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Optimizing our way through Metroid

news.ycombinator.com Will Wilson 2025-10-29 11:42:01

Will Wilson CEO Optimizing our way through Metroid Games People ask me: “why do you let your employees spend so much time playing Nintendo games?” People think we do it for the marketing. People think we do it to have cool demos. People think our blog series on learning autonomous testing concepts via how they come up in games is a pedagogical gimmick and nothing more. People are totally wrong. The honest truth, the underlying reality beneath the hype, is that this is actually how we figured

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The issue of anti-cheat on Linux (2024)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-30 10:09:33

The number of people choosing Linux as their primary operating system to play games has been slowly but steadily going up, at least according to the Steam hardware survey. This is most likely because of the Steam Deck release and the increasingly obnoxious features being added to Windows. If you switch to Linux today, you’ll probably be surprised by how many games run out of the box just fine (mostly due to the Windows compatibility layer Proton built right into Steam), except for basically all

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The issue of anti-cheat on Linux

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-31 01:09:33

The number of people choosing Linux as their primary operating system to play games has been slowly but steadily going up, at least according to the Steam hardware survey. This is most likely because of the Steam Deck release and the increasingly obnoxious features being added to Windows. If you switch to Linux today, you’ll probably be surprised by how many games run out of the box just fine (mostly due to the Windows compatibility layer Proton built right into Steam), except for basically all

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Scientists are building cyborg jellyfish to explore ocean depths

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-31 22:03:08

Climate change is warming ocean waters, making the environment more acidic thanks to the absorption of carbon monoxide from the atmosphere. This endangers various marine species, and monitoring those changes is vitally important. But it can be challenging to reach the deepest waters without the aid of very expensive equipment. Moon jellyfish can swim to those depths, however, making them a potential ally in the quest to study the deep ocean. That's why researchers at the University of Colorado

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Palantir stock falls for sixth-straight day in longest losing streak since April 2024

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-11-05 16:04:35

Palantir shares sank further into correction territory Wednesday after six straight days of heavy selling. The slide marks the longest such streak for the artificial intelligence software company since April 2024, and brings shares down 18% from the recent intraday record. Shares closed in correction territory on Tuesday after accumulating a 15% loss from the highs. Wednesday's moves also dropped Palantir out of the 20 most valuable U.S. companies ranking. The software analytics company achiev

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Palantir stock plummets 18% from highs in longest losing streak since April 2024

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-11-05 21:56:31

Palantir shares sank further into correction territory Wednesday after six straight days of heavy selling. The slide marks the longest such streak for the artificial intelligence software company since April 2024, and brings shares down 18% from the recent intraday record. Shares closed in correction territory on Tuesday after accumulating a 15% loss from the highs. Palantir's slide followed a broader market sell-off and came on the heels of a short seller report from Andrew Left's Citron Rese

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Palantir stock plummets 20% from highs in longest losing streak since April 2024

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-11-06 16:48:39

Palantir shares sank into bear market territory Wednesday after six-straight days of heavy selling. The slide marks the longest such streak for the artificial intelligence software company since April 2024, and brings shares down 20% from the recent record. Shares closed in correction territory on Tuesday after accumulating a 15% loss from the highs. Palantir's slide followed a broader market selloff and came on the heels of a short-seller report from Andrew Left's Citron Research. He called t

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Palantir stock slumps 9%, falling for a fifth straight day from record

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-11-08 16:36:15

CEO of Palantir Technologies Alex Karp attends the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 15, 2025. Palantir 's stock slumped more than 9% on Tuesday, falling for a fifth straight day to continue its pullback from all-time highs. The artificial intelligence software provider's stock has slid more than 15% over the last five trading sessions, after a stellar earnings report earlier this month propelled shares to

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Why Semantic Layers Matter (and how to build one with DuckDB)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-08 12:49:15

Many ask themselves, "Why would I use a semantic layer? What is it anyway?" In this hands-on guide, we’ll build the simplest possible semantic layer using just a YAML file and a Python script—not as the goal itself, but as a way to understand the value of semantic layers. We’ll then query 20 million NYC taxi records with consistent business metrics executed using DuckDB and Ibis. By the end, you’ll know exactly when a semantic layer solves real problems and when it’s overkill. It's a topic that

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Why ‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’ May Never Get a Home Release

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-11-09 00:45:00

Film fans everywhere have surely seen Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2. But only a select few have seen those two films edited together, with minor but important changes, and renamed Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair. The rare print, which runs 258 minutes plus an intermission, has only played in public a handful of times, including a July run at Tarantino’s Vista Theater in Los Angeles. That got fans outside of Los Angeles wondering, “Will we ever get to see this thing in our home

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The Global Car Reckoning Is Here. Far Too Many Auto Companies Don’t Have a Plan

wired.com Nick Gibbs 2025-11-09 16:56:30

On a drab, overcast March day in Amsterdam in 2022, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares took off his face mask and strode onto a makeshift stage to confidently explain to a crowd of journalists and analysts how the company that had recently unified brands as diverse as Fiat, Peugeot, Maserati, Ram, and Opel was going rewrite the rules of the car industry. His tie sat slightly askew and his greying hair needed a trim, the picture of a man far too focused on applying dynamic capitalistic principles to a

