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OpenMower – An Open Source Lawn Mower

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 23:35:08

I am available for hire Hello! With a background in software engineering, embedded programming, hardware design, and robotics, I'm on the lookout for new challenges. If you're in search of someone with my skills, let's team up and create something amazing! https://x-tech.online/ OpenMower - The DIY Smart Mowing Robot for Everyone Join the Discord server for OpenMower discussion: Warning DISCLAIMER: IF YOU ARE NOT 100% SURE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, PLEASE DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME! ASK IN DISCORD, IF

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Starting game development in JavaScript with no experience

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 00:25:03

It’s been a while since I started making web games in JavaScript. In this post, I’d like to share tips that would be helpful for beginners wanting to do the same. Learn JavaScript Outside of Game Development Alongside HTML and CSS This might sound obvious, but I really recommend learning to program before learning game dev. For JavaScript, that means learning the fundamentals of the language and how it integrates with HTML and CSS. Considering that JavaScript is primarily used on the web to m

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Phrack 72

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 02:43:22

Title : Introduction Author : Phrack Staff ==Phrack Inc.== Volume 0x10, Issue 0x48, Phile #0x01 of 0x12 |=-----------------------------------------------------------------------=| |=-------------------------=[ Introduction ]=----------------------------=| |=-----------------------------------------------------------------------=| |=----------------------=[ Phrack Staff ]=-------------------------=| |=-----------------------=[ [email protected] ]=--------------------------=| |=-----------------

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What could have been

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 03:29:44

No matter what your opinion on AI is, you probably have one already. Positive or negative, AI discourse is hard to avoid. The most dedicated AI evangelists will tell you that: “AGI is around the corner. Your job? obsolete. You don’t think so? Well, see how much things improved from last year? imagine how it will be like in 5 years!” You’ve read everything that could be said about it already at least 10 times. I’ve seen people trying to debunk all those claims but there’s something that I rarely

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How Could Frodo Be in ‘The Hunt for Gollum’?

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-11-18 04:00:19

This weekend, Ian McKellen had a bit of Hobbiton-disturber-of-the-peace energy about himself when he revealed at a fantasy convention in London that Frodo Baggins would appear in Andy Serkis’ upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel movie, The Hunt for Gollum. Frodo is far from the only familiar face who has been teased as making a potential appearance in the film (due out in 2027), but he is a particularly interesting one considering the chronology of events we already know from Tolkien’s books. Whe

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The Download: pigeons’ role in developing AI, and Native artists’ tech interpretations

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-11-17 21:10:00

People looking for precursors to artificial intelligence often point to science fiction by authors like Isaac Asimov or thought experiments like the Turing test. But an equally important, if surprising and less appreciated, forerunner is American psychologist B.F. Skinner’s research with pigeons in the middle of the 20th century. Skinner believed that association—learning, through trial and error, to link an action with a punishment or reward—was the building block of every behavior, not just

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Nvidia releases a new small, open model Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 with toggle on/off reasoning

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2025-11-18 14:24:47

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Small models are having a moment. On the heels of the release of a new AI vision model small enough to fit on a smartwatch from MIT spinoff Liquid AI, and a model small enough to run on a smartphone from Google, Nvidia is joining the party today with a new small language model (SLM) of its own, Nemotron-Nano-9B-V2, which attained the highes

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WhatsApp starts testing AI-powered writing suggestions on iOS

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-18 14:19:45

In the latest TestFlight release for its iOS beta testers, WhatsApp rolled out a tool called “Writing Help,” which suggests replies based on the tone set by the user. Here’s how it works. As noted by WABetaInfo: When Private Processing is enabled from the app settings, some users will notice that after typing a short phrase within the chat text input, the sticker icon in the chat bar is replaced with a pen symbol. This new icon indicates that the AI assistant is available to provide writing su

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YouTuber Mark Rober is bringing his experiments to Netflix

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-18 18:18:53

Mark Rober will bring his scientific talents to Netflix with two upcoming projects. Rober is a former NASA engineer who parlayed his skills into an entertaining and educational YouTube career. In past years, we've seen him develop not just one , but two stinky glitter bombs to fend off porch package thieves, as well as leading work on a Guinness World Record-holding robot called the Dominator . According to an announcement from Netflix, Rober "will bring some of his most beloved, ambitious, and

