How much precision can you squeeze out of a table?
Article URL: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/03/26/table-precision/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47534837 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
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CERN to host Europe's flagship open access publishing platform
Article URL: https://home.cern/news/news/cern/cern-host-europes-flagship-open-access-publishing-platform Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47534629 Points: 18 # Comments: 0
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Show HN: Layerleak – Like Trufflehog, but for Docker Hub
Article URL: https://github.com/Brumbelow/layerleak Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47534578 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
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Show HN: Turbolite – a SQLite VFS serving sub-250ms cold JOIN queries from S3
I built a SQLite VFS in Rust that serves cold queries directly from S3 with sub-second performance, and often much faster. It’s called turbolite. It is experimental, buggy, and may corrupt data. I would not trust it with anything important yet. I wan
John Bradley, author of xv, has passed away
Article URL: https://voxday.net/2026/03/25/rip-john-bradley/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47534086 Points: 73 # Comments: 30
Taming LLMs: Using Executable Oracles to Prevent Bad Code
Article URL: https://john.regehr.org/writing/zero_dof_programming.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47533555 Points: 11 # Comments: 1
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The Oxford Comma – Why and Why Not
Article URL: https://www.deborahcourtbooks.com/post/the-oxford-comma-why-and-why-not Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47533160 Points: 12 # Comments: 10
Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events
https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/breaking-news/article/tran... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47530945 Points: 118 # Comments: 273
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Data centers get ready — the Senate wants to see your power bills
Sens. Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren want the Energy Information Administration to gather more details about how data centers use power — and how that affects the grid.
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Defense startup Shield AI lands $12.7B valuation, up 140%, after U.S. Air Force deal
In one year, Shield AI's value has leaped 140%. This after it won a contract to be the software provider to Anduril's Fury fighter jet for the U.S. Air Force.
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Apple made strides with iOS 26 security, but leaked hacking tools still leave millions exposed to spyware attacks
Leaked hacking tools threaten the security of millions of older iPhones. Cybersecurity experts weigh in.
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Google is launching Search Live globally
Search Live allows users to point their phone camera at objects to get real-time assistance, enabling back-and-forth conversations that draw on the visual context from the camera feed.
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A ‘pound of flesh’ from data centers: One senator’s answer to AI job losses
Fears of AI-driven job loss are growing fast, and they’re fueling backlash against data centers. Sen. Mark Warner suggests taxing them to help workers survive the transition.
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Intel Core Ultra 270K and 250K Plus review: Conditionally great CPUs
Great performance for the price, if you ignore the price of RAM, SSDs, and GPUs.
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OpenAI “indefinitely” shelves plans for erotic ChatGPT
Some staff reportedly questioned how sexy ChatGPT benefits humanity.