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2821.

Japan is using $4,000 animatronic wolves to scare off bears, and can't make them fast enough (techspot.com)

2026-05-18 | get Animatronic Wolf Toy → | tags: animatronic wolves, japan, bear attacks

2822.

Demand for Japan's robotic Monster Wolves explodes amid record bear attacks (techspot.com)

2026-05-18 | get Robotic Wolf Toy → | tags: japan, robotic monster wolves, bear attacks

2823.

The Mercury logic programming system (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | get Mercury Logic Programming Book → | tags: mercury, logic programming, static analysis

2824.

Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Roommate (theverge.com)

2026-05-18 | by Ian Frisch | tags: facebook, instagram, wildfires

2825.

It is time to give up the dualism introduced by the debate on consciousness (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | by Carlo Rovelli | get Consciousness Science Book → | tags: consciousness, carlo rovelli, quantum gravity

2826.

Designing an FPGA Calculator from Scratch (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | get FPGA Development Board → | tags: altera cyclone ii, quartus, verilator

2827.

Small Town Fights Over Flock's AI-Enhanced Network of License Plate-Reading Cameras (slashdot.org)

2026-05-17 | by Posted | get License Plate Reader Camera → | tags: flock, license plate reader, new york city

2828.

Kylo Ren Will Fall In the Next ‘Star Wars’ Comic (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-17 | get Star Wars Kylo Ren Figure → | tags: star wars, kylo ren, charles soule

2829.

VoIP brings back old-fashioned pay phones to rural Vermont (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by Novid Parsi | get Vintage Pay Phone Replica → | tags: voip, beta technologies, futel

2830.

Polymarket Spreads Sensationalist Garbage About Hantavirus Case in U.S. (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-17 | get Hantavirus Awareness Poster → | tags: polymarket, hantavirus, prediction markets

2831.

Smartmedia Card Spec Opened, available free (2000) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by W Kirkwood | get SmartMedia Card Reader → | tags: smartmedia, toshiba, ssfdc

2832.

New Windows 'MiniPlasma' zero-day exploit gives SYSTEM access, PoC released (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-17 | get Windows Security Patch Kit → | tags: windows, miniplasma, microsoft

2833.

US Math/Reading Scores Continue 13-Year Decline. Researchers Blame Reduced Testing and Social Media (slashdot.org)

2026-05-17 | by Posted | get Educational Assessment Toolkit → | tags: stanford, no child left behind, student test scores

2834.

Nostalgic Kits Central (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by Ken Kaplan | get Retro Tech Gadget Kit → | tags: heath, electronic kits, oscilloscope

2835.

In 1979 engineer Hugh Padgham discovered "gated reverb" – by accident (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by Max Mcallister | get Gated Reverb Effect Pedal → | tags: hugh padgham, gated reverb, ssl 4000 b

2836.

Sysadmin Creates 'ModuleJail' To Automatically Blacklist Unused Kernel Modules (slashdot.org)

2026-05-17 | by Posted | get Linux Kernel Module Blacklist Kit → | tags: linux, kernel, modulejail

2837.

Tool mapping 90 companies in the photonics and CPO supply chain (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by Leonardo Boquillón | get Photonics Industry Map Poster → | tags: co-packaged optics, silicon photonics, inp laser

2838.

‘The Expendables’ May Return With a Female-Led Spinoff (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-17 | get The Expendables Action Figures → | tags: expendables, expendabelles, sylvester stallone

2839.

University of Arizona students boo Eric Schmidt’s AI cheerleading during commencement (theverge.com)

2026-05-17 | by Terrence O'Brien | get AI Enthusiast T-Shirt → | tags: google, eric schmidt, university of arizona

2840.

Russia’s Mikron is selling framed test wafers with up to 120,000 processors as souvenirs — 12 designs, priced around $170 each, sold alongside $2 vials of cleanroom air (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-17 | by Mark Tyson | get Processor Test Wafer Souvenir → | tags: mikron, amur mik32, risc-v

2841.

Apple Silicon costs more than OpenRouter (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get Apple Silicon MacBook → | tags: apple silicon, openrouter, m5 macbookpro

2842.

Elon Musk's xAI Launches 'Grok Build', Its First AI Coding Agent (slashdot.org)

2026-05-17 | by Posted | get AI Coding Assistant Kit → | tags: xai, grok build, elon musk

2843.

The 6 Best Grills and Smokers of 2026: Smart, Portable, Pellet (wired.com)

2026-05-17 | by Matthew Korfhage | get Smart Pellet Grill → | tags: weber, recteq, pellet smoker

2844.

If You’re a Serious Bowler, You Need to Know About Bowling Lane Oil (wired.com)

2026-05-17 | by Ben Dowsett | get Bowling Lane Oil Cleaner → | tags: pba, bowling lane oil, ej tackett

2845.

The First Atomic Bomb Test in 1945 Created an Entirely New Material (wired.com)

2026-05-17 | by Marta Musso | get Atomic Bomb Model Kit → | tags: trinity nuclear test, clathrates, calcium copper silicon

2846.

Fujifilm’s X Half is even more whimsical with a $300 price cut (theverge.com)

2026-05-17 | by Cameron Faulkner | get Fujifilm X-H2 Camera → | tags: fujifilm, x half, san disk

2847.

When can the C++ compiler devirtualize a call? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by Arthur O Dwyer | get C devirtualization tools → | tags: c++ devirtualization, compiler optimizations, apple

2848.

Scientists Say $600,000 Lab-Grown “T-Rex Leather” Handbag Is Actually Something Laughable (futurism.com)

2026-05-17 | by Joe Wilkins | get T-Rex Leather Handbag → | tags: lab-grown t-rex, enfin levé, dinosaur leather

2849.

Cybersecurity experts warn: This common email habit is a gift to hackers (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-17 | get Email Security Awareness Kit → | tags: email security, hackers, google

2850.

Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | by .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow | get NordVPN - Cybersecurity & Privacy → | tags: vpn, mozilla, uk online safety act