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494
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712
87
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632
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https://webvm.io/
472
293
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403
104
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347
313
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333
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287
60
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271
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251
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Shelley Duvall has died
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248
80
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https://mazzo.li/posts/value-speculation.html
228
195
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https://quickwit.io/blog/quickwit-binance-story
226
39
Korvus: Single-Query RAG with Postgres
https://github.com/postgresml/korvus
222
68
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https://news.mit.edu/2024/charmed-collaboration-creates-therapy-candidate-fatal-prion-diseases-0627
220
235
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https://icpen.org/news/1360
219
145
Iconography of the X Window System: The Boot Stipple
https://matttproud.com/blog/posts/x-window-system-boot-stipple.html
217
92
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https://robleclerc.substack.com/p/general-theory-of-neural-networks
183
70
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https://github.com/gojue/ecapture
182
58
Karpathy: Let's reproduce GPT-2 (1.6B): one 8XH100 node 24h $672 in llm.c
https://github.com/karpathy/llm.c/discussions/677
115
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170
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Qualcomm's Oryon core: A long time in the making
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161
189
If AI chatbots are the future, I hate it
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/if-ai-chatbots-are-future-i-hate-it
139
144
Ask HN: Who's been hired through Hacker News?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40932948
132
154
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106
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130
72
A relativistic framework to establish coordinate time on the Moon and beyond
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125
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124
81
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123
216
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https://gizmodo.com/apple-vision-pro-u-s-sales-2000469302
114
79
Rulers of the Ancient World: period correct measuring tools
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112
66
AWS Secrets Manager Agent
https://github.com/aws/aws-secretsmanager-agent
105
First Contact with SQLite
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100
30
Show HN: Mandala – Automatically save, query and version Python computations
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98
12
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97
27
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96
The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy (2014)
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88
38
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https://gld.mcphail.uk/posts/ubuntu-security-updates-are-a-confusing-mess/
85
83
Night owls' cognitive function 'superior' to early risers, study suggests
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/11/night-owls-cognitive-function-superior-to-early-risers-study-suggests
40
US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer
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https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/jul/11/old-bailey-dying-art-court-reporter-justice
74
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https://felixreda.eu/2021/07/github-copilot-is-not-infringing-your-copyright/
20
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https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android/issues/2064
71
73
Ask HN: Is there a way to get notified when my cat has seizures?
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53
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65
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63
16
Starlink Mini is now available
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewleahey/2024/07/11/irs-collects-1-billion-in-back-taxes-from-millionaires/
6
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https://betawiki.net/index.php?title=Windows_95_20_July_1992_build
51
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https://twitter.com/kevinbankston/status/1811075836558114968
55
10
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