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Swiss authorities want to reduce dependency on Microsoft

Article URL: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-ai/swiss-authorities-want-to-reduce-dependency-on-microsoft/91280532 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47827383 Points: 127 # Comments: 41

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Six Levels of Dark Mode

Article URL: https://cssence.com/2024/six-levels-of-dark-mode/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47826502 Points: 9 # Comments: 0

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The 12-month window

A lot of AI startups exist partly because the foundation models haven't expanded into their category yet. As many jokingly acknowledge, that won't last forever.

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Blue Origin’s New Glenn put a customer satellite in the wrong orbit during its third launch

The first major failure of Blue Origin's new heavy-launch system could create delays to its ambition to help NASA and the Trump administration return to the Moon.

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Robots beat human records at Beijing half-marathon

The winning time is a massive improvement over last year’s race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes.

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Blue Origin's rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure

Blue Origin's reused first stage hit its targets, but New Glenn's upper stage did not.

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A. J. Ayer – ‘What I Saw When I Was Dead’ (1988)

Article URL: https://www.philosopher.eu/others-writings/a-j-ayer-what-i-saw-when-i-was-dead/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47827215 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

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I wrote a CHIP-8 emulator in my own programming language

Article URL: https://github.com/navid-m/chip8emu Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47826852 Points: 15 # Comments: 4

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The Bromine Chokepoint: How Strife Could Halt Production of World’s Memory Chips

Article URL: https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/the-bromine-chokepoint-how-strife-in-the-middle-east-could-halt-production-of-the-worlds-memory-chips/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47826100 Points: 49 # Comments: 15

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Notes from the SF peptide scene

Article URL: https://12gramsofcarbon.com/p/notes-from-the-sf-peptide-scene Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47824681 Points: 104 # Comments: 88

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Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures

Palantir's ideological bent has come under more scrutiny as it's worked with ICE and positioned itself as a defender of "the West."

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Show HN: Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games

Faceoff is a TUI app written in Python to follow live NHL games and browse standings and stats. I got the inspiration from Playball, a similar TUI app for MLB games that was featured on HN. The app was mostly vibe-coded with Claude Code, but not one-

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Reverse Engineering ME2's USB with a Heat Gun and a Knife

Article URL: https://github.com/coremaze/ME2-Writeup Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816146 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

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TechCrunch Mobility: Uber enters its assetmaxxing era

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.

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Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizzard wins injunction

Article URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/turtle-wow-classic-server-announces-shutdown-after-blizzard-wins-injunction/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47825160 Points: 10 # Comments: 4