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Waste into Construction Materials: Geopolymers from Recycled Sources

news.ycombinator.com Cigala 2025-08-29 21:53:33

1. Introduction 3,4,5,6,7, The construction industry stands as a major contributor to global waste generation, with the accumulation of construction and demolition debris (C&D) posing a significant environmental challenge [ 1 ]. This ever-increasing waste volume necessitates a fundamental shift towards sustainable practices, driving research and development into innovative, eco-friendly construction materials [ 2 ]. Among these promising alternatives, geopolymers have emerged as a compelling su

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First-Class Models: The Missing Productivity Revolution

news.ycombinator.com Guyren Howe 2025-08-27 00:48:11

TL;DR: First-class models with branching and merging capabilities represent an almost entirely unused enormous productivity and expressiveness unlock in programming and computer systems. The Current State: Well-Designed Systems, Constrained Users Imagine you’re building an accounting system from scratch. You’d design it properly: a normalized database schema, algebraically defined operations for debits and credits, account reconciliation, and comparison functions. You’d implement data-only, in

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Brazil’s antitrust watchdog says Apple must face penalties over NFC restrictions

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-08-30 02:04:39

Apple’s week is off to a rough start. First, Proton filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. Almost simultaneously, a judge in New Jersey rejected Apple’s attempt to dismiss a federal antitrust case. And on Monday night, things got a little worse: CADE, Brazil’s antitrust watchdog, formally recommended that Apple be sanctioned for restricting access to the iPhone’s NFC chip and forcing developers to use Apple Pay. In its ruling, CADE’s General Superintendence said Apple’s behavior creates “art

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Show HN: ToplingDB - A Persistent Key-Value Store for External Storage

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-30 00:07:59

ToplingDB: A Persistent Key-Value Store for External Storage ToplingDB is developed and maintained by Topling Inc. It is built with RocksDB. See ToplingDB Branch Name Convention. ToplingDB's submodule rockside is the entry point of ToplingDB, see SidePlugin wiki. ToplingDB has much more key features than RocksDB: SidePlugin enables users to write a json(or yaml) to define DB configs Embedded Http Server enables users to view almost all DB info on web, this is a component of SidePlugin Embedd

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China's Huawei open-sources AI models as it seeks adoption across the global AI market

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-08-30 08:49:44

In recent years, the company has transformed from a competent private sector telecommunications firm into a "muscular technology juggernaut straddling the entire AI hardware and software stack," said Paul Triolo, partner and senior vice president for China at advisory firm DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group. Huawei has open-sourced two of its artificial intelligence models — a move tech experts say will help the U.S.-blacklisted firm continue to build its AI ecosystem and expand overseas. The Chin

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Someone brought Flappy Bird back to Android, but there’s a good reason you shouldn’t download it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-30 09:00:23

Joe Maring / Android Authority If, like me, you had an Android phone in the 2010s, you almost certainly played Flappy Bird. And all these years later, I still occasionally find myself itching to play a few rounds. Unfortunately, playing the original Flappy Bird in 2025 is all but impossible. But thanks to one developer, Flappy Bird is back. Recently, a new developer got the attention of the r/Android subreddit by announcing they had reverse-engineered the original Flappy Bird to run on a 64-bi

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7 things every Linux beginner should know before downloading their first distro

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-08-30 12:00:00

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET I can still remember the moment I switched from Windows to Linux. Back then, I didn't have anyone there to tell me what to expect. It would have been nice to get even a bit of advice from someone with Linux experience in the know to say, "Hey, you'll want to know about this before you start down that path." It would have made things easier. Instead, I took just dove right in, hoping I could figure it all out as I went. The good news: Linux today is n

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My favorite PC accessory keeps me productive on the go - and it fits easily in any bag

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-30 12:00:17

ZDNET's key takeaways The CaseUp Combo includes ProtoArc's wireless keyboard, mouse, and laptop stand for $90 on Amazon. The ease of use and transport make this a solid option for improving your hybrid and remote work setup. However, the mouse, while comfortable, might be too small for some people. $99.99 at Amazon There is no shortage of wireless keyboards, portable monitors, and laptop mounts on the market. Remote work demands new use cases from tech to get our work done, and like anything

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This $649 Windows laptop competes with my MacBook Air (and does a few things better)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-30 12:20:15

ZDNET's key takeaways The Asus Zenbook A14 with 16GB of memory is on sale at Best Buy for $649 - the lowest price we've seen yet. It's a fantastic balance of innovation and value with a brilliant OLED display, competitive hardware, and a satisfying physical form. While its use case is clearly defined, the laptop has its limits when it comes to high-end performance. View now at Best Buy When Asus officially announced the Zenbook A14 at CES this year, I wasn't the only one to be low-key enamore

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Show HN: A continuation of IRS Direct File that can be self-hosted

