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GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-19 02:08:42

GNOME and Red Hat Linux Eleven Years Ago By Oscar Laycock Four years ago, I switched on an old PC and found a seven year old (at that time) copy of Linux on it. I still use parts of the 1998 Red Hat Linux, today. Red Hat Linux in 1998 My copy of Red Hat Linux is 5.1, codenamed "Manhattan". It was released on May 22, 1998. The first Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. Finally, Red Hat Linux merged with Fedora on 22 September 2003, when Red Hat started Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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David Attenborough at 99: 'I will not see how the story ends'

news.ycombinator.com David Attenborough 2026-03-19 07:21:28

My earliest memory of the ocean is of a tropical lagoon. Ammonites rose and fell in the warm water column, occasionally propelling themselves forwards, their curled ram’s horn shells surprisingly streamlined in the water. This tropical lagoon was in fact in my imagination, fired as I explored the old limestone quarry near my childhood home in Leicester, some 60 miles from the coast. For a small boy in the 1930s this was a marvellous place for adventures, and the knowledge that millions of year

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Telephone Exchanges in the UK

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-19 05:33:43

For more than a century the telephone exchange has formed the backbone of our telecommunications system. A vast array of more than 5,500 mostly nondescript buildings sit unnoticed on city, town or village streets, and quietly link up more than 254 million kilometres of cables and wires – keeping people in the UK connected to each other and the rest of the world. Since the first telephone exchange was established in London in 1879 with just eight subscribers, these anonymous looking buildings ha

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20 Years Ago, Batman Began a New Era of Hollywood

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-03-19 04:50:43

There are plenty of constants in popular culture, and Batman is near the top of the list. He’s everywhere in some fashion, particularly in movies, and his various cinematic versions have been significant in some way that speaks to how both the audience and Warner Bros. view the character. Of those, Batman Begins may be the most important. The first chapter of an eventual trilogy from director Christopher Nolan and writers David S. Goyer and Jonathan Nolan released on June 15, 2005, and marked h

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Spiraling with ChatGPT

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-03-19 06:41:18

In Brief ChatGPT seems to have pushed some users towards delusional or conspiratorial thinking, or at least reinforced that kind of thinking, according to a recent feature in The New York Times. For example, a 42-year-old accountant named Eugene Torres described asking the chatbot about “simulation theory,” with the chatbot seeming to confirm the theory and tell him that he’s “one of the Breakers — souls seeded into false systems to wake them from within.” ChatGPT reportedly encouraged Torres

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ChatGPT Search gets an upgrade as OpenAI takes aim at Google

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-19 06:53:46

On June 13, OpenAI began rolling out a new ChatGPT Search update to improve quality as the AI startup challenges Google’s dominance. ChatGPT Search has been around for about a year and allows users to search the web more effectively than Google. It tries to summarize content from websites to provide quick answers and includes links to sources so you can fact-check everything. “This blends the benefits of a natural language interface with the value of up-to-date sports scores, news, stock quot

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Biofuels Policy, a Mainstay of American Agriculture, a Failure for the Climate

news.ycombinator.com Georgina Gustin 2026-03-19 07:02:22

The American Midwest is home to some of the richest, most productive farmland in the world, enabling its transformation into a vast corn- and soy-producing machine—a conversion spurred largely by decades-long policies that support the production of biofuels. But a new report takes a big swing at the ethanol orthodoxy of American agriculture, criticizing the industry for causing economic and social imbalances across rural communities and saying that the expansion of biofuels will increase greenh

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Red Hat Linux in 1998 (2009)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-19 07:08:42

GNOME and Red Hat Linux Eleven Years Ago By Oscar Laycock Four years ago, I switched on an old PC and found a seven year old (at that time) copy of Linux on it. I still use parts of the 1998 Red Hat Linux, today. Red Hat Linux in 1998 My copy of Red Hat Linux is 5.1, codenamed "Manhattan". It was released on May 22, 1998. The first Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. Finally, Red Hat Linux merged with Fedora on 22 September 2003, when Red Hat started Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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'Shark Week' Comes Early as 'Jaws' Turns 50. Here's Where to Watch All the Movies

