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Pbf2sqlite: Reading OpenStreetMap into a SQLite Database

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-21 00:17:41

pbf2sqlite A simple command line tool for reading OpenStreetMap .osm.pbf files into a SQLite database. Usage: pbf2sqlite DATABASE [OPTION ...] Options: read FILE Reads .osm or .osm.pbf FILE into the database rtree Add R*Tree indexes addr Add address tables graph Add graph table The command pbf2sqlite test.db read country.osm.pbf reads the OSM PBF file country.osm.pbf and creates in the database test.db the tables. OSM data can be obtained from a provider such as Geofabrik.

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Best Smart Speakers for 2025: From My Ears to Your Home

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-21 03:00:00

The grass isn't always greener on the other side. John Carlsen/CNET The smart speakers above are our current favorites, but you still have other options if you're looking for something specific in audio performance. Read our breakdown of Alexa versus Google Assistant versus Siri if you'd like to learn the pros and cons of each and decide on a smart home device based on its platform as well. Options that didn't make this list include: Apple HomePod: I really like the HomePod's sound, which is p

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Leaked render reveals Meta’s Hypernova smart glasses and wristband controller

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-21 08:06:07

TL;DR A newly leaked render shows off Meta’s upcoming “Hypernova” smart glasses alongside its wrist controller accessory. Hypernova is expected to feature a screen in the right lens, an upgraded camera, and the ability to launch apps for taking photos and accessing maps. Users will also be able to see notifications. The “Ceres” neural wristband will reportedly power gesture-based controls for the device. Hypernova is expected to cost $1,000–$1,400 and is said to be coming by the end of the ye

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Publishing Pepys

news.ycombinator.com Kate Loveman 2025-08-19 06:21:06

Two hundred years ago this month, Samuel Pepys’s diary was published to great acclaim. Readers of the first edition in 1825 relished Pepys’s ‘honest’ observations and ‘private anecdotes’. While writing his journal in the 1660s, Pepys had worked hard to keep it secret. He knew he was placing his livelihood at risk by recording seditious criticisms of his superiors, along with details of his own bribe-taking and sexually explicit accounts of his ‘amours’. There was much that, when writing, he did

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Apple fails to dismiss DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit over iPhone dominance [U]

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-08-22 08:17:21

Update: Apple has responded to the decision with a statement provided to 9to5Mac. See full statement below. Apple’s attempt to shut down the U.S. government’s antitrust case over its alleged smartphone monopoly has just hit a wall. Here’s the latest. Apple had filed a motion to dismiss the case in August As reported by Reuters, U.S. District Judge Julien Neals in Newark, New Jersey rejected Apple’s motion to dismiss the Department of Justice lawsuit that accuses the company of illegally maint

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A Super Mario Maker 2 player has cleared an astonishing 1 million levels

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-22 12:24:45

Super Mario Maker 2 was released six years ago this past Saturday. While Nintendo didn't do a whole lot to mark the occasion, one of the game's most dedicated players sure did. DSteves hit a remarkable milestone by becoming the first to clear 1 million SMM2 levels. The Twitch and YouTube streamer had hoped to reach that point by the game's sixth anniversary and got there toward the end of a 18-hour marathon . In fact, DSteves cleared 1,000 levels during that single stream. After the 999,999th

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Analyst Says Apple Has Big Vision Pro Plans For 2027, Including Smart Glasses

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-22 11:42:35

Apple will release multiple head-mounted AR and VR products in 2027, with an upgraded Vision Pro headset dropping later this year, according to a report from respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities on Monday. There are three Vision series products currently in development along with four pairs of smart glasses. A Ray-Ban Meta-style smart product will see 3-5 million shipments in 2027. Apple expects to ship out more than 10 million AR/VR products in 2027, suggesting the com

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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 2025-08-22 16:05:49

