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The JJ VCS workshop: A zero-to-hero speedrun

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 11:23:31

Become a Jujutsu Master in 1 hour Perhaps you've heard of the JJ VCS, a new VCS replacing git that makes commit discipline and dealing with stacked PRs a breeze. Perhaps you've read the same blog posts I have, about how great jj is and how easy it is to get started. But it wasn't enough for me, and it might not be enough for you. I felt my productivity grind to a halt as I struggled with things that had become second nature after 15 years of using git. Even though I was told it would be easy,

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Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 17:19:19

What are you working on? Do you have any new ideas you're thinking about?

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EU age verification app to ban any Android system not licensed by Google

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 23:18:44

The following post was made on r/BuyFromEU, this seems relevant for all of us degooglers living in an EU country: The EU is currently developing a whitelabel app to perform privacy-preserving (at least in theory) age verification to be adopted and personalized in the coming months by member states. The app is open source and available here: https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui. Problem is, the app is planning to include remote attestation feature to verify the

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AI Is Taking Over Your Search Engine. Here's a Look Under the Hood

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-03 16:00:05

For decades, the way we find information on the internet changed only in small ways. Doing a traditional Google search today doesn't feel all that different from when, in the 1990s, you would Ask Jeeves. Sure, a lot has changed under the hood, the results are likely far more relevant and the interface has some new features, but you're still typing in keywords and getting a list of websites that might hold the answer. That way of searching, it seems, is starting to go the way of AltaVista, may i

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‘Wizard of Oz’ blown up by AI for giant Sphere screen

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-01-03 20:49:34

In Brief The massive Las Vegas venue known as Sphere will be screening its first classic movie, “The Wizard of Oz,” starting on August 28. And as detailed in a segment on CBS Sunday Morning, this isn’t just a matter of taking the existing movie and projecting it on Sphere’s 160,000 square foot, wraparound LED screen. Instead, Sphere Entertainment CEO James Dolan said a 2,000-person team is creating a new experience. That includes using AI to both increase the resolution of the existing film an

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9 signs its time to upgrade to a new phone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-03 17:00:14

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority The question “Should I buy a new phone?” holds more weight than we imagine. For most of us, phones are our trusted associates, and parting with them isn’t easy. For others, the upgrade to a new phone may be too insignificant to warrant the expense. Regardless of the emotional value your phone holds, getting a new one every few years can be a cathartic experience. Besides addressing some of the issues of your older phone, a new Android phone will bring a variety

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6 features from other skins I want on One UI

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-03 20:00:59

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority One UI has been with us for six years now, and it’s easily the best Android skin Samsung has made. One UI is smoother, more reliable, and easier to use than Samsung Experience or TouchWiz, the skins that preceded it. Aside from a blip with One UI 7, it’s been updated quicker than ever, often beating other Android skins. The features One UI delivers have made it my favorite flavor of Android since I first used it on my Galaxy S10 Plus, but there are still thin

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Book Review: Nixon's Memoirs

news.ycombinator.com Justis Mills 2025-12-30 09:22:38

I’ve had the first volume of Richard Nixon’s memoirs on my shelf since high school. I got them because of a childhood inside joke, and only recently got around to reading them. The volume ends with Nixon’s first term, though there are portentous intimations, occasionally, of what came after. I’ll start with rolling narrative observations, then a grab bag of details that I found fun, then my favorite excerpt to close out. Big Picture Stuff Before reading his memoirs, my basic cartoon of Nixon

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4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 09:17:03

Nearly 4,000 NASA employees have opted to leave the space agency through the Trump administration's deferred resignation program, NASA said on Saturday. The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce, and will reduce the agency from 18,000 to 14,000 employees, NASA spokesperson Cheryl Warner said in a statement shared with NPR. The total number includes the agency's loss of 500 other workers due to normal attrition, she said. During a second round of the program, which closed at midni

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We Just Saw 10 Jaw-Dropping Minutes of ‘It: Welcome to Derry’

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-03 21:06:48

We were already on edge anticipating it: Welcome to Derry, the HBO prequel series laying the groundwork for Stephen King’s tale of a small town with a sizable demonic clown problem. But the new peek just shared in-room at San Diego Comic-Con—building off that evocative teaser from a few months back—signals it’s going to be a show that interrupts your sleep on a regular basis. We saw the opening of the very first episode. It’s 1962 in Derry, Maine—near Christmas, going by the snow and the decora

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Robots eating other robots: The benefits of machine metabolism

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-03 16:00:51

For decades we’ve been trying to make the robots smarter and more physically capable by mimicking biological intelligence and movement. “But in doing so, we’ve been just replicating the results of biological evolution—I say we need to replicate its methods,” argues Philippe Wyder, a developmental robotics researcher at Columbia University. Wyder led a team that demonstrated a machine with a rudimentary form of what they’re calling a metabolism. He and his colleagues built a robot that could con

