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Apple Music deal: Get the Family Plan free for three months

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-18 17:25:35

Apple Music is running a promo in which new subscribers can get three free months of the Family Plan tier. That's a savings of $51, which is nothing to sneeze at. After this lengthy free trial is up, it costs $17 per month. The Family Plan allows six different users to access the platform. It offers cross-device support and each user is tied to an Apple ID, so their favorite music won't mess with anyone else's algorithm. Apple Music actually topped our list of the best music streaming platform

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Optimizing ClickHouse for Intel's 280 core processors

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-19 20:46:03

This is a guest post from Jiebin Sun, Zhiguo Zhou, Wangyang Guo and Tianyou Li, performance optimization engineers at Intel Shanghai. Intel's latest processor generations are pushing the number of cores in a server to unprecedented levels - from 128 P-cores per socket in Granite Rapids to 288 E-cores per socket in Sierra Forest, with future roadmaps targeting 200+ cores per socket. These numbers multiply on multi-socket systems, such servers may consist of 400 and more cores. The paradigm of "m

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House committee asks Discord, Valve, Twitch and Reddit to testify on online radicalization

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-20 01:41:00

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has asked the CEOs of Discord, Twitch, Valve and Reddit to testify at a hearing on online radicalization. The hearing will be held on October 8, 2025, and is in direct response to the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk, an event some have tried to connect to the online communities the alleged shooter, Tyler Robinson, participated in. "Congress has a duty to oversee the online platforms that radicals have u

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The Outsiders is a beautiful new exercise app from the developers of Gentler Streak

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-18 07:17:58

I’ve written before about how Gentler Streak is by far my favorite exercise app due to its human-first approach to exercise. Today, the developers behind the app are introducing The Outsiders, which takes the same approach to high-level training. Here’s what it looks like A familiar approach to performance training Gentler Streak is an App Store favorite because, instead of taking the standard “push-it-to-the-limit” attitude to exercise, it focuses on rewarding and recovering for a more pleasa

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VC giant Insight Partners warns thousands after ransomware breach

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-20 05:50:52

New York-based venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners is notifying thousands of individuals whose personal information was stolen in a ransomware attack. The company disclosed the cybersecurity incident in February, when it said that a threat actor gained access to its network following a "sophisticated social engineering attack." Two months later, Insight Partners confirmed that the attackers had also stolen sensitive data during the breach, including banking and tax informa

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Event Horizon Labs (YC W24) Is Hiring

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 05:00:05

At Event Horizon Labs, we’re building an autonomous system that turns raw compute and data directly into alpha, executing without the friction or bias of human emotion. What You’ll Build High-Concurrency Pipelines Architect infrastructure that seamlessly handles thousands of concurrent requests , ensuring consistent performance even at peak load. Architect infrastructure that seamlessly handles , ensuring consistent performance even at peak load. Robust, Fault-Tolerant Systems Build reliabl

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Slow social media

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-19 23:57:58

Slow social media 16 Sep, 2025 People often assume that I hate social media. And they'd be forgiven for believing that, since I am overtly critical of current social media platforms and the effects they have on individuals and society; and deleted all of my social media accounts back in 2019. However, the underlying concept of social media is something I resonate with: Stay connected with the people you care about. It's just that the current form of social media is bastardised, and not socia

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Stategraph: Terraform state as a distributed systems problem

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 06:38:17

Why We're Building Stategraph: Terraform State as a Distributed Systems Problem TL;DR why-stategraph.tldr $ cat why-stategraph.tldr • Terraform state shows distributed coordination issues but uses file primitives. • File blob (100% read/lock) vs. change cone (~3%). • Stategraph → graph state, ACID transactions, subgraph isolation. The Terraform ecosystem has spent a decade working around a fundamental architectural mismatch: we're using filesystem semantics to solve a distributed systems probl

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Why We're Building Stategraph: Terraform State as a Distributed Systems Problem

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 07:38:17

Why We're Building Stategraph: Terraform State as a Distributed Systems Problem TL;DR why-stategraph.tldr $ cat why-stategraph.tldr • Terraform state shows distributed coordination issues but uses file primitives. • File blob (100% read/lock) vs. change cone (~3%). • Stategraph → graph state, ACID transactions, subgraph isolation. The Terraform ecosystem has spent a decade working around a fundamental architectural mismatch: we're using filesystem semantics to solve a distributed systems probl

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Normal-order syntax-rules and proving the fix-point of call/cc

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-18 01:41:15

Normal-order direct-style beta-evaluator with syntax-rules, and the repeated applications of call/cc The presentation at the Workshop ``Daniel P. Friedman: A Celebration.'' December 4, 2004. Bloomington, IN Normal-order direct-style beta-evaluator with syntax-rules, and the repeated applications of call/cc Repeated applications of call/cc , formally , formally Normal-order direct-style beta-normalizer as syntax-rules Use (2) to prove (1) A few less common examples The title of the talk, i

