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The value of institutional memory

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 10:53:43

In 1978, a dredging gang working for British Waterways was struggling with a problem. They were trying to clear obstacles on the Chesterfield Canal so they could stabilise a concrete wall — not an easy day’s work. But what really had them stumped was a heavy iron chain on the canal bottom. After various attempts, they hooked the chain to their dredger. That did the trick. A firm pull removed the chain and the block of wood on the end of it. The gang took a well-earned break for tea. The tea bre

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Chris Simpkins, creator of Hack font, has died

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 22:51:53

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Even the lowly canister vacuum now wants access to your Wi-Fi network

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-12-07 21:20:32

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Despite the convenience of cordless stick vacs, canister vacuums are still very much a thing for those with battery anxiety or those who want a lighter cleaner. Miele still offers over 20 different models of canister vacs in the US, but its latest is the comp

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MagSafe Monday: SUPCASE MagFlip wallet is a tank that doubles as a stand

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2025-12-08 15:30:00

MagSafe wallets typically aim to be super thin. The SUPCASE MagFlip takes the opposite approach and loads itself up with features. It’s all about function first, so it ends up quite a bit thicker than the typical MagSafe wallet, but it’s extremely useful. Some of my favorite gear Aqara Smart Lock U50 Upgrade your doors with Apple Home Key and the Aqara U50. MagSafe Monday: Every Monday, Bradley Chambers looks at the latest and greatest in the MagSafe and wireless charging industry to help you

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CarPlay in iOS 26: Here’s everything new coming next month

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-08 15:56:14

Over the last several years, CarPlay’s new features have been rare and few. But between CarPlay Ultra’s launch and everything new coming in iOS 26 for standard CarPlay, things have quickly changed. Here’s what’s coming next month in iOS 26, CarPlay’s biggest update in years. New ‘Liquid Glass’ design and wallpapers As part of Apple’s cross-platform design revamp this year, the new Liquid Glass look of iOS 26 extends to the car too. This means app icons and various UI elements have all receive

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AI summaries can downplay medical issues for female patients, UK research finds

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-08 15:29:44

The latest example of bias permeating artificial intelligence comes from the medical field. A new study surveyed real case notes from 617 adult social care workers in the UK and found that when large language models summarized the notes, they were more likely to omit language such as "disabled," "unable" or "complex" when the patient was tagged as female, which could lead to women receiving insufficient or inaccurate medical care. Research led by the London School of Economics and Political Sci

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Bcachefs to be removed from mainline Linux kernel

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-08 15:09:50

* [GIT PULL] bcachefs changes for 6.17 @ 2025-07-28 15:14 Kent Overstreet 2025-08-05 21:19 ` Malte Schröder 2025-08-10 6:20 ` Gerhard Wiesinger 0 siblings, 2 replies; 39+ messages in thread From: Kent Overstreet @ 2025-07-28 15:14 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Linus Torvalds; +Cc: linux-bcachefs, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel Schedule notes for users: I've been digging through the bug tracker and polling users to see what bugs are still outstanding, and - it's not much. So, the experimental label is c

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Why I recommend this $200 Android phone with a paper-like display over competing models

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-12-08 20:35:00

TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper 5G ZDNET's key takeaways TCL's 60 XE Nxtpaper 5G is on sale on Amazon for $222. It has a unique display, and a feature set that promotes minimalism and digital well-being. I just wish the camera system and general performance were better. $249.99 at Amazon Being glued to your smartphone's screen all day can do a number on your eyes, and I definitely can feel it. TCL's Nxtpaper technology offers a paper-like screen that's made for tired eyes like mine. The TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper

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Handsoaps Recalled Over Bacteria That Can Cause Sepsis

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-12-08 20:00:01

Four brands of soap and skin products are being recalled by their manufacturer after they were discovered to potentially be contaminated with bacteria that can cause infections, and even lead to sepsis in immunosuppressed people, according to announcements from the FDA and DermaRite Industries. The products, DermaKleen, KleenFoam, DermaSarra, and PeriGiene, have been recalled nationwide in the U.S. and Puerto Rico over the bacteria Burkholderia cepacia (spelled as cepecia in the FDA press relea

