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Why We're Building Stategraph: Terraform State as a Distributed Systems Problem

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-26 22:38:17

Why We're Building Stategraph: Terraform State as a Distributed Systems Problem TL;DR why-stategraph.tldr $ cat why-stategraph.tldr • Terraform state shows distributed coordination issues but uses file primitives. • File blob (100% read/lock) vs. change cone (~3%). • Stategraph → graph state, ACID transactions, subgraph isolation. The Terraform ecosystem has spent a decade working around a fundamental architectural mismatch: we're using filesystem semantics to solve a distributed systems probl

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, Sept. 17

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-26 18:21:00

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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Best Home Security Systems for Renters in 2025: Compact and Movable

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 01:00:00

Is it easy to add more sensors to the security system? Does it support add-ons like cameras or smart locks if you ever want to expand? Does the system integrate with your preferred smart home platform, such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, or Apple HomeKit? Can it work with third-party smart home devices? Is the app easy to use and intuitive for first-timers? Does it make setup easy? Can you quickly arm or disarm the system from the app? Does the security kit come with basic sensors for fro

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4 Things You Should Never Cook in a Nonstick Skillet, According to an Expert

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 00:00:06

Nonstick cookware has its place in the kitchen, but its limitations should keep it from being your everyday pan. When used in the wrong situations, nonstick cookware can tank a recipe, leaving meat and vegetables without a proper sear. Some foods can damage the surface of your nonstick skillet, leading to a shorter lifespan or the release of nonstick materials into your food. As much as we love the easy cleanup, most foods fare better in a stainless-steel, carbon-steel, or cast-iron skillet. I

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Business Insider reportedly tells journalists they can use AI to draft stories

theverge.com Robert Hart 2025-09-26 23:58:26

Robert Hart is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI and Senior Tarbell Fellow. Previously, he wrote about health, science and tech for Forbes. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Business Insider has told journalists they can use AI to create first drafts of stories and suggested it won’t notify readers that AI was used, according to Status, a newsletter covering the media industry. The policy makes the outlet one of th

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About the security content of iOS 15.8.5 and iPadOS 15.8.5

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-26 19:34:02

About the security content of iOS 15.8.5 and iPadOS 15.8.5 This document describes the security content of iOS 15.8.5 and iPadOS 15.8.5. About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security releases page. Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible. For more information ab

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In Praise of Idleness (1932)

news.ycombinator.com .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow 2025-09-27 01:04:06

Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying “Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.” Being a highly virtuous child, I believed all that I was told and acquired a conscience which has kept me working hard down to the present moment. But although my conscience has controlled my actions, my opinions have undergone a revolution. I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what needs

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India’s Urban Company soars 58% above IPO price in year’s most subscribed offering

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-09-27 01:44:54

Urban Company, India’s largest home services platform, stormed onto the public markets on Wednesday, opening 58% above its issue price after delivering the country’s most subscribed IPO of the year. The Gurugram-based startup, which connects users to at-home services ranging from beauty treatments to appliance repair, debuted on the Mumbai-based National Stock Exchange at ₹162.25 per share (approximately $1.84), up from its IPO issue price of ₹103. The offering, which opened last week, was subs

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Apple releases iOS 15.8.5 security update for 10-year old iPhone 6s

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-27 00:34:02

About the security content of iOS 15.8.5 and iPadOS 15.8.5 This document describes the security content of iOS 15.8.5 and iPadOS 15.8.5. About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security releases page. Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible. For more information ab

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HackEthix 2025: Training Kerala’s Next Generation of Cyber Defenders

computer.org Vanessa Castro 2025-09-27 07:07:40

The IEEE Student Branch of Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology (MCET) brought the tech community together with HackEthix 2025. The July 19, 2025, event at the MCET campus in Trivandrum was Kerala’s largest one-day cybersecurity workshop championed by the Computer Society Chapter Grant Initiative. It’s a crucial first step in training and equipping the next generation of cyber professionals. Cybersecurity already faces a talent shortage and skills gap. Global security job vacancies gr

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Eli Lilly to Build $5 Billion Drug Manufacturing Plant in Virginia

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-09-27 12:00:38

Eli Lilly announced plans on Tuesday to build a $5 billion drug manufacturing facility in Virginia. The announcement comes amid pressure from President Donald Trump to bring more drug manufacturing to the U.S. and threats to slap heavy tariffs on pharmaceuticals coming from overseas. The new manufacturing plant will be built west of Richmond, Virginia, in Goochland County, according to a press release from the company. Eli Lilly says it expects the project to be completed in five years and clai

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US Tech Giants Race to Spend Billions in UK AI Push

wired.com Natasha Bernal 2025-09-27 12:30:00

Microsoft and Nvidia have unveiled plans to invest up to $45 billion dollars into the UK economy, in a move that will bolster the building of more data centers as well as research and development into artificial intelligence. The investment comes as US President Donald Trump travels to Britain, where he is expected to announce a US-UK tech deal alongside UK prime minister Keir Starmer. As part of the agreement, Microsoft has committed to invest $30 billion in AI infrastructure over the next fo

