The Unpublished Anti-Lunduke Hit-Piece
A Tech Journalist interviewed me for a hit-piece article. ⌘ Read more
Replacement.ai
Article URL: https://replacement.ai
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45634095
Points: 518
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mRNA covid vaccines spark immune response that may aid cancer survival
An analysis of patient records suggests that mRNA covid-19 vaccines boost the immune response to cancerous tumours when given soon after people start a type of immunotherapy, extending their lives ⌘ Read more
IDEs we had 30 years ago and lost (2023)
Article URL: https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/the-ides-we-had-30-years-ago-and
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626910
Points: 500
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Jancovici contre l’IA : son opposition au nom du climat
Un article de Henry Bonner Le Shift Project, le think-tank du « chercheur en énergies » Jean-Marc Jancovici, met – lui aussi ! – en garde contre un manque d’électricité à l’avenir. Pourtant, comme vous le savez, la consommation de courant baisse depuis les confinements : Comme raison pour étayer son propos, il évoque la hausse des capacités de […] ⌘ Read more
‘Nightmare’ calculation may be too tricky for even quantum computers
Quantum computers hold great potential for solving many problems more quickly or efficiently than conventional computers, but researchers are starting to identify where they could falter ⌘ Read more
Replacing sugar with artificial sweetener may help your gut microbiome
One of the longest trials of artificial sweeteners to date found that they may increase beneficial gut bacteria, though the boost may also be related to weight loss ⌘ Read more
The Rapper 50 Cent, Adjusted for Inflation
Article URL: https://50centadjustedforinflation.com/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45618790
Points: 501
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We’re starting to understand why childhood adversity leaves its mark
Experiencing severe hardship in childhood can have a lasting impact. Understanding this better could open the door to more effective treatments ⌘ Read more
3x performance for ¼ of the price by migrating from AWS to Hetzner
Article URL: https://digitalsociety.coop/posts/migrating-to-hetzner-cloud/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45614922
Points: 519
# Comments: 295 ⌘ Read more
Record-breaking chip sidesteps Moore’s law by growing upwards
A new chip design includes 41 vertical layers of semiconductor and insulator materials, which allow it to outrun the limits of miniaturisation ⌘ Read more
The centre of our galaxy may be teeming with dark matter particles
A mysterious excess of gamma rays in the middle of the Milky Way may come from dark matter particles smashing into one another and annihilating ⌘ Read more
How I bypassed Amazon’s Kindle web DRM
Article URL: https://blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-drm/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45610226
Points: 507
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There’s a simple way we could drastically cut AI energy use
If users chose the most efficient model each time they performed a task with AI, researchers calculate it would slash energy consumption by more than a quarter ⌘ Read more
School phone bans may actually harm some students’ mental health
The evidence to support phone bans in schools has been inconclusive, and now it seems that the move could harm some students’ mental health in a particular way ⌘ Read more
Mathematicians have found a hidden ‘reset button’ for undoing rotation
Mathematicians thought that they understood how rotation works, but now a new proof has revealed a surprising twist that makes it possible to reset even a complex sequence of motion ⌘ Read more
There’s no such thing as Antifa, you eejits
Sabrina Haake, Columnist - Daily Kos
_Stephan: I keep hearing about aspiring dictator Trump and his vampire vassals talking about how Antifa is a terrorist organization, bnut when I do a Google search on “antifa” or “antifa website,” nothing comes up. Nor have I ever met anyone associated with such an organization. So I began asking around, and soon realized that there is no Antifa. As far as I can see , and this article confirm this, t … ⌘ Read more
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agreeing new rules
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ProtoVault Breach Forensics Challenge Offsec CTF Week 1
Maverick is back again with a fresh article this time I dug into ProtoVault Breach, the Week 1 forensics challenge from the Offsec CTF…
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TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Their Taxes for Free (2019)
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TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing taxes for free (2019)
Article URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45601750
Points: 506
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Why the next generation of mRNA vaccines is set to be even better
Scientists are designing mRNA vaccines to produce virus-like nanoparticles, which should lead to a more robust immune response with even fewer side effects than either of these immunisation approaches on their own ⌘ Read more