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Murex – An intuitive and content aware shell for a modern command line

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 10:32:17

Murex carries tons of unique features. Some highlights include... Content Aware Native support for manipulating data formats such as JSON, YAML, CSV, and others. This allows for seamless integration and manipulation of data in various formats. Data types can be explicitly cast and reformatted, but also inferred if preferred. Expressions Smarter handling of variables and expressions to avoid accidental bugs caused by spaces or incorrect syntax. Resulting in a more reliable and predictable

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Slow Social Media

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 10:57:58

Slow social media 16 Sep, 2025 People often assume that I hate social media. And they'd be forgiven for believing that, since I am overtly critical of current social media platforms and the effects they have on individuals and society; and deleted all of my social media accounts back in 2019. However, the underlying concept of social media is something I resonate with: Stay connected with the people you care about. It's just that the current form of social media is bastardised, and not socia

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Mother of All Demos (1968)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-22 15:18:19

SUMMARY Douglas Engelbart's 1968 "Mother of All Demos" at SRI showcased interactive computing innovations, including the mouse debut, hypertext, real-time editing, and collaborative tools, envisioning augmented human intellect. STATEMENTS The Augmented Human Intellect Research Center at Stanford Research Institute has pursued computer systems that enhance intellectual work by providing instant responsiveness to user actions throughout the day. The demo features a computer mouse that controls

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Looking for an laptop with an OLED? Here's one I recommend (and it's on sale)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-09-23 01:07:00

Asus Vivobook S 15 ZDNET's key takeaways The Vivobook S 15, Asus' first Copilot+ PC, is currently on sale on Amazon for $1,069. It's sleek and lightweight with a gorgeous 120Hz OLED display, great battery life, and snappy performance. Users could run into the usual compatibility issues seen on Arm-compatible devices, and battery settings should be managed to get the most out of its longevity. View now at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Asus' first Copilot+ PC wit

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Mother of All Demos

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-23 01:18:19

SUMMARY Douglas Engelbart's 1968 "Mother of All Demos" at SRI showcased interactive computing innovations, including the mouse debut, hypertext, real-time editing, and collaborative tools, envisioning augmented human intellect. STATEMENTS The Augmented Human Intellect Research Center at Stanford Research Institute has pursued computer systems that enhance intellectual work by providing instant responsiveness to user actions throughout the day. The demo features a computer mouse that controls

Topics: computer human information like shared

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TikTok deal to include new investors with ByteDance; Oracle to keep cloud agreement, sources say

cnbc.com David Faber Ashley Capoot 2025-09-23 05:47:11

The upcoming framework agreement for the social media platform TikTok will include new investors as well as existing investors in the platform's Chinese parent company ByteDance, sources told CNBC's David Faber. The deal is expected to close in the next 30 to 45 days, according to the sources, who asked not to be named because the details of the negotiations are confidential. As part of the agreement, Oracle will keep its cloud deal with the platform, the people said. "Where this thing is capi

Topics: chinese deal platform said tiktok

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Apple Music deal: New subscribers can get the Family Plan free for three months

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-23 05:15:35

Apple Music is running a promo in which new subscribers can get three free months of the Family Plan tier. That's a savings of $51, which is nothing to sneeze at. After this lengthy free trial is up, it costs $17 per month. The Family Plan allows six different users to access the platform. It offers cross-device support and each user is tied to an Apple ID, so their favorite music won't mess with anyone else's algorithm. Apple Music actually topped our list of the best music streaming platform

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Just Use HTML

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-23 04:45:58

September 10, 2025 Just use HTML I’ve worked on so many projects recently that were more complicated than they needed to be because they used JavaScript to generate HTML. JavaScript is… Slower to load Slower to run More prone to breaking Harder to read and reason about Doesn’t actually look like the final output It’s inferior to just using HTML in nearly every way. I’m not saying never use JavaScript, though. I think JS is great at augmenting and enhancing what’s already there, and addi

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Apple @ Work Podcast: Parallels Desktop 26 makes it easier for IT to deploy and manage virtual machines

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2025-09-23 17:00:00

Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & protect Apple devices at work. Over 45,000 organizations trust Mosyle to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost. Request your EXTENDED TRIAL today and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work with

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Disney and Webtoon’s Partnership Is Leading to a Massive New Comics App

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-24 01:15:00

Last month, Webtoon announced a major new deal with Disney to bring a litany of original licensed stories and past comics from across Marvel’s library to the scrolling format that has made Webtoon a significant force in the comics space. Today, however, the two companies confirmed that those plans are actually much, much bigger. Today Webtoon Entertainment confirmed that Disney would be acquiring a 2% equity interest in the company as part of a non-binding term sheet that will also see the two

