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Living with Williams Syndrome, the 'opposite of autism' (2014)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-23 22:12:40

"I get so anxious if I want to go out to things. I live with my Mum because I don't want to live on my own. I can't do money. I wish I could." Chris Steel is 40 years old. He is remarkably friendly and engaging, and is happiest when he is on stage acting in plays such as George Orwell's Animal Farm. As a child, his caring nature led him to take to the bedside of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster, with such compassion and diligence he was given an award by former UK Prime Minister Margaret

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Apple's new Processor Trace instrument is incredible

news.ycombinator.com Victor Wynne 2025-11-23 21:42:28

Apple’s latest addition to Xcode, the Processor Trace instrument, is one of those features that sounds pretty mundane until you actually try it. Then you realize it’s exactly what you’ve been needing for the performance mysteries that eat up hours upon hours of your development time. If you’ve been developing apps for a while, this story will sound very familiar. Your app runs fine in testing, but then users complain about performance issues or excessive battery drain. You fire up Instruments,

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That 16 Billion Password Story (AKA "Data Troll")

news.ycombinator.com Troy Hunt 2025-11-20 06:01:21

Spoiler: I have data from the story in the title of this post, it's mostly what I expected it to be, I've just added it to HIBP where I've called it "Data Troll", and I'm going to give everyone a lot more context below. Here goes: Headlines one-upping each other on the number of passwords exposed in a data breach have become somewhat of a sport in recent years. Each new story wants to present a number that surpasses the previous story, and the clickbait cycle continues. You can see it coming a

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The Raft Consensus Algorithm (2015)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-19 17:09:34

What is Raft? Raft is a consensus algorithm that is designed to be easy to understand. It's equivalent to Paxos in fault-tolerance and performance. The difference is that it's decomposed into relatively independent subproblems, and it cleanly addresses all major pieces needed for practical systems. We hope Raft will make consensus available to a wider audience, and that this wider audience will be able to develop a variety of higher quality consensus-based systems than are available today. Hol

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Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale

news.ycombinator.com Adam Derewecki 2025-11-23 17:33:08

Do things that don’t scale, and then don’t scale Adam Derewecki 3 min read · 5 hours ago 5 hours ago -- 2 Listen Share A little over a decade ago, Paul Graham popularized “Do things that don’t scale.” The idea was: at first, you do the scrappy, personal, labor-intensive stuff just to get traction… and then you figure out how to make it huge. But with GPT-assisted coding, I think we’re in an era where you can just stop after the first part. You can do something that doesn’t scale — and leave it

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Classic Anime Flick ‘Angel’s Egg’ Hits Theaters in November

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-11-23 21:15:37

Before he helmed the first anime film adaptation of Ghost in the Shell, director Mamoru Oshii made his own original works, including Angel’s Egg. The film turns 40 years old later this year, and to celebrate, distributor GKids is bringing it to North American theaters for the first time. Beginning November 19, theaters across the country will put a 4K restoration of the movie on the big screen. Created by Oshii and character designer Yoshitaka Amano, the post-apocalyptic film stars a young girl

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Judge says FTC investigation into Media Matters ‘should alarm all Americans’

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-11-23 21:32:36

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation into left-leaning advocacy group Media Matters. Back in 2023, Media Matters published research showing ads from major companies had appeared alongside antisemitic and other offensive content on Elon Musk-owned X. When major advertisers subsequently pulled back from the platform, X sued Media Matters. It also sued advertisers and advertiser groups over what it claimed was a “systematic ille

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Climate Change Has Driven the Amazon Rainforest to the Edge of a "Tipping Point"

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-23 15:30:51

Climate Change Has Driven the Amazon Rainforest to the Edge of a "Tipping Point" It's at risk of turning into a "savanna-like environment." Dried Up Husk The famously verdant Amazon rainforest is in danger of transforming into a dry savannah as various environmental indicators, such as deforestation and climate change, are pushing the ecosystem to a dangerous tipping point, according to new research. In a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, as spotted by Live Science

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Here are five great iPhone deals if you’re shopping on a budget: options below $650

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-11-20 10:02:27

If you’re trying to buy a new iPhone, it can often be hard to find something on a tighter budget. Sure, Apple offers the iPhone 16e at $599 – but not everyone finds that to be a compelling phone. Luckily, there’s plenty of great options if you want to buy used, and I’ll be delving into five great picks for varying needs. #1 – iPhone 15 Pro If you’re after higher end features like a ProMotion display, Apple Intelligence, and a telephoto lens – the iPhone 15 Pro is hands down the best overall pi

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How to use (or turn off) your Instagram Map

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-23 20:00:35

Instagram Map, the new Instagram feature copying Snapchat's Snap Map, makes it simple to share your location with friends. So simple you might not understand who you're sharing it without digging into your settings. That's naturally led to confusion from some Instagram users as to how the feature works. If you already spend a lot of time on Instagram and are looking for a way to see where your friends have been, it's worth familiarizing yourself with how Instagram Map works. And if you're worri

