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The mid-career reset: how to be strategic about your research direction (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-20 | by Ezat | tags: uit, palaeoclimate, ocean circulation

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An update on Steam / GOG changes for OpenTTD (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-19 | get OpenTTD Collector's Edition → | tags: steam, gog, openttd

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Microsoft’s go-to Xbox controller is selling at its best price of the year (theverge.com)

2026-03-19 | by Cameron Faulkner | get Xbox Wireless Controller → | tags: xbox controller, microsoft, xbox series x

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8BitDo launches $40 Nintendo 64-inspired wireless controller with 2.4 GHz connection — dedicated wireless receiver even works with the original N64 (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Hassam Nasir | get 8BitDo Wireless Nintendo 64 Controller → | tags: 8bitdo, nintendo 64, wireless controller

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Hot sale: All Ring Outdoor Cam security cameras drop to record-lows! (androidauthority.com)

2026-03-18 | get Ring Outdoor Security Camera → | tags: ring outdoor cam, amazon, alexa

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How the travel chaos is wreaking havoc on the NCAA March Madness tournament (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-18 | get Travel Disruption Travel Kit → | tags: ncaa march madness, tsa, airport staffing

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Airports are buckling under pressure—and some could shut down, officials warn (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-18 | get Air Traffic Control Headset → | tags: tsa, government shutdown, airports

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Free Webinar | April 9: How to Build Your Own 6-Figure Business — No Employees Required! (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-18 | by Entrepreneur Staff | get Business Planning Software → | tags: bitdefender, virtual assistant, entrepreneur

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TSA Staffing Shortages Are Causing a Mess at Airport Security Lines. How to Mitigate the Wait (cnet.com)

2026-03-17 | by See Full Bio | get Travel Neck Pillow → | tags: tsa, airport security, mytsa app

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Amazon's bestselling DeWalt cordless power tool set is nearly 50% off right now (zdnet.com)

2026-03-17 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get DeWalt Cordless Power Tool Set → | tags: dewaltdewalt, amazon, power tools

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Stdwin: Standard window interface by Guido Van Rossum [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-17 | get Python Standard Library Book → | tags: guido van rossum, stdwin, window interface

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The World's First Collapsible Hard Cooler Is Here, Just in Time for Summer Cookouts (cnet.com)

2026-03-17 | by See Full Bio | get Collapsible Hard Cooler → | tags: coleman, snap 'n go, collapsible cooler

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Airline bosses ask Congress to end the government shutdown as TSA workers go unpaid and travel chaos continues (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-16 | get TSA Travel Security Badge → | tags: american airlines, tsa, congress

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No more stick drift for under $50 — 8BitDo's Pro 3 controller with Hall-Effect TMR sticks and swappable ABXY buttons is 29% off while stocks last (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-16 | by Stewart Bendle | get 8BitDo Pro 3 Controller → | tags: 8bitdo, pro 3, tmr sticks

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Building a Reader for the Smallest Hard Drive (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-16 | by Will Whang | get USB 3.0 External SSD → | tags: toshiba, mk4001mtd, seagate

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‘Clean-room reimplementation’ of DR-DOS hits early beta, modernizing the operating system 38 years after its debut — runs Doom, Warcraft, SimCity, and other period-appropriate titles (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-15 | by Mark Tyson | get DR-DOS Modern Emulator → | tags: dr-dos, whitehorn ltd, dos enthusiasts

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Tree Search Distillation for Language Models Using PPO (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-15 | tags: alphazero, qwen-2.5-1.5b-instruct, ppo

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Changes to OpenTTD Distribution on Steam (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | get OpenTTD Collector's Edition → | tags: openttd, steam, atari

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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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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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Coleman Promo Codes and Deals: Up to 30% Off in March (wired.com)

2026-03-14 | by Scott Gilbertson | get Coleman Camping Gear → | tags: coleman, camping stoves, coleman lanterns

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U.S. economy expanded at just 0.7% in 4th quarter (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-13 | get Economic Growth Tracker Notebook → | tags: u.s. economy, commerce department, government shutdown

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The unlikely story of Teardown Multiplayer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-13 | by Dennis Gustafsson | get Teardown Game PC → | tags: teardown, multiplayer, voxel

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Finding a CPU Design Bug in the Xbox 360 (2018) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-13 | by View All Posts Brucedawson | tags: xbox 360, ibm powerpc, meltdown spectre

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Finding a CPU Design Bug in the Xbox 360 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-13 | by View All Posts Brucedawson | tags: xbox 360, ibm, meltdown

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DR-DOS is coming back from the dead, rebuilt from scratch in pure assembly (techspot.com)

2026-03-12 | tags: dr-dos, whitehorn ltd. co., gary kildall

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Kotlin creator's new language: talk to LLMs in specs, not English (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-12 | get Language → | tags: kotlin, llms, codespeak

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Kotlin creator's new language: a formal way to talk to LLMs instead of English (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-12 | get Language → | tags: kotlin, llms, codespeak

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Reckoning with my ‘ghost years’: why a low publication rate doesn’t always reflect failure (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-12 | by Wong | tags: carnegie science, astrobiology, research scientist

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Reckoning with my ‘ghost years’: why a high publication rate doesn’t always reflect success (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-12 | by Wong | tags: carnegie science, astrobiology, academic publishing