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‘Startup Paradise’: How Hawaii Is Trying to Set the Stage to Create ’30 or 50′ New Tech Millionaires (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-21 | by Jon Small | tags: hawaii, startup paradise, silicon beach

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DuckDuckGo made sunglasses that do absolutely nothing, and they sold out (techspot.com)

2026-08-05 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: duckduckgo, normal, normal ing

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Rivian raises EV sales forecast as Q2 production ramps up (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-02 | by Sean O'Kane | get Rivian R1T Electric Truck → | tags: rivian, r2 suv, edv

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Range anxiety (theverge.com)

2026-07-01 | by Andrew Hawkins | get Portable EV Charger → | tags: rivian, supercell, tornadoes

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A PDF that changes based on how its read (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-12 | by Sarthak Gaud | get Interactive PDF Creator → | tags: cost, document, markdown

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A PDF that changes based on who is reading (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-12 | by Sarthak Gaud | get Dynamic PDF Generator Tool → | tags: cost, document, markdown

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Tough peer-review process? Your paper might end up being more highly cited (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-20 | by Lenharo | get Academic Peer Review Guide → | tags: nature communications, peer review, arxiv

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Rivian’s revenue is up as R2 production kicks into gear (theverge.com)

2026-04-30 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | get Rivian R2 Model → | tags: rivian, electric vehicle, normal illinois

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Rivian R2 production has started despite tornado damage to factory (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-22 | by Sean O'Kane | get Rivian R2 Model Kit → | tags: rivian, rivian r1, electric vehicles

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5NF and Database Design (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-14 | get Database Normalization Guidebook → | tags: database normalization, fifth normal form, relational databases

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Despite EV headwinds, Rivian’s sales are up (theverge.com)

2026-04-02 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | get Rivian R1T Electric Truck → | tags: rivian, electric suv, ev sales

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OSHA probing fatality at Rivian warehouse (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-06 | by Sean O'Kane | get Electric Vehicle → | tags: osha, rivian, normal illinois

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I put a real-time 3D shader on the Game Boy Color (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-08 | get Game Boy Color → | tags: approx, cos cos, log log

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How to Use Physics to Escape an Ice Bowl (wired.com)

2026-02-01 | by Rhett Allain | get Escape Game → | tags: acceleration, coefficient, force

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Opinion | The Screens Hijack My Class (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-01-02 | get Smartphone → | tags: don know, ipad, ipad normal

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The Cost of a Closure in C: The Rest (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-31 | get Smartphone → | tags: code, function, functions

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2026 Mercedes CLA first drive: Entry level doesn’t mean basic (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-16 | get Mercedes-Benz C-Class → | tags: inches, larger, mercedes

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Man shocks doctors with extreme blood pressure, stroke from energy drinks (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-12 | get Energy drink → | tags: blood, blood pressure, case

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The Geometry Behind Normal Maps (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-12 | get Normal Maps → | tags: frame, normal, space

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Free software scares normal people (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Daniel De Laney | get Meta Quest → | tags: handbrake, make, need

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Best Leaf Blowers in 2025 (cnet.com)

2025-10-31 | by See Full Bio | get Emotional Intelligence book → | tags: mode, model, normal

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A coin flip by any other name (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Microsoft Surface Pro → | tags: normal, probability, problem

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A Coin Flip by Any Other Name (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Microsoft Surface Pro → | tags: normal, probability, problem

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Being Underweight Might Be Deadlier Than Being Overweight (gizmodo.com)

2025-10-31 | by Margherita Bassi | get fitness tracker → | tags: bmi, fat, individuals

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Guillermo del Toro makes Frankenstein his own (theverge.com)

2025-10-31 | by Andrew Webster | get Roku Streaming Stick → | tags: film, frankenstein, like

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SQLite (with WAL) doesn't do `fsync` on each commit under default settings (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get productivity planner → | tags: file, mode, normal

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Simulating and Visualising the Central Limit Theorem (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Greg Foletta | get Amazon Echo Dot → | tags: distribution, mean, normal

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How to configure X11 in a simple way (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Eugene Andrienko | get Google Pixel → | tags: axis, inverted, left

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In praise of “normal” engineers (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Google Nest → | tags: engineering, engineers, normal

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In Praise of "Normal" Engineers (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Google Nest → | tags: engineering, engineers, normal