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I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

news.ycombinator.com Nicholas Khami 2025-12-23 16:59:51

July 30, 2025 , Nicholas Khami I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself For over a year, I was bugged by a search quirk on Mintlify that caused race conditions and wonky search results. Here’s the fun irony: I was the founder of Trieve, the company that powered search for their 30,000+ documentation sites, yet their debounced search queries weren’t being aborted as you typed. Check out this delightful chaos: I had brought this up in our shared Slack before when I was just a

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‘A Quiet Place Part III’ Is Coming and John Krasinski Is Directing

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-23 18:45:58

A Quiet Place is moving forward again, in more ways than one. John Krasinski just announced that he’s returning to helm A Quiet Place Part III, aimed for release on July 9, 2027. The film follows the 2024 hit A Quiet Place: Day One, which showed an earlier story in this universe. Part III, presumably, will continue the story that began with the first two films, both of which were helmed by Krasinski and starred Emily Blunt. Krasinski will write, direct, and produce the sequel, and though the ca

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Best Over-Ear Headphones We've Tested (August 2025)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-23 17:36:00

Sennheiser Accentum Plus: If you can't afford Sennheiser's flagship Momentum 4 Wireless headphones or other premium models from Bose, Sony and Apple, the Sennheiser Accentum Plus is a good midrange alternative that doesn't quite offer the same performance as those higher-end models. However, it does offers better build quality and sound than most budget noise canceling headphones. In essence, these are a slightly stripped down version of the Momentum 4 Wireless and share a similar aesthetic and

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Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Forgotten AI Summit

wired.com Steven Levy 2025-12-23 15:30:00

In 2002, artificial intelligence was still in winter. Despite decades of effort, dreams of bestowing computers with humanlike cognition and real-world understanding had not materialized. To look for a way forward, a small group of scientists gathered for “The St. Thomas Common Sense Symposium.” AI pioneer Marvin Minsky was the central presence, along with his protégé Pushpinder Singh. After the symposium, Minsky, Singh, and renowned philosopher Aaron Sloman published a paper on the group’s ideas

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iPadOS 26 makes this overlooked iPad setting more crucial than ever

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-23 23:25:39

iPadOS 26 is packed full of productivity upgrades, including a new windowing system that lets you use far more apps at once than before. And that newfound ability has made an overlooked ‘More Space’ setting significantly more useful. ‘More Space’ makes app windows more dense with content, perfect for iPadOS 26 No matter which iPad you’re using, iPadOS 26 has big upgrades for how many apps can be visible on-screen. On my 13-inch M4 iPad Pro, I can have up to 12 windows visible simultaneously.

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The original Nintendo Switch is about to get more expensive in the US

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-23 23:06:46

Nintendo has announced that the price of the original Nintendo Switch will change in the United States, citing “market conditions” as the reason for its decision. The new pricing will apply from August 3, and will affect the regular Switch, the Switch Lite and the Switch OLED , as well as select accessories for the console. Amiibo and the Alarmo alarm clock will also see price increases. The Switch 2 is not affected, nor are the prices of any games or Nintendo Switch Online memberships for Swit

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Coverage Cat (YC S22) Is Hiring a Senior, Staff, or Principal Engineer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-23 23:01:08

Software Engineer Engineering • Full Time Want to make it so that millions of Americans get better financial outcomes, the insurance industry is more price transparent and policies are easy to understand? Join Coverage Cat, where we’ve built the AI-native insurance broker of the future, combining data, matchmaking, and recommendations into a single-service website that solves non-commercial insurance needs. We look for senior engineers that want to own and build products end to end, gather th

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Amazon is considering shoving ads into Alexa+ conversations

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-23 23:04:39

Since 2023, Amazon has been framing Alexa+ as a monumental evolution of Amazon’s voice assistant that will make it more conversational, capable, and, for Amazon, lucrative. Amazon said in a press release on Thursday that it has given early access of the generative AI voice assistant to “millions” of people. The product isn’t publicly available yet, and some advertised features are still unavailable, but Amazon’s CEO is already considering loading the chatbot up with ads. During an investors cal

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You Should Get All Those Switch 2 Accessories Now Before They Get Even More Expensive

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-12-24 04:01:34

The situation surrounding Trump tariffs hasn’t eased its pressure on Nintendo. Even as the Switch 2 has become one of the fastest-selling consoles ever, the Mario maker said that select Switch 2 accessories may see price “adjustments” starting Aug 3. Not only that, but the original Switch and Switch OLED could cost more going forward. I guess we shouldn’t say we told you so, but even we didn’t expect to witness original Switch models selling for $40 or $50 more than before. In a news post, Nint

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Citing “market conditions,” Nintendo hikes prices of original Switch consoles