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Otter.ai Sued for Allegedly Recording Work Calls Without Consent

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-11-18 18:55:43

Otter.ai, the maker of AI-powered transcription and note-taking tools, is facing a class-action lawsuit in California over alleged privacy violations. The suit, filed Friday in federal court by San Jacinto resident Justin Brewer, claims that Otter.ai is recording private conversations without obtaining consent from all the calls’ participants and then uses those recordings to train its AI. According to the complaint, Brewer doesn’t have an Otter account but joined a Zoom meeting in February whe

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Tesla Optimus rival Unitree shines at the 'World Humanoid Robot Games' in China

cnbc.com Eunice Yoon 2025-11-18 23:16:19

The first "World Humanoid Robot Games" is in the books. The three-day competition hosted in Beijing wrapped on Sunday, attracting 280 teams from 16 countries, including the U.S. Teams used robots manufactured by Chinese companies such as Unitree and Booster. During the games, humanoid athletes competed in dance battles, martial arts, track and field events such as the 400-meter and 1500-meter races and long jump, and a soccer tournament. "Robots have stronger joints and core strength," said G

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Hundreds of Robots Competed in the World's First Robot Olympics. The Results Were Unintentionally Hilarious

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-18 22:23:36

In the past few decades, China has rapidly transitioned from one of the poorest nations on Earth to the global kingpin in robotics production. Between 2022 and 2023, the People's Republic installed over 276,000 robots throughout various industries, more than every other country on Earth combined. The machines are descending on Beijing this week, flocking from all corners of the world to take part in kickboxing, track, football, table tennis, and dance competitions in what's being called the wor

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NVIDIA's GeForce NOW game streaming gets RTX 5080 GPUs, better image quality and more

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-18 23:30:40

NVIDIA's GeForce NOW game streaming service is leveling-up in September with the addition of RTX 5080 GPUs, which will allow for 5K streaming at up to 120fps (or 1080p/320fps for the truly frame-hungry). While you'll need to be on the $20-a-month GeForce Now Ultimate tier to use RTX 5080 streaming servers, NVIDIA at least isn't raising that tier's price. Subscribers at that level will still receive 100 hours of monthly playtime (with 15 hours of rollover), up to eight-hour long sessions and acce

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The lottery ticket hypothesis: why neural networks work

news.ycombinator.com Jamie Lord 2025-11-18 20:54:25

How AI researchers accidentally discovered that everything they thought about learning was wrong 18 Aug, 2025 The lottery ticket hypothesis explains why massive neural networks succeed despite centuries of theory predicting they should fail Five years ago, suggesting that AI researchers train neural networks with trillions of parameters would have earned you pitying looks. It violated the most fundamental rule in machine learning: make your model too large, and it becomes a glorified photocop

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Game Streaming Will Never Be the Same After Nvidia’s GeForce Now Update

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-11-18 23:30:24

What if game streaming was your main way to play your games? That idea—once merely a pipedream—is inching closer to reality with Nvidia’s latest update to GeForce Now. Come September, players will be able to rent out a server worth 100GB or more to play whatever game they want, so long as they already own it. Even with more games and better streaming visuals, streaming can’t replace all your gaming gear. But if you were feeling antsy about how much that new PC upgrade or future console could cos

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MagSafe Monday: LISEN launches new 10,000mAh CardMag battery pack that charges your iPhone, Apple Watch, and more without the bulk

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2025-11-19 04:33:00

I spent some time traveling in late July and put the LISEN CardMag MagSafe battery pack through a tough test with heavy usage, high temps, and everything in between. I was in the northeast and on the go constantly. I’m also running the iOS 26 beta, so my iPhone battery isn’t exactly thriving right now. I had Apple Maps going constantly as we navigated cities, used the subway, and more. Some of my favorite gear eufyCam 2C Upgrade your home security with wireless cameras that includes HomeKit com

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Every Google Pixel Watch owner should know these 2 simple performance tricks

