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Orca-Bench: How Ready Are Language Model Agents for Oncall? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: orca-bench, language model agents, oncall

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How Old Is Ann? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | by Arthur O Dwyer | tags: crossword puzzles, ann, new york times

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The ChatGPT Feature Most People Ignore Is the One Worth Using Every Day (cnet.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: chatgpt, natural language processing, openai

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Show HN: What 180k words look like as a temporal knowledge graph (Oz series) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-26 | tags: synaptale, knowledge graph, temporal data

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NordVPN’s New HangUp App Screens Calls and Texts for Scams (cnet.com)

2026-07-24 | by Alex Valdes | tags: nordvpn, hangup app, hiya

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Perlin's Noise Algorithm (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | by Jaysmito Mukherjee | tags: perlin's noise, procedural generation, textures

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Spigen’s new Galaxy Z Fold 8 cases take two different approaches to protection (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: galaxy z fold 8, spigen, samsung

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Pseudpocalypse (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: author identification, natural language processing, claude 4.8

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There’s finally a fix for this device-killing smart home glitch (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: bridge, bridge pro, hue bridge

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Philips offers free replacements after update bricked smart lighting hubs (engadget.com)

2026-07-11 | by Jackson Chen | tags: bridge, bridge pro, devices

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NordVPN now offers Android users protection against malicious messages (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: android, feature, list

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Firmware update bricks Hue Bridge Pro devices; Philips gives free replacements (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: bridge, bridge pro, devices

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Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | by Alan Stapelberg | get Zero-Knowledge Proofs Book → | tags: zero-knowledge proof, sparkasse, eidas regulation

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Are readers generating fiction with AI models? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | get AI Storytelling Toolkit → | tags: ai models, fiction generation, readers

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Don’t update! Hue Bridge Pro users warn about smart home hub bricking bug (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-29 | get Philips Hue Bridge Pro → | tags: philips hue, hue bridge pro, firmware update

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Knowledge Distillation of Black-Box Large Language Models (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-28 | get Knowledge Distillation Toolkit → | tags: large language models, knowledge distillation, black-box models

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19 great Prime Day deals on our favorite charging gear (theverge.com)

2026-06-24 | by Brad Bourque | get Anker PowerCore Portable Charger → | tags: prime day, qi2, switch 2

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AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-22 | by Julie Bort | get Groq AI Accelerator Card → | tags: groq, nvidia, tensor processing unit

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Will AI spark a scientific renaissance — or a diffuse monoculture? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-22 | by Zhang | get AI Research Notebook → | tags: natural language processing, nature study, scientific research

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The case against geometric algebra (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | by Alex Kritchevsky | tags: geometric algebra, hestenes, geometric product

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These AI Scams All Have Red Flags. Here's How to Spot Them (cnet.com)

2026-06-20 | by See Full Bio | get AI Scam Detection Guide → | tags: ai scams, mcafee, deepfake

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What every coder should know about gamma (2016) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-13 | by John Novak | tags: gamma, image processing, color correction

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What every coder should know about Gamma Correction (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-13 | by John Novak | get Gamma Correction LED Strip → | tags: gamma correction, crt display, graphics libraries

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Hands-on: Belkin’s new 25W MagSafe battery packs 10,000mAh for your iPhone (9to5mac.com)

2026-06-13 | by Michael Burkhardt | get Belkin MagSafe Battery Pack → | tags: belkin, magsafe, ces 2026

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Enhance RAW image processing with Core Image [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-11 | by Apple Inc. | get Adobe Photoshop Lightroom → | tags: core image, raw image processing, apple cameras

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Should you normalize RGB values by 255 or 256? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-01 | get RGB Normalization Tool → | tags: rgb normalization, image processing, numpy

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TikTok owner ByteDance is reportedly developing its own custom AI CPUs — company looks to ease China's dependence on US chipmakers (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-29 | by Bruno Ferreira | get AI CPU Development Kit → | tags: bytedance, ai cpus, innostar semiconductor

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Investigating how prompt politeness affects LLM accuracy (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-26 | get Politeness Prompting Guide → | tags: llm, prompt politeness, accuracy

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Prompt Politeness Affects LLM Accuracy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-26 | get AI Conversation Etiquette Guide → | tags: llm, prompt engineering, politeness

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The Best Surge Protectors for 2026: Prep for Blackouts (cnet.com)

2026-05-23 | by See Full Bio | get Belkin Surge Protector Power Strip → | tags: surge protectors, joule ratings, wall wart adapters