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Why you shouldn't skip your TV's firmware updates - and how to do it on older models (zdnet.com)

2026-03-19 | by Chris Bayer | get Smart TV Firmware Update Kit → | tags: smart tv, firmware updates, usb device

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Mathematician who reshaped number theory wins prestigious Abel prize (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-19 | by Castelvecchi | get Number Theory Puzzle Book → | tags: abel prize, gerd faltings, diophantine equations

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How to find and update your TV firmware (and why it's critical to do it properly) (zdnet.com)

2026-03-18 | by Chris Bayer | get Smart TV Firmware Update Kit → | tags: smart tv, firmware update, usb port

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Using calculus to do number theory (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-16 | get Calculus for Number Theory Book → | tags: number theory, calculus, modular arithmetic

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Scientists Say Something Bizarre Is Hiding Inside Black Holes (futurism.com)

2026-03-14 | by Frank Landymore | get Black Hole Themed Puzzle Book → | tags: black holes, event horizons, singularity

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Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-05 | by Julie Bort | get Cloud computing platform → | tags: cluely, disrupt, founder

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Why does C have the best file API (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-01 | get File API → | tags: c file api, mmap, rust

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Phone acting weird? 5 red flags that could point to hackers (zdnet.com)

2026-02-20 | by Lance Whitney | get Smartphone → | tags: apps, calls, code

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Millions of passwords and Social Security numbers exposed as old hacks remain a threat (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-19 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Password manager → | tags: numbers, passwords, security

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A Vast Trove of Exposed Social Security Numbers May Put Millions at Risk of Identity Theft (wired.com)

2026-02-18 | by Lily Hay Newman | get Social Security Number → | tags: database, numbers, pollock

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Cistercian Numbers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-18 | get Cistercian Numbers → | tags: amazon, cistercian, cistercian numbers

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Ancestry and somatic profile indicate acral melanoma origin and prognosis (feeds.nature.com)

2026-02-18 | by Basurto-Lozada | get Genetic testing kit → | tags: analysis, gene, number

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The mathematical mystery inside the legendary '90s shooter Quake 3 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | by Manon Bischoff | get Quake 3 Engine → | tags: code, inverse square, number

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How not to answer the salary question (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-16 | get Job Interview → | tags: number, point, range

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How Not to Answer the Salary Question (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-16 | get Cloud → | tags: number, point, range

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Google’s AI Overviews Can Scam You. Here’s How to Stay Safe (wired.com)

2026-02-15 | by David Nield | get Google Assistant → | tags: ai overviews, answers, google

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Odido data breach exposes personal info of 6.2 million customers (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-12 | get Identity Theft Protection System → | tags: customer, mobile, number

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John Carmack proposes fiber-optic loops as high-speed AI cache (techspot.com)

2026-02-12 | get Fiber Loops → | tags: based capacity, began, began number

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Jobs report: a surprising 130,000 jobs were added in January, but Labor Department makes major revisions to last year’s numbers (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-11 | get JobKeeper → | tags: growth, jobs, number

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Best Presidents’ Day Mattress Sales of 2026 (wired.com)

2026-02-11 | by Julia Forbes | get Memory Foam Mattress → | tags: best, mattress, number

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You can now tell Google Search to remove your personal IDs and explicit images - but there's a catch (zdnet.com)

2026-02-10 | by Lance Whitney | get Google Photos → | tags: details, google, number

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You can tell Google Search to remove your personal IDs and explicit images now - but there's a catch (zdnet.com)

2026-02-10 | by Lance Whitney | get Google Photos → | tags: details, google, number

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Google's Personal Data Removal Tool Now Covers Government IDs (slashdot.org)

2026-02-10 | by Posted | get Identity Manager → | tags: addresses, google, images

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Upgraded Google safety tools can now find and remove more of your personal info (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-10 | get Google Photos → | tags: explicit, google, number

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Mathematicians disagree on the essential structure of the complex numbers (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-10 | by Joel David Hamkins | get Complex Numbers → | tags: complex, complex field, complex numbers

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Mathematicians disagree on the essential structure of the complex numbers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-10 | by Joel David Hamkins | get Complex Numbers → | tags: complex, complex field, complex numbers

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Scientists Say We Might Have 33 Senses. Here’s the Breakdown (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-10 | get Neuralink → | tags: higher, just, just senses

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The Best Way To Prevent Fraud: A Guide To Freezing Your Social Security Number (cnet.com)

2026-02-10 | by See Full Bio | get Social Security Card → | tags: credit, identity, lock

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The Best Way to Prevent Fraud: A Guide to Freezing Your Social Security Number (cnet.com)

2026-02-10 | by See Full Bio | get Social Security Card → | tags: credit, identity, lock

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Show HN: A custom font that displays Cistercian numerals using ligatures (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-08 | by Bobbie Chen | get Copperplate → | tags: automatically, automatically rendered, cistercian