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There's Gold in the Hills

news.ycombinator.com .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow 2025-09-07 17:33:21

Josh Jackson | Longreads | June 12, 2025 | 5,262 words (19 minutes) “There’s Gold in the Hills” is an adapted excerpt from the book The Enduring Wild: A Journey into California’s Public Lands by Josh Jackson, published by Heyday and on sale June 24, 2025. The BLM—short for the Bureau of Land Management—was established in 1946, when the Department of the Interior merged the General Land Office with the Grazing Service. Today, the BLM is one of four federal agencies that manage public land acros

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'The Bear': Here's How to Watch Season 4 of the Hit Food Drama

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-11 00:00:02

Whether you call it a comedy or a drama, The Bear is about to let it rip once again. The Emmy-winning series, which represents the food service industry with urgent authenticity, follows Chef Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) as he follows his mission to transform his brother's sandwich spot into a fine-dining, Michelin-starred restaurant. The last time we checked in with Carmy, a potentially scathing review of their newly reopened restaurant left The Bear's future in question. The s

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Show HN: I'm a doctor and built a responsive breathing app for anxiety and sleep

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-10 19:40:15

** App of the Day, March 2025 ** – Apple ** Featured in Mashable, TechCrunch, ItsNiceThat and WePresent ** Feel happier & healthier with Lungy — the breathing app that recognizes and responds to your breath, helping you feel calmer and more relaxed. Developed by doctors, Lungy has been featured in 40+ countries, is trusted by over 100k users. It was reviewed as “The Most Beautiful Breathing App” - find out why by trying Lungy today! It’s simple: breathe into your iPhone and watch how y

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Mechanical Watch: Exploded View

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-11 00:56:44

Mechanical Watch: Exploded View In May 2022, someone posted to Hacker News Bartosz Ciechanowski's blog post explaining how mechanical watch movements work. Since then, his blog has been my absolute favorite corner of the Internet. His posts are not just well written and easy to follow, the accompanying interactive illustrations are magnificent. The first illustration in his blog post about mechanical watch movements allows you to "explode" a ticking mechanical movement and rotate it to inspe

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Every Parent Should Know These 3 iPhone and iPad Parental Controls

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-10 22:00:12

As a parent of three young kids with limited screen time, the prospect of handing them their very own iPad or iPhone sends me into an anxiety-induced spiral. The prospect of having to micromanage screen time (and the overstimulated meltdowns that follow), plus trying to protect them on social media and against all the other horrors lurking online, is enough to make me want to swear off screens altogether. But I'm also a realist and know I can't fend off screens forever. In fact, their peak devic

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How the Universe and Its Mirrored Version Are Different

wired.com Zack Savitsky 2025-09-10 21:00:00

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. After her adventures in Wonderland, the fictional Alice stepped through the mirror above her fireplace in Lewis Carroll’s 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass to discover how the reflected realm differed from her own. She found that the books were all written in reverse, and the people were “living backwards,” navigating a world where effects preceded their causes. When objects appear different in the mirror, scientists call them

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TPU Deep Dive

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-10 17:51:03

I've been working with TPUs a lot recently and it's fun to see how they had such different design philosophies compared to GPUs. The main strongpoint for TPUs is in their scalability. This is achieved through a co-design of both the hardware side (e.g. energy efficiency and modularity) and the software side (e.g. XLA compiler). Background To give a brief tldr on TPUs, it's Google's ASIC that focuses on two factors: extreme matmul throughput + energy efficiency. Their origins go back to Googl

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TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) Deep Dive

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-10 22:51:03

I've been working with TPUs a lot recently and it's fun to see how they had such different design philosophies compared to GPUs. The main strongpoint for TPUs is in their scalability. This is achieved through a co-design of both the hardware side (e.g. energy efficiency and modularity) and the software side (e.g. XLA compiler). Background To give a brief tldr on TPUs, it's Google's ASIC that focuses on two factors: extreme matmul throughput + energy efficiency. Their origins go back to Googl

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Which MacBook should you buy in 2025?

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-09-10 20:16:16

MacBooks are great computers, but there’s a number of different varieties to think about. Between last gen hardware and all of the current models available now, it can feel like there’s a lot of options. Today, we’ll be breaking down which MacBook is right for you, depending on your budget and what you need it for. At the most basic level, Apple offers two MacBook models: the MacBook Air, and the MacBook Pro. Both come in smaller and larger sizes (13-inch and 15-inch for MacBook Air, 14-inch an

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Indie App Spotlight: ‘ClosetLog’ helps you manage your wardrobe in a smarter way

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-09-10 20:30:00

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact. ClosetLog provides you with all of the information you need to know about your wardrobe, and helps you make better decisions on what you should wear. It’s a useful little tool, and helps you balance what you’re wearing on a day-to-day basis. Top features ClosetLog is built with the intention of providi

