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The Geological Sublime

news.ycombinator.com Lewis Hyde 2026-01-07 11:10:00

Adjust Share It is not inadmissible to think of an epoch . . . not too far distant, when humanity, to ensure its survival, will find itself reduced to desisting from any further “making” of history. —Mircea Eliade The earthquake shook us awake at 4:31 in the morning. We hurried into a closet while, for fifteen seconds, it finished its business and the car alarms down on Third and California began their complaint. When we emerged, the night sky greeted us through a crack in the wall and chunks

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What would an efficient and trustworthy meeting culture look like?

news.ycombinator.com Emil Rosendahl 2026-01-07 10:27:17

Published: April 26, 2025 FOMO - Fear of missing out The goal of an exceptional meeting culture is to allow for people to constructively decline meetings by fully understanding the consequences of their action. Let me explain! It is common knowledge that office workers in general suffer from a situation of too many meetings. To be more precise; too many meetings where the value of their attendance is vague or unclear, either for input or output or both. Meetings tend to be slow, take forever

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I Was Wrong About Workout Buddy, Apple's AI Coaching Vision Is Just Getting Started

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-07 16:00:18

I wasn't exactly sold on the idea of having a "buddy" cheering me on during a workout when Apple first announced its Workout Buddy feature in WatchOS 26. The workout partner I had in mind was more of a no-nonsense trainer; someone to push me out of my comfort zone and into peak performance. Apple's version, instead, is an AI-powered voice that dishes out praise as you run (or as you do any number of activities). But after testing it myself and talking in-depth with Apple about how it works, I'm

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Wi-Fi 8 detailed, even if it's years away: More stable connections, lower latency

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2026-01-04 05:39:00

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Forward-looking: The latest devices are only now starting to support Wi-Fi 7, and so Wi-Fi 8 remains several years away, but members of the group that defines Wi-Fi standards are already previewing what comes next. Wi-Fi 8 is designed to deliver more reliable connections, particularly in crowded and high-traffic public environments. A blog post from Qualcomm details several new technologies the com

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Researchers create artificial blood for on-the-spot use in accidents and combat

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2026-01-07 02:05:00

Forward-looking: In a laboratory at the University of Maryland, a team of researchers is tackling one of emergency medicine's most persistent challenges: how to deliver life-saving blood transfusions to patients who are miles from the nearest hospital. Their experimental solution isn't stored in a refrigerator but in the form of a lightweight powder – raising hopes among scientists and military officials that trauma care could soon reach accident scenes and battlefields alike, where blood loss r

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From Harvard to Half-Life: Gabe Newell reflects on his unconventional path to founding Valve

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2026-01-07 05:22:00

Why it matters: A week ago, we highlighted the surprising interview Valve co-founder Gabe Newell gave to a little-known YouTube channel, where he revealed his unconventional daily routine and passion for scuba diving. But beyond the lifestyle quirks lies a deeper, more instructive story – how a chance encounter with Steve Ballmer at Microsoft pulled Newell away from Harvard and into a 13-year tenure at the software giant. That decision not only shaped Newell's personal trajectory but also helped

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The best Switch emulator just got even better, and there’s more to come

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-08 00:52:43

Nick Fernandez / Android Authority TL;DR Nintendo Switch emulator Eden just dropped v0.0.3 release candidate. It brings performance improvements, plus key new features to make setup easier. The growing team also teased a few upcoming features, including EmuReady integration. Nintendo Switch emulation hit some big setbacks last year with Nintendo effectively shutting down Yuzu and Ryujinx, but more recently things have really started to heat up. The Yuzu fork Eden is one of the most promising

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5 apps you should use instead of Obsidian

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-08 03:23:34

Nathan Drescher / Android Authority Obsidian is far more than just a simple note-taking app. If you’re willing to put in some effort, you can transform it into a highly versatile personal knowledge management (PKM) system, capable of everything from a detailed to-do list and a budget tracker to various sophisticated databases. However, despite its power, Obsidian isn’t suitable for everyone. Some users might be deterred by its steep learning curve or its particular aesthetic. If you’re ready t

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Internet age verification begins rollout, and Apple is set to be dragged into it

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-01-08 03:52:04

The UK has become the first major country to introduce a legal requirement for internet age verification, but it affects all websites and apps worldwide. Additionally, the US has recently revived a bill very similar to the British legislation. While the law was presented as a way to prevent children accessing adult websites, the reality is very different, and we’re already seeing the privacy risks of good intentions being turned into bad legislation – with iMessage and FaceTime in the firing li

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Show HN: I made a tool to generate photomosaics with your pictures

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-08 03:23:50

🎛️ Adjust tile size for different mosaic effects 🖼️ Add your main image and create a beautiful mosaic Transform Your Photos Into Mosaics 💨 Get your first mosaic in seconds! Turn your favorite pictures into stunning photomosaics using your own images as building blocks. Everything processes in your browser - your files don ' t leave your device! 🎨 Start Creating Now