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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Save $400 on this LG 5K display and get a free smart monitor - here's how to qualify

zdnet.com Taylor Clemons 2025-08-23 00:52:28

Looking to upgrade your work-from-home setup or need a high-end display for graphic design and other creative work? Right now at LG, you can save $400 on the 40-inch UltraWide 5K2K curved monitor, bringing the price down to $1,400. Through July 6, you can also get a 27-inch My View smart monitor for free when you bundle with the UltraWide, or you can save up to an additional 10% if you bundle two or more UltraWide 5K2K monitors. Also: The best Prime Day 2025 monitor deals live now Of course, t

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Apple is reportedly working on a bunch of new XR devices

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-08-23 12:49:47

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 seems to have big plans to expand its lineup of extended-reality (XR) devices by launching new Vision series headsets and smart glasses, according to a report from supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In his report, Kuo shares Apple’s potential roadmap for seven new head-mounted wearables, which could include the release of Meta Ray-Ban-like sma

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This Debian-based Linux distro is an overlooked and user-friendly gem

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-08-23 16:31:20

Jack Wallen/ZDNET I spend a lot of time looking for Linux distributions that fit in certain niches, and one of the most important niches is those open-source operating systems that can serve the general public. When looking for such distributions, I tend to consider those based on Ubuntu first, which one might think is limiting, but there are hundreds of distributions with that base. Every so often, however, I run into a Debian-based distribution that fits the bill. That makes perfect sense, g

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Pixels lack this key calling feature in many markets, but there is a possible solution

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-24 01:00:15

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR The GSMA has told Android Authority it could work with Google to broadly enable VoLTE around the world. Google Pixel phones lack VoLTE support in most markets where Pixels aren’t sold. This news comes months after Samsung and the GSMA announced a plan to enable VoLTE by default on Galaxy phones. Samsung and the GSMA announced a plan earlier this year to broadly enable VoLTE tech by default on Galaxy phones in many markets. This is a big deal as 3G networ

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Finally, I found a cheap smartwatch that provides extensive health data (and it's on sale)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-24 02:15:11

ZDNET's key takeaways The Amazfit BIP 5 is typically sold on Amazon for $89. It's a solid budget smartwatch that integrates with the Zepp app, providing a breadth of health and fitness data. It's not the most precise health tracker on the market, and its competitive price is most evident in its physical design. $79.99 at Amazon On Amazon, the Amazfit BIP 5 in Pastel Pink and Soft Black is on sale for $75 ahead of July 4th. In a crowded marketplace of expensive smartwatches, Amazfit's BIP 5 i

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Show HN: Rust -> WASM, K-Means Color Quantization Crate for Image-to-Pixel-Art

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-20 14:40:55

Live UI Try the pixel-art converter instantly at https://gametorch.app/image-to-pixel-art Free forever · no sign-up required · runs 100 % in your browser A tiny Rust → WebAssembly library that turns any raster image into low-color pixel-art. Features K-means palette extraction with user-selectable color count or supply your own palette. supply your own palette. Keeps transparency intact – only opaque pixels are processed. Down-samples to a fixed tile grid (e.g. 64 × 64) using nearest-neig

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New Smart Glasses Block Out All Real-Life Advertising

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-23 20:15:24

When you're online, a browser plugin can block all those annoying ads that pop up and clutter up your screen — but unfortunately we can't do that to ads in real life. Yet, at least. That could all change after an enterprising software engineer posted an experiment with a pair of smart augmented reality glasses. When you don a pair of the specs and look at a billboard, or even the label on a food container, a red rectangle pops up to block the offending visual clutter from your view. "It’s stil

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I switched to a Wi-Fi-enabled smart lock with facial recognition - and can't go back

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-08-23 16:00:15

ZDNET's key takeaways As part of its Zeno Series, Lockly's Visage smart lock is available now for $349. The Lockly Visage comes with facial ID support, automatic unlocking when you're near, and Apple Home Kit compatibility. The Lockly app can be more user-friendly, as it's difficult to find certain settings, and it's pricier than most locks. $349 at Amazon $349.99 at Best Buy more buying choices I've always been drawn to Lockly because of its PIN Genie technology -- a system that displays a u

