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No space for bookshelf speakers? The Victrola Soundstage sits neatly under my turntable (zdnet.com)

2026-08-15 | by Jada Jones | tags: victrola, soundstage, wave

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Data Centers Will Eat 12% of US Electricity by 2030. This Platinum Fuel Cell Fix May Help (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: data centers, hydrogen fuel cells, platinum fuel cell

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Catastrophic optical disc shattering blamed on cleaning chemicals and packing foam — another data preservation concern to add to bit rot and laser rot (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Mark Tyson | tags: optical disc, compact disc, polycarbonate

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The Summer That America Became a Nation of Luddites (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-15 | tags: flock cameras, data centers, america

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Puerto Rico Is Rationing Water. It Could’ve Avoided It by Harvesting Rainwater (wired.com)

2026-08-15 | by Yessenia Funes | tags: rainwater harvesting, puerto rico, water rationing

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How to change your self-perception and beliefs (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: owen fitzpatrick, inner propaganda, self-perception

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This 1 high school class is worth $100,000—and most students still don’t take it (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: baylor college of medicine, kalshi, polymarket

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New Dell XPS 13 reviews are in with positive marks and $699 price (techspot.com)

2026-08-15 | by Our Editors Hand-Pick Related Products Using A Variety Of Criteria | tags: dell xps 13, techspot, future plc

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Why stability might be the smartest career move right now (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: gallup, covid-19, american psychological association

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Robots That Walk and Talk Are Coming To Car Factories (slashdot.org)

2026-08-15 | tags: humanoids, bmw, south carolina

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Simplifying and Refactoring Introductory Calculus (2018) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-15 | tags: calculus, refactoring, introductory

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The case for overhauling American science (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: american science, scientific research, government funding

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Waymo receives permission to offer rides in Sacramento and San Diego (engadget.com)

2026-08-14 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: waymo, california public utilities commission, robotaxi

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RISC-V: They should have known better (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: risc-v, microcontrollers, supercomputers

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Flock Announces Changes Amid Backlash Over Its License Plate Reader Network (slashdot.org)

2026-08-14 | tags: flock, license plate reader, unibus

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New York City Lawmakers Push to ‘Ban the Scan’ at MSG (wired.com)

2026-08-14 | by Kate Taylor | tags: madison square garden, facial recognition, biometric data

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How a Sony Veteran Is Overhauling the Company He Grew Up In (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-14 | tags: sony, hiroki totoki, electronics

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Apple Wants to Settle Its Long-Running Legal Battle With Epic Games (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: apple, epic games, google play

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ChatGPT Can Now Add Your Mac Activity to Its Memories (cnet.com)

2026-08-14 | by Lori Grunin | tags: openai, chatgpt, macos

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Study links coffee consumption to metabolic health and sex hormones (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: coffee, metabolic health, sex hormones

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Judge Tells Google to Make It Easier to Install Third-Party App Stores (cnet.com)

2026-08-14 | by Alex Valdes | tags: google, android, aptoide

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Self-driving trucks are officially testing on California highways (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-14 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: aurora innovation, kodiak ai, california dmv

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PBS Station Fears Losing 50TB of Data After Being Ghosted By Cloud Provider (slashdot.org)

2026-08-14 | tags: iron mountain, cloud provider, data privacy

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Your Team Will Only Listen to You If You Make Them Feel Seen, Heard and Valued. Here’s How to Do It. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-14 | by Wilson Luna | tags: mirror method, reverse communication, psychological safety

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This designer was tired of being ghosted by employers. Now he’s sending them ‘unhinged’ résumés (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: felix toohey, ghosting busters, résumés

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New Lower and Upper Bounds for the Grothendieck Constant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: grothendieck constant, lower bounds, upper bounds

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Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-14 | by Julie Bort | tags: thrive capital, joshua kushner, silicon valley

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Anthropic Risk August 2026 [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: anthropic, risk, august 2026

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How Anthropic plans to watermark Claude's AI-generated text (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: anthropic, claude, eu ai act

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Open WireGuard Endpoints (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: wireguard, lambda, cloudformation