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Do LLMs identify fonts?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-02 09:56:24

Spoiler: not really dafont.com is a wonderful website that contains a large collection of fonts. It’s more comprehensive and esoteric than Google Fonts. One of its features is a forum where users can ask for help identifying fonts – check out this poor fellow who’s been waiting for over two years and bumped his thread. I thought it would be interesting to see if an LLM could do this task, so I scraped the forum and set up a benchmark. I implemented this as a live benchmark. By this I mean that

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Nvidia's set to regain some China access. But it still faces eroding AI chip market share

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2026-01-07 20:43:15

Nvidia 's H20 chips are likely to return to China, but tech experts don't expect them to be met with the same fanfare in the market in light of new competition and regulatory scrutiny. The Trump administration last month gave Nvidia assurances that it would be permitted to resume sales of its H20 chips to China, after their exports had been effectively banned in April. It also announced a new "fully compliant" made-for-China chip. The move was seen as a huge win for the company, which had flag

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Efficiently Generating a Number in a Range (2018)

news.ycombinator.com M.E. O'Neill 2026-01-05 17:38:14

The vast majority of my posts about random number generation have focused on looking at the properties of different generation schemes. But, perhaps surprisingly, the performance of your randomized algorithm may hinge not on the generation scheme you chose, but on other factors. In this post (inspired by and building on an excellent recent paper by Daniel Lemire), we'll explore a common source of overhead in random number generation that frequently outweighs PRNG engine performance. Imagine thi

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Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatization

news.ycombinator.com Michael Childers 2026-01-07 09:17:05

The Trump administration’s cuts to the National Park Service’s budget and staffing have raised concerns among park advocates and the public that the administration is aiming to further privatize the national parks. The nation has a long history of similar efforts, including a wildly unpopular 1980 attempt by Reagan administration Interior Secretary James Watt to promote development and expand private concessions in the parks. But debate over using public national park land for private profit da

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Darksiders 4 was not on my 2025 bingo card

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-07 08:46:11

Darksiders 4 is officially coming. During the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase on Friday, we got a glimpse at the next game in the hack and slash action-adventure franchise, alongside trailers for roughly a dozen other games that are in the works, including Reanimal and The Eternal Life of Goldman . It's been a while since we've seen a new mainline Darksiders title from developer Gunfire Games, and while the fourth entry follows 2019's prequel, Darksiders Genesis, the announcement says it will "conti

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Tom Holland Just Gave Us a Proper Look at the ‘Brand New Day’ Spider Suit

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-01-07 05:35:12

Friday was Spider-Man Day (maybe), and to mark the occasion, Sony teased the hero’s new suit for his next movie, Brand New Day. Now, Tom Holland’s gone and shown the full thing. Most of it, at least. On his Instagram, the actor released a video this morning of him walking into a room, stepping into the light to display the new costume in its full glory as a new version of Michael Giacchinno’s Spider-Man theme plays. “We ready?” he asks to someone offscreen, before going off to shoot the movie.

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Horrifying Video Shows Amusement Park Ride Breaking Apart Mid-Ride

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-08 11:05:02

Thankfully, nobody died. Snapped in Half Terrifying video footage going viral on social media shows an amusement park ride splitting in half and collapsing in western Saudi Arabia. The video shows the "360 Big Pendulum" ride failing dramatically, sending passengers crashing to the ground. As ABC News reports, the incident occurred in the city of Taif, roughly a 2.5-hour drive east of Jeddah. More than 20 people were injured, forcing the entire amusement park, Green Mountain Resort, to close

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Gemini 2.5 Deep Think

news.ycombinator.com The Deep Think Team 2026-01-08 22:10:38

Today, we’re making Deep Think available in the Gemini app to Google AI Ultra subscribers – the latest in a lineup of extremely capable AI tools and features made exclusively available to them. This new release incorporates feedback from early trusted testers and research breakthroughs. It’s a significant improvement over what was first announced at I/O, as measured in terms of key benchmark improvements and trusted tester feedback. It is a variation of the model that recently achieved the gold

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Show HN: An interactive dashboard to explore NYC rentals data

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-06 09:33:09

Game icon Think You Know the NYC Market? Prove it on GuessTheRent! Every day, 3 new NYC listings challenge you to guess the rent. Compete with others and test your market knowledge.

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Klarna might reschedule its IPO for September

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2026-01-09 06:00:00

In Brief Klarna might look to IPO as early as September, sources told Bloomberg. The news comes as fintech stock prices surge and the US IPO market strengthens. Klarna filed for IPO back in March but paused such plans only a month later after President Trump’s tariff announcements rattled the market. At the time, Klarna was looking to raise at least $1 billion and nab a $15 billion valuation. By June, however, Klarna’s co-founder and CEO, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, took a different turn. When as

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Deep Think in the Gemini app

news.ycombinator.com The Deep Think Team 2026-01-09 10:10:38

Today, we’re making Deep Think available in the Gemini app to Google AI Ultra subscribers – the latest in a lineup of extremely capable AI tools and features made exclusively available to them. This new release incorporates feedback from early trusted testers and research breakthroughs. It’s a significant improvement over what was first announced at I/O, as measured in terms of key benchmark improvements and trusted tester feedback. It is a variation of the model that recently achieved the gold

