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Old School RuneScape developer sentenced for stealing and selling in-game virtual gold (techspot.com)

2026-09-08 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: old school runescape, jagex, andrew lakeman

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Don't get rid of your old phone, turn it into a security camera (engadget.com)

2026-09-06 | by Isaac Egbon | get Lamicall adjustable phone tripod stand → | tags: alfredcamera, home security, old phone

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Former Old School RuneScape dev gets jail time for stealing $400,000 from players — virtual gold stolen and sold on the black market before Jagex caught the culprit using hidden firewall tweaks (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-06 | by Jowi Morales | tags: old school runescape, jagex, andrew lakeman

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Icons as a Service (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-04 | tags: ark of the covenant, israelites, bronze age

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“Weird” is a weird word (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-28 | by Colin Gorrie | get Beowulf Maria Dahvana Headley translation → | tags: beowulf, wyrd, old english

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"Weird" is a weird word (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-28 | by Colin Gorrie | get Beowulf Maria Dahvana Headley translation → | tags: beowulf, wyrd, old english

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He helped pioneer ‘cheap chic’ at Target in the 2000s. Can he do the same for Old Navy? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-28 | get Gap men's logo fleece hoodie → | tags: target, old navy, gap inc.

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Warsh speaks from Wyoming, Old Navy's new CEO, how Taylor Farms became so massive and more in Morning Squawk (cnbc.com)

2026-08-28 | by Alex Harring | get Kindle Paperwhite → | tags: federal reserve, old navy, gap inc

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Do You Live in One of These 15 States? Your Retirement Benefits Could Be Slashed by Over $500 a Month. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | by Jessica Thomas | tags: social security administration, old-age survivors insurance, crfb

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We Bought a $500 Counterfeit Rolex So Good, Even Rolex Didn’t Spot It (wired.com)

2026-08-19 | by Alistair Charlton | tags: rolex, counterfeit, swiss watch

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Mars Meteorite Found in Algeria Dates Back to a Previously Hidden Time (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: mars meteorite, algeria, red planet

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Archaeologists Think a 2,400-Year-Old Grave Belongs to an Ancient Greek Wrestler (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: ancient greek, archaeologists, greek wrestler

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Old Reddit a threat to AI data scraping, says platform, with changes coming (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-06 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: changes, old reddit, reddit

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Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: blog, changes, old reddit

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Old Reddit could be the next casualty of Reddit's war on AI scraping (engadget.com)

2026-08-05 | by Karissa Bell | tags: access, old reddit, reddit

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PC Prices Are So Bad Now, Companies Are Selling You Old Components Like New (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: gigabyte, pc components, upgrade

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Dolmenwood: Fantasy RPG built around the acclaimed Old-School Essentials rules (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: dolmenwood, old-school essentials, rpg

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Kagi Brings Back Old-School Search, One Human-Made Website at a Time (wired.com)

2026-07-24 | by David Nield | tags: kagi, search engine, old-web

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So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | by Cole K | tags: reddit, html, llm

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Want to add Android Auto to your old car? Here are two ways - including one that's under $20 (zdnet.com)

2026-07-20 | by Artie Beaty | tags: android auto, old phone, bluetooth adapter

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I Started a "Dirt Notebook" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: notebook, fountain pen, podcast

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2-Click Cursor Exploit Enables Dev Environment Takeover (darkreading.com)

2026-07-15 | tags: access, access developers, actors

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UK charges suspects linked to Russian Coms call spoofing platform (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-13 | tags: coms, russian, russian coms

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WSJ Reports on 'Hard-line Activists Ramping Up for the War With AI' (slashdot.org)

2026-07-12 | by Posted | tags: anti, anti ai, believe

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AOL’s Parent Company Just IPO’d. No, It’s Not 1992 (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-02 | get AOL Logo Mug → | tags: aol, ipo, italian company

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Reddit Will Require You To Log In To Use Old Reddit (slashdot.org)

2026-07-01 | get Reddit Old Reddit Login Guide → | tags: reddit, old.reddit.com, api

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Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-30 | get Reddit Premium Membership → | tags: reddit, old.reddit.com, api

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Show HN: My 13-year-old built an ant colony tracker (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | get Ant Farm Monitoring Kit → | tags: show hn, formicarium, ant colony

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Old Computer Challenge (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-27 | get Vintage Computer Kit → | tags: old computer challenge, irc.libera.chat, retro computing

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The brain region that could provide a cognitive ‘reservoir’ in old age (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-17 | get Neuroplasticity Brain Training Kit → | tags: brain region, cognitive reservoir, old age