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We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what's it telling us?
This week's result is just the latest in a growing collection of discoveries.
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Why western carmakers' retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/21/west-carmakers-retreat-electric-vehicle-risks-irrelevance-iran-war-evs-china Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47467034 Points: 16 # Comments: 2
Just make it hard to fail
Article URL: https://nekolucifer.substack.com/p/just-make-it-really-hard-to-fail Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47466922 Points: 4 # Comments: 3
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Mayor of Paris removed parking spaces, "drastically" reduced the number of cars
Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/21/travel/paris-transformation-anne-hidalgo-mayor Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47466697 Points: 59 # Comments: 29
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DOGE goes nuclear: How trump invited silicon valley into America’s nuclear power regulator
“Assume the NRC is going to do whatever we tell the NRC to do.”
Atuin v18.13 – better search, a PTY proxy, and AI for your shell
Article URL: https://blog.atuin.sh/atuin-v18-13/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47465824 Points: 32 # Comments: 5
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The Story of Marina Abramovic and Ulay (2020)
Article URL: https://www.sydney-yaeko.com/artsandculture/marina-and-ulay Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47433755 Points: 7 # Comments: 3
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Liberated Systemd
Article URL: https://github.com/jeffrey-sardina/systemd Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464978 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
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Blocking Internet Archive Won't Stop AI, but Will Erase Web's Historical Record
Article URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/blocking-internet-archive-wont-stop-ai-it-will-erase-webs-historical-record Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464818 Points: 11 # Comments: 0
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A Japanese glossary of chopsticks faux pas (2022)
Article URL: https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01362/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47460452 Points: 266 # Comments: 202
Cryptography in Home Entertainment (2004)
Article URL: https://mathweb.ucsd.edu/~crypto/Projects/MarkBarry/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47431653 Points: 47 # Comments: 28
An industrial piping contractor on Claude Code [video]
Article URL: https://twitter.com/toddsaunders/status/2034243420147859716 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47431288 Points: 49 # Comments: 12
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Man pleads guilty to $8M AI-generated music scheme
Article URL: https://therecord.media/man-pleads-guilty-8-million-ai-music-scheme Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464859 Points: 17 # Comments: 5
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Italy, Belgium set to lose gas supply after biggest LNG plant bombed
Article URL: https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-belgium-lose-gas-supply-world-biggest-lng-plant-bombed/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464574 Points: 18 # Comments: 5
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Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords
Article URL: https://pbxscience.com/ubuntu-26-04-ends-46-years-of-silent-sudo-passwords/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464134 Points: 68 # Comments: 66