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How to Write the Worst Possible Python Code (Humor)

news.ycombinator.com Naveed Khan 2026-03-19 22:43:35

How to Write the Worst Possible Python Code Naveed Khan Follow 12 min read · 6 days ago 6 days ago -- 4 Share Look, we’ve all been there. You’re cruising through a new codebase, feeling pretty good about yourself, and then BAM — you hit a section that makes you wonder if the original author was having some kind of existential crisis. Well, today I’m here to help you become that author. After years of witnessing Python crimes that would make Guido van Rossum weep into his keyboard, I’ve compile

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Saab achieves AI milestone with Gripen E

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-20 00:43:11

Saab, in collaboration with Helsing, today announced the successful completion of the first three flights integrating Helsing’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent ‘Centaur’ into a Gripen E fighter jet. As part of Saab’s ‘Project Beyond’, the flights, where the first flight, was conducted on May 28, mark a significant advance in bringing AI capabilities to military aircraft. It is also yet another proof point of Gripen E´s unparalleled ability to rapidly update software without disregarding safet

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Slowing the flow of core-dump-related CVEs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-16 13:07:41

Slowing the flow of core-dump-related CVEs [LWN subscriber-only content] Welcome to LWN.net The following subscription-only content has been made available to you by an LWN subscriber. Thousands of subscribers depend on LWN for the best news from the Linux and free software communities. If you enjoy this article, please consider subscribing to LWN. Thank you for visiting LWN.net! Because I'm a clown and also I had it with all the CVEs because we provide a **** API for userspace The 6.16 kerne

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Last fifty years of integer linear programming: Recent practical advances

news.ycombinator.com François Clautiaux 2026-03-20 00:15:08

Mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) has become a cornerstone of operations research. This is driven by the enhanced efficiency of modern solvers, which can today find globally optimal solutions within seconds for problems that were out of reach a decade ago. The versatility of these solvers allowed successful applications in many areas, such as transportation, logistics, supply chain management, revenue management, finance, telecommunications, and manufacturing. Despite the impressive succes

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'Textbook Copyright Infringement': Disney and Universal Sue AI Image Generator Midjourney

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-20 03:00:05

Disney, Universal and several of their entertainment companies filed a lawsuit against popular AI creative service Midjourney on Wednesday, alleging that the company committed copyright infringement. It's a big move from power players and will no doubt create ripple effects across the AI and entertainment industries that will flow all the way to what you can create using AI tools. Midjourney is one of many AI image generators that use generative AI text-to-image technology. With an account, any

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My T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Experience: 5 Things I Love and a Few I Don't

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-20 03:30:00

Albuquerque, New Mexico: home of green chiles, 300 days of sunshine, the International Balloon Fiesta... and achingly slow internet. Of the top 100 cities in the US, Albuquerque ranks 85th, according to data from Ookla. (Disclaimer: Ookla is owned by Ziff Davis, the same company that owns CNET.) Home internet was a two-horse race in Albuquerque for years: CenturyLink DSL and Xfinity cable. I spent decades on DSL, watching my internet speed tests march slowly up to a maximum of 20 megabits per se

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$100 Hamburger

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-20 01:41:14

Aviation slang $100 hamburger ("hundred-dollar hamburger") is aviation slang for the excuse a general aviation pilot might use to fly.[1][2] Background [ edit ] A $100 hamburger trip typically involves flying a short distance (less than two hours), eating at an airport restaurant, and then flying home. "$100" originally referred to the approximate cost of renting or operating a light general aviation aircraft, such as a Cessna 172, for the time it took to fly round-trip to a nearby airport. H

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Shaping Light – Volumetric Lighting

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-16 06:56:03

As I became more familiar with post-processing over the past few months, I was curious to push those newly learned techniques beyond pure stylization to achieve something more functional. I wanted to find new ways to enrich my 3D work which wouldn't be possible without leveraging effects and passes alongside custom shaders. As it turns out, post-processing is great entrypoint to enhance a 3D scene with atmospheric and lighting effects, allowing for more realistic and dramatic visuals. Because t

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SIMD-friendly algorithms for substring searching

news.ycombinator.com Wojciech Muła 2026-03-20 01:31:18

Introduction Popular programming languages provide methods or functions which locate a substring in a given string. In C it is the function strstr , the C++ class std::string has the method find , Python's string has methods pos and index , and so on, so forth. All these APIs were designed for one-shot searches. During past decades several algorithms to solve this problem were designed, an excellent page by Christian Charras and Thierry Lecroq lists most of them (if not all). Basically these al

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Just add humans: Oxford medical study underscores the missing link in chatbot testing

venturebeat.com Nick Mokey 2026-03-20 03:34:19

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Headlines have been blaring it for years: Large language models (LLMs) can not only pass medical licensing exams but also outperform humans. GPT-4 could correctly answer U.S. medical exam licensing questions 90% of the time, even in the prehistoric AI days of 2023. Since then, LLMs have gone on to best the residents taking those exams and