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-30 03:08:59

OpenFile OpenFile is a free tax tool forked from IRS Direct File. More information at https://docs.openfile.tax/en/latest/direct-file.html. Running OpenFile uses Docker. To run the entirety of OpenFile: docker compose up -d

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Aging-related inflammation is not universal across human populations

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-30 10:52:40

Inflammation, long considered a hallmark of aging, may not be a universal human experience, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The research suggests that "inflammaging"—chronic, low-grade inflammation associated with aging—appears to be a byproduct of industrialized lifestyles and varies significantly across global populations. The findings are published in Nature Aging. Researchers analyzed data from four populations: two industrialized groups—th

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Eating Dairy Before Bed Can Give You Nightmares, Study Suggests

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-08-30 09:00:17

Has a late-night cheese session ever seemed to send you down your own personal Nightmare on Elm Street? You’re probably not alone. Research out today has revealed a link between lactose intolerance and a higher risk of bad dreams. Scientists in Canada conducted the study by surveying college students. People who reported having regular nightmares and poorer sleep in general were also more likely to report having food allergies, including lactose intolerance, they found. The researchers speculat

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, July 1

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-30 10:34:27

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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As nations build 'sovereign AI,' open-source models and cloud computing can help, experts say

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-08-30 13:47:40

In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Digital illustration of a glowing world map with "AI" text across multiple continents, representing the global presence and integration of artificial intelligence. Fotograzia | Moment | Getty Images As artificial intelligence becomes more democratized, it is important for emerging economies to build their own "sovereign AI," panelists told CNBC's East Tech West conference in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday. In general, sovereign

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Anthropic Let an AI Agent Run a Small Shop and the Result Was Unintentionally Hilarious

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-30 10:41:08

Anthropic ran an experiment where its Claude chatbot was put in charge of a tiny, automated "shop" inside its San Francisco headquarters — and the results were nothing short of hilarious. Despite claims in an Anthropic post that "Claudius," the name given to the AI agent in charge of stocking the shop's shelves, was "close to success," everything about the gambit seems to demonstrate just how bad AI is at managing things in the real world. Dubbed "Project Vend," the month-long experiment was u

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End of an Era

news.ycombinator.com Chris Crawford 2025-08-30 20:17:11

I recall saying to one of my colleagues at Atari way back in 1982 that I wanted to make a game that would be genuine art. A year later I built a game that was my first experiment in that direction: Gossip. It was a ridiculously simple game in which a player attempted to win favor in a group by calling people and telling them how much you liked or disliked some third party. The underlying concept was that “people like people who like people they like.” For some reason, many players had problems a

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Apple’s AI Siri might be powered by OpenAI

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-08-30 22:01:03

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Apple is considering enlisting the help of OpenAI or Anthropic to power its AI-upgraded Siri, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. As Apple continues to struggle with the development of an upgraded “LLM Siri,” it reportedly asked OpenAI and Anthropic to create versions of their large-language models to test on the company’s private cl

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‘Lazarus’ Is a Briefly Gorgeous Anime That Vibes Hard But Can’t Outpace Its Own Silence

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-08-31 02:30:18

When Adult Swim first announced that it was working with director Shinichirō Watanabe, Jujutsu Kaisen studio Mappa, and John Wick director Chad Stahelski on a new anime project, Lazarus already had the cards stacked against it. In the rollout of its stylish and musical trailers, the anime hewed close to Watanabe’s Cowboy Bebop aesthetics, setting it up to live up to a standard from a bygone era of animation that it would never be able to satisfy audiences with, and never tried to. Set in 2052,

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Apple might ditch internal AI efforts for Siri revamp, use OpenAI or Anthropic instead

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-08-31 06:20:50

Apple is in talks with Anthropic and OpenAI to power the revamped version of Siri, potentially sidelining its own in-house AI models in the process. Here are the details. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has asked both OpenAI and Anthropic to train customized versions of their large language models that could run on Apple’s Private Cloud Compute infrastructure. Rather than relying on third-party cloud platforms like AWS or Azure, these models would live on servers powered by Apple s

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Unpacking Our Conversation With a Former DOGE Staffer

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2025-08-31 06:08:11

Vittoria Elliott: Can you tell me about your interactions with the other DOGE people? Did you make friends? Did you make colleagues- Sahil Lavingia: Yeah. Vittoria Elliott: ... at least? Do you know... What was your relationship with the other DOGE people, and what were your impressions of them? Sahil Lavingia: It was pretty friendly. I mean, it was kind of joining a little troop. We were working together 12 hours a day, and we laugh and joke and you had to because a lot of the work itself wa

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Apple reportedly considers letting Anthropic and OpenAI power Siri

