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If Odin Had Macros

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-27 00:13:23

If Odin Had Macros I sometimes get asked if Odin has any plans to add hygienic macros or some other similar construct. My general, and now (in)famous, answer is to many such questions is: No. I am not against macros nor metaprogramming in general, and in fact I do make metaprograms quite often (i.e. programs that make/analyse a program). However my approach with the design of Odin has been extremely pragmatic. I commonly ask people who ask for such things what are they specifically trying to s

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Vibe-coding startup Anything nabs a $100M valuation after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-09-30 13:55:29

It’s no secret that vibe coding — using AI-powered coding tools to build apps and websites via natural language prompts — is exploding in popularity. In July, Swedish vibe-coding startup Lovable hit $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) just eight months after launch. It plans to close the year at $250 million ARR and thinks it will hit $1 billion ARR within the next 12 months. Meanwhile, Replit said earlier this month that its ARR soared from $2.8 million to $150 million in less than

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Explosion, vehicle fire rock Faraday Future’s LA headquarters

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-09-30 16:49:27

A Faraday Future electric SUV caught fire at the startup’s Los Angeles headquarters early Sunday morning, leading to an explosion that blew out part of a wall, the fire department told TechCrunch. The fire was extinguished in 40 minutes, and no injuries were reported. Damage to the building — a smaller two-story structure next to the larger portion of the headquarters (pictured above) — was severe enough that the city’s Department of Building and Safety has “red tagged” it, meaning it may need

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Google speaks up about expanding access to call recording on Pixel phones

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-30 20:07:30

Considering how easily your smartphone snaps a picture, shoots a video, or records a voice memo, it should be a lot more shocking than it is that so many Android users still struggle to access basic voice call recording. A complicated legal framework certainly doesn’t help matters any, but a few weeks back we found ourselves newly hopeful that things were getting better, as Google updated its support documentation to indicate that call recording was coming to Pixel 6 and newer devices. Despite t

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Gold hits all time high

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 20:35:33

The Holdings Calculator permits you to calculate the current value of your gold and silver. Enter a number Amount in the left text field. Select Ounce, Gram or Kilogram for the weight. Select a Currency. NOTE: You must select a currency for gold first, even if you don't enter a value for gold holdings. If you wish to select a currency other than USD for the Silver holdings calculator. The current price per unit of weight and currency will be displayed on the right. The Current Value for the

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Vibe coding Anything nabs a $100M valuation, after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-10-01 04:55:29

It’s no secret that vibe coding — using AI-powered coding tools to build apps and websites via natural language prompts — is exploding in popularity. In July, Swedish vibe coding startup Lovable hit $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) just eight months after launch, plans to close the year at $250 million ARR and thinks it will hit $1 billion ARR within the next 12 months. Meanwhile, Replit said earlier this month that its ARR soared from $2.8 million to $150 million in less than a y

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Double Storm Threat Expected to Unleash Dangerous Surf Along U.S. East Coast

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-10-01 12:50:35

Two powerful Atlantic storms are threatening the East Coast with dangerous surf conditions this week, according to the National Hurricane Center. Category 4 Hurricane Humberto is swirling over the central Atlantic and hammering the beaches of the northern Caribbean, Bahamas, and Bermuda with high surf and life-threatening rip currents, the NHC reported early Monday morning. Forecasters expect these conditions to begin affecting much of the East Coast today. As Humberto tracks northwest toward

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Trump’s Energy Department forbids staff from saying ‘climate change’ or ‘green’

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-10-01 12:00:28

The Department of Energy has instituted a long list of banned words at the direction of a Trump appointee, including some that many would consider politically neutral. The “words to avoid” were sent in an email to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) on Friday, according to Politico, which saw the memo. “Please ensure that every member of your team is aware that this is the latest list of words to avoid,” EERE special advisor Rachael Overbey wrote. The terms staffers are

