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An ode to bzip (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | get bzip2 Compression Tool → | tags: bzip, minecraft, libdeflate

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Online astroturfing: A problem beyond disinformation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | get Fake Social Media Bot → | tags: astroturfing, disinformation, online manipulation

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AI's Productivity Boost? Just 16 Minutes Per Week, Claims Study (slashdot.org)

2026-03-14 | by Posted | get AI Productivity Assistant → | tags: productivity, benjamin franklin, safety

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U.S. State Bans on Lab-Grown Meats Challenged in Court (slashdot.org)

2026-03-14 | by Posted | get Lab-Grown Meat Cookbook → | tags: lab-grown meats, u.s. court, benjamin franklin

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Steven Spielberg Thinks Aliens Are Real, and Wants to Hang With Them (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-14 | get Alienware Gaming Laptop → | tags: steven spielberg, disclosure day, aliens

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Montana passes Right to Compute act (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | by Staff Writer | get Montana Tech Policy Book → | tags: montana right to compute act, frontier institute, artificial intelligence

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Global Business Starts with Smoother Communication (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-14 | by Entrepreneur Store | get Bluetooth Wireless Headset → | tags: babbel, language learning, multilingual

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Watchdog Issues Grim Warning About Letting AI Run Your Life (futurism.com)

2026-03-14 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Personal Assistant Device → | tags: competition and markets authority, ai agents, hyper-personalisation

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Chocolate 3D printer startup Cocoa Press levels up with former Prusa executive (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-14 | by Denise Bertacchi | get 3D Printing Chocolate Kit → | tags: prusa, cocoa press, printed solid

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Chip material prices double as Middle East conflict compounds China's existing gallium export ban — wide range of materials for chipmaking skyrocket as supply constricts (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-14 | by Luke James | get Gallium Semiconductor Material → | tags: gallium, compound semiconductors, china

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Fiber internet provider says it can detect leaking water pipes using existing infrastructure, prevented loss of 2 million liters a day over three months — Lightsonic tech detects underground vibrations, machine learning isolates the source (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-14 | by Jowi Morales | get Lightsonic Pipe Leak Detector → | tags: fiber optic cables, distributed acoustic sensing, lightsonic

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Something May Be Scrambling Alien Messages, NASA-Funded Research Finds (futurism.com)

2026-03-14 | by Frank Landymore | get SETI Alien Signal Decoder → | tags: nasa, seti institute, astrophysical journal

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Drone strikes halt a third of the world's helium supply, threatening chip production (techspot.com)

2026-03-14 | get Helium Gas Tank → | tags: drone strikes, helium supply, silicon wafers

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Meta Plans Sweeping Layoffs As AI Costs Mount (slashdot.org)

2026-03-14 | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: meta, layoffs, benjamin franklin

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The real reason Silicon Valley’s architecture is so boring (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-14 | get Modern Minimalist Office Desk → | tags: silicon valley, suburban architecture, tech companies

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You Can Approximate Pi by Dropping Needles on the Floor (wired.com)

2026-03-14 | by Rhett Allain | get Pi Approximation Needle Set → | tags: buffon’s needle, geometry, probability

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CEO of Palantir Says AI Will Seize Power Away From College-Educated Women (futurism.com)

2026-03-14 | by Frank Landymore | get AI-Powered Data Analytics Tool → | tags: palantir, alex karp, immigration and customs enforcement

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Identity Theft Protection Services: Do You Actually Need One? (wired.com)

2026-03-14 | by Matthew S. Smith | get Identity Theft Protection Software → | tags: identity theft, javelin security, ftc consumer sentinel

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Six-month rewritable DVD endurance test crowns winner with 1,000 rewrites, shows the best discs are no longer manufactured — six month of tests find TDK is a clear leader, Verbatim and Memorex didn’t do well (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-14 | by Mark Tyson | get TDK Rewritable DVD Discs → | tags: tdk, verbatim, lite-on

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The ultimate entertainment budget hack: Your local library (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-14 | get Kindle Paperwhite eReader → | tags: local library, heated rivalry, sinners

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US and Gulf states race for Ukrainian interceptor drones, 3D printed model costs $1,000 apiece — Shahed-136 kamikaze drone threat spurs rush for interceptors (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-14 | by Mark Tyson | get 3D Printed Drone Model → | tags: ukrainian interceptor drones, shahed-136, odin win_hit

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Damning Political Research Finds That the People With the Least Understanding Have the Most Confidence (futurism.com)

2026-03-14 | by Joe Wilkins | get Critical Thinking Brain Teaser Game → | tags: journal of experimental psychology, dunning-kruger effect, psypost

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Mathematics Distillation Challenge – Equational Theories (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | by Terence Tao | get Mathematics Puzzle Book → | tags: polymath projects, lean formalization, equational theories

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I Regret to Inform You That You’re Using an Inferior Pour-Over Coffee Brewer (wired.com)

2026-03-14 | by Michael Calore | get Hario V60 Pour-Over Coffee Maker → | tags: kalita wave, chemex, hario v60

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Starlink militarization and its impact on global strategic stability (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | get Starlink Satellite Kit → | tags: starlink, outer space arms control, space militarization

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Starlink militarization and its impact on global strategic stability (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | get Starlink Satellite Kit → | tags: starlink, outer space arms control, space militarization

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Starlink Militarization and Its Impact on Global Strategic Stability (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | get Starlink Satellite Kit → | tags: starlink, outer space arms control, space militarization

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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man Is a Violent Delight From Netflix (cnet.com)

2026-03-14 | by See Full Bio | get Peaky Blinders Mug → | tags: peaky blinders, netflix, cillian murphy

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Two Long-Lost Episodes of 'Doctor Who' Found (slashdot.org)

2026-03-14 | get Doctor Who DVD Collection → | tags: doctor who, benjamin franklin, long-lost episodes

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Is it still an achievement if AI does the hard part? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-14 | get AI Art Generation Software → | tags: everest, achievement, helicopter