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Red Hat Linux in 1998 (2009)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-13 22:08:42

GNOME and Red Hat Linux Eleven Years Ago By Oscar Laycock Four years ago, I switched on an old PC and found a seven year old (at that time) copy of Linux on it. I still use parts of the 1998 Red Hat Linux, today. Red Hat Linux in 1998 My copy of Red Hat Linux is 5.1, codenamed "Manhattan". It was released on May 22, 1998. The first Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. Finally, Red Hat Linux merged with Fedora on 22 September 2003, when Red Hat started Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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Metal Detectorist Discovers Rare Boat Grave Containing Viking Woman and Her Dog

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2026-04-13 19:00:45

The saying goes that a dog is a man’s best friend, but an archaeological excavation in Norway proves that women care about their four-legged companions just as much as men do, even 1,100 years ago. Archaeologists from the Arctic University Museum of Norway have revealed a 10th-century Viking boat grave on the Norwegian island of Senja. The buried individual is likely a woman who belonged to an elite class, as Science Norway first reported. Most notably, the team found a dog carefully buried at

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Best Cheap Home Security Systems for 2025: I Found the Real Deals

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-13 17:00:00

SwitchBot Not sure how to make up your mind? Here are the most important factors when considering a home security system that will spare your wallet. Pricing and subscriptions Security systems can be opaque when it comes to final pricing. The listed cost is often replaced by constant, rotating discounts which are more representative of the actual cost, and total subscription fees may not be obvious. For our list, we chose DIY companies with upfront pricing models so you can see what you get,

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What Is Raspberry Pi and How Can I Use It for My Home Internet?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-13 17:00:00

A Raspberry Pi computer can do a little of everything, including keeping you occupied if you need a new project (or distraction). This teeny-tiny computer not only clocks in at a low price, but could potentially help you trim costs by becoming a DIY router. Saving money is appealing: A recent CNET survey showed that internet costs spiked for 63% of US adults last year. When our budgets are tight, having a device that can cover the gamut is appealing, from hosting your home internet to providing

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Homebuyers Are Scoring 5% Mortgage Rates With These Simple Strategies

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-13 19:00:21

Tharon Green/CNET If you're looking to buy a home, you probably know that housing affordability is in the dumps. Record-high prices and high mortgage rates are serving a double whammy to prospective buyers everywhere. But mortgage rates aren't set in stone. Although current rates are hovering near 7%, more borrowers are finding creative ways to snag rates below what lenders advertise. Last year, nearly half of buyers purchased a home at a rate below 5%, according to Zillow. "With borrowing co

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Companies may soon pay a fee for their rockets to share the skies with airplanes

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-04-13 17:07:40

The Federal Aviation Administration may soon levy fees on companies seeking launch and reentry licenses, a new tack in the push to give the agency the resources it needs to keep up with the rapidly growing commercial space industry. The text of a budget reconciliation bill released by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) last week calls for the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation, known as AST, to begin charging licensing fees to space companies next year. The fees would phase in over eight year

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Bioprospectors mine microbial genomes for antibiotic gold

news.ycombinator.com Max Barnhart 2026-04-09 21:46:34

In brief The discovery of penicillin nearly 100 years ago started a gold rush to find new antimicrobials. Scientists mined microscopic bacteria and fungi for compounds that could help fight off infection. But over time the rate of antimicrobial discoveries slowed to a crawl. Now, modern-day bioprospectors are using genomics, synthetic biology, and AI to dig deeper than they ever have before. A new golden age of antibiotics may be upon us, say some on the hunt, though getting a drug candidate int

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Meta-analysis of three different notions of software complexity

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-12 18:54:45

A meta-analysis of three different notions of software complexity I want to discuss three different notions of software complexity: Rich Hickey’s notion of complexity, as explained in his talk Simple Made Easy. John Ousterhout’s notion of complexity, as explained in his book A Philosophy of Software Design. Zach Tellman’s notion of complexity, as explained in his newsletter Explaining Software Design. I’ve picked these three because I’ve found them to be at least somewhat coherent, and the

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Cray versus Raspberry Pi

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-09 21:58:29

Please visit the sponsor! Cray versus Raspberry Pi I fondly recall the era when the pinnacle of supercomputing was the Cray 1. Even the shape of this computer was massively different to anything that came before and it was so futuristic that it could have come straight from a scifi movie. While almost all other computers of the 1970s were just a collection of huge rectangular cabinets with blinky lights and perhaps a few tape drives, the Cray 1 looked more like a piece of space-age furnitu

