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Instagram’s New Instants App Is a Snapchat Clone for Thirst Traps (wired.com)

2026-05-13 | by Reece Rogers | tags: close, close friends, friends

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Wendy’s long-suffering stock gets a boost after reports that billionaire Nelson Peltz wants to take it private (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-13 | get Wendy’s Stock Ticker Mug → | tags: billionaire, billionaire nelson, chain

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GitHub Actions issued GitHub_TOKEN disclosure in GitHub Actions logs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-13 | get GitHub Actions Secrets Scanner → | tags: attack, confidentiality, loss

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When “idle” isn't idle: how a Linux kernel optimization became a QUIC bug (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-12 | get Linux Kernel Tuning Guide → | tags: congestion, cubic, cwnd

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When "idle" isn't idle: how a Linux kernel optimization became a QUIC bug (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-12 | get Linux Kernel Tuning Guide → | tags: congestion, cubic, cwnd

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Testing UPS Output Waveforms (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-12 | by Labs Web Team | get APC UPS Battery Backup → | tags: ups, rohde & schwarz, oscilloscope

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Dollar Tree and Starbucks are suddenly opening hundreds of new stores as retail doom stories pile up (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-12 | get Starbucks Coffee Mug Set → | tags: chains, chains restaurants, closing

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Why Soccer Still Defies Statistical Analysis (wired.com)

2026-05-12 | by Nick Greene | get Soccer Analytics Book → | tags: soccer analytics, luke bornn, los alamos

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Lost Weight With a GLP-1? People Might Secretly Be Judging You, Study Finds (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-11 | get GLP-1 Weight Loss Supplement → | tags: glp-1, weight loss, study

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This handy feature gives PC gaming on Android a major boost (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-11 | get Game Controller for Android → | tags: lossless scaling, vulkan, gamenative

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Hantavirus outbreak exposes uncertainty about how disease spreads (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-11 | by Basu | get Hantavirus Protective Mask → | tags: hantavirus, mv hondius, university of california los angeles

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Riding the D in Los Angeles: city hopes new subway stations will be game changer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-10 | by Ryan Fonseca | get LA Metro Subway Map → | tags: angeles, los angeles, metro

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We’re feeling cynical about xAI’s big deal with Anthropic (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-10 | by Anthony Ha | get Anthropic Claude AI Assistant → | tags: xai, anthropic, spacex

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How an Electric Motorbike Made LA Feel Smaller, Easier and More Fun (cnet.com)

2026-05-10 | by See Full Bio | get Electric Motorbike Accessories → | tags: electric motorbike, onyx rcr 80v, los angeles

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Shelf Source: Tom MacWright (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | by Zachary Kai | get Smart Home Shelving Unit → | tags: bret victor, tom macwright, the elements of typographic style

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Walking slower? Your ears, not your knees, might be the problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | get Hearing Amplifier Earbuds → | tags: ear health, walking speed, balance issues

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Walking Slower? Why Your Ears, Not Your Knees, Might Be the Problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | get Hearing Protection Earplugs → | tags: ear health, walking speed, balance

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Venom and hot peppers offer a key to killing resistant bacteria (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | by Fernanda González | tags: scorpion venom, habanero peppers, antibiotics

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Venom and Hot Peppers Offer a Key to Killing Resistant Bacteria (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | by Fernanda González | tags: scorpion venom, habanero peppers, antibiotics

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Compound drivers of Antarctic sea ice loss and Southern Ocean destratification (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get Antarctic Sea Ice Model Kit → | tags: antarctic sea ice, southern ocean, destratification

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AI Is Breaking Two Vulnerability Cultures (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | by Kaufman | get Cybersecurity AI Toolkit → | tags: linux, copy fail, hyunwoo kim

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Vet Worker in Los Angeles Caught H5N1 Bird Flu From Infected Cat (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get Bird Flu Prevention Kit → | tags: h5n1, los angeles, bird flu

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Thermoses Linked to Permanent Vision Loss (futurism.com)

2026-05-08 | by Frank Landymore | tags: thermos, thermos llc, pressure relief

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Venom and Hot Peppers Offer a Key to Killing Resistant Bacteria (wired.com)

2026-05-08 | by Fernanda González | tags: scorpion venom, habanero peppers, antibiotics

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Move Over, Matrix. This Is the Ultimate '90s Cyberpunk Movie (cnet.com)

2026-05-08 | by See Full Bio | get Cyberpunk 2077 Collectible Art → | tags: blade runner 2099, neuromancer, apple tv

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Radioactive rain and proving relativity: Books in brief (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-08 | by Robinson | get Relativity: The Special and the General → | tags: atomic bomb, trinity test, los alamos

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Anthropic and Elon Musk Strike Unexpected Data Center Deal (cnet.com)

2026-05-07 | by See Full Bio | tags: anthropic, elon musk, spacex

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Grok’s usage is so low that Elon Musk can sell compute to Anthropic (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get Elon Musk Neural Network Kit → | tags: grok, elon musk, spacex

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Musk's SpaceX has rented out access to its supercomputer's 220,000 Nvidia GPUs and 300 megawatts of AI compute power to rival Anthropic — Musk says “No one set off my evil detector,” Antrhropic also interested in orbital data centers (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-07 | by Etiido Uko | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: spacex, anthropic, nvidia h100

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GameNative unlocks up to 100 fps gameplay for PC games on Android devices by adding multi-frame generation — Vulkan version of Lossless Scaling boosts performance (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-07 | by Aaron Klotz | get Vulkan Lossless Scaling → | tags: gamenative, lossless scaling, android gaming