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Show HN: Vicinae – A native, Raycast-compatible launcher for Linux

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-23 19:10:00

Vicinae (pronounced "vih-SIN-ay") is a high-performance, native launcher for your desktop — built with C++ and Qt. It includes a set of built-in modules, and extensions can be developed quickly using fully server-side React/TypeScript — with no browser or Electron involved. Inspired by the popular Raycast launcher, Vicinae provides a mostly compatible extension API, allowing reuse of many existing Raycast extensions with minimal modification. Vicinae is designed for developers and power users

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Show HN: Vicinae – a native, Raycast-compatible launcher for Linux

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-05 06:10:00

Vicinae (pronounced "vih-SIN-ay") is a high-performance, native launcher for your desktop — built with C++ and Qt. It includes a set of built-in modules, and extensions can be developed quickly using fully server-side React/TypeScript — with no browser or Electron involved. Inspired by the popular Raycast launcher, Vicinae provides a mostly compatible extension API, allowing reuse of many existing Raycast extensions with minimal modification. Vicinae is designed for developers and power users

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Cells that breathe oxygen and sulfur at the same time

news.ycombinator.com Jake Buehler 2025-12-19 08:38:31

Take a deep breath. A flow of air has rushed into your lungs, where the oxygen moves into your bloodstream, fueling metabolic fires in cells throughout your body. You, being an aerobic organism, use oxygen as the cellular spark that frees molecular energy from the food you eat. But not all organisms on the planet live or breathe this way. Instead of using oxygen to harvest energy, many single-celled life-forms that live in environments far from oxygen’s reach, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents

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The Cells That Breathe Two Ways

news.ycombinator.com Jake Buehler 2025-12-19 14:38:31

Take a deep breath. A flow of air has rushed into your lungs, where the oxygen moves into your bloodstream, fueling metabolic fires in cells throughout your body. You, being an aerobic organism, use oxygen as the cellular spark that frees molecular energy from the food you eat. But not all organisms on the planet live or breathe this way. Instead of using oxygen to harvest energy, many single-celled life-forms that live in environments far from oxygen’s reach, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents

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Moonbase Alpha: That time NASA made a meme video game

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-15 06:13:38

NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States, has tried many different ways to encourage public interest in science education and space exploration. That included a brief pivot to video game publishing, of all things. In 2009, NASA teamed up with multiple video game studios to create a space-themed MMO. The result was a moon base simulator game that became a meme: Moonbase Alpha. To the Moon Virtual Heroes was founded in 2004 as a game studio focused on trainin

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Scientists attach insect antennae to drones for smell-based navigation

techspot.com Zo Ahmed 2025-11-13 02:57:00

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust In a nutshell: Researchers in Japan have merged robotic technology with the finely tuned senses of silk moths to create a bio-hybrid drone. By harnessing nature's expertly evolved ability to track scents over long distances, this innovation could aid in disaster response efforts. Traditional drones rely on visual sensors like cameras and lasers for navigation, but these can be unreliable in harsh c

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