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Your electronics could be quietly draining energy - this gadget prevents that

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-13 21:00:18

Smart Wi-Fi power strips are a great way to save on your power bill. But do they pay for themselves? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Leaving devices plugged and switched on can be wasteful. Monitoring usage and remote switching helps reduce bills. This Tapo smart power strip is a great option to monitor power consumption, and at $45, it pays for itself. I have three 3D printers that are on the go a lot of the time. I

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 7, #349

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 18:42:33

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition is tough. That purple category makes you play with words in a way that you'll either love or hate. If you're struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription

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Silksong, smacking sticks and other new indie games worth checking out

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-13 08:00:20

Welcome to our latest recap of what's going on in the indie game space. Folks, it's here. You know it's here. So, we'll touch on it, but briefly. Some developers and publishers opted not to delay their games out of this week (others have done that to get some breathing space from you-know-what), so there are several other newcomers to highlight. Before we get there, there's a sale worth mentioning on a PC storefront that does not offer Hollow Knight: Silksong. The Epic Games Store's End of Summ

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8BitDo's Ultimate 2 controller for Switch 2 is on sale for only $54

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-13 14:09:40

8BitDo makes some of our favorite gaming accessories, and right now you can get one of its Nintendo Switch 2 controllers for the lowest price we've seen yet. A deal on Amazon shaves 14 percent off the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 controller's usual $70 price tag, bringing it down to $60 — and with a coupon you can apply before checkout, it drops a bit more to $54. The discount only applies to the white color option. The Ultimate 2 Bluetooth controller is one of the best Switch 2 accessories out there. (It

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William James at CERN (1995)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 17:07:13

William James at CERN Some Examples of Selection in Minds and Computers 1. William James Principles of Psychology This is obviously true of action. Whatever views your views on free will, it is indubitable that differing options occur to us, that we compare them, that we prefer some to others, that eventually we elect one and dismiss the rest. More interestingly, James describes the role of selection in perception, and finds it at every level of neural and mental life. The sense organs, to b

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Rust tool for generating random fractals

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 18:56:05

Chaos Game Fractal Generator A simple command-line application written in Rust for generating fractals using the 'Chaos Game' algorithm. Table of Contents Algorithm Description This application generates fractals using the following simple, iterative algorithm: Define the $n$ vertices of a regular polygon Choose a random initial point within the polygon Select one of the polygon's vertices at random Move the current point a specific ratio, $r$ , of the distance towards the chosen vertex Rep

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Stop writing CLI validation. Parse it right the first time

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 15:20:26

I have this bad habit. When something annoys me enough times, I end up building a library for it. This time, it was CLI validation code. See, I spend a lot of time reading other people's code. Open source projects, work stuff, random GitHub repos I stumble upon at 2 AM. And I kept noticing this thing: every CLI tool has the same ugly validation code tucked away somewhere. You know the kind: if ( ! opts . server && opts . port ) { throw new Error ( " --port requires --server flag " ); } if ( op

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Oldest recorded transaction

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 11:34:55

Oldest recorded transaction The other day I posted a tweet with this image which I thought was funny: This is the oldest transaction database from 3100 BC - recording accounts of malt and barley groats. Considering this thing survived 5000 years (holy shit!) with zero downtime and has stronger durability guarantees than most databases today. I call it rock solid durability. This got me thinking, can I insert this date in today’s database? What is the oldest timestamp a database can support?

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Paper Finds Earth May Have Been Terraformed by "Advanced Extraterrestrials"

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-13 12:00:00

It's one of the most longstanding questions in biology: how did life first arise? Research on the topic abounds, but there's no one accepted answer. And according to one new paper, the chances that life emerged by pure chance on Earth are so slim that it's possible that our planet was instead seeded by "advanced extraterrestrials." While Imperial College London professor of systems biology Robert Endres concedes that the emergence of life still could've been the result of chemical reactions mo

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Venture Capitalist Sues Surrogate Mother After Stillbirth

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-13 15:00:17

Losing a baby to a stillbirth is arguably the most heartbreaking outcome an expecting mother can experience. But what would you do if that stillbirth kicked off a lengthy and protracted legal battle in which your most intimate details are spilled to the police, the courts, and social media? That's the horrifying conundrum facing Rebecca Smith, a 34 year old would-be surrogate mother who says her stillbirth almost killed her. Despite almost paying for the unfortunate complication with her life,

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Apple plans to release iPhone 17 and more at the 'Awe Dropping' event September 9: Here's everything to expect

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-13 16:21:26

We're now just days away from the Apple's September 9 event, where the company is all but certain to unveil the iPhone 17 line. This year's theme of "Awe dropping," which was featured in Apple's invitations to the media sent on August 26 doesn't reveal much by way of clues, though some think the heat-mapped Apple logo is indicative of better thermal cooling in the new models. But more importantly, we already know how to watch the Apple iPhone 17 event itself: The keynote will be livestreamed on

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Oldest Recorded Transaction

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 16:34:55

Oldest recorded transaction The other day I posted a tweet with this image which I thought was funny: This is the oldest transaction database from 3100 BC - recording accounts of malt and barley groats. Considering this thing survived 5000 years (holy shit!) with zero downtime and has stronger durability guarantees than most databases today. I call it rock solid durability. This got me thinking, can I insert this date in today’s database? What is the oldest timestamp a database can support?

