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If all the world were a monorepo

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-16 13:33:45

As a software engineer raised on a traditional diet of C, Java, and Lisp, I’ve found myself downright baffled by R. I’m no stranger to mastering new programming languages, but learning R was something else: it felt like studying Finnish after a lifetime of speaking Romance languages. I’m not alone in this experience. There are piles of discussions online revealing the difficulty of using R, with some users becoming so enraged as to claim that R is “not actually a programming language”. My strug

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A shift in developer culture is impacting innovation and creativity

news.ycombinator.com Dayvi Schuster 2025-09-21 13:02:22

Dayvi Schuster 12 min read Thursday, September 18, 2025 Dev Culture Is Dying The Curious Developer Is Gone From tinkerers to metric seekers: How the shift in developer culture is impacting innovation and creativity. When Curiosity Lead the Way If you have been in software development for a while, you might remember a time when developers were launching unique and innovative products and projects just for the sake of curiosity, learning or even just because they had a particular interest in a s

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Final hours to apply: Be the life of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 by hosting your own Side Event

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-21 17:00:00

This is it — today is your last chance to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco. By tonight, applications close. No extensions. No late entries. Apply here. Disrupt Week, taking place October 25–31, is your chance to put your brand in front of 10,000+ founders and investors, plus the Bay Area tech ecosystem. To create the conversations that shape the conference. To stand out. We’ll handle the promotion. You own the event. All you need to do is submit your proposal now.

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ChatGPT Search is now smarter as OpenAI takes on Google Search

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-21 16:10:00

OpenAI has rolled out a big update to ChatGPT Search, which is an AI-powered search feature, similar to Google AI Mode. After a recent update, ChatGPT Search is more accurate and reliable. You'll also notice that it's more useful than before because it accurately summarises the links, and allows you to follow back. OpenAI says GPT Search now makes fewer hallucinations, improving answer quality. In addition, search is better at detecting shopping intent, showing products when you want them and

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ChatGPT now gives you greater control over GPT-5 Thinking model

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-22 16:20:56

OpenAI is finally rolling out a toggle that allows you to decide how hard the GPT-5-thinking model can think. This feature is rolling out to Plus and Pro subscribers. OpenAI has been testing the toggle for several weeks now. Previously, OpenAI planned to ship a slider, but it has now opted for a simple toggle for controlling thinking model. GPT-5 Thinking Model control Source: BleepingComputer As you can see in the above screenshot, toggle allows you to select GPT-5 Thinking with different

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Visual lexicon of consumer aesthetics from the 1970s until now

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-19 13:15:53

CARI, or Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute, is an online community dedicated to developing a visual lexicon of consumer ephemera from the 1970s until now. We hope that you will participate with us in researching and developing this new medium of cataloging design history. If you like what we're doing, please consider donating using the link above to further support our research.

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ExpressVPN Launches EventVPN, a Free VPN Service for Apple Users That Takes Privacy Seriously

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-23 04:17:00

A brand-new free VPN service built by the people behind ExpressVPN just dropped. On Thursday, ExpressVPN announced the release of EventVPN, a standalone free VPN for Apple mobile devices and computers built on ExpressVPN’s infrastructure that doesn’t compromise on privacy, impose usage limits or restrict bandwidth. The free version of EventVPN allows you to use one device at a time and includes access to servers in 35-plus locations in countries like the United States, Canada, Italy, Japan, Arg

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Something Extremely Strange Is Happening at the Event Horizon of This Supermassive Black Hole

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-09-23 08:05:21

In 2019, scientists unveiled the first-ever images of a black hole, M87*. Those observations kickstarted a wave of new investigations into how black holes work, how they grow, and how they change. And now, after a few upgrades, the Event Horizon Telescope network is back with another bombshell centered on M87*—finding tantalizing evidence of previously unknown physics at the event horizon of the black hole itself. In a series of images taken by the EHT between 2017 and 2021, scientists observed

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Something Extremely Strange Is Happening at the Event Horizon of This Supermassive Blackhole

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-09-23 13:05:21

In 2019, scientists unveiled the first-ever images of a black hole, M87*. Those observations kickstarted a wave of new investigations into how black holes work, how they grow, and how they change. And now, after a few upgrades, the Event Horizon Telescope network is back with another bombshell centered on M87*—finding tantalizing of previously unknown physics at the event horizon of the black hole itself. In a series of images taken by the EHT between 2017 and 2021, scientists observed a comple

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Meta is opening up its smart glasses to developers

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-09-23 13:04:27

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Meta is going to let apps access the vision and audio capabilities of its smart glasses thanks to a new Wearable Device Access Toolkit for developers. “Our first version of the toolkit will open up access to a suite of on-device sensors— empowering you to start building features withi

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OneDev – Self-hosted Git server with CI/CD, Kanban, and packages

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-23 16:24:19

🐒 Smart query that can be saved and subscribed Powerful and intuitive query for everything. Save query for quick access. Subscribe to query to get notified of interesting events.