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Hot deal: Grab the CUKTECH 10 Power Bank for just $23.99!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-20 03:08:12

Paul Jones / Android Authority Are you looking for a handy power bank to keep your devices charged on the go? I haven’t seen a deal this good in a while. The CUKTECH 10 Power Bank is still one of our favorites, portable battery packs, and you can buy it for a mere $23.99 right now! That’s a hefty discount on the $39.99 full price. Buy the CUKTECH 10 Power Bank for just $23.99 ($16 off) This offer is available from Amazon. The discount comes in the form of two coupons that will show up on the p

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Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305M

news.ycombinator.com Ashley Capoot 2026-03-20 05:45:58

23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2025. Anne Wojcicki, the co-founder and former CEO of 23andMe, has regained control over the embattled genetic testing company after her new nonprofit, TTAM Research Institute, outbid Regeneron Pharmaceuticals , the company announced Friday. TTAM will acquire substantially all of 23andMe's assets for $305 million, including its Personal Genome Service and Re

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How to watch new Apple TV+ movie starring Sydney Sweeney and Julianne Moore

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2026-03-20 05:32:20

Echo Valley is a new movie streaming worldwide on Apple TV+ from today. The R-rated thriller stars Sydney Sweeney and Julianne More, playing mother and daughter roles. If you’ve never used Apple’s streaming service before, here’s how to get started. Echo Valley is available to watch exclusively through the Apple TV app, which is the home of Apple TV+ streaming service. Alongside movies to buy or rent, the TV+ tab includes a catalog of almost 300 original TV shows and movies to watch. That libr

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RISC-V in AI and HPC Part 1: Per Aspera Ad Astra?

news.ycombinator.com Anton Shilov 2026-03-16 18:27:50

//php echo do_shortcode('[responsivevoice_button voice="US English Male" buttontext="Listen to Post"]') ?> —First in a three-part series Introduced in 2014, the RISC-V instruction set architecture has been evolving at a pace that Arm and x86 ISAs have never experienced. Initially, RISC-V cores were used solely for microcontrollers and applications that did not require high performance, but rather benefited from low cost and low power. Since RISC-V is an open-source architecture, it quickly gai

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How the Alzheimer's Research Scandal Set Back Treatment 16 Years (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-20 05:53:13

In 2006, a landmark study in Nature identified a possible cause of Alzheimer’s disease. For almost 16 years, this study influenced how scientists approached Alzheimer’s and how major research grants were given. But in the summer of 2022, the editors of Nature issued a chilling disclaimer. There was concern regarding the images that accompanied the article. An investigation was underway, and readers were urged to “use caution” when relying on the results. A whistleblower had come forward and sa

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HomeKit Weekly: Protect your wood floors with a HomeKit-enabled water leak sensor from FIBARO

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2026-03-20 11:00:00

Water damage is one of my biggest fears as a homeowner. With hardwood floors throughout my house, even a small leak could turn into a massive repair bill and a huge inconvenience. A slow drip from a sink can quickly become thousands of dollars in damage for your floors and cabinets. Thankfully, with a HomeKit-enabled flood sensor from FIBARO, you can catch leaks early and avoid a major headache. The FIBARO water leak sensor is one of my oldest HomeKit devices I am using, but it still works great

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Apple begins selling latest M4 MacBook Air models on its refurbished store

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-03-20 11:58:58

Today, Apple has begun selling refurbished configurations of its recently released MacBook Air with M4 chip – with a roughly 15% discount compared to MSRP. This follows the addition of Apple Watch Ultra 2 in Black and M4 Max/M3 Ultra Mac Studio earlier this week. Apple Refurbished Macs are held to a very high quality standard, and more or less look brand new – minus the packaging. All essential components are replaced as part of Apples Refurb program. You even get the same 1 year warranty, and

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MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro: Which MacBook Should I Buy?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-20 10:45:45

If you're having trouble deciding between the cheaper and lighter MacBook Air or spending more for the more powerful MacBook Pro, you've come to the right place. The MacBook Air and Pro don't look all that different from one another, but there are key differences -- from cost and components to performance and battery life -- that you need to know to pick the right one. The 15-inch M4 MacBook Air is the best laptop for most people, but there are some good reasons to spend more for a M4 MacBook P

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Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305 million

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2026-03-20 15:54:45

23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2025. Anne Wojcicki, the co-founder and former CEO of 23andMe, has regained control over the embattled genetic testing company after her new nonprofit, TTAM Research Institute, outbid Regeneron Pharmaceuticals , the company announced Friday. TTAM will acquire substantially all of 23andMe's assets for $305 million, including its Personal Genome Service and Re

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Someone Somehow Survived That Massive Boeing Jet Explosion