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The Apple Smart Home Is Almost Here: 4 Rumored Devices Could Show Up This Month

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 13:00:04

It's a matter of when, not if. Apple's smart home is coming, with multiple reports saying the tech giant is ready to release its own line of smart devices and home security products. While it's a little early, Apple's important "awe dropping event" on Sept. 9 could showcase the first of its big home expansion. We already expect to see the new iPhone 17, a new Apple Watch and an AirPod announcement. Here's what could happen if there's a surprise home tech release, too, from table robots to home

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Scientists Boast That Their AI-Powered Stethoscope Only Fails Two-Thirds of the Time

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-13 16:00:25

A team of researchers in the UK say their AI-powered stethoscope can detect three different heart conditions in just 15 seconds. It's also, they readily admit, horrendously inaccurate. Placed over the chest, the "smart" gizmo analyzes the rhythms of the heartbeat and blood flow that're undetectable to the human ear, while also performing a quick electrocardiogram, or ECG, which is a test that gauges your heart's electrical activity. Then, all that info is packaged and sent "securely" to the c

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David Howard Thornton on the Art of Being Art the Clown

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-10-13 17:30:09

Terrifier icon Art the Clown has made an impact as the new king of painted-face slasher villains and the character enters a new era as a feature at Halloween Horror Nights. The spooky season haunt at Universal Studios Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood features not only haunted houses inspired by Damien Leone’s bloody franchise but also a huge Art the Clown presence for walk-around characters. At the red carpet for Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood, Terrifier’s very own Art the Clown, Davi

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Supercharger for Business – Tesla

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 20:27:46

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5 Things We Loved, 3 Things We Didn’t About ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Part 2

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-10-13 21:15:54

Season 2 of Wednesday is finally available to watch in its entirety on Netflix. And while the first half introduced a solid return, the second half almost holds up before a messy to-be-continued conclusion. Tim Burton puts his whole Burtonesque business on full display with a third-act antagonist reveal that both works and doesn’t. The Addams family being at the mechanical heart of another mystery creates a lot of fun lore for Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) to discover about her parents. This time Mo

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Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department

wired.com Dell Cameron 2025-10-14 01:22:27

The Pentagon’s website and social media channels were overhauled Friday at President Donald Trump’s behest to reflect the United States Defense Department’s new “Department of War” persona, shifting from Defense.gov to War.gov—a symbolic rebranding that highlights the administration’s preference for projecting strength through the language of war rather than the idiom of defense. Trump on Friday signed an executive order directing the Pentagon to once again be named the so-called Department of

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Trump’s New Labor Stats Guy is a Jan 6 ‘Bystander’ Accused of Unhinged Posts

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-10-14 05:05:16

President Trump recently fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, accusing her of having “rigged” job reports. In her place, Trump has selected E.J. Antoni, a former Heritage Foundation economist who was photographed at the January 6th debacle (but who claims he was just a “bystander” to the chaos) and who, according to reports from CNN and Wired, formerly ran a Twitter account that posted all sorts of gnarly stuff. Earlier this month, Wired reported that a since-dele

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 6, #348

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-14 09:00:05

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition was a stumper. But if you play cards, the green group is a fun one for sure. If you're struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journali

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Lenovo’s ThinkBook VertiFlex Concept Laptop Has a Swiveling Screen

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-10-13 19:00:00

Lenovo isn’t shy about trying new things. Last year, the PC maker teased a concept laptop with a transparent screen. Earlier this year, the ThinkBook Flip concept employed a flexible OLED display that folded over the top of the laptop lid, ready to flip up whenever you needed the extra screen space. At CES 2025, we saw a ThinkBook with a rollable OLED screen that expanded upward automatically at the touch of a button—this one is a real product you can actually buy. Get ready for another whacky

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Top Spec Razer Blade Laptops Are Average 14 Percent Off Right Now

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-10-14 06:52:29

If you're in the market for a new gaming laptop, Razer is running a variety of discounts on both the Razer Blade 16 and 18—the one to buy depends on the size of your budget and your desk. The price reduction varies but is right around 14 percent off for most models, with some versions excluded from the sale. Our reviewer Luke Larsen gave high marks to the 2025 revamp of the Razer Blade 16 (8/10, WIRED Recommends), largely thanks to its extremely thin footprint and excellent keyboard. Razer does

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Climate Experts Roast Joe Rogan After He Misinterprets Simple Graph to Claim Earth Is Cooling