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British Comedy Caper Deep Cover is the Perfect Film to Kick Off Cozy-Crime Summer

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-13 07:56:00

You can't move for hit British crime shows right now. Whether it's Dept. Q or Adolescence on Netflix; MobLand on Paramount Plus; or Slow Horses on Apple TV Plus (even if that one's technically more of a spy show), gritty and binge-worthy content is showing up on the best streaming services, all delivered in a vibrant array of British accents. Deep Cover feels like a real crowd-pleaser. Peter Mountain/Metronome Film But a shift is happening. We're about to enter cozy-crime summer, when the genr

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Anubis ransomware adds wiper to destroy files beyond recovery

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-04-13 11:29:38

The Anubis ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation has added to its file-encryptimg malware a wiper module that destroys targeted files, making recovery impossible even if the ransom is paid. Anubis (not to be confused with the same-name Android malware with a ransomware module) is a relatively new RaaS first observed in December 2024 but became more active at the beginning of the year. On February 23, the operators announced an affiliate program on the RAMP forum. A report from KELA at the

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What is systems programming, really? (2018)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-13 17:42:04

$$ % Typography and symbols ewcommand{\msf}[1]{\mathsf{#1}} ewcommand{\ctx}{\Gamma} ewcommand{\qamp}{&\quad} ewcommand{\qqamp}{&&\quad} ewcommand{\Coloneqq}{::=} ewcommand{\proves}{\vdash} ewcommand{\star}[1]{#1^{*}} ewcommand{\eps}{\varepsilon} ewcommand{ ul}{\varnothing} ewcommand{\brc}[1]{\{{#1}\}} ewcommand{\binopm}[2]{#1~\bar{\oplus}~#2} ewcommand{\mag}[1]{|{#1}|} ewcommand{\aequiv}{\equiv_\alpha} ewcommand{\semi}[2]{{#1};~{#2}} % Untyped lambda calculus ewcommand{\fun}[2]{\

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Using `make` to compile C programs

news.ycombinator.com Julia Evans 2026-04-10 01:24:48

I have never been a C programmer but every so often I need to compile a C/C++ program from source. This has been kind of a struggle for me: for a long time, my approach was basically “install the dependencies, run make , if it doesn’t work, either try to find a binary someone has compiled or give up”. “Hope someone else has compiled it” worked pretty well when I was running Linux but since I’ve been using a Mac for the last couple of years I’ve been running into more situations where I have to

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Starlink Speeds Are Improving, But Only 17% of Customers Get the FCC’s Minimum

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-13 14:00:00

Starlink speeds have doubled in the past two years, according to a new report from the speed test site Ookla. (Disclosure: Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.) Median download speeds from the satellite internet provider have steadily ticked up over the past few years, going from 53.95 megabits per second in 2022 to 104.71Mbps today. That’s an impressive feat considering Starlink added about 5 million customers over the same period and recently passed the 6 million mar

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I'm a Fiend for Horror and Westerns. Netflix Has One of the Best Genre Mashups Ever Made

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-13 19:00:06

Father's Day is coming up and, if you're like me, you're searching for the perfect movie to watch on the big day. Well, as a dad myself, I can easily find comfort in the tried and true classics like National Lampoon's Vacation, Once Upon a Time in America or even The Shawshank Redemption. There's no arguing that those titles are stereotypical "dad" movies. But I'm not a stereotypical dad. My cinematic tastes usually lead me down an alternate path. Yes, I love me a good western but I'm also a d

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Week in Review: WWDC 2025 recap

techcrunch.com Karyne Levy 2026-04-13 14:08:00

Welcome back to Week in Review! We have lots for you this week, including what came out of WWDC 2025; The Browser Company’s AI browser; OpenAI’s partnership with Mattel; and updates to your iPad. Have a great weekend! The Apple experience: We kicked the week off with WWDC 2025, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, where the company showed off a newly designed iOS 26, new features across its products, and much more. There was considerable pressure on Apple this year to build on its promises

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Google reportedly plans to cut ties with Scale AI