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-19 01:00:03

Somehow, five decades have passed since Steven Spielberg's Jaws chewed up the big screen. Turning the big Five-Oh is a big deal, so it's time to celebrate. The iconic movie, based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name, took style notes from Hitchcock and the grindhouse movies of the era and became the first-ever summer blockbuster. Jaws isn't a complicated movie: It tells the story of a vengeful shark and the tourist beach town of Amity Island, which it decided to terrorize. The movie sta

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Best Internet Providers in Charlotte, North Carolina

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-19 04:36:00

What is the best internet provider in Charlotte? Budget and speed are important factors in your search for a new internet service provider but availability can be just as crucial. Thankfully, Charlotte has plentiful coverage from a variety of providers, from fiber to cable to wireless. AT&T Fiber is CNET's pick for the best internet provider in Charlotte, North Carolina. You get a decent variety of plans that start at just $55 a month and go up to $245 per month for the 5-gig plan. However, AT

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Is your phone provider’s autopay discount really worth it?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-19 06:00:14

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Autopay is easily one of the most convenient ways to pay your bills, especially if you’re like me and struggle to keep track of everything manually. Without autopay, it’s easy to accidentally miss a payment if you’re not careful. In the past, I’ve used autopay for nearly everything — from health and car insurance to utility bills, recurring entertainment subscriptions, and, of course, services like phone plans that offer discounts for autopay enrollment. Whil

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Is ChatGPT Plus really worth $20 when the free version offers so many premium features?

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2026-03-19 06:00:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET When ChatGPT first launched two years ago, the AI chatbot was met with such high demand that OpenAI introduced a premium plan called ChatGPT Plus. This plan guaranteed access to the chatbot even during blackout periods. The perks also included access to OpenAI's most advanced models, which at the time included GPT-4, making the $20 plan almost a no-brainer for superusers. However, as OpenAI's offerings have continued to grow over the past couple of years, so have it

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Flies grow their gyroscopes: Study reveals how flight stabilizers take shape

news.ycombinator.com Elena Garrido 2026-03-17 02:02:00

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Electron microscopy image showing a haltere developed under normal conditions (left) and a deformed haltere in a genetically modified fruit fly model (right). Credit: Instituto de Neurociencias UMH CSIC A team from the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) a

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Live TV Streaming Channel Face-Off: YouTube TV vs. Hulu Live vs. Sling and More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-18 23:00:04

Making the switch from cable to streaming could feel confusing or like a chore, but it might be exactly what you're looking for. As TV costs increase, there are plenty of alternatives you can consider, such as live TV streaming services and affordable skinny bundles. Cord-free live services come with perks like a broad mix of channels, DVR and no long-term commitments. You can stream sports and more, and these services offer wider channel options than antennas but also let you watch on your lapt

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I'm a Fiend for Horror and Westerns. Netflix Has One of the Best Genre Mashups Ever Made

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-19 04:00:06

Father's Day is coming up and, if you're like me, you're searching for the perfect movie to watch on the big day. Well, as a dad myself, I can easily find comfort in the tried and true classics like National Lampoon's Vacation, Once Upon a Time in America or even The Shawshank Redemption. There's no arguing that those titles are stereotypical "dad" movies. But I'm not a stereotypical dad. My cinematic tastes usually lead me down an alternate path. Yes, I love me a good western but I'm also a d

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Scientists Intrigued by Conical Skull Found in Ancient Burial Ground

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-19 00:00:15

Secrets of the skeletons. Head Game Archaeologists in Iran have discovered an ancient cone-shaped skull that is believed to have belonged to a teen girl — and there are signs of tragedy in her bones. As Live Science reports, the skull, which was found in a prehistoric burial ground known as Chega Sofla without its corresponding skeleton, shows signs not only of intentional modification, but also possibly fatal blunt force trauma. Dated to roughly 6,200 years old, the strange cone shape of th

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Why I pick this JBL speaker over competing models for outdoor listening

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2026-03-18 23:00:16

ZDNET's key takeaways The JBL Charge 6 will be available for purchase on April 6 for $199 in Black, Blue, White, Red, Camo, and Purple. The Charge 6 offers great sound, durability, battery life, and in-app features. Although it's waterproof, constant, untreated exposure to salt and chlorine can incur internal damage, just like any other Bluetooth speaker. View now at Best Buy View now at JBL more buying choices While there are plenty of Bluetooth speakers on the market, only a few strike the

