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AI data center bans surge past 500 nationwide as local US politicians begin blocking new developments — growing public outrage and bipartisan pushback threaten big tech expansion plans (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-10 | by Ben Stockton | tags: ai data centers, texas, greg abbott

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The DISTINCT in Your COUNT (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Radim Marek | tags: aggregate, count, distinct

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Honest feedback wins (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: walmart, greg cathey, leadership

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Texas Pauses New Data Center Projects Looking to Connect to the State’s Grid (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: texas, greg abbott, data center

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Texas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are five times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratorium (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jowi Morales | tags: data centers, ercot, texas grid

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Texas says data centers must pass an audit before connecting to the grid (theverge.com)

2026-08-04 | by Lauren Feiner | tags: texas, data centers, ercot

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Dates That Don't Exist (2015) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: julian calendar, gregorian calendar, catholic church

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It Looks Like Nothing Can Dent MAGA’s Support for ICE (wired.com)

2026-07-29 | by David Gilbert | tags: ice, immigration enforcement, greg bovino

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It Looks Like Nothing Can Dent MAGA's Support for ICE (wired.com)

2026-07-29 | by David Gilbert | tags: ice, immigration enforcement, greg bovino

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New-deal mortgage programmes benefited white borrowers disproportionately (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Thomas | tags: holc maps, racial inequality, redlining

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The Birth of the American 12-string Guitar (2013) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: harp-guitar, gregg miner, carl e. brown

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The Birth of the American 12-string Guitar (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: harp-guitar, carl e. brown, gregg miner

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Phase-homogeneous mixed halide perovskites for stable tandem photovoltaics (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-27 | by Shi | tags: perovskite, tandem photovoltaics, phase segregation

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Amen Break (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: winstons, amen break, gregory coleman

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Linux Kernel Team Publishes 432 CVEs In Two Days (slashdot.org)

2026-07-22 | tags: linux kernel, cves, linus torvalds

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Clarity didn't work, trying mysterianism (2012) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: p-zombie, greg egan, jewelhead

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Clarity didn't work, trying mysterianism (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: greg egan, jewelhead, parasitic worm

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The Secret Origins of Amazon's Alexa (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-21 | by Brad Stone | tags: amazon echo, alexa, web services

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AI CEOs Facing Full-on Revolt From Employees (futurism.com)

2026-07-21 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: openai, ai regulation, greg brockman

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Modula-3 History Collection on Computer History Museum (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: modula-3, luca cardelli, computer history museum

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Show HN: DeepSQL – A self-hostable DBA agent for Postgres and MySQL (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: deepsql, postgres, mysql

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Show HN: DeepSQL – A self-hostable AI DBA agent for Postgres and MySQL (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: deepsql, postgresql, mysql

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Who's afraid of Chinese models? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: kimi k3, aggregation theory, zero marginal costs

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Who's Afraid of Chinese Models? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: kimi k3, aggregation theory, kellogg school

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Rust Will Help Linux Succeed and Makes Coding Fun, Says Greg Kroah-Hartman (slashdot.org)

2026-07-20 | by Posted | tags: rust, linux, greg kroah-hartman

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Huge study finds first genetic clues for borderline personality disorder (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-20 | by Naddaf | tags: borderline personality disorder, genome-wide association study, gregory adams

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Change the calculus of viral video (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-06 | tags: abc espn, aggregate, amazon

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Show HN: DRM-Free Books (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-28 | get Kindle DRM-Free eBooks → | tags: icari, icarus group, portal technology

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Underarm Bowling Incident of 1981 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | tags: underarm bowling, greg chappell, cricket controversy

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A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Tech’s $100M gunfight (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-18 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: guardrails alliance, openai, chatgpt