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The AI coding trap

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-01 13:43:33

If you ever watch someone “coding”, you might see them spending far more time staring into space than typing on their keyboard. No, they (probably) aren’t slacking off. Software development is fundamentally a practice of problem-solving, and so, as with solving a tricky crossword, most of the work is done in your head. In the software development lifecycle, coding is the letters filled into the crossword, only a small amount of effort compared to all the head scratching and scribbled notes. The

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AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds

futurism.com Victor Tangermann 2025-10-02 02:00:00

The AI industry has made major promises about its tech boosting the productivity of developers, allowing them to generate copious amounts of code with simple text prompts. But those claims appear to be massively overblown, as The Register reports, with researchers finding that productivity gains are modest at best — and at worst, that AI can actually slow down human developers. In a new report, management consultants Bain & Company found that despite being “one of the first areas to deploy gen

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How to record a phone call on an iPhone

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-02 01:00:58

With iOS 26, Apple has expanded its native call recording feature with transcripts, Live Translation, summaries and tighter integration with Notes. It’s a more polished and useful tool than before, especially if you rely on your iPhone for interviews, meetings or important conversations. Call recording itself first arrived with iOS 18.1 in October 2024. The feature has always been region- and language-dependent, and that hasn’t changed. If it’s available where you live, you can capture calls di

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The Death of Utilitarian Programming

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-02 04:21:01

Utilitarian coding is defined as follows:It might appear somewhat abstract or vague, so examples might help. For example, I don't consideras utilitarian code. What you create are like the "frames" of a picture box, someone else (the user) will take it and draw the actual picture. Though you did help with part of the process, it's indirect at best. You're part of the supply chain here, not part of the team. A clever and witty bash script running on a unix server somewhere is also not utilitarian

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AI is every developer's new reality - 5 ways to make the most of it

zdnet.com Mark Samuels 2025-10-02 04:00:00

asbe/iStock / Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Companies guide developers to make the most of AI. Hammer home the changes that automation brings. Create a flywheel of change to help people learn skills. Industry experts recognize that AI is having a massive impact on software development. Research suggests that almost all developers now rely on AI tools, with many of the roles and responsibilities of these professionals at risk o

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China Outpaces Rest of World in Working Robots

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-02 00:00:12

There are an estimated 4,664,000 working industrial robots in the world, according to the International Federation of Robotics. More than two million of them are in China. And don’t count on anyone catching up soon. According to the report, the country installed nearly 300,000 new robots last year, and was responsible for 54% of all robotic deployments across the globe in 2024. For comparison’s sake, the United States managed about one-tenth that figure, adding 34,000 industrial bots during the

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New Jersey Theme Park Puts Animatronic Dinosaurs on Facebook Marketplace as It Shuts Down

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-10-01 23:35:08

Have you ever wanted to own gigantic, realistic-looking dinosaurs for your backyard? Now might be your chance to scoop some up. Provided you have a few thousand dollars lying around. The New Jersey theme park Field Station: Dinosaurs is closing Nov. 9, and they’re listing all their dinos on Facebook Marketplace. There are plenty to choose from, including a 52-foot-long Spinosaurus ($2,900), a Hadrosaurus with eggs and nest ($2,450), and a bright blue Parasaurolophus ($2,410). Some of the dinos

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I’ve tried Kindle, Boox, reMarkable, and more, and this is my e-ink hot take

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-02 00:00:20

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority I’ve put a lot of e-ink devices through their paces. I’ve curled up with Kindles, scribbled on reMarkables, and tried to convince myself a Boox tablet could replace a real Android slate. After years of page turns and pen strokes, I’ve got plenty of thoughts: E-Ink is both brilliant and infuriating. It’s the tech I rely on constantly, and it has strengths I’ll never stop loving, but it’s also the one that leaves me muttering under my breath more often than not.

