Stewart Cheifet, creator of The Computer Chronicles, dead at 87
Article URL: https://obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-cheifet Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46446359 Points: 5 # Comments: 1...
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Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers (2022)
Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=106994 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403291 Points: 6 # Comments: 0...
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Lewis Carroll Computed Determinants
Article URL: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2023/07/10/lewis-carroll-determinants/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46395106 Points: 4 # Comments: 0...
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Learn computer graphics from scratch and for free
Article URL: https://www.scratchapixel.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46410210 Points: 11 # Comments: 0...
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The Compiler Is Your Best Friend, Stop Lying to It
Article URL: https://blog.daniel-beskin.com/2025-12-22-the-compiler-is-your-best-friend-stop-lying-to-it Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46445131 Points: 8 # Comments: 0...
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WATCH: Texas supermarket offers shoppers free groceries after computer glitch
Christmas came early for some shoppers at an H-E-B supermarket in Texas. The store offered everyone in line free groceries after a computer glitch shut down the registers....
Dec 25ABC NewsTechnology
Save on Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster Today at Amazon
In recent years, Square Enix has made quite an effort to remaster or remake some of its most beloved games and bring them to modern platforms. We've seen the incredible Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remak...
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RTO 5 days a week or quit? How one Paramount manager made his decision.
Ron Telemarque Ron Telemarque Ron Telemarque had 11 days to decide: accept severance or return to the office full time. He shared how he decided whether to stay at Paramount — and whether he reg...
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Show HN: Xcc700: Self-hosting mini C compiler for ESP32 (Xtensa) in 700 lines
Repo: https://github.com/valdanylchuk/xcc700 Hi Everyone! I just wrote my first compiler! - single pass, recursive descent, direct emission - generates REL ELF binaries, runnable using ESP-IDF elf_loa...
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Best iPad Deals This Week: $100 Off Mini and Pro Models
📋 Key Facts ✓ iPad mini and 11-inch iPad Pro each discounted by $100 ✓ iPad Air (M3, 11-inch) at $499, $100 off, with faster chip and i...
Dec 19EngadgetTechnology
E.W. Dijkstra Archive: A Timeless CS Legacy
📋 Key Facts ✓ The archive contains over 1,300 scanned manuscripts from 1959 to 2002, hosted by UT Austin's Computer Science Department. ✓ ...
Dec 21Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact
How to Watch Indiana Jones Movies in Chronological Order
In the early 1980s, filmmaking legends George Lucas and Steven Speilberg created Hollywood’s seminal action-adventure franchise starring Harrison Ford as a thrill-seeking archeologist and college prof...
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The Program 2025 annual review: How much money does an audio drama podcast make?
Hi, I'm the author of The Program audio series, a fairly successful fiction podcast that launched on HackerNews in 2018. Seven years later, this little sci-fi anthology is still ongoing, having releas...
Dec 22Hacker NewsTechnology
Claude Chrome Plugin Expands to All Paid Users
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Claude Chrome plugin is now available to all paid Claude subscribers, beyond the $200-per-month Max plan. ✓ Claude ca...
Dec 19EngadgetTechnology
The year's first meteor shower and supermoon clash in January skies
The year’s first supermoon and meteor shower will compete for dominance in January skies...
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Samsung P9 microSD Express Card for Switch 2 at Record Low
📋 Key Facts ✓ Nintendo released the Switch 2, marking a big day in gaming history. ✓ The Switch 2 initially lacked many options for mic...
Dec 19EngadgetTechnology
Lindsey Vonn Claims Fourth Podium Before 2026 Winter Olympics
📋 Key Facts ✓ American Lindsey Vonn has claimed her fourth podium finish in five World Cup races this winter. ✓ This achievement comes ...
Dec 21BBC NewsSports
New Salford Team Granted 2026 Championship Status
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Rugby Football League granted Championship membership to a new Salford team. ✓ The membership is for the 2026 season....
Dec 22BBC NewsSportsImpact
Using AI to avoid getting your car towed
Parking enforcement in action IMAGO/Joa Souza via Reuters Connect A version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter. Sign up for the weekly BI Tech Memo newsletter here . A Te...
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Project Dropstone: A Neuro-Symbolic Runtime for Long-Horizon Engineering [pdf]
Found this on an open directory (blankline.org). It describes a 'Recursive Swarm' architecture designed to solve context saturation for 24+ hour engineering tasks. Two key claims stood out to me: D3 E...
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