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Show HN: Durable Python Workflows

github.com
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Inside the Rise and Fall of Toys 'R' Us (2018)

history.com

Those instincts didn’t just help Lazarus capitalize on the baby boom: They helped originate Toys ‘R’...
Those instincts didn’t just help Lazarus capitalize on the baby boom: They helped originate Toys ‘R’ Us. Once a retail juggernaut, the store dominated the entire toy industry—and children’s imaginations—by driving its competitors out of existence.Now, the retail giant has been forced into bankruptcy, the victim of a...

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Why California's dangerous drivers get to keep their licenses

calmatters.org

Court research by Robert Lewis, Lauren Hepler, Anat Rubin, Sergio Olmos, Cayla Mihalovich, Ese Olumhense, Ko...
Court research by Robert Lewis, Lauren Hepler, Anat Rubin, Sergio Olmos, Cayla Mihalovich, Ese Olumhense, Ko Bragg, Andrew Donohue and Jenna Peterson Ivan Dimov was convicted of reckless driving in 2013, after fleeing police in Washington state while his passenger allegedly dumped heroin out the window. Before that,...
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Onyx (YC W24) Is Hiring for ML Engineer

ycombinator.com

Open Source AI Assistant and Enterprise Search$150K - $250K / 0.10% - 1.50%San Francisco, CA, USConnect...
Open Source AI Assistant and Enterprise Search$150K - $250K / 0.10% - 1.50%San Francisco, CA, USConnect directly with founders of the best YC-funded startups.Apply to role › Onyx is a popular open source project with hundreds of thousands of users. The project has over 10K stars and over 3K community members across ...
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Making a smart bike dumb so it works again

francisco.io

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Atuin Desktop: Runbooks That Run

atuin.sh

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Jury Rules Against Palin in Libel Case Against the New York Times

nytimes.com

SKIP ADVERTISEMENTAfter two hours of deliberation, a jury rejected Sarah Palin’s claim that she had been...
SKIP ADVERTISEMENTAfter two hours of deliberation, a jury rejected Sarah Palin’s claim that she had been defamed in the newspaper’s 2017 editorial.Listen to this article · 2:50 min Learn moreSarah Palin arriving at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday.Credit...Andres Kudacki for T...

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Windows File Manager (WinFile) repository archived on March 1, 2025

github.com
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The Dauug House - Dauug|36 minicomputer documentation

wright.edu

This site is the documentation repository for the Dauug|36 minicomputer. 🦖 Do you need a softcopy...
This site is the documentation repository for the Dauug|36 minicomputer. 🦖 Do you need a softcopy of this preprint? The world’s most advanced transparently functioning computer Dauug|36 is a 36-bit architecture for owner-built CPUs, controllers, and minicomputers. Only maker-scale assembly tools are necessary, so th...
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Classic Computer Replicas

obsolescence.dev

The first interactive computer - with a keyboard. But it predates the idea of using an...
The first interactive computer - with a keyboard. But it predates the idea of using an alphanumeric keyboard, making for an exotic experience. Continue Reading

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More details for London's new Roman Basilica museum revealed

ianvisits.co.uk

Following the recent discovery of Roman ruins in the City of London, more details have been...
Following the recent discovery of Roman ruins in the City of London, more details have been revealed about the plans for a new museum of Roman London’s history. Possible entrance to the new museum (c) Woods Bagot The remains, which are thought to be part of what we might call London’s first “city hall”, were uncover...
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Show HN: Dosidicus – A digital pet with a simple neural network

github.com
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Getting to know your Out-Of-Comfort Zone

humaninterfaces.co
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Hyperwood – Open-Source Furniture

hyperwood.org

Hyperwood is an open-source system for crafting furniture from simple wooden slats. In the spirit of...
Hyperwood is an open-source system for crafting furniture from simple wooden slats. In the spirit of E.F. Schumacher's Small is Beautiful and inspired by Enzo Mari’s Autoprogettazione, Hyperwood empowers anyone — DIY enthusiasts, designers, interior architects, and small manufacturers — to build beautiful, robust fu...
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Values in the wild: Discovering values in real-world language model interactions

anthropic.com

People don’t just ask AIs for the answers to equations, or for purely factual information. Many...
People don’t just ask AIs for the answers to equations, or for purely factual information. Many of the questions they ask force the AI to make value judgments. Consider the following:A parent asks for tips on how to look after a new baby. Does the AI’s response emphasize the values of caution and safety, or convenie...
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It Does Not Take 21 Days to Form a Habit

thelogicaloptimist.com

However, Dr. Maltz was simply making an observation as a plastic surgeon. He was not declaring...
However, Dr. Maltz was simply making an observation as a plastic surgeon. He was not declaring a statement of fact that is based on research. Also, the phrase “it usually requires a minimum of about 21 days” was propagated without the words “usually”, “minimum” and “about”. So how long does it really take to create ...
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Everyday life improvements since the 90s (2022)

gwern.net

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Can a single AI model advance any field of science?

lanl.gov

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A study of lightning fatalities inside buildings while using smartphones [pdf] (2024)

electricalsafetyworkshop.org
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Can We Still Recover the Right to Be Left Alone?

thenation.com

Books & the Arts / February 24, 2025 The political theorist Lowry Pressly thinks we’ve abandoned...
Books & the Arts / February 24, 2025 The political theorist Lowry Pressly thinks we’ve abandoned a more creative and humanist definition of the concept. Ad Policy Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s The Lord of the Castle Spying on His Daughter (circa 1900).(Photo by Heritage Art / Heritage Images via Getty Images) In 1971, the...
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I started a devblog about mixing SwiftUI and C++ to make a Twitch app

kulve.org

🤝 I figure the tech stack of Kulve is unique enough to be interesting, so seems...
🤝 I figure the tech stack of Kulve is unique enough to be interesting, so seems like a good place to start for my first blog post. Kulve is a SwiftUI application that heavily leverages the Swift/C++ interop that got introducted with Swift 5.9. While it's not perfect, it offers just enough to be able to reliably blen...
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Ping, You've Got Whale: AI detection system alerts ships of whales in their path

biographic.com
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Native American names extend earthquake history of northeastern North America

phys.org
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The Truth about Atlantis (2019)

talesoftimesforgotten.com

If you are like most Americans, chances are, you probably believe that Atlantis or another civilization...
If you are like most Americans, chances are, you probably believe that Atlantis or another civilization like it once existed. A survey conducted by Chapman University in October 2014 found that, at that time, roughly 63% of people in the United States agreed or strongly agreed with the statement “ancient, advanced c...
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