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Mastodon’s latest update readies the app for Quote Posts, revamps design

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-02-03 20:00:00

Mastodon, the open-source, decentralized social network offering an alternative to Elon Musk’s X and Meta’s Threads, is rolling out a number of updates with Tuesday’s release of Mastodon 4.4. Most notably, the app is taking the first steps towards implementing a change that will bring it on par with other networks, but may also impact user behavior: it’s preparing to integrate Quote Posts, or what Twitter used to call Quote Tweets. This type of repost allows users to quote another person’s pos

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Analysing Roman itineraries using GIS tooling

news.ycombinator.com Álvarez 2026-02-01 06:56:17

The spatial arrangement of the main stops considered by the previous authors, reveals a significantly different distribution of sites in the territory. In our analysis, we have omitted some points that were considered very close to others, such as the case of Puente de Meyjaboy with Marzán or Iría Flavia with Padrón (Fig. 2). Fig. 2 Positions for each of the mansions in the Antonine Itinerary according to the various published studies. The position of each of the mansions can be found in differ

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Romero Games says reports of its death are greatly exaggerated

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-05 10:09:06

It appeared that Romero Games might have shuttered as a consequence of the sweeping job cuts at Microsoft last week, but the studio is still alive and kicking. In to a post on Bluesky, the company clarified that its latest project is currently canceled after its funding was pulled. The post doesn't name the publisher due to confidentiality agreements, but it sure seems like Microsoft was the purse behind the new game. Losing the money hasn't also meant that Romero Games is closing its doors, but

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Bluesky can really keep up with the news now that it has activity notifications

theverge.com Richard Lawler 2026-02-05 14:03:12

One thing that has been missing from Bluesky until now was the ability to turn on notifications for specific accounts, but now Activity Notifications are live. If you want to know every time The Verge or ESPN, or one of your friends posts, you can, just by toggling the bell icon on their profile page, along with an option to see notifications for just new posts or with replies included too. It’s the kind of feature I’ve gotten used to on other platforms, especially Twitter, where news breakers

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SUS Lang: The SUS Hardware Description Language

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-06 10:16:49

The compiler keeps track of many aspects of your hardware design, and displays them in the editor. Core Philosophy The SUS HDL is meant to be a direct competitor to Synthesizeable Verilog and VHDL. Its main goal is to be an intuitive and thin syntax for building netlists, such that traditional synthesis tools can still be used to analyze the resulting hardware. SUS shall impose no paradigm on the hardware designer, such as requiring specific communication protocols or iteration constructs. In

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Solving Wordle with uv's dependency resolver

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-04 15:28:30

Introduction In a previous life, I wrote a Sudoku solver that relied on Poetry's dependency resolver. We ended up selling that startup to EDB (not because of the Poetry hack), which means that they now own this IP. And, since then, Python packaging has advanced, with uv taking the world by storm. This means that it's time for a refresh. Can we use uv instead of Poetry? And can we solve a Wordle instead of a Sudoku? For the impatient: you can get the solver from my GitHub. Run uv run main.py r

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The latest threat from the rise of Chinese manufacturing

technologyreview.com David Rotman 2026-02-07 15:00:00

If in retrospect all that seems obvious, it’s only because the research by David Autor, an MIT labor economist, and his colleagues has become an accepted, albeit often distorted, political narrative these days: China destroyed all our manufacturing jobs! Though the nuances of the research are often ignored, the results help explain at least some of today's political unrest. It’s reflected in rising calls for US protectionism, President Trump’s broad tariffs on imported goods, and nostalgia for t

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Elon Musk's proposed America Party is already attracting the attention of the ultra-rich

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-07 06:00:30

Just a day after former White House advisor Elon Musk claimed on X that he's creating a new political party in the US, some deep-pocketed figures have offered support and potential interest. Replying to an X post that said the America Party would offer "independence from the two-party system," billionaire Mark Cuban and investment banker Anthony Scaramucci both replied to Musk, providing some possible next steps. After celebrating the America Party announcement post with emojis, Cuban said that

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More than 1 in 5 Show HN posts are now AI-related, get > half the votes/comments