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-08-31 06:26:20

In Brief Apple is considering using AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic to power its updated version of Siri, rather than using technology the company has built in-house, according to a report from Bloomberg on Monday. The iPhone maker continues to build out a project internally dubbed “LLM Siri” that uses in-house AI models, according to Bloomberg. However, Apple has reportedly asked OpenAI and Anthropic to train versions of their AI models that can run on Apple’s cloud infrastructure for tes

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Proton Mail developer sues Apple in the U.S., says App Store model breaks antitrust laws

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-08-31 10:44:17

Privacy-focused Swiss tech company Proton, best known for its encrypted email service Proton Mail, is suing Apple in the United States on behalf of “millions” of developers around the world. Here are the details. The proposed class action, filed Monday in California (via Reuters), claims Apple has: “eliminated competition and extracted supracompetitive profits from app developers through a web of exclusionary conduct.” Proton says the lawsuit represents millions of iOS developers who are subje

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What happened when Anthropic's Claude AI ran a small shop for a month (spoiler: it got weird)

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-08-31 10:05:49

Daniel Grizelj/Getty Images Large language models (LLMs) handle many tasks well -- but at least for the time being, running a small business doesn't seem to be one of them. On Friday, AI startup Anthropic published the results of "Project Vend," an internal experiment in which the company's Claude chatbot was asked to manage an automated vending machine service for about a month. Launched in partnership with AI safety evaluation company Andon Labs, the project aimed to get a clearer sense of h

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New to Linux? Seven things every beginner should know

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-08-31 10:16:09

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET I can still remember the moment I switched from Windows to Linux. Back then, I didn't have anyone there to tell me what to expect. It would have been nice to get even a bit of advice from someone with Linux experience in the know to say, "Hey, you'll want to know about this before you start down that path." It would have made things easier. Instead, I took just dove right in, hoping I could figure it all out as I went. The good news: Linux today is n

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OpenAI Reportedly Shuts Down for a Week as Zuck Poaches Its Top Talent

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-31 10:28:26

The war for artificial intelligence is getting personal. In recent days, after multiple OpenAI researchers left the company for Meta, one remaining employee publicly broke down. “Not too many people outside the company know how talented and hardcore they are,” Cheng Lu, a member of the technical staff at OpenAI, posted on X on June 29, commenting on a post announcing that Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, or “Zuck,” had poached four elite Chinese researchers. He continued: “Such a huge loss to OpenA

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My favorite bone-conduction headphones are comfortable, durable, and on sale

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-08-31 14:03:07

Jack Wallen/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways The Shokz OpenRun Pro The bone-conduction headphones offer a more comfortable fit but stay durable after continuous use. While this is the first-gen product, it still remains as good as the later iterations. The Shokz OpenRun Pro headphones in Steel Blue are on sale for $110 (save $50) at Best Buy. Headphones don't have to be over your head or in your ear. There's a headphone technology that you might not have heard of that allows you to keep your ea

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Anthropic's Claude stocked a fridge with metal cubes when it was put in charge of a snacks business

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-31 18:27:51

If you're worried your local bodega or convivence store may soon be replaced by an AI storefront, you can rest easy — at least for the time being. Anthropic recently concluded an experiment, dubbed Project Vend, that saw the company task an offshoot of its Claude chatbot with running a refreshments business out of its San Francisco office at a profit, and things went about as well as you would expect. The agent, named Claudius to differentiate it from Anthropic's regular chatbot, not only made s

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This $499 Windows laptop easily replaced my ThinkPad for one key reason

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-31 17:58:00

ZDNET's key takeaways Acer's Aspire 14 AI is on sale at Costco for $499. It has a fantastic battery and some of the latest hardware: all for a very approachable price point. I suggest opting for the OLED, since the low-end display isn't the best. $645 at Amazon I went hands-on with Acer's Aspire Go 15 last year, and praised it as one of the best cheap laptops you can get, priced at around $300. This year, one of the latest additions to Acer's Aspire line, the Aspire 14 AI, is a few steps up i

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Shadow of a Doubt

news.ycombinator.com Andrew Kay 2025-08-29 00:00:49

Adjust Share Listen to an audio version of this article. “I want y’all to walk to the sign that represents the kind of OCD you most identify with,” announces the moderator, a young woman named Angie Bello who sits cross-legged on the carpet and whose service doodle, Sully, has docked his submarine snout in her lap. Around the room, volunteers hoist placards that say things like violent harm ocd, sexuality ocd, and contamination ocd. They smile benignly, and for an instant all one hundred of us

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Donkey Kong Country 2 and Open Bus

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-31 17:01:12

Donkey Kong Country 2 has a pretty well-known bug in the old SNES emulator ZSNES where some stages have spinning barrels that don’t work properly. One of the earliest pictured here, in the first stage of Krem Quay (third world): After you jump into the barrel, you’re supposed to be able to completely control its rotation by pressing left and right on the d-pad, with the barrel only rotating while you’re holding left or right. In ZSNES, this is horribly bugged. Tapping left or right makes the ba

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