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Best Running Shoes (2025), Tested and Reviewed: Saucony, Nike, Hoka

wired.com Kieran Alger 2026-01-03 18:00:00

Honorable Mentions As we said, WIRED runners pound hundreds of miles every year. Here are a few of the other shoes we've tested that you might want to consider if the above do not work for your foot. If you're not familiar with a brand, we recommend going to a local running store for a test run before plunking down your credit card. Diadora Nucleo 2 for $165: The Nucleo 2 isn’t a wow, high-energy, super springy shoe. But if you’re a fan of straightforward, no nonsense comfort and good inherent

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I tested out the Pixel VIPs feature and am not impressed

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-03 21:00:12

Stephen Headrick / Android Authority I was so excited to try out one of the headlining features of Google’s latest Pixel Drop. “Was” is the keyword here, unfortunately. One of the biggest features, prominently displayed in all the marketing for this update, is Pixel VIPs, a feature promised to help you keep up with those you care about most in the most convenient way possible. I’ve tried out this sort of relationship management app in the past, and I was excited at the idea of a lighter-weight

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Cable Bacteria Are Living Batteries

news.ycombinator.com Niko Mccarty 2025-12-30 10:12:57

Under a cloudless August sky, I sailed upon an InterCity train from København station to Aarhus, an 8th-century Viking settlement that is now the second largest city in Denmark. After disembarking, I trekked toward the local university to a door marked INSTITUT FOR BIOLOGI. Upon entering, I was greeted by Ian Marshall, a lanky Australian professor with graying hair, who ushered me into his first floor laboratory. Dimly lit, the room was thick with the scent of wet earth. Large plastic buckets l

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Coronary artery calcium testing can reveal plaque in arteries, but is underused

news.ycombinator.com Paula Span 2026-01-03 11:45:07

A long list of Lynda Hollander’s paternal relatives had heart disease, and several had undergone major surgeries. So when she hit her mid-50s and saw her cholesterol levels creeping up after menopause, she said, “I didn’t want to take a chance.” A cardiologist told Ms. Hollander that based on factors like age, sex, cholesterol and blood pressure, she faced a moderate risk of a major cardiac event, like a heart attack, within the next 10 years. Doctors typically counsel such patients about the

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Arvo Pärt at 90

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 17:03:03

In many ways Arvo Pärt and John Williams’s music couldn’t be further apart. One celebrates simplicity, purity, and draws much of its inspiration from sacred texts; the other captures strong emotions in sweeping orchestral scores. And yet the two men are today’s most performed contemporary composers. Bachtrack’s annual survey of classical music performed across the world placed Pärt second (John Williams is in the top spot) in 2023 and 2024. In 2022, Pärt was first, Williams second. This year, Pä

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‘Rick and Morty’ Teases an Emotional Season 8 Finale—and That New Spin-Off

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-03 12:30:56

“Hot Rick,” the season eight finale of Rick and Morty, hits Adult Swim July 27. At the show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, the cast and creators teased the emotional impact it’ll make—while also sharing a clip packed full of the show’s trademark humor—particularly as it relates to Rick’s arc this season. Speaking about Rick’s evolution, not just this season but since the show’s 2013 debut, executive producer Dan Harmon was reflective. “Having a character that starts off so edgy and nihilistic, it

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‘Magic: The Gathering’ Swung Into the Spider-Verse at Comic-Con

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-03 14:15:46

We’re on the cusp of the release of Magic: The Gathering’s next major set, Edge of Eternities, next week, but that didn’t stop Wizards of the Coast from swinging into San Diego Comic-Con to show off its next big crossover: Spider-Man. And in our first major glimpse at what to expect from the set, we got treated to a whole spider-verse of new cards—and, of course, some very nifty comic book-themed variants to get your wallet’s spidey senses tingling. It’s no surprise that transforming cards are

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U.K. starts enforcing online age check rules

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-01-03 16:29:26

In Brief A U.K. law requiring that pornography websites verify the age of their users took effect Friday. The BBC reports that around 6,000 porn sites have said they will start verifying users’ ages to comply with the Online Safety Act, although at least one major site was not requiring age checks as of Friday morning. The law also requires that online platforms prevent children from being exposed to harmful content, which is why sites like Reddit, Bluesky, X, and Grindr have also begun askin

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These 8 features on my Pixel secretly boost my daily productivity

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-03 12:00:13

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Android is a treasure trove of features — Pixels even more so. The deeper you dig, the more you find. Our own Mishaal Rahman can probably vouch for that, considering he manages to unearth more features than Google even advertises. And that says a lot about a platform most of us rely on daily, on our primary devices, our phones. After spending years immersed in the bright and colorful world of Android, I’ve naturally developed a few personal favorites; features t

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Why I do programming

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 04:57:20

This piece was inspired by this post by Aaron Boodman. I remember myself as a calm, quiet kid, happiest when I had a bunch of wires in my hands. My parents used to give them to me as toys along with a screwdriver and an old cassette player I could take apart and try to put back together. I was three years old. I didn’t know what I was doing, but I loved the feeling of exploring the insides of a machine, trying to understand how it works. In first grade, I was introduced to MS-DOS and Logo with

