Software Design Ousterhout → | tags: software engineering, system design, event processing

4970.

Traders brought Central American cacao to Georgia 1,000 years ago (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-27 | get Guittard Cocoa Rouge unsweetened cocoa powder → | tags: theobroma cacao, mississippian culture, etowah archaeological site

4971.

Show HN: Restoredrill – proves your Postgres backups restore (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | get Samsung T7 Shield portable SSD 2TB → | tags: postgresql, restoredrill, databasus

4972.

The Wandering Yamamura Theater Troupe (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | get Imamura Arrow Video Blu-ray → | tags: nikkatsu, shohei imamura, yasujiro ozu

4973.

Google Tasks could soon pick up this basic feature it should’ve always had (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-27 | get Rocketbook Core reusable smart notebook → | tags: google tasks, android authority, search bar

4974.

Nvidia posts another record quarter, predicts explosive AI-driven growth will last through 2028 (techspot.com)

2026-08-27 | by Kishalaya Kundu | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card → | tags: nvidia, ai accelerators, sec

4975.

Six Months of Writing Code Exclusively with Agents (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | get Keychron K2 wireless mechanical keyboard → | tags: github copilot, ai coding, software development

4976.

Google deploys support for Encrypted Client Hello on Android 17 (engadget.com)

2026-08-27 | by Mariella Moon | get Google Pixel 10 → | tags: encrypted client hello, android 17, jigsaw

4977.

How much of a problem is AI’s water use? (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-27 | get KLIM Cool laptop cooling fan vacuum → | tags: data centers, water consumption, texas

4978.

AC2 Protocol: The missing security layer for AI agents (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | by Algorand Foundation Us | get YubiKey 5C NFC → | tags: ac2, didcomm v2.0, liquid auth

4979.

Science tells us what you should do right after waking up, and how it shapes your entire day (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-27 | get Philips wake up light sunrise alarm clock → | tags: brain, morning routine, inbox

4980.

Did Meta's Big Settlement Actually Help It? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: meta, settlement, social media