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Elementary OS vs. Linux Mint: I compared my once favorite distro to the Windows alternative (zdnet.com)

2026-05-13 | by Jack Wallen | get Elementary OS Luna → | tags: desktop, distribution, elementary

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Linux Mint vs. Elementary OS: I compared both distros, and here's my advice (zdnet.com)

2026-05-12 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux Mint Cinnamon Desktop → | tags: linux mint, elementary os, open-source

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Software Internals Book Club (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-12 | tags: databases, distributed systems, operating systems

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I let AI build a tool to help me figure out what was waking me up at night (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-11 | get Sleep Tracking Smartwatch → | tags: sleep tracking, ai tool, noise disturbance

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Why Some US Schools Are Cutting Back On the Technology They Spent Billions On (slashdot.org)

2026-05-09 | by Posted | get Educational Technology Budget Book → | tags: edunomics lab, covid relief funds, laptops

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Fiber Optic Cables Can Eavesdrop On Nearby Conversations (slashdot.org)

2026-05-09 | get Fiber Optic Eavesdropping Kit → | tags: fiber optic cables, distributed acoustic sensing, european geosciences union

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Lakebase architecture delivers faster Postgres writes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get PostgreSQL Performance Booster → | tags: lakebase, postgres, wal

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This Gen Z film distributor is using influencer events to get his peers going to the movies (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get Influencer Marketing Kit → | tags: gen z, peter gold, uncut gems

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Supreme Court rejects Apple’s stay request, Epic Games case to head back to District Court (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-06 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple iPhone 15 Case Cover → | tags: apple, epic games, supreme court

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Learning the Integral of a Diffusion Model (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-06 | get Diffusion Model Tutorial Book → | tags: diffusion models, flow maps, neural networks

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Which housing markets have the most—and least—mortgage distress right now? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-06 | get Mortgage Stress Analysis Tool → | tags: resiclub, mortgage distress, foreclosure

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Why should a Trace-ID be 128 bits? (A Surprisingly Long Answer) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-06 | get 128-bit UUID Generator → | tags: signoz, trace-id, distributed systems

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Are attention spans really shrinking? What the science says (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-06 | by Adam | get Focus Booster App → | tags: hugo gernback, attention spans, smartphones

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Pollinators support the nutrition and income of vulnerable communities (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-06 | by Timberlake | get Pollinator Garden Kit → | tags: pollinators, jumla district, smallholder agriculture

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Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and Quantum Cryptography (QC) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | get Quantum Cryptography Starter Kit → | tags: quantum key distribution, quantum cryptography, nist

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How the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act is straining American democracy (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-04 | get Voting Rights Act Book → | tags: supreme court, voting rights act, redistricting

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Collaborative Editing in CodeMirror (2020) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-03 | get CodeMirror 6 Editor → | tags: codemirror, collaborative editing, operational transformation

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Collaborative Editing in CodeMirror (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-03 | get CodeMirror Collaborative Plugin → | tags: codemirror, collaborative editing, operational transformation

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Everyone Told Me Not to Invest in a Bankrupt Island. Here’s Why They Were Wrong. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-01 | by Giuseppe Cicatelli | get Island Adventure Puzzle Game → | tags: puerto rico, distressed assets, real estate

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New Linux 'Copy Fail' Vulnerability Enables Root Access On Major Distros (slashdot.org)

2026-04-30 | get Linux Security Patch Kit → | tags: linux, copy fail, root access

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Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI’s models to train Grok (theverge.com)

2026-04-30 | by Hayden Field | get Grok AI Developer Kit → | tags: xai, openai, model distillation

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New Sam Bankman-Fried trial would be huge waste of court’s time, judge says (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-29 | get Legal Defense Book → | tags: ftx, sam bankman-fried, securities fraud

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Musk vs. OpenAI trial begins with internal emails, AGI governance, and billions in potential damages at stake (techspot.com)

2026-04-29 | get OpenAI GPT-4 Smartphone → | tags: elon musk, openai, agi

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How to build custom reasoning agents with a fraction of the compute (venturebeat.com)

2026-04-28 | get AI Reasoning Frameworks Kit → | tags: reinforcement learning, self-distillation, jd.com

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Former FCC staffers agree: Brendan Carr needs to be stopped (theverge.com)

2026-04-28 | by Lauren Feiner | tags: fcc, brendan carr, news distortion policy

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Former FCC officials want to force a vote on the ‘weapon’ Brendan Carr has invoked against broadcasters (theverge.com)

2026-04-28 | by Lauren Feiner | get FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Mug → | tags: fcc, brendan carr, news distortion policy

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Decoupled DiLoCo: Resilient, Distributed AI Training at Scale (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-27 | by Arthur Douillard | get Distributed AI Training Kit → | tags: diloco, llms, data centers

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How Teachers Fight Students' Shortening Attention Spans Shorter Activities, Hands-On Projects, and Meditation (slashdot.org)

2026-04-26 | by Posted | get Focus and Meditation Desk Mat → | tags: deer valley unified school district, mckinley steam, brain breaks

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Colorado Adds Open-Source Exemption to Age-Verification Bill (slashdot.org)

2026-04-25 | by Posted | get Open-Source Age Verification Kit → | tags: open-source, linux distributions, system76

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Zorin OS vs. Solus: I tested two great Linux distros for beginners to find out which is best (zdnet.com)

2026-04-25 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux Mint Cinnamon → | tags: zorin os, solus, budgie desktop