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You can't unit test for taste (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-24 | by Karl Tryggvason | tags: strava, geonames, python

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Show HN: Wordit – Change One Letter, Keep the Chain Going (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | tags: wordit, change one letter, chain

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Dostoyevsky isn't difficult (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | by I Write | tags: dostoyevsky, war and peace, russian literature

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Storied Colors – A catalogue of named colors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-17 | get Color Name Dictionary → | tags: named colors, pigment catalogue, provenance

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Storied Colors – a catalogue of named colors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-17 | get Color Name Chart Book → | tags: named colors, pigments, provenance

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Your Spotify username is about to become a lot less useful (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-17 | get Spotify Premium Gift Card → | tags: spotify, google, apple

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CISA warns of another cPanel plugin flaw exploited in attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-06-16 | get cPanel Security Plugin → | tags: cpanel, cisa, litespeed

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Terms of endearment? Bias in first-name eponyms for species named after people (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-16 | by Carlen | get Biology Eponym Name Stickers → | tags: species eponyms, first-name bias, naming conventions

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For U.S. Soccer’s CEO, the World Cup stakes are bigger than a trophy (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-15 | get Soccer Ball with US Logo → | tags: u.s. soccer, world cup, jt batson

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Why Do Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Someone Named ‘Elias Thorne’? (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-11 | tags: chatbots, chatbots telling, elias

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Show HN: I am building a map of people who lived in the Roman Empire (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-10 | get Roman Empire Map Puzzle → | tags: roman empire, epigraphic database, ai name extraction

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Show HN: Turn your name into a tree in an infinite procedural shanshui landscape (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-10 | get Procedural Tree Art Kit → | tags: shanshui, procedural landscape, pan and zoom

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2 candidates, 1 logo: This Alaska Senate race just made design theft its No. 1 issue (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-10 | get Custom Campaign Logo Maker → | tags: alaska, alaska names, aren

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Amnesty International Warns That World Cup Fans Face Potential Human Rights Violations (wired.com)

2026-06-10 | by Fernanda González | get FIFA World Cup Fan Apparel → | tags: amnesty, security, tournament

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Soccer Fans, You’re Being Watched (wired.com)

2026-06-10 | by Vas Panagiotopoulos | get Wireless Security Camera System → | tags: drone, security, surveillance

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One day after discovery, Meta pulls facial recognition code from its smart glasses (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-09 | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: face, face recognition, meta

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Every World Cup fan deserves a seat. Norton Neo says its free browser is the ticket (venturebeat.com)

2026-06-09 | get Norton Neo Browser → | tags: access, browser, match

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Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App (slashdot.org)

2026-06-08 | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: face, face recognition, meta

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Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report (wired.com)

2026-06-08 | by Dhruv Mehrotra | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: code, face, meta

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Meta Furious Over Bombshell Smart Glasses Revelation (futurism.com)

2026-06-08 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | get Meta Quest 3 VR Headset → | tags: feature, glasses, meta

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Netflix will release its FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition game on June 11 (engadget.com)

2026-06-04 | by Anna Washenko | get FIFA World Cup Video Game → | tags: fifa, game, netflix

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Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones (wired.com)

2026-06-04 | by Dhruv Mehrotra | get Meta Quest 2 → | tags: feature, meta, nametag

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Nanostructure of tooth enamel casts light on dietary shifts as humans evolved (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-03 | by Romero | get Microscopic Tooth Enamel Kit → | tags: homo sapiens, tooth enamel, mineral nanocrystals

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Enamel nanocrystal misorientation increased with meat-eating and agriculture (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-03 | by Gilbert | tags: enamel nanocrystals, misorientation, meat-eating

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Barack Obama is on the ballot in California—but there’s a twist (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-02 | get Barack Obama Presidential Mug → | tags: barack obama, california, governor

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two strangers. one call. no names (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-01 | get Wireless Bluetooth Headset → | tags: strangers, call, no names

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Name That Toon Contest (darkreading.com)

2026-05-28 | tags: toon, contest, name

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On The <dl> (2021) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-23 | by Ben Myers | tags: html description list, web standards, web components

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Students Boo and Jeer as AI Name-Reader Flops Spectacularly at College Graduation Ceremony (futurism.com)

2026-05-19 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | get AI Name-Reader Device → | tags: ai name-reader, glendale community college, azfamily

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An AI announcer mispronounced and skipped names during a graduation (theverge.com)

2026-05-19 | by Andrew Liszewski | get AI Voice Changer Software → | tags: ai announcer, tassel platform, glendale community college