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I Asked AI to Write a Protest Chant. What I Got Back Was Surprisingly Subversive

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-03-18 23:30:02

[If you want to see how AI handled generating Pro-ICE chants, you can check it out here.] I wanted to know what kind of activist a chatbot could be. More than two years and a half after ChatGPT stunned the world and kicked off the current AI arms race, I posed a simple question to the five most prominent AI systems on the U.S. market: OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, Anthropic’s Claude, Elon Musk’s Grok (from xAI), and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta AI. My prompt was direct: “I want to write a pro

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Neanderthals Spread Across Asia With Surprising Speed—and Now We Know How

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2026-03-18 23:00:29

Neanderthals and modern humans split from a common ancestor around 500,000 years ago, with Neanderthals leaving Africa for Europe and Asia long before modern humans joined them hundreds of thousands of years later. There, Neanderthals dispersed as far as Spain and Siberia. Our prehistoric cousins likely first reached Asia around 190,000 to 130,000 years ago, with another substantial migration to Central and Eastern Eurasia likely between 120,000 and 60,000 years ago. But how did they get there?

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AI as Your Therapist? 3 Things That Worry Experts and 3 Tips to Stay Safe

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-19 01:12:43

Amid the many AI chatbots and avatars at your disposal these days, you'll find all kinds of characters to talk to: fortune tellers, style advisers, even your favorite fictional characters. But you'll also likely find characters purporting to be therapists, psychologists or just bots willing to listen to your woes. There's no shortage of generative AI bots claiming to help with your mental health but you go that route at your own risk. Large language models trained on a wide range of data can be

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Biofuels policy has been a failure for the climate, new report claims

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-18 23:10:15

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. The American Midwest is home to some of the richest, most productive farmland in the world, enabling its transformation into a vast corn- and soy-producing machine—a conversion spurred largely by decades-long policies that support the production of biofuels. But a new report takes a big swing at the ethanol ort

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Slowing the flow of core-dump-related CVEs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-15 12:07:41

Slowing the flow of core-dump-related CVEs [LWN subscriber-only content] Welcome to LWN.net The following subscription-only content has been made available to you by an LWN subscriber. Thousands of subscribers depend on LWN for the best news from the Linux and free software communities. If you enjoy this article, please consider subscribing to LWN. Thank you for visiting LWN.net! Because I'm a clown and also I had it with all the CVEs because we provide a **** API for userspace The 6.16 kerne

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Last fifty years of integer linear programming: Recent practical advances

news.ycombinator.com François Clautiaux 2026-03-18 23:15:08

Mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) has become a cornerstone of operations research. This is driven by the enhanced efficiency of modern solvers, which can today find globally optimal solutions within seconds for problems that were out of reach a decade ago. The versatility of these solvers allowed successful applications in many areas, such as transportation, logistics, supply chain management, revenue management, finance, telecommunications, and manufacturing. Despite the impressive succes

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'Textbook Copyright Infringement': Disney and Universal Sue AI Image Generator Midjourney

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-19 02:00:05

Disney, Universal and several of their entertainment companies filed a lawsuit against popular AI creative service Midjourney on Wednesday, alleging that the company committed copyright infringement. It's a big move from power players and will no doubt create ripple effects across the AI and entertainment industries that will flow all the way to what you can create using AI tools. Midjourney is one of many AI image generators that use generative AI text-to-image technology. With an account, any

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$100 Hamburger

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-19 00:41:14

Aviation slang $100 hamburger ("hundred-dollar hamburger") is aviation slang for the excuse a general aviation pilot might use to fly.[1][2] Background [ edit ] A $100 hamburger trip typically involves flying a short distance (less than two hours), eating at an airport restaurant, and then flying home. "$100" originally referred to the approximate cost of renting or operating a light general aviation aircraft, such as a Cessna 172, for the time it took to fly round-trip to a nearby airport. H

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New details emerge on Meta’s $14.3B deal for Scale

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-03-19 14:35:56

In Brief Meta’s deal to partially acquire the AI startup Scale, giving it 49% ownership, is certainly unusual. What Scale officially announced is that the deal values the company at over $29 billion and that it will “distribute” proceeds to shareholders and vested equity holders (aka employees) granting them with “substantial liquidity” while allowing them to continue as shareholders. Meta is also hiring Scale’s famed founder CEO Alexandr Wang, who famously dropped out of MIT at age 19 to bui