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Fairphone’s new chargers are as fast as they are eco-friendly

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-09 00:30:32

TL;DR Fairphone has launched a new range of USB-C cables and chargers. The new cables support 240W power output and can withstand at least 70,000 bends. The three-port 65W charger is set to launch before the end of September. Fairphone is best known for its ethically made handsets, like the recently launched Fairphone 6. But it makes more than just phones; you’ll also find earbuds and headphones. Now the company has expanded its product line even further with the launch of new cables and char

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Neki – sharded Postgres by the team behind Vitess

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-09 00:03:57

Announcing Neki By Andres Taylor, Dirkjan Bussink, Harshit Gangal, Nick Van Wiggeren, Noble Mittal, Rohit Nayak, Roman Sodermans, Shlomi Noach, Sam Lambert | August 11, 2025 Today, we are announcing Neki — sharded Postgres by the team behind Vitess. Vitess is one of PlanetScale’s greatest strengths and contemporary Vitess is the product of our experience running at extreme scale. We have made explicit sharding accessible to hundreds of thousands of people and it is time to bring this power to

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Ford’s Answer to China: A Completely New Way of Making Cars

wired.com Jeremy White 2025-12-08 21:02:33

I first thought Ford CEO Jim Farley was briefing me on a new car. It turned out to be something altogether more ambitious: a completely new way to make a car. Or, more precisely, electric vehicles. “We build the whole middle, front, and rear separately—and then, at the end, we put them together," says Farley. "No one's ever built a car that way.” That approach stands in stark contrast to the usual way cars are made: pieced together bit by bit on a linear production line, one at a time, with en

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These are my favorite Switch 2 accessories

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2025-12-09 00:30:25

The Switch 2 can be enjoyed right out of the box, but it’s even better with the right accessories. Some of these add-ons are more crucial than others, especially if you’re deciding what to buy early on. For example, a case and a screen protector can keep your console safe from scuffs, scratches, and drops, so both are what I’d consider to be essential. On the other hand, a microSD Express card lets you add even more digital games to your library, although the console’s somewhat generous 256GB o

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Cloudflare Is Not a CDN

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-09 05:31:43

I love Cloudflare. I’ve always been a fan of their service and their generous free plan, which they’ve never backtracked from. They still offer unlimited bandwidth with very few limitations. Users have stories about serving terabytes of data per day without Cloudflare knocking on their door to upgrade. We, too, use Cloudflare under the hood, which enables us to offer unlimited bandwidth for our users as well. This might make people wonder: Why pay for a CDN when Cloudflare is free? When I star

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UI vs. API. vs. UAI

news.ycombinator.com Josh Beckman 2025-12-09 04:11:50

First we built a user interface (UI) when the application was just going to be operated by humans. There’s a whole branch of study around good and bad patterns in that design practice, focusing on how we make things easily operable by humans. Then we added an application programmable interface (API) when we wanted the application to be operated by other applications - integrated programs. Similarly, there are whole conferences and books about what good design looks like for these interfaces, ai

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Trellis (YC W24) Is Hiring: Automate Prior Auth in Healthcare

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-09 05:00:04

Trellis helps healthcare providers treat more patients faster—while eliminating pre-service paperwork. We do this by automating document intake, prior authorizations, and appeals at scale to streamline operations and accelerate care. Trellis is a spinout from Stanford AI lab and is backed by leading investors including YC, General Catalyst, Telesoft partners, and executives at Google and Salesforce. The Role Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) at Trellis work directly with healthcare providers

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The Value of Institutional Memory

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-09 04:53:43

In 1978, a dredging gang working for British Waterways was struggling with a problem. They were trying to clear obstacles on the Chesterfield Canal so they could stabilise a concrete wall — not an easy day’s work. But what really had them stumped was a heavy iron chain on the canal bottom. After various attempts, they hooked the chain to their dredger. That did the trick. A firm pull removed the chain and the block of wood on the end of it. The gang took a well-earned break for tea. The tea bre