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OpenAI Progress

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-23 21:47:12

As an AI language model, I can't express personal desires, emotions, or thoughts like a human would. However, in the spirit of your question, I can suggest some interesting questions or topics that a conversation with a future AI model might encompass: New advances and capabilities: I might ask about any major leaps in AI technology since my training data, such as groundbreaking developments in natural language processing, computer vision, or reinforcement learning. Addressing the AI alignment

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Apple Working on All-New Operating System

news.ycombinator.com Joe Rossignol 2025-11-23 21:41:47

Apple is developing an all-new operating system codenamed "Charismatic," according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. This is likely Apple's long-rumored "homeOS" operating system. In a report this week, Gurman said both Apple's rumored smart home hub in 2026 and tabletop robot in 2027 will run the new operating system. He said the software platform will blend elements of tvOS and watchOS. For example, he expects there to be a hexagonal grid of apps, just like on the Apple Watch. The platform larg

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How to Get Offline Maps on Your iPhone in a Few Easy Steps

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-23 16:00:10

If you're planning a trip for Labor Day, you might plan on using your iPhone's Maps app for directions. But using the app for extended periods could eat up your monthly data. Thankfully, when Apple released iOS 17 in 2023, the tech giant brought offline maps to your iPhone. With offline maps, you can designate areas you want to download from your Maps app onto your iPhone to use in case of an emergency, or so the app doesn't wreck your cellular data. Before you start using the feature, you may b

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'Thunderbolts' Streaming on Disney Plus: Release Date and Time

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-23 20:00:12

See at Disney Plus Will carry Thunderbolts Disney Plus See at Disney Plus See more details Disney Plus subscribers recently learned the Lilo & Stitch live-action would start streaming on Sept. 3, and now we know Marvel's Thunderbolts will drop even sooner. The action-packed anti-hero flick premiered in theaters on May 2 and stars Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lewis Pullman, Wyatt Russell and Hannah John-Kamen, among others. The movie follows castoffs who te

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How a mysterious particle could explain the Universe’s missing antimatter

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-23 16:15:17

Everything we see around us, from the ground beneath our feet to the most remote galaxies, is made of matter. For scientists, that has long posed a problem: According to physicists’ best current theories, matter and its counterpart, antimatter, ought to have been created in equal amounts at the time of the Big Bang. But antimatter is vanishingly rare in the universe. So what happened? Physicists don’t know the answer to that question yet, but many think the solution must involve some subtle dif

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This 5-in-1 charger is the only one I'll need to travel (and it's full of power)

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2025-11-23 21:00:25

ZDNET's key takeaways The Statik 5–in-1 SmartCharge is a 10,000mAh capacity power bank and charger that sells for $70. It comes with built-in cables and multiple plug adapters (EU, UK, AU) for seamless charging around the globe in more than 200 countries. It's a great multifunctional charger, but I wish it had a dedicated MagSafe charger for Apple Watch. View now at Amazon View now at Statik more buying choices I test MagSafe accessories and chargers all year round, but there's no better time

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TCL D2 Pro Review: This Fast Palm-Scanning Smart Lock Is No Jedi Mind Trick

gizmodo.com Wes Davis 2025-11-23 21:00:08

I love and hate smart locks. On one hand, it’s an undeniable treat to be able to get into my house even when I’ve forgotten my keys or make sure things are locked up when I’m away. But on the other, dead batteries, buggy software, and finicky wireless connections can evaporate that convenience, leaving me stuck on my porch, impotently stabbing my finger at a dead fingerprint sensor or waving my phone over a smart lock whose NFC reader just won’t respond. The palm-scanning, Wi-Fi-connected TCL D2

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The 26 Best TV Shows on Disney Plus

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-23 21:00:06

Disney Plus is the place to go to for epic streaming entertainment. After half a decade, the Disney-owned streamer has built a reputation for having a bevy of must-watch content. You could even say that, like Netflix before it, the expansive entertainment platform has become somewhat of a utility in my home. That shouldn't come as a surprise for those in the know; it's easily one of the best streaming platforms out there. Anything with the name Disney on it can come with a set of expectations.

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AI is different

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-21 04:49:42

antirez 2 days ago. 20374 views. Regardless of their flaws, AI systems continue to impress with their ability to replicate certain human skills. Even if imperfect, such systems were a few years ago science fiction. It was not even clear that we were so near to create machines that could understand the human language, write programs, and find bugs in a complex code base: bugs that escaped the code review of a competent programmer. Since LLMs and in general deep models are poorly understood, and

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HBO Max’s ‘Looney Tunes’ Purge Has Found a Sanctuary in Tubi

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-11-23 21:00:15

Looney Tunes‘ search for a streaming home has reached a happy ending—and some consolation after being prominently featured on HBO Max initially and then being wiped from the platform. The series has settled on Tubi, where fans can now find over 700 episodes. After being removed from the HBO Max media library back in March, the majority of the classic Looney Tunes cartoons were in limbo, but thankfully, Tubi swept in to save them. The rescue all but mirrors the prophetic algorithms-are-evil plot

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Beijing's 'Robot Olympics' Are Off and Running (and Falling)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-23 18:41:00