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Trump may impose per-chip tariff on foreign electronics

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-02 04:26:48

In an exclusive report published today, Reuters says that President Trump is considering “imposing tariffs on foreign electronic devices based on the number of chips in each one.” Here are the details. Since the late-April round of “reciprocal tariffs,” Trump has threatened to impose several measures specifically aimed at curbing US companies’ reliance on foreign chip manufacturers. During the early days of the tariff war with China, he excluded “smartphones, laptop computers, hard drives and

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Gunman in shooting at NFL headquarters had CTE: Medical examiner

news.ycombinator.com Abc News 2025-10-02 04:39:57

Tamura killed four people in the shooting in July. Shane Tamura, gunman in shooting at NFL headquarters, had CTE: Medical examiner Shane Devon Tamura, 27, identified by the NYPD as the Midtown Manhattan office building shooter. Shane Devon Tamura, 27, identified by the NYPD as the Midtown Manhattan office building shooter. Shane Devon Tamura, 27, identified by the NYPD as the Midtown Manhattan office building shooter. Shane Devon Tamura, 27, identified by the NYPD as the Midtown Manhattan o

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Electronic Arts will reportedly be acquired for $50B

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-10-02 20:25:52

In Brief The video game company Electronic Arts is nearing a $50 billion sale to a group of investors including Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. EA is best known for its annual sports titles in franchises like Madden NFL, FIFA, and NBA Live, as well as video game series like The Sims, Battlefield, Need for Speed, and Star Wars. According to the Journal’s report, this deal could be the largest leveraged buyout in history

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Electronic Arts stock jumps 15% after report company nearing $50B deal to be taken private

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-10-03 00:56:55

Shares of Electronic Arts jumped 15% on Friday following a report that the video game company is nearing a roughly $50 billion deal to go private. The deal would likely be the largest leverage buyout of all time, according to the Wall Street Journal. Investors including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Silver Lake could announce the deal as soon as next week, the report said. Electronic Arts, or EA, makes popular video games including The Sims, Madden NFL, the soccer game FC, formerly

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5 ways you can maximize AI's big impact in software development

zdnet.com Mark Samuels 2025-10-03 08:32:05

asbe/iStock / Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Companies guide developers to make the most of AI. Hammer home the changes that automation brings. Create a flywheel of change to help people learn skills. Industry experts recognize that AI is having a massive impact on software development. Research suggests that almost all developers now rely on AI tools, with many of the roles and responsibilities of these professionals at risk o

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This smartwatch lacks notifications but will still distract you with Tetris

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-10-03 08:00:00

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. After releasing Space Invaders and Atari 2600 versions of its gaming-themed semi-smart wearable, My Play Watch is back with a third version that puts Tetris on your wrist. The Tetris: My Play Watch is now available for preorder through Amazon for $79.99, and

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Context is the bottleneck for coding agents now

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 12:06:42

Intelligence is rapidly improving with each model release. Just last week it was announced that OpenAI got a perfect score on the 2025 ICPC programming contest, beating every single human contestant. They achieved this using a version (presumably a very high compute version, but still) of their publicly available GPT-5 model. And yet, coding agents are nowhere near capable of replacing software developers. Why is that? I’m going to argue that the limiting factor is no longer raw intelligence,

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50+ scientific societies sign letter objecting to Trump executive order

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-03 16:42:12

Last month, the Trump administration issued an executive order asserting political control over grant funding, including all federally supported research. In general, the executive order inserts a layer of political control over both the announcement of new funding opportunities and the approval of individual grants. Now, a coalition of more than 50 scientific and medical organizations is firing back, issuing a letter to the US Congress expressing grave concerns over the order's provisions and u

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My Deus Ex lipsyncing fix mod

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-04 06:45:54

Back in 2021 I made a mod for Deus Ex 1 that fixes the lipsyncing and blinking, which, I betcha didn’t know, was broken since ship. Everything I wrote about it is on Twitter, and it oughta be somewhere else, so here’s a post about it. The mod itself can be downloaded here. I guess I was playing DX1 and thinking, geez, was this lipsync always this bad? In a weird way? It’s insta-snapping mouth shapes, but they’re not always the same mouth shapes. Is this broken? I couldn’t find anything online a

