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Mon, Sep 7, 2026
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LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices notebookcheck.net
LG smart TVs use an invasive data collection system that monitors local networks and records audio even when the screen is off.
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Keep Our Servers Running blog.archive.org
The Internet Archive requires ongoing financial support from the public to maintain its massive digital library and ensure it remains free and independent.
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216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video] youtube.com
This page serves as a directory for YouTube's corporate and legal documentation.
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De-Brainrot Vacations devz.cl
Modern digital distractions and the ease of AI-driven productivity lead to a state of mental lethargy and a decline in deep thinking skills.
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Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003) techemails.com
Bill Gates expressed deep disappointment in the deteriorating usability of Windows and Microsoft's digital ecosystem, using his failed attempt to install Movie Maker as a case study.
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bzip3 github.com
BZip3 is designed as a modern successor to BZip2, offering significantly higher compression ratios and faster performance.
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WeatherNext 3 deepmind.google
WeatherNext 3 uses raw satellite imagery and an ensemble model approach to provide high-resolution, hourly global weather forecasts.
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Watch Los Angeles get built, one building at a time (1880–2026) lax-skyline.parcelscope.net
This interactive visualization maps every surviving building in Los Angeles by its construction date and height.
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Making a Python interpreter in 1024 bytes austinhenley.com
It is possible to create a functional, though highly limited, Python-like interpreter using only 1024 bytes of C code by prioritizing visual syntax and utilizing extreme code-golfing techniques.
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'You Can See Everything' Review: Nathan Fielder's Doc About Elizabeth Holmes variety.com
Nathan Fielder's documentary 'You Can See Everything' uses a surreal, meta-cinematic approach to examine the psychological makeup of Elizabeth Holmes.
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Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairability requirements theregister.com
Many smartphone manufacturers are failing to comply with European Union repairability regulations that require them to provide repair information and scores to consumers.
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This Month in Ladybird – August 2026 ladybird.org
The Ladybird browser project made significant strides in August 2026, focusing on improving engine performance, expanding media support, and enhancing security.
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Caltech Mathathon – first hackathon ever devoted to research level mathematics mathathonchallenge.com
Recent AI breakthroughs in solving long-standing mathematical conjectures prove that AI is now capable of high-level research.
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Leaving VMware just got harder after Broadcom pulled VDDK downloads virtualizationhowto.com
Broadcom has unexpectedly removed public access to the VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK), a critical library used by many third-party migration tools.
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Simple Is Not Small jyn.dev
True software simplicity is defined by decoupling rather than the size of the code or the individual tools used.
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Trusting-Trust Attack against an Entire Linux Distribution arxiv.org
The classic trusting-trust attack, previously thought to be limited to compilers, can be executed using simple binary manipulation of build utilities like GNU strip.
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Tiny $70 Xteink X3 e-reader theatlantic.com
The Xteink X3 e-reader succeeds because its credit-card-sized form factor makes reading frictionless and addictive, offering a viable alternative to smartphone doomscrolling.
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Icy Moons Are Ocean Worlds mceglowski.substack.com
Recent space missions and data analysis have revealed that many moons in the outer solar system are not frozen wastes but 'ocean worlds' with subsurface liquid water.
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Live map of public transport in Belgium openbaarvervoerbelgie.be
Belgium's public transport system is unified on a single live map for easier navigation.
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Programming is Art orchidfiles.com
Programming is not just a tool for producing software, but an art form for many developers who find intrinsic value in the process of coding.
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TiVo to charge money for skipping commercials in your own recordings cordcuttersnews.com
TiVo is removing the free one-button and automatic commercial skipping feature from its DVR service starting November 2, 2026.
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Babylonian Lamb Stew with Beets (1750–1730 BCE) babylonian-collection.yale.edu
Ancient Babylonian cuisine can be recreated in modern kitchens using specific ingredients like mutton, barley, and various aromatic herbs.
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A Tesla ran a stop sign and killed a man, Full Self-Driving/Autopilot was on electrek.co
A fatal accident involving a Tesla Model 3 that ran a stop sign was caused by a vehicle with its driver-assist system engaged, but Tesla redacted critical details from the official NHTSA report.
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Decoding the NEC V20 Microcode martypc.blogspot.com
The author successfully extracted and decoded the microcode of the NEC V20 CPU to enable cycle-accurate emulation in the MartyPC emulator.
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Speculative Decoding in vLLM on AMD GPUs vllm.ai
Speculative decoding increases LLM serving throughput by using a lightweight draft model to propose multiple future tokens that a larger target model verifies in a single pass.
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Please don't rearrange our shoes when we turn up, paramedics in Japan urge theguardian.com
Kanazawa firefighters are asking residents to stop rearranging the shoes of paramedics who enter their homes during emergencies.