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-10-14 13:27:47

Podcaster and former UFC commentator Joe Rogan isn’t exactly known for his scientific expertise, but Rogan’s recent claim that the Earth is cooling—ignoring decades of empirical evidence for global warming—is so egregious that climate experts are straight up roasting him for it. In several recent episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan has used a temperature graph in a Washington Post article in order to claim that global temperatures are actually plummeting. The graph in question comes fro

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This Portable Projector Turned My Campsite Into a Movie Night

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-14 12:32:00

The Anker Nebula Mars 3 Air is currently available for $470 on Amazon, which is 22% off its regular price of $599.99. The price is likely to go back up soon, so this might be your last chance to grab this portable projector at a discount. CNET's key takeaways Anker's Nebula Mars 3 Air is a compact portable projector that costs $599 (but is currently on sale for $470 Despite its size, it delivers a bright picture and loud audio for a portable projector. It can even double as a Bluetooth speake

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Worried AI will take your job? OpenAI's new platform could help get you one

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-10-14 17:12:26

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways OpenAI introduces its OpenAI Jobs Platform. The experience is meant to connect users to job opportunities. This comes at a time when people fear AI will replace human jobs. While AI is typically implicated in replacing humans in the workforce, OpenAI's new undertaking is looking to wield those AI capabilities to get you a job. OpenAI Jobs Platform On Wednesday, the company unveiled

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Poisoning Well

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-14 03:48:24

Poisoning Well 31st March 2025 One of the many pressing issues with Large Language Models (LLMs) is they are trained on content that isn’t theirs to consume. Since most of what they consume is on the open web, it’s difficult for authors to withhold consent without also depriving legitimate agents (AKA humans or “meat bags”) of information. Some well-meaning but naive developers have implored authors to instate robots.txt rules, intended to block LLM-associated crawlers. User-agent: GPTBot D

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Apertus 70B: Truly Open - Swiss LLM by ETH, EPFL and CSCS

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-11 19:14:51

Apertus Table of Contents Model Summary Apertus is a 70B and 8B parameter language model designed to push the boundaries of fully-open multilingual and transparent models. The model supports over 1000 languages and long context, it uses only fully compliant and open training data, and achieves comparable performance to models trained behind closed doors. The model is a decoder-only transformer, pretrained on 15T tokens with a staged curriculum of web, code and math data. The model uses a new

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September's Fall Equinox Is Coming: What to Know and What It Looks Like

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-14 15:22:00

Labor Day has come and gone, and school is back in session. Though the leaves have yet to start turning, fall is making its way here. The official arrival of the season is the autumnal equinox, which occurs in the Northern Hemisphere in September. After a hot summer, the fall equinox marks a welcome shift in the seasons for many folks. But what exactly is an equinox? It's all about Earth and its relationship with the sun. Here's how to understand, visualize and celebrate the autumnal equinox.

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Dreame’s New Stair-Climbing and Arm-Equipped Robot Vacuums Take Aim at Eufy and Roborock

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-14 15:48:00

Stairs are one of the last big challenges to be overcome by robot vacuums. Cleaning performance is getting better with each new model, for both vacuuming and mopping, and robots are better able to navigate spaces and obstacles. But until now, none have been able to climb stairs. That’s set to change with Eufy’s Marswalkers and Dreame’s new Cyber X concept, which our sister site PCMag was able to see in action at IFA, the tech show in Berlin. “Eufy’s version resembles a space rover, while the Dr

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We Use Our Smartphones Like Laptops, So Why Do We Need Both? Here's What CNET's Survey Says

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-14 16:19:22

It's not uncommon to have a smartphone, a laptop and a tablet. I use all three, sometimes for many of the same tasks, like text messages, streaming and social media. The same is true for a lot of people. CNET's recent survey examines how most US adults use laptops, tablets and smartphones. Laptops are commonly used for work and educational tasks like creating and viewing documents (52%), streaming (35%) and creative work (33%). Besides texting, calls and social media, we use our smartphones fo

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Your electronics could be quietly draining energy - this gadget prevents that

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Sept. 7, #349

Silksong, smacking sticks and other new indie games worth checking out

8BitDo's Ultimate 2 controller for Switch 2 is on sale for only $54

William James at CERN (1995)

Rust tool for generating random fractals

Stop writing CLI validation. Parse it right the first time

Oldest recorded transaction

Paper Finds Earth May Have Been Terraformed by "Advanced Extraterrestrials"

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Scientists Boast That Their AI-Powered Stethoscope Only Fails Two-Thirds of the Time

David Howard Thornton on the Art of Being Art the Clown

Supercharger for Business – Tesla

5 Things We Loved, 3 Things We Didn’t About ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Part 2

Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department

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Poisoning Well

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September's Fall Equinox Is Coming: What to Know and What It Looks Like

Dreame’s New Stair-Climbing and Arm-Equipped Robot Vacuums Take Aim at Eufy and Roborock

We Use Our Smartphones Like Laptops, So Why Do We Need Both? Here's What CNET's Survey Says

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