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-20 10:38:12

On Thursday, a Boeing jet crashed just moments after taking off from an airport in Ahmedabad in western India. The Air India airliner, carrying 242 passengers, slammed into a nearby medical college and exploded in an enormous fireball. Somehow, one man survived: 38-year-old Viswash Kumar Ramesh. "I don't know how I am alive," Viswash said, according to his younger brother Nayan Ramesh, as quoted by the New York Times. In a video widely shared on social media, the India-born British citizen ca

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Watching This Humanoid Robot Sort Packages Is Quite Something

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-20 15:10:05

Yep, they're definitely coming for our jobs. Package Deal Earlier this year, humanoid robotics company Figure showed off its Figure 02 robot using a sophisticated visual language system called Helix to sort packages at a logistics warehouse. Footage showed a small army of the humanoid robots deftly picking up packages of various sizes, shapes, and hardnesses, and manipulating their orientation. Just three months later, the company has published an update about its Helix learning-based approa

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How the Alzheimer's Research Scandal Set Back Treatment 16 Years

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-20 15:53:13

In 2006, a landmark study in Nature identified a possible cause of Alzheimer’s disease. For almost 16 years, this study influenced how scientists approached Alzheimer’s and how major research grants were given. But in the summer of 2022, the editors of Nature issued a chilling disclaimer. There was concern regarding the images that accompanied the article. An investigation was underway, and readers were urged to “use caution” when relying on the results. A whistleblower had come forward and sa

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We found a germ that 'feeds' on hospital plastic – new study

news.ycombinator.com Ronan Mccarthy 2026-03-20 15:01:00

Plastic pollution is one of the defining environmental challenges of our time – and some of nature’s tiniest organisms may offer a surprising way out. In recent years, microbiologists have discovered bacteria capable of breaking down various types of plastic, hinting at a more sustainable path forward. These “plastic-eating” microbes could one day help shrink the mountains of waste clogging landfills and oceans. But they are not always a perfect fix. In the wrong environment, they could cause

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I convinced HP's board to buy Palm and watched them kill it

news.ycombinator.com Phil Mckinney 2026-03-20 12:03:30

I've never shared this story publicly before—how I convinced HP's board to acquire Palm for $1.2 billion, then watched as they destroyed it while I was confined to bed recovering from surgery. This isn't just another tech failure analysis. I was the HP Chief Technology Officer who led the technical due diligence on Palm. I presented to Mark Hurd and the HP board, making the case for moving forward with the acquisition. I believed we were buying the future of mobile computing. Then I watched it

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All the Kookiest Things to Remember About ‘Wednesday’ Before Season 2

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2026-03-20 15:15:46

Happy Friday the 13th, you Wednesday fandom kooks. The Jenna Ortega-starring Addams Family spin-off series from Tim Burton follows the Addams’ eldest as she attends a boarding school filled with other supernaturally inclined youths in a sprawling mystery that has only begun. Wednesday returns to Netflix in less than two months, so we’re taking this spooky occasion to pull out our Nevermore notes before school gets back in session. Here’s what you need to remember—besides Wednesday having a Frid

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for June 14, #468

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-20 15:04:00

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 honors Flag Day. If you need hints and 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's NYT puzzle hints page. Hint for

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New details emerge on Meta’s $14.3B deal for Scale

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-03-20 15:35:56

In Brief Meta’s deal to partially acquire the AI startup Scale, giving it 49% ownership, is certainly unusual. What Scale officially announced is that the deal values the company at over $29 billion and that it will “distribute” proceeds to shareholders and vested equity holders (aka employees) granting them with “substantial liquidity” while allowing them to continue as shareholders. Meta is also hiring Scale’s famed founder CEO Alexandr Wang, who famously dropped out of MIT at age 19 to bui

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Clay secures a new round at a $3B valuation, sources say

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2026-03-20 15:37:09

Clay, a sales automation startup, has raised a Series C round at an approximate $3 billion valuation, led by Capital G, according to three sources with knowledge of the deal. Clay and Capital G didn’t respond to a request for comment. The new round comes just a month after the New York startup announced that it will allow most of its employees to sell some of their shares at a $1.5 billion valuation. That secondary deal, known as a tender offer, was led by Sequoia, which agreed to purchase up

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Archer drops about 15% on $850 million share sale following Trump air taxi pilot program

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-03-20 20:00:33

Midnight, an all-electric aircraft from company Archer Aviation, is seen at the Salinas Municipal Airport in Salinas, California, on Aug. 2, 2023. Archer Aviation 's stock dropped about 15% on Friday after the air taxi maker said it sold $850 million worth of shares. The electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle, or eVTOL, company said Thursday it plans to use the financing to support new infrastructure and the rollout of an artificial intelligence-based aviation software platform. The mon

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The case for embedding audit trails in AI systems before scaling

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2026-03-20 20:13:09

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Editor’s note: Emilia will lead an editorial roundtable on this topic at VB Transform this month. Register today. Orchestration frameworks for AI services serve multiple functions for enterprises. They not only set out how applications or agents flow together, but they should also let administrators manage workflows and agents and audit t

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