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How Hurricane Erin Made History Without Even Making Landfall

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-11-12 02:55:17

The Atlantic’s first hurricane of 2025 wasted no time making history. Hurricane Erin will be remembered as one of the fastest-strengthening Atlantic hurricanes on record, with perhaps the fastest intensification rate for any storm earlier than September 1, CNN reports. At 11 a.m. ET on Friday, August 15, Erin was a Category 1 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. Over the next 24 hours, this storm strengthened significantly. By 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, the NHC declared Erin a “c

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Valiant’s Bloodshot Relaunch Mired by Transphobic Dogwhistles

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-11-09 22:25:26

Update, 8/17/2025 @ 10:57 AM: After his old Twitter posts were discovered, Bloodshot writer Mauro Mantella has since deleted the account and posted an apology on Instagram. “I want to offer my most sincere apologies. I know I made a mistake, but at no point did I intend to spread a message of hate,” it begins. In his apology, he revealed he first wrote the issue’s script in Spanish, then “changed it a bit” when converting it to English. This conversion led to him “borrowing a common phrase used

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A gigantic jet caught on camera: A spritacular moment for NASA astronaut

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-09 15:11:48

Left: Gigantic Jet Event from the International Space Station, taken by NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers. (Credit: Ayers) Right: Sprite event appearing over a lightning strike, seen from space. This photo was taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 44. Credit: NASA astronauts on board Expedition 44 Did you see that gorgeous photo NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers took on July 3, 2025? Originally thought to be a sprite, Ayers confirmed catching an even rarer form of a

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Scientists Create Ultimate Antiviral Using Rare "Superpower" Genetic Mutation

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-12 22:00:05

Image by Getty / Futurism Genetics A rare genetic mutation that causes a deficiency in an immune regulator called ISG15 is known to make people more vulnerable to some bacterial infections and cause persistent inflammation — but it can unlock some unexpected antiviral "superpowers" as well. As detailed in a new study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, a team of scientists led by Columbia University professor of pediatric immunology, Dusan Bogunovic, has developed a new an

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Rapidly intensifying Hurricane Erin becomes historic storm due to strengthening

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-12 11:50:31

After several days of working its way across the open and at times hostile Atlantic Ocean this week, Hurricane Erin found more favorable conditions and exploded in intensity on Friday night. Shortly before noon on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center declared that Erin had reached Category 5 status, the most powerful kind of hurricane. This determination is based on sustained winds, which were measured by a US Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft on Saturday at 160 mph. There is some good ne

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Generative AI Gave MIT Scientists a New Tool to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-12 12:15:43

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are dangerous because they already "know" what most antibiotics look like. Scientists at MIT have found a way to create something new: using generative AI to design two antibiotic compounds from scratch that can kill drug-resistant gonorrhea and MRSA in lab dishes and mice. Antibiotic resistance is one of the world's biggest public health threats yet new antibiotics have been scarce for decades. Traditional drug discovery methods rely on screening known chemical li

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How a mysterious particle could explain the Universe’s missing antimatter

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-12 10:15:17

Everything we see around us, from the ground beneath our feet to the most remote galaxies, is made of matter. For scientists, that has long posed a problem: According to physicists’ best current theories, matter and its counterpart, antimatter, ought to have been created in equal amounts at the time of the Big Bang. But antimatter is vanishingly rare in the universe. So what happened? Physicists don’t know the answer to that question yet, but many think the solution must involve some subtle dif

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Decoding Palantir, the Most Mysterious Company in Silicon Valley

wired.com Lauren Goode 2025-11-13 20:46:13

And this is something that appeals to, I mean, if you are a high up person at the company and you know that you need to get some sort of product, let's say you're not super technical, this is exactly the kind of rhetoric, visuals, et cetera, that might appeal to someone. Lauren Goode: It seems like secrecy is also embedded in the origins of the company. One of its early investors was in QTEL, which is the CIA's venture capital arm. And two of Palantir's cofounders are pretty well-known. Peter T

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I flew Insta360's new 'Antigravity' drone around Los Angeles, and it was impossible to miss a shot

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-11-14 15:45:00

Antigravity ZDNET's key takeaways Action cam manufacturer Insta360 Its first model, the Antigravity A1, is unique in that it can record 360-degree video at up to 8K resolution. Launch date is slated for January 2026, but exact pricing is still unknown. Insta360 this week announced its venturing into a new frontier: drones. Its new sub-brand Antigravity will focus entirely on camera-equipped drones, and today, it revealed its first product: the Antigravity A1, the world's first 360 drone tha

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What does Palantir actually do?

news.ycombinator.com Caroline Haskins 2025-11-15 10:03:16

Palantir is arguably one of the most notorious corporations in contemporary America. Cofounded by libertarian tech billionaire Peter Thiel, the software firm's work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the US Department of Defense, and the Israeli military has sparked numerous protests in multiple countries. Palantir has been so infamous for so long that, for some people, its name has become a cultural shorthand for dystopian surveillance. But a number of former Palantir employees tell WIR