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 17, #1551

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 16:00:04

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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Here are all the new features in iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-27 20:24:31

iOS 26 launched this week alongside companion updates for Apple’s other platforms. There are so many new features in each update, it can be easy to miss some of the changes. Fortunately, Apple has published new comprehensive documents outlining every new feature in iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe. Apple publishes comprehensive lists of new features in iOS 26 and more Did you update your iPhone to the latest software and find yourself unsure what’s new? Or considering an upgrade but on the f

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Scuba-Suit-Clad Thief Steals Thousands of Dollars From Floating Disney World Restaurant in Heist Ripped Right Out of the Movies

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-27 20:40:03

When we hear of criminal activity at Walt Disney World, it’s not usually pertaining to an action sequence that feels like it’s come right out of a Disney movie itself. But that was apparently the case this week in Orlando, when over $10,000 was stolen from a Disney World restaurant by a scuba-diving criminal mastermind. WFTV9 (via Cinemablend) reports that in the early hours of today, an unidentified man staged a robbery at the Paddlefish seafood restaurant in Disney Springs, a shopping and din

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Cybersecurity provider Netskope boosts IPO range as it tests tech hot streak

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-28 00:23:26

Sanjay Beri, CEO and founder of Netskope Inc., listens during a Bloomberg West television interview in San Francisco, California. Netskope is targeting a $7.3 billion valuation in its upcoming initial public offering, after lifting its planned price range. The cybersecurity company said it plans to sell 47.8 million shares at between $17 and $19 apiece. The deal would raise as much as $908 million at the top end. That's up from a previous range of $15 to $17 a share the company revealed in a

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YouTube Music’s new features will help you get exclusives from your favorite creators

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 00:23:43

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube Music users will soon be able to initiate countdowns for upcoming releases and pre-save an upcoming album or single. Artists will be able to share “thank you” videos, behind-the-scenes clips, and other content directly with fans. Top viewers in the US will have access to exclusive merchandise drops from artists. YouTube Music is working on bringing fans closer to their favorite artists. To accomplish this, the service is launching three new f

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Annapurna Interactive will reveal three new games in a showcase on September 23

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-28 00:20:25

Annapurna Interactive is hosting a games showcase on September 23, 2025 at 8PM ET / 5PM PT to show off three of its upcoming games. The publisher says the "Annapurna Interactive Direct from Tokyo" will stream on YouTube and feature new games from Kyoto-based developer Marumittu Games, Iridium Studios and Yarn Owl. Annapurna Interactive held its previous games showcase this past February to show off games like Skin Deep and Wheel World . Marumittu Games' Annapurna project was initially detailed

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Migrating to React Native's new architecture

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-24 00:41:36

Introduction We successfully migrated two of our largest apps, Shopify Mobile and Shopify Point of Sale (POS) to React Native's New Architecture while maintaining weekly releases and serving millions of merchants. This migration involved a complex codebase with hundreds of screens and native modules, extensive custom components, and deep integration with first-party libraries like FlashList. Key outcomes: Maintained development velocity throughout migration Zero feature development disruptio

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YouTube rolls out Studio updates, ‘likeness’ detection, lip-synced dubs, creator collabs, and more

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-27 20:30:00

YouTube on Tuesday announced a suite of new features coming to YouTube Studio, the platform over 30 million creators use to manage their channels and track their analytics and revenue every month. At its Made on YouTube event, the company unveiled new and updated tools like an AI-powered chatbot for support, an inspiration tab, title A/B testing features, auto dubbing, likeness detection tools, and more. Many of these features build on tools previously announced or tested with smaller groups bu

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Cybersecurity provider Netskope boosts IPO range as it tests tech hotstreak

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-28 04:32:58

Sanjay Beri, chief executive officer and founder of Netskope Inc., listens during a Bloomberg West television interview in San Francisco, California. Netskope is targeting a $7.3 billion valuation in its upcoming initial public offering, after lifting its planned price range. The cybersecurity company said it plans to sell 47.8 million shares at between $17 and $19 apiece. The deal would raise as much as $908 million at the top end. That's up from a previous range of $15 to $17 a share the co

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Viking survival sim Valheim will finally come to the PS5 in 2026

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-28 04:06:57

The hit survival sim Valheim will be released for the PS5 in 2026 , ending years of speculation. The year is all we got, as developer Iron Gate AB didn't announce an actual release date. Still, it's better than nothing. We do know that the PS5 version will feature full crossplay with all other platforms, so that's good. Piktiv, a company that regularly assists Iron Gate with Valheim stuff, is working on the port so the main development team can focus its efforts on updates and DLC drops. To tha

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YouTube rolls out Studio updates, ‘likeness’ detection, lip synced dubs, creator collabs, and more

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-28 01:30:00

YouTube on Tuesday announced a suite of new features coming to YouTube Studio, the platform over 30 million creators use to manage their channels and track their analytics and revenue every month. At its Made on YouTube event, the company unveiled new and updated tools like an AI-powered chatbot for support, an inspiration tab, title A/B testing features, auto dubbing, likeness detection tools, and more. Many of these features build on tools previously announced or tested with smaller groups, b

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Plugin System

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-28 08:10:44

With several lines of code, you can implement the exact feature tailored to your needs. Furthermore, with the Official User Scripts plugin, you can just copy-and-paste code snippets into IINA without writing plugin packages.

