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The US could really use an affordable electric truck

technologyreview.com Casey Crownhart 2025-11-24 05:00:00

But if anything can get Americans excited, it’s a truck, especially an affordable one. (There was a ton of buzz over the announcement of a bare-bones truck from Bezos-backed Slate Auto earlier this year, for example.) The big question is whether the company can deliver in this environment. One key thing to note here: This is not the first time that there’s been a big splashy truck announcement from Ford that was supposed to change everything. The F-150 Lightning was hailed as a turning point fo

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Funding Open Source like public infrastructure

news.ycombinator.com Dries Buytaert 2025-11-24 03:24:17

To protect the digital foundation of essential government services, governments should invest in Open Source as public infrastructure and shift from consumption to contribution. Fifteen years ago, I laid out a theory about the future of Open Source. In The Commercialization of a Volunteer-Driven Open Source Project, I argued that if Open Source was going to thrive, people had to get paid to work on it. At the time, the idea was controversial. Many feared money would corrupt the spirit of volunt

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Why top and free in containers don't show the correct container memory (2018)

news.ycombinator.com Ciro S. Costa 2025-11-21 20:42:04

Hey, Something that is very common to get wrong when starting with Linux containers is to think that free and other tools like top should report the memory limits. Here you’ll not only go through why that happens and how to get it right, but also take a look at where is the Kernel looking for information when you ask it for memory statistics. Also, if you’re curious about how the code for keeping track of per-cgroup page counter looks, stick to the end! This is the third article in a series

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Rerank-2.5 and rerank-2.5-lite: instruction-following rerankers

news.ycombinator.com Voyage Ai 2025-11-22 21:12:32

TL;DR – We are excited to introduce the rerank-2.5 series, which significantly improves upon rerank-2 ’s performance while also introducing instruction-following capabilities for the first time. On our standard suite of 93 retrieval datasets spanning multiple domains, rerank-2.5 and rerank-2.5-lite improve retrieval accuracy by 7.94% and 7.16% over Cohere Rerank v3.5. Furthermore, the new instruction-following feature allows users to steer the model’s output relevance scores using natural langua

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rerank-2.5 and rerank-2.5-lite: instruction-following rerankers

news.ycombinator.com Voyage Ai 2025-11-23 09:12:32

TL;DR – We are excited to introduce the rerank-2.5 series, which significantly improves upon rerank-2 ’s performance while also introducing instruction-following capabilities for the first time. On our standard suite of 93 retrieval datasets spanning multiple domains, rerank-2.5 and rerank-2.5-lite improve retrieval accuracy by 7.94% and 7.16% over Cohere Rerank v3.5. Furthermore, the new instruction-following feature allows users to steer the model’s output relevance scores using natural langua

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Doctors Were Worse at Spotting Cancer After Leaning on AI, Study Finds

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-11-25 10:45:32

Artificial intelligence tools have been shown to help doctors detect pre-cancerous growths in the colon—but don’t even think about taking those tools away once you’ve introduced them. A new study published this week in The Lancet found that doctors who are given AI tools to assist with identifying potential cancer risks in patients get worse at making those same observations when they go back to doing it without AI’s help. The study looked at four endoscopy centers in Poland, tracking the succe

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The case for commuting by motorcycle

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-25 15:36:32

America has a motorcycle problem. Whereas the rest of the world views two-wheeled motorized transportation as transportation, the US sees motorcycles and scooters as toys. They're not something you use to commute to work or run errands. Instead, they're for riding to the coffee shop on weekends. This is a flawed line of thinking, and I'll tell you why, using two motorcycles as examples. But first, hear me out. I live in Los Angeles, which is famous for its hellacious traffic. For motorcyclists,

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Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down by Furious Jellyfish

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-25 18:41:49

Since its inception, nuclear energy has faced a host of opposition, from oil conglomerates to well-intentioned anti-nuclear-weapons activists to environmental groups. As it turns out, even ocean critters are getting in on the movement. Over the weekend, a swarm of angry jellyfish forced the Gravelines Nuclear Power Station in France — one of Europe's largest — to take four of its six reactors offline. As reported by the New York Times, the "massive and unpredictable presence of jellyfish" was f

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How to Wash a Heated Blanket Safely

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-25 20:08:00

Crawling into a warm bed after a long, hard day is hard to beat, but it isn't always a given. As we work our way towards the fall, you're probably already looking forward to getting your electric heated blanket out of the closet. And if you don't already own one, now is the time to start shopping for one. But like other blankets, they do need some upkeep -- and things get more complicated when there is electricity involved. One obvious question has probably already sprung to mind. Whether you'r

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Let's get real about the one-person billion dollar company

news.ycombinator.com Marc Rand 2025-11-28 05:09:43

If you like this post, follow my journey on Twitter: https://x.com/random The biggest hurdle to the one-person billion dollar company is not AI capability, but founder pain tolerance. Sam Altman is betting on it in his private group chats. Dario Amodei predicted it'll happen in 2026. These geniuses think the one-person billion dollar company is inevitable, and unicorn teams are getting smaller, but a one person? That’s not going to just happen. One person is an intentional choice by an i

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A Viral Cybertruck Hoax Got So Big, Tesla Had to Break Its Silence

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-11-28 10:05:32

Elon Musk has always wanted the Cybertruck to be the vehicle everyone talks about. After a bizarre video went viral over the weekend, he got his wish, just not in the way he intended. The rumor grew so outlandish and spread so far that Tesla, a company that famously doesn’t have a public relations department, was forced to do something it rarely does: publicly deny it. The incident highlights the Cybertruck’s strange and precarious position. It’s a vehicle so polarizing and so relentlessly hype

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Do We Have to Bring Johnny Depp Back to ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, Actually?