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-04-13 15:46:54

In Brief Meta’s big investment in Scale AI may be giving some of the startup’s customers pause. Reuters reports that Google had planned to pay Scale $200 million this year but is now having conversations with its competitors and planning to cut ties. Microsoft is also reportedly looking to pull back, and OpenAI supposedly made a similar decision months ago, although its CFO said the company will continue working with Scale as one of many vendors. Scale’s customers include self-driving car com

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The Space Station Leak Is Rearing Its Ugly Head Again

futurism.com Unknown 2026-04-13 17:15:21

Space Draft Space tourism company Axiom Space has had to postpone its fourth chartered SpaceX flight to the International Space Station after NASA announced it needs more time to investigate an air leak affecting the orbital lab. For five years, NASA and its Russian counterpart Roscosmos have been hunting down leaks in the station, which has been continuously occupied for 25 years. The issue has since been traced back to the Russian segment of the ISS, specifically the Zvezda service module, a

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Companies Bragging About Their AI Furious as Job Applicants Use AI During Interviews

futurism.com Unknown 2026-04-13 19:00:23

Goldman Sachs wants those applying for jobs at the investment bank to stop relying on AI while interviewing — a glaring double standard, considering it's made massive bets of its own on the tech, launched its own AI platform and rolled out AI tools across its businesses. As Fortune reports, the bank's campus recruitment team sent out an email, warning students that "Goldman Sachs prohibits the use of any external sources, including ChatGPT or Google search engine, during the interview process."

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Model Once, Represent Everywhere: UDA (Unified Data Architecture) at Netflix

news.ycombinator.com Netflix Technology Blog 2026-04-13 12:56:52

Model Once, Represent Everywhere: UDA (Unified Data Architecture) at Netflix Netflix Technology Blog Follow 15 min read · 2 days ago 2 days ago -- 8 Listen Share By Alex Hutter, Alexandre Bertails, Claire Wang, Haoyuan He, Kishore Banala, Peter Royal, Shervin Afshar As Netflix’s offerings grow — across films, series, games, live events, and ads — so does the complexity of the systems that support it. Core business concepts like ‘actor’ or ‘movie’ are modeled in many places: in our Enterprise G

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Solidroad (YC W25) Is Hiring

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-04-13 14:00:07

Every day, millions of customers have terrible experiences. Support teams get blamed. Budgets get slashed. Quality drops further. Everyone shrugs and calls it "the cost of doing business." We think that's wrong. We started Solidroad because we believe customer experience can be both excellent and efficient. We're building the AI that turns every customer conversation into a learning opportunity. We're creating software that makes customer teams more effective. And we're just getting s

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Anker 1800W Power Station With 11 Ports Is Selling For Peanuts, Amazon Clears Out Stock Before Summer

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2026-04-13 17:29:47

Anker has long been a trusted name for laptop and smartphone chargers. But the company’s technological capabilities extend far beyond such everyday essentials: It also produces powerful portable power stations to meet the needs of users looking for robust sources of power on the go or as reliable home standbys. One such gem product in this category is the Anker Solix C1000 portable power station which is a high-end generator that is currently available on Amazon for a mere $549, reduced from it

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6 Best Smart Locks (2025) for Front Doors, Slider Doors, and More

wired.com Nena Farrell 2026-04-13 15:08:00

MyQ compatibility with other ecosystems focuses more on vehicles and security devices than it does on classic smart home assistants, which makes sense since you're usually controlling it from outside of the home. It works with Amazon Key and Walmart+ InHome to get deliveries in your garage, with Ring, plus several cars, and IFTTT. Specs Smart home ecosystem: IFTTT, Amazon Key, Ring, Walmart+ InHome, and vehicles Power source: Wired / outlet Entry options: App control, manual button, keypad (pur

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Anne Wojcicki’s nonprofit reaches deal to acquire 23andMe

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-04-13 15:55:39

Beleaguered genetic testing company 23andMe announced Friday that it has reached an agreement to sell itself to a nonprofit led by the company’s co-founder and former CEO Anne Wojcicki. Following a massive cyberattack in 2023 and a related lawsuit settlement, 23andMe filed for bankruptcy in March, with Wojcicki resigning in order to become an independent bidder for the company. But pharmaceutical company Regeneron was announced as the company’s acquirer with a $256 million bid. According to th

