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Japan's original decluttering guru (no, not that one)

nytimes.com

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we...
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.“In many ways, having to face our things is like having to face ourselves,” Hideko Yamashita said.Credit...Photographs and Video by Noriko HayashiBefore Marie Kondo stormed int...

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Cab Numbers

shyamsundergupta.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction Henry E. Dudeney [1] in his book "Amusements in Mathematics" mentions "The Cab Numbers"...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction Henry E. Dudeney [1] in his book "Amusements in Mathematics" mentions "The Cab Numbers" in the title of Problem No. 85. The problem proposed is : "What two numbers, containing together all the nine digits, will, whe...
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Motion (YC W20) Is Hiring EMs and Engineers

ashbyhq.com
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Show HN: I made a app that uses NFC as a physical switch to block distractions

foqos.app
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Invisible Electrostatic Wall at 3M plant

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Building a Tiny Linux from Scratch

blinry.org

Last week, I built a tiny Linux system from scratch, and booted it on my laptop!...
Last week, I built a tiny Linux system from scratch, and booted it on my laptop! Here’s what it looked like: Let me tell you how I got there. I wanted to learn more about how the Linux kernel works, and what’s involved in booting it. So I set myself the goal to cobble together the bare neccessities required to boot ...
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Department of Government Efficiency

doge.gov
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Show HN: Graceful token refresh for open source OAuth2 Server Ory Hydra

github.com

Improved Docker setup Docker configurations have been refined, removing inconsistencies in the Compose setup and enabling...
Improved Docker setup Docker configurations have been refined, removing inconsistencies in the Compose setup and enabling a fully static binary build. PRs: #3826, #3924 Proper JSON round-tripping Fixed an issue causing custom claims to break if they were nested or unexpectedly typed. JSON round-trips are now correct...
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Optimizing Jupyter Notebooks for LLMs

alexmolas.com
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Guided by the beauty of our test suite

mattkeeter.com

This is a story about making software better. Last summer, I published Raven, an independent implementation...
This is a story about making software better. Last summer, I published Raven, an independent implementation of the Uxn CPU and Varavara ordinator. In short, this is a fictional computer designed for cross-platform portability: programs targetting it can be run on any platform that implements the specification. Here'...
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Prime Numbers So Memorable That People Hunt for Them

scientificamerican.com

One of my favorite anecdotes about prime numbers concerns Alexander Grothendieck, who was among the most...
One of my favorite anecdotes about prime numbers concerns Alexander Grothendieck, who was among the most brilliant mathematicians of the 20th century. According to one account, he was once asked to name a prime number during a conversation. These numbers, which are only divisible by 1 and themselves, form the atoms ...
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Show HN: Pica – Rust-based agentic AI infrastructure (open-source)

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How many Alpine packages can you install at once? (2024)

naff.dev
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Should We Use AI and LLMs for Christian Apologetics?

lukeplant.me.uk

The other day I received an email from Jake Carlson of the Apologist Project asking permission...
The other day I received an email from Jake Carlson of the Apologist Project asking permission to use the apologetics resources I’ve written as input for an AI chatbot they have launched on their website. I replied by email, but I think there is benefit to doing this kind of conversation more publicly. So, below are...

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0click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord and other platforms

github.com
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'It's a nightmare': couriers mystified by the algorithms that control their jobs

theguardian.com

Most days a thicket of couriers can be seen around the McDonald’s in Northern Ireland’s Ballymena,...
Most days a thicket of couriers can be seen around the McDonald’s in Northern Ireland’s Ballymena, waiting for orders and discussing the mysteries of the systems that rule their working lives.This week gig workers, trade unions and human rights groups launched a campaign for greater openness from Uber Eats, Just Eat...
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AI Founder's Bitter Lesson. Chapter 2 – No Power

lukaspetersson.com

tl;dr: Horizontal AI products will eventually outperform vertical AI products in most verticals. AI verticals were...
tl;dr: Horizontal AI products will eventually outperform vertical AI products in most verticals. AI verticals were first to market, but who will win in the long run? Switching costs will be low. Horizontal AI will be like a remote co-worker. Onboarding will be like onboarding a new employee - giving them a computer ...
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Ask HN: Organize local communities without Facebook?

ycombinator.com
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Metacognitive laziness: Effects of generative AI on learning motivation

wiley.com
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Remarks to Software Forum Dinner Meeting (1997)

klhess.com
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Show HN: Amurex – An open source AI meeting copilot

sansyrox.github.io
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Show HN: Printercow – Turn any thermal printer into an API endpoint

printercow.com
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The Sonnenschein-Mantel-Debreu Results After Thirty Years

psu.edu
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People are bad at reporting what they eat. That's a problem for dietary research

science.org
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