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Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-09 05:48:43

Wikipedia's parent organization lost a challenge to the UK Online Safety Act but can bring another case if the government tries to force it to verify the identity of Wikipedia users. The High Court of Justice in London dismissed claims from the Wikimedia Foundation, which challenged the lawfulness of the categorization system used to determine which sites must comply with obligations. But Justice Jeremy Johnson stressed "that this does not give Ofcom and the Secretary of State a green light to

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What You Need to Know About This Week’s Looming Hurricane

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-12-09 10:19:42

Hurricane trackers are keeping a close eye on a storm with a 90% chance of developing into a hurricane this week. If it does, it would be the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. Tropical Storm Erin, the fifth named storm of the 2025 season, formed off the coast of West Africa on Monday, August 11, according to the National Hurricane Center. As Erin treks westward across the Atlantic, NHC forecasters expect it to strengthen significantly, reaching major hurricane status northeast of Puerto R

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Profitable Nigerian food delivery Chowdeck lands $9M from Novastar, Y Combinator

techcrunch.com Tage Kene-Okafor 2025-12-08 23:11:55

Chowdeck, a Lagos-based food delivery startup that has stayed profitable in a notoriously tough and low-margin market, has raised $9 million in Series A funding to launch a quick commerce strategy and expand into more cities in Nigeria and Ghana. The equity round was led by Novastar Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, AAIC Investment, Rebel Fund, GFR Fund, Kaleo, HoaQ, and others. The investors are betting on the team’s ability to pair local market expertise with execution and turn

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9to5Mac Daily: August 11, 2025 – Low-cost MacBook, Siri upgrades

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2025-12-09 15:45:25

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Backblaze: Never lose a file again. Use code “9to5daily” at checkout for 10% off or try for free. New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes

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Apple Fitness Plus Targets Ozempic Users With New Weight-Loss Partnership

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-09 14:18:00

If you're a FuturHealth member, you'll now have a free membership to Apple Fitness Plus as part of your program. It's Apple Fitness Plus’s first direct integration with a personalized GLP-1 weight loss program. FuturHealth offers personalized weight loss guidance and medications with the help of licensed dietitians and doctors. These include GLP-1 agonists such as semaglutide -- better known as Ozempic. It's partnered with Valisure, a tech company that provides independent quality assurance, to

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Ford's Answer to China: A Completely New Way of Making Cars

wired.com Jeremy White 2025-12-09 15:02:33

I first thought Ford CEO Jim Farley was briefing me on a new car. It turned out to be something altogether more ambitious: A completely new way to make a car. Or, more precisely, EVs. “No one's ever built a car in three pieces then fit them together at the end,” Farley says. “We build the front, rear, and middle. We build the whole middle, front, and the rear—and then, at the end, we put it together. No one's ever built a car that way.” That approach stands in stark contrast to the usual way c

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Sequoia's Moritz backs Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan after Trump's 'artless bullying'

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-12-09 20:18:39

Renowned venture capitalist Mike Moritz called on Intel to stand by CEO Lip-Bu Tan after President Donald Trump demanded his resignation last week. "Trump's assault has no modern precedent," Moritz wrote, calling the attack a "vindictive political sideshow." Moritz, who spent decades at Sequoia Capital and has known Tan for nearly four decades, highlighted the CEO's previous turnaround of Cadence Design Systems . Moritz said there is "no one better equipped to transform Intel's fortunes." "No

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Microsoft to shut down Lens and push users to Copilot - but you have other options

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-12-09 20:03:00

Microsoft / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft Lens retires in stages, ending scans by Dec. 15, 2025. 365 Copilot app offers scanning but with fewer features. Adobe Scan, PhotoScan, TurboScan are solid Lens alternatives. I often use Microsoft Lens on my iPhone to scan photos, business cards, and documents. It's a handy and helpful app for scanning physical items. But come December, I'll have to rely on a different program for my scanning needs. That's because Micro

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You can try Gemini Live in your favorite Google apps now, and it blew me away