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Flick Shot Rogues is the rare turn-based game that my brain is gelling with

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-23 23:30:20

Try as I might, turn-based strategy games don't usually do it for me. That's one reason I haven't yet dipped into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, many people's favorite of the year so far. I'd almost always rather be playing a more action-based game. But after trying the demo for Flick Shot Rogues on a whim during the most recent Steam Next Fest, the game hasn't been far from my thoughts. The debut title from Butter By The Fish, a three-person studio in Germany, arrived on Steam this week. Despite

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CEO of DeepMind Points Out the Obvious: OpenAI Is Lying About Having "PhD Level" AI

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-24 04:06:57

British researcher and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, a luminary of AI research who won a Nobel prize last year, is throwing cold water on his peers' claim that AI has achieved "PhD-level" intelligence. During a recent appearance at a summit put on by the "All-In" podcast, Hassabis was asked about what was holding us back from reaching artificial general intelligence (AGI), the hypothetical point at which an AI matches or surpasses human-level intelligence. Hassabis said that current AI "

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Atlassian acquires DX, a developer productivity platform, for $1B

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-09-24 09:00:00

Productivity software giant Atlassian is making its largest acquisition yet to add a developer productivity tool to its product suite. Atlassian announced Thursday it has agreed to acquire the developer productivity insight platform DX for $1 billion in cash and restricted stock. Enterprises use DX to analyze how productive their engineering teams are and identify bottlenecks slowing them down. DX was launched five years ago by Abi Noda and Greyson Junggren. Noda told TechCrunch in 2022 that h

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I’d buy a BlackBerry reboot in 2025, but would you?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-24 19:21:27

🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. Even though the original company is no longer with us, I believe there are two ways to remember the BlackBerry brand. Either you grimace while recalling the final struggle of uninspired Android devices. Or, you’re like me, and smile back at the 2010s and the brand’s heyday with glee. One of my first “smartphones” was a Curve 8320

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Wait, What? NASA Found Signs of Ancient Alien Life on Mars

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-25 00:33:00

NASA released a significant update from the Perseverance Mars rover on Sept. 10, focusing on a particularly juicy tidbit for those watching from home: A small rock sample called Sapphire Canyon showed signs of potential biosignatures, or ancient alien life that may have once grown on Mars. That's possible because of the unique location where Perseverance located the sample in July 2024. It came from a rock named Cheyava Falls. This particular rock is in Jezero Crater, home to an ancient dry riv

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Meta Is Debuting New Smart Glasses Today. Here’s How to Watch

wired.com Boone Ashworth 2025-09-27 05:30:00

Meta Connect, the annual event that serves as both the company’s developer conference and a platform for its new hardware announcements, is happening this week. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to take the stage at 5 pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern, and 1 am British Summer Time on Wednesday, September 17, to announce a fleet of new smart glasses. We also expect to hear some updates on Meta’s machine intelligence efforts, and maybe a hint or two about how things are going at the company’s fledgling

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Should we drain the Everglades?

news.ycombinator.com Rabbit Cavern 2025-09-26 19:33:35

Lake Okeechobee, the largest lake in Florida, has an average depth of only nine feet (2.7 meters). Oh, and it has 30,000 alligators, but try not to think about that. Dough4872 , CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons I can’t explain why this bothers me so much, but something about it being so big and yet so shallow just creeps me out. I find it unsettling, okay? Mentally, it makes me feel like noodles, if that makes sense. It’s the eighth-largest (freshwater) lake in the country but I’ve swam i

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Ozempic May Be Less Effective for Emotional Eaters, Study Suggests

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-09-27 04:00:33

GLP-1 agonists—so-called “wonder drugs” like Ozempic or Wegovy that help individuals lower blood sugar levels and lose weight, among other things—yield significant results for some patients, but not all. People’s motivations to overeat may play a role in this, according to a new study. To investigate why some people don’t benefit from GLP-1 agonists as much as others, researchers observed 92 participants with type 2 diabetes in Japan during their first year of taking GLP-1 drugs. Their results,

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What to expect from Amazon's event on September 30

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-27 17:00:35

Amazon will host a press event at the end of the month with some new hardware developments. It's scheduled for September 30 at 10AM ET in New York City. Here's what we think will be discussed at the fall event. In February, Amazon introduced some improvements to its voice assistant, promising that Alexa+ would be more conversational and more helpful thanks to generative AI. It seems likely that the fall event will put hardware for interacting with Alexa+ front and center, so expect to hear abou

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Should We Drain the Everglades?

news.ycombinator.com Rabbit Cavern 2025-09-27 20:33:35

Lake Okeechobee, the largest lake in Florida, has an average depth of only nine feet (2.7 meters). Oh, and it has 30,000 alligators, but try not to think about that. Dough4872 , CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons I can’t explain why this bothers me so much, but something about it being so big and yet so shallow just creeps me out. I find it unsettling, okay? Mentally, it makes me feel like noodles, if that makes sense. It’s the eighth-largest (freshwater) lake in the country but I’ve swam i

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Annapurna Interactive will reveal three new games in a showcase on September 23