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The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong

news.ycombinator.com Derek Thompson 2026-01-10 05:28:07

The sharpest criticisms of the book Abundance have sometimes come from the antitrust movement. This group, mostly on the left, insists that the biggest problems in America typically come from monopolies and the corruption of big business. In housing, for example, Ezra Klein and I write that a key bottleneck to homebuilding in the last few decades has been legal barriers to construction, including zoning laws and minimum lot sizes. This is a mainstream view supported by economists and scholars w

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Figma’s stock soared in its highly anticipated IPO, market cap instantly hit $45B

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-01-10 08:15:35

Figma began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after a long delay. It soared so quickly that trading was halted for a short time due to market volatility. Within a minute of trading, its market cap hit $45 billion but the price spent the day bouncing between $101 and as high as $124. It closed at $115.50 and a $47 billion market cap, Yahoo Finance reports. The company and existing investors sold shares at the IPO price of $33 per share. Quite the pop. And after-market trading i

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Apple stock gets a cautious boost after beating Q3 expectations

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-10 17:57:25

Apple shares are up around 3% in after-hours trading, following the company’s fiscal Q3 2025 earnings report, which topped Wall Street expectations. Wall Street cautiously optimistic on strong earnings A few moments ago, Apple posted $94.04 billion in revenue for the June quarter, up 10% year over year, and ahead of what analysts had projected. Still, the market response has been measured, with shares up around 3% after hours. This could suggest investors had largely anticipated a strong quar

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The Anti-Abundance Critique on Housing Is Dead Wrong

news.ycombinator.com Derek Thompson 2026-01-10 17:28:07

The sharpest criticisms of the book Abundance have sometimes come from the antitrust movement. This group, mostly on the left, insists that the biggest problems in America typically come from monopolies and the corruption of big business. In housing, for example, Ezra Klein and I write that a key bottleneck to homebuilding in the last few decades has been legal barriers to construction, including zoning laws and minimum lot sizes. This is a mainstream view supported by economists and scholars w

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Enterprises prefer Anthropic’s AI models over anyone else’s, including OpenAI’s

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2026-01-10 22:32:49

AI research lab Anthropic’s AI models are now the top choice for enterprises, surpassing OpenAI. Anthropic now holds 32% of the enterprise large language model market share by usage, according to a report from Menlo Ventures released on Thursday. OpenAI holds the second-largest market share by usage among enterprises, with 25%. The figure marks a strong reversal from even just a couple of years ago. Since 2023, OpenAI has seen its market share among enterprises decline sharply, according to th

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SEC debuts 'Project Crypto' to bring U.S. financial markets 'on chain'

cnbc.com Tanaya Macheel 2026-01-11 03:08:26

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday debuted "Project Crypto," an initiative to modernize securities rules and regulations to allow for crypto-based trading. "To achieve President Trump's vision of making America the crypto capital of the world, the SEC must holistically consider the potential benefits and risks of moving our markets from an off-chain environment to an on-chain one," SEC chair Paul Atkins said in remarks to an "American Leadership in the Digital Finance Revolution

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It’s Been 25 Years Since Tobey Maguire Was Cast in ‘Spider-Man’

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2026-01-11 03:30:24

The Sam Raimi Spider-Man films serve as the blueprint for many superhero movies that have sprung from comic book pages and onto the big screen in the last quarter-century. The spectacle, action, and hero’s journey of one Peter Parker captivated audiences, thanks in part to the stellar casting of Tobey Maguire as the Marvel icon. It’s hard to believe that Maguire’s turn as Peter Parker was announced 25 years ago this week. The life-changing role propelled the actor into the hearts and minds of k

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When to Stream 'South Park' Season 27, Episode 2

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-11 02:06:00

Comedy Central South Park is skipping a week. The hit satirical show has unveiled its first episode, but fans will have to wait a few extra days for the follow-up, according to a trailer announcing the next season 27 episode date. After a hectic rollout that included a premiere-date push, South Park's new season is underway and its streaming home is now clear. Per a report from Deadline, five upcoming seasons and the show's back catalog will be on Comedy Central and Paramount Plus with the sig

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Tesla Robotaxi Gets Stuck in Infinite Loop as Support Tries to Break It Out

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-11 08:04:26

Footage taken by a passenger shows a Tesla Robotaxi getting totally stumped as it tries to escape a parking lot, aimlessly driving in circles while its human "safety monitor" sits bored in the front passenger seat, doing nothing to intervene. Ladies and gentlemen: the self-driving software that Elon Musk says will be piloting millions of cars by the end of next year. The video was uploaded by Dan Burkland, a self-described EV enthusiast. In a tweet, he explained that he "threw a curveball" at

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Figma’s stock soars in its highly anticipated IPO, market cap instantly hits $45B

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-01-11 08:15:35

Figma began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after a long delay. It soared so quickly that trading was halted for a short time due to market volatility. The price is currently bouncing between $101 and $112 with a mid-day market cap of $45 billion, Yahoo Finance reports. The company and existing investors sold shares at the IPO price of $33 per share. Quite the pop. There has been so much demand for this stock that people on X are posting funny pictures of their orders being

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Best Shark Vacuums of 2025: We Tested Every Model to Find the Top Performers

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-11 02:00:00

Subrating category Weight What we looked for Performance 30% Performance score extrapolated from the average sand score on hard flooring, low-pile carpets and mid-pile carpets. Value/price 25% Retail price rating considering all other features. i.e., Does this price seem fair for the value offered? Runtime 20% How long does the battery last when cleaning at medium setting? (No ECO, turbo, MAX, etc.) Features 15% Overall comfort and handling of the product (e.g., weight, comfortable grip handle).