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-11-19 04:49:00

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways A restart fixes freezes, errors, and update issues. A reset clears all data to fix major glitches. Use restart first, reset only as a last resort. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Like every other piece of tech, our smartwatches can get sluggish after continual use. Maybe you're waiting several seconds for your smartwatch to load functionalities, or you're experiencing anno

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Microsoft hints at ‘more affordable’ Xbox Cloud Gaming plan

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-11-19 04:21:21

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Two years ago we learned, thanks to the FTC, that Microsoft was working on a separate “dedicated” version of Xbox Cloud Gaming. Microsoft Gaming CFO Tim Stuart then hinted, a few months later, that there could be a free version Xbox Cloud Gaming in exchange for ads. Now, Microsoft is hintin

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Texas attorney general accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-11-19 03:59:29

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health tools,” according to a press release issued Monday. “In today’s digital age, we must continue to fight to protect Texas kids from deceptive and exploitative technology,” Paxton is quoted as saying. “By posing as sources of emotional support, AI platforms can mislead vulnerable users

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The dual-screen Android gaming handheld you’ve been waiting for has a temptingly affordable price

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-19 09:11:50

TL;DR AYANEO is introducing the Pocket DS, a dual-screen Android-powered gaming handheld. Starting at just about $400, this represents a much more affordable solution to AYANEO’s Windows-based dual-screen hardware. AYANEO is accepting crowdfunding orders now, with plans to ship in October. Pair your Android phone with a nice Bluetooth controller — or better yet, a nice clamp-on set of controller grips like the Razer Kishi V3 series — and you have got one serious piece of mobile gaming kit on

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How web scraping actually works - and why AI changes everything

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-11-19 14:00:18

Getty/panithan pholpanichrassamee ZDNET's key takeaways Web scraping powers pricing, SEO, security, AI, and research industries. AI scraping threatens site survival by bypassing traffic return. Companies fight back with licensing, paywalls, and crawler blocks. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. In the world of industrial web scraping, there are a few major players. Oh, you did not know there was a world of industrial

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Why my favorite MacBook Pro alternative is this Windows laptop with a striking design

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-11-19 14:05:00

Razer Blade 14 ZDNET's key takeaways The Razer Blade 14 (2025) is on sale now starting at $2,000. It's a gorgeous laptop that redefines portability for gaming machines. However, the ultraportable form factor results in trade-offs when it comes to performance and upgradability. View now at Razer Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. The Blade 16 has been Razer's flagship gaming laptop for years, but the thinner, sleeker des

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AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool dubbed 'a wallet-wrecking tragedy'

news.ycombinator.com Tim Anderson 2025-11-19 14:40:44

AWS has introduced new pricing for Kiro, its AI-driven coding tool, but unlike the pricing originally announced, the latest plans are "a wallet-wrecking tragedy," according to many of its users. "Kiro's spec-driven AI IDE is a gem," said open source PHP and Laravel engineer Antonio Ribeiro on GitHub, "until I saw your new pricing." AWS introduced Kiro last month as a fork of Code OSS (also used by Visual Studio Code) with a distinctive approach to AI coding assistance, based on specifications

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Who Invented Backpropagation?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-19 12:50:21

Efficient backpropagation (BP) is central to the ongoing Neural Network (NN) ReNNaissance and "Deep Learning." Who invented it? BP's modern version (also called the reverse mode of automatic differentiation) was first published in 1970 by Finnish master student Seppo Linnainmaa [BP1] [R7]. In 2020, we celebrated BP's half-century anniversary! A precursor of BP was published by Henry J. Kelley in 1960 [BPA]—in 2020, we celebrated its 60-year anniversary. In the 2020s, it was still easy to find

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Premier League Soccer: Stream Leeds vs. Everton Live From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-19 14:00:03

Leeds United starts life back in the English Premier League on Monday with a tricky opening test against David Moyes' Everton. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services for watching Premier League games as they happen, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if it's not available where you are. Daniel Farke's Lillywhites secured an immediate return to the top flight last term after an impressive campaign in the Championship, which saw them finish narrowly above fello

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Ars Technica System Guide: Five sample PC builds, from $500 to $5,000