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AI agents will be ambient, but not autonomous - what that means for us

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-03-19 19:15:35

Harrison Chase, LangChain CEO and co-founder, takes the stage at Cisco Live! to discuss ambient agents. Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Until recently, AI solutions that can execute tasks on your behalf seemed futuristic. Now the era of AI agents is here, with nearly every company offering its own solution. On the horizon, though, is a more advanced and even more promising milestone -- ambient agents. On day three of the Cisco Live! conference, LangChain CEO and co-founder Harrison Chase took the stage to

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ChatGPT Tells Users to Alert the Media That It Is Trying to ‘Break’ People: Report

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2026-03-19 16:30:31

ChatGPT’s sycophancy, hallucinations, and authoritative-sounding responses are going to get people killed. That seems to be the inevitable conclusion presented in a recent New York Times report that follows the stories of several people who found themselves lost in delusions that were facilitated, if not originated, through conversations with the popular chatbot. In the report, the Times highlights at least one person whose life ended after being pulled into a false reality by ChatGPT. A 35-yea

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iOS 26 is official, Liquid Glass redesign, and our full WWDC 2025 reactions

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2026-03-19 04:07:14

Benjamin and Chance are back with another bumper WWDC installment, featuring our thoughts on everything Apple announced during its 2025 keynote. From new features in iOS 26 to the sweeping redesign of Liquid Glass, we give our first reactions of all the changes in the new operating systems. And in Happy Hour Plus, Chance talks more about his experience on the ground at Apple Park. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join. Hosts Chance Miller Benjamin Mayo Subscribe, Rate, and Review 9to5Mac Happy Hou

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These VA Tech scientists are building a better fog harp

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-19 22:37:20

A fog harp prototype collects water vapor. Credit: Virginia Tech A fog harp prototype collects water vapor. Credit: Virginia Tech Arid coastal regions that are also prone to fog are prime locations for fog-harvesting devices as a water source, especially during prolonged droughts. But the standard technology is prone to clogging. Scientists at Virginia Tech have created an improved version of their earlier "fog harp" alternative design to address that issue, according to a new paper published i

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GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

David Attenborough at 99: 'I will not see how the story ends'

Telephone Exchanges in the UK

20 Years Ago, Batman Began a New Era of Hollywood

Spiraling with ChatGPT

ChatGPT Search gets an upgrade as OpenAI takes aim at Google

Biofuels Policy, a Mainstay of American Agriculture, a Failure for the Climate

Red Hat Linux in 1998 (2009)

'Shark Week' Comes Early as 'Jaws' Turns 50. Here's Where to Watch All the Movies

Best Internet Providers in Charlotte, North Carolina

Is your phone provider’s autopay discount really worth it?

Is ChatGPT Plus really worth $20 when the free version offers so many premium features?

Flies grow their gyroscopes: Study reveals how flight stabilizers take shape

Live TV Streaming Channel Face-Off: YouTube TV vs. Hulu Live vs. Sling and More

I'm a Fiend for Horror and Westerns. Netflix Has One of the Best Genre Mashups Ever Made

Scientists Intrigued by Conical Skull Found in Ancient Burial Ground

Why I pick this JBL speaker over competing models for outdoor listening

I Asked AI to Write a Protest Chant. What I Got Back Was Surprisingly Subversive

Neanderthals Spread Across Asia With Surprising Speed—and Now We Know How

AI as Your Therapist? 3 Things That Worry Experts and 3 Tips to Stay Safe

Biofuels policy has been a failure for the climate, new report claims

Slowing the flow of core-dump-related CVEs

Last fifty years of integer linear programming: Recent practical advances

'Textbook Copyright Infringement': Disney and Universal Sue AI Image Generator Midjourney

$100 Hamburger

New details emerge on Meta’s $14.3B deal for Scale

AI agents will be ambient, but not autonomous - what that means for us

ChatGPT Tells Users to Alert the Media That It Is Trying to ‘Break’ People: Report

iOS 26 is official, Liquid Glass redesign, and our full WWDC 2025 reactions

These VA Tech scientists are building a better fog harp

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