GoKawiil - Tech News

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Unprecedented European Heatwave Has Killed More Than 20,000, New Study Claims (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: european heatwave, climate change, extreme heat

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No LLM Code in Dependencies (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: git-annex, dependency tree, llm generated code

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Winamp Skin Museum (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: winamp, skin museum, media player

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County With 37 Data Centers Tells Schools to “Turn Off Your Lights” to Save Electricity Ahead of Scorching Heat Wave (futurism.com)

2026-07-02 | by Frank Landymore | tags: data centers, henrico county, electricity rates

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Many people misunderstand the purpose of code review (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: code review, comments, software development

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Indian tech tycoon bets $30M of his own money to build AI alternative to Microsoft Office (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-02 | by Jagmeet Singh | tags: neo, bhavin turakhia, enterprise ai

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The Underhanded C Contest (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | tags: underhanded c contest, nuclear threat initiative, nan poisoning

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Qualcomm Linux 2.0 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | tags: qualcomm, linux, 2.0

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Google has a fix for the Pixel 4a’s boot loop problem, and it’s coming soon (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-01 | tags: pixel 4a, boot loop, google play

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Why air-conditioning suddenly became the internet’s most patriotic symbol (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-01 | tags: air-conditioning, heatwave, u.s.

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Is Your Air Conditioning Killing People Thousands of Miles Away? (futurism.com)

2026-07-01 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: air conditioning, paris mayor, heatwave

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Most arguments are about ego, not ideas (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | tags: software engineering, code reviews, tao te ching

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Why I Stopped Arguing with People (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | tags: code reviews, software engineer, tao te ching

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Inside Samsung’s design process to make your earbuds fit just right (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-01 | tags: samsung, earbuds, computational design

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If It Has a Screen, It Can Run Doom. How a Game From 1993 Became a Porting Legend (cnet.com)

2026-06-30 | by See Full Bio | tags: doom, id software, xbox series x

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Xsnow "protestware" in Debian (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | tags: xsnow, protestware, debian

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California bill to preserve online games fails committee vote (engadget.com)

2026-06-30 | by Kris Holt | tags: california bill, stop killing games, entertainment software association

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Red Programming Language: Static linking support (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | tags: red programming language, static linking, software development

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HamsterOS jams a 32-bit GUI operating system in a single 1.44 MB floppy disk — retro OS for 386-era hardware should make for easy living with DOS machines and software (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-30 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: hamsteros, 386 hardware, dos software

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The AI jobs debate just got messier (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-30 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: ramp, revelio labs, software

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Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI coding startup, takes CEO role (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-29 | by Julie Bort | tags: 8090 labs, salesforce ventures, ai coding

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What can you confidently guarantee about your software? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-29 | tags: software, guarantee, title

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Show HN: Zanagrams (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-28 | tags: zanagrams, show hn, comments

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Spend Five Minutes With This Hellish Operating System Simulator and You’ll Never Swear at Your Computer Again (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-28 | tags: operating system, browser tabs, computer simulation

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France's Heat This Week Was Worse Than a Dire Scenario Imagined For 2050 (slashdot.org)

2026-06-27 | by Posted | tags: france, heatwave, 2050

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FSF 'LibreLocal' Organized From Prison by Iranian Man Jailed for 'Cyber-Crimes' After Promoting Free Software (slashdot.org)

2026-06-27 | by Posted | tags: free software, librelocal, libreplanet

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Event About How to Adapt to Extreme Heat Canceled Due to Brutal Heatwave (futurism.com)

2026-06-27 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: london school of economics, zurich climate resilience alliance, heatwave

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This Garmin smartwatch is a top-selling Prime Day deal (that's still live) - here's why I recommend it (zdnet.com)

2026-06-27 | by Nina Raemont | tags: garmin, prime day, smartwatch

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Running a software jam in a world of slop (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-27 | tags: hackathon, software jam, chatgpt

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Nox Metals (YC S25) Is Hiring SWE (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-27 | tags: nox metals, supply chain, automation