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Bach Cello Suites (2024)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-02 11:23:04

Bach Cello Suites Best recording? How many versions? History? Whats the mystery? Which to buy? Although we won’t give you all the answers, hopefully you will find information on this web site which will help you to come up with the right conclusion for you. Introduction. Thank you for checking out this web site which reflects our passion and curiosity about all things related to the Bach Cello Suites for solo Cello. Each of us has outlined in our personal profiles how we came to look upon

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Gemini now explains why your Sheets formula failed

theverge.com Elissa Welle 2025-10-05 08:20:47

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Nine months after Google infused Gemini AI into Google Sheets, the AI system graduated from text and charts to taking on formulas. (Even those plopped into messy wedding planning spreadsheets, I found.) Gemini’s chatbot appears on the right-hand side of Sheets. Now

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Video models are zero-shot learners and reasoners

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-05 13:13:34

Abstract The remarkable zero-shot capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) have propelled natural language processing from task-specific models to unified, generalist foundation models. This transformation emerged from simple primitives: large, generative models trained on web-scale data. Curiously, the same primitives apply to today's generative video models. Could video models be on a trajectory towards general-purpose vision understanding, much like LLMs developed general-purpose languag

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Pixel call recording spotted in the wild — here’s how it actually works

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-05 20:53:48

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR A Pixel 8 Pro user in India has shared a video showing native call recording in action. The feature works through the Call Assist menu, with playback, sharing, and deletion options in the Phone app. Call recording is available on the Pixel 6 and later in supported regions, though we’ve seen little evidence of it outside of India so far. We’ve already heard a lot about how Pixel phones are finally getting native call recording support, but until now, we

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Cloudflare Email Service: private beta

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-06 00:33:50

4 min read If you are building an application, you rely on email to communicate with your users. You validate their signup, notify them about events, and send them invoices through email. The service continues to find new purpose with agentic workflows and other AI-powered tools that rely on a simple email as an input or output. And it is a pain for developers to manage. It’s frequently the most annoying burden for most teams. Developers deserve a solution that is simple, reliable, and deeply

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Latest Tech News

If Odin Had Macros

Vibe-coding startup Anything nabs a $100M valuation after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks

Explosion, vehicle fire rock Faraday Future’s LA headquarters

Google speaks up about expanding access to call recording on Pixel phones

Gold hits all time high

Vibe coding Anything nabs a $100M valuation, after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks

Double Storm Threat Expected to Unleash Dangerous Surf Along U.S. East Coast

Trump’s Energy Department forbids staff from saying ‘climate change’ or ‘green’

The AI coding trap

AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds

How to record a phone call on an iPhone

The Death of Utilitarian Programming

AI is every developer's new reality - 5 ways to make the most of it

China Outpaces Rest of World in Working Robots

New Jersey Theme Park Puts Animatronic Dinosaurs on Facebook Marketplace as It Shuts Down

I’ve tried Kindle, Boox, reMarkable, and more, and this is my e-ink hot take

Trump may impose per-chip tariff on foreign electronics

Gunman in shooting at NFL headquarters had CTE: Medical examiner

Electronic Arts will reportedly be acquired for $50B

Electronic Arts stock jumps 15% after report company nearing $50B deal to be taken private

5 ways you can maximize AI's big impact in software development

This smartwatch lacks notifications but will still distract you with Tetris

Context is the bottleneck for coding agents now

50+ scientific societies sign letter objecting to Trump executive order

My Deus Ex lipsyncing fix mod

Bach Cello Suites (2024)

Gemini now explains why your Sheets formula failed

Video models are zero-shot learners and reasoners

Pixel call recording spotted in the wild — here’s how it actually works

Cloudflare Email Service: private beta

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