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-04 12:35:04

More than 1 in 5 Show HN posts are now AI-related, but get less than half the votes or comments. _ The idea for this article didn't exist in my brain before this morning. But there I was, scrolling the New page and even more tired of all the AI-related Show HN posts than usual. I was confident that their numbers were multiplying and wanted proof. Exactly how much more AI crap is on my lawn compared to last year? Full disclosure: I'm not a data guy. Everything below was off the top of my head. N

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The New Corporate Memo: Let AI Ease The Pain

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-02-07 09:28:42

A troubling new trend is crystallizing in the tech industry. A company at the forefront of AI development lays off thousands of its human employees, then encourages them to seek comfort from the very technology supplanting them. It’s the automation of suffering, and it’s happening now. This week, Matt Turnbull, an Executive Producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing, became a case study. Following Microsoft’s decision to cut thousands jobs from its gaming division, Turnbull took to LinkedIn. With

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Ask not for whom the Louvre of Bluesky tolls, it tolls for thee

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-02-06 17:11:39

It’s a sad weekend over at Bluesky, where one of the best accounts has disappeared — although we can still hope for its resurrection. Known as The Louvre of Bluesky, the account in question struck fear into the hearts of bad posters everywhere. While it posted commentary and jokes of its own, its most brutally funny and haunting work came in the form of screenshots capturing rogue Bluesky posts in all their unhinged glory. It’s hard to write a proper appreciation now that the Louvre has vanish

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QSBS Limits Raised

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-06 18:14:40

On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released its own version of proposed legislation following the House’s passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1). While the House bill did not introduce any changes to Section[1] 1202 for “qualified small business stock” (QSBS), the Senate Finance proposal introduces significant expansions of the tax benefits of QSBS acquired after the date of the enactment of the final legislation. Summary of Current Law The QSBS exemption allows nonco

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‘X-Files’ Composer Mark Snow Dies at Age 78

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-02-07 06:25:36

Mark Snow, the composer for a number of TV shows including The X-Files and its spinoff series Millennium, passed away on Friday, according to Variety. He was 78 and is the latest TV and film composer to pass away, preceded by Mission: Impossible’s Lalo Schifrin at the end of June. Born August 26, 1946 as Martin Fulterman, Snow began his career working with other composers to do background music for the 1975-1976 series The Rookies and 1976’s The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. Over the decades, his

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I Found Out Ring and Nextdoor's Rules on Posting About ICE Raids, Police and More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-07 02:00:00

In a surprise trend of the year, a growing number of communities are using apps like Ring Neighbors and Nextdoor to discuss and track ICE immigration raids. These security apps and associated security cams and video doorbells weren't exactly intended to follow federal agents, but it's proven to be a popular effort in areas like California. While law enforcement retains the ability to request home security videos with a warrant, they aren't used to being on the receiving end of this technology.

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N-Back – A Minimal, Adaptive Dual N-Back Game for Brain Training

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-04 15:07:34

Playing the N-Back test is straightforward but requires focused attention. Watch the 3x3 grid as blue squares appear in different positions. Your task is to remember the sequence and identify when the current position matches the one from N steps ago. For a 2-Back test (the standard version), you need to determine if the current square's position matches the position from 2 steps earlier. Click 'Match' or press the spacebar when you detect a match, or click 'No Match' or press 'N' when there's

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The only time HN is this interested in Bitcoin is when there's a bubble (2017)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-07 03:54:40

The only time Hacker News is this interested in Bitcoin is when there's a bubble forming Sun 30 July 2017 You might have got the impression that there are a lot of Bitcoin-related posts on Hacker News lately. With SegWit set to activate in the next few weeks, and Bitcoin Cash likely to fork off on the 1st of August, I took a look at Hacker News' relationship with Bitcoin over the past years. In this post I'm going to argue, based on historical trends of Bitcoin-related posts on Hacker News, t

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How to Watch All the ‘Mission: Impossible’ Movies

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-09 15:00:00

It's been almost 30 years since Mission: Impossible hit cinemas in 1996 as an adaptation of the 1966 television series of the same name. The Brian De Palma-directed film starring Tom Cruise was a critical success and kickstarted a franchise that remains so successful that MI movies are still being released more than two decades later. When the first movie came out, I was extremely excited to see it and borrowed the VHS tape from a neighbor. Flash-forward to 2000, and I made it my mission to see