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-24 04:02:57

Slowed tech progress, inflation, and global trade wars are doing a number on game console pricing this year, and the bad news keeps coming. Nintendo delayed preorders of the Switch 2 in the US and increased accessory prices, and Microsoft gave its Series S and X consoles across-the-board price hikesin May. Today, Nintendo is back for more, increasing prices on the original Switch hardware, as well as some Amiibo, the Alarmo clock, and some Switch and Switch 2 accessories. The price increases wi

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Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-24 04:11:28

It's a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we've featured year-end roundups of cool science stories we (almost) missed. This year, we're experimenting with a monthly collection. July's list includes the discovery of the tomb of the first Maya king of Caracol in Belize, the fluid dynamics of tacking a sailboat, how to determine how fast blood was traveling when it stained cotton fabric, and how

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Itch.io Is Restoring NSFW Games—as Long as They’re Free

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-12-24 04:24:16

On Thursday, indie gaming platform Itch.io began re-indexing some of the adult content it had delisted last month amid pressure from conservative groups and payment processors over its hosting of NSFW titles. While the move returns some content to the site’s searchable catalog, it impacts only those games, comics, and other offerings that are already free and therefore not caught in the current payment debacle. “We are still in ongoing discussions with payment processors and will be reintroduci

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Verizon is upping its fees again

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-24 04:42:17

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Verizon just announced a three-year price lock in April, but now the company has confirmed that it’s “making some adjustments” that will raise the cost of your phone bill anyway. In a statement to The Verge, Verizon spokesperson Adria Tomaszewski says the “vast

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Nintendo raising original Switch console prices due to ‘market conditions’

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-12-24 04:42:35

Nintendo is raising the prices of its original Nintendo Switch game consoles, the company announced on Friday. The price increases, which are taking effect on August 3, are due to “market conditions,” Nintendo says. The company’s reference to “market conditions” likely hints at President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The affected products include the Nintendo Switch – OLED Model, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite, and select Nintendo Switch accessories. Other Nintendo products, including certain

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Nintendo hiking price of original Switch for U.S. customers

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-24 09:22:52

Nintendo said Friday it plans to hike the price of its original Switch "family of systems and products" in the U.S. The price increases, which take effect Aug. 3, are being made "based on market conditions," the Japanese company said in a post on its website. It will impact the original Switch console, Switch Lite and OLED models, as well as some Switch accessories. The price of the Switch 2 console, along with physical and digital Switch and Switch games, will remain the same for now, Nintend

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Scientists Alarmed as Whales Suddenly Going Silent

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-24 08:27:38

Researchers are alarmed after noticing a significant drop in the number of vocalizations from blue whales. As National Geographic reports, scientists used specialized underwater hydrophones, meaning the aquatic version of microphones, to record and trace the sounds of marine life, allowing them to analyze the impact human activity is having on various species. However, as detailed in a study published in the journal PLOS One, devastating heat waves have triggered worrying changes over the past

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Nintendo won’t say it’s raising Switch prices, but it’s raising Switch prices

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 09:18:00

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Prices for the original Nintendo Switch family of products will change in the US on August 3, 2025. The reason is attributed to market conditions in the US. Other products, like certain Switch 2 accessories, select amiibo, and the Alarmo clock, will also see price adjustments. Normally, after a new console launches, the previous system will see a price cut. It appears Nintendo is preparing to do the opposite with the original Switch. And it looks like

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Spotify update now lets you turn off the ‘Create’ button – here’s how

9to5mac.com Ben Schoon 2025-12-24 09:35:16

Spotify recently introduced a “Create” button along its bottom navigation bar, but it’s really not that helpful. Thankfully, Spotify has fixed this in a new update that lets you turn the “Create” button off. It’s been months since Spotify first rolled out its new “Create” button on the navigation bar, with the button moving from its previous location on the Library tab down to this dedicated position. Tapping the button reveals options to make a new playlist, collaborative playlist, “Blend,” A

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Deals: 24GB Mac mini $699 + 48GB model $200 off, M4 Max Mac Studio $200 off, black Magic Keyboard, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-12-24 09:45:00

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is now ready to go. While we are still tracking big-time MacBook deals headlined by the M4 MacBook Air at $200 off from $799, today it’s all about the Mac mini and Mac Studio. We are now tracking one of the best prices ever on a 24GB Mac mini alongside upgraded 36GB and 48GB models at up to $200 off. Those deals join a $200 price drop on the 1TB M4 Max Mac Studio as well as a relatively rare deal on the official black USB-C Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID. Everyth

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Hyrum's Law

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-24 08:58:06

Hyrum's Law Put succinctly, the observation is this: With a sufficient number of users of an API, it does not matter what you promise in the contract: all observable behaviors of your system will be depended on by somebody. Over the past couple years of doing low-level infrastructure migrations in one of the most complex software systems on the planet, I’ve made some observations about the differences between an interface and its implementations. We typically think of the interface as an a

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Microsoft Needs to Make Affordable 5G Surface Laptops a Reality

