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The Hack That Exposed Syria’s Sweeping Security Failures (wired.com)

2026-04-05 | by Danny Makki | get Cybersecurity Awareness Kit → | tags: syrian government, cybersecurity, hacking

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Using nuclear explosives to bypass the Strait of Hormuz isn’t a novel idea for the U.S. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-05 | tags: nuclear explosives, strait of hormuz, newt gingrich

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Why tech bros are so worried about AI having bad taste (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-05 | get AI Art Generator Tool → | tags: tech giants, aura farm, taste-washing

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Why AI-powered city cameras are sounding new privacy alarms (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-05 | get Smart City Surveillance Camera → | tags: city cameras, privacy, artificial intelligence

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Dynamics of (Not) Being Perceived: Grief and Relief After Leaving Social Media (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | by Chloë Arkenbout | get Social Media Detox Kit → | tags: facebook, social media, mental health

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, April 5 (cnet.com)

2026-04-05 | by See Full Bio | tags: cnet, gael cooper, pudding pops

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for April 5, #559 (cnet.com)

2026-04-05 | by See Full Bio | get Sports Trivia Card Game → | tags: cnet, gael cooper, pudding pops

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Union types in C# 15 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | by Bill Wagner | tags: c# 15, .net 11, union types

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Explore union types in C# 15 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | by Bill Wagner | tags: c# 15, .net 11, union types

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RIP Samsung Messages: End-of-life date officially announced (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-05 | get Samsung Messages App → | tags: samsung messages, google messages, android 11

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Microsoft Pulls Then Re-Issues Windows 11 Preview Update. Also Begins Force-Updating Windows 11 (slashdot.org)

2026-04-05 | by Posted | get Windows 11 Insider Preview USB → | tags: windows 11, microsoft, version 24h2

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Shooting down ideas is not a skill (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | tags: python, devops, market segment

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AWS Engineer Reports PostgreSQL Perf Halved by Linux 7.0, Fix May Not Be Easy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | get PostgreSQL Performance Tuning Book → | tags: postgresql, linux 7.0, aws

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Advice to Young People, the Lies I Tell Myself (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | by Jason Liu | tags: twitter, existentialism, katherine

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Peter Thiel’s big bet on solar-powered cow collars (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-04 | by Connie Loizos | get Solar-Powered Livestock Collar → | tags: founders fund, halter, solar-powered collars

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Hobby CNC machining and resin casting (2015) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | get CNC Router Machine Kit → | tags: cnc machining, resin casting, coredump.cx

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Microsoft to force updates to Windows 11 25H2 for PCs with older OS versions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | by Kunal Khullar | get Windows 11 Update Guide → | tags: windows 11, microsoft, 25h2

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Don't plug these 7 common household gadgets into an extension cord - according to an electrician (zdnet.com)

2026-04-04 | by Chris Bayer | get Surge Protector Power Strip → | tags: extension cords, household gadgets, daisy-chaining

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Adjusting my router's antenna fixed my Wi-Fi problems - here's the best way to position it (zdnet.com)

2026-04-04 | by Cesar Cadenas | get Wi-Fi Antenna Signal Booster → | tags: tp-link, wifi router, antenna positioning

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Linux extreme performance H1 load generator (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | get Linux Load Testing Tool → | tags: linux, io_uring, load generator

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Floating point from scratch: Hard Mode (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | by Julia Desmazes | get Floating Point Number Kit → | tags: floating point, computer architecture, hardware

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Scientists observe an immune signaling complex forming inside cells (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | get Cell Signaling Kit → | tags: immune signaling, cells, complex

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Nvidia AI tech claims to slash gaming GPU memory usage by 85% with zero quality loss — Neural Texture Compression demo reveals stunning visual parity between 6.5GB of VRAM and 970MB (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-04 | by Hassam Nasir | get Nvidia Neural Texture Compression → | tags: nvidia, neural texture compression, vray

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When legal sports betting surges, so do Americans' financial problems (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | by Alana Wise | tags: sports betting, ny federal reserve, march madness

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Sharge Disk Pro 2TB review: Great sustained writes, active cooling, and a built-in hub (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-04 | by Matt Safford | get Sharge Disk Pro 2TB → | tags: sharge, disk pro, usb-c hub

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'Cognitive Surrender' Leads AI Users To Abandon Logical Thinking, Research Finds (slashdot.org)

2026-04-04 | get AI Cognitive Bias Book → | tags: large language models, ars technica, cognitive surrender

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CEO Says He’s Giving Employees a $1.5 Million Bonus So He Doesn’t Get Shot in the Street by a Luigi-Like Killer (futurism.com)

2026-04-04 | by Frank Landymore | get Security Camera System → | tags: five guys, luigi mangione, brian thompson

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Components of a Coding Agent (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | by Sebastian Raschka | get Coding Agent Development Kit → | tags: claude code, codex cli, large language model

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I Reviewed Every Item From McDonald's KPop Demon Hunters Meals: Here's What to Order (cnet.com)

2026-04-04 | by See Full Bio | get McDonald's KPop Meal Collectible → | tags: kpop demon hunters, mcdonald's, huntr/x meal

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America’s Largest Hospital System Ready to Start Replacing Radiologists With AI, Its CEO Says (futurism.com)

2026-04-04 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Radiology Assistant → | tags: radiology, nyc health and hospitals, radiology business