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De-Atomization Is the Secret to Happiness

nateliason.com

There are at least two kinds of fun: Type 1 fun is fun in the moment....
There are at least two kinds of fun: Type 1 fun is fun in the moment. Watching a movie, playing a video game, scrolling TikTok, reading a book. You want to have fun, you do the fun thing, and voilá, it is fun. Type 2 fun is fun in retrospect. Running a marathon is mostly un-fun from moment to moment; you’re often ei...
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Convert Linux to Windows

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'Audible enclaves' could enable private listening without headphones

techxplore.com

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International students get email asking them to self deport

indiatimes.com

Hundreds of international students in the US are getting an email from the US Department of...
Hundreds of international students in the US are getting an email from the US Department of State (DOS) asking them to self-deport owing to campus activism. Immigration attorneys’ contacted by TOI affirmed this development and added a few Indian students may also be at the receiving end of such emails – for somethin...

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XAN: A Modern CSV-Centric Data Manipulation Toolkit for the Terminal

github.com
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Proof that Steins;Gate world is a running simulation

samyar.me

9 August 2024 / 3 min read They literally have auto-error correction in their world. Just...
9 August 2024 / 3 min read They literally have auto-error correction in their world. Just think about it, Okabe disappears in one of the episodes, and everyone forgets about him. It’s almost like the world automatically corrects errors that shouldn’t be there, ensuring that nothing is out of order. Hamming Code I wa...
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Apple's AI isn't a letdown. AI is the letdown

cnn.com

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your...
A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Apple has been getting hammered in tech and financial media for its uncharacteristically messy foray into artificial intelligence. After a June event heralding a new AI-powered Siri, the company has...
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CVE-2025-31160 Atop 2.11 heap problems

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"Station" by Mitsuo Isaka (1994)

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Oil and gas money shapes research, creates 'echo chamber' in higher education

floodlightnews.org

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Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in its water

bbc.com

Utah has become the first US state to ban the use of fluoride in its public...
Utah has become the first US state to ban the use of fluoride in its public water, following concerns raised by health secretary Robert F Kennedy that the mineral poses potential health risks.Governor Spencer Cox signed the ban into law this week, which will go into effect on 7 May. Other states, including Florida a...
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The Wrong Way to Use a Signed Distance Function (SDF)

winterbloed.be
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Train and Weather Tracker with Raspberry Pi and E-Ink

sambroner.com

I finally built a Raspberry Pi project my wife loves: an e-ink train and weather tracker!...
I finally built a Raspberry Pi project my wife loves: an e-ink train and weather tracker! If you want to build one yourself, the Github & instructions are here. Kira will be jogging to the night shift! Over the past few years, I've been on something of an e-ink journey. I started with a weather and news display (sti...
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Show HN: Job Application Bot by Ollama AI

github.com
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Show HN: Appear as anyone in video calls like zoom or Google meets

phazr.ai
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Beautiful and Minimalistic Chrome Extension

lofitab.com
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Making of the New York and Erie Railroad Organizational Diagram

c82.net

Org charts tend to be a rather boring affair—with their lists of names and who reports...
Org charts tend to be a rather boring affair—with their lists of names and who reports to whom—but they didn’t start out that way. One of the first in American business, is a stunning portrait of a classic institution—the New York and Erie Railroad. Drawn in 1855 and only rediscovered in recent decades, this diagram...
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The disappearance of Gaia, ESA spacecraft will be turned off on 27 March 2025

esa.int

gaia mission news
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Decline of cash credited for drop in surgery for children swallowing objects

theguardian.com

Cashless societies may be a sad fact of modern life for those with a nostalgic attachment...
Cashless societies may be a sad fact of modern life for those with a nostalgic attachment to the pound in their pocket, but doctors have discovered one unexpected benefit of the decline of coins.Far fewer children are having surgery after swallowing small items that could choke or kill them, and the scarcity of loos...
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OSS-SEC: Three bypasses of Ubuntu's unprivileged user namespace restrictions

seclists.org
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Matrix Calculus (For Machine Learning and Beyond)

arxiv.org
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Lvgl: Embedded graphics library to create beautiful UIs

github.com
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The Candid Naivety of Geeks

ploum.net
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All of the Commercials That David Lynch Has Directed: A 30-Minute Compilation

openculture.com

Some filmmakers start in commercials, honing their chops in anticipation of making personal projects later. A...
Some filmmakers start in commercials, honing their chops in anticipation of making personal projects later. A select few go in the other direction, realizing their distinctive vision before fielding offers from companies who want a piece of that vision’s cultural currency. Anyone who’s seen...
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