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-12-09 20:45:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's takeaways Gemini Live now works with Calendar, Maps, Keep, and Tasks. Update is rolling out to most Android and iOS users. It can add events, guide routes, and manage lists or notes. In May of this year, Google debuted Gemini Live with screen sharing and camera access for Android. Google has been slowly integrating the feature, which lets you ask Gemini about anything on your screen (or that you can see with your camera), into its suite of apps since Jun

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Apple Fitness Plus Targets GLP-1 Users With New Weight-Loss Partnership

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-09 20:18:00

If you're a FuturHealth member, you'll now have a free membership to Apple Fitness Plus as part of your program. It's Apple Fitness Plus’s first direct integration with a personalized GLP-1 weight loss program. FuturHealth offers personalized weight loss guidance and medications with the help of licensed dietitians and doctors. These include GLP-1 agonists such as semaglutide -- better known as Ozempic. It's partnered with Valisure, a tech company that provides independent quality assurance, to

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Experiment will attempt to counter climate change by altering ocean

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-09 20:28:36

Later this summer, a fluorescent reddish-pink spiral will bloom across the Wilkinson Basin in the Gulf of Maine, about 40 miles northeast of Cape Cod. Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will release the nontoxic water tracer dye behind their research vessel, where it will unfurl into a half-mile wide temporary plume, bright enough to catch the attention of passing boats and even satellites. As it spreads, the researchers will track its movement to monitor a tightly control

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The 4 Best Invisible Hearing Aids of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

wired.com Christopher Null 2025-12-09 18:01:00

Stigmas should be stigmatized. Whether we’re talking about mental health or wearing cargo pants, the world would benefit from less societal shade. For hearing aids, these often-bulky devices can age a wearer faster than gray hair or referencing Jefferson Airplane deep cuts. But despite often being associated with seniors, more than 9 million Americans between the ages of 20 and 59 have some degree of hearing loss. Still, the stigma is enough to keep most of these people from even considering an

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Rumor points to iPhone 17 Pro adopting Apple Watch Ultra-style antennas

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-10 00:16:08

We’re one day closer to Apple officially announcing the iPhone 17 Pro, and Majin Bu has one more rumor about something that could happen. This time it’s over a change to the iPhone 17 Pro antenna system… Citing a source, Majin Bu says Apple will reposition the antenna system around the giant new camera bar on the rear of the iPhone 17 Pro: According to my source, Apple is set to introduce a significant structural change in the iPhone 17 Pro: the repositioning of antennas around the rear camera

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The value of institutional memory

Chris Simpkins, creator of Hack font, has died

Even the lowly canister vacuum now wants access to your Wi-Fi network

MagSafe Monday: SUPCASE MagFlip wallet is a tank that doubles as a stand

CarPlay in iOS 26: Here’s everything new coming next month

AI summaries can downplay medical issues for female patients, UK research finds

Bcachefs to be removed from mainline Linux kernel

Why I recommend this $200 Android phone with a paper-like display over competing models

Handsoaps Recalled Over Bacteria That Can Cause Sepsis

Fairphone’s new chargers are as fast as they are eco-friendly

Neki – sharded Postgres by the team behind Vitess

Ford’s Answer to China: A Completely New Way of Making Cars

These are my favorite Switch 2 accessories

Cloudflare Is Not a CDN

UI vs. API. vs. UAI

Trellis (YC W24) Is Hiring: Automate Prior Auth in Healthcare

The Value of Institutional Memory

Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs

What You Need to Know About This Week’s Looming Hurricane

Profitable Nigerian food delivery Chowdeck lands $9M from Novastar, Y Combinator

9to5Mac Daily: August 11, 2025 – Low-cost MacBook, Siri upgrades

Apple Fitness Plus Targets Ozempic Users With New Weight-Loss Partnership

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Microsoft to shut down Lens and push users to Copilot - but you have other options

You can try Gemini Live in your favorite Google apps now, and it blew me away

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Experiment will attempt to counter climate change by altering ocean

The 4 Best Invisible Hearing Aids of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

Rumor points to iPhone 17 Pro adopting Apple Watch Ultra-style antennas

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