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Is mathematics about to enter the conservatory? mbmccoy.dev
The rise of AI's ability to solve complex mathematical proofs suggests that the professional role of the mathematician is shifting from discovery to curation.
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I'm a seeing-eye dog for a computer claytonwramsey.com
Using LLMs to handle the visual debugging of robot code is currently inefficient and frustrating.
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Show HN: Interactive Tree of Life ptree.org
The Interactive Phylo Tree of Life is a complex data mapping tool designed to categorize biological organisms across a vast array of physical, behavioral, and ecological dimensions.
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The Dataflow Model Revisited vldb.org
The original Dataflow Model paper correctly identified the need to handle unbounded, out-of-order data without waiting for completeness.
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Show HN: GET Together – A social network where you don't need POST to Post gettogether.dev
Together is a minimalist social network that intentionally violates standard HTTP methods by using GET requests for all interactions, including posting and deleting.
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The NX bit is not just about security purplesyringa.moe
The author discovers that the NX (Non-Executable) bit on ARM architecture serves a critical functional purpose beyond security, specifically preventing system crashes caused by speculative instruction fetches.
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I Connected My Withings Body+ to Home Assistant with an ESP32 didac.dev
The author successfully bypassed the Withings cloud by using an ESP32 microcontroller to intercept weight and body composition data via Bluetooth.
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Show HN: Engrim – A universal, local-first SQLite memory engine for AI CLIs github.com
Engrim is a local-first SQLite memory engine designed to prevent context loss and attention dilution when switching between different AI coding agents and models.
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Every novel is boring until it isn't publicbooks.org
Reading a novel often begins with a period of boredom or lack of investment, but most readers eventually hit a 'volta'—a subjective turning point where the story becomes compulsive and rewarding.
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Whistle Synth Mac App jefftk.com
Integrating Large Language Models like Claude and Gemini into the development process allows developers to rapidly iterate on complex audio engineering tasks and navigate bureaucratic app store submissions.
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Impedance Matching (2017) edge.org
Impedance matching is a fundamental physical concept where a system is modified to allow energy to flow more efficiently between two different mediums or components.
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Finding a bug in Dummit and Foote's Abstract Algebra kallus.org
A common mathematical claim that a function is injective if and only if it has a left inverse is not universally true because of the empty set.
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Macbeth and His Problems porticoquarterly.com
Staging Macbeth is notoriously difficult because the script contains inherent gaps in magic, tone, and character motivation that require a production to actively fill.
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Reverse engineering the storage format for an undocumented database blog.glazer.ee
Recovering data from legacy CronosPro database files is challenging because the proprietary binary format uses complex, position-dependent byte-substitution (KOD) tables and version-specific compression.
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My practical approach to surfing the web safely molily.de
Safe web browsing requires a tiered approach using multiple browsers to balance security, privacy, and website compatibility.
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Replaceable but Employed: Automation and the Meaning of Work nber.org
Automation can harm workers by stripping away the psychological meaning of their jobs even when they are not actually replaced.
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Decapitating a MacBook (2025) mm-dev.rocks
The author transforms a cheap, smashed-screen M1 MacBook Air into a fanless, low-power headless server to develop and build apps for Apple platforms.
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D2 Is Non-Profit d2lang.com
D2 is transitioning from a for-profit, open-core model to a fully open-source, non-profit project sponsored by Hack Club.
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Methods for Random Gradients (2024) justinjay.wang
Generating random gradients programmatically allows a brand to maintain a consistent visual identity while providing dynamic and unique experiences for every user.
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Has anybody seen my keys? A key-hierarchy strategy for rack-level security rfd.shared.oxide.computer
To prevent data theft from stolen drives or sleds, the system implements a rack-level security strategy using a Trust Quorum and a hierarchical key structure.
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She Also Found It at the Movies hedgehogreview.com
Pauline Kael was not a traditional film critic who provided objective guides for viewers, but rather a major autobiographer who used cinema as a catalyst for exploring her own identity and the American experience.
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MathKernel: An evidence-aware multi-engine mathematics kernel and MCP server github.com
MathKernel is a Python library and MCP server that enables LLMs to perform advanced mathematics by pairing intent interpretation with a multi-engine, evidence-tracked computation kernel.
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Signing TLS handshakes inside a TPM bschaatsbergen.com
Anubis employs a Proof-of-Work scheme to deter AI companies from aggressively scraping websites by making the process computationally expensive.
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Show HN: Think Turing Complete, but you write the circuits in TypeScript (WIP) play.simten.dev
This interface provides a user with a tactile, interactive way to explore the computer building process.