GoKawiil - Tech News

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Show HN: Fine-tune an 8B model on a 4 GB laptop GPU (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: soup-cli, llm fine-tuning, rtx 3050

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Explorative modeling: Train on the best of K guesses (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | by Alexi Gladstone | tags: explorative modeling, generative models, diffusion

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Solar Storms Create a Risk for Mars Exploration Scientists Hadn’t Expected (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: solar storms, mars exploration, dust storms

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Mercury Has a Radiation Belt After All—But It’s Super Wonky (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: mercury, radiation belt, magnetic field

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California's largest AI data center project suing for access to 287 million gallons of Colorado River water, 0.03% of Imperial Valley’s supply — plaintiffs claim project equivalent to 160-acre farm amidst concern about jobs and reallocation of farmland (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-27 | by Anton Shilov | tags: ai data center, colorado river, imperial valley

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California's largest AI data center is suing for access to 287 million gallons of Colorado River water a year (techspot.com)

2026-07-27 | by Rob Thubron | tags: ai data center, colorado river, imperial irrigation district

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Most Restaurant Chains Fight for Space in New York and California. This Chicken Franchise Is Doing the Opposite. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-24 | by Jonathan Small | tags: birdcall, colorado, midwestern states

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22 Back-to-School College Dorm Room Essentials (2026) (wired.com)

2026-07-23 | by Louryn Strampe | tags: aecooly, university of colorado, benq

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Colorado thinks it found the answer to EV battery recycling's biggest challenge (engadget.com)

2026-07-22 | by Will Shanklin | tags: ev battery recycling, colorado, lithium

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These cities just became America’s hottest buyer’s markets (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: florida, colorado, southern metros

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Oil and gas drilling is shifting to the deep sea — here’s what is at stake (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-21 | by Zhao | tags: deep-sea drilling, offshore oil, fossil-fuel exploration

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LoRA Speedrun – a public wall-clock leaderboard for fine-tuning techniques (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: lora, qwen2.5-1.5b, gsm8k

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James Webb Space Telescope Discovers How Black Holes Feed Themselves (slashdot.org)

2026-07-19 | by Posted | tags: james webb telescope, black holes, space exploration

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MIT's New Method Flags AI Models Trained on CASM Without Generating It (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-13 | tags: csam, lora, model

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Colorado will decide whether a "right to natural gas" is added to state constitution (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-13 | tags: ballot, colorado, measure

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Trump asked Musk for SpaceX stock to seed US kids’ savings accounts, report says (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-30 | get SpaceX Falcon 9 Model → | tags: spacex, musk, trump accounts

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I built a whole-home ad blocker with a $7 ESP32-S3 board - and it took just minutes (zdnet.com)

2026-06-29 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get ESP32-S3 Wi-Fi Module → | tags: esp32-s3, raspberry pi, dns sinkhole

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Here’s a Clue About SpaceX’s Actual Revenue-Generating Plans (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-27 | get SpaceX Falcon 9 Model Rocket → | tags: spacex, revenue, space exploration

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Space Shuttle Endeavour's 20-story vertical display (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-26 | get Space Shuttle Endeavour Model → | tags: space shuttle, endeavour, vertical display

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All But Five US States Are Currently Experiencing Droughts (futurism.com)

2026-06-26 | by Joe Wilkins | get Drought Tolerance Garden Kit → | tags: unl drought monitor, colorado, north carolina

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'The cult of Elon': SpaceX investors grapple with volatility amid big swings (cnbc.com)

2026-06-26 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get SpaceX Starship Model Kit → | tags: spacex, elon musk, robotaxi

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13 years and $500 million for a stage adapter? Report justifies NASA cancellations. (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-24 | get NASA Space Shuttle Model → | tags: nasa, artemis program, space launch system

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Riot now lets you enable its anti-cheat when you want to (theverge.com)

2026-06-24 | by Jay Peters | get Riot Vanguard Gaming Mask → | tags: league of legends, valorant, riot games

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Elon Musk and NASA’s Chief Are Dreaming of Antimatter Propulsion (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-22 | get Antimatter Propulsion Kit → | tags: elon musk, nasa, antimatter propulsion

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Elon Musk Says SpaceX Is “Like Union Pacific,” Which Is Extremely Funny If You Know What Actually Happened to Union Pacific (futurism.com)

2026-06-22 | by Joe Wilkins | get SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Model → | tags: spacex, union pacific, elon musk

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Meet ERNEST, NASA’s Next-Generation Rover Designed to Be Faster and Tougher (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-19 | get NASA Rover Model Kit → | tags: nasa, ernest, rover

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This Bluetooth tracker uses LoRa mesh networks to find things - and I couldn't believe the accuracy (zdnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Tile Pro Bluetooth Tracker → | tags: lora, mesh networks, seeed studio

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I programmed a $7 ESP32-S3 board to block all computer's web ads - and it took just minutes (zdnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get ESP32-S3 Wi-Fi Module → | tags: esp32-s3, raspberry pi, dns sinkhole

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To Find Ancient Aliens, We Should Search the Moon for the Pulverized Remains of Dyson Spheres (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-17 | tags: dyson spheres, alien technosignatures, moon exploration

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PopSockets’ new ultrathin grip is the product its founder wanted to make all along (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-16 | get PopSockets UltraThin Grip → | tags: popsockets, low-pro grip, apple stores