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Printing floating point numbers in binary (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: python, floating point, ieee 754

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Nvidia's $750B in Deals Reignite Circular AI Fears (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: nvidia, circular ai, $750b

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New Snapdragon chip leak suggests on-device AI could be coming to phones people actually buy (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: snapdragon, qualcomm, sm8475

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Critical ServiceNow code execution flaw now exploited in attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: servicenow, cve-2026-6875, defused

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The Computer at the Bottom of a Canal (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: rekursiv, arm, linn products

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Restoring cortical disinhibition improves Huntington’s disease phenotypes (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-01 | by Blumenstock | get Huntington’s Disease Brain Support → | tags: huntingtin gene, r6/2 mice, zq175dn

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Corsair's "Bundle and Save Big" sale slashes prices on high-end gaming PCs — save up to $300 on premium Corsair gear (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-26 | get Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM → | tags: corsair, vengeance a7500, ryzen 5 9600x

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Astonishing Prime Day RTX 5090 PC deal is cheaper than buying the GPU and RAM alone — 25% off the Corsair Vengeance i7500 with fast 14900KF, 64GB of RAM (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-23 | by Stephen Warwick | get Corsair Vengeance i7500 → | tags: rtx 5090, corsair vengeance i7500, intel core i9-14900kf

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Samsung Galaxy Tab A11 Plus gets a rare price drop to $219.99 (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-23 | get Samsung Galaxy Tab A11 Plus → | tags: samsung galaxy tab a11 plus, android authority, mediatek mt8775

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Save $500 on this Acer 16” Predator Helios Neo 16 IPS Gaming laptop — just $1,499.99 gets you a powerful portable gaming rig with an RTX 5070, 32GB DDR5, and Intel Core Ultra 9 275 HX processor (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-17 | by Joe Shields | get Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 → | tags: acer predator helios neo 16, nvidia rtx 5070, intel core ultra 9 275hx

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These mechanical keyboards are two very different sides of the same beautifully made coin (theverge.com)

2026-06-16 | by Antonio G. Di Benedetto | get Keychron Mechanical Keyboard → | tags: evoworks evo75, dry studio atm98, mechanical keyboards

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SK Hynix moves 375-layer NAND into mass production, replacing tungsten with molybdenum (techspot.com)

2026-06-15 | by Skye Jacobs | get SK Hynix NAND Flash Module → | tags: sk hynix, nand scaling, 375-layer

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Never Post’s Mike Rugnetta on the creative process and the value of reliable power (theverge.com)

2026-06-13 | by Terrence O'Brien | get Portable Power Bank → | tags: verge, mike rugnetta, rme fireface ucx ii

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A calculator that doesn't round (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-12 | get Scientific Calculator with Exact Math → | tags: constructive calculator, ramanujan’s constant, hans boehm

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Amazon has discounted this 75-inch Hisense TV by over $500 - and I highly recommend it (zdnet.com)

2026-06-02 | by Taylor Clemons | get Hisense 75-Inch U8 Series → | tags: hisense, amazon, zdnet

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Now even MediaTek’s cheap chips are embarrassing the Tensor G5 in one major area (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-29 | get MediaTek Dimensity Chipset → | tags: mediatek, dimensity 7500, pixel 10

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Best Buy has slashed $1,000 off this RTX 5070 OLED gaming laptop with Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX — Lenovo Legion Pro now just $1,749, includes 32GB of RAM and 1TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-27 | by Stephen Warwick | get Lenovo Legion Pro Laptop → | tags: lenovo legion pro, nvidia rtx 5070, intel core ultra 9 275hx

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Crewless warship concept pushes autonomous naval warfare closer to reality (techspot.com)

2026-05-26 | get Autonomous Naval Drone → | tags: navantia, lasv75, autonomous naval warfare

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Microsoft: Domain Controller lookup may fail on Windows Server 2016 (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-26 | get Windows Server 2016 Book → | tags: microsoft, windows server 2016, domain controller

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Pick up an $1100 discount on this RTX 5080-powered HP Omen Max gaming laptop — 32GB of DDR5 RAM and powerful Intel 275HX CPU help to crush the competition in-game (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-21 | by Stewart Bendle | get HP Omen Max Gaming Laptop → | tags: nvidia geforce rtx 5080, hp omen, intel 275hx

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SEM-Guided Low-kV FIB Finishing for Leading-Edge Semiconductor Failure Analysis (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-05-21 | get SEM Inspection Kit → | tags: zeiss, crossbeam 750, fibsem

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RISC-V and Floating-Point (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | get RISC-V Floating-Point Emulator → | tags: risc-v, floating-point, ieee-754

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RISC-V and Floating Point (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | get RISC-V Floating Point Emulator → | tags: risc-v, ieee-754, floating-point

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Acer's monster 18-inch Predator Helios Neo 18 AI gaming laptop drops to $1799 — save $400 on this 5070 Ti desktop replacement (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-15 | by Stewart Bendle | get Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 → | tags: acer predator helios neo 18, rtx 5070 ti, intel core ultra 9 275hx

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Floats Don't Agree with Themselves (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-06 | by Gerardus Cremer | get Floating Point Debugging Kit → | tags: polygon-overlap, ieee 754, wasm

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You Have No Idea How Much You Still Use BlackBerry (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-02 | get BlackBerry Key2 Smartphone → | tags: blackberry, cars, software

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Save a huge $400 on this Acer Predator OLED gaming laptop with an RTX 5070 Ti and 32GB DDR5, now under $1,800 — big saving on Helios Neo 16S AI rig that ships with a 24-core Intel CPU, 1TB SSD, and a 240Hz refresh rate (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-01 | by Ben Stockton | get Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S → | tags: acer predator, helios neo 16s, rtx 5070 ti

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The Secret Life of NaN (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | get NaN Debugging Tool → | tags: ieee 754, nan, floating point

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Exposing Floating Point – Bartosz Ciechanowski (2019) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | by Bartosz Ciechanowski | get Floating Point Debugging Tool → | tags: ieee 754, floating point, binary32

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Approximating Hyperbolic Tangent (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-22 | by Tom Schroeder | get Hyperbolic Tangent Calculator → | tags: tanh, neural networks, ieee-754