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‘Duke Nukem’ Show Coming From Game Adaptation Honcho Adi Shankar

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-09-10 19:50:50

After helping get adaptations for Castlevania, Devil May Cry, and Far Cry onto Netflix, Adi Shankar has now set his sights on Duke Nukem. The well-known showrunner-executive producer recently told Esquire Magazine he bought the rights to the shooter franchise. He probably won’t get to it for a while—he’s got a second season of Devil May Cry to work on, plus adaptations for Assassin’s Creed, PUBG, Hyper Light Drifter, and who knows what else—but he’s already got an idea for what the potential se

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for June 22, #476

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-10 21:00:04

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle is kind of a stinker. Yep, that's a hint. If you need more hints and the answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET'

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for June 22, #1464

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-10 21:00:06

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle is a pretty tough one. It's very sound-related, you'll know it once you hear or see it, but it might not come instantly to mind. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the

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Cartoonist Paul Pope is more worried about killer robots than AI plagiarism

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-09-10 19:08:49

Paul Pope has written and drawn some of the most gorgeous comics of the twenty-first century — from “Batman: Year 100,” in which Batman challenges a dystopian surveillance state, to “Battling Boy,” with its adolescent god proving his mettle by fighting giant monsters. But it’s been more than a decade since Pope’s last major comics work, and in a Zoom interview with TechCrunch, he admitted that the intervening years have had their frustrations. At one point, he held up a large stack of drawings

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US tech czar warns China is only two years behind in semiconductor and chip design

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-09-10 20:57:00

TL;DR: White House technology adviser David Sacks has raised concerns that China is rapidly narrowing the gap with the United States in semiconductor design, estimating the difference is now just one and a half to two years. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Sacks said Chinese companies, especially Huawei, have become adept at finding ways around US restrictions on advanced chip technology. According to Sacks, Huawei is making swift progress in chip design and could soon begin exporting its

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Child Welfare Experts Horrified by Mattel's Plans to Add ChatGPT to Toys After Mental Health Concerns for Adult Users

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-10 16:45:28

Is Mattel endangering your kid's development by shoving AI into its toys? The multi-billion dollar toymaker, best known for its brands Barbie and Hot Wheels, announced that it had signed a deal to collaborate with ChatGPT-creator OpenAI last week. Now, some experts are raising fears about the risks of thrusting such an experimental technology — and one with a growing list of nefarious mental effects — into the hands of children. "Mattel should announce immediately that it will not incorporate

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Captain Cook's missing ship found after sinking 250 years ago

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-07 02:46:35

Your support helps us to tell the story Read more Support Now From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need

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This budget Lenovo ThinkPad competes with laptops that cost twice the price

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-09-10 18:45:12

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 6 has configurations that start at $800. It's a solid budget business laptop with a wide range of configurations. The display and webcam might not be good enough for most users, and opting for higher-end hardware can nearly double the price. View now at Lenovo On the surface, Lenovo's sixth-generation ThinkPad E14 doesn't look much different from the previous model; it's a quintessential ThinkPad with the familiar red TrackPoint button and lef

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On memes, mimetic desire, and why it's always that deep

news.ycombinator.com Caitlyn Clark 2025-09-09 09:23:52

When filmmaker and scholar Hito Steyerl wrote her manifesto “In Defense of the Poor Image” in 2009, internet memes were only in their infancy. But in the years since, the meme has become the dominant form of the poor image — “an illicit fifth-generation bastard of an original image.” Of the poor image, Steyerl wrote: Altogether, poor images present a snapshot of the affective condition of the crowd, its neurosis, paranoia, and fear, as well as its craving for intensity, fun, and distraction. T

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Sega mistakenly reveals sales numbers of popular games

news.ycombinator.com Sal Romano 2025-09-10 17:23:01

Total sales numbers for various SEGA and ATLUS titles including Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Persona 3 Reload, Sonic Frontiers, Shin Megami Tensei V, and Persona 5 Royal were mistakenly revealed in a SEGA SAMMY Management Meeting 2025 presentation published on June 18. The sales numbers, which appear on page 25 of the presentation, are hidden behind a grey block. However, due to the way the PDF file is formatted, simply highlighting the page reveals the presence of text, which can be copied

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Show HN: I Built a Site That Curates Weird YouTube Rabbit Holes Daily

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-10 21:35:50

Get ready to plan your way to a healthier you with these delicious meal ideas that will have you saying 'yum' instead of 'blah'!