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Debian switches to 64-bit time for everything

news.ycombinator.com Gareth Halfacree 2026-01-08 02:43:36

Venerable Linux distribution Debian is side-stepping the Y2K38 bug – also known as the Unix Epochalypse – by switching to 64-bit time for everything but the oldest of supported hardware, starting with the upcoming Debian 13 "Trixie" release. "[We will] use 64-bit time_t on 32-bit architectures to avoid the 'year 2038 problem' when the existing 32-bit signed int rolls over (potentially setting time back to 1900)," the Debian maintainers say of the move and the problem it aims to fix. The 'nothi

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Programmers Aren’t So Humble Anymore—Maybe Because Nobody Codes in Perl

wired.com Samuel Arbesman 2026-01-08 03:00:00

Perl was once everywhere. Or at least it felt that way. Around the turn of the millennium, it seemed that almost every website was built on the back of this scripting language. It processed massive amounts of text—mechanisms for doing this powerfully and easily were part of the language—and it was even used in bioinformatics, munging and churning through genetic data. Based on one list, the companies that used Perl ranged widely: Amazon, Google, Yahoo, Deutsche Bank, Akamai, Citibank, Comcast, M

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From Cheating Exposés to Dating Background Checks, TikTok Detectives Are Thriving

wired.com Tom Ward 2026-01-08 03:00:00

It’s a dark November night in Los Angeles. The car in front is lit by its rear lights only. After driving for 20 miles, it stops, suddenly, in the middle of the street. A man in a dark t-shirt gets out and runs towards an apartment. A woman appears and jumps up, wrapping her legs around him. They start making out before going to get tacos and, later, returning to her place. At 6 a.m. the next morning his car is still outside the woman’s apartment. A few hours later, they emerge holding hands, h

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When progress doesn’t feel like home: Why many are hesitant to join the AI migration

venturebeat.com Gary Grossman 2026-01-07 15:15:00

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now When my wife recently brought up AI in a masterclass for coaches, she did not expect silence. One executive coach eventually responded that he found AI to be an excellent thought partner when working with clients. Another coach suggested that it would be helpful to be familiar with the Chinese Room analogy, arguing that no matter how sophis

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How big can I print my image?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-04 05:36:03

How big can I print my image? Jul 24, 2025 For an image to look as sharp as real life, it needs to have a resolution higher then that of the human eye: usually around 1 arcminute, or 1/60th of a degree. $$ \text{Linear resolution} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{1 radian}} \times 1 \text{ arcminutes} $$ $$ \text{Linear resolution }(\text{inches}) = \text{Distance (m)} \times 0.0115 $$ $$ \text{Features / Inch } = \frac{87}{\text{Distance (m)}} $$ For an image to look good at 1 meter, around

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Fourble turns lists of MP3 files hosted anywhere into podcasts

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 17:58:35

Browse by category This functionality is currently under construction, but you can now also (to some extent) browse the archives by category.

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Solid protocol restores digital agency

news.ycombinator.com Bruce Schneier 2026-01-03 16:32:50

How Solid Protocol Restores Digital Agency The current state of digital identity is a mess. Your personal information is scattered across hundreds of locations: social media companies, IoT companies, government agencies, websites you have accounts on, and data brokers you’ve never heard of. These entities collect, store, and trade your data, often without your knowledge or consent. It’s both redundant and inconsistent. You have hundreds, maybe thousands, of fragmented digital profiles that ofte

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VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-07 22:33:04

Try unlimited access Only $1 for 4 weeks Then $75 per month. Complete digital access to quality FT journalism on any device. Cancel anytime during your trial.

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Multiplex: Command-Line Process Mutliplexer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-08 02:18:10

.__ __ .__ .__ _____ __ __| |_/ |_|__|_____ | | ____ ___ ___ / \| | \ |\ __\ \____ \| | _/ __ \\ \/ / | Y Y \ | / |_| | | | |_> > |_\ ___/ > < |__|_| /____/|____/__| |__| __/|____/\___ >__/\_ \ \/ |__| \/ \/ Multiplex is a command-line multiplexer along with a simple Python API to run multiple processes in parallel and stop them all at once, or based on some condition. Multiplex will gracefully shutdown child processes, and multiplex their output and error streams to stdout and stderr in a way

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The Meeting Culture

news.ycombinator.com Emil Rosendahl 2026-01-08 04:27:17

Published: April 26, 2025 FOMO - Fear of missing out The goal of an exceptional meeting culture is to allow for people to constructively decline meetings by fully understanding the consequences of their action. Let me explain! It is common knowledge that office workers in general suffer from a situation of too many meetings. To be more precise; too many meetings where the value of their attendance is vague or unclear, either for input or output or both. Meetings tend to be slow, take forever

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How to transfer your Ticketmaster tickets to someone else