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-12-24 09:20:14

Microsoft didn’t launch its 2025 lineup of Surface devices with a 5G option. Instead, it waited a few months for interest to die down enough to release its business-end version with a starting price nearly twice that of the one built for the average joe. It shows that if users want a laptop that can connect to the internet without relying on spotty public or Starbucks Wi-Fi, they need to pay through the nose. Hopefully Microsoft’s new tech will get cheaper later, though only if laptop makers rec

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Itch.io has begun restoring NSFW content, but only if it’s free

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-12-24 09:14:57

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. There’s a new turn in the itch.io story. In a forum post, itch.io creator and founder Leaf Corcoran has notified users that the company has begun the process of restoring thousands of NSFW pages that were deindexed — that is, content tha

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The Pacific Dodged a Monster Tsunami After One of the Biggest Quakes Ever. Here’s Why

gizmodo.com Alan Dykes 2025-12-24 14:55:52

The earthquake near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on July 30, 2025, generated tsunami waves that have reached Hawaii and coastal areas of the U.S. mainland. The earthquake’s magnitude of 8.8 is significant, potentially making it one of the largest quakes ever recorded. Countries around much of the Pacific, including in East Asia and North and South America, issued alerts and, in some cases, evacuation orders in anticipation of potentially devastating waves. Waves of up to

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Nintendo Raises Original Switch Prices, Blaming 'Market Conditions'

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-24 14:33:39

Nintendo says it's raising prices for the original Switch hardware lineup and select accessories. The company didn't provide details of how much the price will increase or give a reason why other than saying the increase was "based on market conditions," which is likely a reference to the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. The Switch OLED, Nintendo Switch, Switch Lite and certain accessories will see a price jump starting on Aug. 3, the company said in a post Friday. Nintendo says it wi

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Best Noise-Canceling Headphones We've Tested (August 2025)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-24 14:34:00

Bowers & Wilkins PX7 S2: Bowers & Wilkins released the PX7 S2 headphones in 2022 with some significant improvements over the first-generation version.That was followed by a slightly upgraded version, the PX7 S2e ($400), with the "e" standing for evolved. The audio quality has been slightly upgraded thanks to improved digital processing (the headphones have been retuned), which we assume involves an upgraded chip. You may see this model nicely discounted because Bowers & Wilkins has released the

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The military’s squad of satellite trackers is now routinely going on alert

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-24 14:21:48

This is Part 2 of our interview with Col. Raj Agrawal, the former commander of the Space Force's Space Mission Delta 2. If it seems like there's a satellite launch almost every day, the numbers will back you up. The US Space Force's Mission Delta 2 is a unit that reports to Space Operations Command, with the job of sorting out the nearly 50,000 trackable objects humans have launched into orbit. Dozens of satellites are being launched each week, primarily by SpaceX to continue deploying the St

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This $599 Windows laptop is the back-to-school deal I most recommend right now

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-12-24 18:29:00

Asus Zenbook A14 ZDNET's key takeaways The Asus Zenbook A14 with 16GB of memory is on sale at Best Buy for $599. It's a fantastic balance of innovation and value with an OLED display, competitive hardware, and a satisfying physical form. While its use case is clearly defined, the laptop has its limits when it comes to high-end performance. View now at Best Buy The Asus Zenbook A14 is on sale for $599 at Best Buy for the 16GB model. That's a $400 discount on one of the best laptops we've teste

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Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-24 17:51:38

Some people enjoy live coding interviews. I’m not one of them. Two days ago, I stumbled upon a post on LinkedIn: Sounds absurd at first. Why would a senior engineer, who has been writing code for years, struggle with something as simple as a basic algorithm? Did they suddenly forget how to code? Maybe. But I have a different perspective. A quick story # Four years ago, I applied for Toptal. I passed the initial stage(s). I passed a 90-minute Codility assessment (three problems as I recall it

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How did Facebook intercept competitor's encrypted mobile app traffic? (2014)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-24 16:54:06

A technical investigation into information uncovered in a class action lawsuit that Facebook had intercepted encrypted traffic from user's devices running the Onavo Protect app in order to gain competitive insights. There is a current class action lawsuit against Meta in which court documents note* that the the company may have breached the Wiretap Act. The analysis made in this post is based on content court documents and reverse engineering sections of archived Onavo Protect app packages for

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The King Is Watching condenses kingdom-building strategy to a single screen

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-24 15:30:03

Game details Developer: Hypnohead Publisher: Tinybuild Platform: Windows Release Date: July 21, 2025 ESRB Rating: N/A Price: $15 Links: Steam | Twitter As satisfying as a successful real-time strategy game campaign can be, dealing with a complex RTS map can often be overwhelming. Keeping track of multiple far-flung resource-production bases, groups of units, upgrade trees, and surprise encounters with the enemy requires a level of attention-splitting that can strain even the best multitas

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