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Fourth Power’s sci-fi thermal batteries could be cheaper than pricey natural gas power plants

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-09-28 08:08:20

Fourth Power’s take on long-duration energy storage sounds like something out of a James Bond film. The thermal batteries come complete with superheated liquid tin and argon-filled hermetically sealed chambers. The company’s goal, though, is far more prosaic — to store electricity cheap enough to make solar and wind an obvious choice for 24/7 power. Here’s how the technology works: To store energy, electricity from the grid heats blocks of carbon inside insulated chambers filled with argon gas.

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Samsung patches zero-day security flaw used to hack into its customers’ phones

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-09-28 08:20:09

Samsung says it has fixed a zero-day security vulnerability that is being used to hack into its customers’ phones. The phone maker said the security flaw, discovered in a software library for displaying images on Samsung devices, allows hackers to remotely plant malicious code on Samsung devices running Android 13 through the most recent version, Android 16. Samsung’s advisory said security teams from Meta and WhatsApp privately notified the company on August 13 and was told that “an exploit f

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Figure reaches $39B valuation in latest funding round

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-09-28 08:49:44

In Brief Humanoid robotics company Figure raised its largest round of funding yet, a sign of growing investor interest in robots designed to work alongside humans in warehouses, factories, and other settings. San Jose, California-based Figure announced on Tuesday that it raised a Series C funding round that values the company at $39 billion. The round, which “exceeded $1 billion,” said Figure, was led by Parkway Venture Capital with participation from Brookfield Asset Management, Nvidia, and I

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IEEE 2881: Learning Metadata Terms (LMT) Empowers Learning in the AI Age

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2025-09-28 10:00:29

Introduction Learning Metadata Terms (LMT) is a standard that connects metadata terms in practice with the purpose of solving many use cases common to e-learning. While there are other metadata standards, they have been inadequate for keeping up with machine-readable data requirements, which modern AI needs to achieve significance. While data models attempt to be free of technical bindings, there are fundamental design decisions that relate to whether data is intended to be stored in a graph da

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Welcome to the Age of Ultra-Cheap, Ad-Filled Projectors

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-09-28 12:15:03

With all the Roku-native TVs crowding the market, the company behind today’s popular streaming platform wants to project a new kind of cheap option for streaming. Roku partnered up with Aurzen, the makers of the $300 Z-shaped Aurzen Zip mini projector, and now they have a full $250 cinema you can set up for quick and dirty Netflix or Howdy (Roku’s $3/month ad-free streaming service) and chill sessions on your bedroom wall—as long as you’re not expecting the brightest display. Take a breath and

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How to Set Up and Use a Burner Phone

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2025-09-28 12:44:27

Authorities around the world can use your cell phone to track your location and potentially access other sensitive private information about you. One possible protection from this data collection is a burner phone. As invasive state surveillance ramps up globally—including new initiatives in the United States to monitor travelers, protesters, and vulnerable populations—privacy tools that were formerly the domain of digital hermits and people involved in organized crime are now more and more appe

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Why We're Building Stategraph: Terraform State as a Distributed Systems Problem

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, Sept. 17

Best Home Security Systems for Renters in 2025: Compact and Movable

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About the security content of iOS 15.8.5 and iPadOS 15.8.5

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 17, #1551

Here are all the new features in iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe

Scuba-Suit-Clad Thief Steals Thousands of Dollars From Floating Disney World Restaurant in Heist Ripped Right Out of the Movies

Cybersecurity provider Netskope boosts IPO range as it tests tech hot streak

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Annapurna Interactive will reveal three new games in a showcase on September 23

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Cybersecurity provider Netskope boosts IPO range as it tests tech hotstreak

Viking survival sim Valheim will finally come to the PS5 in 2026

YouTube rolls out Studio updates, ‘likeness’ detection, lip synced dubs, creator collabs, and more

Plugin System

Fourth Power’s sci-fi thermal batteries could be cheaper than pricey natural gas power plants

Samsung patches zero-day security flaw used to hack into its customers’ phones

Figure reaches $39B valuation in latest funding round

IEEE 2881: Learning Metadata Terms (LMT) Empowers Learning in the AI Age

Welcome to the Age of Ultra-Cheap, Ad-Filled Projectors

How to Set Up and Use a Burner Phone

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