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Even Black Holes Can Get Indigestion. Unsurprisingly, Their Farts Are ‘Massive’ Expulsions of Gas (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: black holes, gas expulsion, high-res imaging

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The Computational Theory of Mind (2015) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | by Rescorla | tags: computational theory of mind, cognitive science, neurophysiological description

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The Prospects for 128 Bit Processors ( John Mashey SGI 1995) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: sgi, 128-bit, drams

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Sony doubles down on axing physical game discs — CFO reiterates 'we’re going to cautiously move this forward' (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-01 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: playstation, sony, physical discs

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Sony’s Plan to Kill Physical PlayStation Discs Faces Gamer Backlash (cnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by Ajay Kumar | tags: playstation, sony, physical discs

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A third of physical PS5 games and half of Xbox Series discs need downloads to work properly, report shows (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Rob Thubron | tags: ps5, xbox series, physical discs

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Sony pushes forward with ditching discs, despite backlash (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: playstation, sony, digitalization

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The physics of fizz: why some bubbles are louder than others (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: physics, bubbles, internet explorer

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Physicists Solve a Muon Mystery. Now, Old Results Don't Add Up (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | by Matt Von Hippel | tags: muon g–2, brookhaven national laboratory, fermilab

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Microsoft still doesn't know why the Xbox outage stopped physical games from working (techspot.com)

2026-07-30 | by Rob Thubron | tags: xbox, microsoft, licensing service

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Microsoft still doesn't know why the Xbox outage stopped some physical games from working (techspot.com)

2026-07-30 | by Rob Thubron | tags: xbox, microsoft, licensing service

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Physicists Discover Previously Unknown Substance Born From Hiroshima Atomic Bombing (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: hiroshima, atomic bomb, physicists

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GPT-5.6 vs. Claude Fable 5 for Physical AI, which performs best? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: gpt-5.6, claude-fable-5, dyad harness

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Study: Dinosaurs were charbroiled after Chicxulub impact (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: chicxulub crater, iridium layers, asteroid impact

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‘Evil Dead Burn,’ the Year’s Grossest Horror Movie, Is Coming Home (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: evil dead, sam raimi, horror movie

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If digital computers are conscious, they are conscious at the hardware level (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: digital computers, consciousness, physicalist

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Are brain waves the next unlock for physical AI? (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-27 | by Tim Fernholz | tags: encord, zander labs, brain waves

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‘Supergirl’ Comes Home This Week (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-26 | tags: supergirl, tuesday, september

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Physicists turn particles in chaotic orbits into liquid computers — but this fluid hardware still trails memristor rivals (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-26 | by Luke James | tags: liquid computers, memristor reservoirs, chaotic orbits

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What Happens if You Cut a Photon in Half? The Answer Is Trippy (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: photon, quantum physics, light

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Show HN: Physically accurate black hole you can put in your room (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: black hole, physics, room decor

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What happens when you try to chop a photon in half? (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: photon reflection, quantum physics, arxiv.org

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The Anthropic-Physical Intelligence rumor roiling AI Twitter (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-22 | by Connie Loizos | tags: anthropic, physical intelligence, openai

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The Large Hadron Collider Is Getting Its Biggest Upgrade Yet. What Comes Next Could Change Physics (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: large hadron collider, particle accelerator, physics

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PartialString – A finite-difference time-domain physical modelling synthesiser (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: fdtd, partialstring, plucked string

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Sony's digital-only future angers fans, but physical PlayStation games are barely selling (techspot.com)

2026-07-21 | by Daniel Sims | tags: playstation, sony, circana

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Jelly UI: Soft-body physics for native HTML form controls (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: jelly ui, web components, soft-body physics

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CD sales are up 16%, but half the buyers don't even own a CD player (techspot.com)

2026-07-20 | by Shawn Knight | tags: sony, cd sales, luminate

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James Webb Space Telescope Discovers How Black Holes Feed Themselves (slashdot.org)

2026-07-19 | by Posted | tags: james webb telescope, black holes, space exploration

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We’re Underestimating the Power of ‘One-in-a-Thousand-Year’ Solar Storms, NASA Warns (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: nasa, solar storms, geophysical research