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-11-28 10:15:56

Back in 2003, when Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl first hit theaters, it was a pleasant surprise. A movie based on a Disney ride—in a time when pirate movies weren’t exactly riding high—it was highly entertaining, made a zillion dollars, and earned Johnny Depp his first Oscar nomination. Four sequels of varying quality followed, but despite many rumblings since Dead Men Tell No Tales in 2017, Pirates has yet to relaunch. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is now saying there migh

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At last, a Windows laptop that I wouldn't mind setting aside my MacBook Pro for

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-11-28 15:12:00

Asus ProArt P16 ZDNET's key takeaways Asus' ProArt P16 is on sale for $2,500 at Best Buy. This year's model keeps much of what made the previous generation so good, with key hardware improvements. It also means it has the same problems as before, such as running hot. View now at Best Buy If you're familiar with Asus' creator-focused laptops, you'll feel right at home using the 2025 ProArt P16. It is nearly identical to its predecessor in terms of design and purpose, as the laptop is meant for

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This U.S. Airport Wants to Go Nuclear, and the Backlash Has Already Begun

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-11-28 20:45:48

Within the last two decades, the aviation sector’s global energy-related carbon emissions have grown faster than rail, road, or shipping emissions. Amid an urgent need to transition this industry to clean energy sources, Denver International Airport (DEN) has proposed a bold solution: nuclear power. On Wednesday, August 6, airport chief Phil Washington and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced they were seeking proposals for a $1.25 million feasibility study of a small, on-site nuclear reactor t

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That viral video of a 'deactivated' Tesla Cybertruck is a fake

news.ycombinator.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-11-29 00:12:24

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Did Tesla remotely deactivate a Cybertruck in the middle of a highway because the owner featured it in an unauthorized music video? The story already seemed highly unlikely, and on Monday afternoon, Tesla tweeted about the video, saying

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Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company (2019)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-25 09:17:33

Feb 7, 2019 by Sahil Lavingia Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company In 2011, I left my job as the second employee at Pinterest — before I vested any of my stock — to work on what I thought would be my life's work. I thought Gumroad would become a billion-dollar company, with hundreds of employees. It would IPO, and I would work on it until I died. Something like that. Needless to say, that didn't happen. Now, it may look like I am in an enviable position, running a prof

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Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

news.ycombinator.com Sasha Rogelberg 2025-11-29 11:39:41

There’s getting cozy at a Starbucks to sip a latte and catch up on emails, and then there’s lugging your printer and desktop to the coffee chain to clock into work. Starbucks South Korea is experiencing this exact phenomenon and is now barring patrons from bringing in large pieces of work equipment, treating the cafés like their own amenity-stuffed office space. “Starbucks Korea has updated its policy so all customers can have a pleasant and accessible store experience. While laptops and small

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That viral video of a ‘deactivated’ Tesla Cybertruck is a fake

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-11-30 05:03:39

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Did Tesla remotely deactivate a Cybertruck in the middle of a highway because the owner featured it in an unauthorized music video? The story already seemed highly unlikely, and on Monday afternoon, Tesla tweeted about the video, saying

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If You Try to Sell Your Cybertruck, You Are Going to Get a Terrible Surprise

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-30 10:13:33

Folks who shelled out to buy Elon Musk's ugliest electric car are in for an upset should they try to sell or trade in those Cybertrucks. As flagged by Gizmodo, the CarGurus vehicle marketplace and analytics firm found that over the last year, the value of a used Cybertruck has plummeted more than 30 percent, to an average of roughly $84,000. And with recent price cuts putting the Long Range Cybertruck, Tesla's entry-level version of its matte steel monstrosity, at just under $70,000, any poten

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Trump delays China tariff increases by another 90 days

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-30 15:14:43

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order extending lower tariffs with China for another 90 days, CNBC reports. The new executive order was signed before the previous agreement was set to end on August 12 at midnight. The extension will maintain the current 30 percent tariff on goods from China while representatives from both countries negotiate a new trade deal. The previous agreement lowered US tariffs down from 145 percent to 30 percent, and Chinese tariffs down from 145 percent t

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Ford’s Secret Weapon to Beat Tesla Is a $30,000 EV Truck