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-07 15:40:23

If you can't make it to a concert or game, you can at least ensure your ticket doesn't go to waste. That reunion tour concert you booked a few months ago is creeping up on your calendar, but you're going to be trapped at home because life gets in the way sometimes. If you booked your ticket through Ticketmaster, you can easily transfer your pass to someone else instead of letting it turn into an empty seat. How to transfer tickets in the Ticketmaster app If you have the Ticketmaster app, you

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The video game adaptation of cult classic Toxic Crusaders cartoon finally gets a release date

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-07 22:30:50

The streets of Tromaville, New Jersey are calling once again as the video game adaptation of the off-the-wall cartoon series Toxic Crusaders gets a release date. Seen in an official trailer from Retroware that was shown off during San Diego Comic-Con and shared online by IGN, the Toxic Crusaders game is releasing on December 4 on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and Steam. As a true callback to the quirky cartoon from the '90s, the video game is designed as a side-scrolling beat 'em up, all p

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National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-07 20:31:39

Many reports by pilots and aviation professionals of observations and incidents involving unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAP, include aviation safety factors. NARCAP documents and researches these reports and advocates for education and further research by the aviation and science community. All photographs provided by Ted Roe or NARCAP.org and are Copyrighted, all rights reserved

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Formal specs as sets of behaviors

news.ycombinator.com Lorin Hochstein 2026-01-07 21:13:55

Amazon’s recent announcement of their spec-driven AI tool, Kiro, inspired me to write a blog post on a completely unrelated topic: formal specifications. In particular, I wanted to write about how a formal specification is different from a traditional program. It took a while for this idea to really click in my own head, and I wanted to motivate some intuition here. In particular, there have been a number of formal specification tools that have been developed in recent years which use programmi

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The many JavaScript runtimes of the last decade

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-07 14:28:49

July 27, 2025 The many, many, many JavaScript runtimes of the last decade This last decade has seen an inundation of new JavaScript runtimes (and engines in equal measure), enabling us to run JavaScript in all manner of contexts with precise fitness for task. Through these, we've seen the language spread to the Cloud, the edge, Smart TVs, mobile devices, and even microcontrollers. In this article, we'll explore what's driving this diversity, and why no one runtime or engine suffices for all p

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GPT might be an information virus (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-07 21:23:21

Obligatory: the views and opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not represent the views and opinions of my employer. In light of all the hype going around about ChatGPT, I wanted to offer my “hot take” on what the next 2-5 years of the web look like. One aspect of the rise of generative models that isn’t getting the right amount of attention is the long-term effects on the information economy. I think that being able to automatically produce arbitrary content that is indistinguisha

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Prepare to Celebrate 60 Years of ‘Star Trek’ With Nacelle’s Nostalgic Figures

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-07 17:00:28

Star Trek turns 60 next year, and the franchise is preparing to celebrate in style, especially with a brand new show on the way in Starfleet Academy. But outside of streaming, you’ll be able to celebrate in style with Nacelle’s new line of Star Trek action figures, which will dedicate a whole wave to the original series next year—and io9 has your first up-close look at one of them. As previously (and exclusively) revealed by io9 this past Friday, the third wave of Nacelle’s Star Trek line is se

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The Spice Girls and Wu-Tang Clan Almost Had Their Own Anime

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-01-07 17:45:40

Now, here’s a sentence no one expected to read in the year 2025: Once upon a time, we might have gotten to see the Spice Girls and the Wu-Tang Clan in anime form. In a recent interview with AnimEigo, Lawrence Guinness, a senior VP at Manga Entertainment, distributor of anime such as Perfect Blue and Street Fighter Alpha (and subsidiary of Island Records), revealed the company considered co-producing its own works. Two projects he mentioned would have starred the aforementioned bands, and the Sp

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Marvel is Making Big, Cosmic Moves in Its Comics

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-01-07 20:15:09

Things are always happening in the Marvel Universe, and a lot’s been happening as of late. Doctor Doom’s taken over the planet and there’s been some big assassinations up in space, and they’re both leading to some new status quo changes over the rest of 2025 and into 2026. At its various panels across San Diego Comic-Con, the publisher gave details on what’s to come in the aftermath of its two big, current events, Imperial and One World Under Doom. In the pages of Doom’s final issue in November

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AI Is Taking Over Your Search Engine. Here's a Look Under the Hood

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-07 16:00:05

For decades, the way we find information on the internet changed only in small ways. Doing a traditional Google search today doesn't feel all that different from when, in the 1990s, you would Ask Jeeves. Sure, a lot has changed under the hood, the results are likely far more relevant and the interface has some new features, but you're still typing in keywords and getting a list of websites that might hold the answer. That way of searching, it seems, is starting to go the way of AltaVista, may i

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The best Switch emulator just got even better, and there’s more to come

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From Cheating Exposés to Dating Background Checks, TikTok Detectives Are Thriving

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How big can I print my image?

Fourble turns lists of MP3 files hosted anywhere into podcasts

Solid protocol restores digital agency

VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in

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Marvel is Making Big, Cosmic Moves in Its Comics

AI Is Taking Over Your Search Engine. Here's a Look Under the Hood

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