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I tried to love ‘second brain’ apps. Here’s why I abandoned them — and what I’m using instead (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: notion, obsidian, tana

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DARPA heavy lift challenge ends with winner at a 3.84:1 payload to weight ratio (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | by Haye Kesteloo | tags: darpa, avidrone, katana

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LLMs won't break symmetric crypto (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jp Aumasson | tags: attack, attacks, cryptanalysis

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Montana’s plan to become an experimental medical hub just pushed forward (technologyreview.com)

2026-07-30 | by Jessica Hamzelou | tags: montana, fda, longevity

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Some thoughts about Anthropic's new cryptanalysis results (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | by Matthew Green | tags: anthropic, cryptanalysis, hawk

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Tariffs didn’t bring manufacturing jobs back to the US (theverge.com)

2026-07-27 | by Nilay Patel | tags: altana, supply chain, tariffs

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Why Sony can't bring back its classic Walkman models (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: sony, walkman, akira tanaka

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Crazed enthusiast runs PC on 192 AA batteries, successfully boots into Hannah Montana Linux — System is stable during stress testing and even plays FreeDoom (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-19 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: hannah montana linux, aa batteries, uwoslab

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Hannah Montana Linux gets modern remaster after nearly two decades — ‘Sweet niblets,’ new v26 is built on Debian with a re-skin of KDE Plasma (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Mark Tyson | tags: cagle, hannah, hannah montana

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Understanding lattice risks: Many differences between marketing and reality (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | get Lattice Risk Management Software → | tags: lattice cryptography, module-lwe, cryptanalysis

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MSI's Katana 15 is a solid midrange gaming laptop and it's 15% off during Prime Day (zdnet.com)

2026-06-25 | by Cesar Cadenas | get MSI Katana 15 Gaming Laptop → | tags: msi, katana 15, prime day

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Clive Davis, legendary music mogul, has died at 94 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-22 | get Music Mogul Tribute Book → | tags: clive davis, janis joplin, whitney houston

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Giant Banana Pulled Over: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s of Times (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | get Banana Car Air Freshener → | tags: big banana car, montana police, cowboy state daily

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Giant Banana Pulled over in Montana Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s Times (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | get Giant Banana Costume → | tags: big banana car, montana police, cowboy state daily

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Pwnd Blaster: Hacking your PC using your speaker without ever touching it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-03 | by Author | tags: creative sound blaster katana v2x, ctp protocol, reverse engineering

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Hacking your PC using your speaker without ever touching it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-03 | by Author | get USB Microphone with Noise Cancellation → | tags: creative sound blaster, katana v2x, usb protocol

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Jonathan Franzen on Talent, Theatre, and His Next Novel (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-01 | by Deborah Treisman | tags: shakespeare, butte montana, novel-in-progress

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She has 400,000 Instagram followers and major brand deals. She’s also AI (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-22 | get AI Influencer Kit → | tags: aitana lopez, instagram, ai-generated influencers

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Get ready for the whisper-filled office of the future (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-10 | by Anthony Ha | get Smart Office Voice Assistant → | tags: wispr, gusto, tanay kothari

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Disney Is Going to Try and Make Live-Action ‘Casper’ Happen Again (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-30 | get Casper the Friendly Ghost Plush → | tags: disney, casper, mortal kombat

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The predictable failure of the QDay Prize (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | by Craig Gidney | tags: quantum cryptanalysis, shor’s algorithm, quantum error correction

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Japanese Man Sentenced For Posting ‘Godzilla’ Spoilers Online (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-21 | get Godzilla Collectible Figure → | tags: godzilla, watanabe, tokyo court

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Dark Matter May Be Made of Black Holes From Another Universe (wired.com)

2026-04-16 | by Jorge Garay | get Black Hole Universe Model Kit → | tags: dark matter, primordial black holes, cosmic bounce

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Breaking Enigma with Index of Coincidence on a Commodore 64 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-31 | get Commodore 64 Programming Book → | tags: enigma, index of coincidence, commodore 64

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When to Stream Hannah Montana's 20th Anniversary Special on Disney Plus (cnet.com)

2026-03-23 | by See Full Bio | get Hannah Montana DVD Collection → | tags: disney plus, hannah montana, miley cyrus

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Montana passes Right to Compute act (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-14 | by Staff Writer | get Montana Tech Policy Book → | tags: montana right to compute act, frontier institute, artificial intelligence

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Gitana 18: the new flying Ultim trimaran (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-13 | tags: gitana 18, america's cup ac75s, maxi edmond de rothschild

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'Marshals': When Is Episode 2 Coming to Paramount Plus? (cnet.com)

2026-03-08 | by See Full Bio | get Streaming Device → | tags: cbs, paramount plus, yellowstone

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Walmart slices $200 off the price of MSI's RTX 5070-powered Katana 15 HX — get crisp visuals and a 165Hz QHD display for just $1299 (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-02 | by Stewart Bendle | get MSI → | tags: deals, gaming, katana

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US Black Hawk helicopter trespasses on private Montana ranch to grab elk antlers (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-09 | get Antler → | tags: antlers, elk antlers, helicopter