China just turned a pair of Olympic venues into a playground for robots. The inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games, running from Aug. 15-17, opened Friday with soccer, sprints, kickboxing and table tennis, as well as a healthy number of face-plants. The games feature 280 robot teams from 16 countries and hundreds of bipedal bots vying for medals and whatever passes for bragging rights among robots. Events are split between two 2022 Winter Olympics landmarks: China's National Stadium and the Nat

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UFC 319: du Plessis vs. Chimaev — Everything to Know to Watch via Livestream

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-23 21:00:04

After a week that has seen the premier MMA promotion company ink a new multi-billion dollar TV deal, as well as firm up plans for an event at the White House, it's back to business in the Octagon this weekend, with UFC 319 offering up an intriguing middleweight title fight in Chicago. Saturday's main event sees South Africa's Dricus du Plessis aiming for a third successful title defense in a row as he takes on unbeaten Russian challenger Khamzat Chimaev. Du Plessis claimed the title with a win

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9to5Mac Daily: August 15, 2025 – iOS 16 animations, Apple chip leak

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2025-11-24 06:20:20

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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The Original History Behind the Mandalorians’ Wars Against the Jedi

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-11-24 06:39:21

The world of Mandalore has a long and complicated history in Star Wars, and perhaps even more complicated than the story of its peoples’ wars among themselves are their wars united against a common foe: the Galactic Republic, and the Jedi Order that served it. But outside of allusions and artwork, the story of what defined these conflicts has gone largely untouched in contemporary Star Wars continuity, as the focus returned to Mandalore’s restoration in the post-Imperial era. In the former canon

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As People Ridicule GPT-5, Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Need ‘Trillions’ in Infrastructure

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-11-24 11:15:40

People have ridiculed GPT-5, the newest large language model release from OpenAI, since the second it launched, with many users complaining that it’s dumb, boring, and not as good as the last LLM that the company released. Sam Altman, the company’s CEO, has some comforting words for those who may be concerned about the direction his company is headed: AI is a bubble, and oh, also btw, my company is about to spend the GDP of France to build out our AI infrastructure. That seems to be the gist of

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Ultrahuman Calls Its Ring Air the World's Most Accurate Smart Ring for Tracking Ovulation

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-24 05:17:00

Ultrahuman has taken an algorithm designed for intravaginal fertility monitors and transformed it into a non-invasive, temperature-sensing feature that can track your cycle right from your finger. The wearable health tech company announced today that it acquired viO HealthTech, which created the OvuSense algorithm. Validated in 13 peer-reviewed clinical publications and backed by 15 years of clinical research, the algorithm draws on data from over 260,000 cycles collected with medical-grade sen

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Melting Glacier in Alaska Floods State Capital

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-24 14:48:03

This is climate change in action. Glacier Gush Parts of Alaska's state capital, Juneau, were flooded this week, caused by a nearby melting glacier, according to The Guardian. And, yes, in case you're wondering, climate change appears to be the main culprit behind the record-breaking water levels. The Mendenhall Glacier, a vast field of ice and snow that sits north of the city in a valley, has created a natural lake that is dammed by ice, according to the news outlet. On Tuesday, local offici

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EA Makes Big Changes to Rush Mode in Battlefield 6 Beta

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-24 16:04:00

The Battlefield 6 beta is raging, with players free to jump into the fray now through the end of Sunday, Aug. 17. This is the second weekend of the multiplayer shooter's preview period, and there are a few changes that open up the beta with more modes, maps and play options. Plus, the game's developer DICE has enacted tweaks in response to player feedback. Those enjoying the beta on PS5 have to be subscribed to PS Plus to play online, but for their trouble, they're getting double experience poi

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Sam Altman Says the Quiet Part Out Loud, Believes We’re in an AI Bubble

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-24 18:56:02

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just admitted to what the rest of the AI industry won't: that the entire thing could be a big, fat bubble, ready to burst. Though it's a fiercely debated topic — with many experts saying the writing's on the wall — the OpenAI CEO was unwavering in his conviction. "When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth," Altman told a small group of reporters on Thursday, as quoted by The Verge. "Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are overexcit

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These are my favorite MagSafe stands for iPhone and StandBy

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-11-24 21:45:36

One of my favorite iPhone features is StandBy, which turns your iPhone into a smart display when it’s in landscape orientation and charging. One of the best ways to take full advantage of StandBy is with an upright wireless charger. Head below for a closer look at some of my favorite MagSafe stands for iPhone, perfect for StandBy. What is StandBy mode? The StandBy feature was introduced in iOS 17 as a new lock screen mode that activates when an iPhone is charging and positioned on its side, i

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Living with Williams Syndrome, the 'opposite of autism' (2014)

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How a mysterious particle could explain the Universe’s missing antimatter

This 5-in-1 charger is the only one I'll need to travel (and it's full of power)

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The 26 Best TV Shows on Disney Plus

AI is different

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EA Makes Big Changes to Rush Mode in Battlefield 6 Beta

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These are my favorite MagSafe stands for iPhone and StandBy

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