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Postcard is now open source

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-11 15:38:02

In 2022, I launched Postcard as a personal website + newsletter. I had deleted social media, and wanted a way to stay in touch with friends via email. It powers my personal website, philipithomas.com, where I've published monthly "What I'm up to" every month since. Postcard's launch was well-received and thousands of people signed up. Today, many people continue to use and maintain their Postcard sites. Revenue is modest - I make dozens of dollars per month on it. But, I'm happy to maintain it

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IPO market gets boost from Circle's 500% surge, sparking optimism that drought may be ending

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-02-11 20:36:34

Jeremy Allaire, CEO and co-founder of Circle Internet Group, the issuer of one of the world's biggest stablecoins, and Circle Internet Group co-founder Sean Neville react as they ring the opening bell, on the day of the company's IPO, in New York City, U.S., June 5, 2025. NYSE For over three years, venture capital firms have been waiting for this moment. Tech IPOs came to a virtual standstill in early 2022 due to soaring inflation and rising interest rates, while big acquisitions were mostly of

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Check Out This Star Wars Galactic Map, and How It Clears Up Confusion About a Galaxy Far, Far Away

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-12 04:13:03

Have you ever wondered about the distance between Tatooine and Naboo without all those hyperspace jumps conveniently speeding up space travel? Or where Coruscant is in relation to Alderaan? How about Obi-Wan Kenobi's accumulated mileage during the Clone Wars? The good news is that the force is with you: All of your geographical-based questions can be answered by the new Star Wars Galactic Map. The map divvies up the Star Wars galaxy into important regions. Movie fans might be familiar with the

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Robinhood stock hits $100 as it roars 30% since S&P 500 snub

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2026-02-13 15:18:59

CANNES — Robinhood stock hit the $100 mark for the first time, capping off a week of fresh all-time highs and renewed investor confidence. Shares closed up 6.12% Wednesday at $97.98. Shares are now tracking their best performance since April, up more than 30% since the trading app was snubbed from the S&P 500. The milestone follows a major strategic swing in Europe, where Robinhood unveiled its most ambitious crypto expansion to date — one aimed at re-engineering the financial infrastructure i

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Robinhood stock tops $100 to new record, roaring 30% since being snubbed from S&P 500

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2026-02-14 15:46:38

CANNES — Robinhood stock hit the $100 mark for the first time, capping off a week of fresh all-time highs and renewed investor confidence. Shares are now tracking their best performance since April, up more than 30% since the trading app was snubbed from the S&P 500. The milestone follows a major strategic swing in Europe, where Robinhood unveiled its most ambitious crypto expansion to date — one aimed at re-engineering the financial infrastructure itself. At an event held in a Belle Époque m

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PlanetScale for Postgres

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-16 22:08:29

Announcing PlanetScale for Postgres By Sam Lambert | July 1, 2025 Today we are announcing the private preview of PlanetScale for Postgres: the world’s fastest Postgres hosting platform. You can request access to PlanetScale for Postgres by visiting this link. We are already hosting customers' production workloads with incredible results. Convex, the complete backend solution for app developers, is migrating their reactive database infrastructure to PlanetScale for Postgres. Read more about t

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Benchmarking Postgres

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-17 05:31:02

Want to learn more about unlimited IOPS w/ Metal, Vitess, horizontal sharding, or Enterprise options? Benchmarking Postgres By Benjamin Dicken | July 1, 2025 Today we launched PlanetScale for Postgres. For the past several months, we've been laser focused on building the best Postgres experience on the planet, performance included. To ensure we met our high standard for database performance, we needed a way to measure and compare other options with a standardized, repeatable, and fair method

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Simulations reveal the secret to strengthening carbon fiber

news.ycombinator.com Oak Ridge National Laboratory Is Managed Ut-Battelle Llc For The Us Department Of Energy 2026-02-13 09:08:24

ORNL researchers found a way to double the tensile strength of carbon-fiber composites by reinforcing the material with a thin layer of PAN nanofibers. A human hair is approximately 100 times wider than one of these fibers. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum, carbon fiber is a staple in aerospace and high-performance vehicles — and now, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a way to make it ev