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Telegram CEO Says He’ll Leave His Fortune to His 106+ Children

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-09-11 07:55:17

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is so obsessed with his own jizz that he’s spent years sending it to random women so they can inseminate themselves with it. As a result, the billionaire is said to have as many as 106 biological children. Now, Durov has promised that—in the event of his death—he will bequeath his massive fortune (reputed to be some $17 billion) to all of his wayward spawn. Durov’s supposed plan was revealed during a recent interview with Le Point, a French news site. He revealed to the

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for June 21, #475

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-11 08:00:03

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle is a bit of an oddball. Some people might not really know what the spangram word even means, although the themed words all fit together well enough. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

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Latest Starship Explosion Drastically Decreases SpaceX's Chances of Reaching Mars Without Having to Wait Years

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-11 16:22:31

"One of the toughest problems to solve." With tech billionaire Elon Musk out of the White House after his disastrous turn as a bureaucrat, he can now focus on more pressing subjects — such as his SpaceX Starship rockets that keep on exploding into fiery columns of fire, with the latest dramatic failure this past Wednesday in Texas, when the massive spacecraft hadn't even left the ground yet. This recent setback ratchets up the pressure on Musk even further, who faces a hard deadline and steep

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Career advice, or something like it

news.ycombinator.com Marc Brooker 2025-09-11 16:37:53

My name is Marc Brooker. I've been writing code, reading code, and living vicariously through computers for as long as I can remember. I like to build things that work. I also dabble in machining, welding, cooking and skiing.I'm currently an engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Seattle, where I work on databases, serverless, and serverless databases. Before that, I worked on EC2 and EBS.All opinions are my own. Career advice, or something like it If I could offer you a single piece of care

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Best Internet Providers in Chicago, Illinois

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-11 15:10:00

What is the best internet provider in Chicago? CNET’s top recommendation for most households in Chicago is AT&T Fiber due to its ultra-fast symmetrical speeds, straightforward pricing and solid availability. If AT&T Fiber isn’t available in your neighborhood, Xfinity, Verizon 5G Home Internet and Rise Broadband are reliable alternatives. The best internet provider for your home depends on your budget and speed needs. To help you decide, our broadband experts reviewed the top options and found

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Chip stocks fall on report U.S. could terminate waivers for Taiwan Semi and others

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-12 01:26:22

A motorcycle is seen near a building of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on April 16, 2025. Semiconductor stocks declined Friday following a report that the U.S. is weighing measures that would terminate waivers allowing some chipmakers to send American technology to China. Commerce Department official Jeffrey Kessler told Samsung Electronics , SK Hynix and Taiw

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SpaceX's String of Starship Failures Continues With Massive Rocket Explosion

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-11 23:41:00

SpaceX's ongoing mission to prepare Starship spacecraft for trips to the moon and, eventually, Mars suffered a setback when a spacecraft exploded this week in South Texas. The explosion happened during what SpaceX called routine testing in preparation for Starship's 10th flight since 2023, which was expected to happen later this month. SpaceX uses a different rocket design to launch its Starlink internet satellites. On X, the space company wrote, "On Wednesday, June 18 at approximately 11 p.m

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Snap is acquiring Saturn, a calendar app used at thousands of high schools

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-12 05:00:46

Snap has acquired Saturn , a calendar app for high school and college students. The company didn't disclose the terms of the deal but said that close to 30 of Saturn's full-time employees will be joining Snap as part of the acquisition. It's not clear what exactly Snap has planned for Saturn, but the company confirmed to Engadget that the calendar app will continue to operate as a standalone service. It also suggested that the acquisition could help Snap bring calendar-focused features into Sna

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‘Major Anomaly’ Behind Latest SpaceX Starship Explosion

wired.com Stephen Clark 2025-09-12 05:38:37

Musk wrote that the nitrogen COPV appears to have failed below its proof pressure, within conditions that should not have damaged the tank. "If further investigation confirms that this is what happened, it is the first time ever for this design," Musk added. Picking Up the Pieces Earlier Wednesday, just hours before the late-night explosion at Starbase, an advisory released by the Federal Aviation Administration showed SpaceX had set June 29 as a tentative launch date for the next Starship tes

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Cartoonist Paul Pope is more worried about killer robots than AI plagiarism

US tech czar warns China is only two years behind in semiconductor and chip design

Child Welfare Experts Horrified by Mattel's Plans to Add ChatGPT to Toys After Mental Health Concerns for Adult Users

Captain Cook's missing ship found after sinking 250 years ago

This budget Lenovo ThinkPad competes with laptops that cost twice the price

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Show HN: I Built a Site That Curates Weird YouTube Rabbit Holes Daily

Telegram CEO Says He’ll Leave His Fortune to His 106+ Children

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SpaceX's String of Starship Failures Continues With Massive Rocket Explosion

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‘Major Anomaly’ Behind Latest SpaceX Starship Explosion

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