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Speed test pits six generations of Windows against each other — Windows 11 placed dead last across most benchmarks, 8.1 emerges as unexpected winner in this unscientific comparison (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-04 | by Hassam Nasir | get Windows 11 → | tags: credit trigrzolt, image, image credit

752.

Maybe comments should explain 'what' (2017) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-04 | get OpenID Connect → | tags: code, comments, replace

753.

Maybe Comments _Should_ Explain 'What' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-04 | get Cloud → | tags: code, comments, replace

754.

Hulu Promo Codes & Discounts: 20% Off January (wired.com)

2026-01-04 | by Molly Higgins | get Streaming service → | tags: free, hulu, plan

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Show HN: Offline tiles and routing and geocoding in one Docker Compose stack (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-03 | get TileDB → | tags: devices, field, industrial

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Robots are getting neuromorphic skin that can feel pain (techspot.com)

2026-01-03 | get Neuromorphic Skin → | tags: biological, biological process, converting pressure

757.

Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-03 | get Mars Rover → | tags: captured, captured strikes, maduro

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The ‘Super Flu’ Is Hitting Kids Hard—and Some Aren’t Surviving (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-02 | get Vaccine → | tags: deaths, deaths week, flu deaths

759.

Scientists Solved the Mystery of the Shark That Bites Perfect Circles (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-02 | get Circular Economy → | tags: clues, clues strike, creatures

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Patriot Viper PV593 4TB SSD Review — The Viper stays sleeping (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-02 | by Shane Downing | get SSD → | tags: drive, flash, hardware

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High-Fidelity 3D Shape Generation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-02 | get ShapeGenie → | tags: arxiv, chen, generation

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Nintendo's SNES cartridges get a USB-C adapter for playing, backing up, and validation — $59 SN Operator SNES-to-PC device supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, ships in April (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-01 | by Jowi Morales | get Nintendo Switch SNES → | tags: cartridge, cartridges, game

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Nintendo's SNES cartridges get a USB-C adapter for play, backing-up, and validation — $59 SN Operator SNES-to-PC device supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, ships in April (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-01 | by Jowi Morales | get Nintendo Switch → | tags: cartridge, cartridges, game

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The Best Electric Kettles of 2026, Tested and Reviewed (cnet.com)

2026-01-01 | by See Full Bio | get Electric Kettle → | tags: boil, design, electric

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Worlds largest electric ship launched by Tasmanian boatbuilder (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-01 | by Lisa Cox | get Electric ship → | tags: electric, hull, incat

766.

Here we go again: Retiring coal plant forced to stay open by Trump Admin (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-31 | get Nuclear Reactor → | tags: closure, coal, colorado

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Puppy Linux vs. Linux Lite: Which distro is right for your old Windows 10 PC? (zdnet.com)

2025-12-31 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux → | tags: distribution, linux, linux lite

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It’s 2026 in the South Pacific. Here’s how this major city kicked off the new year (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-31 | get Smartphone → | tags: auckland, countries, display

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This fully atomic Linux distro is a challenge to install but a treat to use (zdnet.com)

2025-12-31 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux distro → | tags: aerynos, distribution, install

770.

The rise of industrial software (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-31 | get Software Development Platform → | tags: industrial, industrialisation, output

771.

LLVM AI tool policy: human in the loop (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-31 | get TensorFlow → | tags: contribution, contributions, contributors

772.

We don't need more contributors who aren't programmers to contribute code (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-31 | get GitHub → | tags: contribution, contributions, contributors

773.

Honey's Dieselgate: Detecting and tricking testers (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-30 | get Emissions Tester → | tags: detecting, detecting tricking, dieselgate

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FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-30 | by Stefano Marinelli | get Weather service → | tags: cities, city, countries

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Malaria Shows No Sign of Stopping (slashdot.org)

2025-12-30 | by Posted | get Disease → | tags: children, countries, deaths

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Why silver prices surged, then dropped overnight (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-29 | get Gold → | tags: behave, behave strangely, demand

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Gaming on Linux? I found a distro that makes it pain-free (zdnet.com)

2025-12-29 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux Mint → | tags: distribution, game, games

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Devices Target the Gut to Maintain Weight Loss from GLP-1 Drugs (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-12-29 | by Elie Dolgin | tags: christina, device, fractyl

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Turn your PC into a Super Nintendo with Epilogue’s new USB dock (theverge.com)

2025-12-29 | by Andrew Liszewski | get USB Dock → | tags: cartridges, epilogue, operator

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Fujifilm to begin shipping 40TB Ultrium tape cartridges in January 2026 — updated LTO Ultrium 10 archival storage can hold 100TB of compressed data in 0.8-inch thick cartridge (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Luke James | get Ultrium Tape Cartridges → | tags: capacity, cartridge, fujifilm