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Building an Advanced Agentic Harness (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: content email, email, email subscribe

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Score all the essentials of a great gaming PC for only $983.98 — $155 savings nets 9800X3D, 1TB Samsung 9100 SSD, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, Asus B850 motherboard, and free MSI AIO (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-05 | by Joe Shields | tags: combo, deals, fastest

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Trump’s AI testing plan is limited and vague (theverge.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: trump administration, open models, ai testing framework

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WhatsApp beta for Mac tests flexible update schedules (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-03 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: whatsapp, mac, wabetainfo

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How to Reclaim Authenticity in a Data-Obsessed Digital World (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | by Goran Paun | tags: data, a/b testing, dashboards

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The Diarrhea Lettuce Is Officially Killing People (futurism.com)

2026-08-03 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: cyclosporiasis, cyclospora cayetanensis, cdc

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The Number of Regular People Being Arrested for Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding (futurism.com)

2026-08-03 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: data centers, protests, tech companies

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EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | by Linux Phone | tags: age verification, hardware-bound attestation, android

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Don't credit the LLM (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: llm, openai, support requests

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Lost one-of-a-kind Nintendo DS cartridge hits eBay for $9,100 — PokePark Fishing Contest designed to delete itself after 12 hours, game so rare it was only distributed to theme park attendees in 2005 (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-01 | by Mark Tyson | tags: nintendo ds, pokepark fishing contest, ebay auction

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Orca-Bench: How Ready Are Language Model Agents for Oncall? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: orca-bench, language model agents, oncall

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Data Byte: This router's signal strength beat most competitors in our lab test (zdnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by Allison Murray | tags: router, signal strength, zdnet

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Slow downloads? These tweaks could speed up your router (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Adnan Ahmed | tags: speedtest, wifi router, 5ghz band

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‘Vampire: The Masquerade’ 6th Edition Emerges From the Shadows (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: vampire the masquerade, alpha playtest, white wolf

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Wild Footage Shows Man Blocking Flock Camera With Comically Gigantic Protest Sign (futurism.com)

2026-07-30 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, surveillance cameras

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Pgtestdb's template cloning approach to testing is fast (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | by Brandur Leach | tags: pgtestdb, postgresql, template databases

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How much can you delegate to agents? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | by Jina Yoon | tags: agents, delegation, stamphog

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Intestinal stem cells count to eight divisions to maintain cell ratios (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by De Navascués | tags: drosophila, intestinal stem cells, cell division

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The past and future impact of climate change on childhood malaria in Africa (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Carlson | tags: malaria, p. falciparum, sub-saharan africa

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Intestinal stem cells count self-renewal divisions to switch multipotency (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Tong | tags: intestinal stem cells, drosophila midgut, notch signaling

21.

Toolcraft (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: toolcraft, codex, claude

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Deflock Casa Grande (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: city hall, camera system, police monitoring

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Mystery reviewer 'finds' Nvidia RTX Spark prototype laptop and puts it through its paces — Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia N1X chip shows promise, though prototype warts are still quite visible (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: nvidia rtx spark, microsoft surface laptop ultra, n1x chip

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Rear center fuel tank adds roughly 20k liters and extends range by 1k NM (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: a350-1000ulr, qantas, airbus

25.

I'm 38 and I Can't Support Myself Anymore (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: disability, substack, protestant work ethic

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The Author of Clean Code No Longer Reviews AI-Generated Code (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: clean code, robert martin, ai-generated code

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We Tested Nonstick Cookware: Coatings Don't Need to Look Worn to Shed Particles (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: nonstick cookware, nonstick coatings, shed particles

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How to make Google Maps and Apple Maps show you the actual fastest route, every time (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: google maps, apple maps, fastest route

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WhatsApp testing new message bubbles on iOS (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-24 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: whatsapp, liquid glass, imessage

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Pip install Postgres – no Docker/Brew/apt (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: postgresql, python, postgresql-binaries