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A graphical desktop for the ZX Spectrum (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-19 | get ZX Spectrum Next computer → | tags: zx spectrum, z80 assembly, gem desktop

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Gen Z doesn’t trust anyone—especially their bosses, data shows (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: gen z, workplace trust, washington university in st. louis

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Veronese's Dogs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: veronese, dogs in art, dominican order

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UK universities are on the brink — what is their greatest source of stress? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-14 | by Yates | tags: uk universities, higher-education, student uptake

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Elon Musk Is So Mad About This New Documentary That He’s Threatening Legal Action (futurism.com)

2026-09-11 | by Frank Landymore | get Elon Musk Walter Isaacson book → | tags: elon musk, alex gibney, jigsaw productions

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Book Excerpt: Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Exit Party’ Imagines a Future Where a Spy Could Disappear (wired.com)

2026-09-10 | by Emily St. John Mandel | get Sea of Tranquility Emily St. John Mandel → | tags: emily st. john mandel, exit party, internal intelligence service

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Excerpt: Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Exit Party’ Imagines a Future Where a Spy Could Disappear (wired.com)

2026-09-10 | by Emily St. John Mandel | get Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel paperback → | tags: emily st. john mandel, exit party, internal intelligence service

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This Family Has Been in the Hospitality Business for 100 Years. They Say One Piece of Common Workplace Advice Is Dead Wrong. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-01 | by Shawn P. Walchef | get Setting the Table Danny Meyer book → | tags: hospitality, family business, jon spiteri

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Volcanoes that made history (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-25 | get Krakatoa The Day the World Exploded Simon Winchester → | tags: volcanoes, history, eruption

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2 Sisters Started a Business That Soothes Babies. It Went Viral and Made $5.3 Million Last Year: ‘Living the American Dream.’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | by Amanda Breen | tags: pacifier, joy williams, heating and cooling

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St Lucie Nuclear Reactor Unit 1 manually shutdown, 3 control rods drop into core (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | by Emma Romano | tags: st lucie nuclear power plant, control rods, nuclear regulatory commission

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PBS Station Sues to Regain Access to 70 Years of Archival TV History (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: pbs, st. louis, cloud storage

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Why Addresses Have Numbers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | by Ali Mujtuba Zaidi | tags: house numbers, address systems, urban planning

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Atari ST Public Floppy Database now open for everyone — online archive originally designed for ST flash cart packed with classics and homebrew (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Mark Tyson | tags: atari, atari st, database

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The Stoxx 600 just hit a record high – here's what's driving the pan-European index (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Joseph Wilkins | tags: stoxx 600, euronext nv, semiconductors

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Decades-old fish sauce at abandoned factory in Canada finally being removed (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Giri Nathan | tags: fish sauce, newfoundland and labrador, st. mary's

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The Abandoned Fish Sauce Terrorizing a Small Canadian Town (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Giri Nathan | tags: fish sauce, newfoundland and labrador, fish sludge

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Voters Are Being Inundated by a Barrage of AI-Generated Election Ads (futurism.com)

2026-07-25 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: ai-generated ads, spencer pratt, election technology

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Sperm Whales blow bubbles to achieve restful, vertical sleep (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | by Ruth Sanderson | tags: sperm whales, university of st andrews, université de neuchâtel

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Even Mild Sleep Deprivation May Lead to Weight Gain (wired.com)

2026-07-20 | by Ritsuko Kawai | tags: sleep deprivation, columbia university, vagelos school of medicine

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Everyone Blames AI for the Gen Z Job Crisis. The Fed Says Not So Fast. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-02 | by Jonathan Small | get AI Job Market Guide → | tags: federal reserve, job market, gen z

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Hatari – Online Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon Emulator (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | get Hatari Emulator Software → | tags: atari, hatari, emulator

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Traditional Home Insurance Is Collapsing. Here’s What Could Fill the Gap (wired.com)

2026-06-16 | by Katie Thornton | get Smart Home Security System → | tags: home insurance, flood management, east st. louis

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Unreleased Pixel Watch 5 Leak Makes a Splash After Underwater Recovery (cnet.com)

2026-06-02 | by See Full Bio | get Smartwatch Waterproof Case → | tags: pixel watch 5, google, scuba diving

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Randy Pitchford says his friend found an unannounced Pixel Watch 5 in the sea (engadget.com)

2026-06-01 | by Kris Holt | get Google Pixel Watch 5 → | tags: google pixel watch 5, gearbox software, borderlands

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A Pixel Watch 5 pulled from the ocean just became tech’s weirdest leak (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-01 | get Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 → | tags: pixel watch 5, google, st. martin

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Veteran programmer finishes retro game sequel and publishes it after 37 years — Colin Porch started Head Over Heels home computer title in 1989, but it was shelved due to console pivot (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-27 | by Mark Tyson | get Retro Gaming Console Kit → | tags: head over heels, ocean software, atari st

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This $25,000 Robot Looks Right Out of Star Wars (cnet.com)

2026-05-03 | by See Full Bio | get Star Wars Themed Robot Kit → | tags: limx dynamics, tron 1, star wars

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Small Missouri town ousts half its city council after $6 billion AI data center approval — petition calls for mayor's removal as frustration (and violence) over AI data centers mounts (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-13 | by Jake Roach | tags: festus, ai data centers, prince george's county

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The case for banning cookie banners (theverge.com)

2026-04-07 | by David Pierce | get Cookie Banner Blocker Extension → | tags: cookie banners, vergecast, google maps