Ancient lead exposure may have influenced how our brains evolved
Lead poisoning isn’t just a modern phenomenon: fossil teeth show signs that it affected ancient hominids, and Homo sapiens may have coped better than our close relatives ⌘ Read more
Dinosaur fossil rewrites the story of how sauropods got long necks
A 230-million-year-old fossil found in Argentina shows that the evolution of sauropod dinosaurs’ long necks began earlier than previously thought ⌘ Read more
The 30-year fight over how many numbers we need to describe reality
In 1992, three physicists began an argument about how many numbers we need to fully describe the universe. Their surprisingly long-running quarrel takes us to the heart of what’s truly real ⌘ Read more
The Unpublished Anti-Lunduke Hit-Piece
A Tech Journalist interviewed me for a hit-piece article. But the questions made them look bad, and they shelved the story. So I’m publishing their hit-piece for them. ⌘ Read more
CO2 levels in Earth’s atmosphere jumped by a record amount in 2024
The global average concentration of CO2 surged by 3.5 parts per million to reach 423.9 ppm last year, fuelling worries that the planet’s ability to soak up excess carbon is weakening ⌘ Read more
The AI bubble is heading towards a burst but it won’t be the end of AI
Economists, bankers and even the boss of OpenAI are warning of a rapidly inflating AI bubble. If and when it bursts, what will happen to the technological breakthroughs of the past few years? ⌘ Read more
Apple M5 chip
Article URL: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/10/apple-unleashes-m5-the-next-big-leap-in-ai-performance-for-apple-silicon/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45591799
Points: 506
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Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools
Megan O’Matz and Jennifer Smith Richards, - ProPublica
_Stephan: A successful democracy requires a literate, numerate, educated citizenry. Everyone, going back to the Athenians of the fifth century BCE, has recognized this. That is why I have been closely following what the Trump Republican fascist coup has been doing to public education. It is getting worse and worse, as this article describ … ⌘ Read more
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Jason Beeferman and Emily Ngo, Staff Writers - Politico
Stephan: There is a very serious crisis in the United States involving male culture and psychology. It involves both men and boys; they are overwhelmingly White and Republican. Read this article, and you will see what these men and boys actually say amongst themselves. It is horrifying.
![Various blue, green and gray chat bubbl … ⌘ Read more
‘Bombshell!’ Ex-clerk to Clarence Thomas sends shockwaves with Supreme Court warning
Travis Gettys, Senior Editor - Raw Story
_Stephan: Even the most respected “originalist” scholar is now on record against Trump and his Republican coup are trying to do with their dismantling of American democracy. Since this is the scholar the Supreme Court majority cites over and over, as this article describes, it will be very revealing to see how they n … ⌘ Read more
FSF announces Librephone project
Article URL: https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45586339
Points: 501
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Who were the first humans to reach the British Isles?
As ancient humans left Africa, they encountered many harsh environments including the Sahara and the high Arctic, but one of the last places they inhabited was Britain, likely due to the relentless cold and damp climate ⌘ Read more
Paralysed man can feel objects through another person’s hand
Keith Thomas, a man in his 40s with no sensation or movement in his hands, is able to feel and move objects by controlling another person’s hand via a brain implant. The technique might one day even allow us to experience another person’s body over long distances. ⌘ Read more
Martian volcanoes may have transported ice to the planet’s equator
The equatorial regions of Mars are home to unexpectedly enormous layers of ice, and they may have been put there by dramatic volcanic eruptions billions of years ago ⌘ Read more
We’re finally reading the secrets of Herculaneum’s lost library
A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius. Nearly 2000 years later, we can at last read these lost treasures ⌘ Read more
‘Pregnancy test’ for skeletons could help reveal ancient mothers
Progesterone, oestrogen and testosterone can be detected in skeletons over 1000 years old, offering a way to identify individuals who died while pregnant or soon after giving birth ⌘ Read more
Mother’s voice seems to boost language development in premature babies
Babies born too soon seem to have stronger connections in one of the major brain areas that supports language processing if they regularly heard their mother read them a story while in intensive care ⌘ Read more
Don’t Look Up: Sensitive internal links in the clear on GEO satellites [pdf]
Article URL: https://satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/dontlookup_ccs25_fullpaper.pdf
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575391
Points: 501
# Comments: 120 ⌘ Read more