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Quake changed gaming forever 30 years ago today — seminal title established online multiplayer culture and made 3D graphics accelerators essential PC components (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-22 | by Mark Tyson | tags: quake, id software, 3d graphics

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Intel and AMD's new ACE CPU extensions bring an efficient AI-oriented instruction set to x86 — a new design makes matrix multiplication more power- and density-efficient (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-20 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Intel Core i9 Processor → | tags: intel, amd, ace cpu extensions

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5 counterintuitive tips for working more effectively (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-20 | get Pomodoro Technique Timer → | tags: melissa swift, effective, book

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How to Pass the Software Professional Certification Level 1 Exam (computer.org)

2026-06-19 | tags: ieee computer society, software professional certification, entry-level software engineering

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AI Compute Extensions (ACE) Specification (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | get AI Compute Extensions (ACE) Kit → | tags: ace, avx, x86

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[x86] AI Compute Extensions (ACE) Specification (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | get Intel Xeon Scalable Processor → | tags: x86, ace, avx

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Inference cost at scale with napkin math (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | tags: gpu, llm, napkin math

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Phishing Attack Volume Down 20%, But Risk Still Rising (darkreading.com)

2026-06-12 | get Phishing Awareness Training Course → | tags: ai upgrade, attacks, attacks multiply

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Phishing Attack Volume Down 20%, but Risk Still Rising (darkreading.com)

2026-06-12 | get Phishing Awareness Training Course → | tags: ai upgrade, attacks, attacks multiplying

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They’re made out of weights (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-03 | get Adjustable Dumbbell Set → | tags: chatgpt, weights, linear algebra

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"They're made out of weights" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-03 | get Adjustable Dumbbell Set → | tags: chatgpt, neural networks, weights

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The Star Fox remake is a test for the franchise's future (engadget.com)

2026-06-02 | by Sam Rutherford | get Star Fox Nintendo Switch Game → | tags: star fox, switch 2, joy-con

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The best PS4 emulator just got its biggest update, including local multiplayer (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-02 | get PlayStation 4 Emulator Software → | tags: shadps4, playstation 4, emulator

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Show HN: Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-28 | tags: hallucinate, multiplayer, rave

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Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-28 | tags: massively multiplayer online, rave, hallucinates

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Confidence Scores for Exam Questions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-25 | by No Magic Pill | get Exam Question Confidence Analyzer → | tags: brier scores, multiple-choice, exam questions

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The Forgotten Art of the LAN Party (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-23 | by Nov | get Portable Gaming LAN Kit → | tags: lan party, crt monitors, network switch

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Dead by Daylight is finally adding Jason from Friday the 13th (engadget.com)

2026-05-23 | by Kris Holt | get Friday the 13th Jason Figure → | tags: jason voorhees, friday the 13th, behaviour interactive

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Show HN: Hocuspocus 4 – self-hosted Yjs collaboration backend (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-20 | get Yjs Collaboration Server → | tags: hocuspocus, yjs, tiptap

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Figma’s new agentic design tool is like getting an ultra-fast coworker (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-20 | get Figma Design Plugin → | tags: figma, agentic design, digital assistants

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Xbox fans want exclusives, more backward compatibility, and free online multiplayer (theverge.com)

2026-05-19 | by Tom Warren | get Xbox Game Pass Ultimate → | tags: xbox, microsoft, xbox series x

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RISC-V and Floating-Point (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | get RISC-V Floating-Point Emulator → | tags: risc-v, floating-point, ieee-754

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RISC-V and Floating Point (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | get RISC-V Floating Point Emulator → | tags: risc-v, ieee-754, floating-point

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Elon Musk Explains Why the SpaceX Board Must Be Powerless to Fire Him (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-16 | get SpaceX Official Board Pin → | tags: spacex, elon musk, board

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My Favorite Bugs: Invalid Surrogate Pairs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-16 | by Mandis | get Unicode Character Encoding Guide → | tags: prosemirror, yjs, emoji

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Set your 2026 graduate up for financial success: 3 practical tips (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-16 | get Financial literacy book for grads → | tags: oh the places you'll go, graduation, financial success

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Bryan Johnson’s New List of Adorably Obvious Longevity Tips Shows He’s Come a Long Way (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-15 | get Longevity Health Monitoring Kit → | tags: bryan johnson, longevity, biohacking

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Math Jokes in Alice in Wonderland (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | get Alice in Wonderland Math Puzzle Book → | tags: alice in wonderland, charles lutwidge dodgson, mathematics

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Training an LLM in Swift, Part 1: Taking matrix mult from Gflop/s to Tflop/s (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-10 | by Matt Gallagher | get Swift for TensorFlow Guide → | tags: apple silicon, large language model, matrix multiplication

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Pentagon releases UFO files on new website (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-08 | by Sarah Perez | get UFO Sightings Notebook → | tags: pentagon, ufo files, war.gov