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Chris Carter Is ‘Anxiously Awaiting’ Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: ryan coogler, x-files, chris carter

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Looking inside a 1970s PROM chip that stores data in microscopic fuses (2019) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: prom chip, data storage, microscopic fuses

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Relatively few Black people benefited in the 1930s and 1940s from mortgages backed by the US government (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: fha loans, us government, 1930s

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It’s only July, but measles cases in 2026 have already topped last year—and last year was already bad (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: measles, cdc, vaccination

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The small, real, original web (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | by Oliver Williams | tags: indieweb, small web, 90s internet

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The Truth Is Out There, We Need This ‘X-Files’ Lego Set (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: lego ideas, gillian anderson, x-files

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LoRA Speedrun – a public wall-clock leaderboard for fine-tuning techniques (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: lora, qwen2.5-1.5b, gsm8k

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America, 1926: What a Forgotten 100-Year-Old Report Says About Who We Are (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-03 | by Derek Thompson | get Vintage American History Book → | tags: white house, recent social trends, herbert hoover

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Wing Commander IV and the FMV future that never quite was (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-03 | get Wing Commander IV Collector's Edition → | tags: wing commander iv, fmv, gog.com

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Intel raises prices on the Core Ultra 200S Plus CPUs people actually liked (techspot.com)

2026-07-02 | get Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus → | tags: intel, core ultra 200s plus, leaker harukaze5719

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5k menus from the New York Public Library’s Buttolph Collection (1880-1920) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-28 | get Vintage Library Map Prints → | tags: new york public library, buttolph collection, 5k menus

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5k Restaurant Menus, Years 1880-1920 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-28 | get Vintage Restaurant Menu Collection → | tags: restaurant menus, 1880s, 1920s

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Best Prime Day Deals I've Found on Window and Portable Air Conditioners (2026) (wired.com)

2026-06-24 | by Matthew Korfhage | get LG Portable Air Conditioner → | tags: prime day, portable air conditioner, dreo 740s

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A 1970s patent that changed the course of commercial biotechnology (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-23 | get Biotechnology Patent Archive → | tags: 1970s patent, biotechnology, nature.com

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Warner Bros. Just Teased a Possible ‘ThunderCats’ Animated Film (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-22 | get ThunderCats Action Figure Set → | tags: warner bros, thundercats, lion-o

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Nintendo Wii U games running from a 1980's Bernoulli disk [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | tags: nintendo, wii u, bernoulli disk

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This 1976 University Experiment Spun Up the U.S. Wind Industry (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-15 | by Peter Fairley | get Wind Turbine Model Kit → | tags: umass amherst, wind turbine, wind industry

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This 1976 University Experiment Spun Up the U.S. Wind Industry (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-06-15 | by Peter Fairley | get Wind Turbine Model Kit → | tags: umass amherst, wind turbine, wind industry

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4 reasons to start a business in your 50s (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-02 | get Entrepreneurship Starter Kit → | tags: business, 50s, entrepreneurship

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My Allergy Survival Kit: 5 Products Keeping My Itchy Eyes at Bay This Spring (cnet.com)

2026-06-02 | by See Full Bio | get Allergy Relief Nasal Spray → | tags: air purifiers, oransi mod, airthings renew

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Soviet 80s supercomputer project "Start" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-28 | tags: soviet, supercomputer, start

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Usborne 1980s Computer Books (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-24 | get Usborne Computer Books → | tags: usborne, 1980s, books

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Reverse engineering circuitry in a Spacelab computer from 1980 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-23 | get Electronics Repair & Testing Kit → | tags: spacelab, reverse engineering, 1980s

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If an obscure 1980s paradox is any guide, AI may be about to hit a huge tipping point (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-14 | get AI Tipping Point Book → | tags: computer age, productivity statistics, paradox

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Best MP3 Players for 2026 (cnet.com)

2026-05-14 | by See Full Bio | get Sony NW-A105 Walkman → | tags: mp3 players, shangling m0s, spotify

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I'm going back to writing code by hand (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-11 | get Mechanical Keyboard for Coding → | tags: k10s, vibe-coding, claude

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Comparing a 1980s memory map to the Raspi Pico (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-10 | get Raspberry Pi Pico Starter Kit → | tags: raspberry pi pico, memory map, 1980s technology

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How often do you upgrade your PC? (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: pc gaming, graphics card, platform jumps

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The towering sets for Broadway’s ‘The Lost Boys’ have audiences gasping. Here’s how the designer pulled it off (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-06 | get Stage Design Kit → | tags: the lost boys, dane laffrey, broadway

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What the 1920s Can Teach Us About Surviving the AI Revolution (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-02 | get AI Survival Guide Book → | tags: 1920s, ai revolution, cars