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I Asked Ring Home Security and Nextdoor About Tracking Ice Raids With Their Tech: Is It Legal?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-17 23:00:00

2025 has seen a growing home security practice unheard of a few short months ago: Neighborhoods are using their security cameras and doorbells to track police activity in their area, like ICE raids in California, and share the information via apps like Ring Neighbors. Law enforcement, which has grown accustomed to requesting home security videos for its own purposes, does not appear to be a fan of it used against their activities. Security companies walk a tightrope while deciding what to allow

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Some Disposable E-Cigarettes Are More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes, Study Finds

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-02-19 05:40:18

E-cigarettes have become increasingly popular over the last two decades, especially among young people. These sleek, deliciously flavored smoking devices are often marketed as a safer alternative to conventional cigarettes, but alarming new research challenges that assumption. In a study published June 25 in the journal ACS Central Science, researchers tested three popular disposable vape brands for hazardous metals and metalloids such as lead, chromium, antimony, and nickel. Inhaling these tox

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Watch Ryan Gosling Blast Off in Cosmic Trailer for 'Project Hail Mary'

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-20 08:47:00

The trailer for Project Hail Mary, the sci-fi thriller adaptation of Andy Weir's 2021 novel, has just landed. The movie opens in theaters and IMAX on March 20, 2026. The story follows science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), who finds himself on a spaceship millions of miles from home. He begins to remember his critical mission to decipher what's causing the sun to die out -- and hence protect the Earth from extinction. The trailer opens with a shot of Ryland waking up aboard the spacecraf

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Need a good alternative to the big three? These carriers are my top 3 recommendations

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-20 21:00:44

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority For years, many of us have gone directly to the big carriers for phone service. But with rising costs and the gradual disappearance of extras like streaming perks, is it time to consider an alternative? While it’s true that Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile control the only three mobile networks with wide national coverage, there are plenty of other carriers that piggyback off this same infrastructure. These providers can offer much cheaper alternatives to traditi

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Vapes Clouds Contain Absolutely Horrifying Chemicals, Scientists Find

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-21 00:00:15

Image by Getty / Futurism Developments If you vape — and especially if it's because you think it's a less harmful alternative to smoking — then we have some really bad news. New research from the University of California, Davis, shows that some popular disposable vapes contain levels of toxic metals so appalling that they exceed traditional cigarettes. And we don't just mean a single cig — we're talking packs of them. The work, published as a study in the journal ACS Central Science, sounds t

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Mastodon’s latest update readies the app for Quote Posts, revamps design

Analysing Roman itineraries using GIS tooling

Romero Games says reports of its death are greatly exaggerated

Bluesky can really keep up with the news now that it has activity notifications

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Solving Wordle with uv's dependency resolver

The latest threat from the rise of Chinese manufacturing

Elon Musk's proposed America Party is already attracting the attention of the ultra-rich

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Ask not for whom the Louvre of Bluesky tolls, it tolls for thee

QSBS Limits Raised

‘X-Files’ Composer Mark Snow Dies at Age 78

I Found Out Ring and Nextdoor's Rules on Posting About ICE Raids, Police and More

N-Back – A Minimal, Adaptive Dual N-Back Game for Brain Training

The only time HN is this interested in Bitcoin is when there's a bubble (2017)

How to Watch All the ‘Mission: Impossible’ Movies

Postcard is now open source

IPO market gets boost from Circle's 500% surge, sparking optimism that drought may be ending

Check Out This Star Wars Galactic Map, and How It Clears Up Confusion About a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Robinhood stock hits $100 as it roars 30% since S&P 500 snub

Robinhood stock tops $100 to new record, roaring 30% since being snubbed from S&P 500

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Benchmarking Postgres

Simulations reveal the secret to strengthening carbon fiber

I Asked Ring Home Security and Nextdoor About Tracking Ice Raids With Their Tech: Is It Legal?

Some Disposable E-Cigarettes Are More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes, Study Finds

Watch Ryan Gosling Blast Off in Cosmic Trailer for 'Project Hail Mary'

Need a good alternative to the big three? These carriers are my top 3 recommendations

Vapes Clouds Contain Absolutely Horrifying Chemicals, Scientists Find

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