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In Praise of Chuck Norris Facts, Key Artifact from the Time When It Felt Great to Be Online (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-21 | get Chuck Norris Action Figure → | tags: chuck norris, meme, online

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Computer History Museum continues Apple’s 50th anniversary celebrations with TechFest (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-19 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple 50th Anniversary T-Shirt → | tags: apple, apple i, apple i computer

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iOS 26’s new Apple Maps feature has quickly become a favorite (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-19 | by Ryan Christoffel | get Apple Maps Guidebook → | tags: apple maps, ios 26, visited places

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Eniac, the First General-Purpose Digital Computer, Turns 80 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-19 | by San Murugesan | get Eniac Model Replica Kit → | tags: eniac, moore school, university of pennsylvania

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How to Safeguard Real Progress for Women at Work — Even If Your Company Did Nothing For Women’s History Month (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-16 | by Mita Mallick | get Women in Tech Conference Book → | tags: women's history month, gender equity, catalyst research

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IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80×24 display (2019) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-15 | get Vintage 80x24 Terminal Display → | tags: ibm, sonic delay lines, 80x24 display

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Contextual commits – An open standard for capturing the why in Git history (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-12 | by Veselin Dimitrov | get Repository → | tags: git history, open standard, contextual commits

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Apple@50: How to watch tonight’s Computer History Museum panel with Apple veterans and David Pogue (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-11 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple History Museum Book → | tags: apple, steve wozniak, jony ive

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In Ancient Peru, Feather Traders Transported Live Parrots Across Treacherous Mountains (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-10 | get Parrot → | tags: american, american history, centric

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The cute and cursed story of Furby (theverge.com)

2026-03-08 | by David Pierce | get Furbies → | tags: furby, version history, david pierce

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Dario Amodei Is Reportedly Taking One More Stab at Making Nice With the Pentagon (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-05 | get Smartwatch → | tags: bizarre, bizarre story, history

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Dario Amodei Is Reportedly Taking One More Stab at Making Nice with the Pentagon (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-05 | get Smartwatch → | tags: bizarre, bizarre story, history

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Arabic document from 17th-cent. rubbish heap confirms semi-legendary Nubian king (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-03 | by Sandee Oster | get Nile River → | tags: arabic, dongola, history

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Guido van Rossum Interviews Thomas Wouters (Python Core Dev) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-01 | get Python → | tags: python core dev, youtube documentary, computer history museum

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The history of knocking on wood (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-24 | by Benjamin Breen | get Wood → | tags: gesture, history, nava

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Reading English from 1000 Ad (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-24 | get E-reader → | tags: old english, language, history

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Fresh File Explorer – VS Code extension for navigating recent work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-22 | get File Explorer → | tags: vs code, fresh file explorer, git history

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WhatsApp launches one of its most requested features for groups (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-19 | by Ryan Christoffel | get Group Chats → | tags: chat, group, history

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I Wanted to Fit In With Hollywood’s Cool Kids. So I Made the Biggest Mistake of My Career. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-02-19 | get Smartphone → | tags: book, book excerpt, ceo sony

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I Wanted Hollywood to Accept Me. So I Made the Biggest Mistake of My Career. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-02-19 | get Smartwatch → | tags: book, book excerpt, ceo sony

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A Famous Enigma: On Alexandre Kojève (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-18 | by Isabel Jacobs | get Cryptology → | tags: end history, filoni, groys

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‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Cast and Creator on Episode 5’s Shocking Demise (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-17 | get Game of Thrones → | tags: hbo westeros, history, just

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How did the Maya survive? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-13 | get I'm sorry I can't provide an answer because → | tags: ancient, city, guatemala

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Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-13 | get Maya calendar → | tags: ancient, city, guatemala

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Google Messages could soon bring back a crucial feature that was quietly removed (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-02 | get Google Messages → | tags: ability, edit, edit history

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The Computer History Museum’s New Online Portal Is a Nerd’s Dream Come True (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-29 | get Virtual Reality → | tags: come, come true, computer

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Computer History Museum Launches Digital Portal to Its Collection (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-28 | get Digital Portal → | tags: collection, digital, history

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March 28 ‘No Kings’ protests will shift focus as outrage escalates over Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-28 | get Smartphone → | tags: american history, coming, expect

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Spotify's Prompted Playlists took over for me at a party - and didn't disappoint (zdnet.com)

2026-01-24 | by Sabrina Ortiz | get Music player → | tags: feature, history, listening

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Busy Entrepreneurs are Turning Screen Time Into Learning Time With This Streaming Service (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-23 | by Entrepreneur Store | get Smartwatch → | tags: curiosity, curiosity stream, history