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-11-30 20:16:50

Just as the American EV market braces for a potential collapse, Ford is making a shocking pivot. With federal tax credits set to disappear on September 30 and demand expected to plummet, the automaker is doubling down with an additional $2 billion investment in battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). But it’s doing so with a new strategy borrowed not from its American rivals, but directly from China. The centerpiece of this bet is a new midsize electric pickup with a targeted base price of just $30,0

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Jellyfish Overpower Nuclear Power Plant in Show of Force From Mother Nature

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-12-01 00:35:07

Jellyfish may be spineless, but they showed the backbone of a dedicated environmentalist over the weekend. A swarm of the gelatinous sea dwellers overwhelmed a nuclear power plant in northern France, forcing its shutdown on Sunday. The incident started when a “massive and unpredictable” swarm of jellyfish started to overwhelm the filter drums, which remove debris from cooling water systems, at the Gravelines nuclear power plant that sits on the coast of the North Sea. The sheer volume of jellyf

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Trump administration stops illegal freeze of $5B EV charger funds after losing in court

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-11-30 23:12:08

The Trump administration has finally issued new guidance that states can use to dole out $5 billion in funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, after spending months withholding the money. A coalition of states sued over the funding freeze in the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which was one of the administration’s many attempts to stop funding appropriated by Congress at the start of Donald Trump’s second term. A judge ruled in June that those states were

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Meta makes conservative activist an AI bias advisor following lawsuit

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-01 05:04:37

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Conservative activist Robby Starbuck will serve as an advisor at Meta to address “ideological and political bias” within the company’s AI chatbot, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as part of a settlement Meta reached with Starbu

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The viral video of a ‘deactivated’ Tesla Cybertruck is most likely fake

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-12-01 05:53:49

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Did Tesla remotely deactivate a Cybertruck in the middle of a highway because the owner featured it in an unauthorized music video? It’s highly unlikely. On Sunday, Instagram user @bighuey313 posted a video of his supposed deactivated

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Beloved by bands and bank robbers, the Ford Transit turns 60

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-01 15:53:55

Beloved by bands and bank robbers, the Ford Transit turns 60 3 days ago Share Save Theo Leggett International Business Correspondent Share Save BBC Theo Leggett at the wheel of the oldest Ford Transit still in existence Climbing into a 1965 Ford Transit is like stepping into a time capsule on wheels. Forget your modern high-tech nicknacks like satnavs and touchscreens. All you get here is a steering wheel, a big chrome-lined speedometer dial and a chunky heater control. There isn't even a rad

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Low-cost MacBook production starting soon, possible $599 or $699 pricing

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-02 16:34:22

We learned back in June that Apple is working on a new entry-level MacBook, to be powered by the A18 Pro chip rather than an M-series processor. This would be the first time the company has ever offered a MacBook below $999. A new supply-chain report says that the first stage of production is scheduled to begin sometime next month, with full-scale manufacturing potentially in progress by the end of the year … Low-cost MacBook The MacBook Air has always been the cheapest model offered by Apple

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Millau Viaduct

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-27 20:23:12

Bridges are often considered to belong to the realm of the engineer rather than that of the architect. But the architecture of infrastructure has a powerful impact on the environment and the Millau Viaduct, designed in close collaboration with structural engineers, illustrates how the architect can play an integral role in the design of bridges. It follows the Millennium Bridge over the River Thames in expressing a fascination with the relationship between function, technology and aesthetics in

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Type (YC W23) is hiring a founding engineer to build an AI-native doc editor

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-02 06:19:25

About Type and the Role Type is an AI-native document editor. Our mission is to help people communicate confidently. We believe that writing is and will always be the backbone of clear thinking and effective communication, especially in the AI era. Tools like Type free writers up to do more high-level thinking – exploring more ideas before coming to a conclusion, testing lots of approaches to expressing a message, and arguing with the AI about the oxford comma. We're backed by Y Combinator a

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‘Helluva Boss’ Team Breaches Tumblr Containment With ‘Homestuck’ Animated Series

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-12-02 06:40:53

The most online of people likely remember Homestuck, Andrew Hussie’s internet fiction series. After Hussie ended the webcomic in 2016, loyal fans have kept it alive with various side projects and Hussie’s occasional guidance. Now, it’s getting its biggest side project yet in the form of an animated series. Or rather, the pilot for one. This comes courtesy of Hazbin Hotel creator Vivienne Medrano and her animation company Spindlehorse, and with some well-known voice talent attached. Video game a

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The US could really use an affordable electric truck

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Rerank-2.5 and rerank-2.5-lite: instruction-following rerankers

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Doctors Were Worse at Spotting Cancer After Leaning on AI, Study Finds

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Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down by Furious Jellyfish

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This U.S. Airport Wants to Go Nuclear, and the Backlash Has Already Begun

That viral video of a 'deactivated' Tesla Cybertruck is a fake

Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company (2019)

Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

That viral video of a ‘deactivated’ Tesla Cybertruck is a fake

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Trump delays China tariff increases by another 90 days

Ford’s Secret Weapon to Beat Tesla Is a $30,000 EV Truck

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Type (YC W23) is hiring a founding engineer to build an AI-native doc editor

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