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Floods and Other Disasters Kill More People at Night, but Not for the Reasons You Think

gizmodo.com Kate Yoder 2026-01-03 12:00:19

It was 4 a.m. on July 4 at Camp La Junta in Kerr County when Kolton Taylor woke up to the sound of screaming. The 12-year-old boy stepped out of bed and straight into knee-deep floodwaters from the nearby Guadalupe River. Before long, the water had already risen to his waist. In the darkness, he managed to feel for his tennis shoes floating nearby, put them on, and escape to the safety of the hillside. All 400 people at the all-boys camp survived, even as they watched one of their cabins float a

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There’s No New ‘Friday the 13th’ Movie to Announce… Yet

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-03 16:15:18

If you had high hopes that the Jason Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con would address “the elephant in the room,” as Horror Inc. executive Rob Barsamian called it—well, it did indeed do that. But as of now, there’s no concrete news to report about a new Friday the 13th film. Yet. “After 45 years, we wanted another 45 years,” Barsamian said from the stage, referencing the fact that the original Friday the 13th was released in 1980. “And we hear you loud and clear. We’re doing everything we ca

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Frigidaire Mini-Fridges Cause $700,000 in Damage After Smoking, Sparking, Burning, Melting, Overheating, and Catching Fire

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-01-03 16:35:08

Over 600,000 Frigidaire mini-fridges are being recalled over internal electrical components that have short-circuited and ignited, according to an announcement by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The faulty fridges have cost over $700,000 in property damage thus far, according to a new recall notice. “Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled minifridges and follow the instructions to receive a refund at www.recallrtr.com/minifridge,” CPSC said in a press release. “Consum

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Inside the struggle to create a cozy Lord of the Rings game

theverge.com Jackson Ryan 2026-01-03 12:00:00

When new employees start at Weta Workshop, they’re herded into a meeting room with a long, unassuming conference table. On the walls, behind panes of glass and in between statues, swords, and masks, are five Oscars. Four of them were awarded to the studio for its efforts on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings films. New hires are offered a chance to hold one of those Oscars, but there’s a catch: handling the golden statuette marks you with a curse, preventing you from ever winning one yourself

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Tesla vet says that ‘reviewing real products’ — not mockups — is the key to staying innovative

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2026-01-03 15:00:00

GM’s EVs have been on a roll lately. After selling just the Chevy Bolt for years, a wave of new models — now up to 17 fully electrified vehicles — has pushed the automaker into second place in the U.S. behind Tesla. How did it get there? With a little help from a Tesla veteran. GM board member Jon McNeil was president of Tesla during the development and introduction of the Model 3, a crucial period of the company’s growth. One of the things he credits for Tesla’s success is how Elon Musk ran p

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Dating safety app Tea breached, exposing 72,000 user images

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-01-03 17:40:01

In Brief Tea, an app that allows women to post anonymous comments about men they’ve supposedly dated, announced Friday that it has suffered a data breach, with hackers gaining access to 72,000 images. That number includes 13,000 selfies and photo IDs submitted for account verification, as well as 59,000 images from posts, comments, and direct messages, the company said. Tea also said that no emails or phone numbers were exposed, and that only users who signed up before February 2024 were affec

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Samsung DeX is taking a step back with One UI 8, and I don’t like it (yet)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-03 15:30:42

Zac Kew-Denniss / Android Authority Samsung DeX has been around for eight years, and for many, it’s become a core part of the Samsung experience. DeX gives us the ability to turn our Samsung phones and tablets into ultra-portable laptop replacements, provided all you need is Android apps and a browser. While DeX has gained plenty of features since its introduction, it’s still fundamentally the same as it was in 2017. That’s changing with One UI 8, though, as Samsung has rebuilt DeX upon Android

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Index Ventures’ Jahanvi Sardana shares the truth about TAM and what founders should focus on instead

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2026-01-04 02:00:00

Early-stage founders just can’t get away from TAM — the concept of having a total addressable market for their startup to disrupt and conquer. But Index Ventures partner Jahanvi Sardana has a reminder for all those founders worried about finding TAM for their product or service: Many startups have emerged from markets that, at the time, were essentially nonexistent. “What was the market for search before Google?” Sardana asked the audience at TechCrunch’s 2025 All Stage event in Boston, held ea

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‘Rick and Morty’ Is Getting a Presidential Spin-Off

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-04 05:45:05

As Rick and Morty continues to roll out its excellent eighth season, fans now have even more to look forward to than Rick and Morty seasons nine, 10, 11, and 12. President Curtis, a spin-off featuring one of the show’s recurring supporting characters, is officially a go at Adult Swim. And yes, the legendary Keith David will be back voicing the POTUS. The President’s clashes with Rick go all the way back to the season two episode “Get Schwifty”—and he’s popped up several times since then, usuall

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