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I made my VM think it has a CPU fan

news.ycombinator.com Petr Beneš 2025-08-23 18:55:18

Why bother? Some malware samples are known to do various checks to determine if they are running in a virtual machine. One of the common checks is to look for the presence of certain hardware components that are typically not emulated in virtualized environments. One such component is the CPU fan. One of the observed ways malware checks for the presence of a CPU fan is by looking for the Win32_Fan class in WMI: wmic path Win32_Fan get * And the reason they do this is they want to avoid runnin

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Is being bilingual good for your brain?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-23 07:50:19

R eams of papers have been published on the cognitive advantages of multilingualism. Beyond the conversational doors it can open, multilingualism is supposed to improve “executive function”, a loose concept that includes the ability to ignore distractions, plan complex tasks and update beliefs as new information arrives. Most striking, numerous studies have even shown that bilinguals undergo a later onset of dementia, perhaps of around four years, on average. But some of these studies have faile

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Get Up to $300 in Gift Cards When You Pre-Order a Samsung Smart Monitor

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-23 12:54:00

Good quality smart monitors with features like built-in apps, 4K resolution and multiple connectivity options are hard to come by and expensive. Samsung makes some of the best in this category and if you’ve been waiting for the right time to grab one, this might be it. Right now, Amazon is offering up to $300 back in gift cards when you preorder one of Samsung’s latest 32-inch smart monitors. This is a limited-time deal and we expect it to wrap up before Prime Day. If you’d rather shop directly

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I’ve tested countless fitness trackers and this is the best one you can get for under $50

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-23 12:30:49

Xiaomi Smart Band 10 The Xiaomi Smart Band 10 doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it makes meaningful upgrades where it counts, including added training tools and a slightly larger display. For budget-conscious buyers who want reliable tracking, a polished aesthetic, and up to 21 days of battery life, it's a no-brainer. I’ve long tipped my hat to Xiaomi’s Smart Band line (a.k.a. Mi Band in some regions), which nearly always punches above its weight. The latest device, the Xiaomi Smart Band 10, cont

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I turned off all AI features on my Pixel phone — and instantly regretted it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-23 16:00:19

Robert Triggs / Android Authority I had this realization — epiphany of sorts — that while we’ve become more conscious of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini, we often use AI much more than we actively perceive. Every app you touch on your phone has some kind of smarts and automation baked in. It’s constantly learning from your patterns and improving in the background. That nudged me to experiment with becoming more intentional about these AI additions and disable them for a cleaner loo

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I tested the 4 most popular health trackers for a year - here's my buying advice now

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-08-23 14:00:15

The Oura Ring is, in my opinion, the sleep and health tracker to rule them all. Not only does it track your sleep, stress, activity, and more, it also creates helpful data illustrations that encourages healthy habits, whether that's a consistent bedtime routine, daily activity, or reduced alcohol consumption. Many users, myself included, have reported changing their drinking habits after seeing their heart rate's response to a few beers late at night on Oura's graphs. Earning high sleep scores

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An Introduction to Tribalism for the Modern World That Has Forgotten It

news.ycombinator.com Sustainable Views 2025-08-23 11:09:28

The Western world lives under the rule of law and holds sacred the institutions that enforce them. We believe in contracts, in due process, and in a system of justice that is fair, at least in theory. But what happens when that system frays? What happens when there is a growing class that is above the law? The unsettling answer is that an older, more brutal set of rules re-emerges. It’s a system of power that has governed humanity for nearly all of its history called tribalism. This is an intro

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c4wa – C compiler for Web Assembly

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-19 21:52:47

C compiler for Web Assembly ( c4wa ) This is a compiler from a subset of C language to Web Assembly. If you're not familiar with Web Assembly, check out Wikipedia article. Web Assembly is a new universal executable format for the Web; it complements more traditional JavaScript for computationally intensive tasks or if there is a need to port to Web existing code written in other languages. Binary Web Assembly files have extension .wasm ; throughout this document, WASM is used both as the name