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Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday

cnbc.com Samantha Subin Jordan Novet Chris Eudaily 2025-09-25 00:41:52

The U.S. and China have reached a "framework" deal for social media platform TikTok, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday. "It's between two private parties, but the commercial terms have been agreed upon," he said from U.S.-China talks in Madrid. Both President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Friday to discuss the terms. Trump also said in a Truth Social post Monday that a deal was reached "on a 'certain' company that young people in our Country very much wante

Topics: china deal platform said trade

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A string formatting library in 65 lines of C++

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-25 00:51:28

In this write-up, I will walk you through an implementation of a string formatting library for C++ I came up with for my video game. The end result came out really compact, at only 65 lines of code—providing a skeleton that can be supplemented with additional functionality at low cost. Usage Given a format buffer… char buffer [ 64 ] ; String_Buffer buf = { str , sizeof str } ; …the fmt::format function provided by this library can be called with a format string parameter, containing the char

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NY could force TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram to roll out age verification

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-25 01:16:15

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. A New York law could require social media platforms to implement age verification. On Monday, New York Attorney General Letitia James released the proposed rules for the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) For Kids Act, which would force platforms to confirm that someone is over 18 before allowing them to access an algorithm-driven feed or nigh

Topics: age kids platforms rules social

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Being Underweight Might Be Deadlier Than Being Overweight

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-09-25 05:20:38

If asked whether one would prefer to be too skinny or fat, chances are most people would reply that they’d rather be too skinny. Distorted standards of beauty and their propagation on social media are certainly to blame for this, in addition to the knowledge that being overweight typically brings along a host of health risks. A new study, however, suggests that being too thin can actually be deadlier. Researchers used health data to investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and

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Stop waiting on NVD — get real-time vulnerability alerts now

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-25 09:01:11

In today’s fast-paced digital environment, cybersecurity is no longer optional - it’s essential. Vulnerability management has become a core component of every security strategy and keeping track of vulnerability alerts is an issue facing many businesses. It doesn’t take much for even a small business to have hundreds, if not thousands of software across their systems. With nearly 10% of vulnerabilities exploited in 2024, a business could easily have dozens of possible breaches in the offing if

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Read to forget

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-25 09:23:12

Read to Forget 05 Jul, 2025 I read to forget. Even when studying or working on papers for a PhD, I approach texts with the same mindset: I'm not a storage device that needs to save all bits of information. I am more of a system of Bayesian beliefs, constantly evolving and updating in small, incremental steps. I remember co-workers highlighting large chunks of text, sometimes 40%. That doesn't make sense to me. We can only read a text once, given the number of compelling works and the limited

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Decentralized YouTube alternative adds livestream scheduling in new release

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-25 23:27:34

PeerTube is a decentralized alternative to YouTube that doesn't believe in harvesting user data and pushing people into echo chambers via a proprietary algorithm. Built on open standards and federation, it lets communities host and share video without depending on a central server. Earlier this year, the project asked for donations to improve its mobile app and help them reach certain funding goals. The developers made it clear that improving the mobile experience was a key priority, and commun

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Models of European metro stations

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-25 08:00:44

Alicante Alicante's rapid transit system is called TRAM, which is a train-tram and is operated by FGV, owned by the Valencian regional government. This system has an underground line in the city center, with three stations on it. The layout consists with one or two mezzanines on level -1 and two side or one island platforms at level -2. Luceros and Mercado stations have direct connection with the underground parking lots, which are located above the TRAM tunnel. Amsterdam Metro services in Amst

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This Apple Music promotion gives new subscribers three free months of the Family Plan

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-25 19:36:26

Apple Music is running a promo in which new subscribers can get three free months of the Family Plan tier. That's a savings of $51, which is nothing to sneeze at. After this lengthy free trial is up, it costs $17 per month. The Family Plan allows six different users to access the platform. It offers cross-device support and each user is tied to an Apple ID, so their favorite music won't mess with anyone else's algorithm. Apple Music actually topped our list of the best music streaming platform

Topics: apple deals family music platform

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Models of European Metro Stations

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-25 18:00:44

Alicante Alicante's rapid transit system is called TRAM, which is a train-tram and is operated by FGV, owned by the Valencian regional government. This system has an underground line in the city center, with three stations on it. The layout consists with one or two mezzanines on level -1 and two side or one island platforms at level -2. Luceros and Mercado stations have direct connection with the underground parking lots, which are located above the TRAM tunnel. Amsterdam Metro services in Amst

Topics: level line platforms station stations

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Apple Music deal: Get the Family Plan free for three months

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TikTok deal to include new investors with ByteDance; Oracle to keep cloud agreement, sources say

Apple Music deal: New subscribers can get the Family Plan free for three months

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Disney and Webtoon’s Partnership Is Leading to a Massive New Comics App

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