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Writers Are Going to Extremes to Prove They Didn’t Use AI (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-06 | get AI Detection Software Tool → | tags: writers, ai detection, the office

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Pen pal programs endure in a digital age (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-06 | get Letter Writing Kit → | tags: ap news, google, pen pal programs

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How do I inform Windows that I'm writing a binary file? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | by Raymond Chen | get Hexadecimal Editor Software → | tags: windows, binary mode, ms-dos

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Stick It to Jeff Bezos by Turning Your Defunct Kindle Into the World’s Worst Typewriter (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-30 | get Kindle to Typewriter Conversion Kit → | tags: kindle, jeff bezos, e-waste

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Does Postgres Scale? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | get PostgreSQL Scaling Guide → | tags: postgres, aws rds, workflow

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Writer launches AI agents that can act without prompts, taking on Amazon, Microsoft and Salesforce (venturebeat.com)

2026-04-30 | get AI Agent Development Kit → | tags: writer, salesforce, google drive

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I Replaced Microsoft 365 With This Free Program, and I'm Happy With the Switch (cnet.com)

2026-04-30 | by See Full Bio | get LibreOffice Office Suite → | tags: microsoft 365, libreoffice, the document foundation

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That UL safety logo is a lot more complicated than it looks (theverge.com)

2026-04-27 | by Nilay Patel | get UL Safety Certification Sticker → | tags: ul solutions, underwriters laboratories, ul 3115

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The Knight Programming Language (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | get Knight Programming Language Book → | tags: knight programming language, knight, implementation

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XOXO Festival Archive (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-24 | get XOXO Festival T-Shirt → | tags: xoxo festival, writers, game developers

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College instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-18 | by Jocelyn Gecker Ap Education Writer | get Royal Typewriter Classic → | tags: typewriters, cornell university, ai-written work

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Connie Converse was a folk-music genius. Then she vanished (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | get Connie Converse Vinyl Record → | tags: connie converse, folk music, brooklyn

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Gen Z Sabotaging AI at Work So It Won’t Take Their Job (futurism.com)

2026-04-12 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Safety and Ethics Book → | tags: writer, workplace intelligent, ai chatbots

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Sierra’s Bret Taylor says the era of clicking buttons is over (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-09 | by Marina Temkin | get Smart Button Controller → | tags: sierra, ghostwriter, nordstrom

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Failing to use AI at work could cost you your job (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-07 | get AI Work Automation Kit → | tags: writer, workplace intelligence, enterprise ai

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Marvel’s ‘X-Men’ Movie Has Found Some New Writers (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-07 | get X-Men Movie Poster → | tags: marvel, x-men, the batman

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AI Forces College Professor to Get Typewriters for Entire Class (futurism.com)

2026-04-04 | by Frank Landymore | get Mechanical Typewriter Set → | tags: typewriters, cornell university, german language

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The Digital Leviathan (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-29 | by Renaud Beauchard | get Digital Leviathan Book → | tags: brownstone institute, writers, lawyers

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Let’s take a look at the retro tech making a comeback (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-28 | by Lauren Forristal | get Retro Gaming Console → | tags: freewrite, pomera, bumpboxx

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The Loneliness of a Room of One's Own (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | by Joanna Scutts | tags: virginia woolf, a room of one's own, women writers

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Wait—did Grimes just join LinkedIn? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-25 | get LinkedIn Profile Badge → | tags: grimes, linkedin, canadian singer-songwriter

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Writer wants to be the go-to AI tool kit for the enterprise (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-25 | get AI Enterprise Toolkit → | tags: writer, artificial intelligence, enterprise

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Want a Free Program to Replace Microsoft 365? Try This One (cnet.com)

2026-03-24 | by See Full Bio | get Microsoft Office Alternative Suite → | tags: microsoft 365, libreoffice, document foundation

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Column: Jensen Huang doesn’t need a new chip. He needs a new moat. (cnbc.com)

2026-03-19 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: ai generosity, building, building new

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Grammarly’s AI tool mimicked experts without their consent. Now it’s being sued (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-13 | get Grammarly Premium Writing Tool → | tags: grammarly, expert review, plagiarism

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Microsoft Creative Writer (1993) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-02 | get Word Processor → | tags: creative, creative writer, microsoft

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Firing Melissa Barrera Was Very Costly ‘Scream’ Decision (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-25 | get Streaming service → | tags: campbell, campbell paid, cost

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Pope tells priests to use their brains, not AI, to write homilies (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-23 | get Scripture → | tags: ai write, brains, brains ai

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Writers and Their Day Jobs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-22 | get Adobe InDesign → | tags: hours, melville, working

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What every compiler writer should know about programmers (Anton Ertl, 2015) [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-13 | get Compiler → | tags: anton, anton ertl, compiler