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C compiler for Web Assembly (c4wa)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-20 07:52:47

C compiler for Web Assembly ( c4wa ) This is a compiler from a subset of C language to Web Assembly. If you're not familiar with Web Assembly, check out Wikipedia article. Web Assembly is a new universal executable format for the Web; it complements more traditional JavaScript for computationally intensive tasks or if there is a need to port to Web existing code written in other languages. Binary Web Assembly files have extension .wasm ; throughout this document, WASM is used both as the name

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Whitesmiths C compiler: One of the earliest commercial C compilers available

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-21 03:25:56

Whitesmiths, Ltd. C Compiler Background The original Whitesmiths compiler was released in 1978 and compiled a version of C similar to that accepted by Version 6 Unix. It was an entirely new implementation, borrowing no code from Unix. When Whitesmiths released version 3.0 of its C compiler in 1985 it supported the emerging ANSI C standard. The Whitesmiths compiler had code generators for DEC PDP-11, Intel 8080/Zilog Z80, Intel 8086, Motorola MC68000, DEC VAX-11, IBM System/370 and IBM System

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6 Best Smart Speakers (2025): Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri

wired.com Nena Farrell 2025-08-25 03:33:00

There are many smart speakers on the market, and picking the best smart speaker keeps getting tougher. First, you need to decide which voice assistant you prefer. There are three worth using—Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple’s Siri—and each has its pros and cons. This guide is organized by our preferred speaker, regardless of which assistant it uses, but we recommend a secondary option if you prefer a different assistant. Overall, Google- and Amazon-powered smart speakers are the way

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This smart smoke alarm could be a worthy Nest Protect replacement

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-08-25 12:49:07

A new line of smoke and CO alarms from Gentex called Place is packed with smart features, including phone notifications, a nightlight, motion detection, and temperature and humidity sensing. There’s also optional air quality monitoring and a camera/intercom. The four Place models start at $139, and are available now at The Home Depot. With the excellent Nest Protect now discontinued, many homeowners have been seeking an alternative smart alarm that can similarly alert them to a smoke or carbon

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The best smart rings of 2025: I tested and found an obvious winner

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-08-25 15:00:14

At this point in the smart ring race, everyone is trying to beat Oura. But the Oura Ring 4 proves that the smart ring pioneer's position isn't wavering anytime soon. While most smart rings simply provide you with collected health data, the Oura Ring 4 tells you the story and the context behind that data for greater information on your health. Why we like it: What separates the Oura Ring 4 from its competition is its commitment to helpful and actionable health insights that can change or encoura

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Xiaomi launches cut-price Smart Band 10 in global markets

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-25 21:59:13

Xiaomi TL;DR Xiaomi has revealed all about the newly launched Xiaomi Smart Band 10. The device debuts with a 1.72-inch display, AI-powered fitness tracking, heart rate broadcasting, and deeper integration across Xiaomi’s ecosystem. Pricing for the Xiaomi Smart Band 10 starts at $49.90 in global markets. After weeks of leaks and speculation, Xiaomi has officially pulled back the curtain on the Smart Band 10, the latest addition to its wildly popular fitness tracker lineup. The new wearable fe

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Pbf2sqlite: Reading OpenStreetMap into a SQLite Database

Best Smart Speakers for 2025: From My Ears to Your Home

Leaked render reveals Meta’s Hypernova smart glasses and wristband controller

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Apple is reportedly working on a bunch of new XR devices

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Finally, I found a cheap smartwatch that provides extensive health data (and it's on sale)

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I switched to a Wi-Fi-enabled smart lock with facial recognition - and can't go back

I made my VM think it has a CPU fan

Is being bilingual good for your brain?

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I’ve tested countless fitness trackers and this is the best one you can get for under $50

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This smart smoke alarm could be a worthy Nest Protect replacement

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Xiaomi launches cut-price Smart Band 10 in global markets

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