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-28 05:20:25

Annapurna Interactive is hosting a games showcase on September 23, 2025 at 8PM ET / 5PM PT to show off three of its upcoming games. The publisher says the "Annapurna Interactive Direct from Tokyo" will stream on YouTube and feature new games from Kyoto-based developer Marumittu Games, Iridium Studios and Yarn Owl. Annapurna Interactive held its previous games showcase this past February to show off games like Skin Deep and Wheel World . Marumittu Games' Annapurna project was initially detailed

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Amazon to host Prime Big Deals Day sales event on October 7 and 8

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-09-29 08:00:00

Amazon is continuing its annual tradition of hosting a second Prime event of the year, called Prime Big Deals Day, in October. Following the pattern established in recent years, the company announced the event will take place on October 7-8, with sales starting at 12:01 AM PT on October 7. Amazon is betting that shoppers will embrace various AI tools during the event, such as its shopping assistant Rufus, along with visual search tools like Amazon Lens and Lens Live, which allows customers to p

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Britt Lower’s Emmy acceptance speech included a sneaky Severance easter egg [U]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-29 11:21:55

Actress Britt Lower took home one of the two statues awarded to Severance at the Emmy Awards last night, and her acceptance speech included a fun little easter egg. Or was it a cry for help from her innie? Watch it below. Severance didn’t win for Best Drama, but its cast got some well-deserved nods Last night at the Emmy Awards, Apple took home a total of 25 statues, most of which went to its hit comedy series The Studio. Severance, on the other hand, added two statues to the six it had alrea

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Why do we keep gravitating toward complexity?

news.ycombinator.com Kyrylo Silin 2025-09-29 12:02:31

The Great Pyramids took decades to build. It was a monumental feat of human ingenuity and collaboration. Today, we software developers erect our own pyramids each day - not from stone, but from code. Yet despite far more advanced tools, these systems don’t always make the experience better. So why, when KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) is a well-known mantra, do we keep gravitating toward complexity? Marketing > Simplicity Sell me this pen: ✎ What? You don’t know how? Okay, instead, sell me this

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Britt Lower’s Emmy acceptance speech included a sneaky Severance easter egg [video]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-29 21:21:55

Actress Britt Lower took home one of the two statues awarded to Severance at the Emmy Awards last night, and her acceptance speech included a fun little easter egg. Or was it a cry for help from her innie? Watch it below. Severance didn’t win for Best Drama, but its cast got some well-deserved nods Last night at the Emmy Awards, Apple took home a total of 25 statues, most of which went to its hit comedy series The Studio. Severance, on the other hand, added two statues to the six it had alrea

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Android will soon be able to theme every app icon, and Google Play won’t let developers opt out

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-30 01:26:42

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is making support for its Themed Icons feature mandatory by automatically generating themed icons for apps that don’t already provide one. This change addresses inconsistent home screens, as many developers currently opt out of providing a themed icon for branding or design reasons. To enforce this, Google updated its Play Store policy today, requiring developers to legally grant users the right to modify their app icon’s color. App icons rarel

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SmartGym app adds clever Apple Intelligence integrations, visual overhaul, more

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-30 05:05:19

For the past few years, SmartGym has been my copilot during every single gym session I’ve had. Now, thanks to iOS 26 and Apple’s Foundation Models framework, it has gotten even better and more useful. Here are the details. As with many app updates this week, SmartGym is now fully adapted to Apple’s Liquid Glass design, making it feel native to the new system right from the get-go. As SmartGym CEO explains it, he went beyond the standard Liquid Glass implementation guidelines, and further adopt

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Time’s running out to volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-30 21:05:17

Every year, TechCrunch Disrupt runs on innovation — and the support of our incredible volunteers. If you’ve ever dreamed of a front-row seat to the startup world, this is your chance. But heads-up: volunteer applications close September 30, and the clock is ticking. Why volunteer? Because access is everything Whether you’re a future founder, marketer, engineer, or event producer, volunteering at Disrupt offers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to run one of the most iconic startup conf

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The Culture novels as a dystopia

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 18:32:12

A couple of people have mentioned to me: “we need more fiction examples of positive AI superintelligence – utopias like the Culture novels”. And they’re right, AI can be tremendously positive, and some beacons lit into the future could help make that come around. But one of my hobbies is “oppositional reading” – deliberately interpreting novels counter to the obvious / intended reading. And it’s not so clear to me that the Culture is all it is cracked up to be. Most of the novels take the pers

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If all the world were a monorepo

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ChatGPT Search is now smarter as OpenAI takes on Google Search

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ExpressVPN Launches EventVPN, a Free VPN Service for Apple Users That Takes Privacy Seriously

Something Extremely Strange Is Happening at the Event Horizon of This Supermassive Black Hole

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Flick Shot Rogues is the rare turn-based game that my brain is gelling with

CEO of DeepMind Points Out the Obvious: OpenAI Is Lying About Having "PhD Level" AI

Atlassian acquires DX, a developer productivity platform, for $1B

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Britt Lower’s Emmy acceptance speech included a sneaky Severance easter egg [U]

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Android will soon be able to theme every app icon, and Google Play won’t let developers opt out

SmartGym app adds clever Apple Intelligence integrations, visual overhaul, more

Time’s running out to volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

The Culture novels as a dystopia

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