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‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Director Has a Theory on Why Visual FX Suck So Much Now (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-21 | get Special Effects → | tags: blockbusters, blockbusters real, gore

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Ask HN: Anyone have a good solution for modern Mac to legacy SCSI converters? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-15 | get Legacy IDE → | tags: attaching, attaching old, drives

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The most ultraportable laptop I tested at CES wasn't made by Dell or Lenovo (zdnet.com)

2026-01-13 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Xiaomi → | tags: inch, intel, laptops

94.

How Markdown Took Over the World (slashdot.org)

2026-01-12 | by Posted | get Markdown → | tags: markdown, modern, simple

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Throw away these recalled dietary supplements right now. They may contain a ‘life-threatening’ ingredient (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-12 | get Vitamin A → | tags: according fda, brand, cause

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Nearly lost, this famed sculpture gets a new life inside GM’s headquarters (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-12 | get Artichoke → | tags: artist, artist harry, bertoia

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If Windows laptops in 2026 are going to be as powerful and lightweight as this, I'm excited (zdnet.com)

2026-01-09 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Laptop → | tags: inch, intel, laptops

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I did not expect this powerful Windows laptop at CES 2026 to be so thin and light (zdnet.com)

2026-01-06 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Laptop → | tags: inch, intel, laptops

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MSI's new thin and light laptops are one of the most pleasant surprises at CES (zdnet.com)

2026-01-05 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Gaming Laptop → | tags: inch, intel, laptops

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2025 Ends With Release of J. R. R. Tolkein's Unpublished Story (slashdot.org)

2026-01-05 | by Posted | get Epic Fantasy Novel → | tags: bovadium, bovadium fragments, fragments

101.

The PGP problem (2019) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-04 | get OpenPGP → | tags: email, keys, modern

102.

The PGP Problem (2019) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-04 | get OpenPGP → | tags: email, keys, modern

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The great shift of English prose (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-01 | by Henry Oliver | get Language → | tags: english, modern, plain

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New Runtime Standby ABI Proposed for Linux Like Microsoft Windows' 'Modern Standby' (slashdot.org)

2025-12-27 | by Posted | get Linux Kernel → | tags: modern, modern standby, patch

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The 4 key takeaways from business leaders in 2025 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-22 | get Smartphone → | tags: ai year, approaches, approaches leadership

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What Does a Database for SSDs Look Like? (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-20 | by Marc Brooker | get Database → | tags: answer, database, latency

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How Are U.S. Dams Holding Up? New Satellite Data Warns of Trouble (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-18 | get Dam → | tags: dam failure, era team, failure

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Classical statues were not painted horribly (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-18 | by Ralph S Weir | get Artistic Restoration → | tags: ancient, century, color

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English Has Become Easier To Read (slashdot.org)

2025-12-17 | by Posted | get E-reader → | tags: clause, gotten, logical

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Enthusiast modder stuffs an entire gaming PC inside a gutted Commodore PET 2001 — replaced the screen with an iPad Retina LCD, but the original keyboard still works (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-17 | by Hassam Nasir | get Commodore PET → | tags: commodore, commodore pet, hardware

111.

In Defense of Matlab Code (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-12 | by Dystr Inc. | get Optimization Toolbox → | tags: code, language, math

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Show HN: Gotui – a modern Go terminal dashboard library (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-11 | get Terminal → | tags: charts, example, github

113.

Stop Breaking TLS (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-10 | by Mark Dastmalchi-Round | get OpenSSL → | tags: certificate, just, modern

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Wake Up Dead Man digs deep for a darker, more powerful Knives Out (theverge.com)

2025-12-09 | get Knives Out → | tags: absent, absent modern, cozy

115.

Microsoft finally has a better looking Run dialog for Windows 11 (theverge.com)

2025-12-05 | by Tom Warren | get Windows 11 → | tags: dialog, launcher, microsoft

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AV1: A Modern, Open Codec (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-05 | get AV1 → | tags: codec, modern, modern open

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Humans in southern Africa were an isolated population until recently (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-03 | get Isolated Population → | tags: africa, features, modern

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This ambitious new emulation hub could be a game-changer on Android (androidauthority.com)

2025-11-26 | get Emulator Hub → | tags: custom, emulation, features

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Yeti vs. Host Modern: Which Insulated Serving Dishes Are the Best? (wired.com)

2025-11-19 | by Matthew Korfhage | get Insulated Server → | tags: dish, food, host

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Yeti Vs Host Modern: Which Insulated Serving Dishes Are the Best? (wired.com)

2025-11-19 | by Matthew Korfhage | get Insulated Server → | tags: dish, food, host