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Microsoft and Amazon are hurting cloud competition, UK regulator finds

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2026-01-12 23:03:28

Attendees walk through an exposition hall at AWS re:Invent, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, in Las Vegas on Dec. 3, 2024. LONDON — Britain's competition regulator on Thursday said that Microsoft and Amazon are hurting competition in the cloud computing industry and called for a probe into their market dominance under the country's strict new tech rules. The Competition and Markets Authority said that market concentration and barriers to entry in the cloud services market have enabl

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Razer BlackShark V3 Pro Review: The Sweatiest Gamers Will Love This Headset

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2026-01-12 22:00:45

2025 “The best” of anything is already a misnomer, but throw “pro” into the mix, as so many gamer peripherals tend to, and we’re staring down the barrel of hyperbole. Which brings us to the Razer BlackShark V3 Pro, a gaming headset that Razer claims epitomizes low-latency sound for high-performance gaming, where hearing a footstep or missing your teammate’s callout is the difference between triumph and rage-inducing defeat. So when I say Razer’s BlackShark is “the best” of its class, you have t

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Tracking source locations in the Futhark compiler

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-12 21:40:31

Posted on July 29, 2025 Futhark is a programming language meant for writing fast programs, but as is the case for every programming language meant for writing fast programs, it inevitably happens that a programmer will use it to write a program that is not fast. When this happens, the programmer will likely want to know why their program is not fast, and how to make it faster. A useful tool for answering such questions is a profiler - a tool that tells you how long the different parts of your p

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SpaceX faces two new lawsuits alleging safety‐related retaliation

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-01-13 12:47:20

When longtime supervisor Robert Markert warned SpaceX leaders that one part of the rocket fairing recovery process could “easily cause serious injury or death,” he alleges he was ignored because “it was the more economical solution,” according to a recently filed lawsuit. A few months later, he was out of the job. Markert is one of two former SpaceX employees who have filed separate wrongful-termination lawsuits, both of which were removed to federal court earlier this month. The two complaints

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How 2 UC Berkeley dropouts raised $28M for their AI marketing automation startup

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-01-13 11:00:00

AI-powered marketing automation startup Conversion, founded five years ago by two UC Berkeley dropouts, has raised a $28 million Series A led by Abstract, with participation from True Ventures and HOF Capital. The company’s founding story sounds like it could have been an episode of the HBO show “Silicon Valley.” The story begins all the way back when co-founder and CEO Neil Tewari, now 24, was in high school. He got busted one day watching a TechCrunch Disrupt livestream during class, was sen

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Palo Alto Networks stock falls after announcing $25 billion CyberArk deal

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-14 12:35:41

Palo Alto Networks will take over Israeli identity security provider CyberArk in a deal valued at roughly $25 billion. CyberArk shareholders, for each of their shares, will get $45 cash and 2.2005 shares of Palo Alto. The deal is expected to close during Palo Alto Networks' fiscal 2026. Shares of Palo Alto fell 5% on Wednesday, building on a 5% loss from Tuesday. CyberArk's stock whipsawed. Palo Alto Chairman and CEO Nikesh Arora said in an interview with CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Wedn

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Palo Alto Networks stock falls after announcing $25 billion Cyberark deal

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-14 17:45:40

Palo Alto Networks will take over Israeli identity security provider CyberArk in a deal valued at roughly $25 billion. The California-based cybersecurity company will pay shareholders $45 apiece for 2.2005 shares of CyberArk, representing a 26% premium to its share price Friday. The deal is expected to close during Palo Alto Networks' fiscal year 2026. Shares of Palo Alto fell 5% Wednesday, building on a 5% loss from Tuesday. CyberArk's stock whipsawed. Palo Alto CEO and chairman Nikesh Arora

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How 2 UC Berkeley dropouts raised $28 million for their AI marketing automation startup

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-01-14 17:00:00

AI-powered marketing automation startup Conversion, founded five years ago by two UC Berkeley dropouts, has raised a $28 million Series A led by Abstract, with participation from True Ventures and HOF Capital. The company’s founding story sounds like it could have been an episode of the HBO show “Silicon Valley.” The story begins all the way back when co-founder and CEO Neil Tewari, now 24, was in high school. He got busted one day watching a TechCrunch Disrupt livestream during class, was sen

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Do LLMs identify fonts?

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Efficiently Generating a Number in a Range (2018)

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Enterprises prefer Anthropic’s AI models over anyone else’s, including OpenAI’s

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