Microsoft guide to pirating Harry Potter for LLM training (2024) [removed]
https://archive.is/D9vEN Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067759 Points: 221 # Comments: 137
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Closing this as we are no longer pursuing Swift adoption
Article URL: https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/issues/933 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067678 Points: 231 # Comments: 178
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Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan
Article URL: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/minecraft-java-is-switching-from-opengl-to-vulkan-for-the-vibrant-visuals-update/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47068948 Points: 15 # Comments: 0
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Etsy sells secondhand clothing marketplace Depop to eBay for $1.2B
The deal comes nearly five years after Etsy purchased Depop for $1.62 billion, at a time when secondhand clothing apps were gaining traction during the pandemic.
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Microsoft offers guide to pirating Harry Potter series for LLM training
Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/langchain-with-sqlvectorstore-example/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067759 Points: 70 # Comments: 23
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Ladybird: Closing this as we are no longer pursuing Swift adoption
Article URL: https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/issues/933 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067678 Points: 64 # Comments: 31
All Look Same?
Article URL: https://alllooksame.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067498 Points: 18 # Comments: 6
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Sizing chaos
Article URL: https://pudding.cool/2026/02/womens-sizing/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47066552 Points: 214 # Comments: 107
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Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein
The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, as well as former MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito, from attending the annual conference after their reported connections with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Is your startup’s check engine light on? Google Cloud’s VP explains what to do
Startup founders are being pushed to move faster than ever, using AI while facing tighter funding, rising infrastructure costs, and more pressure to show real traction early. Cloud credits, access to GPUs, and foundation models have made it easier to
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A startup called Germ becomes the first private messenger that launches directly from Bluesky’s app
Social network Bluesky now offers private messaging by integrating the startup Germ's E2E encrypted messenger natively in its app.
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Amazon halts Blue Jay robotics project after less than 6 months
Amazon said Blue Jay's core tech will be used for other robotics projects and the employees who worked on it were moved to other projects.
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Verizon acknowledges "pain" of new unlock policy, suggests change is coming
Report: Verizon's goal is "immediate unlock for all payment methods really soon."
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Chevy Bolt, BMW i3, or something else? At $10K, you have lots of EV options
Two of Ars' favorite electric vehicles are now available for not very much money.
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Lawsuit: EPA revoking greenhouse gas finding risks “thousands of avoidable deaths”
EPA sued for abandoning its mission to protect public health.