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Here's why network infrastructure is vital to maximizing your company's AI adoption

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-04-13 16:00:16

Weiquan Lin/Getty Images When companies begin taking the first steps toward AI adoption, one of the first pieces of advice they receive is to address the quality of their data. However, another foundational element that is often overlooked, but is just as critical to the success of AI deployment, is network infrastructure. At Cisco Live, ZDNET spoke with Anurag Dhingra, SVP and GM of the Enterprise Connectivity and Collaboration Group, to learn more about the role network infrastructure plays

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Me an' Algernon – grappling with (temporary) cognitive decline

news.ycombinator.com Kent Beck 2026-04-09 22:00:54

Originally published May 20, 2015. Since then my cognitive function has made a fairly complete comeback, well except accounting for normal aging. I was reminded of this essay by my experience with augmented coding. That “normal aging” stuff left me without the patience to get set up for coding. With the genie, though, I’m happy to dive into most any project. It’s like wearing an exoskeleton but for my brain. The point remains—don’t take cognition for granted. If you’re augmented coding & you wa

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How I uncovered a potential ancient Rome wine scam

news.ycombinator.com Conor Trainor 2026-04-11 02:33:36

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Before artificial sweeteners, people satisfied their cravings for sweetness with natural products, including honey or dried fruit. Raisin wines, made by drying grapes before fermentation, were particularly popular. Historical records show these wines, some known as passum, were enjo

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Last fifty years of integer linear programming: Recent practical advances

news.ycombinator.com François Clautiaux 2026-04-13 14:15:08

Mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) has become a cornerstone of operations research. This is driven by the enhanced efficiency of modern solvers, which can today find globally optimal solutions within seconds for problems that were out of reach a decade ago. The versatility of these solvers allowed successful applications in many areas, such as transportation, logistics, supply chain management, revenue management, finance, telecommunications, and manufacturing. Despite the impressive succes

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My T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Experience: 5 Things I Love and a Few I Don't

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-04-13 17:30:00

Albuquerque, New Mexico: home of green chiles, 300 days of sunshine, the International Balloon Fiesta... and achingly slow internet. Of the top 100 cities in the US, Albuquerque ranks 85th, according to data from Ookla. (Disclaimer: Ookla is owned by Ziff Davis, the same company that owns CNET.) Home internet was a two-horse race in Albuquerque for years: CenturyLink DSL and Xfinity cable. I spent decades on DSL, watching my internet speed tests march slowly up to a maximum of 20 megabits per se

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Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305M

news.ycombinator.com Ashley Capoot 2026-04-13 19:45:58

23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2025. Anne Wojcicki, the co-founder and former CEO of 23andMe, has regained control over the embattled genetic testing company after her new nonprofit, TTAM Research Institute, outbid Regeneron Pharmaceuticals , the company announced Friday. TTAM will acquire substantially all of 23andMe's assets for $305 million, including its Personal Genome Service and Re

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Red Hat Linux in 1998 (2009)

Metal Detectorist Discovers Rare Boat Grave Containing Viking Woman and Her Dog

Best Cheap Home Security Systems for 2025: I Found the Real Deals

What Is Raspberry Pi and How Can I Use It for My Home Internet?

Homebuyers Are Scoring 5% Mortgage Rates With These Simple Strategies

Companies may soon pay a fee for their rockets to share the skies with airplanes

Bioprospectors mine microbial genomes for antibiotic gold

Meta-analysis of three different notions of software complexity

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British Comedy Caper Deep Cover is the Perfect Film to Kick Off Cozy-Crime Summer

Anubis ransomware adds wiper to destroy files beyond recovery

What is systems programming, really? (2018)

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Starlink Speeds Are Improving, But Only 17% of Customers Get the FCC’s Minimum

I'm a Fiend for Horror and Westerns. Netflix Has One of the Best Genre Mashups Ever Made

Week in Review: WWDC 2025 recap

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The Space Station Leak Is Rearing Its Ugly Head Again

Companies Bragging About Their AI Furious as Job Applicants Use AI During Interviews

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Anker 1800W Power Station With 11 Ports Is Selling For Peanuts, Amazon Clears Out Stock Before Summer

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Last fifty years of integer linear programming: Recent practical advances

My T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Experience: 5 Things I Love and a Few I Don't

Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305M

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