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-19 08:00:25

Sometimes I go longer than I intend without writing an updated version of our PC building guide. And while I could just claim to be too busy to spend hours on Newegg or Amazon or other sites digging through dozens of near-identical parts, the lack of updates usually correlates with "times when building a desktop PC is actually a pain in the ass." Through most of 2025, fluctuating and inflated graphics card pricing and limited availability have once again conspired to make a normally fun hobby a

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Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-19 18:39:42

A recent ruling from Germany’s Federal Supreme Court (BGH) has revived a legal battle over whether browser-based ad blockers infringe copyright, raising fears about a potential ban of the tools in the country. The case stems from online media company Axel Springer’s lawsuit against Eyeo - the maker of the popular Adblock Plus browser extension. Axel Springer says that ad blockers threaten its revenue generation model and frames website execution inside web browsers as a copyright violation. T

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Scientists Confirm What Every Beachgoer Secretly Fears About Seabirds

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-11-19 18:00:50

As a seabird researcher, Leo Uesaka spends most of his time reviewing hours of bird footage. That can get quite tedious and demanding at times, but every second is worth paying attention to—after all, that’s how you notice things like the penchant for seabirds to poop only while airborne. In a first-of-its-kind study published today in Current Biology, Uesaka and his team report that streaked shearwaters—large, unassuming seabirds common in East Asian waters—engage in a very specific type of ba

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The Biggest Winners of China’s World Humanoid Robot Games

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-11-19 18:35:46

China just hosted the first-ever World Humanoid Robot Games—basically the Olympics, but for robots. The three-day event kicked off Thursday, August 14, inside Beijing’s 12,000-seat National Speed Skating Oval, a venue originally built for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Over 200 teams from 16 countries including Japan, Brazil, Germany, and the U.S., competed across 26 competitions. The contests ranged from classic track-and-field events and gymnastics to kickboxing, soccer, medicine sorting, and even

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Picking a Spot for NASA’s Lunar Nuclear Reactor Is Trickier Than It Sounds

gizmodo.com Clive Neal 2025-11-19 18:36:22

In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on Aug. 5, 2025, to build a nuclear fission reactor for deployment on the lunar surface in 2030. Doing so would allow the United States to gain a foothold on the Moon by the time China plans to land the first taikonaut, what China calls its astronauts, there by 2030. Apart from the geopolitical importance, there are other reasons why this move is critically important. A source of nuclear energy will be

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OpenMower – An Open Source Lawn Mower

Starting game development in JavaScript with no experience

Phrack 72

What could have been

How Could Frodo Be in ‘The Hunt for Gollum’?

The Download: pigeons’ role in developing AI, and Native artists’ tech interpretations

Nvidia releases a new small, open model Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 with toggle on/off reasoning

WhatsApp starts testing AI-powered writing suggestions on iOS

YouTuber Mark Rober is bringing his experiments to Netflix

Otter.ai Sued for Allegedly Recording Work Calls Without Consent

Tesla Optimus rival Unitree shines at the 'World Humanoid Robot Games' in China

Hundreds of Robots Competed in the World's First Robot Olympics. The Results Were Unintentionally Hilarious

NVIDIA's GeForce NOW game streaming gets RTX 5080 GPUs, better image quality and more

The lottery ticket hypothesis: why neural networks work

Game Streaming Will Never Be the Same After Nvidia’s GeForce Now Update

MagSafe Monday: LISEN launches new 10,000mAh CardMag battery pack that charges your iPhone, Apple Watch, and more without the bulk

Every Google Pixel Watch owner should know these 2 simple performance tricks

Microsoft hints at ‘more affordable’ Xbox Cloud Gaming plan

Texas attorney general accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

The dual-screen Android gaming handheld you’ve been waiting for has a temptingly affordable price

How web scraping actually works - and why AI changes everything

Why my favorite MacBook Pro alternative is this Windows laptop with a striking design

AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool dubbed 'a wallet-wrecking tragedy'

Who Invented Backpropagation?

Premier League Soccer: Stream Leeds vs. Everton Live From Anywhere

Ars Technica System Guide: Five sample PC builds, from $500 to $5,000

Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal

Scientists Confirm What Every Beachgoer Secretly Fears About Seabirds

The Biggest Winners of China’s World Humanoid Robot Games

Picking a Spot for NASA’s Lunar Nuclear Reactor Is Trickier Than It Sounds

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