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Palantir's astronomical growth in 3 charts

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-11-16 20:38:56

In this article PLTR Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alexander Karp, chief executive officer and co-founder of Palantir Technologies Inc. Scott Eelis | Bloomberg | Getty Images Palantir 's astronomical rise since its public debut on the New York Stock Exchange in a 2020 direct listing has been nothing short of a whirlwind. Over nearly five years, the Denver-based company, whose cofounders include renowned venture capitalist Peter Thiel and current CEO Alex Karp, has surged more

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3 charts that show Palantir's astronomical growth over the last five years

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-11-17 02:14:45

In this article PLTR Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alexander Karp, chief executive officer and co-founder of Palantir Technologies Inc. Scott Eelis | Bloomberg | Getty Images Palantir 's astronomical rise since its public debut on the New York Stock Exchange in a 2020 direct listing has been nothing short of a whirlwind. Over nearly five years, the Denver-based company, whose cofounders include renowned venture capitalist Peter Thiel and current CEO Alex Karp, has surged more

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Atlantic’s First Major Hurricane May Be Just Hours Away

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-11-17 00:45:44

Tropical Storm Erin is on track to reach the Caribbean this weekend, with current forecasts predicting it will curve north of the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico without making landfall. Still, Caribbean nations are bracing for severe storm impacts as Erin moves into warmer waters, increasing the risk of rapid intensification. A National Hurricane Center update issued at 5 a.m. AST Thursday, August 14, stated that Erin should gradually strengthen over the next day or so. After that, the storm w

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I Flew Antigravity's 8K 360-Degree Drone and It Felt Like Using a Wii Remote

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-17 09:00:00

Antigravity says its A1 drone is the world's first drone built to capture 360-degree video. It's the company's new flagship project, incubated at Insta360, and I got to test-fly it at a preview event. The company says its intuitive controls make it easy to fly even if you've never flown a first-person view drone, which I haven't. Antigravity's A1 drone was a secret project incubated by Insta360. Jesse Orrall/CNET FPV drones are known for being acrobatic, and the most highly skilled pilots can

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Insta360 Antigravity A1 drone preview: A 360-degree FPV drone unlike anything else

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-17 15:00:34

If DJI is entering the 360-degree action camera market, why shouldn't Insta360 venture into drones? That was my immediate thought when the company announced its first drone, the A1, from a spin-off brand and team called Antigravity. So, what is the A1? Is it an entry-level device? A camera for creators looking to spice up their videos without years of practice? A competitive POV drone? It’s a bit of all three, but the Antigravity A1 isn’t just a drone. It will eventually launch in a three-part

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I tried this tiny 360° camera drone, and it could be a game-changer for creators

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-11-17 15:00:14

Antigravity ZDNET's key takeaways Action cam manufacturer Insta360 has launched a new sub-brand called Antigravity, focusing entirely on drones. Its first model, the Antigravity A1, is unique in that it can record 360-degree video at up to 8K resolution. Launch date is slated for January 2026, but exact pricing is still unknown. Insta360 just announced its venturing into a new frontier: drones. Its new sub-brand Antigravity will focus entirely on camera-equipped drones, and today, it reveal

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I Flew Insta360’s First Drone With a 360-Degree Camera, and It’s DJI’s Worst Nightmare

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-11-17 15:00:20

Screw merely flying a drone; what if you were the drone? You’re a nimble robot buzzing over those rooted pedestrians far below. Above you is blue sky, below the dry ground, and all around you open expanse and a curving horizon. You can see it all, as if you were a head in a jar looking through an impossible dome. Insta360, a company that’s spearheaded 360-degree cameras as an alternative to today’s GoPros, got into drones the only way it knew how—by sticking twin, fish-eye lenses on an unmanned

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I flew Insta360’s Antigravity — it could change how drones are made

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-11-17 15:00:00

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. I know my way around a pair of joysticks — but I’d prefer to soar. I don’t want to think about filming while I’m flying. I’d rather explore. Now, camera maker Insta360 is launching its first drone, under a new drone company, to serve that exact demand. It’s called Antigravity, and in January 2026, it’ll ship a flying 360-degree camera whic

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What Does Palantir Actually Do?

news.ycombinator.com Caroline Haskins 2025-11-18 10:03:16

Palantir is arguably one of the most notorious corporations in contemporary America. Cofounded by libertarian tech billionaire Peter Thiel, the software firm's work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the US Department of Defense, and the Israeli military has sparked numerous protests in multiple countries. Palantir has been so infamous for so long that, for some people, its name has become a cultural shorthand for dystopian surveillance. But a number of former Palantir employees tell WIR

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Valiant’s Bloodshot Relaunch Mired by Transphobic Dogwhistles

A gigantic jet caught on camera: A spritacular moment for NASA astronaut

Scientists Create Ultimate Antiviral Using Rare "Superpower" Genetic Mutation

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